Yooper High Kingdom wrote:Surrealist Patagonia wrote:1. WTF!!! why u have similar women in your flag??!! Are u same as that Albali
2. Which characters did you enjoy the most in writing? As well as your least favorite in both personality and writing
3. How would Konrad von Carstein interact with Konrad Svoboda from the acclaimed Surrealist Patagonia?
1. Were there any nations that were supposed to be in The Breakaway States of Patagonia but, for one reason or another, were scrapped/never made it?
2. If you had to pick, what would you say is your most favorite part of Patagonian culture. Alternatively, what is your least favorite?
3. Which of the Militias of Patagonia would you say you spent the most time on?
AN: Hannes Romilda is described as being a supporter of socialism, and yet he is both a member of royalty and an enjoyer of fine wine, implying decadence.
Does this affect his perception of his "comrades" and vice versa, or is it mostly ignored?
1. You might know that before Araucania was conceived, the region was used to be occupied by Chilean communists led by Mahatma Pinochet who moved his Easter Island followers to the south of Chile. Well, I scrapped that because there's already another socialist nation (South Cape) and having another would be boring imo. It's the reason why Svetlana in her section as well as the South Cape mentioned there being "socialist brothers in the Chilean south" but I'm too lazy to replace it. I replaced it with the Araucanian Confederacy because I want to flesh out the urban - rural divide, the Gauchos and Mapuche people. Although Allende takes a backseat behind Araucanian politics.
What's even more interesting is that Dirlewanger and Thatcher weren't supposed to be in their position. Way way back before the Falklands and Brigade were written, I planned for there to be a malicious AI located in the Falklands built in the same vein as AM from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" where it plans on ending the world itself (as it is connected with the mainframes of American nuclear bases) and tortured morally repugnant people like Dirlewanger (yes, Dirlewanger was supposed to be tortured by this AI instead of becoming a bandit) after taking over the local British government there. Yet I replaced it with a Thatcherite state and that might just be as bad as AM.
2. My favorite part of Patagonian culture is the one where it talks about lone wolf terrorism, radicalization rabbit holes, and the nature of memes because I see those as being a trend of today's world where the rise of digital technology and the Internet amplified radical voices and thoughts. My least favorite would have to be the "Erogotica" aspect of Patagonia because I thought it was too tryhard and edgy as shock value.
3. Writing the Blackshirts and Red Army were clear-cut because I already know what to write for them. However, with the MSF and the Los Felices; I had to do some research on the history of gay rights movement as well as the tactics of decentralized merc companies. I had to really think about how the MSF operated in games like Metal Gear Solid to write them. I also had to research US weapons that were used in Vietnam to write for their equipment. While I didn't want to portray the Los Felices as murderous thugs but made them relatively benign.
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