Tag: ella speaks

Your last post got me wondering, how much do you think of a country’s personification is determined by the people and how much is determined by the government?

I actually have a request to analyze this in detail, but for now I’ll just say this. The government are not the whole people; they are part of the people. It would then be unfair to base the nation’s people on the actions of the small % holding office.

For example, in my last post, I made it very clear that America (the personification) has always had good intentions in his interventions (seriously, I must have said it like four times lol). That’s because the majority of his people hold strong beliefs in freedom, democracy, justice, and equality. America represents his people and their culture, not the government in my opinion. However, his foreign policy causes the opposite, and that’s why it’s hard for him to make friends with the other nations, despite what he truly believes in.

The fact that he represents his people, and not the government would make sense in the context of the protests against the Vietnam and Korean wars, and later the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Those people realized that the interventions were in opposition of American values, while others thought that they were bringing democracy and freedom to these countries.

As a personification, America is also likely obligated to comply with policy, even if he doesn’t agree with it. We saw small hints of this with Germany and his ‘boss’ during WW2.

Overall, the definition of ‘nation’ is pretty explicit: “A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.”

I repeat, the governments may represent the people, but they are not the people in whole.

Ur France philological one is spot on but while the age of enlightenment started before the French revolution, it’s usually charactrised as being a huge part of the revolution. The French rev was partly inspired by the American rev (some say inspired, but the American rev caused France a lot of fuckery in terms of finances) so the enlightenment didn’t inspire the rev, the rev inspired the enlightenment (at least in widespread) thAnk u that one sentence was just bugging me,,,

Thank you :), but no, that’s not true. The whole purpose of the Enlightenment was moving away from traditional monarchies/ the clergy and developing your own way of producing knowledge. Some posit that it started in the mid 17th century, but pretty much all historians agree that it ended with the French Revolution. 

The American Revolution did in fact inspire the French Revolution, but the French Revolution did NOT inspire the Enlightenment. Again, the Enlightenment was about taking away traditional forms of power and knowledge and distributing it to the common folk. The Enlightenment therefore inspired the French Revolution, as the dissenting ideas produced acted as the rationale for overthrowing the monarchy. 

Of course, with France, things turned awry when the new leaders in power became bloodthirsty and started beheading anyone who opposed them. The Enlightenment therefore did not come after the French Revolution, as any faction with a different political view or reasoning were brutally suppressed. Actually, the end of the French Revolution (and Enlightenment) marked the beginning of Romanticism. 

Are there any characters you want to know more about?

I’ve always wondered about China. I mean, he’s the last
remaining Ancient. Imagine watching other nations around you drop like flies,
only for them to be replaced just as fast. I want to know more about his
psychology, how he remains so strong and resilient. After living for so long,
I’m certain that he must fear death more than the other nations.

So far, I’ve only seen him express longing for the way the
old world used to be:

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Friendly reminder that mun is still in the middle of exams and will be slow to respond…

I see yours asks, messages, fic recommendations, requests, and reviews.

I just wanted to say how much all of your support means to me.  I repeat: I SEE them. 

Just letting you babes know that I’m not ignoring you.

I will start sending out replies and thank you messages/ reading recommendations/ working on requests/ writing fics, once this hellish semester is done. I’ll also probably put up a master list of the requests that I’ve accepted 🙂 Again, thanks so much!