Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
*narrows eyes*
At first, I was getting annoyed by the melodrama. But it's already starting to turn into amused resignation. ^_^
Noblesse Oblige [Znt/SI]
At first, I was getting annoyed by the melodrama. But it's already starting to turn into amused resignation. ^_^
Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
I'm still curious about what kind of magic you're going to learn.
With your snake motif, I guess you're going to be a Water Mage.
With your snake motif, I guess you're going to be a Water Mage.
CrabMonarchy
Allegedly Dutch
- Location
- the Netherlands, apparently
Fate/Stay Night, eh?
BoredProtagonist
The Mercat
- Location
- Ragna
Wasn't his mother great friends with the queen? Politically, its unnecessary but...
Unfortunately, the crown has good relations with the Vallière family and a much greater need to improve its relations with its neighbors.
nasuren
Stop! Coffee time!
To be fair, unless the Princess gets a brother or the royal family descends Matrilineality? They won't marry outside the country unless there's a pressing need for an alliance.
Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
If I remember correctly, Henrietta was supposed to marry the Germania Emperor because of the war.
If Shade can somehow... nah, I doubt even he can shift politics like that.
Jerry Finch
Stupid but lucky.
- Location
- Slightly closer than you would be comfortable with
Ah, but don't forget that this is what, near-to-fore Dark Age France-expy. Intermarriage between the Crown and the powerful houses was so bad everyone was practically related. The Vallière are, from what I remember of Canon, one of the most powerful houses in the kingdom, and one of the very few with both the relations and position to make for a suitable "match" for Henrietta. Also, being the second-born son Shade is in the unique position of being an ideal candidate, since Eleonore is set to inherit the Dukedom, making him a very valuable bartering piece as the vaunted Second Son.
Politically speaking, that makes him ideal for the position of King-Consort, since not only does he have the right pedigree, his marriage basically ensures the loyalty of a large, powerful noble house, one that's only a few steps away from being royalty themselves. And that's not even talking about what the Vallière family might be able to leverage as a Dowry from the crown, including but not limited to political favors, extra rights or privileges, outright wealth and so on. Because, and don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Duke and Duchess both love all their children, this is one of the most politically cutthroat time periods in history. In no world would they ignore the potential reward for pressuring a Crown marriage to their strong, healthy, noble son as soon as they were able. You don't get the kind of power they have by ignoring such an opportunity.
I feel for Shade though, man. This is the Shit-Ages. If he does get betrothed, and all the nasty implications it might imply, he's going to have thirteen, maybe sixteen if he can finagle it, good years before he's required to elope, especially given Henrietta's mom's degradation once the King dies. The pressure for there to be an heir to the throne is going to skyrocket once that happens, and once the whole Reconquista thing goes off, that demand is going to increase by an order of magnitude at the least. Shade, I hope you got your Realpolitik on, 'cuz your gonna need it.
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
But they're cousins!
Unless there's an official betrothal beforehand. Keep in mind that, from what I gathered at least, the Henrietta/Wales bond was never made official. A Male!Louise/Henrietta bond on the other hand, or Harry/Henrietta in this case, would probably be announced and prepared for. Which means that to make it a politics issue later, they'd first have to break her existing betrothal. Not an enormous problem in and of itself, but possibly enough of a headache that they'll look for other solutions first. Like, say, the existing queen re-marrying. The king is dead, right?
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Am I having a bad case of Fanon here but didn't Siesta own few books? With those prices I can't think a way to justify that happening here.
- Location
- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
That she did. Though notice that trashy novels and history books would not only have different prices, different types of paper and different length, but they might also be monthly editions later sewed together-without accounting to the fact there is a difference in years. It might be in the future far more common than it was in the past. >.>
- Location
- Vestiges of Yesterday
Shade. We know about your unhealthy attachment to ZnT world. You know about it.
Then why do you keep doing it again and again?
The hope that your childhood trauma of witnessing that... important cultural heritage of Japan... will be gone with finishing "Enslaved" and "The Steep Path Ahead" was unfounded, I see. And a generic SI too, no less.
You, of course, are free to write what you want. But in my humble opinion, you have embraced the Dark Side of Abandoning Stories too much.
Prince-Consort.
There is kind of a great difference in power and influence, which is mirrored by the word itself. "King-Consort" was just an attempt of justification of the rulers' lovely power-hungry tendencies.
Then why do you keep doing it again and again?
The hope that your childhood trauma of witnessing that... important cultural heritage of Japan... will be gone with finishing "Enslaved" and "The Steep Path Ahead" was unfounded, I see. And a generic SI too, no less.
You, of course, are free to write what you want. But in my humble opinion, you have embraced the Dark Side of Abandoning Stories too much.
Prince-Consort.
There is kind of a great difference in power and influence, which is mirrored by the word itself. "King-Consort" was just an attempt of justification of the rulers' lovely power-hungry tendencies.
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Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
Are you going to get involved in the typical uplifting cliché so many others do?
You know, sharing farming strategies and inventing the printing press and such.
Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
Nah, if there's anything I know of Shade.
He doesn't give himself the obvious protagonist trait.
Besides, who would he summon as a familiar?
His FFVII SI, naturally. Karmic retribution for keeping all those secrets from Aerith.
Jerry Finch
Stupid but lucky.
- Location
- Slightly closer than you would be comfortable with
I'm not so sure about that. Technically Henrietta is only a princess so long as her parents maintain the throne. Once she becomes queen doesn't the title come with it? To clarify I don't know how pre-Renaissance titling is handled in Fran- uh, Tristain, so I just assumed, but to be fair the Vallière family is close enough to the throne that he might end up swinging the full title anyway, depending on how potential marriage negotiations go. As I understand it their support is vital to the Tristainian(sp?) monarchy as it is so... eh. And by vital I mean to imply that if they made a bid for the crown there's a fair chance they could swing it under the right circumstances.
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
An earth mages In a vineyard finished cracking the mechanical printing press?
Golem printing we reach critical mass?
Some other form of magical locomotion got them mass prodicible books in their magocracy that probably had it way before we did?
Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
You know it's not that bad.
Worked at a farm for a while, helping cows and sheep give birth.
I've literally helped baby animals from being strangled by their own umbilical cords.
Good times... Hard work... No sleep...
Never again.
Ironically a very likely potential political marriage for Henry is with Kirche to shore up the border.
Madou Sutegobana
Autocorrupt has been disabled.
- Location
- Twin Realms Mandala
Cliches are not inherently bad! (paraphrasing from TV Tropes "Tropes are not bad!")
All stories make use of universal cliches that have endured the test of time.
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They're not but the problem is that most of them are.
CrabMonarchy
Allegedly Dutch
- Location
- the Netherlands, apparently
It's not that they're bad so much as because they're so damn common (due to being, you know, cliches) that most of the examples we see are horribly executed. Sturgeon's Law and all that.