2013-09-16, 02:05 | Link #101 | |
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As for children I would guess upwards of 30 but probably not higher than 40 or 50 ( I know OZ has a princess being the 88th Princess of Britannia but since there's nothing that high in the series I just want to ignore it for simplicty's sake). Just because the Concubines are designated as being able to sire heirs doesn't mean all of them do. Also I don't think that Britannia should necessarily be considered Atheistic; turn of the century progressives could easily link class and racial stratification with both divine mandate and scientific progress. An example that comes to my mind is Columbia from Bioshock Infinite, which to me is kind of a good place to start when imagining what Britannian society would be like (plus of course the Noble Aristocracy). |
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2013-09-16, 22:41 | Link #102 | |
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2013-09-16, 22:57 | Link #103 |
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I'm not saying Charles couldn't have chosen a successor who was his nephew or brother or cousin or whatever. But Britannian culture seems to pride direct lineage and they seem to have given the Imperial Throne the prerogative to sire as many children as he deems fit in order to secure his bloodline.
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2013-09-16, 23:40 | Link #104 |
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There is this matter that I'm wondering. If a noble house have too much childs, so the number of titles and property they could passed down only reached to the oldest. So would there be the case of the younger must go to the military in hope of a title, while the older stay behind?
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2013-09-17, 06:17 | Link #105 | |
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Of course I think that siring children with that many people is strictly an imperial prerogative, and wouldn't generally be practiced by regular nobility. |
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Another problem: If they conquer another Mornachy, would Brittania does use its own king as a front (like French to Vietnam)? Since they have no trouble with Kirihara and Japanese Throne, so that is also a posibility.
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2013-09-17, 10:05 | Link #107 | |
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When you think about it, the Japanese monarchy is never mentioned or depicted in anime. I can not think of any anime where a Japanese monarch had appeared on screen, even for a cameo. I have seen some shows reference the monarchy, but that's the closest I've ever seen in anime. |
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2013-09-17, 13:28 | Link #108 |
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Yeah like Kaiser said, there's no indication that there is a Monarchy in Japan. Supplemental materials I believe say that Japan became a Republic after a war in the Pacific in the 40s; my best guess would be a colonial struggle between the Japanese and Britannian Empires over the Philippines.
The Kyoto House is just an informal aristocracy, a powerful cabal of Zaibatsu who outwardly collaborated with the Britannian government. They aren't actually royalty. Anyways even if it did have a Monarchy, I doubt the Britannians would have respected it. The French allowed the illusion of Self-Rule in Indochina because they had a long term view of Assimilating the native peoples. Britannia it appears is working on a much tighter schedule, as they go to great lengths to destroy conquered cultures in order to expedite assimilation. A position with such strong cultural significance, and especially with Pagan worship, would be a no-go. I don't mind the forced assimilation angle, or prejudice against Honorary Britannians, but I reeeeally wish they'd handled it with more subtlety. Cornelia talking about working with Kyoto House to bring Area 11 to the capacity of limited self-rule was one of the few smart things I saw about the relations between the Britannian Occupiers and the Elevens. tl;dr, Britannian occupation should be pretty callous and exploitative, but it shouldn't be as cartoonishly evil. I think the American Occupation of the Philippines to me would give a good gamut of a lot of opinions Britannian soldiers would have: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/58/ |
2013-09-17, 19:50 | Link #109 | |
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That's why the Simpsons episode where they meet the emperor of Japan is banned over there. |
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2013-09-22, 13:21 | Link #113 | |
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As for the number of kids, Nunnally mentions, when she is inaugurated as Viceroy, that she is 87th in line for the throne. Unless Charles has other relatives who are somehow higher in the succession than his own children, that would imply he has at least that many, and since Carine is supposed to be younger than Nunnally, he could have many more. But even as I say that, I'm reminded Nunnally is supposed to be the 4th Princess, which would make her fourth daughter, so for her to be 87th, that means Charles has way more sons than daughters, and several of them are older than Nunnally. Considering the age difference between her and Lelouch, who is 11th Prince and 17th in line, is only 3 years, it means Charles must have really been, um, siring some heirs in those three years.....
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2013-09-22, 13:27 | Link #114 |
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On another note, what happened to all the other princes and princesses? I always assumed the F.L.E.I.J.A bombing of Pendragon wiped them out, but of course, we have no confirmation on that. One could go under the excuse they are all still under Lelouch's geass, but that only requires them to submit to/acknowledge Lelouch, not Nunnally. You'd think if they lived, they be trying to get the throne from their inexperienced little sister
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also, it's quite reasonable for Lelouch to be the 11th Prince because Clovis, the 3rd Prince, is 7 years older than Lelouch, meaning 8 princes could have been born within that time frame. |
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2013-10-05, 18:44 | Link #116 | |
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