Prussian victory parade in Paris at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, 1871.
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1989
The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989, while largely a result of East Germans’ hunger for freedom, also relied on chance, bungling and the absence of orders that could have unleashed a cataclysm.
A West Berliner is kneed in the back by an East German border guard while playfully sitting atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, Nov. 15, 1989.
West Berliners climbing the Berlin Wall
Having heard about the opening of the border control points on the West German news, more and more West Berliners arrived at the Brandenburg Gate. At some point they started climbing the Wall, which was about 3 m broad in this place. They couldn’t be sure how the East German border guards would react, but nothing happened. More and more people climbed the Wall, started dancing and celebrating. After a while people started jumping down on the Eastern side of the Wall, thus entering another country without any passport or permission. Still, the East German officers didn’t do anything to stop them. After 40 years, people were strolling through the Brandenburg Gate again. (x)
November 9th 1989- The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Mortality At Last
Fuck you, you’re not even a country anymore.
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Somehow, I feel that these bits in the 2013 Halloween Event are all foreshadowing of the revelation of Gilbert’s apparent morality…
It's revealed that the Niconico Republic was a nation (albeit, sort of an odd one), but had his status revoked and now lives as a normal citizen who has a child which may be taken to imply that Nations become mortal when they cease to be Nations (which explains why HRE's body survived even when his nation did not).
Then Gilbert makes a passing comment about sitting at home alone thinking deeply about his own existence... an existence slowly becoming less Nation and more human as time passes. Perhaps even then he realized the change.
We don't know how long Prussia has been experiencing this sort of thing at all - this injury just happens to be the first that had any attention called to it.
Hey there, old man, watch over me...
A comic I made for my friend at ask-sparkling-awesomeness. I know she loves Germancest, and even if I’m not really into it, I thought this sort of comic would be kinda funny.
Sorry for my bad handwriting, though. I hope it’s readable!
A comic I made for my friend at ask-sparkling-awesomeness. I know she loves Germancest, and even if I’m not really into it, I thought this sort of comic would be kinda funny.
Sorry for my bad handwriting, though. I hope it’s readable!
Ludo - I’ll Never Be Lonely Again