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After a decision is made between their bosses, France and England are sent on a holiday to Spain in an attempt to "fix their relationship". It goes - arguably - too well, however, considering a week into their supposedly relaxing trip they both wake up hungover, France naked on a lilo, England thoroughly sunburnt while in France's speedos, both with complementary tramp stamps and matching rings. What exactly went on, where the hell is Prussia and what are they going to tell the others?
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For Arthur, July is always a rough time; the emotional scars from Alfred's revolution make him physically sick, and the loneliness can be striking for the few days before and after the Fourth of July. For Francis, it is not so much July so much as it is everything; the constant reminders around him show that he has lost, and show that while he lacks, everyone else has. For each, there is a loneliness to be fought off.
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28 Dec 2018
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No matter how many historical stories I read in this fandom I never get tired of them.
(2019-02-07): Off-topic; quite obviously I should read the history of Iran from the start and again. It seems I have forgotten many things and some false things have been told us as parts of the history of our country including propaganda especially the separation of “Afghanistan” from Iran by the British empire. It was actually only Herat that was separated by them in the 19th century not the whole Afghanistan and it’s because they were just taking advantage of Iran’s internal conflicts and total incompetence of the kings of Qajar and if Iran didn’t have serious problems in the first place and wasn’t so divided for at least 200 years the British couldn’t have done many awful things which some of them are obviously proud of (not all of the British; only some of them). They may not have had any direct roles in the Iranian-Russo wars but they sure had interest in it and it’s not like they had nothing do to it or didn’t take advantage of it (divide and conquer strategy). Also it makes sense why Nader Shah invaded and looted India because those Indians gave him a perfect excuse to do so. I don’t deny the atrocities he committed there and I’m not proud of that part of our history at all but those Indians weren’t completely without fault in bringing it on themselves either (and they dragged the rest of Indians who were just unfortunate victims in that situation into that madness). Also the British empire was just taking advantage of the total incompetence of the Qajar dynasty and their nonchalance in ruling Iran and they weren’t not really running this country like the writer of that article has claimed (not going to oppose this part completely but it’s not as simple as he has claimed, otherwise we would be an official colony of England and he has obviously overestimated it and has pointed it out as something they should be proud of); an article I have found on the Telegraph website. He was referring to the Keyhan newspaper to show Iran’s hostility towards England (To tell the truth England is not very popular here but most people don’t really hate the British or even England now) and apparently he didn’t know this newspaper is the Iranian version of Daily Mail and is bad as such English newspapers including the Telegraph. If there was a more competent governor they could not have done much and couldn’t have exploited Iran so much. That’s why they got rid of Reza Shah despite the fact that they helped him to power ;) (he didn’t act on their demands later) and overthrew Mosaddegh with the help of the US. Most of Afghanistan was part of Greater Khorasan. A region in greater Persia/Iran. This region wasn’t only limited to Afghanistan. Some of its parts are in today-Iran and some countries like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan for the most part (geography wise and probably history wise as I have obviously forgotten many things about the history of Iran and have been taught some false things) was a part of greater Iran not India. I honestly don’t understand how some people on the internet have come to this false and incorrect conclusion that Afghanistan was a part of India and was separated from it). Afghans speak a version of Persian called Dari as their native language or an official language of their country and after doing some search I realized that Dari holds more power in Afghanistan compared to Pashto. Also Pashto is an Iranian language not an Indo-Aryan/Indic language. As someone wisely said “the internet is full of nutters.” My friend also wisely said ”The problem is, unfortunately internet is full of false information and lies.” Now I realize why Turkey has claimed Ibn Sina was a great Turkish scientist. Because he was born in modern day Uzbekistan. Unfortunately they just have an illusion. Not all of Turks live in Turkey; not all of people in Uzbekistan are of Turkic heritage. There was no such country as Uzbekistan when Avicenna was alive. That region was part of Iran at that time. He was Persian and there are many Persians who live in Uzbekistan nowadays. Like there are Persians who live in Afghanistan today and it’s because they were once parts of Iran/Persia. This is one of the definitions of Tajik on Merriam-Webster website: “a member of a Persian-speaking ethnic group living in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and adjacent areas of central Asia”. Many of great Persian scientists and poets were from these areas and they all belonged to greater Iran/Persia. I actually hate to use Persian and Iranian or Persia and Iran interchangeably but sometimes I have no choice. The Persian people were originally from the province of Pars/Fars (or as the Greeks said Persis) but they eventually dominated ancient Iran and greater Iran; that’s why Persians can also be found in those countries (due to historical events and unfortunate wars). Iran is an ethnically diverse country and Persians are one of those ethnicities.
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England recalls a strange encounter with France.
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16 Feb 2019
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If there's anything more complicated than England's relationship with rain, it's England's relationship with France. On a miserable day in rainy old London, England writes a love letter he never intends for France to see, but his crafty little cat has other ideas.
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17 Sep 2018
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Very nice as usual. I expected nothing less of this dear author. On a side note, I prefer Neko!France or Neko!Monaco. A fluffy, traditional and doll-face Persian cat. I don’t know why those cat breeders mutate original and pretty Persian cats and make them ugly, deformed and unhealthy. *shrugs*
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In the midst of the Reign of Terror, after the abolishment of the monarchy and yet another round of executions, England hunts France down.
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01 Mar 2018
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Interesting story.
(Update: 15-01-2019): Also, I forgot to add. England is full of himself like always. I can’t wait to see him after Brexit is fully fulfilled. ;) That will teach him one of the nastiest lesson of his entire existence after all those terrible things he has done during his existence. :D