Great stuff, and a Belgian spy corps that operates like the Sparrow school in OTL Soviet Union? Certainly didn't see that one coming. Out of curiosity Thande, do they have a similar program for males, or is house Brabant very much fixated on the fairer sex where these extracurriculars are concerned?
KINGDOM OF THE REUNITED NETHERLANDS (KONINKRIJK DE HERENIGD NEDERLANDEN)
Iorangi hurried up. He was a little older than Wehihimana, weathered and scarred. The fact that his tattoos went around the scars, rather than being interrupted by them, betrayed the fact that they had come later. He had been born into near-slavery to kidnapped Mauré parents in some forgotten corner of the great sandy continent, forced to work in the gold mines. Only skill and luck and providence had allowed him to escape with a gold nugget that paid his passage back to his parents’ ancestral land. “Kia ora, Warlord. What do you want from me?”
This is an interesting point. I would love if everyone is projecting a super seductive Belgian spy arm where one didn't exist.Good stuff! Although people should keep in mind this is in-universe historical fiction, so we can't really say how much of the character's motivations and beliefs - let alone personal thoughts - are made up from whole cloth.
Perhaps it's very nitpick-y, but as a Dutch (or should I say Belgian in this thread?)
should hopefully resume in about a month
but it's considered confusingly ambiguous given terms like 'Cape Dutch', 'Batavian Dutch'
the thought about him being a coward for instance
I spy something similar to this, but in Belgium.
if with understandable grouchiness Brussels runs the show
I have to live with the horror of knowing TTL me is considered "Pennsylvanian" as their adjective outside of American. I know the feeling.
If you go back to part 243 there is an extended sequence about what has taken the place of jazz/blues in TTL.Will you do a pop culture centered updates s
In the future and also what's the team level of this world and how different is populere music like in this world and will jazz and blues exist in this timeline.
Thanks, will fix.A very interesting and well-written instalment. Spies always speak to the imagination, somehow.
Perhaps it's very nitpick-y, but as a Dutch (or should I say Belgian in this thread?) fellow, I feel somewhat obligated to point out that the Dutch name rendered below isn't entirely accurate.
It should be "Koninkrijk der Herenigde Nederlanden". It hardly matters in the grand scheme of things, but since you are creating a TL of such quality, I figured you'd want to know.
I wish I could claim credit for that bad pun, but no, that was a random choice of name. I too was aware of Kia-Ora the drink before knowing it is named for a Maori greeting, so it's like those people who wonder why Italy named their hero of independence after a biscuit.It's possible I've become way too attuned to potential TTL references in this TL, but is it a coincidence that the Mauré who uses this greeting has a name that looks a bit like "orangey"?
That's one of the points I'm interested in pushing with the historical fiction framing device. It's obviously a great get out of jail free card for a writer to wave away any inconsistencies, but beyond that I think it plants a seed of uncertainty in the reader (the same attitude they should have when reading OTL historical fiction of course). I've tried, sometimes subtly and sometimes more blatantly, to show that the same historical figures are being interpreted very differently by different writers writing almost a century after the fact. E.g. with Admiral Hughes, whether he genuinely respects Wehihimana or views him as a savage he's conning into a doomed distraction varies between the writers.This is an interesting point. I would love if everyone is projecting a super seductive Belgian spy arm where one didn't exist.
I believe the two sides go by the traditional names of Us and Them.Also, do we have names for the two sides? Cause that'd be nice.
I believe the two sides go by the traditional names of Us and Them.
Is there a tl map of the world at or near the current time? Or one of carolina specifically?
Is there a tl map of the world at or near the current time? Or one of carolina specifically?