"What Madness Is This?" Volume I: The Union Forever
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There are bits and pieces of real Cathar belief, but most of it is Madnessverse elements, I think. IIRC, the Cathars, being Gnostic revivalists, believed in a single sacrament--a purification ritual that would cleanse someone of all sin and make them 'perfect'. Those who had undergone the ritual were known as the 'perfecti'. Usually, the ritual was given when somebody was close to death, so that they wouldn't be able to sin between being purified and dying.
Also "Va a puttane." isn't at all an insult.
It literally means "Go with bitches.".
"Figlio di puttana." (Son of a bitch.) would sound better.
Glad you guys are enjoying the story of Papa Musso. I honestly think it's one of the best chapters in the whole TL so far.
All of these are perfect for having Papa Mario photoshopped on them.
And I am very much in favor of a new TVTropes page! There are so many tropes in TTL that it would never end!
All of these are perfect for having Papa Mario photoshopped on them.
And I am very much in favor of a new TVTropes page! There are so many tropes in TTL that it would never end!
Md139115
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Worse, I have no doubt that our author is referring to the so-called “Prophecy of the Popes,” which concluded with a Pope Peter from Rome being the one who reigns during the ultimate destruction of Rome and the End of Days.
At this point, the Worlds in enough of a Depraved state that God should just speed up the time table here on Endtimes.
AeroTheZealousOne
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Loved the chapter too!
And I will say that for those paying attention the Ahistorical Allusion trope would need a whole effing page for WMiT, with things such as the "Lincoln-Douglas Debate" and Lincoln's assassination postwar. And the British general that suffered a defeat at Waterley and was exiled and died the same way Napoleon did IOTL.
And there's so much goddamn irony ITTL that I love it.
Haha, you misspelled Reverend-Colonel you silly goose!
Is Il Duce, er I mean Pope Peter II, going to hop on the Evolism train? It seems perfect for someone like him. I'd also really like to see him call for a "New Crusade" against Illuminist Germany because I will be god-damned if I let the Union have all the holy wars to themselves. Since I have nothing else constructive to add....
D E U S. V U L T.
If i can make a prediction here, i predict another global war will come in the 40s, this world war (which if you didnt notice had 80 million deaths, as much as world war 2) doesnt seem to have a satisfying ending, and i have no doubt Illuminism, Buetilism, Fascism, and.... Papism? Napoleonism? Europanism? will destroy each other
Dear God, I've just had an image. Pennsylvania Jack, the great character from 1.0, in the union movies has a mortal enemy in an Italian Vatican cleric based of Mussolini!
Four words: Killer Fascist Polar Bears
I agree with the idea of a Second World War happening (one that will be even bloodier) but I don't think all of the ideologies destroy each other. Fascism has to survive simply because Chuckie Oswald really takes power in the 50's and 60's, and he is the Madness character. He's iconic. I do think Evolism/Napoleonism will collapse. One thing I've been wondering about is a possible *D-Day from Fascist Britain, and the creation of a French puppet that is Americanized or something. French are still technically Betters if they convert. It would also create the multiverse's most horrifying East vs. Russia and friends dynamic.
i mean as in, one ideology will perish in the global war, which could pave way for an interesting cold war, maybe a cuban missile crises with chuckle oswald starting a war?
I just realized that the AFC and Catholic leadership systems are basically the same now. This world is one giant horseshoe.
even better, in the third movie he gets a book signed by mario himself!
I am tremendously curious as how to the Illuminist Peoples Republic of Russia functions. How is a mostly anarchist ideology able to police so much land without having large insurrections in rural areas? And for government, will it be like a democratic assembly of sorts or a unique centralized dictatorship?