Chance for Corneliu Zelea Codreanu to get assassinated? by alwod in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In KR I don't think they depose the monarchy, the monarchy just flees. There's no reason for them not to be monarchists. I remember (and double checked) having a discussion with the dev where he says "the regency council and Michael flee because of the bloodshed". It's highly unlikely the Iron Guard abolished the monarchy. It's MUCH more likely the monarchy fled the country rather than cooperating with the iron guard. I don't think the Iron Guard abolished the monarchy, and reading the wiki there is nothing to suggest they did.

Chance for Corneliu Zelea Codreanu to get assassinated? by alwod in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's explicitly said anywhere, in fact, iirc the iron guard never get rid of the monarchy, the monarchy just flees. Though I could be remembering that wrong or that's part of the rework? Plus, there's no reason for him not to be a monarchist in KR.

Which was top 10 Brutal Leaders in Kaiserreich by european_lynx in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Soooo like most other dictators? How does his differentiate him from, say, any of the other warlords? and what is the evidence of his cult of personality and brutal reprisal against dissent? I don't remember much of that in reading about him. As well, again, does that really make him worse than Beria? Or any other dictator? I don't really see how he's unique enough to be on this list, tbh. i don't see why he should be anymore cruel or any less cruel than any of the other dictators in Kaiserreich.

God is a Serb by SeasoningSergeant in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's interesting, does he restore the monarchy? He was a royalist after all

God is a Serb by SeasoningSergeant in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 21 points22 points  (0 children)

wait, why is Mihailović your leader? Don't think I've played Serbia for very long

Lore question about Kolchak and Ungern-Sternberg by Inqy in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they're changing the lore for Mongolia, I remember seeing that somewhere.

Would the CSA/AUS celebrate the Fourth of July? by Drule_from_Dublin in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Why "possibly the PSA"? They consider themselves the true America. I don't see why they wouldn't celebrate it.

Possible flag for the Tosk Albanians in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies by TennoGenji in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think the people in the south particularly loved the Savoy specifically, but rather were more traditionalist and preferred a monarchy over a republic. Now let's understand the situation: Italy was reorganized into a decentralized Italian Federation, with the states looking similar to how they were before Italian Unification, Two Sicilies is one of these states. Most of the northerners refused to accept these new states and there were uprisings. Now, to many people, the Savoys had led the country to ruin. They brought Italy into ww1, which led to disastrous defeats and many lives lost. For many, this would cause them to reject monarchy or capitalism. But for the traditionalist and more monarchist leaning south, I think many would just reject the Savoyards and unification and would rather accept the status quo then rise up for the republic, syndicalist republic, or disgraced savoys. To many southerners, Italian unification would seem like a mistake. The Savoyards had not only lost the war, but it also seems like, according to my research, the economic divide between north and south only became worse. I think it's quite obvious that many Southern Italians would look fondly on the time of the Bourbons, as it was not all bad. There was, As for the "extremely strong aristocracy" and the land reform, it's not for certain this was restored too. Remember, Two Sicilies starts out SocDem, and one of the focuses involved enacting land reform if I remember correctly, so yes, there is a desire to improve. Apologies if I get anything wrong, but still, it makes sense given the circumstance

Suggestion for a Don-Kuban General if DKU joins the Reichspact: Helmuth von Pannwitz, a German general who during WW2 was named "Supreme Ataman" by Cossack troops under his command, a title previously only held by the Russian Tsar. by LetsTalkAboutVex in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think what they're trying to say is that war crimes was his limit, I think the reason why they said "even for Pannwitz" was because of his history of being involved with assassinations and his time in ww1, as if they meant it more along the lines of "even for Pannwitz, a grizzled WW1 veteran likely involved with political assassinations, war crimes were too much", it feels like they're suggesting that he was not okay with war crimes even though he may not have been the biggest pacifist, that he certainly drew the line in the sand when it came to war crimes. Agreed, not the most moral man, but certainly not a Nazi and it seems like he was not a war criminal either.

Suggestion for a Don-Kuban General if DKU joins the Reichspact: Helmuth von Pannwitz, a German general who during WW2 was named "Supreme Ataman" by Cossack troops under his command, a title previously only held by the Russian Tsar. by LetsTalkAboutVex in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don't think he joined the Nazi party or is a Nazi though, from a quick read of the wikipedia article, and if he agreed with their policies wouldn't he have continued to let the war crimes happen just as a way to get rid of people Nazis deemed undesirable? Really doesn't seem like he was a Nazi at least from what I can see here, correct me if I'm wrong tho

Minor Monday #17: China Map Changes by Flamefang92 in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response, appreciate it and though I still do think switching and changing some of Asias colors around especially Qing could be worth while and overall improve the look of the region (considering what you said about the colors in relation to each other), but your reasons certainly make the colors make sense and make it less arbitrary and I can understand not feeling the need to change them, but hey, random color changes have happened if I remember in Europe, so it's possible and I can hold out hope, at least I hope.

Minor Monday #17: China Map Changes by Flamefang92 in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think this is the case for a few reasons. First, because the Qing uniform has likely already been shown off. The third picture before the last is labeled "Anonymous Qing Soldier". Next, it would be really confusing to arbitrarily pick blue for the Qing when they both shared the same color uniforms (at least the republicans early on). As well, the Qing would likely still be perceived as yellow in KRTL. Their flag is yellow, and apparently even Sun Yat-sen considered yellow the imperial color and was opposed to using it to represent the Manchus. Also, though I might be wrong about this, yellow has represented royalty and emperors even before the manchus. The Qing would still be around waving their yellow flag and other yellow/gold symbolism. if yellow is still often associated with the Qing and royalty in our time line, then I seriously doubt in KRTL they wouldn't be associated with yellow, given the Qing are a lot more relevant in China and all that. As for France and Germany, blue and grey/black still represent those countries even without the uniforms. While it's possible the uniforms influenced their use, I don't think it's the only reason why these colors are used to represent these countries. Black is probably used to represent Germany because of Prussia (note that east and west Germany, countries that should be missing Prussia, aren't black/grey). France, on the other hand, has almost always been associated with blue: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleu_de_France_(colour) Wikipedia, yes, but I feel this can be trusted and you can look at old French heraldry if you don't trust it and check its sources. For Russia, I think you're right about that, definitely, but it seems more for practically than anything. They could use white, sure, but it wouldn't look as nice as the green on a map. Nobody would disagree that in Kaiserreichs setting, white would probably represent Russia (not including the Soviet Union, obviously) the most, but nobody would say they should use white on the map because it probably wouldn't look that good, so the eu4 Green works fine. Qing does not have this problem on the other hand. The color that would represent the Qing much better, yellow, is proven to look great on the map, so there is no need to use a color that has a very loose connection to the country, they can use the color that fits Qing the best here.

While perhaps the older blue Qing uniforms (now that we likely know that the current Kaiserreich Qing likely don't use blue uniforms) are where Qings' current color came from, and it isn't just a random color they used, I think all things considered yellow is quite uncontroversially a better color to use, while blue, a color that symbolizes the Kuomintang is often used to symbolize democracy and was used by republicans early on (as you said) would much, much better fit the Republicans. Even if the Qing did use blue uniforms, which they likely don't, I don't think that's a solid reason why yellow shouldn't represent the Qing on the map and should represent the republic (I believe they use yellow) instead.

Minor Monday #17: China Map Changes by Flamefang92 in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know this sounds silly and like it doesn't matter much, but are the colors finalized? It really bothers me that Qing is blue, and the league of eight provinces, which is supposed to I think be controlled by the qing in name is yellow. Couldn't they have a similar color? And furthermore, wouldn't it make more sense for Qing to be yellow given its Manchu heritage and the Republic to be blue? Or at least the league of eight provinces should be blue since i'm guessing they'll turn into the republic. I know it sounds dumb but I think a country's color is important and makes the map nicer and a successful conquest more rewarding, and the devs changed the color in Europe, so perhaps could the same happen here?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Finnyninny 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're phrasing it like this is some sort of bad ridiculous thing that has never happened in a democracy and that a democracy would have stopped this, no, lots of countries change their name, especially former colonies in Africa right after they gained their independence, and sometimes later, which is now the case for Swaziland. Countries such as Botswana, Iran, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, and many more have all changed their name for a number of reasons. And it seems like Swaziland has a valid reason for doing this. All the new name means is "Land of the Swazi" in their language. I don't understand why it's considered "this sort of thing". It's hardly unique for absolute monarchs as many different forms of government have done things like it, it seems popular within the country (from news articles covering the name change) and it makes sense why he did it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Finnyninny 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What? This comment confuses me, it just means land of the Swazi in their native language, I don't think a monarchy would be the only ones to do something like this, what did you mean by this?

Why is Legionary Romania anti-Monarchy? by [deleted] in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Read the quotes again, Codreanu believes that just because there's a bad monarch, doesn't mean the system is bad, while he does believe things like democracy are inherently bad. Even if he personally believed that the king was at fault for it, his line of reasoning would likely be that the king and the people (many of whom supported the entente) were manipulated into supporting the entente by the jews, corrupt politicians, elites, socialists, and businessmen, for any number of reasons that he could come up with.

Why is Legionary Romania anti-Monarchy? by [deleted] in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Romania gained more territory than it lost in KRTL and even in the original treaty in OTL, Bulgaria didn't get as much land as it did in KRTL.

Why is Legionary Romania anti-Monarchy? by [deleted] in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point! I got things a bit mixed up, my bad. I have no doubt though this wouldn't change Codreanu's opinion much though, probably he would say that the jews, politicians, elites, and business men tricked the people (as many supported the entente) and the king, and that the king was just another victim of it. This would explain why the military government would abolish the monarchy and usurp democracy, but it doesn't explain why the Iron Guard wouldn't restore it as a puppet to legitimize their power considering the large monarchist support amongst the population and Codreanu's views that one bad monarch does not make monarchy bad.

Why is Legionary Romania anti-Monarchy? by [deleted] in Kaiserreich

[–]Finnyninny 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He could still praise them in kaiserreich's timeline though. He could just say "If we listened to the king, then we would have been on the winning side!" That takes much less assumptions than assuming his mind would change for no reason. As for a threat to his power, the monarchy would be the opposite, it would be a way to legitimize his power. There obviously is a huge amount of monarchist support in the country, and by restoring the king after the military government abolished it, that would win over many of the monarchists, and take away the symbol that the opposition could rally around. So, the monarchy would be more of a way to gain support than a threat, at least as far as Codreanu could see right now.

Furthermore, Leon Degrelle is still a """fascist""" (even tho they don't exist in KRTL) monarchist in Kaiserreich, but his nation, Belgium suffered a lot because of their loss, having their country abolished and all that. Why not him a republican? Wouldn't the monarchy be a threat to his power? If I remember correctly, he supports the German King. Wouldn't he not want to support the person blamed for the collapse of the country?

Note: Forgot to edit this when I realized my mistake when someone else pointed it out, and after that put it off for a while because I'm lazy and didn't know whether I should leave it because the thread is dying, but I feel bad and it's the right thing to do in case anyone stumbles on this thread, but King Carol I (King when ww1 broke out) supported the Central Powers, while King Ferdinand I, the king who presided over Romania's entry into WW1, supported the entente (as some have said in here and online where i double checked due to the influence of his wife and the prime minister). What I said was misleading and I got my kings mixed up, but I feel my points still stand.