Decide to re-activate my tumblr for the sake of Maruma been addicted to it recently, although I watched the anime a long time ago, but I just read the novel recently. And tell you what—I’m still obsessed with my childhood crushes: Gwendal von Voltaire and Anissina von Karbelnikoff—only this time I just figured that they’re actually canon Well. I’m here to contribute some of my KKM fanarts
“Well…in Shinma Kingdom, there were three women with incredible magical powers. One was Golden Cäli, my mother. Another was Crimson Anissina—she and my brother…and Gwendal, have this thing—she’s a short lady with red hair that looks like it’s on fire.”
“A thing with Gwendal?…a thing? What kind of a dangerous thing would that be…?”
I decided to listen to it and live-write in a post with whatever I’m thinking XD
For the ones who want the general summary of this new CD, here’s marumafan post.You can get a good idea of everything that happens in it from the summary alone and skip this post if you’re not interested, there’s nothing new and I don’t have the japanese level to explain anything, I’m just doing this for entertainment purposes ^^
Per request in my Ruttenbergpost, an analysis about Voltaire.
To make the following analysis more palatable, I used bullet points to draw similarities between the poet Voltaire (from here on referred to as Voltaire/the human one/poet/author), and Gwendal von Voltaire (from here on referred to as Gwen/Gwendal).
• One of Voltaire’s famous quotes is: “Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.” and if this doesn’t encapsulate Gwendal’s entire attitude towards work, I don’t know what does.
• In regards to work, human Voltaire supposedly worked 18 hours a day, many of those dictating to his secretary, often while still in bed. Gwen also works tirelessly, and has a secretary he trusts.
• Another thing that is well known about the human Voltaire, is that he paid his workers the best salaries of all France. Similarly, Gwen is also loved by his soldiers because of how well he treats them.
• In Candide, a satirical novel by human Voltaire he writes: “You’re a bitter man,” said Candide. “That’s because I’ve lived,” said Martin. The novel is about the main character’s slow disillusionment when he learns about the real world. This kind of pessimism can be seen in a lot of human Voltaire’s work.
• In fact, the term pessimism was coined by Jesuit critics of Voltaire’s novel Candide. Human Voltaire created pessimism. In parallel, Gwendal is constantly worried and upset.
•Human Voltaire collaborated scientifically with his girlfriend, du Chatelet, who became the first woman to have a scientific paper published by the Academy. They also helped popularize Issac Newton’s ideas on gravity.
•Although human Voltaire never married du Chatelet, they lived together as a married couple, and he even adopted her children. Likewise, Gwen and Anissina have an inseparable relationship, work together doing science and have interdimensionally connected drawers.
•Human Voltaire was a supporter of animal rights and a vegetarian. He thought that the Bible’s killings of animals were atrocious, and praised Hindu treatment of animals. Correspondingly, Gwendal loves animals and is against their killing.
•Voltaire, the poet, believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority, should be immune to challenge by reason. Much like Gwendal, who always looks at things from the logical point of view, which causes him to get angry at Yuuri’s naive actions.
• Human Voltaire thought the French bourgeoisie was small and ineffective, that aristocracy was parasitic and corrupt, that the commoners were ignorant and superstitious, and that the Church was a static and oppressive force. He distrusted democracy, which he saw as propagating the idiocy of the masses. Voltaire long thought only an enlightened monarch could bring about change. Which rings true for Gwendal as well.
• Finally, human Voltaire did not have a knitting hobby. Gwendal inherited that from the author Takabayashi-sensei, who has admitted she knit to de-stress.
20th Anniversary MA Event - Fourth Week Activity From November 23 to November 30 Wednesday - Let’s talk about ships
Hello everyone!
Today we cover a topic everyone loves and everyone’s also very passionate about. We all have our OTPs, but what I would like to share is a list of pairings that have been included in the canon one way or another. I did my best to think about all the possibilities but I’m probably forgetting some of them, so I invite you to add more pairings or talk about your favorite ones!
