HANABIRA SOLUTION FORMAL ARGUMENTS

[futurologists]

FORMAL ARGUMENTS This is a follow-up to the proposal post, for characters to ICly argue to Youmi, Nama, and Doro why Hathaway's proposed solution is a good idea. The winning vote was to propose the empresses marry each other, so all arguments must be in support of this solution. Arguments are due 28 February 23:59 UTC. WHAT DO I DO? Submit a unique argument for why the empresses should marry in the comments below. Arguments must be between 50-250 words and must be submitted as a summary of what your character would ICly say. Characters may submit arguments in a group or solo. There will be a subthread for anyone looking to group up below! UNIQUE ARGUMENT? This means that your argument should not be for the same reasons as anyone else. Because each submission must be a unique argument, you may only be involved in one comment, so choose carefully! For example, if the solution was to make the Hanabiran national animal a hamster, you could not argue it should be because hamsters are cute if that was already someone's argument; you must choose a different argument, such as hamsters' propensity for chewing wood would be a boon to the logging industry. You may choose a related topic as well; for example, hamsters being cute because they are small if someone argued that hamsters are cute because they're soft. WHAT ARGUMENTS NEED TO BE MADE? Nama and Youmi must be given solid reasons why their marriage will benefit each empress and empire. If you need help thinking of something they could offer each other, looking over the dossier description of each empire may help. THE SOLUTION WAS ALREADY VOTED ON. WHY DO WE NEED ARGUMENTS? The mods will be using an algorithm to determine how effective the solution is. What the empresses think of it and how successful it is depends on both quantity and quality of the arguments, as well as other ~secret~ factors. In other words, if only one person submits an argument (and that argument is "because I like hamsters"), the solution will fail. So get brainstorming! I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT, BUT I STILL WANT TO ARGUE FOR IT. CAN I? Absolutely! Characters who decide to help the majority despite their qualms may certainly argue for it. WHAT IF MY CHARACTER DOESN'T AGREE? If your character wouldn't argue for the marriage solution, then they certainly don't have to! If they would actively argue against it or for a different solution, you may handwave that they did, but we are only accepting arguments for the winning solution.

Comments

THE PEOPLE

[reposing]

While Alucard completely respects everyone else's arguments and agrees with the majority of them, he would additionally propose the benefit for their respective peoples. Not just in the overall cultures and how they can help each other (one clan's military, another's arts), but also in their safety, security, and the people's happiness.

Overall, neither clan want war, despite some of the rebels that instigated the coup with Empress Nama. A handful of rebels does not voice for everyone. In order to protect both kingdoms, it's best to unify them.

I don't have a fully proposed argument yet but once I get my brain in order I'll put something together.

[tenthousandmiles]

oooh i'd be onboard for adding ginko to this argument if you're interested in pairing up :D

[reposing]

Heck yeah I'm down!! Let's do this

[healstaffs]

Lissa would def hop aboard this argument, if you need more people! She'd add an anecdote of her own, in that her father continued war and it absolutely destroyed their people's happiness and trust, to the point that their people didn't trust the ruling family for years....all for the made up faraway nations that they're supposed to be representing, of course, and not these real countries from distant worlds.

If this doesn't actually go with the angle you're going for that's cool too, she'll just +1 everything said and lend her nonexistent weight as a princess.

[reposing]

Nope this totally works for me. Alucard's fake engagement backstory with Lucina was actually originally "our countries were fighting, so we got engaged to bring unity to the people so no more innocent lives would be destroyed", which is still shades of Truth for Alucard because he does care about innocent lives.

I'll be happy to put together a full submission and see if you think it sounds good!

[healstaffs]

Sounds good to me! I will happily read it over once you've got it all written up 8)b

[boxedcrook]

laughing idk if you're still with this or not, but inuyasha would be for the people more than anything else regarding marriage

he buried a lot of the dead in the flowerlands, some of who were on both sides as well as in the middle, and that's what he'll add

[reposing]

lmao no i'm super into this, i'll add inuyasha onto it!!