#can we please be normal about what is basically still a shitpost despite appearances?

[naranjapetrificada]

No one but me cares, but I have been sitting on this licherally since the premiere of season 2:

I have decided that Ricky being "a minor prince" means that he's half German (meaning his full name is much more likely some variant of Friedrich/Frederick than Richard), and that he inherited his status from his mother. I'm not a historian but here's my understanding and rationale.

With British and (therefore by extension, French) royalty, a prince who wasn't the heir (or spare even) was more likely to be referred to based on where they were born or referred to by one of their landed titles (which is why "John Lackland" was such a good burn). For example, in the Wars of the Roses, relevant people at all levels of the aristocracy are discussed as being Yorkist or Lancastrian, specifically because of ties to those respective dukedoms (titles held by the respective sons of Edward III, who they were descendants of).

In the Holy Roman Empire, however, there were LOADS of "princes" who were once called that because the only ruler above them was the Emperor. Because of this status, rulers with many different titles and amounts of real power could be considered princes and given "princely" airs. Among the princes were dukes, grand dukes, counts palatine, prince-abbots, princess-abbesses, and at different times a handful of kings (ie Bohemia, Hungary) and other titles besides. Some of the princes were Electors, who had extra privileges and duties within the Empire, but no one would have called the Electors "minor" anything.

(Gods help you if you need to keep all the titles straight but blame it on geography and religion.)

For Ricky to be a minor prince (minor enough to make that distinction) he most likely would have ties to one of the smaller or less prominent states. He would technically still be allowed to grant himself princely airs if, say, his family were part of the Imperial Diet but as counts or something. But there were princes and there were Princes.

During his conversation with Zheng, Ricky mentions something about his father having connections to the British treasury, which is the kind of power that the English aristocracy pretty famously had strong feelings about the royal family not having direct access to. So in this case, I've decided that as much as Ricky is any kind of prince, his father was at best literally any British noble. That would mean he had the title of prince based on his mother's status, which wasn't impossible because women could hold certain titles in the Empire in their own right, or could be a "princess" based on their family's status.

To be clear, this is interesting to me because a) if the 'tism hits hard anywhere it's history and b) this makes Ricky clinging to his status as a "minor prince" extra pathetic imo. Among the brits his status as a minor (German) prince would only sort of matter, especially when he clearly didn't hold that status directly as a ruler of any kind (otherwise ties to the British navy would be extremely sus!). At best it's a courtesy title he might technically be entitled to based on a real title held by his mother, but it just as easily could be a half-German brit making way too much of a title his grandfather held (and that he would have no direct claims to unless maybe there was like, no one else). It doesn't matter in the grand (or not so grand) scheme of things, but it certainly is funnier.

*side note: this is one reason why the children of some imperial rulers in central Europe, eastern Europe, and Russia were called grand dukes and grand duchesses instead of princes and princesses, the latter of which would have been lower on the aristocratic ladder than the former.

[kibibarel]

Have any cute romantic headcanons of Lusabean?

i do THEY WERE SO IN LOVE.....

i’m really fond of tumblr user aetherscionlusamine/grimroth’s idea of Wicke introducing Lusamine to Mohn at some point during their college years...like Mohn’s just kind of suddenly There one day studying with Wicke and FUCK it turns out he’s super nice and knowledgeable and charming and can keep up with her without being a fuckin dick about it??? she pretty quickly becomes infatuated with him and is like “UGH WICKE THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT”

love blossoms over the course of a lot of shared all-nighters, team projects, little research trips, midnight feelings jams................Lusamine has something of a reputation in their department as a terrifying rich bitch ice queen who can destroy a man with a single sentence, and she really doesn’t like showing vulnerability to..anyone p much, but she finds she can open up to Mohn. he probably thinks she’s just stunning in every way but assumes he doesn’t have much of a chance with her (because lmao she is Rich As Fuck and has something of a legacy to uphold, while he’s kind of just a rando, his intellectual brilliance aside).....until she starts opening up and in turn so does he and soon enough he’s like WOAH........WOAH!!!!!!! WOAH i’m???? in love?????

their first date is kind of awkward because, despite how comfortable they are around each other, they’re both (EVEN LUSAMINE she drank too much fucking coffee as per usual and was incredibly wired the entire night) super jittery about making things Official(TM)

so it’s basically....

(lmao forgive this clumsy screenshot of a post i made on my RP blog a while back i’m stealing my own shitposts)

buuuuut after this awkward fumbling around, they realize they’re both being Kind Of Dumb for two junior scientists and just laugh it off lmao. they relax again after that..and become basically PDA central. stealing kisses between lab periods, all over each other at parties that Lusamine drags him off to, all that gross stuff.......AH TO BE YOUNG AND UNAFFECTED BY THE SWEET SIREN SONG OF ULTRA SPACE.....

they get engaged preeeetty soon after they graduate, and Lusamine’s father is very “ehhh” about it at first because WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?? MY LUSAMINE CAN’T MARRY SOME RANDO PEASANT!!!!! but Mohn is like “uhh...oh god....i-- uhhhh i’m super smart and also love Pokemon and plants?!?!” and Lusamine’s dad is like “..................sniffle............he’s perfect...welcome...welcome to the family......” while Lusamine rolls her eyes and gives Mohn an “i told you so” look from the background

as adult-adults, the both of them work way too fucking hard lmao...........they both have a habit of getting too engrossed in their respective jobs and just..forgoing meals, sleep, etc. just to catch up on work, and they both have a hypocritical urge to scold each other for it. Lusamine, hopped up on a frankly unhealthy amount of caffeine herself, finds Mohn passed out on top of a pile of notes and gently reprimands him for not coming to bed like a normal person. Mohn, having just returned home at an ungodly hour from a research trip, finds Lusamine still awake and working and spends another hour or so just fussing over her. there is a lot of mutual fussing and concern and they just love each other so much man... :’(((((

even after years of marriage, they are......always all over each other...totally sneaking into each other’s offices secretly just to be with each other...bringing each other coffee and flowers and stuff like a couple of newlyweds...or..AHEM havin some fun AHEM. sometimes Mohn will just swoop in for a not-quite-chaste kiss in the middle of the conservation area and Lusamine will be like “ohoho you wicked man save it for when we aren’t in polite company...” but she’s still like ;))))))) on the outside. any employees hanging around the area are like “ew this is Not Suitable For Work” but on the inside you know they’re thinking “god i wish that were me” or maybe i’m just projecting god i wish that were me

headcanon is that Lusamine’s always been kind of selfish, overly preoccupied with appearances, and prone to some very reckless/unreasonable trains of thought (which the neurotoxin p much just dials up to eleven), and Mohn is generally her voice of reason. hey Lusamine honey maybe don’t cryogenically freeze that Pokemon. Lusamine darling please stop doing dangerous scientific experiments on yourself. Lusamine, love of my life, please rest for two seconds you are pregnant with our child..........you said cute headcanons and this starts out pretty cute and sweet, what with them always fussing over each other, buuuuut then it obviously becomes..horrifying and depressing so i’m gonna stop right here lmaoooooo

Lusamine: well Mohn disappeared into a wormhole so now i have to neglect my children and lock myself in the labs until he comes backWicke: .....whyLusamine: he’s basically 95% of my impulse control