Hey!~ It's been sooooooo long since I've updated or posted anything on here! OTL
Anyway, I was bored doing homework(like that's never happened XDDD) and I decided to study in a different way~ The French Revolution can be amazingly wonderful inspiration~ This is, more or less, my first Hetalia fic with a character as a country, not just a citizen from that country.
Something I think should be explained is that I see the countries as… advisors, in a way, to their current leaders. The thing is, most, if not all, of their leaders tend to be either swayed only when the countries give bad advice, or just ignore all warnings. Yeah. Idiots. I want to write something with Napoleon next… though I probably won't… meh… Fun fact: Both my English teacher and History teacher liked this fic~
This is between July 14, 1789 and October 5, 1789. This is explained in the historical facts at the bottom~
"This is ridiculous! What is with them? Have they gone mad?"
"It's not so surprising."
The pacing king looked at his blond companion in shock.
"Not surprising? They are turning this country on its head!"
The man couldn't help but chuckle at the king's panic.
"Do you see me doing head stands?" He suddenly stopped his laughter, a frown forming on his youthful, handsome face. "They want stability." And equality, he added mentally. This king, so young, inexperienced, naïve, couldn't see his country's, no, his peoples' pain past his own luxury.
"How can it be so bad? So some prices went up a little. I hardly call that a need for a revolt!"
The king was confused. Things were so easy in the palace. He didn't realize the suffering going on in his own backyard!
The blond sighed and looked out a window at the beautiful scenery stretched out before him. His next words were weighed down with age and layered in sorrow.
"You're so young, Louis. Your time barely begins and yet your ignorance blinds you from what's happening all around you, hindering you… I can only hope you will open your eyes before it's too late."
The man turned and walked out of the room, leaving Louis to ponder his words.
Fun stuff huh? Well, on with our history lesson, paraphrased from my history text book.
July 14th is Bastille Day, considered the first day of the French Revolution. A mob of civilians stormed the Bastille (a royal armory and state prison) and, despite military efforts, won, got the weapons, and freed the prisoners (A whopping total of 7 consisting of 5 forgers and 2 insane dudes). When Louis heard he said, "Why this is a revolt" and the messenger(the duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt(that's a mouthful) replied, "No, Sire, it is a revolution." I'm assuming it was really in French. On October 5 a crowd of Parisian women got a bunch of weapons, went up to Versailles(where the royal family lived) and told Louis how their children were starving because they couldn't afford bread. Louis promised them grain and the women marched him, Marie Antoinette, and their son into Paris with it. Oh, and while uprisings did happen around the time prices went up, and settled a bit when they went down, they weren't the only catalyst. The lower and middle classes were tired of unfair treatment compared to the nobles and clergy. However, Louis and Marie were not bad people. They were teenagers when they came to power, and had no clue things were bad until it was shoved in their face.
