Taijitu
Forum Meta => Archive => General Discussion Archive => Topic started by: Gulliver on April 26, 2008, 05:31:38 AM
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My fellow Taijitans.
Trying times are upon us. While a calm has settled since the Coup of March never the less a certain tension can still be felt beneath the surface of the water yet threatening to snap violently. We stand now at an important point. We can succeed and come out for the better from this. But if Taijitu and even more so its people are to have strength enough to endure there must be hope. There must be inspiration. There must be a unity of sorts.
Naturally these things must spring from something other than thin air. There must be a figure of public importance towards which all Taijitans can look and feel these things, a Head of State who can stand apart as the embodiment of then Taijitan spirit and who can draw together many otherwise disparate factions. If you doubt the need for such a thing look back on the many times at which this region has been nearly torn apart by internal strife and conflict. We held together in the end because there is a common substrate on which we all rest in this region. But though we may be aware of the common values and ideals we share we are only aware of them in the most abstract sense possible. There is nothing tangible to demonstrate that these ideals are more than ethereal words and so the ability of such common ground to bring us together through the worst is woefully lacking. If we are to continue this substrate must be solidified and personified.
Tarnished by he is our Delegate cannot serve in this unifying and inspiring capacity as Taijitu's Head of State. If such a figure is still necessary and if it cannot be found in the Delegate it must be sought elsewhere in a figure who commands the respect of the Taijitan community at large. Someone who has risen above the base politics that would make it impossible to play such a function of inspiration. A figure who can truly rally the people and place in their hearts a much needed swelling of patriotic pride. Someone who has the necessary bearing to play the part.
Someone like, if I might be so bold for the moment, me.
And so it is in true oxymoronic fashion that I proudly and yet humbly announce that I, public opinion kindly permitting, shall assume this necessary role as King Gulliver I of Taijitu. It is my greatest hope that I will be allowed to do so and continue to serve the region that I love. Naturally I will abstain from this vote and should this come to pass step down as Justice, and would like to take this moment to informally nominate my good friend Kool Aid Man as my successor.
A bright future is on the horizon. Let's not let it slip through our fingers.
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Hail King Gulliver!
o/
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You know that "internal strife" you mentioned earlier...there are not many things that could cause more "strife" than not one, but two self-appointed monarchs. I may be stepping in some deep s**t by bringing this up (since I wasn't there) but the last few political activities seem to be leading Taijitu not towards unity, but towards the possibility of a schism like the one that created Taijitu from a piece of The Lexicon.
Now Gulliver...you know you are a Taiji I hold in very high esteem...your recruiting brought me here, and I voted for you in the last elections for delegate. I don't pretend to have an answer for the problems facing Taijitu...but it is my strong opinion that having a "king" is not a route we should take. The last thing I want to see is you and SD gathering factions for a Taijitan Civil War that would inevitably result in little more than the rending of the Taijitu we all know and love into shreds.
Rest assured...I will be at the front of the line to leave this region I have loved for a year if that comes to pass. I just hope that this is truly what you want to do, and that you know what you might be starting...it could irrevocably alter Taijitu, and not necessarily for the better.
The ball is in your court, Gulliver. Play it wisely...
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OH YEAH!
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You know that "internal strife" you mentioned earlier...there are not many things that could cause more "strife" than not one, but two self-appointed monarchs. I may be stepping in some deep s**t by bringing this up (since I wasn't there) but the last few political activities seem to be leading Taijitu not towards unity, but towards the possibility of a schism like the one that created Taijitu from a piece of The Lexicon. Now Gulliver...you know you are a Taiji I hold in very high esteem...your recruiting brought me here, and I voted for you in the last elections for delegate. I don't pretend to have an answer for the problems facing Taijitu...but it is my strong opinion that having a "king" is not a route we should take. The last thing I want to see is you and SD gathering factions for a Taijitan Civil War that would inevitably result in little more than the rending of the Taijitu we all know and love into shreds. Rest assured...I will be at the front of the line to leave this region I have loved for a year if that comes to pass. I just hope that this is truly what you want to do, and that you know what you might be starting...it could irrevocably alter Taijitu, and not necessarily for the better. The ball is in your court, Gulliver. Play it wisely...
NEVER QUESTION THE AUTHORITY OF KING GULLIVER AGAIN, YOU INSOLENT PEON! BOW BEFORE HIS GREATNESS! HAIL KING GULLIVER! o/
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Even though I'm a ruthless, rich, and illegal space raider, anyway.........HAIL TO KING GULLIVER!!! :taijitu:
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That "Hail King Gulliver" would seem a lot more sincere Space Raider if you'd voted "Yes".
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Whatever that means, I vote yes!
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בֿאָטע אין טהע אָלל דומבאַסס!
חאַיל כּינג ׳ולליװער! o/
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HAIL KING GULLIVER!
KOOL AID MAN DEMANDS TO BE APPOINTED GRAND HIGH INQUISITOR! HE SHALL CONSUME THE BLOOD OF THE INFIDELS AND UNBELIEVERS AND BRING DELICIOUS REFRESHMENT TO ALL THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE ALMIGHTY KING GULLIVER!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HAIL KING GULLIVER!
Captain Falcon will be the new monarchy's enforcer of justice!
Falconnnnnnnnnn Punch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THIS IS BLASPHEMY! HOW DARE THIS IMPOSTOR, THIS CHARLATAN MONARCH ATTEMPT THE PATH TO APOTHEOSIS ALREADY CLAIMED BY THE MIGHT TIAX? WORSHIP ONLY THE TRUE GOD! ON YOUR KNEES, UNBELIEVERS, SO YOU CAN GAZE INTO THE EYES OF TIAX! TIAX RULES ALL!
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OH NO!
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Nvr.
*Prepares his hidden underground base and rebel forces for loyalist attacks*
Edit: Spotted! Forces, double quick!
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HEY.
WHO EDITED THE VOTE? YOU CANNOT SILENCE THE POPULAR WILL SO EASILY.
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WHOEVER DID THIS SHOULD DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS!!!! HAIL KING GULLIVER! o/
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HEY.
LISTEN
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:D :D
:clap:
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/me voted Blue!
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Viva La King GULLIVER
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Blah blah blah, lip service, lip service.