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Post by snacky on Jul 3, 2014 4:35:14 GMT
We've been conducting honeymoon speculation in another thread, and at this time lovemonday's argument for Osaka, Japan has my vote (against my own original submission of The Orient Express). On Tumblr, however, I find the French audience is submitting formal presentations in favor of pulling the honeymoon to their country, and they're invoking ratings, fan loyalties, and actor preferences for particular countries into the argument! Low blows, dude! The gauntlet has been thrown, and I don't believe the arguments for the Honeymoon Deathmatch Challenge should be hidden away in the shipper area. There are historical home truths at stake here! Without further ado, the Paris/Osaka Honeymoon Deathmatch Challenge is attached.  |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Jul 3, 2014 15:18:00 GMT
Death match? Ooh, things are heating up? I like the Japan idea, but Osaka? I'll have to check out the idea.
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Post by snacky on Jul 3, 2014 15:37:54 GMT
Death match? Ooh, things are heating up? I like the Japan idea, but Osaka? I'll have to check out the idea. It has to do with the timing of the Industrial Exhibition, not any particular preference for Osaka - though Osaka is a pretty cool, underrated city in Japan! Anyway, with the importance of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty (I think it was one of the dominoes that led to WWI), Japan's wild interest in modernization and technology at the time, and the wild Japanophilia that was going on at the time in the Western World, how could MM NOT do an episode regarding Japan? The honeymoon would be a great way to make the bridge! Not that I have anything against Paris - it's my favorite city in the world, too. XD Still I think the vote has to be with Japan for being the more original choice, especially given the time period. Japan is usually represented during the Tokugawa revolution, the Meiji Restoration/Revolution, or WWII. However, I think this period when Japan had had been opened to the West for a few decades, and was trying to come to grips with Western science, literature, customs, and manners has it's own fascination. If we think of Asia as exotic in this age of global media, think of how Western ideas and objects must have seemed to the long-isolated Japanese: especially when the first thing they were presented with was a philosophy of "survival of the fittest". (Thank you, Mr. Darwin). And William needs some onsen time soooooooooooooooo badly! Ps. In case you haven't figured it out yet, the links aren't underlined in this forum. So CLICK HERE to find out more about the 1903 National Industrial Exhibition in Osaka. I like the electic/gunpowder dance!  |
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