Negotiations have been completed!

[hellzabeth]

I'M BACK BITCHES

Did you miss me?

So I managed to convince my parents to let me online more often, though I've been sneaking on and off for a while beforehand (not that any of you saw anything RIGHT? >> ) and thus I am back, 6 days earlier than previously thought. 8D

*gets back to writing Family Ties*

Comments

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

I know literally zilch about Pacific history and feel this must be remedied. They ask Aus to invade? As a peace keeper? Good because I've just started. How's his relations with Fiji? Are there any two troublemakers under his jurisdiction? Who's likely to start a fight that he has to break up? /quickfire questions.

I- well, of course, but- [Not if you're going to get all crazy on me, boy. He was kind of almost there about being resigned to being a very tiny world power.]

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

OKAY ALL OF THIS IS GOING BY MEMORY I WILL GIVE MORE ACCURATE STUFF LATER: Usually, yeah. We tend to give a lot of our neighbours tons of aid and leave it at that, but when trouble goes down we occasionally go over with the army to act as peace keepers. One of the main things I remember about that was East Timor in... 2006, I think? They were having troubles getting their elections under control and so Australia and a few other members of the Pacific Islands Forum intervened. Fiji is pissed off at Australia right now, because Australia kicked him out of the Forum (well, it was a group thing but yeah) and then later he got booted out of the Commonwealth, because the military gov in charge of him refuses to hold democratic elections. He accused Australia of being a "bully" or something like that and last I heard he was accusing Australia and New Zealand of spying on him. I can't remember if it was wire tapping, normal espionage, or what but it was something like that.

If we're talking Australia's jurisdiction, he'd probably intervene with anyone in the Forum who got in trouble, as well as Indonesia. And then there's always Malaysia and Singapore, he has that defense agreement with them, NZ and England (and if I remember correctly, Malay and Singapore fight sometimes because originally Malaysia wanted Singapore to be one with her). Papua New Guinea and Nauru are his babies though, they were his "trusted territories" for most of the 20th Century. Nauru hated him for a while, because he was a loving but fail fail fail parent and they only recently reconciled. As for anyone starting a fight... Indonesia is the big power after him and NZ and she sometimes gets a bit tiffy with Papua and East Timor, if I remember correctly. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have border disputes sometimes, and East Timor only got his independence from her in 2002 after she occupied him in 1976 (with Australian and American backing, because the independent East Timor gov apparently had commie help?!?! I'm not 100% sure on the details there). So there's that.

ummmm what else am I forgetting. Obviously anyone who lays a hand on New Zealand will get a smackdown, but no one's dumb enough to try that. She's also likely to follow him wherever he may go, her gov tends to put a lot of emphasis on trans-Tasman friendship, but she might try to talk him out of anything drastic.

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

NO WAIT it wasn't the Forum that intervened in East Timor in 2006. It was Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Portugal. East Timor used to be a Portugese colony if Uncle Port's presence sounds really random.

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

*makes sure to reference this stuff*

I knew about East Timor being Port's, but most of this stuff is new to me. Apart from the fact that Aus will kill anyone trying to go after NZ. That's just... duh.

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

Hurray~ Let me know if you need me to ramble at you anymore.

Luckily, it doesn't look like anyone would have any reason to go after her. Besides us, I mean. The only thing you'd accomplish is getting a shit load of sheep and piss off the entire region. Unless you're Japan and you want her ocean reserves in which case I guess there's temptation but damn is it really worth it?

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

I assure you I will. ^^

... LOTR nerds might form an army and try to take her over? /shot Japan, dude, just... stop with the fish thing already. Seriously.

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

Especially if it's about his precious little princess Papua New Guinea or baby Nauru. sob he's such a fail dad but I love it all the same.

I think even the New Zealand army could handle an army of Tolkien nerds. Maybe. Stop making me use this icon, Japan, stop stop stop!

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

Awww Aussie did you inherit the fail parental skills? Don't worry, just make up for it with LOOOOVE <3

But. They have swords. And arrows. And Oliphants. Japan: iie. /OMNOMNOMNOM

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

Lots and lots of love. Most of it for Papua, the cute one, but when he remembers Nauru exists he loves him too, for all his bitter, money laundering ways...

... Good point, Australia better get over there with the air force quick.

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

D'aww, Aussie's a doting dad. Or just as much a failparent as Iggy, but well, when you grow up with examples like that... at least he keeps it on a smaller scale?

Amd take over New Zealand. Just in case.

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

He grew up thinking "I-it's not like I care about you or anything! Stupid! Idiot! I'm just doing this for my own sake, I hate you!" was a normal sign of affection. What more do you want from him?

Just to make sure she's safe and everything. Yeah.

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

...Why in the world did anyone let England spawn? France or Holland should have raised you Aussie. orz

Mmm hmm. And then we'll just... add her to the Australian Empire. When nobody's looking.

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

Something tells me Holland wouldn't have been any better...

Let's get married, New Zealand, and then maybe no one will notice my ever expanding empire until it's too late you can be the Hungary to my Austria except I'm not a total sook it's perfect.

[always-tea-time.livejournal.com]

.... or France. Poor dear, you were doomed from the start weren't you?

That is an incredibly appealing concept. WHY IS YANDERE AUSSIE SO ATTRACTIVE?!

[withgoldensoil.livejournal.com]

Because Aussie is always attractive! And also because his crush on New Zealand is totally canon, I've been reading survey analysis all day saying so.

But to be honest, if he did start an empire, I kinda see him falling into it by accident. Like "Okay, guys, I'm gonna stick around here to make sure you don't cause any trouble and- oh hey what the hell are your neighbours doing- listen, guys, I'm helping them- OH SCREW IT I'LL JUST INVADE EVERYONE!" but all with the aim of protecting them and then he slowly gets all messed up and yandere and so on. And New Zealand's just in the background going "h-hey, calm down..."