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Indepedents [Notes]

[anonymous]

You asked for it, OP.

Once upon a time (1777-1791) the Vermont Republic (Veronica Longfellow, named for author Ki Longfellow) declared its independence from British rule but was unable to join with the United Colonies/States because New York thought her land belonged to him. She was eventually admitted as the anti-slavery balance to slave state Kentucky. Because it was clear from the beginning that Vermont would join the US, it is sometimes called the “Reluctant Republic.”

Once upon another time (1836-1845) the Republic of Texas (Travis Cabeza, named for Colonel William Travis, commander of the Alamo, and Alvar Nunez Cabzea de Vaca, the shipwrecked Spanish conquistador that accidentally first settled the area) functioned as an independent country, having won that right from Mexico. His annexation eventually lead to the Mexican-American war.

Once upon a fairly more impressive amount of time (approx. 1795-1893) the Kingdom of Hawai’i (Kulani Lunalio, named for her last and most liberal monarch) united the island region into an independent, unified government. In 1893, the support of the Committee for Public Safety and a 1891 revolt against the monarchy finally lead to a long-awaited annexation into the US.
Despite her best efforts, she still looks like she’s 12.

You know, now that I think about it, I don’t think these states actually have anything to do with each other besides having once been independent. Still, I think their conversations on the subject would be amusing…

Texas’s Transition - there’s this odd dichotomy about people in Texas. Half of us spend all our time trying to deny the stereotype that all Texans are cowboy-boot-wearing ranchers with a love of meat and football and an oil well in our backyard; and the other half of us live in the west, where all of these things are at least partially true.

Bevo the Longhorn is mascot of the University of Texas football team.

Texas’s scars - In my mind, Texas actual has matching entry and exit wound scars, the entry representing the Battle of the Alamo, and the exit representing the lesser-known Battle of Goliad and the resulting massacre. Both were crucial moments in the Texas Revolution, but only one got the song. Oh well.

“Day off…” -Texas Independence Day (March 2) is still an official holiday in the state of Texas, but about 50 years ago, students and government workers used to get the day off. They don’t anymore. I’m not sure why.

“At least she was actually wearing one.” - I read somewhere once that the native Hawaiians never had a problem with women going topless until European missionaries landed on their shores. Kulani still runs around without a shirt if you’ll give her half a chance. Probably a good thing she’s stuck pretty young, then.

I’ve written here before about my theory that New Mexico is the result of an illicit affair between Texas and America when Tex was still independent. Half of the land that made up New Mexico was essentially sold to the federal government to cover Texas’s revolutionary war debts, and the other half was won from Mexico in the Mexican-American war, which was primarily a border dispute about where Texas ended and Mexico began. And I like the idea of America’s kids having as many diverse parents as possible. So Arizona is America/Mexico and New Mexico is America/Texas named after his sister and…yeah. XD

Re: Indepedents [Notes]

[anonymous]

(Not OP) This Vermont!Anon enjoyed this immensely. Though I would like to correct your notes on one fact - VT was a state nearly a decade before Kentucky (and Kentucky would be the equalizer, technically.)

I loved you characterization of them, you clearly wanted to try to show what they're famous for and where they come from. I especially liked the easy going flow of the story and interactions.

Re: Indepedents [Notes]

[anonymous]

excellently done, author!anon, very good job.

One thing this NJ!anon wants to mention, to all those uninformed, is that people in New Jersey can't buy fireworks. If you want to set off your own for fun, you have to smuggle them in from the nearest adjacent state. Little interesting tid-bit that I was reminded of there...

Re: Indepedents [Notes]

[anonymous]

Ahh, that explains why he wanted to get his hands on Texas's stash. XD Though, with all the burn bans in the west, Tex probably shouldn't have any boom-boom rockets himself...

OP here~

[anonymous]

Thank you very much! That was a really informative fill to read~ I enjoyed it - I vaguely knew that Hawaii and Texas were independent at one point, but not about Vermont.

Thank you! ^ ^

OP is glad she asked for it - she's learning lots about America! XD