Look at what I found....
So you know how I kept complaining for a couple of weeks about wrong life choices taking that boring history elective (read: compulsory) and inundating my poor mind with irrelevant details and dates.
Well, may the gods bless the libraries, because I found something interesting.
I am totally digging the primary resources I’ve been collecting recently.
Unfiltered resources.
Who knew that some medieval old farts could write something so tooth-achingly sweet? Writing something so romantic on a freaking legal document, complete with all the hoity-toity language and royal declarations? Granted its validity is still contested and some historians think it was a contrived ploy to discredit the doubters of the second Agreste-Cheng arrangement. But...
Dude. Dude. They couldn't possibly have written it without some bit of truth. I mean if they were going for fake cheesy, they could have released "love letters" or something. I don't care if they had called him Sugartongue or Plagg's Tongue--it can mean he's a smooth-talking politician, but it doesn't mean he was a liar. (who came up with those oral-fixated titles?????? how can anyone say that without snickering?) He was probably a super sweet guy who can charm the pants out of anyone.
AND AND LOOK, LOOK? Coccinelle and Chat Noir have an entire section devoted to them in the syllabus.
That subheading 6.7 Private Life
OMG!!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS
Okay, enough blabber. Highlights and fangirling side-comments are mine!
Enjoy the Proposal document after the cut!
A Copy of the Formal Inquiry
to Court Princess Marinette Dupain-Cheng
As Presented to the Adarnian court in Person and to the Aelurian court by Proxy:
Oyez.
Let it be known by all that His Royal Highness, Adrien of House Agreste, the Prince of Aelurus, Lord of the Southern Harbors, and Master Sabreur of the Black Dragon's Maw, formally wishes to woo Her Royal Highness, Marinette of House Dupain-Cheng, the Princess of Adarna, Chatelaine of Greater Fenghuang, and High Ladybird, with the intention to win her hand in marriage.
For as much as the Prince is enamored of the Princess for her virtues and qualities as a private person, he is cognizant of the challenges and complications inherent in both their legal identities as Heirs Presumptive. A future marriage shall impact their legacies, and more importantly, the Fate of the promised Union.
The Prince recognizes that two nations stand at the cusp of greatness----the emergence of a new mercantile order in the known world would be better navigated by a combined One. No one region could boast of the breadth and variety of products offered by the lands, waters, and peoples of Adarna and Aelurus. The melding of their existing infrastructures---Aelurus's trade networks by sea and land, Adarna's renowned guilds of artisans, inventors, and scholars, as easy examples---promises strength, stability, and longevity that is built in hard work, finely tuned organization, and equal respect for wisdom of the old and innovation of the new---not in the blind destruction of a military campaign from either that shall raze all and both of their nations. Let them Unite against common enemies by deterrence first.
Furthermore, it is written that the people of Adarna and the people of Aelurus hail from common ancestors and is widely agreed by scholars to have emerged from an ancient empire. The churches of the Dragon God and the Lady Red once worshipped as one assemblage, one that recognized the dichotomy of creation and destruction, of order and entropy, as one necessary to Life itself.
While many would find the above reasonings sufficient to claim Adrien and Marinette's Marriage as the mere unfolding of Destiny, the Prince shall take the prudent course and so demand the following conditions be met, to ensure a fortuitous Marriage and Union:
1. A draft of a formal plan for the strategic and piecewise unification of Adarnian and Aelurian national government including and not limited to:
a. creation, amendment, and execution of the laws of the realm
judiciary rulings for matters both criminal and civil, and the appointment of regional magistracies
b. rules of succession and ascendency of the involved Royal Houses
c. the structure of various sectors that run the day-to-day needs of the citizens of the Union including but not limited to public safety and order, trade and economics, travel and transport, sanitation, and public health.
Hitherto to be known as the Union papers, these need to be ratified by both courts with due regard but not utter deference to precedent rulings. Due regard shall also be given in preserving the customs and traditions of the cultures involved. Both courts and the regnant head of state must be signatory to any amendments.
2. Blessings obtained from the Temples of Plagg and the Churches of Tikki.
3. A year of courtship, chaperoned, to foster frequent visits between both monarchs, in order to allow both the Prince and the Princess to learn about the new people and realm they shall be guiding and caring for in the near future.
The Union will usher unprecedented opportunities for all persons, from all walks of life, in both nations, to improve their status economically, socially, and spiritually. And while the Prince personally wishes to separate the matters of the heart with that of politics, Adrien of House Agreste recognizes the preeminent demand of his duty and right as the ultimate servant of the realm of Aelurus and of the Black Dragon God.
Therefore does the Prince plight his troth as a symbolic first step towards the Union.
And therefore does the Prince make this declaration to His Royal Majesty, Gabriel of House Agreste, Dread King of Aelurus and Lord Admiral of the Black Navy.
To Her Royal Majesty, Sabine of House Cheng, Queen of Adarna, Clan-Chieftain of the Yumao Cordillera, and High Ladybird.
To His Royal Majesty, Tangmu of House Dupain, King Consort to Sabine of Adarna, Clan-Chieftain of the Yumao Cordillera, Duke of Guldvoye, Knight of the Realm, and High Bread-Maker.
To the Royal Courts and the Nobility of Adarna and Aelurus.
To the Magistrates of Faeles and Fenghuang.
To the People of Adarna and the People of Aelurus.
To his beloved and dearest, the safe-keeper of his heart and the ardent star of his dreams, Marinette of Adarna.
So be it.
Well, may the gods bless the libraries, because I found something interesting.
I am totally digging the primary resources I’ve been collecting recently.
Unfiltered resources.
Who knew that some medieval old farts could write something so tooth-achingly sweet? Writing something so romantic on a freaking legal document, complete with all the hoity-toity language and royal declarations? Granted its validity is still contested and some historians think it was a contrived ploy to discredit the doubters of the second Agreste-Cheng arrangement. But...
Dude. Dude. They couldn't possibly have written it without some bit of truth. I mean if they were going for fake cheesy, they could have released "love letters" or something. I don't care if they had called him Sugartongue or Plagg's Tongue--it can mean he's a smooth-talking politician, but it doesn't mean he was a liar. (who came up with those oral-fixated titles?????? how can anyone say that without snickering?) He was probably a super sweet guy who can charm the pants out of anyone.
AND AND LOOK, LOOK? Coccinelle and Chat Noir have an entire section devoted to them in the syllabus.
That subheading 6.7 Private Life
OMG!!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS
Okay, enough blabber. Highlights and fangirling side-comments are mine!
Enjoy the Proposal document after the cut!
A Copy of the Formal Inquiry
to Court Princess Marinette Dupain-Cheng
As Presented to the Adarnian court in Person and to the Aelurian court by Proxy:
Oyez.
Let it be known by all that His Royal Highness, Adrien of House Agreste, the Prince of Aelurus, Lord of the Southern Harbors, and Master Sabreur of the Black Dragon's Maw, formally wishes to woo Her Royal Highness, Marinette of House Dupain-Cheng, the Princess of Adarna, Chatelaine of Greater Fenghuang, and High Ladybird, with the intention to win her hand in marriage.
For as much as the Prince is enamored of the Princess for her virtues and qualities as a private person, he is cognizant of the challenges and complications inherent in both their legal identities as Heirs Presumptive. A future marriage shall impact their legacies, and more importantly, the Fate of the promised Union.
The Prince recognizes that two nations stand at the cusp of greatness----the emergence of a new mercantile order in the known world would be better navigated by a combined One. No one region could boast of the breadth and variety of products offered by the lands, waters, and peoples of Adarna and Aelurus. The melding of their existing infrastructures---Aelurus's trade networks by sea and land, Adarna's renowned guilds of artisans, inventors, and scholars, as easy examples---promises strength, stability, and longevity that is built in hard work, finely tuned organization, and equal respect for wisdom of the old and innovation of the new---not in the blind destruction of a military campaign from either that shall raze all and both of their nations. Let them Unite against common enemies by deterrence first.
Furthermore, it is written that the people of Adarna and the people of Aelurus hail from common ancestors and is widely agreed by scholars to have emerged from an ancient empire. The churches of the Dragon God and the Lady Red once worshipped as one assemblage, one that recognized the dichotomy of creation and destruction, of order and entropy, as one necessary to Life itself.
While many would find the above reasonings sufficient to claim Adrien and Marinette's Marriage as the mere unfolding of Destiny, the Prince shall take the prudent course and so demand the following conditions be met, to ensure a fortuitous Marriage and Union:
1. A draft of a formal plan for the strategic and piecewise unification of Adarnian and Aelurian national government including and not limited to:
a. creation, amendment, and execution of the laws of the realm
judiciary rulings for matters both criminal and civil, and the appointment of regional magistracies
b. rules of succession and ascendency of the involved Royal Houses
c. the structure of various sectors that run the day-to-day needs of the citizens of the Union including but not limited to public safety and order, trade and economics, travel and transport, sanitation, and public health.
Hitherto to be known as the Union papers, these need to be ratified by both courts with due regard but not utter deference to precedent rulings. Due regard shall also be given in preserving the customs and traditions of the cultures involved. Both courts and the regnant head of state must be signatory to any amendments.
2. Blessings obtained from the Temples of Plagg and the Churches of Tikki.
3. A year of courtship, chaperoned, to foster frequent visits between both monarchs, in order to allow both the Prince and the Princess to learn about the new people and realm they shall be guiding and caring for in the near future.
The Union will usher unprecedented opportunities for all persons, from all walks of life, in both nations, to improve their status economically, socially, and spiritually. And while the Prince personally wishes to separate the matters of the heart with that of politics, Adrien of House Agreste recognizes the preeminent demand of his duty and right as the ultimate servant of the realm of Aelurus and of the Black Dragon God.
Therefore does the Prince plight his troth as a symbolic first step towards the Union.
And therefore does the Prince make this declaration to His Royal Majesty, Gabriel of House Agreste, Dread King of Aelurus and Lord Admiral of the Black Navy.
To Her Royal Majesty, Sabine of House Cheng, Queen of Adarna, Clan-Chieftain of the Yumao Cordillera, and High Ladybird.
To His Royal Majesty, Tangmu of House Dupain, King Consort to Sabine of Adarna, Clan-Chieftain of the Yumao Cordillera, Duke of Guldvoye, Knight of the Realm, and High Bread-Maker.
To the Royal Courts and the Nobility of Adarna and Aelurus.
To the Magistrates of Faeles and Fenghuang.
To the People of Adarna and the People of Aelurus.
To his beloved and dearest, the safe-keeper of his heart and the ardent star of his dreams, Marinette of Adarna.
So be it.