I'm so Sick [Russia Plot]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=style,width: 415px; background-color: #4E387E; border-left: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-bottom: inset 3px #FFFFFF; border-right: inset 3px #FFFFFF; -moz-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; border-radius: 200px 200px 0px 0px; true] Ivan Braginski "Russia" Ivan is the very cruel and cold personification of the Russian Federation. He's very old and very much set in his ways so changing him is not really a great option. He's usually smiling, but it's not really filled with happy feelings. It's more filled with creepy than anything. Really he's quite emotionless at times and usually has a hard time caring about anything really. He spends a lot of time either indifferent or annoyed preferring to just drink his vodka and be left to his own devices. Which, really is quite contradictory of him because he wants a friend, but he doesn't want to let anyone in. He's done and seen some horrible things along with had them done to him, so he's quite insane and a bit unpredictable most of the time. He's still a world superpower regardless, and his treatment of other nations has probably caused a number of grudges against him. Friends: This is probably a drastically short list. Most people don't really like him, because really he's a bit cruel at the best of times. He doesn't even realize he is cruel, but he would like a friend or two. D: Enemies: Russia probably has a million and a half enemies or people that don't like him at least. He's not really a very much liked country being that most just find him creepy beyond reason. Lovers: ....PFF 'lovers' is the wrong word. This is more people he's slept with to be honest and felt nothing for them. If you want to try and get him to feel though...I wish you the best of luck and give an awesome plot. The List words / stuff / other stuff [/style][style=display: none;]made by ashkir at rpg-directory.com

America and Russia

Ohhhhhhh this one's gonna be a doozy. XD

So, Russia traded with the colonies early on, but I don't see much happening between Alfred and Ivan at that point. The way I see it, still being a colony/child, Arthur takes care of pretty much everything, and Alfred doesn't see much of the other nations early on.

It's the American Revolution when things start getting interesting. ^^

Now, Russia declared neutrality, but yet Catherine II took actions that seemed to be in favor of America. England actually asked Russia for assistance, going so far as bribery by the looks of it, but rather than go with the bribe, Catherine II actually published the attempts at bribery and informed officials in France and Spain of the proceedings. Of course, something similar could happen with the nations themselves...but anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that Russia seemed pretty roundaboutly supportive of America gaining his independence.

There was also the issue of the Civil War. Russia was actually cited as the only European power to give rhetorical support to the Union during the Civil War. Now, considering I depict Alfred as having a split personality during this time, only one side of him will be particularly pleased about the proceedings at the time, but overall I think Alfred will greatly appreciate that Russia declared support for the efforts to keep him whole (as Alfred sees it in the end).

It is also shortly after the Civil War that we decided that Alfred and Ivan have a relationship of sorts. =P

Something else to note is the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. We actually have an Alaska on here, so that could be interesting (especially since Alaska holds a grudge against both Al and Ivan).

In 1900, the two were allied for the Boxer Rebellion...

And that about sums up the good relations before shit starts to take a turn downhill.

-Even has to click on an entirely different wikipedia page to do research on this part =P-

Considering the wikipedia goes so far as to state that "following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, the US government was hostile to Soviet Russia," I'd say Alfred wasn't a big fan of Ivan from there on out. We're talking some pretty outright dislike here, considering the U.S. put an embargo on Soviet Russia and even secretly funded its enemies, apparently.

World War II, the two were on the same side. Sorta. XD Alfred I think would have viewed Ivan as an ally but not a friend at that point. It was essentially teaming up with the enemy to defeat what was considered to be a greater enemy. Still, tensions were there...I cite the infamous quote where Truman states that he doesn't care if a German soldier or Russian soldier dies, so long as one of them is losing.

...we're finally at the "fun" part, aren't we?

I almost forgot to mention something else about how Alfred would view Ivan throughout most of the 20th century. He doesn't like the guy, and he's made that much clear already (and I haven't even gotten into the Cold War yet), but yet I see a grudging respect. He may not like the guy, but he still sees him as a formidable foe.

Ahem. Without further adieu, the Cold War!

Alfred enjoys a few short years with a monopoly over the atomic bomb, until Ivan pops up going 'I GOT SOME TOO!' Enter the arms race, a battle of the brawn, and Alfred and Ivan basically glaring daggers at each other at every world meeting (if not worse). Another headcanon that I should note is that, in my head, only one other nation has been able to counteract Alfred's super strength with something similar...and I think you can probably guess who that is. I don't know if you see it the same way or not, but I think it makes sense, considering.

Gets worse in the 1960s, along with Alfred fully comprehending the scope of the situation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That is when the idea of mutually assured destruction hits home for him, and he discovers the one thing that terrifies him more than ghosts. Don't know what would happen with Ivan during that time, though suffice to say, I think it would be a tough meeting indeed.

There's also the space race. Lots of fun competition there, especially as they each have their own victories in said race. =P

Oh God, there's so many opportunities during the Cold War in general...I don't think I could cover them all, if I hope to keep this all confined into one post. So...I think I'll leave that part off there. We know the general atmosphere during the Cold War, we know there are numerous events we can rp, and we have the internet to use to find things we can rp. Besides, I do want to get into their relationship now a little.

I still see there being hard feelings. Relations have not completely thawed, after all, and probably won't for a while. Regardless, the two can be in the same room without thinking about killing each other (huge step in the right direction), although they still greatly annoy each other. I know at the very least Alfred would purposely try to annoy Ivan by calling him commie. Yes, he knows that Russia is no longer communist, but...hey, this is his former enemy. Let him poke at the guy a little. Not like it's gonna start World War III, right?

Oh wait...

Belarus and Russia

Essentially, there's a lot that happened between these two. Given that they're brother and sister, they go back quite a bit. I'm not sure whether to have the two of them meet when Belarus becomes a part of the Russian Empire or before then.

Being passed from country to country before she ends up with the Russian Empire, I can see why she'd want to cling to Ivan once she finally got to him. She finally sees some stability, and wants to keep that all for herself. The formation of the Soviet Union only makes that worse.

She's an independent republic now, but recently so, and I see her having conflicting emotions now. She very much prides herself on the image of being a strong woman, but she's so used to being part of other countries' empires that she's still struggling. She's also still incredibly close to Ivan and Ukraine...though that goes without saying.

If we go by canon...well, we know how that goes. XD Natalya is so bluntly forceful when it comes to Ivan that she scares even him (and that's a feat in itself). At the same time, though, as twisted as it is, it's a testament to how much loyalty she feels toward him. Ivan is probably the most important person in her life, with Ukraine as a VERY close second. It's a messed up relationship...but it's one of Belarus' only close ones, and she's going to do her best to make sure she doesn't lose it.

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And because I am lazy...

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Alfred && Russia
Most of this I'm fine with, but there is one thing I would like to clarify. Ivan wasn't really on either side after the revolution because it was a civil war and he's kind of both sides just insane. There was the Red Terror and the White Terror, and the US funded the White Terror I believe. I'm not sure the funding of one side would have bothered him as it's basically the same as him going "woo go union". He was also far too out of it to really care about Alfred not liking him XD He was an ocean full of crazy.

The cold war...well we have amusing plans for this and like 70000000000000 things we can do XD.

Belarus && Russia
-Russia screams and runs away-
Yeah she's clingy and he doesn't like it at all, but he does love his sister in some form. She just terrifies him a lot.

Paris && Russia
I can see mutual politeness, but not much else.

Shanghai && Russia
Lots of people are afraid of him, he probably wouldn't give it a second thought XD

Danii and Russia!

So! He's big, and a little scary, and Danii would probably catch herself in mid-glomp and then stand there looking up at him sweat dropping. She might offer him noms in hopes that he doesn't accidentally sit on her one day or something. She doesn't really dislike him except for during the Cold War, but after that, its just back to, "Ohhaibigscaryguy 8D;;"

Lulu and Russia!

Brandenburg and Russia. Hate. He weirds her out and she thinks he smells funny. Battle of Kunersdorf back in 1759, Lulu didn't like him before, and she liked him a lot less after that, but she probably still brings up the, "Miracle in the House of Brandenburg," and rubs it in his face. Also all the times that Russia picked on Berlin, thats her sister after all, and she's very protective. And she hated everyone at the Potsdam Conference after WWII, but since she already hated Russia deeply, she still hates him the most.

Bri and Russia!

I'm pretty sure I could probably go on for hours here. But off the top, Russian occupation during Raid of Berlin during the Seven Years war was not appreciated, nor was any other time the Red Army may have stepped into her city. The Battle of Berlin at the end of WWII is probably one of the single worst moments of her life, and she's never hated Ivan more then she did because of that. So I head-canoned at some point that the long scar across her face was from his pick axe, and also the moment when Berlin finally surrendered. If he comes in arms reach she will try to stab him, she keeps a large hunting knife on her at all times now just for that reason.

Andrei and Russia!

This guy, not a big fan either, mildly afraid of Russia, deeply dislikes him more then anything else though, he tends to hiss and bare his fangs if Russia steps into the same room, looks very much like an unhappy cat actually.
-War of 1768 to 1774, Bucharest was occupied by the Imperial Army twice.
-Russo-Turkish-Austrian War of 1787 they ran into each other again
-- Russo-Turkish-Austrian War: 1806-1812, Russian troops under Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich entered the city to reinstate Constantine Ypsilantis in late December 1806, AGAIN RUSSIA WHY ARE YOU IN BUCHAREST.
-Russo-Turkish War and the Russian occupation of May 16, 1828. Oh, we meet again 8|
-Crimean War, Bucharest was under explicit rule of Russia
-During WWII while Romania was still allied with the Axis, it was once again occupied by Russia until after Romania switched and sided with the Allies

..............Nevermind, Drei hates him and never ever wants to see a Russian soldier set foot in Romania ever again.

Ooh boy.. here we go.

England and Russia...

Things are currently not good between them, though that's really not much of a surprise. Things constantly swing from alliance to rivalry to hatred. I'll probably miss several things, but I'll just briefly go over a few that stand out to me, so please add whatever you'd like. I'll begin with the Russian Empire... where they were sometimes allies... sometimes enemies, depending on where they had been previously engaged to in the ever-complicated game of European politics. Overall, they established important ties and frequently traded royalty--eventually mixing up their bloodlines to the point where they were marrying relatives. And then, of course, during the French revolution they briefly united against French republicanism... but then of course, they failed in their joint invasion of the Netherlands soon after.

Then we have the Anglo-Russian War, but then they were suddenly allies again during the Napoleonic Wars...

Soon after, England was again opposing Russia concerning the fate of the Ottoman Empire... Rivalry developed between them over Central Asia in the Great Game, as Russia wanted warm-water ports on the Indian Ocean while England wanted to prevent him from gaining a potential invasion route to India. And then the Triple Entente.... (just listing)

England recognised the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1924... things remained tense during WWII. Arthur just sort of tolerated him at this point.

Now I'm jumping to Cold War... because I'm trying to keep this short and sweet (FAIL, I know xD). Anyway.. Things got really bad between them with the Iron Curtain ideology. The tenseness was especially typified by spying and other covert activities. (fun times...) And of course, can't forget that the British and American Venona project was established in 1942... mainly for cryptanalysis of messages sent by Soviet intelligence. XD

Now moving onto the Russian Federation... things seemed to get a little bit better between them. However, after a bit of time, diplomatic ties currently suck between them because of allegations of spying and extradition disputes; thus escalating tensions between London and Moscow. Obviously if they're capitals aren't getting along, then there's thick tension between them as well.

In recent years, Russia has been accusing England of espionage... and then he may or may not have poisoned a former KGB officer in London in 2006... England then expelled four Russian diplomats, shortly followed by Russia expelling four British diplomats. I'm skipping a lot here... because there's a lot that's currently going on between them. As of 2010 MI5 warned that Russian spy operations in the United Kingdom are at Cold War levels.

...Quite a bit.

Overall, I like the idea of them interacting in their odd little, arrogant, slightly insane (more so in Russia's case) Empire mannerisms back in the day--pretending to be civil as they trade royalty, sometimes actually being civil in light of certain world events, and then just outright despising each other the next.

Good times.

Israel and Russia...

Israel is really, really not happy with Russia at the moment. Severe understatement. She would prefer not to be in the middle of America and Russia's desire to supply opposing forces in the ME, thus escalating conflicts to new levels. On the flip side, Russia was the second nation to recognise her as a nation, though Stalin apparently believed that she would be a socialist nation and speed the decline of British influence in the Middle East, so of course he was quick to recognise her.

Moving on, political relations between these two remained poor for over forty years, with the Soviet Union helping Syria, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Algeria and Iraq improve their military capabilities by providing weapons. When the Soviet Union ended, a large immigration of Jews came over to her place from Soviet states.

Furthermore... in 2006, Israeli troops found evidence of Russian-made Kornet-E and Metis-M anti-tank systems in Hezbollah's possession in southern Lebanon. In 2007, in response to accusations that it was supplying terrorist groups with weapons, Russia said it was conducting inspections of Syrian weapons storage facilities. Um yeah... XD

So things really aren't that great between them...I know there's stuff missing here as well... so please feel free to add anything you'd like.

Overall, any thoughts, take-aways, or add-ons?

Danii && Russia

Oh that would be astronomically hilarious, and Russia would just be horribly confused. Yay for the offering of noms.

Lulu && Russia

More enemies. wooo~

Bri && Russia

Russia likes occupying Bri. It amuses him greatly. Muahaha. Knife vs Pick Axe battles? yes I see them in the future.

Andrei && Russia

Clearly Russia enjoys occupying your characters quite a bit for the funsies, and because he can. Mostly because he can. Occupy everything!

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England && Russia

There is lots of hate everywhere I see. They were allies and not at so many points that it's as if they're bipolar about the subject. I'm not sure that they would ever have really been even remotely friends despite good relations or bad relations. Probably mostly just deciding to let their bosses decided and just mostly tolerate one another when they had to.

Israel && Russia

Russia will either try and annoy her, or completely ignore her. It's really up in the air which, and probably depends on the day and what he feels like at the moment. How she deals with that is another story XD

Moscow and Russia

Well, Svetlana is much, much younger than Russia, and has spent almost her entire life as his capital. She honestly likes Russia, no matter how different their personalities are, and he's probably one of , if not the, only person she trusts completely. He's also probably at almost the top of her priorities list, right after herself (Sveta's selfish, in a sort of guilty way, of course she values herself over her country, regardless of how much she likes him). She's extremely loyal to him, would do what he asked without hesitation or question, because she trusts that Russia knows best. Of course there are times she doesn't agree with him, but if Russia still wants something done that she doesn't agree with, even after discussion, she'll do it.

When Saint Petersburg was the capital, Svetlana wasn't just mad, she was hurt, and felt a bit slighted. As the (former at the time of Petersburg) capital, she'd gone through a lot of awful things. So having capital status taken away made her feel like she was unimportant and dispensable. She really didn't know what to do with herself as just another city, and she probably didn't see Russia as much, so she would've been terribly lonely. Sveta's initial reason for supporting the communists was that they got her back the title of capital, and that's really what she wanted.

How she, personally, feels about Russia is hard to say. She cares about him, probably considers him her best friend, but anything beyond that I can't say.

NEW ZEALAND and RUSSIA

Russia is someone Roa would be competitive with. Rugby is a common ground for both and tours of teams and competition would be the primary contact point for these two. Roa would find Ivan a tad on the strange and creepy side, but that isn’t always a bad thing. I can see occasional visits and good terms, but not quite friendship here.

Moscow && Russia
Oops totally never replied to this. It should be obvious that they are on good terms though, she is his capital and while he doesn't really understand the concept of actually loving another being he does care about her. ....This probably makes Natalya jealous...that could be funny

New Zealand && Russia
Competition sounds interesting. Though things may end up slightly on the violent side for sports knowing Russia >>;. Psh Russia is strange and creepy, so yeah definitely can see that. Not quite friendship works for them.