Diplomatic Tension in Rayman

[MJChroma]

FranceBall is teasing ItalyBall about this a little bit (The Mona Lisa is in France not Italy, even though it was made by an Italian).

[Harpic fraîcheur]

I wonder what the WeWuzBall would think of this!

[Shared]

I know that Leonardo gave it to the French.

[PluMGMK]

Reading the title of this made me think it was about tension between nations within the game's universe, and I thought "that must be interesting"

[Hunchman801]

I had no idea we even had such a topic. But the painting was acquired by France anyway, so what is there even to argue about?

[PluMGMK]

But the painting was acquired by France anyway, so what is there even to argue about?

Who knows!

But now I'm thinking about in-universe stuff – are there diplomatic relations between Teensie and Knaaren nations, for example?

[lumgum]

Tensions are sure to be high between the nation of Zombie Chickens and the nation of the Knaaren, that's for sure.

[PluMGMK]

Do Zombie Chickens have a national identity? I thought they were just dumb beasts…

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Do Zombie Chickens have a national identity? I thought they were just dumb beasts…

That's just Knaaren propaganda, made to make themselves look like victims. Don't believe their lies!

[PluMGMK]

Come to think of it, I was just thinking yesterday that that "they are just soulless monsters" business about the Pirates in the Knowledge of the World could be interpreted as mere propaganda!

[paulnewman2001]

Zombie Chicken's intellect is so high that Einstein himself is proud, them slowly hovering towards Rayman knowing that he can easily one-shot them is some high IQ right there.

[PluMGMK]

Well, can he "easily" one-shot them? It depends on how much the player sucks

[paulnewman2001]

That's true, lol.

[PluMGMK]

When I was young I used to fantasize about each world in Rayman 2 being a nation with its own government, and there being a conflict between the Fairy Glade and the Sanctuaries

[Hunchman801]

That's just Knaaren propaganda, made to make themselves look like victims. Don't believe their lies!

What if Knaaren eating Teensies was also propaganda, this time against the former?

[PluMGMK]

That feels unlikely, given that those murals are in Knaaren territory…

[Hunchman801]

Some self-hating Knaaren might be trying to make Teensies look like an oppressed species while they are, in fact, the source of many problems in Knaaren society.

[PluMGMK]

So then it's more of an internal societal struggle? Well, with a child in charge, can you blame them for being so divided?