Line #14 Fanfic/MonarchyOverTheDanube


1	->''"It all began with one small event in 1935, one that changed everything. For Austria and Hungary, it was what they needed to once more restore their lost glory...together. A different world is emerging. But would their bonds survive this time, or would history go back to what it was?"''
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3	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10293332/1/Monarchy-Over-the-Danube-RE-A-Retold-Alternate-History Monarchy Over the Danube RE: A Retold Alternate History]]'' is an ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fic by mdc01957, set in an AlternateUniverse where the return of the deposed [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic House of Habsburg]] to Austria [[AlternateHistory leads to the revival of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1936]], known this time around as the Imperial Federation of the Danube. This proves to have unforeseen consequences to history as we know it.
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5	Inspired by an AfterActionReport of the [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?510285-Monarchy-over-the-Danube-Austria-Hungary-1936-1950 same name]], it largely follows the Danubian realms of Austria and Hungary as they face a world that is at once familiar but increasingly changing, eventually including other Central European Nations and the ''Entente'' Allies down the timeline; although there is a general narrative, the chapters act more like stand-alones for the most part with each set at a certain time period. The AU the fic takes place in meanwhile tries to serve as a stand-alone AlternateHistory while also staying true to ''Hetalia'' characterizations in terms of the Nations themselves (Compared to a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/AllHeEverWanted certain]] other AU).
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7	The fic can also be found in Website/DeviantArt under the same title.
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10	!!This FanFic provides examples of:
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12	%%* AlternateHistory
13	* TheAlliance: The ''Entente Cordiale'', aka the Allies. Later on, the Quorum of Twelve.
14	* AmicableExes: Subverted initially as while Austria and Hungary still long for each other, the painful experience of the Great War left some bitter scars that were only just healing. At one point early on, Hungary even threatens to kill Austria in one heated exchange.
15	* AnachronicOrder: Most chapters take place in chronological order, although the interludes do jump to certain time periods.
16	* AnotherSideAnotherStory: While many of the chapters are taken form Austria and Hungary's perspectives, this eventually extends to include Prussia, England and Poland. [[spoiler:As well as Austria and Hungary's child in the epilogue.]]
17	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Austria and Hungary have one, who may or may not be an alternate version of Julia/Sopron from the ''Fanfic/NineteenEightyThreeDoomsdayStories.'']]
18	* BattleCouple: Austria and Hungary are shown being one, especially given that both of them are officers in their armies.
19	* BroadStrokes: It's ultimately this to the AfterActionReport that inspired this fic, with only certain elements retained and some of the less plausible aspects either altered or removed altogether.
20	* ButtMonkey: Prussia to a degree.
21	* CurbStompBattle: The Italian campaign proves to be one [[spoiler:for Austria-Hungary. And so does the one in Yugoslavia.]]
22	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: It's made clear that some of the things Austria and Hungary did to solidify their reborn Empire or simply survive made them uncomfortable, as much as they believed that it's for a greater good.
23	* DirtyCommunists: The Soviet Union under Stalin. [[spoiler:It eventually collapses in 1950, ending the War and leading to Russia welcoming back the Romanovs, though the Soviets are able to establish a rump state in Siberia that manages to endure for centuries.]].
24	* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:600 years later...]]
25	%%* TheEmpire: France, along with some other Nations believe that Austria and Hungary's reunion is this.
26	* EnemyMine: How some among the Allied Nations consider Austria and Hungary [[spoiler:upon joining the Entente.]]
27	* {{Expy}}:
28	** The Union of Nations is essentially a mix of the real life UN and a more competent League of Nations, with many of the ''Entente'' forming part of the "Quorum of Twelve" [[spoiler:including Austria-Hungary and eventually, China, Russia and Japan]].
29	** The French-influenced European Community is essentially a smaller European Union.
30	* TheFederation:
31	** What Austria and Hungary are trying to forge with the Habsburg monarchy. [[spoiler:They succeed.]]
32	** The British-run Commonwealth of Nations evolves into this.
33	* ForWantOfANail: The return of the Habsburgs and restoration of Austria-Hungary brings about quite a few butterflies, both deliberate and unforeseen, resulting in a rather different future.
34	* FutureImperfect: [[spoiler:The DistantFinale showed that memories of Austria and Hungary had morphed into the nigh-worshipped "Ruling Couple" venerated by their daughter's peoples. And neither she nor Prussia are all too happy about it.]]
35	* GracefulLoser: Surprisingly enough, Prussia. [[spoiler:Who leaves his Nazi minders to be captured by Austria in order to tend to his homeland.]]
36	* InSpiteOfANail:
37	** The UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar still breaks out on schedule as do a number of global historical events early on, which makes England concerned.
38	** The [[Usefulnotes/WorldWarII Second Great War]] begins in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the Nazis. But the circumstances leading up to it however are different. [[spoiler:As is the outcome compared to our world.]]
39	** A few HistoricalDomainCharacter[=s=] still become heads of state down the line, like Queen Elizabeth II.
40	** America still initially holds out from joining the Allies/Entente, as in the real UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
41	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In addition to [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Otto von Habsburg]], a few others show up or are mentioned, including Miklos Horthy, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.
42	%%* LighterAndSofter: Relatively speaking, compared to ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''.
43	* MoodWhiplash: Parts can shift from light and fluffy to dark and ominous.
44	* {{Revision}}: The fic is a rewritten version of an earlier, [[DeadFic unfinished]] version made years before.
45	* SharedUniverse: The AU makes a number of nods to the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6134300/1/Eva Eva]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/99977/Marj Marj]]. [[spoiler:With Eva herself visiting her sister, the future Danubian Federation.]]
46	* TheThirties: The fic begins in 1935, shortly before the historic Anschluss with Germany.
47	* ThoseWackyNazis: A looming presence for most of the fic. [[spoiler:Although the more recent chapters, set in TheForties show the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.]]
48	%%* TookALevelInBadass: Austria, Hungary and Poland.
49	%%* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Prussia is strongly implied to be this, given that he also has feelings for Hungary.
50	* UnitedEurope: The French and German-run European Community is described as becoming this. [[spoiler: It eventually falls apart.]]
51	* WarIsHell: The Nations in general are familiar with war in all its glory and horror, seeing it as something they'd rather avoid or end quickly whenever possible. [[spoiler:Austria-Hungary's grand victory against the Nazis came at the cost of their cities being attacked by bombers.]]
52	* WhosLaughingNow: The lands of the Danube are initially not taken seriously by England and France, considering them little more than deluded BrokenBird[=s=] doomed to fall to the Nazis or Soviets. Not even the slow but steady expansion of the Empire's members seems to get much attention from them. [[spoiler:Then Austria and Hungary liberate Italy from Mussolini.]]

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