Olympics in Young Justice... It Escalated
I got bored while watching and started designing uniforms for the made-up countries in the YJ universe along with headcannons on their performance. And of course I started with Vlatavia and Markovia because I'm predictable and they are my personality right now.
Warm greens with gold accents
When countries are met with crisis folkish-traditional trends start popping up in different sectors of life, including fashion. I like to think that during the political instability traditional embroidery has seen a resurgence, and that was picked up by the uniform designers with the faux-embroidery motifs
I do think that there was controversy surrounding the Markovian team leading up to the Olympics with people demanding that they were tested for active genes and making conspiracy theories about sneaking metas into the competitions but they still showed up
I have a feeling that historically they have shown up with a "we're just happy to be here" attitude, proceeded to get their asses handed to them, but still were cool about it
Not this year though, oh man, this year it's personal cause now other athletes are questioning their integrity due to the actions of their government, and no matter what the individual athletes' thoughts on that whole mess, they've got something to prove this year
And like, they kind of do?? I feel like they would get gold in some teams even but not really any in individuals and are lucky to manage a bronze but it's better than they ever have done and Markovia made that one gold their whole entire national personality for a couple of decades
I also feel like Tara and Gregor get super into watching the games but are kind of awkward about it given their recent exiles. They still watch all the events they can but stay in their rooms on computers to do it so the other Hub residents will just wake up to excited screaming at the early hours in the morning (time difference), knowing it is coming from the Markov's room, go in to check on them only to find the siblings faking asleep like kids that got caught up too late past their bedtimes.
Cool Greens with silver and grey accents
The show doesn't tell a lot about Vlatavian culture but from the few pictures we've seen of the country it's been a dark academic wet dream so I figured any opening ceremony outfit that would be accepted by that aesthetic community would fit
Rationally I understand that heads of state don't really concern themselves personally with making the Olympic outfits but I feel like Perdita sent a single, short memo to Vlatavia's planning committee and was like "Give them arrow motifs now, don't ask why" and the poor intern that stumbled upon the email was not gonna question it
They do average in the games again, I feel like they are more winter Olympic powerhouses than summer but they show up and have a good attitude about it
Though they rock pistol shooting. Just have a shit ton of people who are concerning good at handling guns
Perdita is definitely one of the heads of state that sends a delegation to the games and stays the whole time. And since she's younger and most of the athletes are in their twenties I feel like she takes the two weeks to just like, hang out??? There's a video somewhere of her after the closing ceremony doing shots with the Vlatavian soccer team at the Olympic Village that she will use extortion to make sure the press never gets their hands on
I have a feeling that Vlatavia and Markovia had traditionally lived next to each other in the Olympic Village cause they get along, with similar cultures and limited political discourse that could start something, and so they get put together this year, and nothing changes. All of the returning athletes know each other and just hang out. So people have made YJTikTok edits with that one popular audio that goes "*inaudible screaming and chaos* Tone shift, grateful I'm grateful all the time" But it's just a video of the two countries's ambassadors screaming at each other over the refugee crisis-cut to the athletes practically sitting in each others laps at the cafeteria laughing and joking around. Very much giving siblings that are chill with each other while parents are going through a divorce in the room over vibes.
This was fun I think I'm gonna make more I just need to find more fake counties.
