#temmie thoughts

[temtamtom]

I absolutely adore Rome, but for some reason, I enjoy exploring his character through the eyes of other people. Like he's a puzzle you can only put together when looking at his interactions and relationships with others, and even then, you will never get the full picture.

[bettinalevyisdetermined]

Have you noticed that tem wears the same shirt as joyce just blue and yellow?

Haha, yeah. Strange.

I guess by the rules of the world of Undertale, that means Tem is still young, like Monster Kid and Frisk and Chara. :P Never really thought about that until now! I mean, she's trying to raise money for cooleg, isn't she?

[temtamtom]

If your Romano isn’t a family man at heart, then I don’t want him ‼️‼️‼️‼️

[temtamtom]

How I rank my current ancients from shortest to tallest:

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Gaul

Ancient Egypt

Britannia

Germania

[temtamtom]

HC that the itabros aren't big texters and will instead just send each other a morbillion voice messages/notes, ranging from 5 seconds to 20+ minutes. Bonus points if they're just speaking in rapid-fire dialects. Bonus-bonus points if Romano has a very shitty phone mic and it peaks every time he raises his voice.

Bonus 'texting' headcanon- Romano will unironically send these to Feli and Seb on whatsapp (Sebastiano flames his ass for being such a boomer)

[temtamtom]

Because I personally HC François to have origins in the south, I have an even more self-indulgent headcanon that he was born in the Camargue. He mythologizes himself and claims he was born out of seafoam like Venus/Aphrodite, but really he crawled out of some marsh or a salt-water lagoon

[temtamtom]

That's not François, that's my boy Suadurix Vindiorignos. What? Nevermind now he's Caeso Gallius Flavus- oh. Oh nevermind now he's Publius Romilius Romanus Gallianus. Nevermind Rome is dead and now he- 💥💥

[temtamtom]

I just learned that Italy and Poland both mention each other in their national anthems oml😭🇮🇹❤️🇵🇱

Idk why but I suddenly got the urge to sit down and listen to different countries national anthems, then I noticed that poland mentions Italy in their song, and Italy mentions Poland😔

Apologies for the super late answer!

Yes! It's very sweet <3 I'm a huge fan of Feli and Feliks being close, whether platonic or something more. I like to call their duo Feli²

From what I understand, the Polish anthem references Italy because the author, Józef Wybicki, who helped found the Polish Legion in the Cisalpine Republic, was staying in Reggio Emilia with the legion and penned the song for them. Hence, the "From Italy to Poland" lyric:

March! March, Dabrowski! March from Italy to Poland! Under your command We shall reach our land.

In turn, the Italian anthem references Poland to acknowledge their shared struggle for independence and nationhood, especially in the face of a common enemy- Austria.

Comparing how we're referenced in their anthem vs. how we reference them, I think the Italian stanza is quite brutal in comparison:

Already the Austrian eagle has lost its plumes. The blood of Italy, The Polish blood, It drank, with the Cossacks, But it burned its heart.

Sorry for the slightly awkward translation, I tried

Essentially, what this means is that Austria (and Russia, "the cossacks") drank Italian and Polish blood (which it spilled through violence and repression) only for that blood to burn them. Hell yeah

Anyways. I know there's a plaque in Reggio Emilia that commemorates the creation of the Polish anthem. It's not too far, so if I ever visit, I'd love to see it!