>Kwame, from Africa, with the power of Earth. From North America, Wheeler, with the power of Fire. From Eastern Europe, Linka, with the power of Wind. From Asia, Gi, with the power of Water and from South America, Ma-Ti, with the power of Heart.
What was up with this? I never understood this one bit. "No they aren't Russia! They are the Soviet Union!" Like that was a big difference between what everyone else is used to calling them. Same way in Animalympics where they didn't refer to them as either and kept calling characters from there "mysterious Eurasian"
Soviet Union was made up of different states, Russia was just one part of it. When people said "former Soviet Union", it should've meant anyone from these states. Though in reality, Russia and the USSR were more often used interchangeably.
4 days ago
Anonymous
What was up with this? I never understood this one bit. "No they aren't Russia! They are the Soviet Union!" Like that was a big difference between what everyone else is used to calling them. Same way in Animalympics where they didn't refer to them as either and kept calling characters from there "mysterious Eurasian"
Soviet Union was basically Russia plus the smaller/weaker states they (re)conquered after the russian tsardom fell apart, and some areas they got back after WW2. Like Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, etc.
However it was like 95+% Russia in populace and economy, so when someone says Soviet Union they usually mean Russia.
Linka in this case is a slav sounding name, so she could easily be from one of the eastern european countries, which are predominantly slavic. Given that she's blonde and kind of a b***h, she's closer to being Russian though.
4 days ago
Anonymous
>95%
no, they were about half. people underestimate how much of the ussr's population was in the non-russian states and ethnic minority groups of russia. it is true that russians tended to have the power though, so talking about the government structures and using "russians" was reasonable.
4 days ago
Anonymous
In theory yes, in practise the USSR was basically the Russian Empire. The central government of the Soviet Union was in Moscow, Russian was the official language of trade within the bloc, and the Russians handled all foreign diplomacy and internal regulations. It's not *correct* to use Russia and Soviet interchangeably but it made sense to do it because it reflected the reality of the politics of the 'union'.
The frick is heart element power?
It's meant to represent humanity and life.
3 days ago
Anonymous
> The central government of the Soviet Union was in Moscow, Russian was the official language of trade within the bloc, and the Russians handled all foreign diplomacy and internal regulations
Ah, but the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic didn't have their own national goverment unlike any other soviet republic in the USSR. This means that Ukranian, or Georgian, or Estonian goverment was elected by the Ukranians, Georgians or Estonians respectively, but the Russian government didn't exist, instead you've had the central government which was elected by all the republics in the USSR and communists from every republic could have been elected.
After the WWII there was a group of influential people who were famous for saving the Leningrad during its siege. They were supporting an idea to create the same regional government in Russia as in any other republic and were persecuted for this notion. Google the "Leningrad affair".
All in all, Russia was actually underrepresented in the USSR policies and many influential soviet politicians were not Russian.
3 days ago
Anonymous
>underrepresented >controlled all actual levers of power >pretending any of the soviet republics were actually representative in any way in a one party state with pretermined leaders
lol ok
3 days ago
Anonymous
>This means that Ukranian, or Georgian, or Estonian goverment was elected by the Ukranians, Georgians or Estonians respectively
Oh, you naive child. Nobody was electing anything. Moscow was just putting their own candidate forward.
Frick it, go full shitpost with the North American being an Eskimo, the South American being a Germanic Patagonian, and the Asian being from North Korea
Did he really have to be from Africa? Could he not also be America like Wheeler?
No, he is from France.
>Kwame, from Africa, with the power of Earth. From North America, Wheeler, with the power of Fire. From Eastern Europe, Linka, with the power of Wind. From Asia, Gi, with the power of Water and from South America, Ma-Ti, with the power of Heart.
>Eastern Europe
Didn't they use to say Former Soviet Union in the intro?
Pretty sure they did
What was up with this? I never understood this one bit. "No they aren't Russia! They are the Soviet Union!" Like that was a big difference between what everyone else is used to calling them. Same way in Animalympics where they didn't refer to them as either and kept calling characters from there "mysterious Eurasian"
Soviet Union was made up of different states, Russia was just one part of it. When people said "former Soviet Union", it should've meant anyone from these states. Though in reality, Russia and the USSR were more often used interchangeably.
Soviet Union was basically Russia plus the smaller/weaker states they (re)conquered after the russian tsardom fell apart, and some areas they got back after WW2. Like Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, etc.
However it was like 95+% Russia in populace and economy, so when someone says Soviet Union they usually mean Russia.
Linka in this case is a slav sounding name, so she could easily be from one of the eastern european countries, which are predominantly slavic. Given that she's blonde and kind of a b***h, she's closer to being Russian though.
>95%
no, they were about half. people underestimate how much of the ussr's population was in the non-russian states and ethnic minority groups of russia. it is true that russians tended to have the power though, so talking about the government structures and using "russians" was reasonable.
In theory yes, in practise the USSR was basically the Russian Empire. The central government of the Soviet Union was in Moscow, Russian was the official language of trade within the bloc, and the Russians handled all foreign diplomacy and internal regulations. It's not *correct* to use Russia and Soviet interchangeably but it made sense to do it because it reflected the reality of the politics of the 'union'.
It's meant to represent humanity and life.
> The central government of the Soviet Union was in Moscow, Russian was the official language of trade within the bloc, and the Russians handled all foreign diplomacy and internal regulations
Ah, but the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic didn't have their own national goverment unlike any other soviet republic in the USSR. This means that Ukranian, or Georgian, or Estonian goverment was elected by the Ukranians, Georgians or Estonians respectively, but the Russian government didn't exist, instead you've had the central government which was elected by all the republics in the USSR and communists from every republic could have been elected.
After the WWII there was a group of influential people who were famous for saving the Leningrad during its siege. They were supporting an idea to create the same regional government in Russia as in any other republic and were persecuted for this notion. Google the "Leningrad affair".
All in all, Russia was actually underrepresented in the USSR policies and many influential soviet politicians were not Russian.
>underrepresented
>controlled all actual levers of power
>pretending any of the soviet republics were actually representative in any way in a one party state with pretermined leaders
lol ok
>This means that Ukranian, or Georgian, or Estonian goverment was elected by the Ukranians, Georgians or Estonians respectively
Oh, you naive child. Nobody was electing anything. Moscow was just putting their own candidate forward.
Russia was just under half of the rest USSR in terms of economy and manpower. It would be like Calling NATO the US
Wrong analogy, it's more like calling the U.K., England. Something a lot of non-anglos do.
You don't call the US NATO 2???
The first two seasons said Soviet Union. The rest said Eastern Europe.
yeah, because the USSR was still a thing. id broke up during the course of the show
The idea was one planeteer from every major continent.
Then why no Australian?
He said major.
Woulda been funny if the African was an Afrikaner from South Africa and the European was a Windrusher from London
Frick it, go full shitpost with the North American being an Eskimo, the South American being a Germanic Patagonian, and the Asian being from North Korea
Now THAT would've been a show to watch
The European is a Somali from Sweden
I was speaking in the context of when the show debuted, 1991 or whenever
The only thing he has in Africa is dirt, so it made sense at the time.
they are supposed to represent the entire world working as a team
yes
LInka's feet
Gi's feet are better
Agreed
BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED
I AM CAPTAIN homosexual
>Captain homosexual, he’s a queero
>Gonna take your white cell count down to zero!
>Gonna make your butthole, magnefied;
>So you can handle all his penis size!
He look like a bottom
RET OUR POWAS COMBINE, BECUZ I'M DA FOCKING LEADA, AND I'M VOICED BY GEORDIE FROM STAR TREK IN AN EXTREMELY STEWEOTYPICAL AFRICAHN ACCENT
>Erf
The only reason he got the earth ring because the lightning ring didn't exist.
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FIRE!
KRISS MESS!
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Water!
ICE!
The frick is heart element power?
HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE HITLER STARE.
Why did they give the African the power of dirt and mud?
malaria was already taken apparently