#Hetalia animatic

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Analysing the "Plagues Animatic"

Okay, so, it's been almost a week since I've posted the animatic about the Templar Trials and only now I get to write my analysis to the animatic. When imagining and drawing everything I tried to make as many historical easter eggs as possible. But lets start with the beginning.

At the beginning we see that it is morning and King Philipp IV. and a young Francis watch the city from above. Afterwards, the soldiers are wandering through the city.

This is a reference to the 13th October 1307 when the Templars got arrested in the morning hours. This action was planned beforehand as seen afterwards in the animatic:

We get a short flashback of a scene inside the king's castle and someone writing on a piece of paper.

The two people kneeling before king Philipp IV. are Guillaume de Nogaret and Enguerrand de Marigny, two of his ministers who were quite active during the Templar trials. Especially Nogaret was known for creating propaganda for him and he already played a crucial role within the conflicts of France with the papacy (which was also a reason that led to the Templar trials!) Therefore I drew him writing and preparing propaganda. This can also be interpreted as writing the letters that were sent to Philipp's bailiffs and seneschals. They were sent on September 14th 1307 and contained the royal order of arresting all Knights Templar within France which means that this "police operation" was planned thoroughly. Even the date when these letters were created had a meaning to them. It was the day of the  Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Now we have a scene where the money of the order got confiscated and the knights got arrested. We can see people watching the arrest unfold and whispering to one another. Then, the Knights Templar get sent to prison where they're getting inerrogated which often resulted in the usage of torture methods or the threat of torture.

The whispering of the people is also supposed to be a reference to the rumours about the Knights Templar that were told by people even years before the trials. Ever since the fall of the Holy Land people got more and more dissatisfied with the Templars and all the other knight orders, however, the Templars had the problem that they primarily saw themselves as a military order while the other orders like the Hospitallers and Teutonics also had hospitals to care for and started to focus on their presence in certain places within Europe (Teutonic Knights at the Baltic sea/Old Prussia and the Hospitallers on Rhodos and later on Malta). The Knights Templar didn't do that. (That whole thing sounds like an existential crisis)

Before we had on to the main part of the animatic we see a shot of king Philipp and pope Clement V.

Apart from their conflict because of the Knights Templar and Philipp shitting on the fact that he should've consulted with the pope first before ordering such a police operation (the pope was the Templar's boss and they were under his protection) Philipp had a conflict with the papacy overall, even with Clement's predecessor which is why Clement was under pressure a lot since the papacy lost its "good image". In general there was lots of Othering and preserving a good image within this mess-

The next part of the animatic when Gabriel and Francis start talking, they're looking older.

That's because this whole sequence doesn't happen in 1307 but in 1310 when the Templars had one chance to revolt and tried to save and defend themselves and the order. This is also the reason Gabriel is directly confronting Francis. Their whole fight within the animatic is - apart from their own personal history I'll explain in another post - low key a reference to the Templars' attempt to prove their innocence. (failed)

Francis: "And even now I wished that God had chose another. Serving as your foe on his behalf is the last thing that I wanted."

A direct reference to the Capetian attempt of pontification. (popes of Avignon, power imbalance between the church and the worldly rulers) In the propaganda of Philipp he even stylizes himself to be the angel of god with a sword in his hands to protect Christianity. In this narrative he made himself look like the good guy protecting Christians from the foul, heretic knights/sinners.

Afterwards we see a glimpse of Gabriel with a dark red neck.

This wound is another reference to the torture the knights of the order had to endure.

Gabriel: "This was my home..."

Referring to the district of Paris that belonged to the Templars. Especially after the Fall of Acre, they were there a lot.

Gabriel: "All this pain and devastation, how it tortures me inside. All the innocent who suffer from your stubbornness and pride."

Another reference to the imprisonment of his people and the torture and the pontification of the Capetian Court within that conflict.

Then there is a flashback of a younger Francis where he actually tried to speak with his boss to help Gabriel only to be handed the confessions of the Templars from their time in prison and the list of charges against the Templars (papal bull: faciens misericordiam 1308)

Francis becomes a victim of propagada and the pics in the animatic showcasing some of the charges are: stinginess/wrong approach with the order's wealth, idolatry (yes the sheep demon in the animatic is a reference to Helluva Boss' Belphegor because her design is similar to Baphomet the demon that was associated with the Templars later on), spitting on the cross/denying Christ (portrayed with a broken cross here as a "broken bond" to Christ) and sodomy (homosexuality)

After this we go on with the scenes of Gabriel, Francis and the king and Gabriel realises that Francis was influenced by the king etc. In the end the soldiers bring Gabriel away from Francis and the king.

Reference to the outcome of the Templar defense of 1310. The Templars that were trying to defend themselves were burnt at the stake.

Epilogue: The stake and Gabriel's remains.

Can be interpreted as the outcome of 1310 but I personally like to link it to 1312 (dissolution of the order) /1314 (death of the last grandmaster Jacques de Molay) when the order was officially gone. Since Molay was burnt in the evening I also made Gabriel's death happen in the evening.

Last side note:

I picked backgrounds from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame not only because they're pretty and fit the scenery, time and place but also because of it's historical narrative. The last grandmaster - and in my hc Gabriel as well - died on the same 'island' (Île de la Cité) on the river Seine where Notre Dame is also located. Molay died at the other end of the island though, pont neuf. The last judgement for the grandmaster was also apparently announced at the square of Notre Dame.

The plagues | Historical Hetalia: Templar Trials

6 months of work, 106+ frames, my hyperfocus made me draw the entire second half in about a month with barely any breaks in between (thank god because I need the motivation kick to get such long projects done)

But I finally did it and I'm proud of me for pulling through 😭❤️

Anyways here we have a Historical Hetalia animatic about the Templar Trials and the conflict between Gabriel and Francis (who fell victim to the king's propaganda).

I might make an analysis post later on.

But I hope you like it 👉🏻👈🏻

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Thumbnail art:

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My favourite shots from The Plagues Animatic

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This is a fun dynamic for them honestly ✨