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The German word "Sturmänderung" can be decomposed as "Sturm-Änderung", meaning "stormlike change". However, the word "Änderung" isn't a violent change, so the resulting term is an [[wikipedia: | The German word "Sturmänderung" can be decomposed as "Sturm-Änderung", meaning "stormlike change". However, the word "Änderung" isn't a violent change, so the resulting term is an [[wikipedia:Oxymoron|oxymoron]]. | ||
This could just be a case of [[wikipedia:All Your Base|All Your Base]] on the part of Oni's [[Credits|writers]]. However, other interpretations exist. Most notably, "Sturmanderung" can be seen as a near-anagram of [[wikipedia:Sturm_und_Drang|Sturm und Drang]]. | This could just be a case of [[wikipedia:All Your Base|All Your Base]] on the part of Oni's [[Credits|writers]]. However, other interpretations exist. Most notably, "Sturmanderung" can be seen as a near-anagram of [[wikipedia:Sturm_und_Drang|Sturm und Drang]]. | ||
The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | ||