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Round ???

"Part of being a hero is sacrifice, no?"

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Heta Stage will be available on Ao3 soon (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

YES FINALLY LET'S GO—

It's a Hetalia AU set in the premise of Alien Stage by Vivinos.

The AU has some ships like in the ALNST here!! Usually there are pairs in one on one VS rounds, and the winner gets to move higher up the rounds and compete against other winners

The Earth is ended by extraterrestrial beings, and nations are the only Earth species left. Taken in by the alien race, with their status as nations revoked leaving them human, they must survive the stage in order to live

Although some nations don't know they're already mortal, and some think the aliens would let them go after some fun. Songs alone aren't enough to satisfy their new owners, there must be blood.

ASK ME ABOUT MY HETA STAGE AU

So my old mutual (The Aph Algeria blog) deactivated so I checked the Hetalia community they made and

Apparently they made me the admin O_o Thanks dude, miss your works

Did a coffee painting redraw for my arts class and of course it's my opportunity to make fanart every time we have an arts project

Original art not mine

Yeah I see it

Ciao Hetalians I'm here to give you war flashbacks

Printed out the VeraVerse

To new fans, the VeraVerse is a series of fanfiction made by George DeValier on Fanfiction.net though they were taken down and re-uploaded by users on Ao3

And I just so happened to use my extra money to print fanfics to read at school

If you need the PDFs of the fics in ready to print format just ask me I have it saved :) I used Adobe Reader (free version) to print it

Links on Ao3

Auf Widersehen Sweetheart

We'll Meet Again

Keep Smiling Through (Sequel to We'll Meet Again)

Bésame Mucho

Gone swimming now I'm bored so here's a Chibitalia x Holy Roman Empire Picrew :)

Link to Picrew ↓

Picrew

君の夢を見たよ

向かい合って眠る二人が作れます たくさん遊んでくれてありがとうございます！ Thank you for playing so much!

Oops my hand slipped

Hey, I saw that you have issues sending in asks from different blogs. Sadly, you can’t switch blogs for asks and that you may need to make a whole new account for the askblog. 😅

Admin will be sending Hetalians Piri's asks on his behalf then lmao

@ask-the-pearloftheorient >> Still accepting asks and don't worry about censorship if ever

Poll's not over but I already made the ask blog, visit that page if y'all like!

<<Kamusta, I'm Gabriel! (@lunakagayake) This blog is dedicated to my lovely home country-turned-pretty-twink-by-Himapapa, Philippines!>>

<<This means OOC, that's me talking. Now to the notes>>

Note 1: The ASEAN Crew will be featured somehow too but this blog is primarily for Piri

Note 2: NSFW asks are allowed but my drawing skills are limited so tone it down (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

Note 3: Ship asks are okie too! Or platonic asks, no prob!

Note 4: Any political questions won't be answered, not into politics at all

Note 5: Message me at my main blog for any more questions, or if you just wanna be friends ⊂⁠(⁠・⁠▽⁠・⁠⊂⁠) I'm shy tho lmao

Note 6: Language is mainly English, though Tagalog submissions are okay too! Admin is bilingual though only Tagalog-Filipino pls

<<Hate speech will be deleted. Don't @ me with the hands I suck at that (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) See you soon!>>

My milkshake brings all zhe boys to the yard (≖ヮ≖) 🐤

Another Hetalia art from my exhibit (^し^)

Иван Брагинский / Ivan Braginsky [1991]

Goodbye, Holy Rome . . .

Might as well post the arts I'm presenting on my exhibit this Friday

Yes I'm showing off Hetalia fanart for school

Anywho, Chibitalia but make him resemble grown up Veniziano more

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Alternative version

Hi Tumblr I finally made an account after lying to my mom I owned a blog

Anywho, you can call me Gabriel, They/Them, available in English or Tagalog if you have premium

Ve ~(=ヮ=)೨~

I swear I have better doodles

DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT CONTENT CREATORS! Leave a nice comment, a supportive ask, reblog and spread their hard work... even some funny tags are welcomed. There was a time that the fandom survived thanks to that content, when we wouldn't even know if the HimaDaddy was still alive... so, don't forget. And do not complain later on if they are gone.

"Renombremos Personajes de Hetalia”

Hi, este post me lo encontré hace algún tiempito ya y tenía muchas ganas de traducirlo. Y como tengo el permiso de quien lo creado pues yEI:D El post fue hecho a raíz del asunto de que muchos nombres y/o apellidos que tienen los personajes en sus versiones humanizadas no tenían demasiado sentido teniendo en cuenta cosas como cultura, idioma y demás.

Todos son libres de ocupar el nombre que gusten para cada nación, el objetivo de esta publicación es simplemente dar a conocer un punto de vista y renombrar a los personajes por gusto. No significa que DEBAN usarse dichos nombres.

Cabe destacar que la traducción no es literal ni totalmente precisa, pero hice lo que pude para que se entendiera en su totalidad, lo mayor posible o al menos casi por completo.

Sin más que agregar, paso a la lista de nombres y sus razones.

Nota: Los argumentos, nombres y/o apellidos marcados con una asterisco* tendrán mi propio punto de vista al final del post para que no haya ninguna confusión ni interrupción durante la lectura.

Italia del Norte= Francesco Vargas

(Francesco es un nombre común en Italia, también es el nombre de nuestro Santo Patrón. Como italiana, nunca he oído antes* de “Feliciano”);

Italia del Sur= Salvatore Vargas (Salvatore* es un nombre sureño muy típico, muy común en el Sur de Italia. También, Lovino no es un nombre italiano.)

Dejé el mismo apellido escogido por Himaruya sólo porque “Vargas” es un apellido italiano existente. (Si quieres saber, es realmente el nombre de jugador de fútbol);

Alemania= Ludwig Schmidt

(Solamente cambié el apellido, pienso que Schmidt es más común en Alemania y suena similar al original);

Japón= Daisuke Honda (Kiku es un nombre simbólico, realmente hermoso y raro, pero he pensado en darle a Japón un nombre común. Honda es un apellido japonés famoso, nada que decir acerca de eso);

USA= George F. Jones (El apellido así está perfecto, supongo. George es por George Washington y F. se queda por el mismo segundo nombre* que Kennedy);

UK= Arthur Thompson (No estaba segura sobre este. La primera vez pensé acerca de nombrarlo como “Oliver” debido a su popularidad y por Oliver Twist, o “John”. Pero entonces me di cuenta que Arthur está bien y es simbólico también. Así que he cambiado el apellido. Kirkland era bastante anónimo y quería algo que pudiera sonar más británico);

Francia= François Bonnefoy

(Solamente transformé “Francis”, la cual es la versión inglesa del nombre, en François, bastante usado y “francés”);

Rusia= Ivan Vasilyev (¡Braginski era un apellido polaco! He escogido algo que aún sonaba como “Branginski”, pero que a la vez fuese un verdadero apellido ruso);

China= Yao Wang (No encontré nada para cambiar aquí);

España= Antonio Fernandez García; (Antonio estaba bien, también Fernández es popular. Solamente he removido Carriedo para reemplazarlo con García, el cual se utiliza en gran parte de España/países hispanohablantes);

Prusia= Gilbert Schmidt (Gilbert era perfecto, solamente cambié el apellido);

Austria= Roderich Amadeus Wagner (Roderich estaba bien. He agregado “Amadeus” por Mozart y cambié el apellido a “Wagner”, siendo todavía un nombre de compositor. La combinación de estos tres me da me una impresión de nobleza);

Hungría= Ágnès Horváth (La renombré totalmente. Ágnès no sólo es tierno*, sino que también poco usado, creo. Encontré que Horváth es uno de los apellidos más comunes en Hungría);

Canadá= Matthew Williams (No veo nada mal aquí, ¿tal vez que tiene que ser un poco más francés?

Belarus= Natałlia Arłoŭskaja (Lo dejo como estaba; pero cambié la forma en que estaba escrito*);

Egypt= Muhammad Hassan Al-Nur; (Okay, Muhammad y Hassan son muy populares entre nombre árabes, así que los dejé así. Pero encontré que Gupta era un apellido hindú y que la letra “p” no existe en arábe. Entonces hice una lista de apellidos lindos y, al final, Al-Nur fue el ganador por encima del resto);

Estonia= Eduard Tamm (Tamm es bastante común);

Finlandia= Timo Hämäläinen (Tino realmente no era un nombre finlandés, pero TiMo sí. Hämäläinen es más común y una buena alterativa para Väinämöinen, que no es un apellido real);

Grecia= Αlexandros Ypsilanti; (Alexandros es un buen, conocido y elegante nombre. Alexandros Ypsilanti es también el nombre de un héroe nacional, durante la guerra de la independencia de Grecia);

Letonia= Raivis Liepa; (Raivis sí era un nombre letón, así que ¿Por qué no conservarlo así? Solamente cambié el apellido, Galante es en realidad un apellido italiano);

Lituania= Laurynas Valaitis (Cambié todo aquí para hacerlo realista, pero también para que sonara similar a “Toris Laurinaitis”);

Polonia= Feliks Łukasiewicz (Es normal justo como está);

Sealand= Peter Thompson (Sólo cambié el apellido);

Corea del Sur= Kim Yong Soo (Tal y como estaba);

Suecia= Gustav Lindström (Gustav fue el nombre de muchos reyes suecos. Lindström se usa bastante, creo)

Suiza= Noah Schweizer (Noah se usa comúnmente en todos los cantones, y el apellido suena germano);

Turquía= Sadık Adnan (Casi lo mismo. El nombre está escrito en turco*)

Bien, comenzando con lo que me gustaría comentar-

1-. No porque no se haya escuchado de un nombre significa que este no exista o no tenga cabida dentro de la cultura sooo... no estoy de auerdo con ese argumento, pero es sólo una opinión.

Francesco me gusta, principalmente la pronunciación. Y me agrada que se conservase la misma inicial.

2-. El nombre Salvatore me gusta pero siendo honesta no me agradan del todo nombres taaaan sonados. A menos que me parezcan demasiado bonitos como para ser dejados de lado en una elección. Pero el caos es, más que nada, que sea algo reconocible así que en esta parte soy solamente yo sendo muy ““picky”“

3-. Aquí es más una pequeña observación en el texto original.

Creo que el término correcto sería “middle name”, y no “second name”.

First Name, Second Name, Last Name George              F.                 Jones

4-. Difiero, perdón, pero Ágnès no me parece un nombre cute ^^Uu

En todo caso, Aneska/Anezka me parece más “lindo”. A mi parecer. Gusto personal.

5 y 6-. No me parece que sea “renombrar” si solamente estamos cambiando la escritura, tbh.

I mean, siento que es como en el caso de nombres árabes. No todos podemos entender el alfabeto ni el idioma mucho menos, por lo que es más fácil escribir el nombre con el alfabeto romano.

Espero que les haya gustado la traducción, si hallan algún error por favor háganmelo saber^^

Project "Rename Hetalia's characters"

Hello everyone! Let’s talk about it: one of the most annoying issues about Hetalia are *drum roll* the NAMES, people. Characters’ names/surnames, yes. So, with my friend, I wanted to give them a more “realistic” trait, starting with my nation’s one, Italy. I tried to change ONLY canon names, not those who are not decided yet (such as Belgium’s or Ukraine’s, for example). Some of them remained unchanged, because of specific reasons, but I would be glad if all of you could help me with your home country. Let’s begin!

N.Italy= Francesco Vargas (Francesco is a common name in Italy, also is our St. Patron’s name. As an italian, I’ve never head before of “Feliciano”);

S.Italy= Salvatore Vargas (Salvatore is a typical southern name, very common in South Italy. Also here, Lovino is not an italian name.)

I left the same surname chosen by Himaruya just because “Vargas” is an existent italian surname. (If you want to know, it’s actually the name of a football player);

Germany= Ludwig Schmidt (Only changed the surname here, I think Schmidt is more common in Germany and its sound is similar to the original surname’s one);

Japan= Daisuke Honda (Kiku is a symbolic name, really beautiful and rare, but I’ve thought to give Japan a common name. Honda is a famous japanese surname, nothing to say about it);

USA= George F. Jones (The surname isperfect as it is, I guess. George is for George Washington and F. stays for the same Kennedy’s second name );

UK= Arthur Thompson (I was insecure about his name. At the first time I thought about bames as “Oliver”, because of his popularity and because of Oliver Twist, or “John”. But then I realised that Arthur is good and symbolic as well. So, I’ve changed the surname. Kirkland was pretty anonymous and I wanted something that could have sounded more british);

France= François Bonnefoy (Only transformed Francis, which was the english version of the name, in François, very used and “french”);

Russia= Ivan Vasilyev (Braginski was a polish surname! I’ve chosen something that still sounded like “Braginski”, but at the same time was a real russian surname);

China= Yao Wang (I didn’t found anything to change here);

Spain= Antonio Fernandez García; (Antonio was good, also Fernandez is popular. I’ve only removed Carriedo in order to replace it with García, which is largely used in Spain/countries with a spanish toungue);

Prussia= Gilbert Schmidt (Gilbert was perfect, only changed the family name);

Austria= Roderich Amadeus Wagner (Roderich was ok. I’ve added “Amadeus”, because of Mozart and changed the surname in “Wagner”, still a composer’s name. The combination of this three names gives me some sort of nobility impression);

Hungary= Ágnès Horváth (Totally renamed her. Ágnès is not only cute, but also a bit used, I guess. I found Horváth to be one of the commonest surnames in Hungary);

Canada= Matthew Williams (I don’t see nothing wrong here, maybe it has to be something francophone in there?);

Belarus= Natałlia Arłoŭskaja (Leave it as it was; but changed the way it was written);

Egypt= Muhammad Hassan Al-Nur; (Okay, Muhammad and Hassan are very popular among arabics names, in fact I just leave them to be. But, I found out that Gupta was an Indian surname and also the letter “p” kinda don’t exist in arabic. Soooo I’ve made a list of some cute surname and, at last, Al-Nur won among the others);

Estonia= Eduard Tamm (Tamm is pretty common);

Finland= Timo Hämäläinen (Tino actually wasn’t a finnish name, but TiMo yes. Hämäläinen is rather common and it’s a good alternative to Väinämöinen, that is not a real surname);

Greece= Αlexandros Ypsilanti; (Alexandros is a good, widespread and elegant name. Alexandros Ypsilanti, is also a national hero’s name, during the greek war of indipendence);

Latvia= Raivis Liepa; (Raivis was an actual latvian name, so why don’t keep it? Only the surname changed, Galante was an italian one);

Lithuania= Laurynas Valaitis (I’ve changed everything here, in order to make it realistic, but also to make it sound like “Toris Laurinaitis” as well);

Poland= Feliks Łukasiewicz (It is just normal as it is);

Sealand= Peter Thompson (Only changed his family name);

S.Korea= Kim Yong Soo (Just as it was before);

Sweden= Gustav Lindström (Gustav was the name of many swedish kings. Lindström is commonly used, I think.)

Switzerland= Noah Schweizer (Noah is commonly used in all the cantons, the surname has a german sound);

Turkey= Sadık Adnan (Almost the same. The name is written in turkish)

IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY/ADD/ERASE/CORRECT PLEASE, YOU’RE WELCOME! I’D LOVE YOUR HELP. DISCLAIMER! The post will be updated every time if needed.

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THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR THE FANART OF UKRAINE

pov: You’re Poland; its 1620s and those "free armed folk" to the East, some of whom occasionally take part in wars on your side, have been more and more rebellious lately. You ride up to check what’s the deal — and as you pass one of the Cossacks, as they call themselves, the guy looks suspiciously similar to Ukraine herself…

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1569. Lithuania had never been fond of Unia Lubelska that would unite the lands of the Grand Duchy with the Polish Republic. Yet Poland suddenly annexed Ruthenian – Ukrainian parts of the Duchy, using this move to pressure Lithuania back to negotiation tables.

Thus the era of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth began.

For mainly Orthodox Christian Ruthenians, it only meant more tension with Catholics and szlachta nobles who realised they now acquired more serfs up for grabs.

There is no wonder then, that Ruthenians quite rapidly "cossack’ed" (покозачились) in such conditions. Many joined either free warrior communities or the rejestrowe wojsko zaporoskie under the polish crown’s service, but still able to do a fair deal of whatever the hell they wanted. Including uprisings against Poland, 1591-3 and 1594-6; allying with the Poles to almost(😭) burn Moscow to the ground in 1618; and occasionally raid Turks and Crimean Tatars.

But more importantly, paving the way for a powerful warrior state, autonomous from the Polish Republic by 1649, – Cossack Hetmanate (aka Hetman’schyna, Ruthenia, or simply Ukraine – all those + more names used at the time) – which famously takes its origins in Ukraine being pissed off.

The initial headcanon was that Ukraine ran away from the Commonwealth sometime after Lublin and pretended to be a guy to live amongst Cossacks and lead her raids and battles. Now, having read up some info on female Cossack leaders, I am thinking that whilst that might have been the case initially, by 1648 everyone knows she’s a woman and just chills about it ig

LOOK, LIETUKR HOLDING HANDS!!

Now that I have your attention, here’s a really cool historical event🫶🏼

Battle of Ula happened as a part of broader Livonian war that started when Muscovy (later: Russia) under Ivan the Terrible attacked the weakening state of Livonian Order. One small problem – that gradually dragged all its neighbours in. Initially, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia suffered losses, notably the city of Polatsk.

Then enter 1564. Muscovy’s army of ≈24 000 is rapidly advancing. So those ≈12 000 of Lithuanians and Ruthenians (self-identification term for Ukrainians and Belaruthians back then) figured that (early) modern problems require (early) modern solutions.

The battle destroyed all stereotyped ideas about military art of the early modern era. It happened not in a warm season, but in winter. It started neither in the morning nor in the afternoon, but in the evening, that is, it happened in the dark hours of the day. And it ended up a crushing defeat for Muscovy, partly due to sheer well cooperation between Lithuanians and Ruthenians, and overall their tactics, like a surprise attack of both army flanks on the forested Ula river.

Also even though they won, they didn’t manage to re-take Polatsk and some other vital terrirories to the East of the Grand Duchy from Muscovy YET (hence Belarus is not there). And this became one of the reasons the Grand Duchy completely united with Poland in 1569 (Unia Lubelska).

At some kind of negotiations, except they share a singular braincell and they fight each other who gets to use it.

[Loads of yapping under the cut.]

This was supposed to be set in 1605-ish, around the outsets of Jülich succession crisis. Let’s pretend a fucking lamp is not there okay??Prussia is still a Polish fief duchy, so kinda irrelevant? Well, nevermind, he got dragged in as it is Anna of Prussia who carried Brandenburg‘s Electors‘ claim to Jülich-Kleve. And along with her husband, the Elector‘s son, she was in favour of more decisive actions regarding Jülich, as far as a pre-emptive strike. Whereas the Elector himself hesitated, supporting a more cautious approach.

At that point Prussia knows what is coming.(okay, maybe Brandenburg‘s Elector marrying the younger sister of his own son‘s wife juuuuust to make sure no other family ever gets a chance to claim Prussia was a bit too— nevermind). He got the point. He knows he has no other option really, and that he and Johann are kind of…stuck in this ever since the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order happened to be a Hohenzollern. And thus he makes what he can out of it, trying out what strings he can pull and when.

After all, he‘s painfully aware that Johann may seem like a schemer with a long-term plan, but in fact? Will hesitate and push for neutrality when a firm decision is most needed. If Brandenburg is good at something, that is masking his indecisiveness with cautiousness. And Prussia wonders how, or rather when he will be able to use this to his advantage…

[this writing stuff is very experimental and very much a WIP and both interpretations and characterisations are subject to change !!! Be warned !!!]

Oh, yeah looks like I have my time to create stuff back? I was just testing that one technique when you draw stuff in grayscale and then colour it. It‘s torture, but damn, I like the result. Shit took 4 days to render. And I just gave up on the bg sorry not sorry.

Meh, It’s always „how do you get along?” and not „how do you even get. there. at the first place.” I was just thinking – 700-ish km between Berlin and Königsberg. Imagine. 2-3 weeks horseback through swamp sand and shit and you’re there except it’s too late and noone cares. Must’ve been hell.

By the way physically they‘re..? 15-16, I would say here? Brandenburg is a bit older, not really much, but he‘s taller lol.

Other versions because YES ITS HARD TO CHOOSE A FILTER RRRAH

“Ah how good that we only live once! Had it been twice, I wouldn’t have fuckin’ handled it”

drawing Ukraine into Ukrainian memes as self care (original under the cut)

i mawst apologeize fowr zhe lack of origgginal cowntwnt on zhis blog lateaealy, art hasn’t been arting and life not exactly lifing either. also my birthday is in less than a week and the very idea is terrifying.

прікол я спочатку думала що ʼхуй потягнувʼ типу…буквально потягнув. як мʼяз(?). не знаю чи це щось про мене говорить.

Unfortunately, hetalia is notoriously bad when it comes to accurate representations of political and historical relations between nations. Russia is the most obvious example with both the show and a distinct portion of the fandom being too uneasy with the idea of portraying the absolute hatred most if not all Eastern European nations feel towards Russia. Actually, the main reason hetalia is so widely hated by most people who happen upon it is because it tries to downplay these conflicts to try and make the show completely unpolitical, so instead of correctly portraying the baltics or Ukraine for example at least heavily disliking Russia, they try to make it into this massive joke where Russia is this scary (but of course ultimately harmless which is even more gross) goliath of a man while the baltics are these snivelling cowards who fear Russia but don't hate him (because of course not)

And I'm sure a lot of Russians have issues with how they're portrayed too, but it's not nearly as heinous. The best way to portray a character in hetalia is to try and actually look into the history and culture of this nation. Hell, tumblr is a huge platform, I'm sure if people wanted to accurately portray a nation, they could just go and ask someone from that country for their opinion, and if even that is too hard, they could at least make the character completely blank and flat so they don't end up offending the people of that nation.

I can totally see why having a character that's supposed to represent my country in a fun and digestible way be this stupid, snivelling coward who has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Honestly, how is that supposed to reflect on actual Estonians who didn't elect that as a representative of their history and culture. This show was literally banned in South Korea because of how their country was portrayed in it. Heck, I've had my issues with how my own country is portrayed, and I've always said that much. Ukraine's portrayal is actually just a war crime in my opinion.

So, yeah, it's not exactly surprising that hetalia gets a bunch of hate.

Also, I know I'm probably not the best person to make a comment on this as I am actually a hetalia account, and I've actually had problems with this before where I have incorrectly based my information on a country through hetalia. It's just so shitty because most of the people who are guilty of this literally just don't know how to accurately portray these nations because of the harmful stereotypes hetalia has enforced. Nowadays, I try to reach out to people from the nations I post about to ask about my content before posting it. I avoid tagging nations that I know are often portrayed badly in this show.

Yes, hetalia is supposed to be harmless fun, but it's only that way for the countries that Himaruya thinks deserve it.

Anyway, sorry for the rant.

I had to take a few days to digest this ask. It's a long one, for sure! It's good to know some Hetalians are critical of the source material and understand why many people are upset with the show.

I will reiterate that the blog I reblogged and criticised deserved it. I understand they have been called out before for inaccurate portrayal that borders on ignorance at best.

I am aware that me reblogging a smaller blog is not great. Then again, @ask-computer-nerd-estonia has unforgivably crossed the line.

Estonia and Russia are not friendly countries. Russia has occupied our lands, tried to kill our people and threatens our existence regularly.

To say, even in character role-play, that these countries are friends is a gross misrepresentation of actual facts and history. Doing it days away from the anniversary of one of the worst days in Estonia's recent history and tagging it in a way Estonians will see it (by using the words "estonia" and "eesti" in tags)? Well, absolutely tasteless.

Hetalia Ukraine Headcanon #2 – or, rather, my take on Ukraine in Hetalia canon.

upd: I might have worded it a bit shitty, but the entire purpose of this post is that „canon/common fannon“ uwu crybaby Ukraine is bulshit and fuck canon we ball anyway. That I will be re-creating her character the way I want, and that‘s literally it. Damn. Pls don‘t misinterpret things, I‘m not defending Himaruya or anything

This is something that has to be clarified before I proceed, and even before I answer to any further asks.

I think of Ukraine in „canon Hetalia" as Russia's perspective, what he tells others about Ukraine and what he wants them to think of her, for his own purposes.

Because, if you recall, the episode where she is introduced (Axis Powers, ep 42), it is Russia telling England about her. Just like episode 43, it's Russia's memories and perspective. I hate that this fact is often overlooked, as it makes total sense for Russia to want others to see Ukraine as a weak crybaby that is dependant on him. In fact, this no shit is the attitude russians have to ukrainians. Almost inferior, (quote) unable to fend for themselves. It is not cute. It is very much toxic. The scarf moment is extremely fucking funny. Because, (and again, this is Russia's memories), Ukraine gives him her favorite scarf. But what people overlook, is that in return she asks (in dub) FOR CONTROL FROM BLACK SEA TO POLAND. HER TERRITORIES. THIS- THIS IS NOT A CUTE MOMENT. SHE IS TRYING TO GET AWAY. AS SHE ALWAYS HAS. FOR CENTURIES. Or, in sub, she asks for „inheritance rights to Kyivan Rus", so again, reclaiming a part of her identity. After which, russia concludes that maybe they've never been close at all. srsl I wish russia realised that in real life and fucked off already

To me, this is the first moment that shows that there is much more to Ukraine than what we see, and that Russia must in no way be trusted on his word when it comes to her.

Especially since In her next appearence, Gakuen Hetalian Newspaper Club part 1, Ukraine is nothing like that. She wants to join the choir club, where the baltic trio and others are, and we find out that the choir is targeted by the so-called „soviet club". Lmao. Nor she is in any of the Halloween episodes she appears in subsequently. Moreover, in the 2013 haloween series, Ukraine is shown dressed up as a reference to a Ukrainian(!!!) urban legend about a ghost train. So, she is not afraid to express her identity even at that point. Yes, she is emotional, but not a complete mess of a crybaby whose every 1 in 2 words is „Russia". Which further backs my theory.

The latest appearence, where in Chapter 389 of Hetalia world stars, Ukraine asks Lithuania to „sent spare paper Russias" to her if he ever gets any, because, quote „THIS RUSSIA IS OBEDIENT, QUIET, AND LISTENS TO WHAT I SAY".

Does this sound like a weak crybaby Ukraine whom Russia was describing to you?

No. That's the point.

Btw the only point in history I can think of where she could be referring to when she says it's „like we've gone back in time", is 7th - 10th century; when the principality of Suzdal (later: Muscovy→Russia) was just freshly colonized by Kyiv and Polatsk (later Ukraine and Belarus) and was paying fiefs to them. Which is like, literally 40 years before Suzdal’s prince plundered and burnt Kyiv down in 1169. A first russo-ukrainian war for you.

So, even from "canon hetalia", the idea of Ukraine's character that this fandom often percieves her as derives mostly from Russia's POV. Which is sad, ironic (represents the influence of russian propaganda irl), but also thanks fuck, this means we see so little of her that her personality can be easily interpreted in a multitude of ways that reflect history and reality way better

8 April 1866 • A secret Italo-Prussian Treaty was signed

…according to which, Romano agreed he’d help kick Austria’s ass, and Prussia guaranteed he’d not back off from the war until Veneciano’s reunited with the rest of Italy.

Now, why Romano, you may ask, if the Risorgimento was initiated more so by the North? Well, in my interpritation, it all started with Sardinia/Piedmont-Sardinia/Savoy, (a separate OC because she deserves it), whilst Romano joined her in 1861, – who had been the Kingdom of Two Sicilies under the Bourbon rule prior, his people voting 98,5% to join. Thus, the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861; with Venice still living under Austria’s rule up until 1866.

And it was mailnly upon Romano to be the Kingdom of Italy in the next 5 years. Not that he had ever wanted it.

[As you may have noticed, I got into PruMano and Risorgimento simultaneously, god forbid. And I’m trying not to trail off, but I’ve got a detailed version of the events’ interpretation in my head – what happened to Sardinia? why is it Romano and Veneciano, out of all, specifically, that came to be modern Italy? What about the Papal States? — but more on all that to come🫢]

The last thing I’ll add, is that though I tried to make their uniforms nerdy af accurate, basing Romano’s off Sicilian Regiments’ Chivalry and Prussia’s off high-ranking Prussian commandment on general, this is still a silly anime bois fanart first and foremost lol. Take nothing seriously

Feliciano for @mattivalentina as my part to the art trade 🗣️🗣️🗣️ x THIS SONG BECAUSE HIM

…or rather this SLSKSKJSJ

Polak screenshot redraw, but ridiculously exaggerated bc I need to practise drawing emotions😔🔨

Sofia decided to try on Bohdan Khmelnytsky's clothes (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

“Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu Väsy, väsy västäräkki. Nuku, kun mie nukutan, Väsy, kun mie väsytän.”

Breathe in, breathe out.

Sleep, Little Bird ~George deValier