Subject: Fandom Pet Peeves
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Posted on: 2012-07-25 15:48:00 UTC

So I was thinking that, on this thread, we could share our opinions on issues we find in our favorite fandoms. You know, things that LARGE SWATHES of the fandom seems to constantly get wrong.

To demonstrate, I'll share one of mine.

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Hetalia: I LOATHE AND DESPISE the tortures that get inflicted on England's poor character.

Don't get me wrong: England is my FAVORITE character. In fact, I get a little overprotective of him sometimes, to the detriment of, well, everything.
But let's face it: The fandom tends to turn him into a weak, blushing little textbook tsundere. A princess for America (or France, depending on who's shipped with whom) to rescue. A stereotypical 'uke' who has no real character or force of personality at all.

THIS IS NOT ENGLAND.

Let's review some of the things that England has done, shall we?

1. The Battle of Britain during WWII. Held off Nazi!Germany, ALL BY HIMSELF, for an age.

2. The Napoleonic Wars. Successfully allied with Prussia (who's kind of a loose cannon in Canon) to take down the most powerful military power of the time. Again, pretty much all by himself.

3. The Industrial Revolution started in England; everybody else basically stole his inventions, though he tried to keep them under lock and key. Not only is he kick-ass, England is *smart*.

4. Even- yes. The Revolutionary War. If you think about it... it takes guts to go to a foreign land, for more or less ten years, and fight someone you love* every day, for no better reason than 'I was ordered to, and I'm going to serve my country.'

England is strong. England is tough as nails. England is NOT a weak character, physically or mentally, despite the fact that he's kind of scrawny and mad as a spoon.

Please stop making him a weakling.

/rant

* Whether romantically or platonically, it doesn't matter. I ship USUK, and I realize I'm in a minority of non-weeb USUK shippers, but... it doesn't change the thrust of my argument.

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