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Subject: ^^
Author: AnnaBee
Posted on: 2012-04-06 01:50:00 UTC

The premise of Hetalia is that all the nations of the world are people, and most of them are cute, young, sexuality-ambiguous men. Now, natch, you get a LOT of mansnoggy fanbrats in a continuum like that, and there are a LOT of shipwars.

But the actual show is... less about the romance, more about the comedy. And the history. And just the concept of the nations of the world being people leads to some interesting ideas.

Example: Since every character is very "My country, right or wrong-" by their very nature- what happens when your country is horribly, hideously wrong, and you KNOW it's horribly, hideously wrong, but there's nothing you can do about it?

Example #2: What happens when two countries that have been rivals for centuries have to fight a war as allies... and can't keep one-upping each other, like they're used to?

I'll admit, I ship. But the shipping isn't what got me into Hetalia.

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New mission! Again! by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-04-01 09:17:00 UTC Reply

No, I'm not that much of a fast writer. I just had a bunch of stuff lying there and waiting for betas.

Click it!

This is Saline's and Priyala's first mission by themselves. The fandom's Kim Possible, which doesn't have any missions so far... or I overlooked some. As such, and due to the lack of an OFU, I present...

mini-henchmen:
Team go
team GO
Team GO
junior

Nice Mission by Miah on 2012-04-11 17:53:00 UTC Reply

The mini-henchmen are just too cute!

I liked the agent reactions to the badfic and each other. They seem to be coming together as a team nicely.

Saline is kind of scary. I liked the way Drakken reacted after riding with her. That was a funny line.

Now I've lost the quote, and with the poor Internet connection I've got going right now, I can't go look it back up, but there is word with a -inging typo in it, in the last quarter of the story, in one of the agents' lines.
Hrm. Glad it's dead. by Mister_Shoebox on 2012-04-02 18:16:00 UTC Reply

Kim Possible is one of my favorite cartoons (even the main character isn't one of my favorite characters) and all I can say to you is this: Yay and thank you!
Well done by jakraziel on 2012-04-01 22:45:00 UTC Reply

Honestly who is that happy to be evil.

Well... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-05 19:31:00 UTC Reply

Doofenshmirtz is, but he's not very good at it.

Good work! by ShatteredSanity on 2012-04-01 20:54:00 UTC Reply

I really enjoyed reading your mission. But where did Saline get the Boomstick and what happened when Priyala was left alone with Shego?

Re: Good work! by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-04-01 21:06:00 UTC Reply
1. I point you to her introduction piece. She was very effectively threatening Nathan with it.
  2. That's for you to decide. :)

Oh Harvest Goddess... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-01 12:16:00 UTC Reply

...*shivers* Oh lovely, Kim Possible!Sues, there goes another year or so of my childhood...

Awh, I'm sorry... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 02:32:00 UTC Reply

I never watched TV as a kid, and so a lot of these fandoms I don't know.

But I can imagine how awful this must be for you. LOTR and Harry Potter were my childhood. :(

Myeh... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 13:13:00 UTC Reply

Hm... It's strange how I never really expected it... There really are badfics for everything... (Unfortunately.)

I picked it for the sporkability. by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-04-02 14:44:00 UTC Reply

As the badness level goes, it's merely annoying, but it made for a nice mission.

Go, look it up. There's so. Much. Worse. But that would be too hardcore -> unfunny.

To be honest... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 14:46:00 UTC Reply

...I think just any badfic would be too much for me now. I may or may not have been masochistic enough to have a Legendary Badfic reading marathon.
It probably also didn't help that my favourite colour used to be a certain shade of purple. *shivers*

Hey, guys. by doctorlit on 2012-04-10 02:18:00 UTC Reply

The chain of comments on this topic is getting a little out of control, and people who access the Board on cell phone-like things are finding it difficult to navigate this page. Could you guys please restart this conversation thread closer to the original topic, so the Board doesn't get any more of a beer belly? (You can also switch to email or instant messenger if you wish; that would probably be easier for you guys, anyway!)

I don't want this to read as a chastisement; I just want to make sure everyone who wants to access the Board is still able to.

... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-10 13:09:00 UTC Reply

...ah, sorry~ ^^'
I tend ta get carried away with these things... Bad habit of mine... I ramble... ^^'

Oh my Glob. -_-; by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 16:16:00 UTC Reply

I did NOT read that one, because I have heard Rumours. However, I may or may not have suffered through My Immortal and Littlefoot X Cera.

*shudders*

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of people's childhoods suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...

Ugh... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 16:19:00 UTC Reply

Ah, My Immortal... I found it slightly less scarring in Dramatic Reading form. Complete with funny pictures to take the absolute mickey out of it.
...poor childhoods... *tries to make it slightly better with a large amount of candy*

Yay! by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 18:18:00 UTC Reply

Candy makes EVERYTHING better.

Which Dramatic Reading did you use? I prefer the Sexy Scottish Guys. Who read all of her swearwords as they're spelled. There is much 'fooking'. XD

Candy~ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 18:39:00 UTC Reply

Candy does make things better~ *eats some cake*

Hm, I can't remember now... All this caffeine has sent my memory to pot.
I've probably read a few... and I also remember the comic version on drunkduck.com.
It's hard not to laugh at that~ XD

:D by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 18:57:00 UTC Reply

Especially Pocky. Pocky heals all wounds.

The cake is a lie~

Hehehe... Have you looked up the Movie Version? It's smeggin' HILARIOUS.

Pocky! by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 21:03:00 UTC Reply

*pulls out Pocky* Want some? It's left over from my weeaboo days... Back before I learnt actual Japanese and just knew fangirl Japanese.

The cake may be a lie... but the pudding is a bigger lie!
To quote my favourite pigeon in the world...
"Okosan instructed that pudding be supplied! But this is no pudding! It is a lie! A falsification! Ousted, scorned, betrayed! Dragged into the street and shot by those he trusted best! They’ll rue the day they crossed Okosan! He’ll have them flayed, hanged, shot at dawn! He will!"

...I think so... Yup, I have~ XD My Immortal seems to be the least traumatising Legendary Badfic that I've read, most definitely. I think I gave up on my trauma marathon after a while (and seventeen cups of tea).

:D by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 21:27:00 UTC Reply

Heh. I'm in a Japanese class now. I never was much of a weeaboo, though I do have a predeliction for the word 'kawaii'...

Eek! Scary pudding!

Heh. Hehehe. Littlefoot X Cera and That Series are the worse I've read. *shudders* And I only read That Series because my dA friend Chelonianmobile wrote one of the sporkings.

Tea is luvely. Four sugars, three creamers, mmm.

^^ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 22:23:00 UTC Reply

Pfft, I prefer the word 'yuki'.
And the name 'Yuki'. I remember a time when that was my internet alias.

Puuuuddiiiiing... *creepy voice*

*shudders* That Series and C*l*b*i*n. Dear Goddess...

...*jaw drops* You have four sugars. YOU HAVE FOUR SUGARS. Holy Golden Hammer, you have the same amount of sugar as me!
I thought I was the only person with that amount of disregard for health!

8D by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 22:46:00 UTC Reply

Yuki is a lovely name. XD Though I prefer Yukiko, don't ask me why.

Do you ship Ludding? xD

*gives you Bleeprin*

O.O No. Way. I thought I was the only one, too!

...Do you often accompany it with lots of cream and/or large amounts of chocolate pastries?

XD by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 23:30:00 UTC Reply

Good point. The family name Yukimura is cool too.

Yes, yes I do.
Only with true pudding, though. Not these lies.

*adds Bleeprin to tea and downs it* Much better... t-thanks.

...this is just adding to my theory that everyone I meet online is me in disguise. Or a parallel me.

Why yes, I do~ Chocolate cakes go well will tea, as do delicious scones~

:) by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 00:31:00 UTC Reply

I like Saito and Tanaguchi better. And Takayoshi for a first name. ^^ *my!personal!version of black!Japan is named Takayoshi... >.>*

Ludding is AMAZING. xD

Welcome! Bleeptea is tasty, no? I wish I had some now, this bus stop is freakin' COLD.

I KNOW, RIGHT?

;u; by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 02:25:00 UTC Reply

Y-yeah, but they don' have 'yuki' in 'em, ahaha...

Yup~ ^^

I-I could do with some more tea too...
...I-I'm kinda freaked out ATM.

Scones... ;u; So delicious...

True... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 04:39:00 UTC Reply

Those are both the names of Japanese people I know IRL that I respect very much. XD

Hehehe... Ludding and Drapple are the only non-canon pairings I really ship. And Nuna, but...

*hands you yummy tea from Narnia*
Ah, I'm sorry...

Scones and tea and chocolate. :)

^^ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 05:00:00 UTC Reply

Ah, cool~ I wish I knew Japanese people IRL...
...I just know far too many Americans~ (With the occasional Russian, Spaniard and Australian thrown in to mix it up~)

I... don't seem to ship many pairings for HP. Just canon pairs, I guess. And the lovely other ones~ ^^

*takes tea* Thanks... ^^ *sips* It's lovely~
...why are you apologising? *tilts head on side* I was just freaked because... no, it's embarrassing... You'd think I was crazy, haha...

...mmm... ...tea party!

&_& by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 06:47:00 UTC Reply

Heh. I wish I knew more British people IRL.

Which other ones? I ship all the canon pairings, the food pairings (FOR THE LULZ~) and Nuna.

Eh, no... I'm probably crazier. XD

Yay! Why is a raven like a writing desk?

X3 by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 07:07:00 UTC Reply

I wish I knew more people in general IRL, haha~ ^^ *loner IRL*

Well, canon, food pairings, and occasionally a few crack pairings. Just for $#!7s and giggles, really.

...fine. I'm clairaudient, meaning I can hear spirits speaking to me (among other things). There was this one spirit of a small child in my room... I kept getting this horrible feeling of being lost and alone, and hearing things like 'help me' and 'where am I?' and it was just really depressing and scary... Usually it isn't as bad as it was then... Eventually, she left, but...

I don't know, why is a raven like a writing desk? ((*sees what you did there*))

:Panda? by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 08:00:00 UTC Reply

Heh. Same. I'm autistic, so I don't like people much. Mostly because they think I'm mad. XD

Hehehe... Which crack? Now I have to know... ^^

Oh, gosh... *huggles* That must have been so creepy! One of my friends has problems like that... she keeps seeing people that aren't there...

Poe wrote on both. XD

PANDA~ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 17:09:00 UTC Reply

With me, it's more or a lack of social skills thing. It's what happens when you have a bad childhood. It took me 3 years to work out getting dodgeballs thrown at your head wasn't normal, haha~ ^^'
My younger brother's autistic too. Aspergers and ADHD, among other things. People are always taking the mick out of him.

...I may have enjoyed reading that WhompingWillow / Draco fic. *shifty eyes*
And when I drink too much energy drink, Harry / Hedwig and Hermione / Dobby. And Ron / Voldemort. With Uke!Voldemort.
This is why I shouldn't drink energy drinks. ^^'

Oh... Clairvoyant? It's probably freakier seeing things, rather than hearing them. But it's really scary to hear something and not know what's making the noise, too. It makes you really paranoid.
...after I posted that last message, our poltergeist, who I named Iwan, started pushing books off my shelf. He gets so annoying sometimes...

*chuckles* Ah yes~ Very true~ *sips a cup of tea*

Kawaii desu... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 19:23:00 UTC Reply

Heh. I have no social skills, too... Awh, I'm sorry. I know that feel... *hugs* I spent most of my childhood in the library reading fantasy and books about forensics. MAY explain a lot.

...O.e When you said 'crack'... I was thinking Fremione. HOW IN THE NAME OF ERU DOES RON TOP VOLDY. Not to mention... animals...

*shudders and drinks bleeptea*

Well... She's got a lot of mental issues. They think it's schizophrenia or something. But her parents won't take her to a doctor, so she has to keep being sick.

Heh! We've got a poltergeist, too. His name's Toeless Ted. He used to live in our garage. Now he lives in the attic.

IKR? by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 20:13:00 UTC Reply

...I ended up reading almost all of the books in the school library... To make up fror my terrible social skills, I can read a book 5 times faster than most people can. ^^ We'll have to spend 5/6 lessons reading a book in school and I skip ahead and read it all on the first day... ^^'

I see crack as... anything that isn't canonical at all... People would say certain pairs are crack pairings, but IMO, if you can think of a good reason for it, it isn't really crack. XD
Which is why don't really know any Hetalia crack pairings, unless you count Country/HetaOni Steve or Country/Pictonian. *psychotic grin*
Sorry for the scarring... If you've seen what I've seen, you get used to it. Have some Bleepolate to make up for it.

...Hm, I feel... sorta sorry for her.

...Toeless Ted, eh? Sounds interesting~ :L

Ohhh, yes. XD by AnnaBee on 2012-04-03 20:57:00 UTC Reply

O.O No. Way. You too, huh? :DDDDD That is SO COOL.
How fast are you?

Eh... It depends on the version of the character you've got in your head. My England would never date Scotland, they think of each other as brothers. But someone else's England might.

And crack-y pairings can be lovely, too... I know I've had my share. *cough Sherlock Holmes/Mole Delorne* *cough Spain/Ender Wiggin* *cough Perry the Platypus/Katz*

*noms* Thank you. :)

Yeah. *sighs* Her life sucks. I wish I WAS a PPC Agent so I could recruit her and take her to FicPsych.

It's an old family joke. XD

Mwahaha~ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 22:29:00 UTC Reply

...you really are a parallel!Me... I'm on to you...
Fast as a fast thing on Speed?

Ah... hehe, that reminds me... There's an England, a Britain and a United Kingdom on our RP site... the England is sigle, the United Kingdom is dating America and Britain is with my Wales. ^^'

Some crack pairs... can be awesome. *cough*TurkeyCanada*cough*

You're welcome~

I wish I was a PPC agent so I could go to FicPsych myself, ehe...

... :3

single*** (nm) by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-04 00:14:00 UTC Reply
O.O by AnnaBee on 2012-04-04 00:02:00 UTC Reply

Hehehe... Harry-Potter-7-In-Two-Hours speed? :o

Lovely. *laughs* I ship USUK pretty hard, but...

Oh, yes. YES. XD

*hugs*

I shall take over the world with pandas! by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-04 00:17:00 UTC Reply

...uhh... Harry-Potter-7-in-one-hour speed, hehe~ ^^'

I can never decide between USUK and UKUS... although half the time, I get annoyed that it's UK and not England.
Although that fic which took it literally and let America top Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England was pretty awesome. *grins*

*chuckles*

...*what is this not used to human contact error error error*

AND SHINATTY-CHAN. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-04 03:29:00 UTC Reply

...Wow.
In fairness, I can't remember if that was rounded up or rounded down... We need to have a read-off.

O.O Wow. Ouch. ... How does that even...

I usually just call him Iggy. XD I know it's not canon, but... I love the nickname it's so cute. XD

~DIVIDE BY CUCUMBER ERROR~

AND HOWARD THE SPY FROM ABERDEEN! by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-04 04:08:00 UTC Reply

Okay then! Just come over to Wales, then! XD
...people think I'm weird because I can read thing really fast... and solve things really fast... and learn things really fast... Oh crap I'm a geek. 8B
But then again, people think I'm a lot better at stuff than I actually am. *glares at my school targets* *I mean seriously, they honestly think I can get A* in everything?!

...? One after the other, obviously... o_o Just what were you thinking?

I call 'im Iggy too... it's not Canon, so you can't make the characters call him it, but it's fine saying it IRL... ^3^ And he's adorable... :3

*404 Mr. Jelly Mr. Jelly!*

AND A UNICORN! by AnnaBee on 2012-04-04 06:16:00 UTC Reply

Heh. I wish. *stuck in America*

Oh, so am I. GEEK POWER!!! And I'm a B student at best... I'm LAZYYYYY.

...Ehhhh... ^^; I suppose I've been spending entirely too much time with France. *shudders* Now THAT is a badfic in the making. France meets Luxury...

He is. And I PLAY Iggy, so I don't usually have that problem.

*FTB ERROR!*

OF COURSE! by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-04 18:15:00 UTC Reply

Myeh. *stuck in Wales too*

Same! But... I do better in the subjects I mess around in. Like, I don't do any of my Physics or RE work and in my Mock Exams, I got an A* in both... ^^'

*shivers* I don't want to think about how that would turn out...

...Iggyyy~ *anti-lustin'd*

*TELL THE HEPHALUMP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEboop*

8D by AnnaBee on 2012-04-04 19:22:00 UTC Reply

Yeah... well... it'd still be better than being stuck in Utah. *eyeroll*

Ohhh, winning. XD I'm no good at maths.

Ohhhhhdearieme... And it's HET, so they might BREED. o.e o.e o.e o.e NOBADDONOTWANT.

It's Robert Downey Jr.'s birthday today~ *stabs self with anti-lustin for good measure*

*WOOZLE ALERT WOOZLE ALERT*

o7o by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-04 23:39:00 UTC Reply

...what's wrong with being there? *tilts head on side*

Ugh, I'm too good... To the pont where people genuinely act shocked if I don't come first in tests. *facepalms*

...oAo No! Do not want this! Kill it with fire! Mr Jelly!

...why so many birthdays around now?!
...I still prefer my birthday, otherwise known as the popular headcanon for Prussia's birthday~ =w=

*GET THE FIREMEN! BRITISH ALERT! BRITISH ALERT!*

OuO by AnnaBee on 2012-04-05 21:30:00 UTC Reply

...Ehhh, it's just really boring and really, REALLY Mormon. And small-town. And stupid. ;~;

Maybe you could help me? *smile* I'm no good at maths, and I don't like them much.

EEP! ... Forever headcanon: Captain Jack Harkness dyes his hair dark so he can hide from the PPC. He's actually the spawn of Luxury and France. XD

Mine's not till June. D-Day. :)

;u; by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-05 22:03:00 UTC Reply

Haha, try living here in the Welsh countryside, then~ We have one shop, 5 pubs, a post office and a chippy in our village.
The neighbouring town has a small high-street but it's a 45 minute walk there over some annoying hills. DX

...aw, I kinda suck at teaching though... :<br>
*le gasp* That headcanon... is amazing~ ;7;

...blergh, June is warm. I dislike. I much prefer my January. Lovely, freezing January... *smiles*

^w^ by AnnaBee on 2012-04-05 23:46:00 UTC Reply

Hehehe... Lovely. Sounds quite quiet. :3 Like Pride and Prejudice or something.

I just hate that... well, I'm not like most of the people in this community, in that I'm not a Mormon and I'm bisexual (and yes, the two are directly related, please don't be scared off), so I have to hide a lot of things about what I think. I get the feeling that in Countries that are Not America, not being a member of a specific Christian denomination isn't a big deal.

You think so? ^^ I like making crack-y headcanons. Ask me about my fictional!nationtans sometime... :3

Heh, so do I. And explaining things.

Eh, I like June. Maybe it's because I'm a Junebug. ^^'

:L by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-08 19:44:00 UTC Reply

It is quiet around here... until the church bells go off. There are, like, three really close to me, so Sundays get quite loud.
And you'd think it'd be quite rural looking, but you look towards the sea and you can see the nearby town... And it's huge. :| But still quite far away.

...I'm feeling a bit stupid, but... what's a Mormon? *goes to Google it*
Ohhhh, the Latter-Day Saints! *feels idiotic*
Well, I don't see why that's such a problem for people, really... I mean, I have my own belief that's sort of a mix of everything...
But yeah, I guess it might be an American thing... :<br>Don't worry, I'm not gonna be scared off! It'll take more than not being a straight Christian to scare off... THE AMAZING ME! *does America's HERO pose*

...* insert me asking about fictional nation-tans here* :3

I like explaining things people don't care about... Or ranting about Spanish.
I'm learning Spanish now~ It's a lovely language, made all the better by the fact that I can now say '*insert name* is a b@$t@rd' or 'this is bull$#!t' XD

It's still awesome. :) by AnnaBee on 2012-04-09 07:52:00 UTC Reply

Wow. I'd like to hear that sometime. And to live by the sea, I never have.

Yeah, we're not supposed to call ourselves that anymore, my bad. :P And yeah... I'm still working out what I believe.

Thanks, Himo.

OH... Wonderland, Narnia, Silent Hill, Discworld, Arda... Nation-tans for places that aren't real. :3 You know.

Hehehehe... I can see that. I like Japanese and French better... That's 'cos everyone here speaks Spanish. Bloody boring.

Prussian awesome? by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-09 16:00:00 UTC Reply

Ah, I never had until I moved out here from Manchester... It was lovely at first, but the sea is really polluted here, so it isn't as nice as you''d think...
...but if you go West, there are nice beaches... Especially on Anglesey~ There's this one there called... Whistling Sands, I believe, and the beach there is so lovely~
Or atleast, I think that's in Anglesey. But I haven't been there for years, so...

Hm... I guess that's why my beliefs are so mixed. I do know that I believe in karma and reincarnation, though... As well as the spirit worlds and ghosts... Hm...

You're welcome... hm, I need to give you a nickname! I give everyone nicknames, so...
...BEEBEE~
You're welcome, Beebee~

Cool... I know someone who RPs nation-tans of places like Dreamworld and Popstar, from Kirby~ She has... so many characters it's unreal.

Ah, I know enough French to get by... because of it being compulsary 'til now in school, and I learnt quite a bit of Japanese... but I forgot a lot. ^^'
Aw, I think Spanish sounds pretty~ Prettier than Welsh, anyway. Swap places for a day? ^^?

YES. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-09 19:46:00 UTC Reply

Ehhh, pollution is nasty. Utah Lake is super-polluted. :P

Ahhh, I sees. I'm... weird, I dunno what I think.

Awh, thanks! Iffn' you want, you can call me the Captain. Or Mal.

Hehehe... WOOOW. I'm the same way.

Sure! I'd love to!

... by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-10 13:15:00 UTC Reply

Uh... yeah, we're clogging up the whole board... oops. ^^'
Um, you have an email I can talk to ya on? Or maybe a FanFiction account? (I tend ta have huge convos in the PMs on FanFiction)
^^'

Hehe, yup. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-10 16:51:00 UTC Reply

I'm IgirisuK on the Pit. :3 Look me up, bro.

Re: o7o by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-05 14:46:00 UTC Reply

...oy, did somebody loose a Crisis while I wasn't looking?!

Non by AnnaBee on 2012-04-05 19:30:00 UTC Reply

We've just found a Kindred Spirit and are getting overexcited about it. :3

Good. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-05 20:57:00 UTC Reply

You were getting super excited there, and I didn't understand a thing, and that's generally what happens right before something explosive happens.

Heh. Hehehe. >////> by AnnaBee on 2012-04-05 23:13:00 UTC Reply

We're both rabid fans of a very... odd fandom called Hetalia. Expect much discussion of countries.

Re: Heh. Hehehe. >////> by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 00:39:00 UTC Reply

The one where Germany is a person and so is the US and Prussia is an uncle or something but really he/she should be nonexistent or deceased or something and people think that random countries should have horribly written slashy sex and then somewhere along the line I lost interest, that one?

*facepalm* It's not all like that. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-06 01:02:00 UTC Reply

The thing is... Hetalia fandom is pretty well split into two groups of fanpeople.
There are the people who like it for the history, the intriguing 'what if's' that come up, the comedy, the relationships between the characters... and then there's the fanbrats who just want to watch men snog. I flatter myself that I fall into the first category.

Re: *facepalm* It's not all like that. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 01:10:00 UTC Reply

*ears perk up* History?

Yeah, I have a little experience with the man-snoggy fan brats. Just a tiny little bit.

The whole thing where Legolas, a perfectly good, loyal warrior, gets his reputation ruined because they chose an actor that is good looking just blows my mind sometimes. At least, it used to. Now bestiality pairing just make me say "NEXT" and that's it... bleh. They call it the Pit for a reason. Now I'm just rambling. *Cough* Excuse me. You were saying "What ifs?"

^^ by AnnaBee on 2012-04-06 01:50:00 UTC Reply

The premise of Hetalia is that all the nations of the world are people, and most of them are cute, young, sexuality-ambiguous men. Now, natch, you get a LOT of mansnoggy fanbrats in a continuum like that, and there are a LOT of shipwars.

But the actual show is... less about the romance, more about the comedy. And the history. And just the concept of the nations of the world being people leads to some interesting ideas.

Example: Since every character is very "My country, right or wrong-" by their very nature- what happens when your country is horribly, hideously wrong, and you KNOW it's horribly, hideously wrong, but there's nothing you can do about it?

Example #2: What happens when two countries that have been rivals for centuries have to fight a war as allies... and can't keep one-upping each other, like they're used to?

I'll admit, I ship. But the shipping isn't what got me into Hetalia.

Huh. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 13:47:00 UTC Reply

So if they have wars.... how does that work? Duels?
This could be interesting.

Seems to depend from author to author. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-06 15:36:00 UTC Reply

In the actual show, everything is played for laughs. The few fight scenes that there are are basically China or Hungary hitting people over the head with a frying pan, or lots of running around and dramatic shouting but no one getting hurt.

...Except for the bits with the Revolutionary War, which are tragic, and played as such. In THOSE bits, America and England fight as soldiers in their country's armies. And, because of the way these things work out, of course they wind up facing each other on the battlefield. I think that episode is one of the saddest things you'll ever see, no matter what you think of America and England's relationship.

If you're doing a 'serious' Hetalia fic, that's usually the way to go. Make the nations foot soldiers in their own armies... and remember, the biggest difference between Hetalia goodfic and Hetalia badfic is that goodficcers do their research. [Badficcers, you know, just want to get to the mansnogging. *shudder* I love slash, but it has to be well-written.]

Huh. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 16:44:00 UTC Reply

I think I get it. It can be fun or it can be angsty. Interesting.

I hate slash; probably because my first experience-or experiences, I guess-were really, really, really, really really really *breath* really, really-really bad.

Well, it's history. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-06 20:20:00 UTC Reply

History has some very... dark places. So balancing the fun and the angst is another thing goodfic writers have to learn to do.

Ah. I see. I had a friend who sort of... acclimatized me to it, slowly, with good!slash.

Very. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-06 20:37:00 UTC Reply

I have a history teacher who, I suspect, may delight in telling me all the ways in which the countries I am and am not affiliated with have sinned horrendously against humanity in general about once a week.

Well, take Japan. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-07 03:41:00 UTC Reply

At the moment, and in the show, he's portrayed as a nice, calm, quiet individual, who's saner than your average nation. But some of the things he did in history- especially during WWII, when the main storyline of the show's set- are so bad that the fans think he must have a split personality.

Bipolar-ity? by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-07 14:01:00 UTC Reply

Could be fun. *crazyface* Er, that's not /exactly/ what I meant...but you get the idea.

Especially when you get down to the inner conflict of soldiers like the kamikazes or "human bullet" tank-stoppers.

More like split personality. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-09 08:00:00 UTC Reply

He kills (and, if the historical title is right, does worse) to the man who, in canon, is his best friend and older brother.

But yes. Yesssss.

And then there's the whole fun dying-nation thing...

Huh. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-09 12:06:00 UTC Reply

Best friend? *headscratch* That was unexpected.
That would be Prussia, yes? The dying nation?

Yeeeah. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-09 15:15:00 UTC Reply

Oh, yes. They call it the 'Rape of Nanking', in a historical context. Which, this being Hetalia, has rather horrible implications. >_
Black!Japan doesn't officially exist. As in, normal, regular Kiku could have done all of those horrible things, in canon. But it's so out of character for him that most of the fanbase thinks he MUST have a split personality to act that way.

Uh huh. Though you can run the same idea with other countries, too. Rome and Germania would top the list.

Ah... by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-09 23:48:00 UTC Reply

would that be the one with the gasoline and bullets? Augh.

Yeahno, I see why they'd avoid certain...bits.

Oh, that's not the half of it. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-10 00:50:00 UTC Reply

Entire countries (such as North Korea) just... aren't in Hetalia. With good reason.

Right.... by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-10 02:28:00 UTC Reply

'Cause they haven't happened yet?

I meant in World Series. by AnnaBee on 2012-04-10 06:39:00 UTC Reply

Hetalia has a few seasons that take place in the 'modern' world... Or any era other than WWII, really.

And anyway, the only Middle Eastern country to play a large part is Turkey, again for obvious reasons. Hetalia = NOT Srs Busns.

Re: I meant in World Series. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-10 12:32:00 UTC Reply

...I see.

Yeah... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-10 16:48:00 UTC Reply

A LOT of Prussia comes from World Series, to be honest. He's a minor character at best in the main storyline.

I Think So. by Mysterial on 2012-04-09 13:15:00 UTC Reply

I can't think of any other nation that's dying. I understand not wanting to let such an awesome guy go, but in any fics set in the modern day, he really should be dead.

Yeppers. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-09 23:47:00 UTC Reply

Or he could merge his soul with a bunch of other people and become Germany.
In fairness... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-09 15:05:00 UTC Reply

There IS a rather burgeoning Prussian-Micronation community. So you could make the case that the reason he's still around is that he's become a micronation, like Sealand.

And ehhh... Doing a 'The End of History' thing is fun. As in- there's one world government. The nations are all starting to fade. How do they cope?

I once did a Hetalia/1984 crossover... IT MADE ME FRAKIN' CRY. I swear, almost everyone was dead by the end, and the two nations that WEREN'T dead sacrificed themselves so everyone else could have a shot at freedom. ;~;

I suppose. . . by Mysterial on 2012-04-10 01:46:00 UTC Reply

you could make that argument for Prussia still being around, though I don't think many fanfic writers want to do that much research.
One I read this heartbreaking fic about how Prussia became the representative of Holocaust survivors. It was the saddest thing I have ever read ever.

B'awww... by AnnaBee on 2012-04-10 02:12:00 UTC Reply

That IS the sad!

Most of the fans I've met seem to think he became East Germany. After that, though... his fate is uncertain at best.

That should be a for*** in there. (nm) by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-03 20:17:00 UTC Reply