Subject: Seems to depend from author to author.
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Posted on: 2012-04-06 15:36:00 UTC
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.]
