//finally Finished This After Leaving It On Wip For A Month/// 

alfred with a slice of bread

Here he is, bread-y for a dinner-date!

Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 282 Original Translation: y4nderenka // donamoeba Scanlation: jammerlea Please link back to our Tumblr when using translated images on other sites.

now all we need is italy rapping this and my life will be complete “Hit it doitsu! YO HEY PAPA, GIVE ME WINE BIAAATCH”

Daily Hetalia Fact #50

Both Romano and Spain enjoy books that play out like archetypal shounen mangas to the point of dressing and acting like the main characters.

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Sweden

Name: Berwald Oxenstierna House: Slytherin Age: 17 Year: 7th Blood Status: pure-blood Patronus: Buffalo  Hobbies: dueling club and learning new spells. Anything Extra: Berwald has a reputation around school for being scary and threatening. Everyone assumes he’s into dark magic. But really he’s a nice guy. He’s just socially awkward and has a resting death stare. All the Slytherin students can tell you he’s not so bad. He’s a Chaser and team captain for Slytherin.

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Daily Hetalia Fact #55

While discussing what they would do with a wish, Germany tells Italy that he would wish for the ability to talk to his dogs.

In an earlier post, I talked about the lesser known sides of Spain. This post will focus on the more obvious, yet ironically ignored, positive aspects of his character. Spain has never been a plain character. The problem is that his personality is often watered down, either as a result of the anime or people choosing to selectively represent certain aspects of his personality.

That said, let’s go over some examples.

He’s not a cheerful ditz all the time: 

Ex: He didn’t take chibi Romano’s constant complaining without any resistance. On several occasions, Spain’s shown to be calling him an idiot.

Ex: He’s an emotional or “violent” drunk. It depends on which translation you have, but it pretty much conveys the same thing.

My translation is a bit different from the one above:

“As long as you keep him away from booze, and don’t get on his bad side, you should be fine.”

Ex: Prior to the strip, teenage Romano had a huge obsession with fantasizing about/ role-playing the medieval chivalric romance novels that he read. In comes Prussia, recklessly spouting out keywords that seem to trigger Romano’s obsession again, much to the latter’s dismay. Mother hen Spain quickly swoops in to give a deadly warning.

Ex: He melancholically looks back on his and France’s rough childhoods.

Ex: When the topic of discussions falls to what each nation is known for, Spain laments over being known for cows and tomatoes.

He’s more than capable of reading the atmosphere: 

Ex: His reaction to America after the Stock Market crashes in 1939.

Ex: He’s heartbroken when Veneziano chooses Austria over him during the Austrian War of Succession. The scene alludes to the fact that Spain was deeply saddened in the years following his divorce from Austria. Likewise, the way Spain revs up his cheery attitude in light of being rejected seems to be more of a defense mechanism, a guarded mask of emotions, than it is of his true personality.

I say this because Romano finds Spain weeping in the next panel.

Ex: He solemnly hints to Chibitalia of what’s to become of him right before he and his brother are both conquered.

His optimism is not out of sheer stupidity: 

It’s more like it’s a desperate sort of optimism. The way that Spain convinces himself to push forward with a smile is eventually internalized until he himself doesn’t even realize that what he’s doing is unrealistic and naive. As mentioned above, it’s also a coping mechanism.

Nonetheless, there are moments where he shows a deep awareness of his economic/ political situation.

Ex:There’s a clear recognition that he’s lost his international standing due to poverty.

Ex: Once again, his [desperate] optimism shines through in how he copes with his weakened economy. He sings songs, and acts happy…

…but he’s more than aware of how deep and serious his money problems are. He’s literally clinging to Germany, albeit for exaggerated humorous effect.

He may have a laid-back personality…

…but once he gets worked up about something, his passion replaces his typical lazing around.

Ex: He fought to have olive oil continually be marketed as a staple product of the EU.

Again, with Spain, it seems that the happiness he forces onto himself allows him to get too carried away in what he does (e.g., over-manufacturing and then causing a property bubble).

That’s why he comes off as naïve and a bit air-headed. You could even argue that it’s a slight dissociation from reality to help minimize any anxiety that he feels.

His constant smiling is also a play on the fact that the sun never set in the Spanish Empire.

He’s selfless:

Ex: Despite all the complaining and constant belittling that he had to endure with Romano, Spain still saves him from Turkey.

Ex: Spain spent all his money on improving Romano’s wardrobe. [Please note that Romano was too young to realize this]. Meanwhile, his own clothes were in tatters.

Ex: When Romano immigrates to America, Spain is the first person he calls. Their relationship is noted to be much deeper than the one Romano shares with Veneziano.

Immediately, Spain’s mother hen mode gets switched on as he asks Romano how he’s been and if he’s been eating well.

He also lets Romano know how proud he is of him working and taking responsibility for himself for once.

That said, it wouldn’t make sense for a character predicated on a stereotype of passion to be flat and static. He’s anything but.

Pottertalia

Before I was a Hetalia blog I actually had a Harry Potter blog. I figure hey, why not take my in depth Harry Potter knowledge and apply it to Hetalia. So here is Some of the Extras.

Austria: Ravenclaw- We all saw this one coming. Austria is about as Ravenclaw as you can get. Really there snot much detail to go into this one. We all already knew he was Ravenclaw.

Hungary: Gryffindor- Of course Hungary is a Gryffindor. That daring girl was always diving head first into an challenge even to armies much larger that herself. She has that “I can do it myself” attitude that all Gryffindors seem to posses.

Spain: Hufflepuff- Okay I know a lot of people put him in Gryffindor or Slytherin just by default but I really love him in Hufflepuff. Just think about his personality. He’s always so helpful. I mean look at how he waits on Romano hand and foot. A Gryffindor wouldn’t do that. And a Slytherin certainly wouldn’t.

Switzerland: Slytherin- As where Hungary has a “I can do it myself” Way of thinking Switzerland has more of a “Do it yourself” life style. This is Slytherin through and through. A Slytherin would never get involved in something unless it benefited them somehow. Switzerland sees no reason for anyone’s conflicts to ever involve him seeing as he will never get anything out of it.

Liechtenstein: Slytherin- I put her in Slytherin for the exact reason i put Belarus in Gryffindor. I think she would want to be sorted where her brother was and I think Switzerland would have told her to ask the hat to put her there, because he is over protective of her. I don’t think Slytherin is a good fit for her she’s more of a Hufflepuff but I think that she would have known she would be a nervous wreck without Switzerland.

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