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@romerica-week Aesthetic part 1. When in Italy’s house you better come well dressed!!

some of mine old gerita criminal AU doodles from last year (about June 2016 lol) that I didn’t upload. I really obsess with Vargas family being mafioso! U///U In my AU, Feliciano is an underboss Ludwig - INTERPOL officer Lovino - Caporegime  Antonio - Lovino’s right hand  Arthur - Professional  swindler, Feli’s old friend since high school Alfred - FBI officer Rome - Don Vargas and etc.!

the plot in summary was sorta like… Feliciano, taking a stroll in the city and strayed from his bodyguards. Feli got a small accident but fortunately was helped by Ludwig that simultaneously on his way to home. Feli had a crush on him, sending some underling to dig Ludwig’s background afterwards and found out his governmental line of work. Despite of that, Feli kept still wooing him while concealing his own secret about being the greatest mobster heir.

Ours Samplus - Spell on you is my favorite track for this AU <3

And  Parov Stelar - Ragtime Cat for Arthur’s theme? Maybe haha

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I think it’s become obvious by now that almost every single nation embodies a good balance between likeable and dislikeable traits. As such, it’s important to lay out some essential characteristics if we’re to understand who England is as a person, his motivations, his faults, and his highpoints.

While England can be invariably cruel and pessimistic – especially towards America– this stems from a latent insecurity that he keeps within himself. He pre-emptively spites others to protect himself from the rejection he’s historically experienced. In modern strips, his temper has calmed considerably, and this spitefulness has transformed more into sarcastic banter and blunt teasing.

Nonetheless, what this post will account for is why England’s loneliness caused him to have such a volatile temperament, not to mention poor relationships with others.

The following character notes are of utmost importance in preventing England’s personality from being misinterpreted. [x]

He’s quite bad at expressing himself. He himself knows that people often misunderstand him, he uses this fact for self-depreciating jokes. 

He could easily be the most pitiful one in this webcomic. 

His temper was quite stormy during the decades after America’s independence. 

Put another way: England’s historical isolation caused him to develop a poor sense of self-worth. To compensate for this, he worked hard to improve his nation and external image of himself. Meanwhile, the insecurity remained even as he emerged as a world superpower. Because he was so used to being teased and berated, England treated others in a similar manner, only for this to work to his own detriment.

Arrogance and boastfulness quickly got the best of him. He fell hard and even deeper into isolation after the American Revolution. His violent temper towards America is a manifestation of his strong fear of rejection. What you’ll see is that England is deeply considerate of others and wants to befriend them, but unfortunately closes up and defensively makes scathing remarks to protect his fragile self-image.

With all that said, let’s tie this back to the strips and go through some examples.

We know that having America as a ward helped ease England’s temper. He even admits to this.

What’s important to point out here is that this was during a time when America was England’s primary ally.

England escaped the alienating atmosphere of Europe by visiting America. America’s unconditional love was England’s security blanket. 

This security blanket was lost after the Revolution, thus explaining why England’s temper explodes in the following years. He was all alone again.

England wants to be friends with America, but has trouble overcoming his loneliness. His crippling fear of rejection is often the cause.

In fact, England can be quite shy at times. If anything, it proves how skeptical he is to open himself up to others, let alone make the effort to get them to see him for who he really is.

He embarrassedly offers to be America’s friend when he realizes that the latter doesn’t have any, only to defensively fall back on anger when America rejects him.

It’s a cruel cycle of desiring to be close to another person, opening himself up, and either 1) rudely spiting them, inciting rejection or 2) politely engaging them as a ‘gentleman’, only for this to incite rejection as well.

His anger is a shell – it’s a tough habit to break, even though he woefully recognizes how problematic it is in impacting how others perceive him.

The fact that he doesn’t expect positive reactions from others is chiefly illustrated with how embarrassed he gets when he does receive praise.

Nonetheless, England keeps trying to mend things with America to the extent that these efforts are excessively nosy.

He’s skeptical that Lithuania will be treated well in America’s house, and takes it upon himself to visit them. Curiosity is a form of caring, however skewed and counterproductive as it may be.

Point is, England’s covertly reaching out to America here, likely because he knows firsthand what it’s like to be directly rejected by the latter. It’s the next best thing he can do.

As touched on above, it’s not just America that England’s isolated from. He’s not referred to as the Black Sheep of Europe for nothing, after all.

During the Splendid Isolation Period, and having experienced many political rejections as a result of tensions with Russia, he desperately tries to convince himself that being alone isn’t all that bad.

Eventually, he’s able to successfully form an alliance with Japan. Of particular emphasis is the strip’s title: 

“The anglo-Japanese alliance between two lonely people.”

I really don’t think it can get more explicit than that.

Further, this alienation among the other nations is a repetitive theme in the series. England’s often left out of excursions and activities.

One example that best demonstrates this is when Italy, Germany, and Japan take it upon themselves to interview other nations about their Christmas traditions. The whole strip entails England hiding in the background, fidgeting nervously as he waits to be interviewed, only to be forgotten about.

Interestingly, it’s Japan who remembers to interview England at the last minute. The two share an implicit, but undeniably deep understanding of each other.

Another way that England compensates for his loneliness is by turning to the supernatural – his fairie friends. America thinks he’s crazy, but what he doesn’t realize is that England likely summons these friends to mitigate his loneliness, and therefore prevent himself from going mad.

The imagery of a child-like imagination is later used to describe England’s love of and desire to live in a world entirely made up of fantasy. He lives in his mind because it’s safe. Similarly, he talks to his [real] fairie friends because he knows that they’re safe too; they won’t ever reject him.

I’ve brought this up before, but I think this is a good note to end on. During the Anglo-Japanese alliance arc, which focuses on the subject of loneliness, why is it that England is given the Kappa’s Miracle Cure?

It’s a medicine said to cure any illness…

…but what illness is there to cure if you’re an immortal being that will automatically recover from illness anyway?

It seems to me that the cure was intended for something less tangible, yet just as hard to cure:

Heartsickness and accompanying feelings of loneliness.

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A long-standing joke in the fandom is that because England’s food is poor, America inherits said lack of taste from him and can therefore eat it without a problem. However, evidence from the strips point otherwise. Just like he chooses to read the atmosphere or purposefully ignore it, it seems that America also chooses whether or not to give his true opinion on the food he eats.

For example, in the sixth comic diary, an adult America reminisces and bashfully admits that England isn’t very good at cooking.

He then has a flashback of his childhood, where his younger self comments and shows disappointment in the fact that England has burnt his food again. He also remarks that France is a better cook, which demonstrates his ability to rank food according to taste.

What I’ll be arguing is that America doesn’t want to hurt England’s feelings, and pretends to like his cooking instead. This is clearly seen in the strip, as young America notices how intently England watches him as he eats.

In other words, he wants to make England feel better. Quite frankly, if England was giving me that look, I’d find it hard to tell him the truth too. England’s reaction after America tells him that he likes the food is too cute for words – it’s absolutely priceless – and this is likely why America keeps up this façade.

Then, in another strip titled “America and England”, it seems that America has become so used to ignoring the taste of food, that he’s forgotten what ‘good’ food tastes like. That’s where I believe his ‘alleged’ lack of taste comes from.

Why do I say this? Because there’s also instances where America becomes aware of how bad the food he’s eating is, and has no problem making his opinion known about it. It’s also important to mention that when he does this, it’s usually in retaliation to England’s insults.

In other words, the moment England is rude to him, America is no longer worried about trying to avoid hurting his former guardian’s feelings and gives his honest opinion on the food. Here are just a few more examples:

After being called a collection of hicks by England, America opens up about how awful the former’s scones are.

America is also known for hating the taste of marmite.

So, there you have it. It appears that America’s lack of taste is more of an aversion to hurting England’s feelings. He may not openly show it, but America truly does care about England; it’s the small hidden details that you especially have to look out for with them since they’re both so stubborn.

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Name: Yao Wang House: Slytherin Age: 17 Year: 7th Blood Status: Pure-blood Hobbies: wizards chess and holding order Anything Extra: Yao is the head boy and is very serious about his position. He’s a bit of a nark so a lot of the other students avoid him when they can. He always gets O’s on all his assignments. He plays quidditch for Slytherin as a Beater. He doesn’t really care much about quidditch but he likes being able to say he is part of the team.

I finally made it

Daily Hetalia Fact #43

Canada managed to get Prussia addicted to maple syrup.

Daily Hetalia Fact #8

America tries to listen to Canada and help him when he can.

(Also the French and the English still fight even when both are technically Canadian.)