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being t.urkey is suffering (x)

Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 283 Original Translation: y4nderenka // donamoeba Scanlation: jammerlea Please link back to our Tumblr when using translated images on other sites.

And then Louis stayed until he’d finished showing Francis every shark in his book.

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.

….I was looking through the harry potter wikia and I noticed that a lot of the spells were kind of pointless

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.

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 my sorting of The Baltic Trio+Poland (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia)

Poland- Ravenclaw: Now I thought about this one long and hard. I was shifting between Slytherin or Ravenclaw. But all and all I think Poland is a better fit for Ravenclaw. Poland always just sort of does his own thing. He wears what he wants and says what he wants. He really has no concern if someone is thinking poorly of him because he just doesn’t care. A Slytherin would care very much about the opinion of others but a Ravenclaw, now way! I think Poland would fit very well in Ravenclaw.

Lithuania- Hufflepuff: Now I can see him in all the houses to be completely honest with you, all except Ravenclaw, I don’t think he’d mesh well here. But all and all I placed him in Hufflepuff because during the soviet era he was always trying his best to keep the other soviets out of trouble with Russia. Then when he went to live with America he was happy to help out any way he could. Hufflepuffs are helpful and considerate, even when it’s not expected of them. They always think of others first. I did think about putting him in Gryffindor for a tiny second. But then I realized Hufflepuff is where he would be most comfortable.

Latvia- Ravenclaw: Yes the easy cop put would be Hufflepuff because he’s soft spoken but that’s not really what this sorting thing his about. Yes Latvia is afraid to speak his mind but nothing else about him would land him in Hufflepuff. He’s described as a hidden genius and at the same time he slacks off. This is so Ravenclaw. He’s also said to like reading poetry and romance novels. So we know he has a love for the arts. I think he’s very Ravenclaw.

Estonia- Slytherin: I wanted to put him in Ravenclaw but really I don’t think that’s entirely where he should go. Yes he’s said to be the smartest of the Baltic trio. But, he said that. That’s the kicker. See a Ravenclaw doesn’t go around telling you how smart they are, because they don’t care enough to brag about it. But a Slytherin would. He also says that he’s the luckiest of the three and manages to be in the right place at the right time to avoid Russia’s frustrations. Slytherins are very good at avoiding trouble. He’s also said to be very good with money. Another Slytherin trait. He’s very confidant in his knowledge and seems to give off the air that he’s the smartest person in the room, or at least thinks he is. This is what makes him a Slytherin.

The Allies, The Soviet Siblings, Nordics, Extras 1, The Axis,

I figured I’d draw more Supertalia in celebration of Season 11 tbh

bonus: Mattie as Sam with horribly drawn musclesssss :^)))

rusfra ;)

INHALes sharply

they’re perfect for each other– two tired old men w an odd lov for philosophy n a flair for the dramatic yet different enough that they compliment each other beautifully by compensating for the other’s weak points n highlighting their strong ones?? plus they’re both difficult it takes a special person to handle either of them but i think they’d find that in each other

ivan sometimes gets v pessimistic abt life in general n it’s times like these where francis will instinctively know that ivan needs to be held n he’ll hold his head in his lap n comb thru his hair n tell him old fables bc sometimes reality being dumped over our heads isn’t at all what we need

francis has rlly?? niche interests? it’s hard to find ppl who can talk abt philosophy, the arts n literature but still not be a total stick in the mud all other times??? thank god ivan is one of those ppl???

they’re both so Tired n sometimes life rlly weighs on them n you’ll find both of them out in the back smokin together in silence w centuries obvious in their eyes but it’s a lil less tiring, a lil less empty, when the other is there beside them

ivan is proud of the fact that he rarely gets flustered but ever since he met francis, master of unnecessary flirtation, that fact has become less of a fact n more of a memory of the past tho honestly he can’t complain

ivan likes to randomly scoop francis up bridal style n carry him around bc?? he’s gonna treat him like the prince he is???

francis gets sad sometimes too :( n ivan will wrap him up in his arms n bury his face in his hair n tell him it’ll b alright soon. he’s right here n he won’t let the demons come any closer

they’re stupid sentimental old men who will absolutely b cliche af n dance to old, old songs in the kitchen w their arms wrapped around each other n their eyes locked to the others like they’re the only two ppl in the whole damn world

francis is adamant abt taking this man shopping bc “no, ivan, tired old man is not a legitimate fashion style pls get rid of that coat it’s been twenty years” 

francis enjoys attempting to do ivan’s hair. ivan does not object to being fussed over

sometimes when they’re both a little tipsy they’ll end up singing old folk songs n war songs n sometimes even modern pop songs too loudly n not entirely on key but it’s alright bc there’s no one around to judge them

they’ll pull this thing when they strut into meeting w their arms linked n they’ll just sweep over everyone w these smug smiles on their faces n everyone is Afraid bc they’re such a Team

they’re giant dorks?? they’ll pull that thing n put food on each other’s faces n it usually ends w tussling n francis usually wins bc he pulls the Automatic Win aka kissing ivan

basically?? i lov them?? good bois?? they’re perfect for each other?? can have a good time w each other bc theyre comfy w each other but also have dmc for the same reason?? ily rainy bless

thEY WERE GONNA BUILD

A FUCKING HOME

TOGETHER.