Nordic Patronuses? :)

Two passionate men who don’t work well together as of yet.

Meanwhile, in AmeLiet

Lithuania, in his head: Alfred isn't a religious man...It's a little strange to see him praying like this.

America, mumbling: Oh, dear Lord, please don't make me parallel park.

take your pick :>

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big spoon/little spoon:

They switch! Lovino likes feeling wanted and gets comfort out of feeling someone’s heartbeat while he dozes off, but Gilbert has a special love for being the little spoon. In the words of Jake Peralta: everyone likes to be the little spoon, it makes you feel safe! 

favorite non-sexual activity:

maybe a controversial one, but i almost want to say reading? Gilbert is an avid reader, and while Lovino isn’t quite as into it, I feel like their interests in what they do read have a nice little overlap. Picture this: Gilbert reclining on the sofa reading a book with Lovino curled up next to him, looking over his shoulder sometiems and making dumb comments at the out of context passages he reads (L: he’s sore from the “hand tourney”, huh? G: listen, i know it’s Game of Thrones but it WASN’t a euphemism!)

who uses all the hot water:

Lovino every time! Gilbert doesn’t take very long showers- in too long and it gives his mind too much of a chance to wander- but Lovino is the type to wither dissociate in the shower for 40 minutes, or fix himself a giant bath, both of which are cranked up to the hottest temperature possible. 

most trivial thing they fight over:

God, I don’t even know- they can both be so petty, so it’s probably something as ridiculous as completing a simple task.

who does most of the cleaning:

Gilbert. No question about it.

what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue:

All the strangest shows. Gilbert likes to watch war films and documentaries to point out or laugh at the inaccuracies, while Lovino prefers lighter content. But Lovino usually ends up with control of the queue, because let’s face it; Gilbert is Weak.

who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working:

Gilbert. Lovino is always the one to bring it up to Gilbert, because he gets cold easy, but isn’t going to go over and complain if there’s someone else that can do it for him. 

who steals the blankets:

Lovino

who leaves their stuff around:

Lovino

who remembers to buy the milk

Technically they both do, but Lovino refuses to let Gilbert shop alone unless he has to. He’s a real stickler for food quality. 

who remembers anniversaries:

They both do!

Who cooks normally?

Lovino

How often do they fight?

I feel like they’d bicker mostly, but it doesn’t turn into anything too serious unless a nerve is hit or Gilbert lets it. While he does love a good fight, Gilbert has the presence of mind to not let his relationship be filled with spats; he can pick his battles.

What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Nothing drastic- Gilbert probably talks about Lovino a bit more than usual, and Lovino likely does something lame like wear Gil’s clothes to bed bc he misses him.

Nicknames for each other?

Lovino doesn’t really do nicknames, outside of affectionate insults. Conversely, Gilbert probably calls Lovino every obnoxious nickname under the sun.

Who is more likely to pay for dinner?

They both fight over it and usually end up taking turns. They’re both stupid men with stupid prides. 

Who steals the covers at night?

Lovino. He is never warm enough.

What would they get each other for gifts?

Something very thoughtful and personalised- Gilbert, because he’s a tryhard, and Lovino because of a mix of genuine care + insecurities of not being enough.

Who kissed who first?

Shockingly, Lovino kissed Gilbert.

Who made the first move?

Again, Lovino. Ludwig got his hopelessness in romance from his brother and it shows. Its one of the only things that can trump Lovino’s fear of rejection. 

Who remembers things?

They both do, i feel like? It just manifests in different ways. 

Who started the relationship?

Gilbert, perhaps, I think Lovino would’ve been the first one to make an impulsive move, but Gilbert is the one to suggest making it official.

Who cusses more?

Lovino

What would they do if the other was hurt?

Physically? Lovino would do his Best, while Gilbert would have a pretty good stab at patching him up himself. Emotionally, however, Lovino is actually the one better equipped to deal with it. Gilbert is closed off at best, but Lovino would be able to see through his bullshit to an extent in getting to know him, and stubborn his way through getting somewhere if need be. Gilbert is a bit more useless in comforting Lovino, but he’d try. 

Francis does have his class! That he does. 

I might add some new students along the way, but this is who we have so far. 

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Most fans remember that Prussia has a crush on Italy, but look

It is also canon that Prussia has feelings for Romano

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

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Note: This theory will make use of Freudian theory. While I recognize that Freud’s ideas do not bear much contemporary relevance, that shouldn’t take away from the fact that many of his concepts (e.g., erogenous zones, childhood memory repression, catharsis) are nonetheless employed by Hima in the series. The purpose of this post is to give some insight into the psychologies of the characters.

Terminology I’ll go over: Psychosexual stages, causality, regression, fixation.

Yes, that’s right. Freud’s ideas are very much prevalent in the series. A big area of his work was analyzing the impact of childhood on personality development. Freud believed in causality, meaning that who you are as an adult can be directly traced back to your childhood.

How you’re parented and brought up is the most crucial factor. I don’t need to go into this in too much detail, but basically, we go through five stages of development titled: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.

For this specific post, we only need to focus on the early stages of development, which focus on sensual (sensory) pleasure and stimulation, often for the purposes of soothing and experiencing relief.

Each stage has corresponding needs. If these needs are not met (under-gratification) or if they are too easily met (over-gratification), then the person develops a fixation.

A fixation essentially means that the person is stuck at that level of development, which causes them to develop a problematic and unhealthy personality type.

However, it’s only when that individual is met with confrontation or a stressful situation that they regress back to the stage in which they developed this fixation. The stress causes them to revert back to the age where their needs weren’t met, and as such, they engage in childish behaviours.

For example, if you get into an argument with someone and they start behaving selfishly, like a toddler, then you have every right to poke fun at them for having Daddy or Mommy issues. Or, there are those who bite their nails and pick at their lips, something akin to the soothing acquired from sucking one’s thumb as a child.

Where America Fits Into This:  

America’s tricky in that he’s fixated at two stages of development. I’ll go over each of them separately.

Oral Fixation: 

The oral stages revolves around gratification through the mouth and lips. Tension and stress in an infant is reduced as they feed from their mother. It soothes them.

Over-gratification, as in the infant is fed too much or too easily, results in an oral-incorporative personality. In this case, it would apply not to how America was parented, as England wasn’t present in his life for long periods of his childhood, but rather the time that he spent in isolation.

In isolation, America only looked after himself. That’s why when he emerged from this isolation he came across as selfish and egocentric to the other nations. He had gotten so used to satisfying his own needs that he had trouble putting others first. [Please note that this is not the case in modern strips.]

Now, consider how much responsibility America had when he became a major manufacturing power in the years leading up to WW1.

Then, consider how he evolved to the status of a superpower following WW2. That’s a lot of responsibility for one nation to take, and as such, you would think that it would have caused America a lot of stress.

Well, it did.

Ex: He’s visibly distressed and disappointed in himself when the Stock Market crashes in 1939. He assumes all the blame given that it was his economy that had propped up the global market at the time.

While he doesn’t always show it, a lot of America’s habits help reduce this tension and stress. Not only that, but it helps him cope with the loneliness and lingering effects of isolation that he still feels when interacting with other nations.

Oral-incorporative personalities reduce tension through oral activities (duh). This would include things like smoking, drinking a lot, chewing gum, eating excessively, and being overly talkative. Hmmmm.

Doesn’t America overeat?

Isn’t America an overly-talkative person that just so happens to get on a lot of the other nations’ nerves?

Notwithstanding that America is completely aware of the fact that he’s not well-received in the international community?

This brings me to my next point. An oral-incorporative personality-type also possesses a high degree of gullibility. Following Freud’s allegory, they swallow everything they’re told.

With America, this gullibility of not being able to read the atmosphere is an act. 

It’s nothing more than a running gag and shouldn’t be taken seriously, especially if you look closely at his interactions with the other nations.

It’s a stress-reducing mechanism that allows him to avoid confronting reality, given how stressful his position as a superpower must have been. Point is, he’s more than capable of reading the atmosphere as seen in the example above. He simply chooses not to.

Similarly, America also embodies aspects of an oral-sadistic personality type. Under-gratification, as in the infant is not fed enough, results in this personality type. It means that they were weaned off early from their mother.

These people tend to be verbally abusive, or, in less serious cases they use “biting” sarcasm. Note again the use of an allegorical reference to infancy.

That said, we know that the nations often get frustrated with America for making reckless mistakes. More importantly, these mistakes are attributed to his youth and inexperience.

In that case, America being weaned off from England too early and not learning the proper ropes of how to conduct himself in accordance to tradition would be what is most relevant here…

Not many people know this, but America can be verbally abrasive (it’s not quite abusive) and sarcastic. The whole arc covering his and Canada’s childhoods are full of heated arguments between the two of them.

Ex: America gets frustrated with Canada when the latter refuses to let him see England following the Revolution.

The argument ends when Canada slams the front door on America.

Ex: America explodes at Canada upon hearing that the latter intends to gain his independence by being on good terms with England.

It’s the softness of the approach that doesn’t sit well with America. Canada is still fairly sheltered at this point, and hadn’t experienced/ travelled the world like America had. Put another way, Canada comes across as too idealistic to him.

“Is your head a field of flowers?!” 

Ex: Russia gives America a ticket to Siberia for his birthday. America blows his nose with it.

Anal Fixation:

[Yes, laugh. I didn’t come up with these terms.]

This stage of development centers around potty training. As toddlers gain control, autonomy, over their bodily functions, the authority that their parents assert over them regarding how they regulate these functions is met with hostility. They want to enjoy their newly-acquired independence and go whenever they want. The parents are the only barrier to that. Essentially, this stage is a battle of wills between the stubbornness of the toddler and their parents.

Sound familiar? Does the American Revolution ring a bell?

As America became increasingly sufficient, he realized that England’s authority was too imposing; it restricted his growth and freedom as a nation. He therefore pushed back and fought for his independence, his autonomy.

America fits best with an anal-retentive personality type. Similar to how a toddler will sometimes refuse to relieve themselves, these individuals tend to withhold their emotions and hoard their belongings. This also ties in nicely with how America pretends not to read the atmosphere.

Ex: America’s been shown on a few occasions to hold his tongue and not say what he really thinks.

Ex: He has a problem with over-manufacturing [hoarding].

Ex: While this doesn’t apply in the present, when he first came out of isolation, America would only do favors if it served to his own benefit.

Notice how similar that is to the behavior of a toddler. They lack the intellectual capacity to think of anyone but themselves.

Lastly, in terms of stress, you’ll also notice that America is often equated with child-like imagery.

This is especially the case when his ideas are challenged. The stress of it causes him to revert back to childish behaviour.

Ex: When proposing a world defense plan, he crushes bundled spoons to intimidate other nations into agreeing with him.

England berates him for this childishness too.

In sum, America’s childish behaviour is often an unconscious reaction to stress than it is arising from selfishness. Not only that, but a lot of his ‘obnoxious’ habits (e.g., eating excessively) can be attributed to him relieving his stress through them.