You’ll Find Your Wings Again

keep voting for alfred guys🙏🙏🙏 ur damn RIGHT hes the most attractive any other answer is loudly wrong

something ive been curious abt

BYE I JUST REALIZED HOW SO QUEEN OF SPADES THIS IS OF HIM?? IVAN BRAGINSKY HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE A GORGEOUS WIFE

also his thighs?? theyre so thick???? hes never beating the bombshell blonde allegations

Alfred: Have you ever lost an hour of sleep your whole life?

Ivan: I'm prepared to lose a few with you if you'd like.

but caramel isn’t vegan since it has butter and butter comes from cow milk. unless its like, oat/almond butter

i was so wrong for ‘allen’s a coffee snob’ he’s totally a caramel frapp with extra caramel for his morning coffee kinda guy

He's smiling again

The Eurovision is a big deal for the european nations, not because of the pressure of having to win to give pride to your citizens, but because it's like a getaway for them.

They all stay in the same hotel, eat together, have parties together, just have fun in general. Sometimes they have sleepovers. They care about winning and get upset when they lose, but it’s not too serious between them. They just like to have fun in the contest.

Other non-european nations come to cheer them on too (Leon comes to cheer on Emil, Matthew and Alfred come to support Arthur Francis and Ivan, Kiku comes to cheer on Ludwig and Feliciano) Ivan is almost always sad during Eurovision since he never gets any wins. Alfred always takes him out for a comfort date afterwards to make him feel better. He only won once in 2008. Luckily for him, the other europeans never made fun of him or mocked him for losing all the time. The nordics are bitter about Berwald always winning. They know he's good, but never give him all 12 points (only Tino does that)

HE'S SMIRKING AND SPARKLING LUDWIG YOU SHINY BASTARD

All the hetalia girls are freakishly strong. They are just as strong as the men. They can carry things that are twice their weight and size. Natalya, Lien and Elizabeta are among the strongest. Lien is strong because of her farm work, she does a lot of heavy lifting (like plowing) and can even lift a tractor with no problem. Elizabeta and Natalya are the strongest though. The two of them ran on a race track at 20 mph, wearing heels, and carrying two buff, tall and heavy men. The race ended up in a tie, but they refused, and went another round. This time, Natalya won. She's more used to chasing people so running is her specialty. Elizabeta may be stronger physically with her arms, but Natalya's legs have always been stronger. Speed is Natalya's strong suit while heavy lifting is Elizabeta's, but they're both good at either one (Elizabeta is fast too as evidenced when they ended up in a tie in the first round, while Natalya is very strong to be able to lift two huge and heavy men while running in heels. That takes skill.) However this does not mean the other girls aren't as strong. They are all extremely strong, and that's why all the men respect them and are polite to them since they know what they are capable of. It's just that Natalya and Elizabeta are on a whole different level. Ivan isn't scared of his little sister for nothing, and Gilbert and Ludwig are also sort of scared of Elizabeta. Lien is third strongest, as she had been able to defeat Alfred. Alfred is still bitter about it, and is also kind of scared of her. the "Vietnam War Flashbacks"meme just proves how traumatizing it is for it to have been turned into a way to refer to a traumatizing or bad experience. Alfred still shrieks whenever Lien pops up from behind him unexpectedly

I'M CRYING IT'S BABY JAPAN

Note: This post can be very triggering for some people. Please take care of yourself and don’t read this if you are sensitive to the topic of eating disorders.

To start, let’s lay out one ground rule. We know that population statistics respectively affect the nations’ behaviours, habits, and personalities. When something is common in the population, the personification adopts it too.

For example, America’s people strongly believe in aliens and conspiracy theories.

As such, America also believes in aliens and conspiracy theories.

It would follow, then, that given how big the fast food and dieting industries are in America –what a massive contradiction that is – he would also be affected by this.

Well, he is.

While I can’t attest to how accurate this statistic is, Hima cites that 60% of Americans are overweight. What matters here is that this statistic explains why America is also ‘overweight’. He’s not actually. I’ll get back to that in a minute.

Point is, America has been struggling with weight and dieting issues from some of the earliest strips. Of course, this is because the fast-food industry really took off after WW2. The dieting industry came a bit afterward when people began realizing how much weight they were gaining by eating so much processed food.

The same thing happens to America. Initially, he doesn’t realize the effect that constantly eating burgers has on his metabolism.

This then leads him to inquire about the eating habits of other nations as well as how they maintain their thin figures.

The problem with America is that this obsession with dieting becomes unhealthy, exactly as it is with the American population. Eating disorders and crash diets are chronic in North America. It’s a major problem that isn’t really talked about. Hima, on the other hand, characterizes America to accurately reflect this.

In his introductory chapter of World Stars (chapter 23), the topic of his dieting session is immediately brought up. I don’t think this would be done unless it was something pivotal to his characterization.

The character note claims that America’s gotten over his dieting craze and has accepted that he’s not actually fat but rather muscular and big-boned.

That’s the mental illness aspect of eating disorders. You claim that you’re better despite the fact that you keep relapsing into unhealthy habits. This thought process can be very convincing, as some people with eating disorders truly believe that they’re healthy and that there’s nothing wrong with what they’re doing.

Expectedly, later chapters contradict this.

Not even that, literally the next chapter depicts him struggling with his weight. When he measures himself on the scale and a large number turns up, he convinces himself that it’s broken. If that wasn’t enough, he also calls Germany to fix the scale.

How I interpret this is that America is in denial and is stubbornly fighting with himself over the number on the scale.

In the same chapter, he falls back to his old dieting tactics and asks Italy about his eating habits.

This isn’t the first time the insecurity over his weight is shown either.

Ex: In the strips depicting what each country is known for, America is shown to be painting over the American stereotype of being “fat.” As someone who seems to be struggling with his body image, it makes sense that he wouldn’t want to be known as an obese country.

The problem with America is that he overeats, sets unrealistic body goals, and then doesn’t follow through with these goals. This, in turn, leads to a rigorous cycle of dieting and feeling poor about himself.

Ex: One of his New Year’s Resolution to “take better care of his health” is to have a body fat percentage of 3%. Obviously, this isn’t a realistic goal. It’s far from healthy.

Notice how being slimmer has been his resolution for the past 30 years. It’s not something that’s gone away, as it’s a problem that’s persistently affected Americans over the years.

The cycle continues when, in the same strip, he treats himself to a hamburger and milkshake.

The last that we see of this problem is when he trains China to help him lose weight. [Chinese obesity rates have been on the rise lately.]

Regardless of the fact that America possesses super strength and possesses more physical endurance than normal, a 10,000 corkscrew punch workout is not normal. If anything, this is indicative of another unhealthy dieting tactic.

In sum, America’s dieting/ workout habits and overconsumption of junk food are owed to the prevalence of the fast food and dieting industries of his country. Given the evidence I just presented, it’s not a stretch to claim that he suffers from body issues and has an eating disorder.