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Just an art blog where I post my (NOT) lame art. I usually draw Nordics (‘specially the Whale Brothers) but I’m trying to draw others, too! (They’re excellent at capturing facial expressions)
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An ask blog for the character Genoa; they appeared briefly in the Napoleon strip.) I don’t do NSFW content. (Lovely and adorable style)
Hi! Thank you 😀 (Although ah, old story) Oh yeah, if you know me, my life isn’t all that great, and I cope with humour lol. I was very careful with how I treated the writing of When Red Meets Violet – the humor was just there to make Gillian seem more real. Also, on the romance: I didn’t want to fall into the “if I have a man, then I’ll be cured” trope. Matt was Gillian’s bestfriend. He didn’t save her; he acted as her support and helped her confront her past.
On the sequel, Green Skies Ahead isn’t really a prequel to When Red Meets Violet. It focuses on Isabel (fem! Spain) and her eating disorder (influenced by my own experience). The tie to When Red Meets Violet is that you get to see small glimpses of Gillian one year before her assault, as well as the early stages of Rodereich’s (2p! Austria) and Elizabeta’s unhealthy relationship. Gillian’s much more willing to use words such as “slut” or “whore” without really knowing the meaning of them.
You’ll see that I use the nyos to write about primarily gender-specific experiences.
Oh thank you! Sorry for the lack of updates, but it’s exam time in Uni. I’ll probably just update all four of them at once to spoil you guys once I’m free 🙂
(I don’t have my beta reader for the next two weeks, so I have lots of rough pre-written chapters lying in my docs folder.)
Ahhh okay. Can we please stop glorifying blogs according to how much notes they get and focus on their actual content? I know you probably didn’t mean it, but it’s this exact attitude which hurts the fandom. Also, does it really matter lol?
Thank you.
You can tell I’m tired oops
@shirokage218 said:
I’m reposting this even if I disagree, because this is awesome. Why I disagree? Well, it’s my theory on why Germany doesn’t focus on his past. Reason number one, he isn’t all that old, so there’s not all that much of a past he actually can focus on. The Germany of today was founded in the late 19th century, after all.
Reason number two ties in with this, and is found in the first half of the 20th century. Yes, that’s right, the world wars. Not a happy memory, disregarding what Hetalia made out of them. Even Germans of today often still dislike thinking about that time, either because they feel they’re being accused of something they didn’t have anything to do with (if the topic was brought up by a non-german) or because they’re still horrified about what the country they know, love and live in was capable of. Thus, there is a definite tendency of ‘not thinking about the past’, because of bad memories just as theorized in the post above, even if it’s not the same memories we’re talking about. All of what I wrote still doesn’t mean Germany can’t be HRE reincarnated, a theory I’m halfway leaning to anyway, but I wanted to give a different idea and perspective to Germany’s focus on present and future. Feel free to let me know what you think about this 🙂
I disagree with your disagreement
xD. I think it’s important to clarify that although Germany was technically
born in 1871, his early foundations/ origins extend before 1871. To understand
how you are “made as a German”, your starting point is not 1871. The sovereign
state was an artificial invention; the German people already existed and had a
well-developed history before their unity was formalized.
Therefore, when I’m
talking about Germany’s past, it’s the years leading up to 1871, and his present
is 1871 onwards. Hence, March, Forward! To think of German history as starting
from its inception as a nation is not an adequate account of history.
In other words, Germany
doesn’t look past into the origins of his birth, but rather he presses forward
and deals with the present. For example, if I was looking into the foundations
of my own family history, I wouldn’t start with my birth date – I’d look back
into other generations.
We know he’s aware of the Roman Empire, so he
knows history (duh, he’s a massive nerd), but it’s odd how he never asks
Prussia about their own history, which would include, yes, the Holy Roman
Empire. So again, you see this lack/and or refusal of knowledge of what he’s
been born from.
As for your discussion of
WW2, definitely! I think this ties into your point. Right from birth, he was
thrust into wars, and had little chance to form a strong self-concept/identity,
let alone stable relationships with other nations. Because of the shame and
horror the history he created made, it also makes sense that he wouldn’t
want to look back on it.
Still, my post was more
aimed at this evident aversion in the strips of discussing Germany’s past
lineage before his inception. It’s common for people who don’t have a good
grasp of their history and self to feel lonely and isolated, which is exactly
what you see reflected in his songs.
Thanks for sharing your
thoughts!
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