Author: ellawritesficssometimes

Why can’t England swim?

Most people think that it’s because a lot of characters in
British movies are unable to swim. That doesn’t make much sense to me, as it
doesn’t explain why he didn’t learn to beforehand. I see it more as a metaphor
for his own arrogance.

England thought very highly of his royal navy, and we know
full well that he loves to gloat. Because of his self-perceived “invincibility”
on the waters  – yes, I’m referring to one of his character songs, sue me – he probably
didn’t feel the need to learn how to swim.

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Regarding the origins of nations and their family ties, to be honest I think we may be overthinking some things occasionally. Hetalia definitely has a lot of thought put into it (to varying degrees) but the thing is damn over 10 years old. The stories in Hetalia and its world are built as it runs, and it had/has been constantly changing and retconning stuff. Some things may have been changed or forgotten for good so who knows how much things are still theory supporting material. (part 1)

(Part 2) And maybe this is a topic that Hima will never answer on purpose. Whether it is to keep it light hearted and funny, or to focus on creating newer content. Or perhaps he doesn’t think it really matters for the stories he wants to tell. That being said, it’s still weird, funny, and cool how several theories seem to make perfect sense. Figuring things out ourselves is also a lot of fun. 

Ella: I agree! Some things definitely go deeper than the surface level, and then there’s just parts that make you wonder why you ever joined the fandom. (Although, Nekotalia always cracks me up.) There are also things that will probably never require an explanation.

I’m leaning more towards: Hima is constantly changing or removing things to fit new plots. We see that a lot with deleted strips or contradictory material on his blog. He’s also very receptive to what we want as fans, and I just think that’s so cool.

It is fun, mostly because it disproves critical opinions of Hetalia on the basis of it being thoughtless.

The activity in the fandom seems fine to me, what are you guys talking about?

Really? Because with all do respect, this doesn’t look like a healthy
like-reblog ratio to me.

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Honestly, I’m indifferent on whether Hetalia becomes popular
again. What bothers me and many others is that the people in it who don’t like problematic
content aren’t as supportive as they should be. Don’t get me wrong though, there
are still many WONDERFUL people in it.

It’s just, as an online community, we’re supposed to
interact more. At least, that’s how most people get their fun from it. Sure,
there are some people who do it just for themselves, but at the end of the day,
you’re putting out material for people to see and respond to.

Hetalia doesn’t have to be big. We just have to connect with
each other more, otherwise more people are going to get discouraged and leave.

“Finland was shown to be the first one to discover America in Finland’s Holiday Home; after mentioning it to him, Sweden decides to try to capture him, but they both end up being beat up by Holland. Finland also is the one who tells France and England about America. While the two argue over who the boy looks most like, Finland asks if America looks like him. There is a resemblance, but both France and England deny it.” From Finland’s character page. -Anon that talked about Finland and Sweden.

I remember that 🙂 I also remember Finland not even standing a chance at having America be his younger brother too. I just don’t think he had a substantial influence on America’s looks. 

For the baby nation thing I find the origin of America quite interesting. Apparently (I think this is according to Hima) Sweden and Finland found America first. I’m sure in real life they name America or Canada Vinland, I know nothing about American history so don’t ask me. But Sweden could have given America his height and Finland could be a contender for his personality. I have seen this theory elsewhere. But I’m not sure where.

!!!!!! The height aspect makes sense, but it could also be the Netherlands as well, since he’s very tall. As for Finland? Hmmm. Maybe. Finland tends to be pretty modest, but perhaps America only inherited his cheerfulness. America also inherited a lot of his arrogance from England too.

I’m pretty sure the Scandinavians first discovered Canada (don’t quote me on this, it just makes sense given Greenland’s relative location to Canada). 

Edit: Okay, so the Scandinavians did first discover Canada as @kesesemapleprucan said. It makes me wonder now what Canada inherited from them…