I think you might be looking too deeply into Russia and America’s interactions. There’s also some issues of honestly thinking they don’t hate each other even a little bit. There’s plenty of proof that they don’t exactly like each other too much. Plus, I know that the characters aren’t meant to depict their governments, but even Russian and American people aren’t exactly fond of each other.

1) I don’t think so at all. In the examples I provided, you can see them deliberately trying to piss each other off. Russia gets America a ticket to Siberia for his birthday and I believe XS condoms if it’s a reference to the “Reduce your opponent’s willpower strip!”.

America deliberately feigns ignorance judging by how oblivious his performance is despite the sarcasm it reads as. He then jokes that the [condoms] will only last him a month and that he’ll use the ticket to Siberia as a tissue.

That said, I don’t think I’m reading into that interaction too far by reaching the conclusion that America is calculatedly toying with Russia here. He’s able to match Russia’s passive-aggressiveness with ease. He didn’t just pull that whole scheme out of nowhere. He knew full-well what he was doing. 


2) I never said that they didn’t dislike each other at all. [Hate is a strong word.]

“It’s a misconception that Russia and America don’t get along [x]. During the Cold War, their relationship was a myriad of passive-aggressiveness [x] and yes, dick jokes [x].Presently, the two get along really well. Although, the passive-aggressiveness remains.”

I then link to chapter 53 of world stars, which shows them in a café laughing and enjoying themselves and speak of how they still have a passive-aggressive dynamic going on.

Another post: 

“Russia even admits that he sometimes wants to “smash his [America’s] glasses into ten equal parts.”

3) Even though you mentioned this, American and Russian people not getting along doesn’t necessarily impact the personification’s relationship with each other. They have a far deeper history than present relations. Also, you’re conflating Russian and American politicians with how civilians of each may relate to each other.

4) It’s not that they don’t like each other, period.

This is why I show both sides of the equation, because their relationship isn’t only defined by strips that depict them from WW2–end of the Cold War. Even then, they still didn’t outright hate each other.

Selectively using evidence can make it seem like they don’t like each other at all, but truth of the matter is, there’s just as much evidence showing that they get along and are fond of each other. Point is, it’s better to use both sides to capture their relationship.

Q & A

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It’s hard to believe Canada is older than
America lol

Again, given that England’s way of measuring age is who
learned the alphabet first—not to mention the uneasiness on
his face—I don’t think we can take that as a fact. It’s something
to keep in mind, an approximation, but not a tangible answer [x]. 

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How do you think the nation’s interact with major
international/regional events (ie the World Cup). Off the example of the World
Cup, do you think they would have any part of it (ie, helping to greet their
NT, or shaking opposing nations hands before a match, etc) or would they be
just watching it/being as involved as normal people are? Watching tv, going to
games etc. thank you so much for all your content!

You’re welcome! I’m glad
you like it!

 As far as I’m concerned,
it would be the latter. We’ve seen Romano and Italy abandon work to watch Fifa
2010 (due to other Italians being reported to do this), and there’s also the
scene where Romano and Spain watch professional soccer together [x]. 

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Can you sum up the depiction of the American Revolution for
me?

That’s something you can
read for yourself! [x] [x] [x] [x].

But, you can have an
image of their mochis that’s coincidentally accurate of the event [x].

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Hiya! So you’ve probably done a thing on this
already but could you make a thing about how rude Canada is?? He was pretty
mean in parts of the manga but those could’ve been faked idk

After you asked this, I did a post on the subject [x]. This is another misconception
concluding that Canada’s being mean without giving any context. He can be mean,
but it’s important to understand the reason for it. When he loses his temper,
it’s because he’s been pushed and taken advantage of too far. His anger doesn’t
just emerge in a vacuum.

It wasn’t fake either. Canada had and still has
a lot of pent-up frustration from being constantly compared to larger powers, especially America [x]. 

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So Germany’s interested in Roman History?

Yes. There are numerous instances where he’s archiving and compiling
past historical records [x]. 

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Q & A

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would you consider france a narcissist? lately
people seem to make that one of his character traits and (correct me if I’m
wrong) I haven’t seen a lot of straight of narcissism in him, but yeah I could
be wrong. Thank you.

Yes and no.

There are different definitions of narcissism, so sometimes
they’re muddled and conflated together. He’s a mix and match of them.

He’s a narcissist in terms of his love for himself and the
great care and pride he takes in his physical appearance. He also satisfies the
craving for admiration requirement [x] [x]. 

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The
most important point I want to stress is that France, unlike most narcissists, isn’t
selfish [x]. 

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Do you think that Russia is annoyed at America
so much because America isn’t intimidated by him or something along those
lines? I ask this because America always seems purposefully oblivious to
Russia’s threats and relatively unphased by them while other nations are
terrified.

I really like how you said “purposefully oblivious,” because
that’s exactly how I read it too. A good example of this comes from Volume 5–America is completely unfazed by the threat.

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Anyways, I would say so. Russia even admits that he sometimes
wants to “smash his [America’s] glasses into ten equal parts,” [x]. 

What was probably most frustrating for Russia is that
America was also able to keep up with his taunts and passive-aggressive stunts.

Ex: Russia gives America a ticket to Siberia for his
birthday. America says that he’ll use it to blow his nose if he gets a cold.
CLASSIC Cold War humour [x]. 

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99% sure this would be canon [x]. 

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where exactly do Germany’s dogs appear in the
comics? I’ve only seen the one where Berlitz bites Prussia. Also, has there
been any canon content where Germany got all lovey with his pups? Thanks!!

The strip you mentioned:
Private Concert [x].

Three dogs are named in
Germany’s Hattafutte Parade: Aster, Berlitz, and Blackie.

According to Hetarchive,
a trading card set indicates that he may also have two Dalmatians [x].

Berlitz shows up in
Volume 5. He’s male.

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There’s also this panel
showing Germany grooming what looks to be his dachshund judging by its long
ears [x]. 

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This seems to be a
bit out of the blue but do you think that Austria’s a lightweight in terms of drinking
alcohol….I have my doubts since Austrians drink more beer( and alcohol) than
Germany per capita do you think these statistics could affect a
nation……Just askin’

Population
statistics do affect certain traits and behaviours of the nations, but I don’t think
I’ve seen Himaruya incorporate alcohol tolerance yet, other than the fact that
Germany in canon drenches himself in beer several times a year.

I’m not sure on how
heavy Austrians are in drinking, but Austria the personification might be a lightweight.

He’s out cold while
the rest of the nations he’s with continue to drink all night [x]. 

Austria also tires easily, so that’s something to consider.

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Q & A

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Can I request some wholesome Britain please? 🇬🇧

Of course! England was the first person to follow America on Twitter [x]. 

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to what extent are the countries affected by
climate/weather extremes in their countries? for example how would aussie be
affected by the droughts going on right now?

Two ways, as far as I’m
concerned.

They experience the
natural weather just like any other regular human does.

Ex: America hating the
cold weather [x]. 

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Climate has also been
proven to impact the nation’s personality.

Ex: Iceland’s hot and
cold personality respectively stems from the volcanic activity and cool weather
of his country [x]. 

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Do you think Romano was aware/ever became aware
of the fact that he got special treatment? Do you think he was happy about
that? (I have not read all of the comics so forgive me if it’s been stated in
canon. 

He didn’t realize it
until he read a Spanish history textbook as an adult.

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Vietnam once asks him to
teach her how to smile [x]. 

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I
also hold that England and Romano are realistic. I’m tired of the criticism of
people hating on characters whose moods aren’t picture perfect. People are like
this in real life. Another character I would add is Italy and America; both
mask their insecurities by overcompensating with smiles.

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Hey!

1) I can’t attest to the accuracy of the translations because I don’t speak Japanese myself. 

2) I distinctly remember Netherland’s profile on Hetarchive having the word lolicon in it before it changed to “very young women.” I’m glad that it was edited and changed, though. They’re probably clearing through the translations. 

3) Yes, exactly as I said. The characterization isn’t valid anymore. 

4) I only used the source because it’s cited as adequate in a Hetarchive page. This is taken directly from Sweden’s profile (#59). I wouldn’t have used it if it hadn’t been used by actual translators themselves [x]. 

5) Netherlands isn’t in the Christmas 2007 event let alone part 8 [x]. 

Could you provide the original source you mentioned, please? 

Pet peeves about Hetalia fans?

Again, these mildly agitate me. It’s not like I’m fuming and
foaming at the mouth lol. There’s much more positivity these days than there is anything negative. 

1)  Why is there so much cluelessness and misinformation
spread when 95% of the answers can be found on google? Hetarchive literally has
100s of wiki pages dedicated to making this information available. I can guarantee you that most of your
questions can be answered this way. 

2)  On top of information, most of the manga is easily
accessible on the internet—again, a round of applause and
gratitude for Hetarchive. Ignorance isn’t
an excuse.

3)  Why does the mere fact of someone not liking
your ship personally offend you? Just leave them be. You don’t have to defend
your ship to them nor do you have to force it.

4)  Opinions on fanworks are always going to differ.
Accept that and move on. People are entitled to their opinions. What they aren’t
entitled to is making accusations with no substantiation or sending personal
attacks to fans of certain works/ ships. That’s unacceptable.

Be kind. We’re bound by our love for Hetalia. To the best of your ability try not to let the different reasons you love it divide this fandom into opposing factions.