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2)  explain
fruk to the less enlightened pls

3)  Hmmm…
Could you start a friendship series too? I think we all focus too much on the
potential romance between the pairings and not the meaningful bonds that they
share with one another. For instance, I would love if you could do a post on
Fruk’s friendship, a friendship that’s very underrated amongst the fandom. I
mean yes, they do fight like no other, but throughout the years they’ve really
formed a deep mutual respect, in their own way. Just, what are your top Fruk
friendship moments?

4) could
you talk a bit about france and england’s relationship pls? I love your
psychtalia things! 

(Thank you!!!)

I’m going to cover Fruk from a friendship perspective, as I’ve promised before. I think it would be a good idea to go over certain relationships before looking at the easter eggs that slightly hint at romance. 

Post coming up tonight! 

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<333 Thank you! It’s for a student placement! Boy, it’s been a hell of a long process to get through this security clearance. Hopefully there aren’t any more steps, although my coordinator said that finger prints and a polygraph test may be involved later on 😱 

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A run-down of different perceptions
and common disputes over canon material.

Can England really not swim? 

It’s taken as a fact by
most that England can’t swim. On the other hand, some people are unsure whether
this should be considered canon given that Himaruya made the post in reference
to how British people in horror films stereotypically can’t swim [x].

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Teenage Holy Rome? 

It’s a common
understanding that the Holy Rome that appeared in the Christmas 2011 event was
a teenager. The younger Holy Rome that appears in chapter 187 of World Stars
would then be a consistency error…

However, if you really
look at the 2011 version of Holy Rome, he’s too small to be a teenager/
pre-teen. Specifically, look at his size in comparison to Hungary as she holds
him.

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His age in 2011
corroborates more with his age in World Stars than it does with old sketches
that depict him more clearly of being of a teenage age.

World stars [x].

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Old Sketch [x] 

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There’s also the Private Concert strip where Holy Rome is depicted. He seems to match the ages of the 2011 and
World Stars versions [x].

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Perhaps what happened
here is that Himaruya decided to make Holy Rome younger in later strips to
better fit some narrative/ plot that we have yet to see unfold.

Human Names?

The human names were
originally posted by Himaruya in response to a fan request. Since he deleted
the yahoo blog these were from, some don’t consider them to be canon despite
their popular usage.

Anon: Yes, I totally get that! That’s why it’s good to be open to interpretations when things aren’t definitively clear. Oh, I see. Thank you for sharing information about that trope 🙂 What made me interpret the first strip that way was because of what we saw in the Halloween strip. I interpreted it as a prelude to Taiwan being more open to appreciating other women. 

@ask-the-icelandic-litlte exactly! (chapter 42 of World Stars). I don’t use labels, but you can’t deny that sexuality and love is diversely approached in Hetalia. 

Anon literally fuck off. Taiwan is gay and there is nothing you can do about it. Now go deepthroat a scorpion and let us gays have our fun.

This was completely
uncalled for and I won’t tolerate it here on this blog. Canon is canon and
unless explicitly said so, then it’s not canon no matter how heavily hinted or
suggested it is. This doesn’t mean that you can’t interpret or headcanon a
character in a certain way.

That’s not what the original anon was talking
about. They had initially thought that I was declaring certain facts to be
canon when I wasn’t. Regardless, they were perfectly reasonable and polite in
how they responded to that post.

I think the point with Taiwan was simply that the example you took isn’t as indicative as you claim, it’s you deciding to see it that way but it could as well be seen in a different light. You’re usually very good about this, but sometimes you do slip your own interpretation and claim it as canon (or maybe it’s just the wording). A misstep is perfectly understandable (you’re a human being, and you’re really doing a lot), but since you have such a big following you should be more careful.

Of course, I’ve admitted to my bias before and I understand that there’s a subjective element in interpretation. On the other hand, that’s not what occurred here. I’m very careful in the words I use. I didn’t use definitive language and didn’t declare it to be canon! 

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Strips have suggested that Taiwan may be attracted to women.” 

I should also note that you guys hold me accountable. If I make a mistake (which does happen, like you said especially given how much canon material there is to deal with) I immediately correct myself. The goal is to be as accurate as possible.