[2p Fem France, China and Russia]
Misconception:
The 2ps are canon characters with personalities.
Reality: The 2ps
are alternate character designs with fanmade personalities. While some designs are official, most of them are fanmade.
It’s complicated, but let’s go through it.
The 2ps are alternate character designs made by Himaruya. It’s
a play on how in some video games the same character will come in different colours. That way, several players are able to use them at the same time.
Ex: In Super Smash Brothers, players can choose alternate
colours for the costumes of the character they want to play as.
Another colour simply means that the colours were changed.
While they haven’t been given canon personalities, the 2ps
were drawn by Himaruya to look as if they were part of an evil organization [x].
“Well, I thought I’d give them clothes and coloring that’s a bit different than usual, so I drew them to look more like heels or someone who could run an evil organization.
I like that Italy looks like a bad boy.”
Therefore,
any 2p that is depicted with a personality is completely fanmade.
The Axis are the only original characters in Hetalia to receive
this second colouring [x].
Although, Poland was once given an alternate blue military
uniform in 2008 [x].
The remaining 2p designs that are most commonly seen are
fanmade. They’re genderbent versions of the “Nyotalia” alternate colour designs
that were posted in 2011 [x].
On the other hand, in 2013, Himaruya created real 2P designs
for America, Austria, Canada, China, England, France, Netherlands, Russia,
Switzerland, Spain, and Turkey [x].
Notice how their clothing differs slightly.
According to Hetarchive, it’s left unclear whether these latter draft
designs are for separate characters or if they’re just alternate colours/designs [x].
In sum, some 2ps are official designs while most are not. Likewise, any 2p character with a personality is fanmade.
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