Q & A

A good majority of the fan-fiction I read about
Belarus is about how she’s obsessed with Russia. Is there more to her than just
her obsession? I know she’s really really likes Russia but I want to believe
that’s not all to her character.

Honestly, no. Her
obsession is what shows up in most of her appearances. This doesn’t mean that
she can’t act normal, though. I have a post dedicated to showing that [x]. However,
even in the moments where she’s not hostile or aggressive, the gimmick still
ends up relating back to Russia.

It’s unfortunate, but
that’s just how it is. I’m still waiting for Himaruya to do something with her
character, as she’s only had one appearance in World Stars. It’s not even a
full appearance…

Source: Hetascanlations, World Stars Chapter 235.

I’m not an expert or anything, but I think
Canada has some symptoms of having abandoned child syndrome (ACS) or something
similar to it. Almost any official story arc involving him is about how he’s
neglected by everyone, his own family too. Poor baby I just want him to be
happy D’:

Without a doubt, Canada
was neglected as a child, but it’s not to the extent of abandoned child
syndrome. I’m also iffy on your claim that he’s neglected in every arc he’s
portrayed in. In fact, a key theme of America and Canada’s relationship—which
is depicted in more depth in World stars—shows that Canada is actually taken
for granted by America. America relied on Canada to follow his every command;
Canada’s character development revolved around him learning how to stand up for
himself.

I’m always hesitant to
medicalize characters because often enough labels like abandoned child syndrome
are thrown around without any substantiation, leading to exaggerated and
inaccurate conclusions (very similar to false claims that Chibitalia suffered
from Stockholm Syndrome).

The only symptom I would
say that Canada does have is guilt and believing that he did something wrong/
something is wrong with him that caused the neglect + accompanying
feelings of depression. Otherwise, he doesn’t have clinginess, he doesn’t
experience withdrawal from social activities, he isn’t resistant towards
others, he doesn’t have any sleeping or eating disorders, and he doesn’t have a
problem with substance abuse.

Source: Hetascanlations, World Stars Chapter 180.

Oh, and I’m not an expert either ^^

Hey,
why do you think Germany doesn’t share the same last name as Prussia?

I agree with Hetarchive’s perspective on this. They believe
that the last name wasn’t given in order to leave more ambiguity in the relationship
between Holy Rome and Germany. They also go on to point out that the founder of
the Holy Roman Empire was named Ludwig (actually Louis, but Ludwig is the
German name version of Louis).

Hey Ella, do you have a theory as to why
Veneziano and Romano call Rome grandpa and not father? Is it a term of
endearment like “big brother” or are they actually blood related? And
if so do you think there was another nation between them and Rome that would be
their parent but didn’t last long? I’ve been wondering about that since day one
😅

No theory needed. It’s confirmed that they’re biologically
related. Their descendancy is confirmed through a curl of all things. It’s used
to discount Romania’s claim that he’s biologically related to Rome in spite of
being largely influenced by the latter’s culture.

Based on what I’ve seen in the manga, I think
the grandpa label is interchangeable and they just used what felt right to
them. Rome was older when the two of them were born, so ‘Grandpa’ likely felt
more appropriate in spite of the fact that he was their sole parent figure.

Source: Hetascanlations, World Stars Chapter 163.

Another example: Ancient Egypt had a more
youthful appearance, which could explain why Egypt refers to her as Mom.

Is it true that England once hired China and India
to cook for him?

Yes. It’s meant to represent their cuisine’s
growing influence in his country.

Source: Hetascanlations, World Stars Chapter 291.

Out of context, it looks like a sitcom…

*insert laugh track*

Okay, but are we just going to ignore the fact that America regularly jumps through people’s windows?

Who ever said that we’re ignoring it?

Source: Hetarchive, 2008 Merry Halloween + 2009 Christmas Backlog.

Hetalia image meme for social anxiety?

@me logging in, seeing my messages and not wanting to be asshole by giving a short reply because I’m too busy but subsequently forgetting about the message and ending up being an even bigger asshole 😊*

Post-Colonial America (to
England): Leave me alone, you overstuffed scone. I’ll do what I want.

America today: Dude. I’m on your roof with a 12 pack of
donuts, beer, and bubble wrap…what do you mean you’re ‘busy’?

Q & A

Hallo Frau. Ellawritesficsometimes..Would you
be able to make a post on the relationship between India and China. Well I have
been researching about relations and have found that even though India and
China don’t have an amazing diplomatic relations they have a lot of cultural
relations such as cinnamon and fishing nets and also a lot of trade.

Sorry, friend. I can’t
make a post on that given that they’ve had one canon interaction. It should be
more, but that’s all we have to work with [x].

wait…I was going through your blog and I saw
you tag a post with ‘taiwan x ukraine’ what’s that about? keep up the good
work!

Mhhhmm.

I’ve made a post on
that. Taiwan has had some considerably gay moments. [x]. With Vietnam too.

America’s hero is
George Washington I will drown and die with this headcanon GLADLY goodbye-

Considering that Prussia sees Fritz as a role model and father figure, it’s not entirely impossible.

Here, have American presidents dressed in
steampunk attire.

Source: Hetarchive (Bamboo Thicket, eng trans., Oct 29th, 2014).

Hi! Could you explain why
England didn’t want little America to call him big brother. I remember in an
episode he starts remembering spain, france, and his own brothers when America
asks if he can call him that. I didn’t really get why he was bothered by it.

I’ve already done a post on this 🙂 [x].

Hi, I hope I’m not bothering. I just wanted to say something
maybe obvious(??). With Genoa being a republic of its own as some kind of
city-state first and soon being brought in history to be part of the whole
kingdom of Italy in the unification, does it make sense that the
personification is still there as Genoa but the nowadays version? As an Italian
we have lots of stereotypes on Genoans (like with uhh every bigger city and
region and part of Italy) could that have changed its personality?

The personifications are
cultural personifications. It doesn’t matter if they aren’t official countries.
The word nation is a much broader term. If Genoa’s culture is truly unique and
the people there identify with it, there’s no reason for him not to be alive. We
just haven’t seen a confirmation in canon yet.

Anyways, this post fleshes out what I’m saying in more detail [x].

I’m sending you good luck vibes! I hope they help.

@me embracing your kindness.

Q & A

Ok I’ve been thinking about this for a few
days. What do you think about the height’s of the characters? First I started
with the mindset of “I’m just gonna add ten cm to all Caucasian characters
this seems very unrealistic.” But then I remembered that Europeans used to
be like 20cm shorter only a few hundred years ago so now I don’t know…

I’ve already done a few
posts on this [x] [x] [x]

Based on precedent, the
height is dependent on the political and economic development of the country
and if the latter two are strong only then is the national average taken
into consideration. Aside from Prussia’s height, which is smaller due to
malnutrition, I do agree with you. I think a lot of the heights of the adult
nations we see depicted are based on modern figures.

Ella, do you happen to know what’s with the
“be the piano” thing? Is it from cookies-hetaoni? I mean, i’m afraid
to play the game so I don’t what it means. Have you played it?

I haven’t had the privilege
of accessing a copy (I’ve only watched playthroughs), but the “be the piano” thing is from the original version.
Canada tries to pretend to be a piano when he encounters one of the “Steves.”

Was Sweden ever confirmed as gay or was it just gay
for Finland? I’ve seen some debates about it and I’m just confused.

It’s complicated. Sweden was confirmed to be gay only for Finland in a 2007 blog post that has since been deleted. Most consider it be canon, especially because of Sweden’s continued and favoured interest in Finland (not as prominent post 2010).

Do what you will with the information. Unfortunately, it’s not a black and white answer [x].

Could you make a post explaining why PruCan
(Prussia x Canada) is a crack ship? No bashing though, it just kinda is, isn’t
it? Or maybe you will need to make a post explaining to me that it isn’t truly
a crack ship after all lol

I already did a shipping
post on that here [x].

I’m not a fan of the
word “crack” ship. It assumes that there’s a hierarchy where people are
obligated to justify their ships according to plausibility. Prussia and Canada
do have a canon interaction. I’ve noticed that it’s often been used as the basis for
the ship.

Just wonderin’ why is America
so reluctant to not to be England’s little brother. Is it because he’s
resentful? Whats your opinion?

Again, not really a clear-cut answer, but this is my take on it. America refers to England as “onii-chan”, a title used to devote affection and adoration. England became America’s de-facto older brother figure.

America later rejected the label because he was tired of being infantilized and bossed around by England. He wanted freedom and considering England as a brother figure was associated with this lack of autonomy. I believe his rejection of the label ultimately boils down to the fact that he didn’t want to be seen as a child.

Source: Hetarchive, Cleaning out the Storage Closet.

When you’re suspiciously in a good mood and life steps in.

No worries. I’ve briefly touched on it but not in its
entirety.

I’ve boiled it down to three main categories:

Involuntary circumstances:

This occurs when a nation is conquered and is forced to live
with their conqueror/ annexer.

Ex: Chibitalia
and Austria under the HRE household.

Source:
Hetarchive, Chibitalia (Main storyline.)

Wartime Circumstances

When administrations crumble and there’s no other place to
go…

Ex: England hosts
France during the Vichy Regime.

Source: Volume 5,

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité and…

Employment
Circumstances

Due to their dire financial circumstances, Lithuania and
Romano move into America’s house and end up working for him.

You could argue that this is in a way, involuntary, but I
would say it’s more along the lines of necessitated.

Source: Hetarchive/ Hetascanlations, World Stars Chapter 58 + Lithuania’s Outsourcing Series

1. You can SO die. #not cool

Millennials, stand aside. We’ve been wanting to die for centuries. Unfortunately, we’re totally immortal.

“I remember death so much it feels more like a memory.” LITERALLY!!!!

Work’s giving you’re a migraine? Try being shot in the head a few times.

2. You’re FOREVER Alone

Forget no-strings attached. No-strings is our way of life.

Not aging makes us virtually undateable to the majority of the population. Nothing says major turn-off like being perpetually baby-faced…hang in there, Latvia!