Tag: aph Romano

Q & A

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Isn’t it super sad that almost the whole fandom forgets about
the fact that Italy is really good with clothing and fashion but wears big,
silly t-shirts instead?

I mean, France of all people pretty much states that Italy
isn’t very good at fashion [x]. 

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Then again, I don’t think Himaruya can make up his mind on
what Italy’s sense of fashion is given how contradictory pieces of canon
information are.

Ex: Italy can’t pay his electric bill because he’s spending
too much on clothes + his dressed-up cosplay ventures [x] [x]

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If there is a significant demographic shift in
a country (ex. if a minority group shifts to become the majority), will the
personification’s appearance and/or behavior also change? P.S.: Your content is
always awesome! I love your stuff, keep up the good work and thank you!

Thank you!

The nation’s appearances
first and foremost are based on stereotypes. Even if a minority becomes a
majority, more emphasis is placed on how the country is known to the world.
However, internal demographic traits and political, social, and economic
developments can affect the nation’s health, behaviours, and personalities [x]. 

Try to bear with me while I ask this, I’m not the
greatest with words so the phrasing might not come out right. Um, this has
confused me, unification is like a marriage, right? Okay, so wouldn’t they be cheating
on their spouse if their dates other nations. And what would of happened to two
married nations of other suddenly married another nations. Wouldn’t break and
upset their people, wouldn’t that cause trouble… And if they represent the
same country how’d that work. I’m sorry, very confused.

Even though the words
are used interchangeably, unification
is more often used in reference to the formation of one country (i.e., states,
territories coming together; German Unification, Italian Unification), whereas
marriage involves the union and/ or partnership between two countries.

Unions don’t necessarily have
romantic overtones either [x]. 

I was just wondering, do you think the
england’s personality is at all influenced by the germanic stereotype? some
consider him part of the germanic family (historically england has strong
germanic influences + he has blond hair where the rest of his family seem to be
brunettes and redheads) and he’s definitely bad at showing his emotions, or do
you think these stereotypes only apply to actual german-speaking countries?

Probably not. He may not
be good at conveying himself, but unlike the Germanics, England is volatilely
expressive. He’s not stoic but rather extremely hot-tempered, sensitive, and
impulsive [x]. 

On the other hand, there
has been some Germanic influence depicted, albeit minimal. From what I can
recall, there is one panel depicting the Danish Conquest of England [x]. 

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Thank you, same to you :D.

I know that Austria spent part of his life in his
wheelchair [x], and that Romano had chorea when he was younger (Vol 1).

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There is a post about it [x], but like you said, I’m pretty sure
this is a reference to the unofficially-binding 2014 Veneto referendum. The
post was created in 2015. 

The nations follow the decisions of their government, so it’s
not really up to the personification. Although, in the panel, Veneziano doesn’t
appear to be too opposed to the idea of it.

I don’t think anything would happen to be honest. They were
already characterized as separate nations in the first place, not to mention
that a recent World Stars chapter has already shown that Romano has his own
boss [x]. 

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The following post is to give a snapshot of
examples in the series that support these ships. Not all examples used are
romantic per say, but they are useful tools should you wish to incorporate them
when depicting these ships.

To break the ice, I’d like to point out that
Prussia is equally as fond of Romano as he is Italy. Himaruya goes on to state
that Prussia’s attracted to their climate and topography [x]. Both ships are one-sided. 

That said, let’s tie this back to the strips.

Italy: 

In response to a fan question, Himaruya said
that Germany constantly worrying after Italy is a Prussian tradition [x]. 

In another Q & A, he claims that Prussia
likes Italy because “a lot of things happened when they fought together,” [x]. Take
that how you will.

Several years later, we also get this panel,
where Prussia declares that he likes Italy by virtue of the latter simply being
cute [x]. 

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This could just be attributed to him being drunk, but Prussia might also be blushing and ogling at Italy here [x]. 

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The most obvious and explicit example is that
Prussia literally asks Italy out on a date [x]. 

Romano: 

Again, this isn’t romantic, but it serves as an
appropriate backdrop for their relationship. When they were younger, Romano
aspired to hit “Prussia’s smirky face someday,” but settled for verbal attacks because he was scared of him [x]. 

Of course, this doesn’t stop Prussia from taking an interest in Romano [x].

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A more notable and sweet example of an
interaction between them is Prussia comforting Romano when he doesn’t get a
part in a movie. The two then decide to make a movie of their own [x]. 

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Lastly, there’s also this strip, where Prussia unabashedly
admits to watching Romano on other occasions. In this instance, he’s watching
Romano work [x].

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