Below will be a list of parallels between America and Russia
that I think would benefit any RusAme writer should they wish to incorporate
them into their works. While in canon there is minimal romantic substantiation,
this post merely aims to provide writers with tools that highlight the similar chemistries
and complexes that America and Russia both experience. In no way is this
forcing the ship onto anyone either.
Child Imagery:
America:
Both are equated to children, albeit in different aspects.
America is seen as young, brash, and inexperienced by older
nations [x] [x].
Ex: He categorizes the world into good guys and bad guys.
Russia:
Meanwhile, having been abused and traumatized in his
childhood, Russia later inflicts this same abuse onto others as an adult. He’s
described as child-like and is respectively noted to be unaware of his cruelty [x].
Point is, Russia isn’t cognitively aware of all this. I should also warn that
this abuse isn’t something that should be romanticized.
Instead, a more appropriate linkage would be the similar childish
perception of the world that he has.
Ex: He thinks that everyone he meets is his friend.
Ex: He naively believes that the Allies are his friends.
Lithuania has to point out to him that self-interest will always come first in
politics.
Weight Issues:
Both are insecure about their weight and physique [x] [x][x] [x].
At one point his only friends were Japan and England.
He struggled to make friends and was fully aware of the fact
that he wasn’t viewed in high regard by other nations [x].
Russia:
He’s had trouble making friends his whole life.
People outside of Hetalia:
Russia and America must hate each other!
Hetalia
fan: Actually, while existing
to represent their people—NOT their
governments—personifications are also individual human beings
with their own free will (who would have guessed).
Of course, it is important to
recognize that some shipping dynamics for various historical, ethnic,
religious, or political reasons are not appropriate and are too sensitive of a circumstance
to fictionalize.
In other words, USE DISCRETION.
Nonetheless, nations have the
capacity to separate themselves from their politics and personally be friends
with each other. Instead of pushing for division and hostility like many of its
critics do, Hetalia emphasizes comraderie and friendship.
If you’re asking about hints, that requires a lot more time and thought. However, there are some similarities between them that I can briefly go over. In my opinion, it makes for excellent shipping material.
For starters, they’re both incredibly insecure individuals. They want to make friends but have trouble doing so, and don’t always recognize that what they’re doing is wrong.
Ex: America being nosy and poking into everyone’s business, and Russia’s cruel treatment of other nations under his rule.
Personally, what I would use as a good focal point for conflict is the fact that they both think everyone hates them:
That’s a very good point! I never realize it before! Cool 🙂
Some additions for the anon.
Some common grounds I see similar from both of them is how they’re double-faced / hiding their true feelings/loneliness behind their smiles / their childish like attitude towards other nations.
As for historical side, though it’s not really emphasized much on hetalia, Himaruya did make a revolutionary war strip featuring APH Russia in it. And though it’s such a small panel for him in it, it represents how they started out even before APH America became a nation; APH Russia was one of nations who supported him in revolutionary war.
Also at American Civil War era, Russia also was one of few nations who supported the Union (though idk if Himaruya ever focused on it and made it official strip). And Russia’s support at Civil War era even discussed among historians to be one of factors that made France and Great Britain reluctant to support Confederate and this, making it possible for Union to win the Civil War. (for the history lovers, you could check it here http://www.voltairenet.org/article169488.htmlhttp://www.voltairenet.org/article169488.html)
So what makes this angsty for this pairing is that, their bilateral relationship started out really great in imperial russian era, until russian revolution started and changed Russia to USSR. Just imagine how their hundreds years of warm friendship suddenly turnt 180 degree in just few years. And basically made them act passive aggressive like this most of the time on Himaruya’s strip:
I think it’s canon that despite their passive aggressive bickering, APH Russia still wants to become friend with APH America. Like we could see here in this official strip where APH Russia imagines if every nations turns to children (including APH America here), there would be no conflict of interests and they could become friend.
While idk if APH America also feels the same way towards APH Russia, I think his nonchalantness in butting his way to APH Russia’s business just like how he acts towards other nations despite their long history of passive aggressiveness in hetalia universe is also kind of a hint that APH America also still wants to be friend with APH Russia.
There’s also that one scene in APH Paint it white where APH America went straight to APH Russia for his “sidekick” and not to other nations.
Idk, I might be biased since I’m a RusAme fan and all but I think those hints based on how they interacted with each other in canon shows that they actually want to be friends with each other despite their passive aggressiveness in canon.
And knowing how they actually started out great as friends in Imperial Russian era like how I explained above, I think it’s kind of bittersweet and shows how friendship in Hetalia universe is kind of fragile and depends on the “interest” each nation has. How hundreds of years wonderful bilateral relationship between USA and Imperial Russian Era could decay so quickly in just few years after Russia changed his boss and become USSR. Maybe that could be the “angsty” aspect that anon search for in canon, idk.
Bravo to anyone who reads this long post until the end btw, you guys rock 🙂
Summary: Welcome to the GAY-OK Café! Where all sexualities and kinks are accepted! “Lovi! Lovi! Over here!” Tch! I told you already. We don’t serve morons! Boy x Boy Spamano, PruCan, RusAme, FrUk, GerIta & AusHun
The Cold War:
America: I’ve got a big p–! Nukes, I’ve got nukes and spaceships!
If you’re asking about hints, that requires a lot more time and thought. However, there are some similarities between them that I can briefly go over. In my opinion, it makes for excellent shipping material.
For starters, they’re both incredibly insecure individuals. They want to make friends but have trouble doing so, and don’t always recognize that what they’re doing is wrong.
Ex: America being nosy and poking into everyone’s business, and Russia’s cruel treatment of other nations under his rule.
Personally, what I would use as a good focal point for conflict is the fact that they both think everyone hates them:
Ellawritesficssometimes 