Are you mad? That would involve pulling up every strip he’s in…
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You know where the nations are sometimes shown to be working regular jobs, like America working as a model for hair products? What’s your favourite one?
Romano, the exorcist. [x]
This is a lot to unpack, but, to put it briefly for now,
Chibitalia/ Italy does NOT have Stockholm Syndrome. If you research the
definition and the respective components required for it, the situation with Holy
Rome and Austria doesn’t even come close to fitting it.
Yes, there are some
very unhealthy aspects regarding the power dynamic of being conquered and
forced to live under someone else’s roof. I’ll go into more depth of that later. Still,
while Italy may have bonded with Austria and Holy Rome, none of it comes from a
need for survival.
Not only that, but Italy opposed Austria and Holy Rome’s viewpoints
on several occasions rather than wholeheartedly agreeing with them. Stockholm
Syndrome involves no agency on the part of the victim. Italy, on the other
hand, exercised his own agency and independence regardless of how restrained
his freedom was.
This disorder isn’t something to be applied as lightly and
easily as it has been in the fandom. It lends the series a lot of unnecessary
bad rep.
Anyways, post on young Italy’s home environment coming up
tonight.
Anon 1: Well, I’m not going to get into the messiness of the politics, but we do see Hungary messing with France diplomatically when it comes to her wine.
On what you mentioned, we actually have a brief hint of corruption in the EU. Hima touches on the conspiracy that Germany knew letting Greece into the EU would cause the economy to crash.
France also refers to Germany as his #1 partner in the EU.
Which Disney princess is Hungary?: Those are all good choices for Disney princesses! My addition would be Mulan. She’s not technically a princess, but she’s franchised as such 🙂
I disagree. Here’s why.
We already know from canon that Hungary has a complex over settling down and letting her fighting skills get rusty. [x]
As a previous hunting tribe, for her to say that she has no interest in hunting is clearly tough on her, not to mention a contradiction if we compare this to the above piece of canon information.
Notice how Prussia expresses confusion at her “Girly get-up.” They used to go hunting together. The look on her face doesn’t come across as annoyance to me. Prussia’s egging her on, but she doesn’t snap like she usually would.
Instead, her expression seems more stuck than anything. She wants to hunt but can’t if she’s to fulfill her new role at Austria’s house.
I say this because Hungary’s known to have a short temper with Prussia given their rough history together.
This is what Hungary looks like when she’s annoyed with him.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison…
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Anon 1: Hmmm. I’m a mix. I’m Lithuania in the sense that I’m a soft-spoken pushover. I don’t like relying on others, but ironically have trouble saying no to people. I’ll go out of my way to help them, often at my own expense. I don’t like to disappoint.
I’ve grown pretty patient over the last two years, but I used to have a temperament comparable to England or Romano. They still come out sometimes if someone pisses me off enough. That’s when the heads start turning, considering how small I am. I can have a pretty bad potty mouth if I don’t watch it.
I’m also a bit of a Germany in the sense that I’m anal with my schedule. I keep an agenda detailing when I work-out, write, eat, etc. I tend to overshoot with what I want to accomplish in a day.
Anon 2: You’re very welcome, and oh! If you ever feel like it, do share with us when you do publish your fics!
Anon 3: I KID YOU NOT, I was fudging around with my school’s research data base one time and decided to search up anime. I found an article on tsundere’s and they also used Germany as an example
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@super-realistic-fiction Wow! Thank you so much! I’m so glad that you get enjoyment from it!
One thing that angers a lot of people and bothers me personally is Hungary’s relationship with Austria when she was living with him. She should have hated him because of how her people felt at the time. Why didn’t she?
That’s not necessarily
true, though.
In one of her
character notes, it states this:
“ She does have
defiant feelings about being under Austria’s rule but at the same time she
harbours complicated, yearning like feelings towards him. ”
I think the point to differentiate is that the
nations are both historical personifications and people in their own right.
Hungary could have hated Austria for being, well, Austria, and yet yearned for
him as a person. [x]
That’s what I believe Hima’s getting at here.
Ooof. I love her so much!! She’s such an inspiring character.
Sure thing, post psychoanalyzing Hungary coming up tonight!
[On the topic of Romano’s hostility toward Veneziano.]
Anon 1: It does help, thank you for sharing your experience.
From what I’ve learned and researched, Italy is sparsely different depending on which region you’re from. This is especially the case with how divided and uncooperative the gov’t is. There are so many parties that the failed coalitions get nowhere.
Anon 2: Yes, it is. That’s exactly the reason I gave in my last answer.
Either way, it can’t hurt to cite these strips again. Hima’s highlighted their differences consistently throughout the series, both in old and new strips.
They used to be considered as countries in their own right before unification, where they still both represent Italy. The differences in the regions are deeper than location.
Here are a few last examples detailing their differences / hostilities.
Ex: Romano moving to America to avoid having to rely on his brother during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Ex: Their present economic situation.
Sure thing. I think it’s about time that I started covering this. It’s important to acknowledge the series’ controversial past if we’re to get anywhere with recognizing how far it’s evolved.
Earlier depictions of some of the nations were far from okay. That said, I find it pointless to hold a creator accountable for mistakes that they’ve presently shown to have learned from. You can like a series and still recognize past mishaps that it’s overcome.
Post on the evolution of France’s character coming up tonight!
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