It’s more like it’s a recurring joke that others call him out for this and he denies it.
Does England know that he’s a poor parent figure?
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Anon 1: Agreed, on that first point! I think with Hetalia it strikes a good balance of finding moments of triviality and silliness within a wider historical backdrop of loneliness, pain, and melancholy of the past. Is that so? Why not find enjoyment in the fact that reality isn’t a perfect cookie-cutter version of what we desire? The imperfect is realistic, and that’s what I personally love about Hetalia so much. Unfortunately…
…the anime is completely unrepresentative of the series in that it only depicts the stock qualities of the characters and aims primarily for a happy angle, rather than exploring some of the emotional nuances and traumas that have consistently popped up in the manga.
World Stars especially has fleshed out the mental healths of several nations. Don’t get me wrong either. I know how limited the anime medium is in exploring these angles. It’s just sad that this is what Hetalia is known for.
Ironically, my biggest pet peeve are the canon police of fandoms. I think everyone should have free reign to take artistic liberties, so long as they don’t declare their interpretations to be canon.
[You didn’t ask this off anon, so I couldn’t answer privately].
Anon 2: Yes, of course ^^. I’m working on France’s right now, actually!
Anon 3: Oh man. That’s something I’ve never really thought about to be honest.
I love all of the characters and don’t dislike any of them.
I don’t really have any favorites. They’re all flawed, and they all have their good qualities. There are very few series where I feel this way, but damn, Hima’s characterization man. It’s too good.
Actually, insulting your sibling may not be a sign of inferiority. It is very, and I do mean very common, for siblings to insult or even constantly insult each other. My little brother falls me stupid sissy all the time, I call my little sister shorty. And none of us have the issue. It would be very weird if we didn’t us them at this point. And, North and South Italy have special insults for each other, can’t remember the exact words but the insult could be to show the divide and normal sibling
[On the topic of
Romano referring to Veneziano as stupid/ idiot little brother]
While that may be the
case for most siblings, Romano doesn’t use insults to show his affection. I
know it’s nice to imagine Romano and Veneziano to be like that, but from what
we’ve seen in the manga, they just don’t have that type of relationship dynamic.
You work from what’s
seen in the strips, not what you interpret a character to be like – especially if
canon has already proven the contrary.
If anything, Romano uses actions, regardless
of the insults that fly out of his mouth, to show his affection.
Ex: He’s still calling
Spain an asshole or bastard as he sends imports to help with the Spanish
economic recession.
On the other hand,
with Veneziano, Romano doesn’t ever use insults to refer to the latter in an
affectionate way. They don’t have a good face-to-face relationship, and there’s
a ton of hostility and resentment on Romano’s side of things. In this case,
Romano’s insults do in fact have to do with inferiority.
The suddenness of
their unification is noted to have caused a tension between them.
Romano is also noted
to detest North Italy “a bit.”
As such, he has a much
better relationship with Spain than he does with Veneziano.
Romano’s inferiority
complex is most seen when he uses insults to undermine Veneziano’s accomplishments.
Ex: Veneziano’s
engineering feats during the Industrial Revolution.
It’s like this in
present strips too. The complex hasn’t gone away.
In the Annoy Romano
series, one of the prompts is to be surrounded by Veneziano, his mochi, and his
nekotalia counterpart.
Similarly, Romano
hates to be referred to as Italy’s older brother, as it lacks individual
differentiation.
Again, his insults toward
Veneziano don’t possess any affection to them. Romano refuses to work with Veneziano.
To put things more into perspective, Romano’s hostility of Veneziano is bad enough for Rome to visit him in his dreams, chiding him for this.
Of course, this doesn’t
mean that Romano doesn’t care about Veneziano either. He’s just not direct with
it.
Ex: He looks after Veneziano during WW2, regardless if he degrades him while doing it.
Like I said, they lack a solid face-to-face relationship.
Anon 1: Yes, I’m done and thank you! Although, I still have a ton of paperwork and a rigorous interview process to go through for an upcoming student placement 😩
I also just moved in with my Dad, who’s older and needs help taking care of himself. I need to clean, repaint, and repave the walls, as well as do other errands for him now that he has someone who can drive for him at all hours of the day. My lord the house was dirty, and my OCD ass couldn’t take it. I cleaned non-stop for the past three days lmao.
Once I get a routine down, I’ll get back to both reading and writing fics. We’ll see, I really would love to again. That said, I’m always open to giving shout-outs or fic recs 🙂
Anon 2: Thank you! I’m working on a few at the moment, so you can expect more soon 😀
@infotalia-kun: You seem pretty productive to me if you’re reading every day 😉 It’s more like I would feel narcissistic for posting the compliments. Of course, I would always say thank you to those who sent asks off anon. On the other hand, the anon asks used to take a lot of stubbornness on my part in fighting back against those old thought distortions. ❤
Anon 3: Thank you again! I sound like a broken robot. I’m an incredibly stubborn person with set-goals each day, week, month, and year.
Obviously, this is quite extreme, but I run between 10-12k every day. It helps keep me calm and focused on what I want to accomplish. I religiously use an agenda, eat healthy, routinely practice my writing/ grammar, and repeat positive affirmations in my head. On top of that, I have wonderful followers whose support continues to prop me up in spite of how messy my personal life can be.
Yikes! This is still something that I haven’t quite understood, but I’ll do my best to piece together what we do know! While I have touched on what Germany possibly remembers, with a topic like this, it’s necessary to tie it back again.
Post coming up tonight!
Q & A
Q: What I really want to know is why people ship Canada and
Netherlands,,, I’m not judging it, it looks quite cute but I don’t??
Understand???? Could you help out?
A: It’s a historically-based ship. During WW2, the Dutch Royal Family fled to Canada. When Princess Margriet was born, they declared the maternity to be Dutch territory so that she would retain her Dutch citizenship. Every year as thanks, the Dutch government sends close to a million tulips, and in return, Ottawa hosts a tulip festival every year. I’ll make sure to take some pictures since I live there.
Q: Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you have any information on
Ireland, Scotland, or Wales? I know they’re not official characters yet, but is
there anything on them?
A: You’re not bothering me! However, I’m not an information blog. If you’d like access to information, there’s an English translation of Hima’s blog, Bamboo Thicket. It’s an excellent resource if you’re looking for facts about specific characters.
Scotland and Ireland are undesigned characters but do have some character notes [x]
England is the son of four siblings, which includes North Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. He also doubles as the UK in representing them [x]
Q: For characters like Iceland, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Estonia
, micronations and other young/ teen characters ;do you think they live by
themselves or with a physically older nation and would they go to school or no?
A: The only school that all nations attend is the World Academy. It’s like a mini AU within the series. [x] Nations only live with each other if they lack independence.
Q: England is my least favourite Hetalia character. Enlighten
me and change my opinion, I don’t want to be the only tea-hating heathen in the
fandom!
A: I’ve done a lot of posts about this 😉 [x] [x] [x] [x]
You’re not a heathen, by the way. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion.
Q: It looks like Romano is getting over his inferiority complex
in recent years, in Liechtenstein strip he certainly is confident even when
Veneziano points out their grandpa’s inheritance to both of them.
A: I’m not so sure about that. Romano still consistently refers to Veneziano in a demeaning manner. He needs to stop calling Veneziano “stupid/ idiot little brother” if he’s to truly get over his inferiority complex.
Anon 1: No worries, it doesn’t make me feel uncomfortable! I just come from a home where I’m called narcissistic for focusing on my studies. It’s a double-bind where if I tell my mother my grades, her boyfriend heckles me for being self-important, but if I don’t tell my mother my grades (not that she ever asked me on her own anyway), all of a sudden I lack empathy and am forced to tell them since I’m living under their roof.
Short story short, I have a lot of trouble receiving/posting compliments because I’m so used to being criticized for my accomplishments. I feel guilty and egocentric, even though I know that’s not the case. It’s taken me a few years, but I’m beginning to reverse a lot of these distorted thoughts now that I realize it’s not me that’s the problem. It’s all right, though. I really appreciate all the support I receive and cherish it unequivocally ❤
Anon 2: Yes, I know. I didn’t say that Rome never visited Romano. What I did say was that the care Romano received from Rome was inconsistent and therefore absent for the most part.
Also, I did mention that Rome loves Romano. Even as recent as World Stars, we’ve seen Rome visit Romano in his dreams, telling him to get along with Veneziano better. He cares about both of them dearly.
Hmmm. That’s an interesting last thought you have there! I can definitely imagine that given that Rome’s trips from heaven add further to this inconsistency of care and availability.
Anon 3: I think we’re coming up to a year some time in May!
i read somewhere that britian is a bit of a scatter brain, you have any evidence??
Oh yeah, definitely. I could do that.
England’s parenting messed up America beyond belief. However, what some of Horney’s theories set out to do is explain that parents who haven’t experienced a loving childhood are often incapable of raising their own children in a loving manner.
In fact, what you’ll see is that a lot of the neuroses of the parent (e.g., anxiety, depression, other mental health issues/ complexes) are passed onto their children.
Post coming up tonight!
Anon 1: *sigh* I’m so sorry! I queue a lot of my posts and have trouble keeping up with asks sent right afterwards since I’m not online for long periods of time. ^^ Thank you, though! I’m always obliged to mess with people’s feelings a little 😉
Anon 2: *In my basement, isolating myself from all noise and light :)))* Thank you again! 💖 I try my best!
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