Sure! Hmmm. I’ve touched on his naivety before, but I think it deserves a spotlight of its own. Post coming up tonight!
Talk to me more about America please! Anything you want to discuss I’d love to hear.
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Anon 1: I’m doing an Honours Bachelor in Criminology. Thank you, I’m glad! Criminology includes a lot of disciplines in it, and Psychology is one of them.
For example, in my Individual Criminal Intervention courses, I learn how to apply psychotherapy to inmates, domestic violence survivors, crime victims, or basically anyone who’s been put through the criminal justice system. I also learn other branches of therapy, but I’ve always found psychotherapy (especially newer versions like attachment theory) to be interesting. Not to mention that I take a ton of other Psychology courses as electives.
Haha, I think it’s obvious that I’ve been a bit off this week. I just wrapped up a long week of midterms and papers, and will be getting more sleep now. Your concern’s really appreciated 🙂
Anon 2: Aw, that makes me so happy. Oh, why thank you. It’s nice to know that my memes are still on point 😉
Mhmm.
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Can you analyze the relationships between the countries and their leaders? I think it would be very interesting. Would they represent their people’s view points while maybe having their own?
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“Do you think that nations can go against their bosses and governments? Or do you think that they have the same beliefs as them? Can
the people influence the nation?”
What you’ll see is a complicated blend of what you two
asked.
For the most part, they’re bound by their bosses’ orders. It
does happen, but very rarely do they go against them.
Of course, it’s important to consider that the nations have minds
of their own and often disagree with the orders they’re given. Some of what
they’re told to do isn’t in their peoples’ best interest. The irony is that the
nations exist because of their people, not the government alone:
Lastly, because the nations work under their leaders’ orders,
they’re primarily reactive to their peoples’ perceptions of them.
Ex: Russia expresses
dismay during the Bloody Sunday revolt, given how hard he had worked to improve his
country for the betterment of all.
Ex: After the
Revolutionary government gains power, France is prevented from dressing
aristocratically in the fear that he’ll be assaulted.
With all that cleared out of the way, an analysis of the
nations’ bosses coming up tonight!
Canada actually talks about being with America since birth in chapter 178 of World Stars :O
[All fixed.]
Ah… I see what happened here lol.
I don’t write down things literally, and instead write the meaning behind it.
In my notes, I have certain words coded. When I looked up the strips with America and Canada, I had it listed as “grew up together after being born.” That’s why I overlooked it. I apologize for that, as Canada does actually say this!
But, this is still really important in clearing up the fact that Canada doesn’t mean “since” as in literally the moment when they were born, as the anon had interpreted it as.
By “since”, he means as in after the fact that they were born and introduced to each other as siblings. That’s the context it’s to be understood as in the strips. Still, thank you very much for pointing this out. I hope this clears things up.
Sorry, I have an obnoxious tendency to assume that people already bear similar interpretations to me, as opposed to taking things literally.
Do you think Canada or America is older? I know Canada believes he is because he learnt the alphabet first, but England’s answer seemed so forced, almost as if he didn’t know himself. Any thoughts?
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“People
argue about Canada and America’s age, and who is older, but I think they’re
literally the exact same age. Neither of them is older and neither of them is
younger. Jamestown was settled in America in 1604, and Quebec (though it kept
moving around- It’s final move was in 1608) was also founded in 1604 in Canada.
It would make sense why Canada said in the manga that he and America have been
together since they were BORN, even though we see England introduce them. Any
thoughts?”
Answer: There’s no [explicit] canon answer
[Anon 2]
Like you said, they were introduced to each other in “Fly
Canada-san, Fly!”
Edit: In chapter 178 of World Stars, he does mention that they’ve been with each other since they were born. But, they weren’t with each other from birth. It was more like they were brought together afterwards.
The “since” is important here, as it’s to be taken as something that happens after the fact that they were born.
Second, it’s important to differentiate that the
foundation of a country is not their birthday, although they still celebrate it
as such. I know that’s not quite what you were getting at, but you’ll see why the same logic applies in a moment.
Lastly, I’m not aiming to be nitpicky about the history
here, but there were earlier settlements in both countries. However, as mentioned
above, the foundation date/ early foundations of a country is not their precise birth date.
For example, America was found wandering about by the
colonizing European nations. The matter of when he manifested is left open-ended.
If I had to guess, the factors causing his existence would possibly have to do
with how many people were located in the settlements and how stable they were.
They would also have to have some form of functioning governance (i.e. unwritten
localized customs).
Likewise, we know from Iceland that even when settlements
and some sort of civilization is formed, the personification doesn’t manifest
right away.
That said, I wouldn’t use their earliest foundation dates as an
accurate predictor in determining their age. Not only that, but there’s also
the difficulty in distinguishing which settlement caused them to manifest.
[Anon 1]
You’re right, England’s answer does seem forced. I think
that mostly stems from the fact that he wasn’t there at the precise moment
when both of them were born. While I did list potential factors that can be attributed
to their birth, none of it is confirmed.
England’s use of the word “perhaps” is too tentative for it to be
taken as canon.
In sum…
We still don’t know who’s older, as it’s not
confidently stated.
have you done a headcanon on nation’s age yet? if not, could you make one showing how countries age physically despite the time they’ve been alive?
I have not, but I’d be happy to share some rules of thumb that I’ve developed in helping to explain their aging process. No problem at all.
Post coming up tonight!
*Shuffles the strips*
I read your Hetalia is not Dead article and honestly… Thank you for finally putting it out there. I get so down in the dumps sometime because I feel like I’m the only one left who really cares about the fandom, but, you’re right! There’s still a lot of new content out there and I just have to remind myself of that! Bless up. <3
We haven’t left dude,
and anytime ❤
I honestly find it so
rude when people leaving the fandom say that it’s dead. As long as there’s
people still in it and content is being created, there’s no basis for that
claim.
How I see it is that
you should join a fandom because you enjoy
it, not whether a ton of people enjoy it.
I know it doesn’t happen very often, but do you have a favourite moment where Germany smiles?
While that’s true, I’ve always liked this moment here.
Right as they’re preparing for war, Italy secretly panics (if you look closely, you can see that he’s crying, but he does well to mask it ) and makes Germany promise him that he’ll take care of himself.
They switch roles for once and Italy becomes the ‘Commander.’
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