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Some sketch requests I've done










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Ive been doing a lot more editing because for a while I just couldn't art at all I was so burnt out. I was working on a post war clinical rp group and made some fancy graphics for each of my muses and why not share them-
If youre curious about them I might post their bios eventually- Ive thought about making my own AU form so I can use the dewigns and characters more in the future.






#hetalia#alovelysanitorium#hws hetalia#hws germany#hws france#nyo korea#nyo prussia#2p america#2p italy#nyo greece
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In order:
My friend's Brazil, my Mexico, Romania, my North Korea, my friend's 2P China, my 2P Philippines, my friend's 2P Nyo Philippines, Malaysia (twice), Prussia and Germany
Send me requests with a character and expression/emotion for these I really like doing them
#hws#hetalia#hws prussia#hws germany#hws china#hws korea#hws malaysia#hws romania#hws mexico#aph mexico#hws brazil#aph brazil#brazil#hws philippines#2p philippines#zosimo pagaduan#aph romania#aph korea#im hae song#aph china#aph philippines#aph malaysia#seatalia#hws sea#aph prussia#aph germany#my oc#not my oc#my art#discord emotes
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Another Ask Blog List
At this point a lot of characters are taken, but there's nothing wrong with a few doubles for the sake of options.
Some people might only want to interact with blogs run by adults, and some minors might feel more comfortable with fellow minors, or some people might just like certain portrayals more than others.
So I've made a list of taken characters and how many (active) blogs I've seen roleplaying them in case people want to try playing a character who doesn't have as many blogs.
Each asterisk represents a blog.
Lithuania (1p)*
China (nyo)*
Greece (1p)*
Ancient Greece (1p)*
Belarus (1p)*
Australia (1p)*
Rome (1p)*
Seychelles (1p)*
Poland (1p)*
Liechtenstein (1p)*
Philippines (1p)*
Thailand (1p)*
Germania (1p)*
Macau (1p)*
Spain (1p)*
Indonesia (1p)*
Czech (1p)*
Kugelmugel (1p)*
Creatures (1p)*
Wy (1p)*
Luxembourg (1p)*
Persia (1p)*
New Zealand (1p)*
Netherlands (1p)*
Cyprus (1p)*
Estonia (1p)*
Latvia (1p)*
Iceland (1p)*
Norway (1p)*
Sweden (1p)*
Finland (1p)*
Hungary (1p)*
Egypt (1p)*
Ireland (1p)*
Hong Kong (1p)*
South Korea (1p)*
Monaco (1p)*
Knights Templar (1p)*
Japan (1p)**
Austria (1p)**
Denmark (1p)** (nyo)*
Romano (1p)**
Germany (1p)** (2p)*
Singapore (1p)**
France (1p)** (2p)*
Canada (1p)** (2p)*
Prussia (1p)****
Russia (1p)*** (18th cent.)* (child)*
England (1p)** (nyo)** (AU)*
Italy (1p)*** (risorgimento)* (child)* (2p)*
America (1p)** (2p)** (AU)***** (nyo)*
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In my conclusion, we have a good amount of America, Italy, England, Russia, and Prussia blogs for right now and it'd be nice to see more variety for other characters!
(Apologies if I missed anything. It's hard to keep track of every ask blog, and I tried to avoid counting those that didn't seem active)
#hetalia#hws#aph#ask blog#roleplay blog#rp blog#hws Lithuania#hws japan#hws greece#hws china#hws india#hws rome#hws romano#hws france#nyo#nyotalia
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Nyotalia, 2pNyotalia, 2p!Talia, Hetalia headcanon names
Nyo!America - Amelia
Nyo!England - Elizabeth
Nyo!France - Catherine
Nyo!Russia - Anna
Nyo!China - Chun-Yan
Nyo!Canada - Marguerite
Nyo!Italy - Alice
Nyo!Germany - Monika
Nyo!Japan - Ponko
Nyo!Prussia - Julia
Nyo!Romano - Chiara
Nyo!Spain - Carmen
Nyo!Austria - Therese
Nyo!Switzerland - Adelheid
Nyo!Denmark - Hanne
Nyo!Sweden - Astrid
Nyo!Norway - Ingrid
Nyo!Iceland - Guðrún
Nyo!Finland - Aino
2pNyo!America - Caroline
2pNyo!England - Rose
2pNyo!France - Isabelle
2pNyo!Russia - Elena
2pNyo!China - Qiuyan
2pNyo!Canada - Anne
2pNyo!Italy - Bianca
2pNyo!Germany - Luise
2pNyo!Japan - Mameko
2pNyo!Prussia - Hildegard
Seychelles - Véronique
Nyo!Seychelles - Michel
Liechtenstein - Erika
Nyo!Liechtenstein - Klaus
Monaco - Sophie
Nyo!Monaco - Jean
Belgium - Emma
Nyo!Belgium - Anri
Luxembourg - René
Netherlands - Abel
Denmark - Magnus
Norway - Sigurd
Iceland - Egill
Finland - Timo
Sweden - Bernhard
Nyo!Lithuania - Rūta
Nyo!Latvia - Laima
Nyo!Turkey - Hatice
Nyo!Greece - Daphne
Nyo!Egypt - Fatima
Portugal - Afonso
Nyo!Portugal - Maria
Nyo!Hungary - István
Slovakia - Jozef
Czech - Hedvika
Nyo!Poland - Agnieszka
2p!Poland - Jan
Scotland - Callum
Wales - Dylan
Northern Ireland - Conor
Ireland - Ronan
Cuba - Carlos
Ecuador - Jose
Moldova - Vasile
Romania - Alexandru
Bulgaria - Dimitar
Serbia - Vuk
Croatia - Stjepan
2p!Italy - Lorenzo
2p!Romano - Flavio
2p!Germany - Siegfried
2p!Japan - Kiri
Nyo!Belarus - Mikita
Ukraine - Olga
Nyo!Ukraine - Bogdan
Australia - Ralph
New Zealand - George
Nyo!New Zealand - Charlotte
Wy - Olivia
Hutt River - Paul
Molossia - Jacob
Slowjamastan - Liam
Domain - Nicholas
Stomaria - Harry
Aerica - Michael
Ladonia - Oscar
Kugelmugel - Leopold
Seborga - Marcello
2p!America - Thomas
2p!England - Edmund
2p!France - André
2p!Russia - Alexander
2p!China - An
Genoa - Giovanni
HRE - Otto
Bavaria - Karl
Saxony - Heinrich
Hessen - Wilhelm
Picardy - Gabriel
Cyprus - Giorgos
TRNC - Mustafa
Rome - Maximus
Ancient Greece - Athena
Nyo!Korea - Soo-Jin
Taiwan - Xiao-Mei
Nyo!Taiwan - Chih-Ming
Hong Kong - Ka Lung
Nyo!Hong Kong - Lan
Vietnam - Lien
Nyo!Vietnam - Tuấn
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Hetalia RP Server looking for fun and active members!
Hello! I have a server looking for some roleplayers if anybody would be interested. We ask joining members to be at least 16+, please!
We have multiple AUs to choose to RP from, along with canon verse of course, and multiple events planned every month. We allow Canon, Ancients, Nyos, 2Ps, and OCs (As long as they are a nation or a micronation in the micronation wiki list), and a friendly community looking for new people to RP with always! If you have any questions feel free to ask, and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can <3
As of time of posting this, canon characters that are open are:
Aerica
Ancient Rome
Belgium
Cameroon
China
Cuba
Cyprus
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Germania
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Kugelmugel
Ladonia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Malaysia
Monaco
NikoNiko Republic
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Wy
...With many more if you're open to Nyos, 2Ps, and OCs!
Thank you for your time and we hope to see you there if you're interested!
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Get Up
Yo! So I'm going to try and submit all three days (the two I missed plus today) and yeah. Let's get started.
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TW: Nosebleeds, blood, smoking (don't smoke kids), cursing and fighting (most TWs I’ve ever used wow)
Prompt: Nosebleed
AU: Nationverse
Human Names:
2P!America: Allen D. Jones
2P!Nyo!Korea: Im Min-Jun (Min-Jun Im)
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Smack!
Allen fell back as the blow landed. He touched his upper lip and when he looked at his fingers he saw what he expected.
Blood.
Allen gripped his bat harder and before he could get up, another person joined the fray.
"Piss off douchebags." A voice said.
Allen recognized the voice but he couldn't place who's it was.
He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. He honestly couldn't be bothered to care at the moment.
He heard more hits landing and people running away.
"Get up."
Allen opened his eyes to see his savior of sorts.
Min-Jun, personification of South Korea was standing over him, a permanent scowl fixed on her face.
"Get up already. I already scared away those douchebags, I'm not helping you get up."
Allen groaned as he got up, "Yeah, yeah I know. Lemme guess, I owe you?"
Min-Jun ignored his comment and instead took out a cigarette and lit it, "You're nose is bleeding."
"I know. What were you doing here anyways?"
Min-Jun took a drag, "None of your business."
"My country, my business doll."
She made a face, "Don't call me doll."
“Whatever you say,” he paused before grinning, “doll.”
“Asshole.”
She started to stalk off in the other direction but Allen went to walk with her.
She glared at him, “Leave me alone, I don’t want to be here any longer than I have to.”
“I was going to say thanks but I’m rethinking that.”
“You’re thinking? Did the apocalypse start?”
“Shut up.”
The two didn’t say anything for the rest of the walk to who knows where.
Who knew that silence could be so fragile.
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Woo! Hopefully Day 6 and Day 7 will come soon! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
- Rae
#hetalia#nyotalia#2p!talia#2p!nyotalia#2p!america#2p!nyo!south korea#2p!nyo!korea#2P!Talia Week#amekor#kimchiburger#2p!amekor#2p!kimchiburger#hws america#2p!south korea#2p!korea#hws south korea#hws korea#tw blood#tw fighting#tw cursing#tw nosebleeds#tw smoking
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2p! nyo South Korea 🇰🇷🎼🎸🎧🥘

Kim Chae-Yeong
#aesthetic#hetalia#aph hetalia#mine#do not steal#alternate universe#please don't steal#south korea#2p hetalia#2p south korea#2p nyotalia#nyotalia#nyo south korea#2p nyo south korea#Kim Chae-Yeong
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Do you collect things?
“Do idiots count?” “Yeah I collect idiots. I have an idiot hoarding problem.”
“If they don’t count, probably dresses and corsets.”
Anna’s idiots Mat @ask-hetaaca-denmark Cha @ask-hetaaca-oceaniabros (doesn’t show up there, but he is Colo’s character) Jul and Agnes @ask-hetaaca-nyoprussia (Agnes doesn’t show up there but she’s still Erik’s character) Ástvin, Inge and Hannibal @ask-hetaaca-gernor Lutz @ask-hetaaca-greece (doesn’t show up there but still Kegan’s character)
#APH Austria#hws austria#nyo austria#anna speaks#APH Denmark#hws denmark#mat appearance#aph south korea#hws south korea#2p south korea#cha appearance#APH Prussia#hws prussia#nyo prussia#Jul appearance#aph aalborg#agnes apperance#aph iceland#hws iceland#nyo iceland#astvin appearance#APH Norway#hws norway#nyo norway#inge appearance#2p denmark#hanni appearance#APH Germany#hws germany#2p germany
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Any friends or best friends?
“Of course! I don’t think I’ve met a first or second year I didn’t like, really. All of ‘em have worked hard to get where they are! But there’s a few that do stand out, along with ones I know better than others!”
“There’s Kalea, a first year!! Our quirks aren’t similar, per se, but! Physically, they’re kinda the same, with our fingers havin’ lil pads on ‘em to activate our quirks!! It’s our main bonding point, we’re always comin’ up with new ways to cause chaos!”
“Then there’s Alfred, who’s also a first year! We hit it off pretty quick, even if we’re both suuuper busy with classes. Just from bein’ around the guy for a while, I can tell he’s the real star of class 1-A! He’s got the strength, and the enthusiasm and passion to go far if he puts his head to it! Honestly, it’s pretty admirable. I remember bein’ just like him at that age..”
“Jett and Mason are a funky duo! I don’t get to talk to either of ‘em much, but I’ve run into Mason a few times while hangin’ with Kalea. They’ve got this, like, Friendship thing going on?? I dunno what that’s about, but it sounds like fun!
Oh!! And Jett’s got all sorts of critters with him, I have no clue how he manages to sneak ‘em into the school, but they’re all real cute! Brightens my day to see him terrorisin’ students with a bright pink snake.”
“Speakin’ of which, there’s also lil Alki! He’s also part of the.. Friend Trio?? Somethin’ like that. He’s an absolute sweetheart too, even if he can be a rotten little shit at times. I admire it. I never got away with prankin’ teachers like that, I’m kinda jealous, to be honest. Also, I will personally deck anyone who dares to hurt him, mark my words.”
“Hmm.. Oh! There’s Oliver and Charlotte, who seem to be new students at the academy. I don’t think I’ve seen either of ‘em on their own, though, they’re always joined at the hips! I haven’t talked to ‘em much other than giving directions to their classrooms, or to the dorms, but they seem like absolute angels. Who can look at those precious faces and tell me otherwise??”
“I don’t know a whole lot of second years, but I do know OF a pretty cool second year! His name’s Yong Soo, and his quirk is so interesting! I’ve only seen it in action maybe once before, but holy shit, I would NOT wanna be on his bad side! I bet he’s fun to train with, though.”
“Of course, there’s our absolutely awesome school nurse, Agda! I was friends with her back when she was still a student, but now I’d say we’re even closer! She’s.. honestly done a lot for me, and I’m so, so thankful that she’s so understanding and patient.. It really helps, and not just me either, y'know? She’s helped a lot of people, especially other students. She’s a life-saver, even when not using her quirk.”
“Ah.. heh, uh- where do I start with Hera? He’s one of my best friends, hands down! He’s super smart, and kind, and super cute, like- how he doesn’t have a significant other yet is beyond me. They’re missing out, honestly.
OH! He’s also really observant??? And considerate??? He got his hero costume made with a special pouch just for mouthwash when I.. overuse my quirk, isn’t that the cutest thing??? And if that doesn’t SCREAM “best friend” material, I dunno what does. Which reminds me, I gotta modify my costume soon! I wanna repay the favour, I just- I dunno how to fit a WHOLE pillow onto my costume, but I’ll figure it out!!
..honestly, I could talk about Hera for hours and still not even come CLOSE to describing him, so I’ll cut it there, heh-“
Mentioned, in order: @ask-hetaaca-hawaii, @ask-hetaaca-usnyouk, @ask-hetaaca-oceaniabros, @ask-hetaaca-2pgreece, @ask-hetaaca-2penglandtwins, @ask-hetaaca-skorea, @ask-hetaaca-bergen, @ask-hetaaca-greece
#hetalia#aph hawaii#aph america#aph new zealand#(not tagging a.us because he's a shitpost doodle here)#aph greece#2p greece#aph england#2p england#2p nyo england#aph south korea#aph bergen#answered#anonymous#art answers#long post#wHEW#i'm so sorry for just disappearing over here!!#i was working on this post for a while ;;7;;#and i also got a job halfway through drawing these! so i had to balance working and art so i didn't burn myself out#(which i did anyways but that's besides the point)#BUT! now i can start updating my boy again!!#also i feel bad because i went ham with kalea and then the rest of the art doesn't look that good tbh ;;v;;#granted i'll always have more chances to draw these beans in the future!!#and do them the justice they deserve
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You look so cute with those buns! So fashionable too! Can you tell me who inspires your style?
Chaeyeon: “Thankfully, I’m on break now so maybe I can message her if I don’t chicken out?”
(( @ask-fashionblogger-2p-usa ))
#ic#ask idol nyoskorea#anon#ask-fashionblogger-2p-usa#aph nyo korea#aph 2p nyo america#thanks for asking!! <3333#Anonymous
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Sooyun!! Help a pal out and help me with all this math bullshit? Ain't no way I'm taking remedial classes this break

As long as you pay up
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My what?
((OOC;; I think they would all live in different universes. I don’t delve into 2p much so I’m sorry if these aren’t what you were expecting!))
#hetalia#2ptalia#aph north korea#nyotalia#ask north korea#ic questions#((the nyo and 2p regular designs i'd made years ago so i just tweaked them))#((but the 2p nyo is completely new hmm))#((someone pls notice how they all represent different facets of nkorean life))
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Hetalia/APH Masterlist
[last updated on 28/04/22]
Headcanons
General yandere South Italy headcanons
General yandere Spain headcanons
General yandere Russia headcanons
General yandere Japan headcanons
General yandere England headcanons
General Yandere Poland headcanons
General Yandere Luxembourg headcanons
General yandere Asea headcanons
Allies with a darling that outsmarts them
Japan falling in love with one of America’s states
Russia with a complacent darling that loves him back :)
Spain going after a witch country (that so happens to have a past with iggy)
Which 2ps would like a tomboy s/o?
Which 2ps would like a loud, goofy s/o?
Yan America, Spain, Romano and England reacting to finding their s/o that ran away years ago
Yandere allies and axis reacting to their crush’s confession to their home country
2p Romano, America, Japan and China reacting to their darling escaping after having kidnapped them
Platonic Yandere reader against Yandere Belarus! (Poor Russia)
Platonic Yandere allies headcanons
Yandere allies + axis helping their s/o out with depression and existential crisis
Axis trio + America and Russia being war enemies with their s/o
Yandere pirate Spain x mermaid reader headcanons
England, Russia and Germany with a shy s/o that apologizes a lot
Yandere Lithuania with a blind s/o who is dependent on him
Yandere nyo!Allies reacting to being trapped in a giant soap bubble with their s/o
Yandere nyo axis, Romano and baltics reacting to being trapped in a floating bubble with their s/o
Yandere Prussia, England and Germany with a darling that acts all shy— but ends up fooling them.
Yandere Japan, Germany , China and Prussia finding their darling years after they escaped
Yandere Germany, America being told off by their country darling
Yandere Canada in a queerplatonic relationship w an ace reader that is insecure about her identity
Yandere America, England, Spain, Romano reacting to finding their s/o that ran away years ago except they immediately dipped once seeing them,
Yandere Canada, America, and Russia with a sweet, but chaotic s/o
the Nyo Nordics, Nyo Spain and Nyo Korea reacting to being trapped in a floating bubble with their darling
1p/2p italies sharing an s/o
Scenarios
Witch reader breaking it off with a very power hungry and almost abusive iggy (good riddance)
South Italy and Spain sharing a darling!
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The winter begonia nichu au I’ve been tossing around in my head:
It’s 2021 and I get to choose which former interest I’m thinking abt tonight
For y’all who don’t know, winter begonia is a cdrama about a Chinese opera performer and his businessman queerplatonic partner/boyfriend/whatever, set in the period before and during the Japanese occupation of Beijing
This au is set in shanghai instead of Beijing. It’s still the same problem all around with the republic trying to stay afloat in face of internal and external conflict
Yao is a performer of sheng (gentleman) roles. He specializes in xiaosheng (young gentlemen) but can take on whatever sheng role is needed. He is rather infamous for his refusal to back down and especially his honestly, which often results in him stirring up a lot of drama. As a result, he moves cities rather often once the other local opera tropes decide they hate his guts.
He leads an opera troupe that includes macau and Hong Kong, Taiwan, and north and South Korea. 2ps and/or nyos in there to pad the character count.
Hong Kong (mai liyang/mak lei yung)— Yao’s apprentice, also trained in sheng roles. He eventually wants to leave the troupe, and yao lets him go so he can become the assistant of Arthur, a businessman he meets in the Shanghai British concession
Macau (mai litong/mak lei tung)— focuses on guimen dan (young virtuous women) but can take on other dan roles in a fix. Siblings with Hong Kong, both joined the troupe early on when yao was performing in guangzhou
Taiwan (chen meifeng)— best at xiaodan (young women). Transferred in from a different troupe when they were in fuzhou.
S. Korea (im yongsoo)— chou (comedic/clown role). Ethnically Korean, parents immigrated to Manchuria.
N. Korea (im yonghan)— jing (rough/physically powerful male roles). Twins with S. Korea, both joined the troupe when yao was invited to perform up north. He eventually joins the army to fight the Japanese.
2p! China (Wang yu)— older sibling of yao, a former sheng performer who got hooked on opium after sustaining a bad injury. He is only able to perform for short periods of time
Nyo! China (Wang rong)— younger sibling of yao. A former sheng performer, she and yao fell out after she left the troupe and got married, something that yao opposed
Kiku is a resident of hongkew district in shanghai. A businessman or civil worker of some sort, and an estranged member of a high-profile Japanese military family. That’d be important later. He dabbles in kabuki and has a strong interest in all performing arts.
Part 1: kiku finds out that the opera industry is toxic as hell
Kiku and yao meet when an acquaintance invites kiku to watch one of Yao’s performances. After helping yao avoid some hecklers from a rival troupe, he and kiku become friendly
Kiku makes it his job to make sure yao gets some rest and self care. He takes him out for food pretty often, just because he likes talking to him.
Yao tries to keep his opera-related problems from kiku— he genuinely values him as a friend and doesn’t want him getting into the mess that is the opera social circle
It mostly works until it nearly drives yao into leaving the city for someplace else
At that point, kiku makes yao accept his assistance, and yao grudgingly relents. He becomes a manager of sorts from the troupe and they’re all doing great for a time
At some point they’re telling each other about kabuki/chinese opera. They both find each other’s passion for their interests endearing
Part 2: shit gets serious fast
When shanghai goes under Japanese power, several troupes decide to move south and/or west. Ironically, yao is not one of them. Kiku went through bullshit to keep him here, so yao feels like he owes it to him to stay.
Due to Being Important, kiku ends up being forced to work with the Japanese occupying forces. He uses this power to try and protect yao and his opera troupe, while struggling to come to terms with his duty
This is complicated by the fact that yao is staunchly anti-Japanese-occupation, and is again trying to distance himself from kiku lest they get each other killed. Despite kiku’s efforts to reach out and keep his friend/sort of boyfriend from trouble, yao keeps trying to stir shit up
Yao eventually makes the decision to leave shanghai and go south/west. Cue tearful moments and dramatic confessions of affection. Kiku almost begs him to stay, but both of them know how dangerous it would be to remain involved with each other
The next like fifty years of Chinese history is a mess. Maybe that’s the last time they’d meet, or maybe they might see each other again, somewhere. Or maybe kiku might seek yao out at some point after the war, only to find he’s dead and his troupe members scattered. Haven’t decided how terrible of an ending to have.
If you haven’t gathered, this entire time period isn’t very happy
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