#Nadiya Lysenko

[lumilasi]

Second member of my lil Space rescue crew I'm building for funsies. I also couldn't help but doodle that comic strip as well, BC it was stuck in my brain and wouldn't leave otherwise.

Anya deserved SO much better....art wise too, maybe I'll try to draw her properly later?

(Side note; in a more serious story, Stefan absolutely would NOT just casually walk there with a bloody axe, knowing Anya is very badly traumatized; he'd be much more tactful. This strip is kind of meant to be absurd and 'non-canonical' to his character)

Also, more info about Nadiya below:

Nadiya is VERY picky about her crew, hence she has a small one. She's especially picky about men, having had unpleasant experiences working with them during her training.

That said, she has very firm trust on Stefan and her co-pilot, who have proven themselves to her quite a few times already

Nadiya finds Stefan's obliviousness over the fact TWO people have a crush on him amusing.

She and Stefan act as the "mom and dad" of the crew, though they aren't a couple by any means; neither feels any sort of attraction to the other, but they trust and respect each other, and are willing to take more drastic measures than the others.

Nadiya can be quite ruthless if she wants to, there is a reason why she has a reputation. That being said she takes her job as a rescuer seriously - she's just willing to 'rescue' crews from their bad apples as well...

Her saying, "Whatever the threat, external or internal" is basically her philosophy that leads to this.

I'll add more stuff once I figure it out; I don't have her that fleshed out yet, but that's typical for any new characters, they need time to develop.

[scarlet--holmes]

I had a question for a Ukrainian Hetalia ambassador! What do you think would be an appropriate surname for APH Ukraine? The fandom uses "Braginskaya" for her often, but it doesn't seem fitting to give her a Russian surname, especially not the same one as Russia himself.

Thank you for the question! 

That is strange! I do not understand why does the fandom use Braginskaya, when there are so many great Ukrainian options to choose from! I also saw that a lot of people chose Yekaterina (Katyusha), which is a Russian name. 

So today we will try to pick a new name for APH Ukraine that would fit her! 

Let’s start with the name itself. I already mentioned that the most popular name that the fandom gives her is actually Russian. Instead you could use Ukrainian version of the name - Катерина (Kateryna). It sounds good and is widespread in Ukraine. 

Dark Lord Hima Himaruya also suggested a couple of names: Ірина (Iryna), Марія (Mariya or Maria) and Софія (Sofiya/Sofia). I kinda like these options. Especially Iryna and Sofiya. Both names have a Greek origin. Iryna means peace and calmness, while Sofia is the ancient Greek word for wisdom. 

Other common names are Надія (Nadiya), Ганна (Hanna), Олена (Olena), Олександра (Olexandra), Віра (Vira) and Любов (Lyubov). If you want some extremely Ukrainian names, options like Докія (Dokiya), Килина (Kylyna), Зіновія (Zinoviya), Мотря (Motrya) and Соломія (Solomiya) are perfect for you! But my personal favourite is Ольга (Olga), which means saint. It also reminds me of Княгиня Ольга (Olga of Kiev), who was a ruler of Kievan Rus’ and had a big influence on Ukrainian history. I also come across this name quite often, because some roleplayers and fanfic writers use it. 

And now the surname, which is really important for Ukrainians! Hima actually suggested Черненко (Chernenko) as an option. This surname does not sound familiar (maybe it is more widespread in other regions of Ukraine), but it exists and is appropriate, I think. 

A lot of surnames end with -енко/-єнко (-enko/-yenko) or -ук/-юк (-uk/-yuk). It is also quite easy to meet a person, whose surname represents the profession of their ancestors ( e.g. Швець (Shvets’, Shoemaker), Ткач (Tkach, Weaver), Гончар (Honchar, Potter) and many others). Having an animal-related surname (yeah, that’s a thing) is also not a big deal here :D Most surnames do not have male and female forms. However surnames, which are derived from adjectives, do change (Кобилянський - Кобилянська).

Some of the most widespread Ukrainian surnames are Мельник (Melnyk), Шевченко (Shevchenko), Бойко (Boyko), Коваленко (Kovalenko), Бондаренко (Bondarenko), Ткачук (Tkachuk), Марченко (Marchenko), Лисенко (Lysenko). Радченко (Radchenko) would also be perfect (not because of my obsession with Ukrainian literature and Stepan Radchenko, not at all). It is pretty common here. 

As for nyo!version of Ukraine, there are names like Олег (Oleg), Андрій (Andriy), Ігор (Igor), Віктор (Viktor), Святослав (Svyatoslav), Володимир (Volodymyr) and Олександр (Olexandr). 

That’s it for today! I am sorry, that I also added information about the name (I did not want to split them). Still I hope you will be able to find your perfect name and surname for Ukraine! I really like Olga Radchenko. What about you? Which version is your favourite? Send them in my askbox, please. I would be happy to read them!