#aph california

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

my tendency to ramble endlessly is strong 😔🙏 so I’ll try my best to keep this short. Anyways this is the result of a month long doodle page of a few of my westerners: Ramona “Mona” Sanchez/ California, Roberto Velasco “Rob McDaniel”/ Texas, & Pedro Ortega/ New Mexico + Aurelie Bayon/ Louisiana (c. @gardenkeeper ).

Under the cut, I’ll explain each doodle briefly from left to right, & I’m just gonna include the most important details. I’ll def be talking about Mona & Rob more so in the future.

Doodles left to right

Mona is like 12, a bit angsty, and boy crazy when she’s starting to think of being independent of Mexico. She thought the cute blonde boy (Alfred/USA) who was also fighting Mexico was totally gonna help her cause he’s y’know famously so good hearted (lolllll). That didn’t pan out well.

Mona on a horse cause why not. She’s usually trying to be this influencer-esque, health conscious, “spiritual” fake bitch, but like she can’t hide at her core she’s a bit of a cowgirl.

Mona & Rob talking when they’re US states. Rob just has a compulsive urge to tease her. And he does reveal stuff about her that she doesn’t necessarily want revealed (Californios are mostly castizos if you will and began identifying as Spanish rather than Mexican as they did not want to be associated with Mexico as Mexico was sending people with more mesitzos or just non-white ancestry to the region. Mona upon entry to the US would’ve identified herself as being Spanish as a means of asserting her distance from Mexico by trying to assert greater proximity to whiteness and Rob knows what she’s doing and just causally pokes holes in her story lol. Not that Rob is much better).

Rob & Aurelie just being affectionate together. I’ll save a greater discussion about them for another time. But their story begins when Rob is basically a neglected Spanish colonial outpost who’s forced to rely on the good will of his presumed French colonial enemy, Aurelie. They become friends throughout the years. Rob always had a crush on Aurelie. She began to like him more romantically towards the 20th century, and I think they bond over a shared love of music - especially genres from that region: Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, & Zydeco.

Rob in the late 19th & early 20th trying to impress Aurelie

Rob & Alfred are BFFs, they’re friends before the civil war but they really become BFFs post-civil war. They’re like highkey the same person. Loud, obnoxious, head strong. Except Rob has more of a lighter, jokester energy to him. Rob is slower to anger whereas Alfred could hold a grudge forever (New England ass).

A design of Pedro / New Mexico. I need to do more research on him. But so far I feel bad he’s stuck btwn Mona & Rob. They’re both objectively crazy lol. And Pedro just wants to be left alone.

Mona confronting Rob towards the end of the US Civil War.

[askthegoldencoast]

hi miss california! what is your profession?

“A state obviously. I do a lot of financial planning and organizing for the country, bringing in trillions each year.”

“I also model. Victoria‘s Secret, Vogue, etc. Gives me something fun to do!”

[ask-the-aph-california]

She's having a normal one

((Hope everyone is staying safe with the storm... floods... earthquake... etc. I'm stuck inside and had this fun little idea))

[simple-persica]

My wonderful Cardinal trio from yesterday's stream.

Cali and Tex are probably embarrassing NY in front of a cute girl or something

[circlique]

Speaking of aro characters

[cal-the-golden-girl]

Your California is so cute! What are her hobbies or interests?

aaa thank you!!

It's kinda hard to properly describe Cal. On one hand, she takes a lot of pride in herself and can be pretty self-centered, but this also makes her extremely welcoming to visitors. She loves showing people around the Golden State!

Cal especially loves showing off aspects of her culture that she's adopted from other world cultures. ("Look, Japan named this sushi roll after me! Isn't that cool?!") The other nations admittedly find her easier to interact with than America because of how open she is to them.

She's a sucker for "so-bad-they're-good" movies, like The Room. She often tries to help America with his fear of horror movies by showing him really bad ones but it hasn't worked yet.

[i-have-dots-in-my-brain]

Testing somth

[piotrek-chomik]

Mam dwie twarze

Na obu rysunkach jest moja oc Kalifornii z Hetalii

Może kiedyś wrzucę więcej jej rysunków

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

At least with my states ocs, this gives Mona/California energy cause lol I see California really being in charge of public relations related aspects amongst the states given how much media industry related stuff gets based out there (ex: movies, tv, influence), and also she’d say it politely.

I would say Lynn/Manhattan or Jennie/ NY did this but like lol I feel if they’re too embarrassed to be associated with Alfred and the rest they’re more likely to say nothing.

Personally, my Massachusetts, Henry, I see as a more of a chaotic academic with anger issues- like an old man sort of. And I think he’s banned from social media cause of that and the fact he has no filter whatsoever so he’s going to say something unhinged. This tweet is too polite for him to send that.

In a states AU, which state posts this

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

California as a concept scares me...let alone three Californias.

Anyways, Clara & Mona are sisters. They have a tumultuous relationship is putting it lightly. Clara is the older sister, Mona is the younger. Lol if Mona didn't dye her hair, she and Clara would look very very similar. I am not entirely sure if Teresa is related to them. Right now, she's a kid, and she's just there lol

[askthegoldencoast]

What is your relationship with Texas and New York like?

"New York is mostly just egotistical and obnoxious. She finds herself in competition about finances with me. We rarely get along."

"Texas and I, we used to get along. That was my big brother, and I always looked up to him, no matter what. Shame about what happened."

"I don't want to talk about it. I can't look at them the same. Texas, Mexico, or America. It's a painful reminder of what was once good."

[slurpieshowdown-ss]

Hetatober 2024

Day 1: Allies

It's been a while since I posted anything here, but I'm gonna try to do an October art challenge this year, so: Hetatober!

(full prompt list under the cut)

[objection-zero]

California:

- The leading state is GDP and population, she's an absolute powerhouse.

- Very sunny and happy, always got a bright air about her.

- When she puts clothes on, they shrink to be very revealing. But the states just perceive the regular clothes she put on. She could put on a suit and tie and it would turn into basically nothing on her. Idk why

Minnesota:

- Always shopping, full on girly girl

- You can usually find her sunbathing or by a lake too.

- She's just a girl!

Oregon:

- As a past resident of Orgeon, I have enough credibility to say this man is a bitch.

- He pretends to hate California and Washington, but in reality he's very close with them, and just gets overwhelmed by them.

- He's a big hiker

Kansas:

- My second favorite state design

- After the Wizard of Oz came out, she got sick of all the jokes about her name and started going by Dee-Dee instead.

- Owns a sunflower farm and will often gift bouquets to the other states.

West Virginia:

- The laziest man to ever live.

- Everything is a mess in his house, but he does care enough to clean it.

- He's the nicest one of all the states though.

- Virginia greatly dislikes him but he doesn't mind her.

Nevada:

- He makes a living off of scamming people so he's naturally very suave and handsome.

- The second you mention anything alien around him he goes off the rails, with his hair all messy and clearly unstable.

- He was probably experimented on at some point.

Nebraska:

- I don't have much to say about Nebraska. I don't think anyone has a lot to say about Nebraska.

- He's really funny though. He has the best sense of humor.

Colorado:

- The chillest state in the union, he's definitely a stoner.

- Has OCD in my mind, used to be crazy about Mining but has learnt to chill out. He's very cool in my opinion.

North Dakota:

- Tends to wander off on adventures without really telling anyone.

- He gets lost very easily.

South Dakota:

- Fears disappointing people a lot. He's a big people pleaser.

- Cries a lot.

- The Dakotas are rarely seen without the other. They're truly inseparable.

Check reblogs for the other states!

What if I showed you guys my Hetalia OCs for the 50 states that I've been working on for the past 2 months?

👀👀

Delaware:

- Overly stressed all the time, he has a complex where he needs to feel important. So he opts to do work that would normally fall on the other 49 so he can seem important to them.

- He's the busyman of Delmarva, he gets everything squared away.

- He has the biggest, most effective puppy dog eyes in the world. They're just big and sad and it's hard to say no!

Pennsylvania:

- Very active, has a gym in her home for sure even though she prefers to go outside and work out.

- She and Delaware are very close, as the first two states they became good friends (and New Jersey!). She does her best to protect Delaware when she can.

- Very straightforward, she doesn't mess around. You always know what to expect from her.

New Jersey:

- Loud. So very loud. Always wearing gaudy makeup and unappealing clothing.

- She's very loyal as a friend though–her and New York hang out constantly, with half of their time dedicated to debating something or other loud enough for everyone around them to hear.

- She and New York have been in a battle over the ownership of the Statue of Liberty for a long time. Since the statue is technically on an island that belongs to her, but New York will not give it up. She owns the gift shop.

Georgia:

- One of my favorite states, I love her and her design very dearly.

- I like to think of her as a Mary Sue type, where she's always busy and has an overwhelming amount of work to handle, but she does it all so easily and so effectively that you'd never guess how much she does.

- Also, she owns a peach orchid absolutely.

Connecticut:

- "Um, actually—🤓👆" embodied.

- Everyone is sick of how entitled he is, because he acts like he's so much more intelligent than everyone.

- Which is funny because he is really really smart, but still not as smart as he pretends to act.

- He's one of the only states that's friends with Ohio.

Massachusetts:

- Do not utter the word "revolution" around this man or he will go nuts.

- Very quick to act, very quick to anger. He likes to set things on fire—he always carries a lighter on him�� and argue. If he ever came face to face with England, it would probably go very badly.

- He despises tea, to the point he physically cannot drink it.

Maryland:

- The mediator of Delmarva, this man is the master of solving problems. He's the sweetest.

- Also, the best chef in the country aside from Louisiana and I cannot stress that enough. You know this man has a BIG kitchen in his house.

South Carolina:

- The bimbo of the country okay.

- I just love the idea of her being so determined to be a farmer, but struggling so much because she's just not designed to be a farmer. But she won't give up even though she probably should.

- She's good friends with Georgia but her and North Carolina definitely have a rivalry going on.

New Hampshire:

- Can this man calm down? Please?

- He basically bounces off the walls, definitely has ADHD, and always down to do somethint stupid.

- He spends a good portion of his time bugging Vermont because she's easy to annoy. New Hampshire and Vermont are very close though. The siblings ever.

Virginia:

- I had to make one of them emo okay.

- She's the confident leader of Delmarva for sure. As the first state colonized, she's got a good heart for leadership. She's the state that works the closest with America directly.

- Despite being emo, she's very sweet.

Ahhh Image limit. Check repost for the other states!

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Probably my most unpopular Alfred headcanon is that he didn't participate in the roaring 20's at all because he was busy being a farmer in Oklahoma that decade

[paro-art]

Ever since Feixiao in honkai star rail ( I am madly in love with her ), I've been thinking that hetalia Mexico could be similar to her except she actually looks buff. Great warrior woman who's a foodie with a little silliness and perhaps 2 boyfriends what.

Anyone sees my vision ?

[cal-the-golden-girl]

SHE'S BACK WITH A VENGEANCE BABEY