#aph rare pair

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@hetalia-rarepairweek day 3: celebrity

I really like my outline brush

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Prompt: Based on a movie:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

He makes her laugh.

(Background taken from the movie).

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[dahliamorena]

Day 5 - Historic | Meeting The Family

In January 1614, the first Japanese samurai arrived in Acapulco to later make their way to Mexico City. The first Japanese diplomat to establish relations in the New Spain colony (now Mexico) was a samurai by the name of Tsunanega Hasekura. Read about it here!

I only had time to do this one thing but hopefully I’ll do another one!!

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[kostantina]

HWS Female Holy Rome X England (Medieval Empire X Modern Empire)

AESTHETIC MOOD BOARD

❝Many German and English writers were fond of expressing a common Anglo-Saxon-Germanic heritage prior to 1914, but in fact this largely disappeared after the Saxon migrations of late antiquity. Important contacts remained, especially with the renewed missionary activity promoted by the Carolingians, who often relied on qualified monks from the British Isles, like St Boniface, but otherwise England and the Empire evolved separately. While a sense of Saxon heritage may have played a part, both countries were sufficiently distant not to be immediate competitors. Ironically, this opened possibilities for royal marriages which, like Byzantine-imperial matches, were intended mainly to impress a domestic audience and avoid antagonizing a king’s nobles by tying him to one local family. Otto I married Alfred the Great’s granddaughter, Edith of Wessex, while Henry III married Gunhild, daughter of Knut of Denmark-England. Edith’s and Knut’s deaths ended any chances of a lasting alliance in both cases.

❝By contrast, connections in the high Middle Ages were more significant, if less celebrated in the nineteenth century. Emperor Henry V married Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, in 1114 as a deliberate attempt to forge an alliance with the Anglo-Norman dynasty ruling much of Britain since 1066. It was hoped this would outflank a Franco-papal alliance threatening the Empire towards the end of the Investiture Dispute.❞

-  Peter H. Wilson, Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

❝On his mother's advice, Richard resigned the kingdom of England to Henry VI in order to receive it back as a fief of the empire. He was to pay his overlord £5,000 a year. Richard was now a vassal of Philip for his continental lands and a vassal of Henry VI for his island kingdom, but it seems that in England few, if any, were willing to acknowledge this, and that this part of the agreement was hushed up. At Henry's court, of course, it was regarded as the jewel in the crown.

❝On the day of his release, Henry VI and the princes of the empire had sent Philip and John a letter telling them that they would do all they could to help Richard if everything that had been taken while Richard was in captivity was not restored at once.❞

- John Gillingham, Richard I

❝On the morning of 6 August an imperial herald in full regalia rode through Vienna to the Jesuit church of the Nine Choirs of Angels. After climbing to the balcony, he summoned the inhabitants with a silver fanfare to announce the end of the Empire.

❝The Empire was certainly not dead by the late eighteenth century, and if it was sick, as Zedler and others suggested, it was not yet on life support. If revolutionary France had not intervened, the most likely prognosis was that the Empire’s socio-political order would have persisted further into the nineteenth century, but it is unlikely that this could have been sustained against the levelling and homogenizing forces unleashed by capitalism and industrialization around 1830.

❝By 1806, some leading intellectuals expressed the sense that the Empire had been sick for a long time and that its doctors had long given up hope. Goethe’s mother wrote two weeks after Francis II’s abdication that the news was not unexpected, ‘as when an old friend is very ill’. Later historians have expressed similar views that the Empire died ‘a “natural” death’ from old age, rather than having been murdered by Napoleon.❞

-  Peter H. Wilson, Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

❞By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, French imperialism had been curbed in North America, the Caribbean, and parts of Asia, but soon much of North and West Africa would be brought under French political and cultural influence. Spain was no longer a major power, but after the demise of its empire in the 1830’s its cultural dominance in the countries of South America remained: their economies urban, their governments strictly centralized, and their peoples devoutly Catholic in the Spanish style (Fernandez-Armesto, 2003). The Dutch and Portuguese empires were also in decline, and yet survived, resistant to radical change because of the commercial benefits derived from their overseas possessions. However, none of these four imperial orders came close to matching the size and power and wealth of the British Empire.

❝Encompassing nearly a quarter of the Earth’s land mass and a quarter of its population, the British Empire in the 19th century grew into the most extensive empire the world has ever seen.❞

- Douglas M. Johnston, In The Historical Foundations of World Order: The Tower and the Arena

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Thinking abt Ireland & Netherlands on their first date in like a little cafe or smth and Saoirse is yapping the whole time, talking about anything and everything, and Jan is just sorta sipping his coffee, thinking to himself that she’s just so cute and he could listen to her forever. And at some point she gets embarrassed like “oh, I’m not going on, am I?” And bc he’s so blunt he just says. “Yes.” And she’s like “oh, sorry! I’ll shut up.” And he’s like “don’t. I like it.” And she nervously smiles at him before continuing on with whatever she was talking about

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Mirepoix

Fandom: Hetalia (personified) Pairing: Arthur x Kat (EngUkr/UkrEng) Content Length: Short (~500 words)

A sleepy Arthur shuffled into the kitchen, drawn by the comforting aroma of a simmering stock and the enticing view of the lovely woman making it. He walked up behind Kat and wrapped his arms around her, giving her cheek a soft kiss, then resting his chin on the crook of her neck.

“Mm. Good morning, love.”

“Good morning, honey. Did you sleep well?”

“Mhm.” He closed his eyes, still feeling sleepy. “What is my beautiful wife up to this morning?”

“Well, I decided to start making some soup early so we can have something warm for lunch.”

“It's too early for soup, love.” Kat glanced at the time on the stove and noticed it was indeed a bit early from her usual start to the morning. She looked at him and put her hands on his.

“It is. And?”

“Come back to bed with me. It's so cold without you.”

“It is quite cold this morning, isn’t it?”

“Mhm.”

“Well, then, why don't I finish cutting up some of the vegetables first, and then I’ll join you again? Hm?”

“Couldn't you do this later?” Arthur pouted, tugging at Kat's heartstrings.

“You’ll enjoy it more if it simmers longer.”

“But I don't want soup. I want you.”

“Mmm. Could you give me a couple of minutes first?”

“Kat..” He whined softly, wanting to do nothing but cuddle together. His hands were getting cold and he needed to warm them up soon.

She turned around to give him a kiss to placate her big baby for a moment. “Go back to bed, I’ll be there soon.”

Arthur sighed loudly, not wanting to let her go, but feeling the need to lay back down under the covers. He unpeeled himself from her and picked her up, carrying her like he did the night of their wedding. She yelped from the unexpected movement, wrapped her hands around his neck for support, and then laughed at his sudden gesture.

“What are you doing!?”

“I'm taking you with me.”

He carried her up the stairs to their bedroom, and laid her down on the bed, then covered her with the blanket and crawled underneath it, wrapping his arms around her again. So warm…

“Mm. This is nice.”

“You're right.” Kat snuggled up against him. “This is much nicer than soup.” She put her fingers on his lower back, beneath the top of his pajamas, causing him to flinch and groan at the sudden iciness. She giggled softly at his reaction.

“Oh yeah?” Arthur placed the back of his fingers against her neck and she squealed from the way the chill of his knuckles shocked her warm skin. “That's payback for what you did.” He smiled and gave her a gentle kiss that basically said ‘We are even now’.

She placed a warm and sweet kiss back onto his lips and nuzzled her nose into his neck, taking in his natural musk, basking in his warmth, and slowly falling asleep as she listened to his heartbeat thump evenly. He pulled the blanket up to her nose and buried his nose in her hair to keep himself warm too.

“Can you breathe, my love?” he gave her kisses as she fell asleep in his arms.

“Mhm.”

“Perfect.” He dozes off with a smile on his face, a warmth radiating from within, and the love of his life in his arms.

[madam-of-lithuania]

This is for @hetalia-rarepairweek Day 2, Comfort

I just wanted to draw Mani and BC together just them relaxing

Disclaimer: iamp Manitoba and iamp British Columbia are not my oc they belong to Ctcsherry

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@hetaliahappenings @heta-on-the-books @hetaliacalendar @nsfhetalia

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🇹🇷×🇻🇳: 🎶Contamíname pero no con el humo que asfixia el aire

Ven, pero sí con tus ojos y con tus bailes

Ven, pero no con la rabia y los malos sueños

Ven, pero sí con los labios que anuncian besos

🇹🇷 x🇻🇳: Contamíname, mézclate conmigo

Que, bajo mi rama, tendrás abrigo

Contamíname, mézclate conmigo

Que, bajo mi rama, tendrás abrigo 🎶

[felovabriel]

so does anyone want to send me prompts for little Hetalia fics? I'm struggling with self-starting but I still miss writing this fandom

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@hetalia-rarepairweek day 5 : historical

thanks to @astrophilic-soul for the references and ideas ‼️ ✨

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Prompt: Free Day

Alfred attempts to be brooding and mysterious in hopes of impressing the cool alt girl.

Based on an episode of Disney's Hercules TV series!

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[ama-the-weeb]

"Don't cry..."

HAVE MILDLY SAD LUXKOR!!!!! I WILL KEEP MAKING SHIT FOR THEM AND YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ENDURE IT!!!

[kostantina]

Hi! ~

How are you? I hope you've been doing well!

I'M really intrigued by your Fem! GREAT X England. Is there any reason why you began shipping them? What would their dynamic be like? Do you have an favorite headcanons with them? 🪽

Hello, Anon! Thank you for the ask, and I’m doing well. I hope you’re having a great day as well <3

Ship: Female Holy Roman Empire/Holy Rome x England

Reasons: 

So, I’m not really certain how I started shipping them because it has been more than a year since then. But I guess it started because of the content I saw about Arthur and Elizabeth I and Jeanne d’Arc and Francis. The appearance of Jeanne in Hetalia reminded me of Fem!HRE’ in the fanarts I saw of her. They were also both very religious, and I assume that HRE would be religious because of the Catholic origins or nature of the Empire in real life. The Holy Roman Emperor is traditionally the protector of the church, and the imperial title originated from the Pope after being helped by the same man he would then crown as Emperor of the Romans. Many emperors that followed were also crowned by the Pope.

So their resemblance also led me to think about what happened to HRE and Jeanne eventually. The French’s actions resulted in the Emperor dissolving HRE, and a tribunal dominated by the English sentenced Joan to death. Francis would have been angry at Arthur because of what happened to Jeanne, and I thought that if I made Fem!HRE be an important person to Arthur, then it would lead to Arthur being angry at Francis for what happened to her. I imagine the two of them letting go of their anger and being friends, talking about these two women who were very important to them and apologizing for their people’s actions that resulted in their end. Then, Francis would meet Jeanne’s reincarnation, while England would meet Fem!Germany who was slowly remembering her memories as HRE. It’s such an interesting scenario that I got interested in shipping Fem!HRE and England together.

But right now, though, I’m more interested in Fem!HRE reincarnating as a human instead of becoming Amnesiac!Germany and England meeting her. Mentioning Germany, at the time, I was also interested in Germany x England pairing, and as we all know, Germany was theorised to be HRE. I hadn’t seen any content about HRE!Germany and England back then, so my interest in Fem!HRE and England increased. My first content about this pairing was originally about the scenario I mentioned above, with England meeting Fem!Germany who was slowly remembering her forgotten memories, but I ended up not liking the direction I was heading, so the idea was abandoned. Germany also didn’t exist before the late 19th century, and I wanted to imagine scenarios about GerEng before that century. Thankfully, the HRE!Germany theory exists. After some time, I ended up being interested in Fem!HRE x England without needing HRE to become Germany in the future. And as a person who loves rare ships, Fem!HRE x England being rarer than GerEng only drew me more to them.

Also, HRE died in the same century when Pax Britannica happened, and the thought of a man so powerful having the person he loved most dying and the public not knowing about it because their relationship was a secret (due to being personifications) was interesting. She was a living, or rather, dying proof that despite the power he held, he wouldn't be able to get everything. Considering how patriarchal society was, especially in their time, it’s heartwarming to have such a man being appreciative of a woman, so Fem!HRE instead of Male!HRE. I also wish HRE had been older and female in canon for reasons I would not mention because I already said so many things. 

Another thing that interests me is how England and HRE both have empires but hers was not colonial, preventing the two empires from having direct conflicts. Her empire started in the medieval era, which had been the only empire for centuries in Western Europe, while his empire started in the modern era. What happened to them in the 19th century could be interpreted as a medieval empire meeting a modern empire in its strongest state (for her at least since she would soon die to know how strong his empire could be), and a modern empire meeting a medieval empire in its weakest state (and he would have to live with the knowledge she was dead). The contrasts are interesting.

England and HRE’s people also had interactions/connections in real life, but even if not many, I think it would emphasize how personal Arthur and Fem!HRE’s relationship was. I also love how they have canon “biological” siblings because interactions between spouses and their in-laws are interesting and can be amusing.  

Dynamics/Headcanons: 

I see their dynamics having similarities with Padme and Anakin’s from Star Wars and Zhongli and Guizhong’s from Genshin Impact.

Fem!HRE would be softer, while Arthur would be rougher in personality. I see her as being motherly and someone who would calm or soothe him when he was feeling overwhelmed and frown or be annoyed whenever he spoke crudely (but she would get used to it). He would be more straightforward and more of an actions type of person, while she would be more guarded and more of a words type of person. 

After the Protestant Reformation happened, their religious differences would make their relationship awkward but would not be enough to destroy it. Their religious views would also be affected by how Arthur was born surrounded by pagan views, while Fem!HRE was born surrounded by Catholic views (based on what I headcanoned to be her date of existence as an individual). She was basically younger than him, born long after the conversion of Emperor Constantine I to Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire, while he already existed way before that.

Talking about their different circumstances, Arthur would feel bitter about how she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth (already having an empire ever since she was born) in contrast to him, while she would feel bitter at how he ended up with an empire that was more powerful than hers could ever be and how she ended up being the one without an empire when at the beginning he was the one without an empire. Since she was able to grow older earlier than in canon, the same would apply to Feliciano (and his brother), who would remain her first love and who Arthur would be wary (or jealous) of. Her friendship with and fondness for Antonio when both were ruled by Habsburgs would also make her relationship with Arthur awkward.

I love the idea of them getting married surrounded by a few trusted witnesses in the Middle Ages and repeating their vows in the following centuries. She was also more romantic/sentimental and idealistic than Arthur and therefore would highly expect him to be an affectionate lover. Her perception of marriage would be optimistic too, influencing his decision to propose. But she was not naive not to consider the negative consequences, especially since they were not humans and she was in a world dominated by men.

It’s honestly hard to think of my favourite headcanon for them. I don’t really have an organised list of headcanons lol. But I deeply love imagining them bonding over gardening like the couple in the Secret Garden novel and sword fighting one another to practice and entertain themselves. I also love imagining her having a preference for him in the colour of red, and Arthur teasing her about it, causing her to be very flustered. And when it comes to how they met each other face-to-face and became close friends (and eventually lovers), I prefer her older brother, Saxony, to be the bridge between them because of Anglo-Saxon England and her Saxon emperors.

When it comes to parenthood, I imagine Hanover as their daughter because of the House of Hanover ruling his empire and Hanover being an electorate in her empire. At first, I’m not certain how I would characterise Hanover’s relationship with them, whether she should be a daughter or a sister. But I ended up deciding for her to be a daughter because I wanted them to have a child who knew about their secret relationship and Arthur to have a child who was not a product of his empire’s expansion; someone who he would have to see as an "equal" in a way.   

As previously mentioned, England and Fem!HRE had a secret relationship. It's more heart-fluttering that way (like, the thought of him suddenly pulling her away towards a secluded area just to kiss her secretly is 🤭). Despite their roles and the challenges they had to face as personifications, they still found a way to love one another and have their own world.