#fruk is number 1 otp

[olympeline]

@endlesscolddreams and @liemurienn dropped some really good replies on my USUK vs. FrUK post and it’s made me think about the differences between both pairings and why they might attract their respective fans the way they do.

Let’s begin with USUK, which nearly from series start has more canon on its side. Or rather it has more “serious” moments. Hetalia is a gag show at heart and its non-jokey parts are few and far between, ship tease included. The first gut punch most fans will encounter is Alfred and Arthur’s battle during the American War for Independence. That will definitely stick with a lot of people if for no other reason than it’s so unexpected. The funny, silly anime about pasta and gag war abruptly pivots to a main character sobbing his heart out in the rain while another looks on, stony faced, with no joke at all. This can’t not leave an impression. Even fans who loathe Alfred never try to pretend his effect on Arthur isn’t huge. Then the series carries on teasing the things left unsaid between them in both serious and silly shapshots. With all this is mind, it’s not hard to see why USUK became the big, swinging dick of Hetalia’s ships. Aside from the borderline canon Gerita, nothing else really has the weight behind it I think.

This definitely makes it what I would call an “easy” ship to get into. That sounds bad because fandoms can be very judgey about pairings they find to be basic. Just like everything else in the arts, there’s a perception among some people that if something is popular then it must be dumber/less deep/worse. Pure elitism basically. And it’s bollocks. Just because something is popular with the masses doesn’t make it worse. It just means it’s popular. Plenty of people hate USUK for the perfecly legitimate reason that it just doesn’t gel with them. But there’s always been a minority undercurrent of “I hate this just because it’s the fandom’s most visible ship!” Seen this happen a million times with other communities over the years.

USUK also has the almost universally beloved tropes of Happy, Gregarious, Extroverted one loves Moody, Gloomy, Introverted one. Who loves him back but can’t say it because tsundere. FrUK on the other hand is more subtle. It has Slowburn, Rivals/Enemies to Lovers as its bread and butter. These tropes are well loved but there’s no big, attention grabbing dramatic moment early on that makes use of and cements the FrUK interpretation of them in the minds of fans. Francis and Arthur share a lot of screentime but it’s all jokey and fun. Even the ship tease is all gags relating to Francis being comically pervy and Arthur being comically stuffy and flustered. Francis gets some heart rending moments later (Joan of Arc, the wish for a mortal life) but Arthur isn’t included. Even though he could have been because of what happened to Joan. It’s left up to the fans to add him. In another universe the Closet Cleaning arc was replaced by a Bitter Hundred Years War arc, and FrUK subsequently took the top spot in the fandom’s ship rankings as a result.

Leaving plain, old personal taste aside, I think all this divided the fandom between shippers who wanted something they could leap into and get early gratification (USUK) vs shippers who wanted to expend a little more energy on interpretation (FrUK). Because there’s plenty of drama to be had with Francis and Arthur thanks to the French/English historical rivalry (see above). But it’s not offered up on a plate in canon like with Arthur and Alfred. A USUK shipper gets drama given to them while a FrUK shipper has to dig deeper and make their own fun. Different strokes.

This kind of thing is very interesting to me. Please feel free to add on your own interpretations if you like ☺️

[d-joana-a-shippadora]

fruk- 1,8, 10 for that shipping thing :)

(Finally, my father give me back my PC— When your father’s PC is broken :’v )

1. How do much do I ship it?: 

Never heard of it/ Notp / Dislike / used to ship / maybe / ship it / aww / otp / IS IT CANON YET?

At the beginning of my Hetalian life (what?), I used to ship it more. But now I’m more a crackshipper. :’v HOWEVER! Let me say that one of my favourites fanfics is about FrUk. It’s in Brazilian Portuguese, though. My friend is a great writer!

8.  What do they fight about?

ABOUT LITERALLY EVERYTHING!!! LIKE, “ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY ASS?! DON’T YOU DARE” OR “WHY MY KITCHEN IS RUINED?!” OR “WHY ARE YOU SO SEXY LIKE THAT? BOY, YOU ARE TEMPTING ME!” 

10. Who cried at the end of Marley and me?

Weeell, I can’t remember if I already saw that movie or not, but anyway. Both. And they ate a lot of ice cream.

Send me a ship and a number!

[person-chan]

Merci to @chersquad tagging me 😄 RULES:  1. Answer the questions given by the previous person 2. Write 11 new questions 3. Tag 11 people 1. What is the strangest place you have ever been ? Don’t know 😐 I think it was in an hotel in Italia 😅 because I was only 10 and lost ‘cause my little bro was lost 😂😅 2. What is your favorite kind of house ? I love spacy house 😍 because it’s just like you’re in a modern castle in a house style but in the night, it can be suspicious at any noises heard 👀 3. Early bird or night owl ? I say night owl because the night is precious ✨ 4. Are you old fashioned ? Maybe xD I love vintage things 📷 5. Are you usually on time, early or late ? Usually early 😄 or on time it’s depending on my motivation to go ! 6. If you do like it, what is you’re favorite kind of chocolate ? Yes I do 😍😍 I prefer black chocolate 🍫 7. What was the last thing you ate ? It was chocolates biscuits 🍫🍘 8. What are your 3 favorite foods ? I have a lot 😍 #Foodislive but I’m crazy about chocolate 🍫, sweets 🍭 and sushi 🍣 9. What would you like to do again ? Aaaah a hard question 😩 If I have to choose something I want to make fun of my Big Bro 😂 I love his face when he’s desesperate by me 😘 10. What would you do if you were  invisible ? I would help somebody who really need help and listen about people of what they think about me when I’m not here 🙊 11. What’s your lucky number ? Any special reason why ? I don’t really have a lucky number but I love the 9 ✨ Because it’s a very important number for my religion and I think it’s a pretty good number 😌 Mes questions : 1. What do you think about your favorite comic or manga ? Do you have an OTP in it ? 2. Do you draw ?:c if you do, please, make a fanart of your profil and post it 😋 3. Your family is in danger : the first thing at your left is your weapon. What is it ? 4. Do you like Bryan ?😮 5. If you can change one thing in the world, what it would be ? 6. Answer in your native language at this question : How are you ? 7. Do you love Doitsu ?°^° 8. Are you proud of your country ? 9. What time it is when you’re answering me ? 10. Your NOTP ?😯 11. Glad I’ve finish ?😂🔫 Tags: I have to tag people 😮 please, don’t hit me if I chose you and we haven’t speak together 😅 ('cause of my bad english peut-être 😂🔫) So 😆 - @tsubasa-hiroge - @imakemywings - @salytierra - @ask-piratetalia-nerds - @ask-monsieur-francis - @ask-aph-fruk - @mauvaisefoy - @haeko9page - @servant-of-spamano - @djovizz - @aph-spamanos Merci to @chersquad (again 😇) to tagging me even I never talked with her 😊 Have a nice day 🌞