#hetalia asks

[ask-nyotaliadenmark]

Nollaig Shona duit! Merry Christmas!

@ask-hws-eire

Glædelig jul, Irland!

Now can someone help me outta' all this ribbon?.. 😥

[ask-aph-hws-iceland]

[OOC: hello! Paiko here! I just have a few things I'd like to discuss. Now, I do have to make a few disclaimers before I go on. I absolutely do not condone the harassment of anyone regardless of what I may discuss and how it may apply to anyone. I also want to make it known that this doesn't mean anything for my ask blog. I'm not abandoning it. Iceland is here to stay! I also would like to clarify that this doesn't apply to most of the people I've interacted with on this ask blog. Most of you are absolutely wonderful, and (contrarily to my portrayal of Iceland) I am a huge extrovert, so I absolutely love interacting with everyone.

That being said, I've noticed that some of us aren't too familiar with some common unspoken rules of having an ask blog, so I'll try to bring a few up, shall I?

Let's start with something simple.

1)You are not entitled to anyone's character. I'll try to say this as nicely as possible, but you're not playing dolls with your siblings where you can make demands as to how the story should go. Your version of a character is not absolute and people should not have to alter their character to fit your own mold. It is also very sucky to try and force your headcanons onto someone else. If you really dislike someone's character so much, you're more than welcome to find another ask blog.

2) your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose. This one is slightly related to the last one, so it'll be a bit shorter. Do not try to force your chosen course of events onto someone else. Yes, we all love having our characters in strange little scenarios, but if someone isn't cool with that, that's a shame, but it never gives you the right to try and force them into it. Creating an arc in an ask blog community is... Hard. It's hard to get everyone on board. A great example of an arc well done is the meeting arc we had for a bit. That was funny, super sweet and it was actually quite immersive. Everyone had fun, we all caused chaos, it was great. When someone isn't entirely on board, then it gets a little unfortunate. If you want to have a full arc with a fellow ask blog you can communicate over PMs. I know not all of us care to use them, but it can be very helpful in coordinating something like this so there are no issues later on. Especially if said arc deals with any form of rivalry or conflict. Otherwise, you're just attacking someone for no apparent reason.

3) your fellow ask bloggers are not therapists. A bit of character angst can be nice when done right. It can help explore these kinds of issues in a digestible way, but when it's essentially just using mental health issues as a plot point to get the story where you want it, that's when we start having problems. I mentioned this before on my main blog, but trivializing mental health under the guise of representation really does not sit quite right with me and nor should it anyone else. My interpretation of Iceland is a really insecure teen. It plays a lot into his character and he has this self-deprecating humour that can come across as concerning at times. The difference here is that Iceland's character is not seeking help here. His character is meant to be relatable. A lot of us make this sort of joke. When it's just 'oh, this arc isn't going how I wanted it to? That's fine, let me just have the character have some serious mental problems as a result of that!' then I have a huge issue with it. If your character is the type to always complain about their life and walk around with a half empty bottle of booze belligerently yelling about their happenings, it's important that this character is treated as a punchline. Even as someone who has never and will never drink, I can recognise how funny and tension breaking a character like that can be.

4) please respect other people's personal rules. Some of us dislike shipping and whatnot for various reasons. Keep in mind that a lot of the people you interact with are minors. This isn't a dating simulator. I, for example, forbid shipping as Iceland is a minor and I am personally not comfortable with shipping him even if the other character is also a minor. If you're cool with that, fantastic! But not on my blog. This plays into the whole not forcing your storyline on someone else point, but it's important to me that people understand that when someone says they're uncomfortable with something, stay away from that something while interacting with them. I've stated wanting to keep this blog mostly PG. That is a boundary, not a request. I can and will ban anyone who disregards mine or anyone else's rules.

I'm sorry if this post came across as a little harsh. I don't mean to attack anyone. I'm just trying to ensure everyone's safety here. If you see a problem with anything I've said don't be scared to bring anything up. It never hurts to discuss.

Once again, thank you for coming to my yap session.]

[ask-the-hero-america]

Yes Alfred, get a Hatsune Miku binder

YEAH!!!!!

[asking-italia-romano]

whoever invented romantic love can suck on a lemon

[askfinandhana]

Have any of the other nps heard that apparently netflix is making a mini series about us? I'm curious as to how that's going to go, I haven't been made aware of this- How is it supposed to be accurate if they don't actually consult us?

[koolkat9]

✏️🌸

send an emoji to my inbox and i will draw

✏️ a nation i would redesign

Well...I have a whole ass OC for Ireland but that may be a little more than a redesign. So I also included Seychelles because girl needs more melanin and textured hair. So here is Michelle and my version of Ireland Niamh.

🌸 my favorite wlw pairing

My first favourite is probably Nyo Canada x Ukraine (mostly due to Maddie being an easy self insert but shhh). Not including Nyos I have to go with my first wlw ship ever: Belgium x Taiwan. I just feel they have similar personalities being both cheerful and bubbly, so I think they'd get along well.

[hetalian-veteran]

I think that the reason the Hetalia fandom seems impossible to leave isn't just the openness and room for creativity in the fandom (although that is definitely a factor), but because personifying non-human concepts is just a thing that humans have liked to do for all of our history. Things like ancient sun gods are personifications, and country personifications are also as old as countries themselves. But in our time, it sounds weird to say "My hobby is personifying nations!" If you like something fictional, it has to be connected to a specific media. So we simply refer to personified nations as "Hetalia", when what we're really doing is carrying on the timeless human tradition of personifying concepts that are important to our lives.

Sooooo... What I'm hearing is that the Hetalia characters could be our Gods.

Huh, I guess the Doitsuists were right!

[billowingangel]

Top five favorite Hetalia characters? Plus, have you ever listened to the drama CDs?

Canada

Russia / Sweden / Finlans tied

Netherlands / Australia / Switzerland tied

England / Ukraine / Germany / Romano tied

Spain / Prussia / Japan / China tied

honorable mentions: Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Estonia, and Taiwan

I have a main favorite character which is Canada and he's mostly been more favorite but sometimes Sweden, Switzerland or Netherlands has. But after my 1st favorite they all kinda tie together and mush together so hard to really make a list of them.

I haven't listened to the drama CDs 🫣 Is there a way too online?

Kinda related but off topic because this is about stuff I haven't done despite being in the fandom 8ish years (on and off)

I'm confessing I'm not a true hetalia fan… 😔 I've never played/watched hetaoni or whatever that horror game is called. And an even bigger sin...ive never read cardverse. I have no fucking clue what it is.

[arthurianlegend144]

9 and 22!

Hi!

My favourite fan made video is the UsUk "The World is mine" video, if you know, you know, super nostalgic to me. More specifically this one version:

And to be honest, the majority of fics I read in the fandom were in Portuguese. Now my English is good enough for me to read things, but my time is limited. I have read the classics though "We'll meet again" and "Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart", the first ever fics I have ever read in English!

I would actually appreciate fanfic recommendations.

[ask-2p-ger]

Froher Tag der Deutschen Einheit ! (Happy Day of German Unity)

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

danke, and to you too.

[ask-nyotaliadenmark]

Hej Mette!

I'm Denmark, glad to see you here

@ask-therulerofscandinavia

Glad ta’ see ya’ here too, Denmark!

With the two of us here, I bet we’re able ta’ take over the world! 🌎😈😈😈

[ask-aph-hws-iceland]

Do you own crocs?

No. Not only are they not practical for me they draw too much attention. They don't offer enough support for my harsh terrains and they're too open to protect from the elements. Francis would also give me hell for it, so I wear the most comfortable shoes I can in the most unnoticeable styles I can find. I mostly wear my boots these days. I think I keep them in good condition and I don't like the feeling of having to break in new shoes.

[ask-the-hero-america]

guys.... im running late and forgot to book flights, which country is the meeting in again??

[asking-italia-romano]

How much wine can you handle before getting wasted?

well, i'm certainly not a lightweight like feliciano. i don't know exactly how much but i have a pretty good tolerance, i dont think many others have seen me past the tipsy stage.

[askfinandhana]

Fin! Yer page is too cute!! Never knew ya’ had a blog! Can I see Hana?

@ask-nyotaliadenmark )

Hello!!!! I only just started this page, so it's pretty new!! Hana's sleeping right now, how cute is she?

[koolkat9]

🗣️ for the ask game

send an emoji to my inbox and i will draw

🗣 the nation with my favorite voice actor

God really depends on dub or sub.

Sub, England's and Austria's are probably my favourite. England's I just find so fitting for him and Austria's Japanese voice actor just has such a soothing voice.

Germany's Japanese voice actor gets an honorary mention just for the higher section in 'Ich Liebe.'

Dub. I love Germany's voice actor a lot for him. I'm glad England finally got a good English VA for the latest season who was actually from the uk so had a grasp of the slang/common phrases (even though he was Scottish not English). OH how could I forget Ian Sinclair. Personally, I think his deeper voice is much more fitting for Romano than the higher voice of the va in the sub. Eric Vale as America is also one I really like and got excited hearing in season 7. And like with Roma I actually prefer Eric's Canada over the sub version.