#hetalia thoughts

[the-nado-hunter]

Random Hetalia character head cannons/hc histories and characterizations that float in my brain but I’ve never written down - starting with England, America and Germany since I’ve thought about them the most lol:

England:

- Was the reverse of Alfred where he actually physically and emotionally aged much slower than most nations. He was barely not a teenager when he first took in Alfred (and his other “kids” by extension) when he was not at all ready/had even fully matured himself.

- I have a hc that nations who “get too big” (meaning the territory under their name grows) they kind of lose themselves and get less distinct and coherent in their motivations and sometimes don’t feel themselves at all, too many voices in their head so to speak. Unfortunately Arthur “lost it” during a pivotal part of his relationship with his family, hence all his strained relationships.

- Once he took on those responsibilities he suddenly jumped in physical age a bit. So while Alfred sees him as being SO much older (calling him an old man) his time in the nation equivalence of life stages was uneven and all over the place.

- it wouldn’t be until the 60s/70s/80s that Arthur had the time and ability to “make up for lost time” hence his musical and punk phases. He finds himself in some ways.., also likely dissolves into addiction problems at the same time.

- In the modern era he still has many anger issues but he’s a lot more calm and sure of himself, however he’s got a built up emotional wall and a whole lot of hidden self hatred that’s going to take a long long time to resolve, and he isn’t quite there yet and tends to lash out and push people away rather than deal with things.

America:

- He was very sheltered by Arthur at first, he was kept out of almost everything for most of his early life. If Arthur wasn’t present (which he often wasn’t due to the two having vastly different understandings of the passing of time) there were people hired and cycled out to take care of him. He can’t help himself though, even if he’s being treated like a sheltered little prince he wants to go run free in the fields and get into shit. He’s basically a Disney princess in his early life is what I’m saying lol.

- reality hits him like a ton of bricks when he’s roughly looking/acting about 14-15. He realizes likely through being exposed to other nations starting to come in and managing to slip out to talk to people just how much has been hidden from him and the resentment grows. And he starts REALLY growing even faster.

- Despite all that he went full on into a “fight” coping mechanism and never stopped. He put on a “mask” at one point in his life and it hasn’t come off. He’s never really deeply dealt with anything so he progressively seems more and more obtuse and seemingly arrogant to overcompensate for not wanting to face any sort of pain.

- He’s deeply deeply lonely and desperately wants closeness and to open up- yet at the same time the idea of seeming “weak” or “vulnerable” is terrifying to him. Him and Arthur are more similar than they would like to admit with how they mask and push people away despite really REALLY needing love and closeness.

Germany:

- it depends on if you accept the “Germany is HRE” theory or not, but either way I tend to think they at least have the same body but might be different entities or ‘spirits’ so to speak. That being said I imagine Ludwig specifically not only was “born” into a body that was preexisting and therefore already past a decent part of childhood, I imagine that his body was at first incredibly weak, frail, and he was very sickly for quite some time.

- I’ve written a fic about this, but I personally hc Ludwig from about 6-15 years old in appearance being almost completely unable to walk and needing braces and assistance to get around. His brother obviously loves and cares about him, but Ludwig couldn’t help but feel frustrated and like a burden. He really does look up to his big brother and is worried about being weak and reliant on others for the rest of his life.

- Ludwig GETS his strength, and as soon as he’s able to walk on his on he becomes obsessed with being as strong and capable as he possibly can be. He wants to never have to rely on anyone again, feeling an odd sense of guilt for needing so much help.

- he’s, in the end… kind of socially inept. Gilbert isn’t exactly the pinnacle of a socialized man himself - So despite being mostly independent and capable he doesn’t really understand social situations, or how to understand himself and others. Feliciano is both jarring and someone I think he becomes interested in him because Feli is capable in something he never has been and really is teaching him a lot.

- Unfortunately Ludwig had in face overcompensated for his past feelings of being a burden he’s taken so much on and has become such a protector that he’s almost unable to set boundaries and say no to requests to take on extra work- malicious or not.

- we already know Ludwig tends to explode and bark directions at people, to me it’s always been a clear sign of how much stress he’s under- but he winds up just appearing scary and he once again takes on more responsibilities and feelings of “something must be wrong with me”.

- i think many in the fandom have joked about it but Ludwig to me is SO repressed and SO gay it’s not even funny

-I would expect poor Ludwig to hit a breaking point and have a nervous breakdown eventually, which I do want to write at some point, just gotta not procrastinate lol

[thirdlotusprince3]

Sci-fi fantasy / sci-fi Alternative Universe story prompts.

Write a Hetalia / countryhuman country in Eastern Europe or Asia as a land of fairy citizens living in trees.

Write a single Hetalia / countryhuman Asian country as steampunk, or the whole continent.

Write about a fictional golden age of piracy that existed in Eastern Europe, East Asia, or existed until modern time.

Write about a world that has been swept up with dusty dunes. How do the Hetalia countries / countryhumans, people in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa live?

Write about where one continent (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America) represents the Moon, and the other the Sun. People with clothing like the moon and moon powers, people with clothing characteristics of the moon and sun.

Write an Hetalia country / countryhuman in 2589 and it has space pirates or cowboys.

Write about a Hetalia country / countryhuman, but it has a mix of ancient and futuristic design. (Ancient/futuristic architecture clothing, music)

Write about a second ice-age? How has it affected the world. How is one Hetalia country / countryhuman dealing with it?

Write about an existing continent. Each Hetalia country / countryhuman in it represents, characterizes an element.

Write about the old world (Europe, Asia, Africa) but it had cowboys in it.

Write about a Hetalia country / countryhuman in (Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa) and it is a mermaid country underwater.

Write about a Hetalia country / countryhuman in Latin America in 2569 and it is cyberpunk.

Write about a fictional country that was formed when two existing countries had a joint colony.

Zap a historical figure from the past, place them in the present. What do they do?

Write about a drastic atmospheric change. The cold countries (Canada, Russia, Finland, etc.) have become hot and tropical, the hot countries (Latin America, Africa, Caribbean, Oceania, Southeast / South Asia, Middle East etc.) have become cold with heavy snow.

Write a historical event, but it had modern technology.

Write a historical time period, but it has superheroes.

Write about some Hetalia countries / countryhumans. They each represent, characterize a season.

Write about some Hetalia countries / countryhumans. They each represent, characterize a holiday, (Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc.)

[unhonestlymirror]

"You just didn't read hetalia deep enough to understand it" - sorry, I am not specialised in all aspects of shit, or as we say in Ukraine, вибачай, на сортах гімна не знаюся.

[hetaliaboyhalo]

Spain is unstable in a sexy way (keep him away from sharp objects he will kill something)

[arnikaaa]

They just appear one day with no knowledge of who they are or which country they represent until someone tells them.

They could go most of a regular human life without knowing, until they realize they are living for a suspiciously long time…

Ok, here's another one for yall:

What's your headcanon for how the nations were born/created?

[jaynuu]

noses not exactly fit for it but they're still cute

[royaltea000]

he could not control the class 😔

[netsue101]

Oh, I leave quite an impression....

[nityisdreaming]

ik alfred is tall but ivan is taller shaddup

(alternative)

inspired by this and this

[evilresidentz]

taken from my TT but how i stylize some of my favs

[fury161]

heat goes on

[renonv]

Here comes the Sun himself ☀️

glassless versión

[ma-re-zo]

Think fast chucklenuts

*Shoots you 53 times*

[unhonestlymirror]

I never search for Eastern European hetalia fanart of previous years because otherwise I'm pretty sure I'll get a heart attack

[italyveneziano]

Idiot the original and idiot the sequel

[anime-grimmy-art]

Gonna throw this out before I get too chicken to do so.

Yup, I was in the Hetalia fandom back in the day (who wasn't). And let's be honest, knowing me, are you actually suprised I gravitated towards the two blondes with their himbo x tsundere ship.

I know a lot of ppl give Hetalia flag for a lot of stuff, but for me it's always been just a funny comedy show about stereotypes, I do kinda fondly look back on it.

Anyways, just a lil redraw of a fun Detective x Superhero AU I made up a while ago.