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breakfast time for alpacas and the pony :')
#Riga Zoo#Rīgas Zoodārzs#Latvia#Riga#alpacas#pony#it's so weird (in regards to the alpacas) that animals that are domesticated elsewhere are considered nigh ''exotic'' in Latvia :')
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Holidays 4.3
Holidays
American Circus Day
American Creed Day
Armenian Appreciation Day
Corrupt Society Day
Day of the Bride (Argentina)
Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day
A Drop of Water is a Grain of Gold
Fan Dance Day
Find A Rainbow Day
Good Deeds Day
Independent Artist Day
International Day Against Victim Blaming
Jane Goodall Day (Los Angeles)
Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)
Love A Muslim Day (UK)
National Chalk Day
National Film Score Day
National Grey Day
National Inspiring Joy Day
National Library Week begins
National Pac-Man Day
National Shoot Your Shot Day
Overcome a Handicap Day
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Peace Day (Angola)
Pony Express Day
Second Republic Day (Guinea)
TV Guide Day
Tweed Day
Weed Out Hate: Sow the Seeds of Greatness Day
World Aquatic Animal Day
World Cloud Security Day
World Party Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day
Fish Fingers and Custard Day
National Chocolate Mousse Day
1st Monday in April
National Bake Week begins [1st Monday]
National Fun Day [1st Monday]
Public Library Day [Monday of Library Week]
School Librarian Day [Monday of Library Week]
Sweet Potato Day [1st Monday]
Tater Day (Kentucky) [1st Monday]
Independence Days
Declaration of the Second Republic (Guinea)
Malinovia (Declared 2018) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Agape, Chionia, and Irene (Christian; Martyrs)
Aristæus (Positivist; Saint)
Burgundofara (Christian; Saint)
Captain Cabbage (Muppetism)
Day of Sheela-Na-Gig (Pagan)
Doris Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of Pak Tai (Macau) [3rd Day of 3rd Lunar Month]
Goof Friday (Church of the SubGenius)
Holy Monday [6 Days before Easter]
Luigi Scrosoppi (Christian; Saint)
Nicetias (Christian; Saint)
Plato (Christian; Saint)
Proserpina’s Rise from the Underworld Day (Ancient Greece)
Richard of Chichester (Christian; Saint)
Seize a Sausage Day (Pastafarian)
Ulpin of Tyre (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sizdar-Bedah (Unlucky to stay indoors; Iran)
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Adventureland (Film; 2009)
Beethoven (Film; 1992)
The Druid of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1991)
Fast & Furious (Film; 2009) [F&F #4]
Furious 7 (Film; 2015) [F&F #7]
It Happened at the World’s Fair (Film; 1963)
It’s Now or Never, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1960)
The Long, Hot Summer (Film; 1958)
Louisiana Hayride (Radio Music Series; 1948)
Mercury Rising (Film; 1998)
My Hero Academia (Anime TV Series; 2016)
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregor (Novel; 2008)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, by Edvard Grieg (Concerto; 1869)
Planet of the Apes (Film; 1968)
Planning for Good Eating (Disney Cartoon; 1946)
Rock-A-Doodle (Animated Film; 1992)
Rumple of the Bailey (UK TV Series; 1978)
The Sea-Wolf (Novel; 1904)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Film; 1968)
Today’s Name Days
Richard, Sixtus (Austria)
Radojko, Ratko, Rikard, Siksto (Croatia)
Richard (Czech Republic)
Nicæas (Denmark)
Uko, Uku (Estonia)
Sampo, Veeti (Finland)
Richard (France)
Irene, Lisa, Richard (Germany)
Illyria’s (Greece)
Buda, Richárd (Hungary)
Riccardo, Sisto (Italy)
Daira, Dairis, Ferdinands (Latvia)
Kristijonas, Ričardas, Rimtautė, Vytenis (Lithuania)
Gunnvald, Gunvor (Norway)
Antoni, Cieszygor, Jakub, Pankracy, Ryszard (Poland)
Nichita (Romania)
Richard (Slovakia)
Ricardo (Spain)
Ferdinand, Nanna (Sweden)
Dick, Dickson, Dix, Dixie, Dixon, Doris, Ricarda, Ricardo, Rich, Richard, Richelle, Richman, Rick, Rickey, Ricky, Rosamond, Rosamund, Ryan (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 93 of 2024; 272 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 14 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Second Month 2 (Gui-Mao), Day 13 (Xin-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 12 Nisan 5783
Islamic: 12 Ramadan 1444
J Cal: 2 Aqua; Twosday [2 of 30]
Julian: 21 March 2023
Moon: 93%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 9 Archimedes (4th Month) [Aristæus]
Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 15 of 90)
Zodiac: Aries (Day 14 of 30)
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“My Little Pony” convention raided by Russian authorities for “LGBT propaganda”
A convention celebrating My Little Pony in Russia was deemed “LGBT propaganda” by authorities and shut down by federal agents. The pint-sized ponies are just too gay for diminutive Russian president Vladimir Putin. Related: Russia investigates Duolingo for spreading “traumatizing” LGBTQ+ content The popular language learning app includes “everyday depictions of LGBTQ+ life” that “show queer people… in an unsensationalized and normal way.” The raid was conducted to break up an event mounted by fans of the popular pony series and toys. The event was called “Mi Amore Fest,” according to Russian-language news site The Insider, based in Latvia. Global perspectives delivered daily Our daily newsletter bridges borders to bring you LGBTQ+ news from around the world. Organizers went so far as to change the rainbow-colored mane of the central character, Rainbow Dash, to a Russia-themed tricolor pattern of red, blue, and white on fliers advertising the event. It didn’t fool authorities. Federal agents in Moscow have raided and ended a My Little Pony convention on the grounds that it constituted "gay propaganda." Even painting the animal's mane in the Russian tricolor couldn't save this one. https://t.co/KIv00sKoeN pic.twitter.com/p68hiFCmWm— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) February 17, 2024 Attendees shared a world-weary reaction to the latest Kafkaesque scene in Putin’s anti-LGBTQ+ drama. “Apparently, you won’t be able to get to the festival anymore. While we were drinking coffee, a squad arrived and dispersed everyone. They wrote a statement for LGBT propaganda. Well, let’s go home.” Another Russian and English-language news site, Meduza, reported that Russian government-aligned movie database Kinopoisk added an 18+ symbol next to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic television series. Telegram channel Sota speculated that the decision was based on the character Rainbow Dash’s rainbow mane. In addition to the rainbow-hued Dash, MLP has featured multiple characters with nonconforming character traits since its introduction as a toy by Hasbro in 1982. The first animated series debuted in 1986. A recent Russian Supreme Court ruling at the urging of Putin’s Ministry of Justice declared the so-called “international LGBT rights movement” a terrorist organization, just one of several laws aimed at erasing LGBTQ+ identity from Russia and passed at Putin’s direction. The convention raid was just the latest crackdown in that effort. Last week, two women were taken into custody after video they posted on social media revealed them kissing in a pizzeria not far from one of Putin’s palaces in the city of Krasnodar in southwest Russia. Another woman was recently arrested and charged after she and her companion were accosted at a restaurant by an angry mob complaining about her rainbow-styled earrings and her companion’s Ukraine flag lapel pin. A Russian federal watchdog group is investigating language app Duolingo for “distribution of information that promotes LGBT,” and a Russian rapper spent 15 days in jail for the LGBTQ+ crime of wearing only a sock at a party. In Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, a video distributed by local news outlet Ura.ru revealed riot police storming a dance club and ordering patrons out, while in December, a crackdown in Moscow saw police raid a nightclub, a male sauna, and an LGBTQ+-inclusive bar in the Russian capital, with officers checking and photographing patrons’ IDs. http://dlvr.it/T3CLK9
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Holidays 12.1
Holidays
Antarctica Day
Applejack Day (My Little Pony)
Basketball Day
Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
Becky Thatcher Day
Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
Bizarre Bazaar
Chia Pet Hunting Season begins
Civil Air Patrol Day
Commemoration Day (UAE)
Crossing of the Cattle at Diafarabe (Mali)
Damrong Rajanuhab Day (Thailand)
Data Innovation Day
Day of the First President (Kazakhstan)
Day With(out) Art
First Day of Meteorological Summer Day (Southern Hemisphere)
First Day of Meteorological Winter Day (Northern Hemisphere)
First President Day (Kazakhstan)
Fishmas
Flag Day (Saba)
Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
Fullveldisdagurinn (a.k.a. Self-Governance Day; Iceland)
Indigenous Faith Day (Arunachal, India)
International Prisoners for Peace Day
International Sweater Vestival
James Gandolfini Day (New Jersey)
Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
MMMHop Beer Day
My Husband Strung the Xmas Lights and Now I Can't Open the Garage Door Day
National Biliary Atresia Awareness Day
National Christmas Book Day
National Christmas Lights Day
National Cookie Cutter Day
National Day of Courage
National Grinch Day
National I Told You So Day
National Jandal Day (New Zealand)
National Online Risk and Compliance Day
National Sabbath-Keeping Schools Day
National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day
National Twin With Your Dog Day (UK)
National Water Safety Day (Australia)
National Women Support Women Day
National Zinc Day
Operation Santa Paws begins [until 21st]
Peaceful Easy Feeling Day (San Diego, California)
Playboy Magazine Day
Prisoners for Peace Day
Proclamation of the Republic (Central African Republic)
Rosa Parks Day (Ohio, Oregon) [also 2.4]
Scrabble Day
Teachers’ Day (Panama)
University Student Strike Day (Myanmar)
Wallace & Gromit’s Great British Tea Party begins (thru 21st)
Wax Day (French Republic)
Wear a Dress Day [also 6.1]
Weather Service Day
White Rabbit Day
World AIDS Day (UN)
Yukon Order of Pioneers Day
Ziua Unirii (Romania)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dr. Pepper Day
Eat A Red Apple Day
International Maratheftiko Day
National Baked Alaska Day
National Fried Pie Day
National Peppermint Bark Day
National Pie Day [also 1.23]
1st Friday in December
Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]
Bartender Appreciation Day [1st Friday]
Eccentric Day (Bell's Brewery; Michigan) [1st or 2nd Friday or Another Day]
Farmer’s Day (Ghana) [1st Friday]
Faux Fur Friday [1st Friday]
Gospel Day (Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
International Sweater Vestival [2nd Friday after Thanksgiving]
National Salesperson Day [1st Friday]
Open It! Weekend begins [1st Friday]
Purple Friday (UK) [1st Friday]
Independence Days
Great Union Day (celebrating merger of Transylvania & Romania, 1918)
Iceland (from Denmark, 1918)
Portugal (from Spain, 1640) [a.k.a. Restoration of Independence]
Sancratosia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Alexander Briant (Christian; Saint)
Ansanus (Christian; Saint)
Barbes Diena (Sheep Fertility Festival; Ancient Latvia)
Bruna Pellesi (Christian; Blessed)
Castritian (Christian; Saint)
Charles de Foucauld (Christian; Blessed)
Edmund Campion (Christian; Saint)
Eligius (a.k.a. Eloy), Bishop of Noyon (Christian; Saint)
Evasius (Christian; Saint)
Feast for the Death of Aleister Crowley (Thelema)
Feast of Saints Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny (Church of the SubGenius; Saints)
Festival for Neptune/Poseidon (Ancient Greece/Rome)
Festival for Pietas (Goddess of Devotion; Ancient Rome)
Francia (Positivist; Saint)
Grwst (Christian; Saint)
Juner (Muppetism)
Kalends of December (Ancient Rome)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Artology)
Marijuana Sauce Day (Pastafarian)
Mindfulness Day (Zen Buddhism)
Mothra Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Nahum (Christian; Saint)
Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church)
Ralph Sherwin (Christian; Saint)
Shiva’s Day (Pagan)
Ursicinus of Brescia (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Premieres
Adventures of Don Juan (Film; 1948)
Alice and the Three Bears (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
Axis: Bold As Love, by Jimi Hendrix (Album; 1967)
Beebo Saves Christmas (WB Animated TV Special)
Blondie, by Blondie (Album; 1976)
The Booze Hangs High (WB LT Cartoon; 1930)
Candide, by Leonard Bernstein (Operetta; 1956)
A Charlie Brown Christmas, by Vince Guarldi (Soundtrack Album; 1965)
Christmas Vacation (Film; 1989)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain (Novel; 1884)
Dark (German TV Series; 2017)
The Floating Admiral, by the Detection Club (Mystery Novel; 1931)
Follow Me Boys (Film; 1966)
The Girl Can’t Help It (Rock Music Film; 1956)
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over), by John Lennon (Song; 1971)
Hi, Hi, Hi, by Wings (Song; 1972)
The House of the Rising Sun, by Frijid Pink (Song; 1969)
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling (Novel; 1900)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen, by Laurence Sterne (Novel; 1759)
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1930)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Film; 1989)
No Logo, by Naomi Klein Book; 1999)
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1817) [#5]
The Philadelphia Story (Film; 1940)
Playboy Magazine (Adult Magazine; 1953)
Promises, Promises (Broadway Musical; 1968)
The Return of the King (Film; 2003) [Lord of the Rings #3]
The Shape of Water (Film; 2017)
The Simple Art of Murder, by Raymond Chandler (Novel; 1944)
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), by Sly and the Family Stone (Song; 1969)
The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1934)
Withering Heights, by Emily Bronte (Novel; 1847)
Today’s Name Days
Blanka, Charles, Eligius, Natalie (Austria)
Blanka, Florencija, Kazimir, Natalija, Naum (Croatia)
Iva (Czech Republic)
Arnold (Denmark)
Oskar, Osmar, Oss (Estonia)
Oskar, Oskari (Finland)
Florence (France)
Blanka, Eligius, Natalie (Germany)
Areti, Jacob, Naoum, Philaretos, Theoklitos (Greece)
Elza (Hungary)
Ansano, Eligio (Italy)
Arnolds, Arvaldis (Latvia)
Algmina, Butigeidas, Eligijus, Natalija (Lithuania)
Arnljot, Arnold, Arnt (Norway)
Długosz, Edmund, Eliga, Eligiusz, Iwa, Natalia, Natalis, Platon, Sobiesława (Poland)
Filaret, Naum (Romania)
Edmund (Slovakia)
Blanca, Cándida, Eloy (Spain)
Oskar, Ossian (Sweden)
Bianca, Blanca, Blanche, Eli, Ely, Sherwin (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 335 of 2024; 30 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 48 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 19 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 18 Kislev 5784
Islamic: 18 Jumada I 1445
J Cal: 5 Zima; Fiveday [5 of 30]
Julian: 18 November 2023
Moon: 81%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 27 Frederic (12th Month) [Francia]
Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 6 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 69 of 89)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 10 of 30)
Calendar Changes
December (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]
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Here, have some nice shots of our beloved countries. Seychelles looks so happy, I love Belgium's costume and oh my.... someone help me, Poland is so adorable. And look at Lithuania and Latvia in the background, so handsome and cute.
#hetalia#aph#hetaween#aph seychelles#aph sealand#aph netherlands#aph belgium#aph spain#aph lithuania#aph latvia#aph poland#aph poland's pony#:D#my gif#my gifs#anime gif#aph gif#sealand is a country#sealand is a teddy bear
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HETALIA WORLD STARS´ EPISODES ACCORDING TO ME
WARNING: Honesty.
Episode 1: I hope you enjoyed watching all the countries together, because 50% of them will be absent in the next episodes.
Episode 2: Don´t show Japan with cat ears to the Countryhumans fandom, DON´T ENCOURAGE THEM!
Episode 3: Czech wants a matriarchy, Slovakia wants gender equality.
Episode 4: No doubt, Czech was the one who wore the pants in the relationship. Also, who would have thought someone owes money to the small and angelic Liechtenstein? (PAY HER!)
Episode 5: Sorry guys, this episode is the only Prussia´s speaking role.
Episode 6: America doesn´t have time for your Godfather bullshit, Romano. Art and design lessons, Part 1.
Episode 7: Russia being toxic with Latvia for almost 2 minutes.
Episode 8: Art and design lessons, Part 2. Japan becomes an lifestyle influencer.
Episode 9: Don´t get too excited America, in the future you will face one of the darkest episodes of your history (Cough, cough, 1929) / China! I haven´t seen you since episode 2!
Episode 10: Hey! It´s Spain with a pony tail! :) And he´s in the spotlight for just 1 minute :(
Episode 11: Drink olive juice! It´ll quench ya! Nothing´s quenchier! It´s the quenchiest!
Episode 12: Australia, Neko Italy (?), Finland and Sweden last minute cameos. And that´s it?! What happened next?! I NEED SEASON 8!
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I posted 841 times in 2021
110 posts created (13%)
731 posts reblogged (87%)
For every post I created, I reblogged 6.6 posts.
I added 386 tags in 2021
#hetalia - 66 posts
#hetalia world stars - 53 posts
#hetalia headcanons - 52 posts
#hetalia axis powers - 42 posts
#manifestation - 37 posts
#personal - 33 posts
#aph switzerland - 30 posts
#hetalia fanart - 28 posts
#basch zwingli - 23 posts
#aph austria - 22 posts
Longest Tag: 76 characters
#like when we watch american movies and there is something written in english
My Top Posts in 2021
#5
Reasons why I think Hws Switzerland is trans man:
Like it would make much more sense than him being cis.
1. In Japan he's voiced by a woman
2. He's shorter and slimmer than most of other male characters.
3. At first he was meant to be female. (For example my little pony fandom often headcannons one pony as trans bc she was planned to be male at first)
4. In one episode Japan was dreaming about him as female in a dress, like he didnt knew yet about his transition.
5. Tbh the way he dresses gives me trans vibes (rather baggy clothes, for example hoodies as on photo below).
6. (Tw: social dysphoria) He rather doesnt like to express his emotions, like it's due to social dysphoria bc being sensitive is considered as "feminine" (i hdc him to have low body dysphoria but quite a lot social one)
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#4
Do you recognize them or are you cis?
52 notes • Posted 2021-11-08 09:33:19 GMT
#3
Random Hetalia headcanons I like (about their look)
- Italy with tooth gap and freckles
- Prussia with some body modifications (tattoos, piercing etc)
- Switzerland with slightly toned abs and tight gap
- Finland whos more muscular than he seems and super strong
- chubby America (super "original", feel that sarcasm)
- Denmark with freckles
- Belgium with really full lips and a beauty mark on her face
75 notes • Posted 2021-09-26 19:13:52 GMT
#2
10 random Poland headcanons
1. adds glitter to everything
2. good af at baking
3. can argue about literally everything
4. used to have career in astronomy and physics
5. has bad eyesight and wears glasses when he reads
6. wants to be a poet but sucks at it (still writes romantic letters to Lithuania)
7. afraid of snails
8. hates people who believe in stereotypes
9. once dyed his hair half blue, half pink and had emo bangs
10. watched every popular cartoon
76 notes • Posted 2021-10-20 20:04:51 GMT
#1
Hetalia characters who I headcanon as autistic
- Russia
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Ukraine
- Denmark
- Italy
- Romano
- Canada
- America
- Greece
- Estonia
- Iceland
- Latvia
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Sweden
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First lines ever sung in Eurovision by country
The Netherlands 1956: The birds of Holland have great musical abilities
Switzerland 1956: The old carousel
Belgium 1956: The men who drowned in the Seine
Germany 1956: There is a harbour where hardly a ship sails
France 1956: Sing, church bells, sing
Luxembourg 1956: If they told you that you have a good look,
Italy 1956: The first red rose has already blossomed
United Kingdom 1957: All the golden dreams of yesterday
Austria 1957: Where, little pony, do we want to ride to?
Denmark 1957: Goodbye then, my girl, stay well
Sweden 1958: la La LA la La LAA la LA Laaa, LA la La LA la LAa la La laaa
Monaco 1959: My poor Pierrot, you make your bow
Norway 1960: In a little valley, far up north
Spain 1961: I have a thousand stars
Finland 1961: The gown of the night has covered the land
Yugoslavia 1961: The old road is covered with yellow leaves
Portugal 1964: God, at your feet I confess
Ireland 1965: My poor heart feels like breaking
Malta 1971: Can't wait for the alarm clock to go round
Israel 1973: The middle of the night has come and I am awake
Greece 1974: La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Turkey 1975: A single minute with you
Morocco 1980: We are the children of the world
Cyprus 1981: Years pass by, love and snow
Iceland 1986: Time flies by in the age of satellites
Slovenia 1993: On a quiet, rainy day
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1993: I can't pull the stars down from the sky
Croatia 1993: Thousands of distant dreams
Estonia 1994: I arrive secretly, like a wave
Romania 1994: The coming day you may listen to me
Slovakia 1994: I remember well the magic times
Lithuania 1994: The smell of your lips is like rain
Hungary 1994: Nothing is there, only the light-less night
Russia 1994: You are not with me, you are far away
Poland 1994: My world is so common
North Macedonia 1998: Stop, dawn, don't rise, you fiend
Latvia 2000: My friends gonna call me: "Hey dreamer,”
Ukraine 2003: Don't try to deny
Belarus 2004: I'm no stay-at-home, and heady
Andorra 2004: I have no doubts, neither of us knows
Albania 2004: How strange the feeling in your soul
Serbia & Montenegro 2004: When I think of you
Moldova 2005: It's a jump up jungle, little like a break beat
Bulgaria 2005: Standing here alone again
Armenia 2006: Drumming hearts and your silent words of love
Georgia 2007: I'll dream up tales and rhymes
Montenegro 2007: Come on, step up, step up and jump
Serbia 2007: I can't close my eyes
Czech Republic 2007: She blew off the grass and started to play
San Marino 2008: I never would have thought of you as my accomplice
Azerbaijan 2008: For peace we praaaaay
Australia 2015: Oh, everyone’s got their problems
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Del’s ideal Eurovision winners keeping win records
We’re well into June and post-Eurovision season now, and I’m going to start posting my full winners ranking sometime next week. However, as I was doing a first rough ranking back in April, I started thinking about how some countries’ only victory comes with a song I don’t like, and I’d much rather something else had won that year, but I feel bad about that because it’s their only victory – if only they’d won with a different song in another year. This got me wondering if I could come up with a list of winners that keeps every countries’ win record (Ireland 7, Sweden 6 etc.) which suits my tastes more. I gave this a shot back in April, with the only rule being that the final list had to keep every countries’ win record – I could keep actual winners, I could put ties to get to the total 68 winning songs wherever I wanted, and I could pick a winner from 2020, since this is a fantasy list after all.
Looking back at that list post Eurovision, I wanted to challenge myself even further, and I made some new rules: 1. To really keep the win record as it stands, the UK, France, The Netherlands, and Spain need to have a four-way tie one year – no other ties are allowed. 2. 2020 didn’t take place, so I can’t pick a winner from there. 3. I can’t pick any songs that actually won – this was both to make things more interesting and challenge myself to not fall back on the obvious choices, and also to avoid spoiling my upcoming winners ranking
All that said, here’s my list of ideal winners (maintaining win records by country) by year:
1956 – Luxembourg – Ne crois pas 1957 – Austria – Wohin, kleines Pony? 1958 – Italy – Nel blu, dipinto di blu 1959 – United Kingdom – Sing, Little Birdie 1960 – Sweden – Alla andra får varann 1961 – Sweden – April, April 1962 – Belgium – Ton nom 1963 – Italy – Uno per tutte 1964 – Luxembourg – Dès que le printemps revient 1965 – Ireland – Walking the Streets in the Rain 1966 – Luxembourg – Ce soir je t'attendais 1967 – Luxembourg – L'amour est bleu 1968 – Yugoslavia – Jedan dan 1969 – Switzerland – Bonjour, Bonjour 1970 – France – Marie-Blanche 1971 – Germany – Diese Welt 1972 – Netherlands – Als het om de liefde gaat 1973 – Israel – Ey Sham 1974 – Luxembourg – Bye Bye I Love You 1975 – Sweden – Jennie, Jennie 1976 – Monaco – Toi, la musique et moi 1977 – United Kingdom – Rock Bottom 1978 – Ireland – Born to Sing 1979 – Ireland – Happy Man 1980 – France, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom – Hé, hé M'sieurs dames, Quédate esta noche, Amsterdam, Love Enough for Two 1981 – Ireland – Horoscopes 1982 – Israel – Hora 1983 – France – Vivre 1984 – Ireland – Terminal 3 1985 – Sweden – Bra vibrationer 1986 – Norway – Romeo 1987 – Israel – Shir Habatlanim 1988 – Netherlands – Shangri-La 1989 – Denmark – Vi maler byen rød 1990 – Ireland – Somewhere in Europe 1991 – Israel – Kan 1992 – United Kingdom – One Step Out of Time 1993 – Norway – Alle mine tankar 1994 – France – Je suis un vrai garçon 1995 – Spain – Vuelve conmigo 1996 – Austria – Weil's dr guat got 1997 – Turkey – Dinle 1998 – Netherlands – Hemel en aarde 1999 – Germany – Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat 2000 – Latvia – My Star 2001 – Denmark – Never Ever Let You Go 2002 – Denmark – Tell Me Who You Are 2003 – Estonia – Eighties Coming Back 2004 – United Kingdom – Hold Onto Our Love 2005 – Switzerland – Cool Vibes 2006 – Greece – Everything 2007 – Sweden – The Worrying Kind 2008 – Norway – Hold On Be Strong 2009 – France – Et s'il fallait le faire 2010 – Serbia – Ovo je Balkan 2011 – Italy – Madness of Love 2012 – Azerbaijan – When the Music Dies 2013 – Netherlands – Birds 2014 – Sweden – Undo 2015 – Ireland – Playing with Numbers 2016 – Russia – You Are the Only One 2017 – Finland – Blackbird 2018 – Ukraine – Under the Ladder 2019 – Portugal – Telemóveis 2020 – no winner 2021 – Ukraine – Shum
And the same list in table form by country:
#eurovision#esc ranking#I had a lot of fun doing this#a nice combination of picking songs I like and problem solving to get it all to fit#I struggled the most with Germany#them only having 2 wins is painful#made even worse by the fact that all the songs I like in 1999 come from countries who've never won#except Germany's song that year which is fine i guess#but there wasn't anything else that year I really like#so I only had one spot left for like the 20-odd German entries I really love#one day I'll probably do a more straightforward list of my ideal winners of each year#maybe next summer#and I'll probably post my original version of this that includes actual winning songs after I've done my full winners ranking#just cause it's overall slightly closer to my tastes#though I am very happy with this list#about half the songs are the same on both lists#I was originally going to make all the song titles link to youtube videos of the songs#but firstly that's a lot of effort#and secondly I think that would make it not show up in the tags#and I kind of want people to see this I'm proud of it#I would challenge other fans to do this#but I'm aware it's a bit of an undertaking
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George deValier (2015 profile)
since: 05-02-10, id: 2348750, Profile Updated: 06-02-13
country: 🇦🇺 Australia
Author has written 17 stories for Hetalia - Axis Powers.
If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. – Henry Rollins
Hi! I’m George. One day, I will be a professor of history, who wears tweed suits and lives in a library. Right now, I am a graduate student, who wears jeans and t-shirts and… um… lives in a library.
Reviews and PMs.
I don’t demand or even expect reviews. They do, however, make me happy. So if you are kind enough to leave one after reading, please know that even though I may not reply, I read every single one, and I am incredibly grateful - your few words of praise have brightened a moment of my day. :-)
If you send me a Private Message and don’t receive a response immediately, please know that I am not deliberately ignoring you. I find it a little difficult to keep up with replying to PMs; if I haven’t responded to your message in at least three months, it’s usually because I’ve, er, lost it. Feel free to send me another one calling me a giant prat and demanding a response.
Fanart and Translations.
I am perfectly okay (quite ecstatically happy, actually) with people doing whatever they like with my fics – whether that be translations, fanart, cosplay, AMVs, whatever. You do not need to ask permission - I will always say yes. All I ask is three things. One: please credit me as the author (and a link to the original story would be fantastic). Two: please let me know so that I can check it out and thank you profusely! And three: something I hate to have to mention, but please never do anything to make money out of these works. Obviously, Hetalia does not belong to me – it belongs to the amazing Hidekaz Himaruya, who is incredibly awesome for giving us such fantastic characters to play with. :-D
MY STORIES
THE VERAVERSE
The Veraverse is a Hetalia World War Two AU, of fics involving different characters and pairings, all living within the same time period and all interconnected in some way. As each story in the series is named after and loosely based on the lyrics of a wartime song sung by Vera Lynn, I flippantly dubbed it the ‘Veraverse.’ The name has sort of stuck, however. I have posted a list of character's birth dates here: http://george-de-valier.deviantart.com/art/Hetalia-Veraverse-Birth-Dates-340315828
This series is, at its core, about the power of love over war. It's about the real reasons people fight, and the real reasons they survive. It's about finding something beautiful in the midst of something ugly and evil. But overall, although I hope there is more to these stories than just romance, they are essentially about love.
Don’t expect every fic to be updated quickly. These stories intertwine, and will be published simultaneously, and it may be a while between chapters for each specific story. Most can be read separately, however a few will require that you read at least one other story in the series to make sense of it (e.g. ‘My Echo’ does not make much sense unless you also read ‘Lily of the Lamplight.’) Rest assured, they will all be completed.
We'll Meet Again Alfred Jones/Arthur Kirkland (America/England)
Complete - Thirteen Chapters
‘We’ll Meet Again’ is about love arriving when you least expect it, and how it can transform loneliness.
Keep Smiling Through Alfred Jones/Arthur Kirkland (America/England)
Complete – One Shot
Just a little mini-sequel to ‘We’ll Meet Again’ about a brief moment in Alfred and Arthur’s lives.
Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart Ludwig Beilschmidt/Feliciano Vargas (Germany/Italy)
Complete - Eighteen chapters
‘Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart’ is about love being blind, proving stronger than hate, and lasting longer than war.
Bésame Mucho Antonio Fernandez Carriedo/Lovino Vargas (Spain/Romano)
In Progress – Fourteen chapters
‘Bésame Mucho’ is essentially about love overcoming fear.
Lily of the Lamplight Gilbert Beilschmidt/Roderich Edelstein (Prussia/Austria)
In Progress – Eighteen Chapters
‘Lily of the Lamplight’ is about selflessness, survival, and how love can change you for the better.
My Echo Unrequited Vash Zwingli/Roderich Edelstein (Switzerland/Austria)
In Progress – Six Chapters
‘My Echo’ is about how true love is selfless – even if it is unreturned.
Jealousy Ivan Braginski/Yao Wang (Russia/China)
In Progress – Six Chapters
‘Jealousy’ is a little different to the other stories in this series. It is about control, madness, and how love has the power to destroy as well as to save.
Something to Remember You By Sadik Adnan/Gupta Muhammad Hassan (Turkey/Egypt)
In Progress – Three Chapters
‘Something to Remember You By’ is about losing love, and yourself with it.
UPCOMING VERAVERSE FICS
Somewhere in France With You Francis Bonnefoy/Matthew Williams (France/Canada)
Darling, where better to meet again than the most beautiful city in the world?
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Toris Laurinaitis/Feliks Łukasiewicz (Lithuania/Poland)
Art. Music. Passion. Destruction. Young, wild love, in the streets of Berlin, on the eve of war.
When I Grow Too Old to Dream Berwald Oxenstierna/Tino Väinämöinen (Sweden/Finland)
“What would you do if I just… took this tree? Claimed it for Finland?”
“I’d let ye take it.”
“This lake?”
“Ye can have it.”
“This entire forest?”
“’t’s yours.”
“Would you let me take your whole country, Berwald?”
“Yes. And you? What’f I just… took this rock?”
“You can’t have that rock. That’s a Finnish rock.”
You’ll Never Know
Elizaveta Héderváry/ Lili Zwingli (Hungary/Liechtenstein)
“But who knows? Maybe you'll meet a charming little Swiss girl with plaits and a basket who likes to yodel on mountaintops."
Elizaveta always hated it when Gilbert was right.
When the Lights go on Again
Eduard Von Bock/Raivis Galante (Estonia/Latvia)
"I will stay with him through this darkness. I will give my soul to keep it from him. And I swear, whatever I must do, that Raivis Galante will live to see the lights go on again.”
Room Five-Hundred-and-Four
Herakles Karpusi/Kiku Honda (Greece/Japan)
“Life's most important conversations take place in bars. Perhaps in places not too dissimilar from this - perhaps between people not so different from ourselves. Bars, after all, are where people meet, and where they rejoice; where they forget, and where they say goodbye. They are the crossroads of life."
"You sound like a philosopher. Though your name suggests a hero."
Faraway Places
Bad Friends Trio (France, Prussia, and Spain)
“Ah, those were the days, huh, Gil? Remember the time you tried to take on the entire Parisian police force?”
“Or the time you knocked yourself out running from that bull in Pamplona?”
“Or that time Francis tried to seduce your grandfather?!”
“Francis what?”
“Oh, look at that, I’ve finished my drink.”
Autumn Leaves
Augustus Roma Vargas (Ancient Rome)
But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.
OTHER FICS
THE MAPLEVERSE
This is a currently small modern AU, set in modern day Canada.
La Patisserie de la Rose Francis Bonnefoy/Matthew Williams (France/Canada)
Complete – Six Chapters
A birthday present for Claudia, aka ThisCouldTheoreticallyBeSparta
An essentially fluffy Franada with lots of cameos and cake and general silliness. I like to think this story is about friendship as much as it is about love. It's also about seeing something in someone that no one else can - not even themselves.
Libelle Hall Gilbert Beilschmidt/Roderich Edelstein (Prussia/Austria)
In Progress – Three Chapters
A Gift for Kay, aka Kay the Beta
‘Libelle Hall’ is about change, and about love growing from self-realisation. It’s also an examination of Gilbert and Roderich’s characters, and how they aren’t that different from each other, after all. And it’s a gift for my beta Kay, because she loves PruAus, and she’s awesome.
Of Ponies and Edelweiss Gilbert Beilschmidt/Roderich Edelstein (Prussia/Austria)
Complete – One Shot
A Valentines’ Day present for Claudia
Just a fluffy, romantic little fic for Valentines’ Day. Well, as romantic as Gilbert gets, anyway.
ONGOING MULTI-CHAPTERS
Catch Perfect Berwald Oxenstierna/Tino Väinämöinen (Sweden/Finland)
In Progress – Twelve Chapters
‘Catch Perfect’ is basically proof that I can’t even write crack without some semblance of plot and angst. I am still writing this, just ever so slowly.
The Tiger and the Dragon Ivan Braginski/Yao Wang (Russia/China)
In Progress – Seventeen Chapters
I first posted this story almost three years ago. Last year I started re-publishing it, mainly to fix up the writing quality and some plot points. Yes, it’s melodramatic; yes, it’s a bit cliché. Basically, if this were a published novel, it would be the type to have GAY EROTIC ROMANCE in tacky writing across the cover. But really, what the hell, it’s fun. :-D
COMPLETED ONE SHOTS
Stay With You Germany/Italy
A rare story with the characters as nations, and my very first posted fanfiction. I had just discovered Hetalia when I wrote this, and loved the random humour of it, but also wondered what it could be like if it was a more serious take on the Second World War. Also, it has always been blatantly obvious to me that Germany and Italy are in love with each other. Like, duh.
Gallipoli Australia and New Zealand
Another nation story from me, about a conflict embedded in the consciousness of every Australian. We haven’t been given much to go on with Australia’s characterisation, so I went with my gut instinct – he’s anti-authority, he’s an easily broken optimist, and he cares deeply about his men. Gallipoli shattered the romantic idea of war for this country. I think it would have shattered Australia, too.
Sleep, Little Bird Berwald Oxenstierna/Tino Väinämöinen (Sweden/Finland) and Peter (Sealand)
There is not much I can really say about this one, except sorry. Oh, and that it’s not in the same universe as ‘Catch Perfect.’ I wouldn’t do that. ;-)
LINKS!
http://george-de-valier.deviantart.com (deactivated account) - Where I fave and comment on the wonderful artwork that people have drawn for my stories. I adore fan art, so please tell me if you have drawn any! If I happen to come across art for my stories that I haven’t been told about, be warned, I WILL proceed to fave and comment on it anyway. :-)
www.youtube.com/user/ykwyh26 - My lovely and talented beta Kay’s YouTube site, where you can hear all the songs from my Veraverse stories.
VIDEOS
I am incredibly flattered that the amazingly talented Alyss Lane has written a gorgeous song based on ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart.’ It is called ‘Auf Wiedersehen,’ performed by Willow, and you can hear this beautiful song here – www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N8T4oIppS0
The following are awesome AMVs for my fics, made by some very talented artists.
The Veraverse
Sanctuary, by Insomniac3Ltd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfvTV5b9Zwk (unavailable)
We'll Meet Again
We’ll Meet Again, by Shokora15
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4COUwq9yzA
Wild Horses, by SirenShadow95
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaiMnawL3hM
Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart
Stereo Love, by snobo52
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8-zY-3qiI
If I Die Young, by NightmareCCL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkoVnwzwLlU
Stay, by PastaWithWurst
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i61AAOfNm4 (unavailable)
Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart, by Sydney Amber
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9anzT81tM
Home, by Sanity4Fire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjPTML1vjXA (unavailable)
Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart, by ShiroBaraLuv123
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qltINwf-ZkU (unavailable)
Bésame Mucho
Fear, by ykwyh26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5Ak4O9P88
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, by Kayleigh Turgeon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDaLTw5wIs (unavailable)
The Only Exception, by InuLoverNr1Hitomi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pt_sHtZfIw
Don’t Tell Me You Love Me If You Don’t Mean It, by AnnoyingGirl1234
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcTKOAN8Y8 (unavailable)
Lily of the Lamplight
Lili Marlene, by xxEmoxxChibixx
www.youtube.com/watch?v=otYq31Qnct8
Sleep, Little Bird
Sleep, by Hetaliagirl96
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tOCsWjpNsk (unavailable)
La Patisserie de la Rose
Take Me Home, by Ahogemako
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwsX1rJ2CDo
Something to Remember You By
Lullabies, by Lanie P
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnRXhe2cdZw
STORIES WRITTEN FOR ME
These are all fantastic. Please check them out, you won’t be disappointed!
Mi Piachi perché Mi Piaci, by ThisCouldTheoreticallyBeSparta
(GerIta, Spamano, PruAus, BelgHun and teeny mentions of Franada, Netherlands/Australia, UsUk)
A wonderful birthday present of fluffy GerIta goodness from my wonderful friend Claudia.
www.fanfiction.net/s/7601790/1/Mi_Piaci_perche_Mi_Piaci
Maple Street, by fubibliophile
(Canada and America)
A really cool, atmospheric one shot from the very sweet fubibliophile.
www.fanfiction.net/s/7796628/1/Maple_Street
Chapter Four of Hetalia Fairy Tales, by Kitty-Kat Allie
(GiriPan)
An incredibly sweet GiriPan fairy tale from a wonderful author and a lovely person.
www.fanfiction.net/s/7730679/4/Hetalia_Fairy_Tales
1. Something To Remember You By » reviews
VV AU. 1914. Constantinople, Turkey. On the eve of war, street dweller Sadik Adnan's way of life and existence is called into question by the strange, beautiful Egyptian imam, Gupta Muhammad Hassan.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,732 - Reviews: 73 - Published: 5-30-13 - Turkey & Egypt
2. Lily of the Lamplight » reviews
WW2 AU. Austrian musician Roderich and German soldier Gilbert are forced into an army prison unit and a fight for survival on the Russian Front. But in the midst of blood and death and hell on earth, how long can they fight their desire for each other?
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 27,329 - Reviews: 557 - Updated: 5-21-13 - Published: 11-20-11 - Prussia & Austria
3. Libelle Hall » reviews
Modern AU. When Roderich Edelstein – student, musician, and reluctant activist – attempts to save a local music hall from destruction, he is not prepared for the conflicting emotions evoked in him by arrogant demolition worker Gilbert Beilschmidt. Gift fic for Kay the Beta.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,900 - Reviews: 174 - Updated: 5-6-13 - Published: 2-20-13 - Prussia & Austria
4. Jealousy » reviews
WW2 AU. Insane Russian Commander Ivan Braginski is the terror of his battalion and his enemies alike. He controls the lives of thousands - but it is the memory of one that controls his own. Tie-in to 'Lily of the Lamplight.'
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,077 - Reviews: 80 - Published: 11-29-12 - Russia & China
5. The Tiger and the Dragon » reviews
Human AU. Awkward, average chef Yao Wang is sick of being thought of as boring and predictable. When he meets the enigmatic and slightly unnerving Ivan Braginski, Yao is immediately captivated. As he falls deeper it becomes apparent just how dangerous Ivan really is… but Ivan is just as smitten, and Yao may be too in love to care about the consequences…
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,967 - Reviews: 155 - Updated: 11-15-12 - Published: 8-25-12 - Russia & China
6. My Echo » reviews
WW2 AU. Captain Vash Zwingli is a soldier in someone else's war; a man mad enough to lead where others will not. He treads a fine line between life and death, between sanity and madness, in a constant battle to forget. But when Vash's past confronts him in the worst place on earth, will it finally tip him over the edge – or give him a chance for redemption? Unrequited SwissAus.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,378 - Reviews: 73 - Published: 11-15-12 - Switzerland
7. La Patisserie de la Rose » reviews
AU. Accountant Matthew Williams is used to being unnoticed, ignored, and forgotten. That is until pastry chef Francis Bonnefoy appears like a burst of colour in his dull, grey life. Gift fic for TCTBS.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 35,111 - Reviews: 573 - Updated: 10-10-12 - Published: 12-9-11 - France & Canada - Complete
8. Catch Perfect » reviews
AU. When Berwald loses everything he is forced to move into a share house with an insane Dane, a sociopathic Norwegian, an unfathomable Icelander and a perfect Finn who makes it all worth putting up with.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 8 - Words: 36,538 - Reviews: 582 - Updated: 9-22-12 - Published: 10-10-10 - Sweden & Finland
9. Blue, White, Red » reviews
Human AU. 1777; The American Revolutionary War. Three times, American rebel Alfred Jones meets British soldier Arthur Kirkland. One blue; one white; one red.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,981 - Reviews: 369 - Updated: 9-20-12 - Published: 8-26-12 - America & England/Britain - Complete
10. Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart » reviews
WW2 AU. Feliciano Vargas is a passionate, if slightly scared, Italian resistance member. Falling in love with a German fighter pilot was the last thing he expected... and it will test his national loyalty, and his heart, to their limits.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 18 - Words: 104,322 - Reviews: 3246 - Updated: 8-11-12 - Published: 12-18-10 - Germany & N. Italy - Complete
11. Keep Smiling Through » reviews
'We'll Meet Again' mini-sequel. Keep smiling through, just like you always do; 'til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away! USUK
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,376 - Reviews: 172 - Published: 6-28-12 - America & England/Britain - Complete
12. Bésame Mucho » reviews
WW2 AU. Lovino Vargas only ever wanted something exciting to happen in his boring, everyday Italian village existence. He never expected war, Resistance, love, passion, treason, or a cheerful, confusing, irritatingly attractive Spanish freedom fighter.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 39,037 - Reviews: 817 - Updated: 5-30-12 - Published: 8-1-11 - Spain & S. Italy/Romano
13. Of Ponies and Edelweiss » reviews
Gilbert Beilschmidt is not, generally speaking, a romantic man. Which makes his behaviour this particular Valentine's Day a little odd for Roderich to understand… Gift fic for TCTBS; spin-off of 'La Patisserie de la Rose.'
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,143 - Reviews: 130 - Published: 2-14-12 - Prussia & Austria - Complete
14. Sleep, Little Bird » reviews
Human AU. Tino, Berwald and Peter are the perfect family. Things like this don't happen to people like them. But when they do, how are they supposed to accept it?
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Family/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,169 - Reviews: 294 - Published: 9-26-11 - Finland & Sweden - Complete
15. Gallipoli » reviews
Gallipoli, April 25, 1915. Australia is a young nation with plenty to prove. And war is where nations prove themselves.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,966 - Reviews: 48 - Published: 4-28-11 - Australia - Complete
16. We'll Meet Again » reviews
WW2 AU. London pub owner Arthur Kirkland is driven to distraction by loud, brash American fighter pilot Alfred Jones. Unable to stop it, Arthur finds himself falling for Alfred's charms... just as the pilot is preparing to leave for war.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 13 - Words: 43,415 - Reviews: 1376 - Updated: 1-20-11 - Published: 7-18-10 - America & England/Britain - Complete
17. Stay With You » reviews
Germany lies defeated and alone in the aftermath of the Battle of Berlin... but not everyone has abandoned him.
Hetalia - Axis Powers - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,325 - Reviews: 66 - Published: 5-4-10 - Germany & N. Italy - Complete
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Poland: I'm so glad my name starts with such an awesome syllable. Poland, Polska, Power, Point, PowerPoint, Pony, Potato...
Latvia: Poo. Poop.
Lithuania: Poison.
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Holidays 12.1
Holidays
Antarctica Day
Applejack Day (My Little Pony)
Basketball Day
Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
Becky Thatcher Day
Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
Bizarre Bazaar
Chia Pet Hunting Season begins
Civil Air Patrol Day
Commemoration Day (UAE)
Crossing of the Cattle at Diafarabe (Mali)
Damrong Rajanuhab Day (Thailand)
Data Innovation Day
Day of the First President (Kazakhstan)
Day With(out) Art
First Day of Meteorological Summer Day (Southern Hemisphere)
First Day of Meteorological Winter Day (Northern Hemisphere)
First President Day (Kazakhstan)
Fishmas
Flag Day (Saba)
Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
Fullveldisdagurinn (a.k.a. Self-Governance Day; Iceland)
Indigenous Faith Day (Arunachal, India)
International Prisoners for Peace Day
International Sweater Vestival
James Gandolfini Day (New Jersey)
Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
MMMHop Beer Day
My Husband Strung the Xmas Lights and Now I Can't Open the Garage Door Day
National Biliary Atresia Awareness Day
National Christmas Book Day
National Christmas Lights Day
National Cookie Cutter Day
National Day of Courage
National Grinch Day
National I Told You So Day
National Jandal Day (New Zealand)
National Online Risk and Compliance Day
National Sabbath-Keeping Schools Day
National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day
National Twin With Your Dog Day (UK)
National Water Safety Day (Australia)
National Women Support Women Day
National Zinc Day
Operation Santa Paws begins [until 21st]
Peaceful Easy Feeling Day (San Diego, California)
Playboy Magazine Day
Prisoners for Peace Day
Proclamation of the Republic (Central African Republic)
Rosa Parks Day (Ohio, Oregon) [also 2.4]
Scrabble Day
Teachers’ Day (Panama)
University Student Strike Day (Myanmar)
Wallace & Gromit’s Great British Tea Party begins (thru 21st)
Wax Day (French Republic)
Wear a Dress Day [also 6.1]
Weather Service Day
White Rabbit Day
World AIDS Day (UN)
Yukon Order of Pioneers Day
Ziua Unirii (Romania)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Dr. Pepper Day
Eat A Red Apple Day
International Maratheftiko Day
National Baked Alaska Day
National Fried Pie Day
National Peppermint Bark Day
National Pie Day [also 1.23]
1st Friday in December
Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]
Bartender Appreciation Day [1st Friday]
Eccentric Day (Bell's Brewery; Michigan) [1st or 2nd Friday or Another Day]
Farmer’s Day (Ghana) [1st Friday]
Faux Fur Friday [1st Friday]
Gospel Day (Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
International Sweater Vestival [2nd Friday after Thanksgiving]
National Salesperson Day [1st Friday]
Open It! Weekend begins [1st Friday]
Purple Friday (UK) [1st Friday]
Independence Days
Great Union Day (celebrating merger of Transylvania & Romania, 1918)
Iceland (from Denmark, 1918)
Portugal (from Spain, 1640) [a.k.a. Restoration of Independence]
Sancratosia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Alexander Briant (Christian; Saint)
Ansanus (Christian; Saint)
Barbes Diena (Sheep Fertility Festival; Ancient Latvia)
Bruna Pellesi (Christian; Blessed)
Castritian (Christian; Saint)
Charles de Foucauld (Christian; Blessed)
Edmund Campion (Christian; Saint)
Eligius (a.k.a. Eloy), Bishop of Noyon (Christian; Saint)
Evasius (Christian; Saint)
Feast for the Death of Aleister Crowley (Thelema)
Feast of Saints Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny (Church of the SubGenius; Saints)
Festival for Neptune/Poseidon (Ancient Greece/Rome)
Festival for Pietas (Goddess of Devotion; Ancient Rome)
Francia (Positivist; Saint)
Grwst (Christian; Saint)
Juner (Muppetism)
Kalends of December (Ancient Rome)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Artology)
Marijuana Sauce Day (Pastafarian)
Mindfulness Day (Zen Buddhism)
Mothra Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Nahum (Christian; Saint)
Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church)
Ralph Sherwin (Christian; Saint)
Shiva’s Day (Pagan)
Ursicinus of Brescia (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Premieres
Adventures of Don Juan (Film; 1948)
Alice and the Three Bears (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
Axis: Bold As Love, by Jimi Hendrix (Album; 1967)
Beebo Saves Christmas (WB Animated TV Special)
Blondie, by Blondie (Album; 1976)
The Booze Hangs High (WB LT Cartoon; 1930)
Candide, by Leonard Bernstein (Operetta; 1956)
A Charlie Brown Christmas, by Vince Guarldi (Soundtrack Album; 1965)
Christmas Vacation (Film; 1989)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain (Novel; 1884)
Dark (German TV Series; 2017)
The Floating Admiral, by the Detection Club (Mystery Novel; 1931)
Follow Me Boys (Film; 1966)
The Girl Can’t Help It (Rock Music Film; 1956)
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over), by John Lennon (Song; 1971)
Hi, Hi, Hi, by Wings (Song; 1972)
The House of the Rising Sun, by Frijid Pink (Song; 1969)
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling (Novel; 1900)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen, by Laurence Sterne (Novel; 1759)
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1930)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Film; 1989)
No Logo, by Naomi Klein Book; 1999)
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1817) [#5]
The Philadelphia Story (Film; 1940)
Playboy Magazine (Adult Magazine; 1953)
Promises, Promises (Broadway Musical; 1968)
The Return of the King (Film; 2003) [Lord of the Rings #3]
The Shape of Water (Film; 2017)
The Simple Art of Murder, by Raymond Chandler (Novel; 1944)
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), by Sly and the Family Stone (Song; 1969)
The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett (Novel; 1934)
Withering Heights, by Emily Bronte (Novel; 1847)
Today’s Name Days
Blanka, Charles, Eligius, Natalie (Austria)
Blanka, Florencija, Kazimir, Natalija, Naum (Croatia)
Iva (Czech Republic)
Arnold (Denmark)
Oskar, Osmar, Oss (Estonia)
Oskar, Oskari (Finland)
Florence (France)
Blanka, Eligius, Natalie (Germany)
Areti, Jacob, Naoum, Philaretos, Theoklitos (Greece)
Elza (Hungary)
Ansano, Eligio (Italy)
Arnolds, Arvaldis (Latvia)
Algmina, Butigeidas, Eligijus, Natalija (Lithuania)
Arnljot, Arnold, Arnt (Norway)
Długosz, Edmund, Eliga, Eligiusz, Iwa, Natalia, Natalis, Platon, Sobiesława (Poland)
Filaret, Naum (Romania)
Edmund (Slovakia)
Blanca, Cándida, Eloy (Spain)
Oskar, Ossian (Sweden)
Bianca, Blanca, Blanche, Eli, Ely, Sherwin (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 335 of 2024; 30 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 48 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 19 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 18 Kislev 5784
Islamic: 18 Jumada I 1445
J Cal: 5 Zima; Fiveday [5 of 30]
Julian: 18 November 2023
Moon: 81%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 27 Frederic (12th Month) [Francia]
Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 6 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 69 of 89)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 10 of 30)
Calendar Changes
December (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]
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During a Baltic Trio Meeting:
Poland, totally unprompted and uninvited: I have a tattoo.
Latvia: Whoa, really? What is it?
Lithuania, not even looking up from his notes: A pink horse.
Poland: It’s a Pony, You Ignorant Bitch
#aph poland#aph incorrect#source: i don't actually remember but it was from a voltron incorrect blog so yeah
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Holidays 4.3
Holidays
American Circus Day
American Creed Day
Armenian Appreciation Day
Corrupt Society Day
Day of the Bride (Argentina)
Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day
A Drop of Water is a Grain of Gold
Fan Dance Day
Find A Rainbow Day
Good Deeds Day
Independent Artist Day
International Day Against Victim Blaming
Jane Goodall Day (Los Angeles)
Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)
Love A Muslim Day (UK)
National Chalk Day
National Film Score Day
National Grey Day
National Inspiring Joy Day
National Library Week begins
National Pac-Man Day
National Shoot Your Shot Day
Overcome a Handicap Day
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Peace Day (Angola)
Pony Express Day
Second Republic Day (Guinea)
TV Guide Day
Tweed Day
Weed Out Hate: Sow the Seeds of Greatness Day
World Aquatic Animal Day
World Cloud Security Day
World Party Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day
Fish Fingers and Custard Day
National Chocolate Mousse Day
1st Monday in April
National Bake Week begins [1st Monday]
National Fun Day [1st Monday]
Public Library Day [Monday of Library Week]
School Librarian Day [Monday of Library Week]
Sweet Potato Day [1st Monday]
Tater Day (Kentucky) [1st Monday]
Independence Days
Declaration of the Second Republic (Guinea)
Malinovia (Declared 2018) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Agape, Chionia, and Irene (Christian; Martyrs)
Aristæus (Positivist; Saint)
Burgundofara (Christian; Saint)
Captain Cabbage (Muppetism)
Day of Sheela-Na-Gig (Pagan)
Doris Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of Pak Tai (Macau) [3rd Day of 3rd Lunar Month]
Goof Friday (Church of the SubGenius)
Holy Monday [6 Days before Easter]
Luigi Scrosoppi (Christian; Saint)
Nicetias (Christian; Saint)
Plato (Christian; Saint)
Proserpina’s Rise from the Underworld Day (Ancient Greece)
Richard of Chichester (Christian; Saint)
Seize a Sausage Day (Pastafarian)
Ulpin of Tyre (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sizdar-Bedah (Unlucky to stay indoors; Iran)
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Adventureland (Film; 2009)
Beethoven (Film; 1992)
The Druid of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1991)
Fast & Furious (Film; 2009) [F&F #4]
Furious 7 (Film; 2015) [F&F #7]
It Happened at the World’s Fair (Film; 1963)
It’s Now or Never, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1960)
The Long, Hot Summer (Film; 1958)
Louisiana Hayride (Radio Music Series; 1948)
Mercury Rising (Film; 1998)
My Hero Academia (Anime TV Series; 2016)
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregor (Novel; 2008)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, by Edvard Grieg (Concerto; 1869)
Planet of the Apes (Film; 1968)
Planning for Good Eating (Disney Cartoon; 1946)
Rock-A-Doodle (Animated Film; 1992)
Rumple of the Bailey (UK TV Series; 1978)
The Sea-Wolf (Novel; 1904)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Film; 1968)
Today’s Name Days
Richard, Sixtus (Austria)
Radojko, Ratko, Rikard, Siksto (Croatia)
Richard (Czech Republic)
Nicæas (Denmark)
Uko, Uku (Estonia)
Sampo, Veeti (Finland)
Richard (France)
Irene, Lisa, Richard (Germany)
Illyria’s (Greece)
Buda, Richárd (Hungary)
Riccardo, Sisto (Italy)
Daira, Dairis, Ferdinands (Latvia)
Kristijonas, Ričardas, Rimtautė, Vytenis (Lithuania)
Gunnvald, Gunvor (Norway)
Antoni, Cieszygor, Jakub, Pankracy, Ryszard (Poland)
Nichita (Romania)
Richard (Slovakia)
Ricardo (Spain)
Ferdinand, Nanna (Sweden)
Dick, Dickson, Dix, Dixie, Dixon, Doris, Ricarda, Ricardo, Rich, Richard, Richelle, Richman, Rick, Rickey, Ricky, Rosamond, Rosamund, Ryan (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 93 of 2024; 272 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 14 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Second Month 2 (Gui-Mao), Day 13 (Xin-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 12 Nisan 5783
Islamic: 12 Ramadan 1444
J Cal: 2 Aqua; Twosday [2 of 30]
Julian: 21 March 2023
Moon: 93%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 9 Archimedes (4th Month) [Aristæus]
Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 15 of 90)
Zodiac: Aries (Day 14 of 30)
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The Heck horse is a horse breed that is claimed to resemble the tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), an extinct wild equine. The breed was created by the German zoologist brothers Heinz Heck and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the tarpan. Although unsuccessful at creating a genetic copy of the extinct species, they developed a breed with grullo coloration and primitive markings. Heck horses are dun or grullo (a dun variant) in color, with no white markings. The breed has primitive markings, including a dorsal stripe and horizontal striping on the legs. Heck horses generally stand between 12.2 and 13.2 hands tall. The head is large, the withers low, and the legs and hindquarters strong. The hooves are strong, often not needing shoeing. The gait of the Heck horse is high stepping, which makes them comfortable to ride and which is considered attractive while being driven. The breed is described as being calm, friendly, curious and intelligent, although very independent. The physical description of tarpans was very similar – strong, approximately the same height, and with the same coloration and primitive markings.
The tarpan was a Eurasian wild horse that became extinct in the wild in 1879, due to hunting and crossbreeding with domesticated horses, and in 1887 the last captive horse died in Russia. The Hecks believed they could recreate the extinct tarpan by back breeding living descendants. They believed they could combine and rearrange the genetic material from these living descendants into a recreation of the extinct horse.
The Heck brothers bred together several European small horse and pony breeds hypothesized to be descended from the tarpan. They eventually integrated mares of the Konik, Icelandic horse, and Gotland breeds. These mares were bred to Przewalski's horse stallions. The Hecks believed the wild Przewalski blood would help to draw out the wild characteristics they felt lay dormant in the domesticated pony breed mares. The first foal born from the program who had the desired coloration was a colt born on May 22, 1933. The breeding program continued, using only those horses who showed the desired skull shape, bone structure and coloration. Relatively quickly, the breed's conformation and coloration became set, with parents reliably passing their characteristics onto their offspring.
The first Heck horse in the United States was a stallion named Duke, imported in 1954 by the Chicago Zoological Park in Illinois, followed by two mares in 1955. A third mare was imported by the Fort Worth Zoological Park in Texas in 1962. All four horses came from the Munich Zoo and in the early 1990s, all Heck horses in the United States traced back to these animals. Several private breeders in the United States now use these horses for riding and light driving. In the early 1960s, the North American Tarpan Association was founded by Heck horse enthusiasts to promote the breed. In 2002, there were fewer than 100 Heck horses in the United States, most of them having descended from the six foundation horses, all imported from Germany. As of 2013, a small number of Heck horses lived in a feral state in Latvia.
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