#posts by others

[h-didanart]

@bumble-the-sun-bee @o-i-w-u

I baked some beetle bread!! <3

[olympeline]

This post about how the fandom sees Alfred’s sexuality is intriguing to me as a non-American. Hetalia is a series that is equal parts built on history and stereotypes and, from the outside looking in, America’s stereotype has always been one of a society that’s keenly obsessed with sex (so like, literally every society lmao)…but also one that’s very ill at ease with it. American sexuality leans towards the conservative side by Western standards, while being very “in your face” about it at the same time.

It’s the old joke everyone knows: American media will happily show someone’s head exploding in close-up, grisly detail and nobody will turn a hair. But show one female nipple or - God forbid - a dick and suddenly their establishment goes full 1950s Hays Code.

There’s a grain of truth to it too. Last time I traveled I was up in Finland and there were lots of outdoor saunas with naked people around them. Our group was a mixture of Brits, Dutch, and Americans and it was the latter who were the most shocked when the young lads got cheeky and started dancing or doing hip-thrusts. Meanwhile the Brit-Dutch brigade (I call us the culinary cripples squad) thought it was funny. The Americans got into it too and joined in the laughter, but it took them noticeably longer. There was an initial shock-hurdle of “!! Oh my God, naked people! Dicks bouncing and flopping! In the wild!” to get over before they could relax and enjoy the show.

“Not relaxed” is how I might describe American vs. Western European attitudes to sex, actually. In my own British experience, it’s not that we see all Americans as prudes or puritans or anything like that. But that culturally Americans seem more stressed about sex. Americans don’t tend to do saucy or cheeky or “wink wink nudge nudge” very much. I think the lack of it makes them more nervous, which then makes them more uptight. I’m not saying the UK is some kind of free love Bohemian paradise or anything silly like that, but it is less stressed out than the US. Most definitely.

So how would all that translate to Alfred, the personification of the US? If I had to think seriously about Al’s sexuality, then I would picture him as the kind of young man who is absolutely hungry for sex and thinks about it constantly. Who is keen and enthusiastic but in a very surface level, very young way. He would boast about conquests or whatever but when the time came to perform, the poor guy would be shitting bricks. Especially with an older more experienced partner. Especially, especially if he had to top with them *cough*Arthur*cough* Like the Americans in Finland, he would be fine when he relaxed and things got going. But he’d have to relax first. That’s my thoughts on the matter anyway.

[rafaelsilvasource]

RAFAEL SILVA in New York | July 2023

[olympeline]

We live in a society. A society that needs a USUK superhero AU of this since yesterday.

Magician and gentleman thief Arthur gets sloppy one night and Superman-style All American Hero Alfred finds his hideout. Cue Alfred “saving” Arthur, then insisting on following the increasingly exasperated Englishman around. Trying to protect him in case his supervillain captor comes after him again. They get married

[olympeline]

FrUK?

FrUK 🇫🇷❤️🇬🇧

[olympeline]

Mmm yeah. I usually stay out of commenting on what other people do here but I have to admit, I’m kind of relieved someone else posted (confessed?) this.

I’m British and my dad’s side is English. Having to constantly read that the personification of our country is ugly/hideous/disgusting isn’t nice. It would be different if England actually was drawn to be ugly, or if the people posting it were English and laughing at themselves, but he’s not and they’re not.

“But it’s just a joke about a character-” Mm, a character who represents me and my home. And I don’t find it funny. I find it mean and uncomfortable like OP said. That’s all.

[olympeline]

USUK spend the night together. Order goes:

England

England

America

England

America

America

England

[h-didanart]

@atherflame-theconcubus @coastxlwaters

♪ It's time for Fish Fact Friday! ♪

The African coelacanth is a living fossil, and one of only two extant species of coelacanth! African coelacanths have vivid blue scales, which distinguish them from the brown-scaled Indonesian coelacanth.

They often reside in underwater lava caves, spending the day resting in the caves and hunting in their vicinity at night. Unlike most other vertebrates, they have a hinge in the back of their skull which allows them to move both their upper and lower jaw simultaneously - this allows them to open their jaws extra wide to catch prey!

[olympeline]

I can just imagine USUK 😂

I don’t know whether Americans do the thing where you don’t wear a coat when going out drinking/clubbing in the winter because there’s never anywhere to leave the bastard thing. I hope they don’t because then I can imagine sensibly bundled up Alfred staring in stupified bewilderment when Arthur turns up for their date with a bare chest when there’s three feet of snow on the ground lmao

[olympeline]

[ryderdire]

Really interesting thing I glimpsed on rednote today

I think We- we’re developing international class consciousness 

[h-didanart]

@coastxlwaters @atherflame-theconcubus

Dennis

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery