#wtf England?

[sofiadragon]

People in the notes are asking why Eileen stayed and I'm thinking to myself: Well, no-fault divorce happened right about the time he was growing up and there was a lot of stigma to overcome before it really popped off in the USA. When was that? Like '75?

So I look that up and yes, in the USA no-fault divorces became legal in '69 but the people previously trapped in bad marriages didn't start rushing through that newly opened door for a couple years, with a peak in 74-76 that conservatives here leveraged to say terrible things were happening when really, it was just situations like what the above image implies being fixed without having to prove it all in a court of law.

So then, like you do, I think that the UK got votes for women before us Yankees, but when did they get no-fault divorce in the UK?

2020

I beg your fucking pardon?

So Eileen would have had to get Tobias to admit in court that he beat her and their son, possibly losing his job and making it impossible for him to get new employment among other social consequences, or else prove it in court against his objections. A woman who lived in the magical world most of her life and may not really know how muggle law works.

WTF England?

hand-me-downs

[esotericesque]

I remember when I first found out Stop & Shop was just like a New England thing (and not even fully New England just like southern New England and then like NY and NJ). It was shocking. Like wdym that's not like the nationwide grocery store?? wtf???

[300foxholecourtt]

Happiest mail from @ouijacine

[fuimus-troes]

spaus vs. engport. do you get it. please do you get it

[ash-tree-eyes]

Listening to tmagp 21 as someone not from the UK is really like “Millennium dome? Wtf is that?? Is is some special structure designed by an avatar for eldritch horror purposes??? Is it going to be really plot relevant later?? What does it look like????” only to open tumblr and discover that not only is it a real thing, but it’s also really fucking ugly

[forsoobado137]

Let's be real, without England France is a hot mess. He's one step from offing everyone and himself and poor Germany doesn't know what do do because 'isn't this what you wanted? Are you telling me that without your daily fight with England you become a maniac?' it's a whole process, the fight, the make up, the release of tensions... The poor French holds the weight of the riots on his chest he needs to let it go

Germany wants to help, but he just doesn't understand how France works. France needs England because without him, where is he going to release his unhinged energy? He's always been a bit eccentric, but now everyone else has to deal with his surplus of "passion". Maybe Germany can take him hiking to cool off (but he'd probably complain about his legs hurting).

[raspberrybirb]

I hate how I can only draw one thing and it's these two British people

They're so in love trust and believe ✨👌

been using Clip Studio Paint so excuse the style change

[kylianmbappex]

jude on instagram🤍

[c0cain3-camwh0r3]

As a cis man in a transmasc body, I have recently noticed that all the stores in our area no longer sell larger non-applicator tampons? We have a very heavy flow and we rely on the bigger tampons to go about our daily life, but we can't find them anywhere?! Is this an issue for anyone else or is it just our city?

[pseudophan]

so i have a tote that i got from someone on twitter that says “have the courage to exist” on it and today someone complimented me on it and said the quote was so cute and asked me where i got it from. i didn’t have the heart to tell her…

god i felt that i keep going out in my don't cry craft shirt and when people ask about it i'm just like um it's a uh... it's a meme...

[natsuki208]

SAME ENERGY

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[chrlvctius]

I rlly do have a type (captains 😫😫)

her and alexia putellas can step on me, idfc 😭

[hendolish]

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[unhetalia]

soft usuk headcanon where america just hugs england after having a bad day or even nightmare.

This is a holdover from childhood. Arthur wasn't there a lot, but when he was, Alfred asked for hugs all the time. One time Alfred fell out of a tree and was just about to brush it off when he saw Arthur was beside himself. He quickly realised that it was not normal to fall out of trees and feel nothing, so he quickly turned on the waterworks so Arthur would hold him. Free hug!

(It fucks up his relationship with affection, this belief that there needs to be a Legitimate Reason in order to receive gentleness or love, but that's not what this is about!)

Nowadays, it's more complicated than that for Alfred. Americans aren't a high contact culture, and while I don't believe in Nations always being the embodiment of their countries' ideologies, when you're living amongst people who have a certain way of interacting, it absolutely has an impact, same as for any human.

As a result, Alfred is someone who is a little bit touch-starved. I think he wants more contact than he's able to get from the people around him. His best friend is an alien, his other best friend is fucking BELARUS.

Arthur, on the other hand, isn't lacking in physical contact, if you know what I mean. He's traced every curve of a woman's body; held a man down and fucked them until they begged. He's been clung to, held tight, clawed in passion.

But Arthur rarely touches people when he's not fucking them - hasn't been touched by someone who wants affection, or is offering it to him.

The first time Alfred hugged Arthur to seek out comfort post-independence was in 1950. Alfred had come out of World War II incredibly jaded - it was only the third time he'd ever revealed himself to and worked with his government, and they'd gone behind his back and dropped two atom bombs. Alfred left after, though President Truman had tried his best to get him to stay, promising him that because of what they'd done, there would be no more wars.

Five year later, the U.S enters the Korean War. Alfred is with Arthur when he hears the news, and to say he's gutted would be an understatement. He must've looked devastated, because Arthur moves to stand in front of him and makes to put a hand on his shoulder. Instead, Alfred just... falls into him, face in his chest, holding him tightly and crying his heart out. Arthur is stumped for a minute before he wraps his arms around Alfred, starts shushing him like he's a child again. Telling him it's going to be okay.

Alfred would lie awake that night thinking about how different Arthur felt from when he was a child; how, in fact, being held by Arthur in that moment hadn't felt like his childhood at all. Alfred doesn't quite realise it's because he's in love with Arthur, but he learns - or re-learns - the power of physical affection.

This lesson impacts Arthur because not only does Alfred begin seeking him out for comfort (which stops him in his tracks every time), he offers that same comfort without prompting.

Arthur is seething during a meeting after receiving several ridiculous reports, and yes, he's shouting and terrifying everyone, especially Antonio, who is very aware Arthur still carries a sword around, when suddenly Alfred stands up, marches towards him, and pulls him into a hug and says "chill out, dude, everything's gonna be fine!"

The world watches Arthur almost physically deflate. When Alfred pulls away and walks back to his seat, Arthur will finally take a deep breath. "Well... it's not the end of the world, I guess. We'll need to rearrange a few things, but it's fixable."

Witnessing this, everyone decides that it doesn't matter that their relationships don't reflect the geopolitical climate: Alfred truly is a superpower.

[Note: All my headcanons unless states otherwise exist in a universe where Hetalia characters are independent of their government. Their roles are to protect the land and the people, and often this requires them to work against their governments. Despite Nations being a representative of a country, their work to protect the land and people goes beyond boarders, and while Nations have personal relationships that involve liking and disliking others, this does not impede on their work and is not tied to their country's politics.]

[slavicgerman]

[pepperjunkie]

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 (801), UK - Air Force Reg.: XV250 MSN: 8025 Elvington, England, United Kingdom - April 13, 2010