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May. 11th, 2008 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stalkerbunnyI'd never realized I really want to read a manga with personifications of countries as the characters...untill I found out there is one, only in a language I can't read. Woe.
Apparently it's called Hetalia
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Also, this got me thinking what sort of character I would make of this country I live in...even spent this morning writing a brief survey of our history from that perspective, but perhaps I won't bother you with that. Naaw, of course I will :'D
Ah, I hope no-one finds this too insulting, I know I'm joking with a pretty serious matter. Um. -_-;
Tried to be insulting towards everyone and everything to the best of my abilities, if that helps any >_>;
Originally Finland was a part of Sweden. A sort of slow youngest child, who was every once in a while bullied by the next door neighbor, Russia.
But then in around 1800 Napoleon was all "Oy, Russia...you could kidnap that one part of Sweden right next to you, so we could threaten them a bit, right?"
Russia: "Okay, just for a while."
Only that "just for a while" kinda extended.
Anyway, Finland didn't find it too bad, since Russia was unexpectedly nice and even let them be kinda more independent than Sweden had. Yay.
All was going reasonably well, when...
Russia: "Damn this nationalism thing. Some of my concubines have gotten ideas...what if that Finland does too >_>...*oppresses!*
Finland: "OMG what is this D:D: Russia please stop being mean ;_;"
Russia: "No can do. Kneel bitch"
Finland: "Our romance is over! D':"
And then Finland decided to ditch Russia. And as it happens, by the time they'd packed their packs (in 1917), Russia had changed it's name to Soviet Russia, and had better things to do than stop it from leaving.
Loa, independence.
Finland almost became a kingdom then, even called some German prince over here to become a king, but since Germany lost in WWI and all it just didn't happen.
AND there was a bloody civil war to decide if Finland would become a communist country or not, which it didn't and after some further skuffle it narrowly avoided becoming full out fascist country either...phew.
Then, 1939-1940, there was the Winter War, in which Russia was the bad guy cause they punched themselves in the face and claimed Finland did it before attacking. Everyone else was all "Aaaaw, that's too bad. Look howcutely bravely Finland is fighting back thought!"
And strangely enough Finland won that, even if they lost a hand and bits of their skirt.
And then it got some illusions of grandeur and started planning how to get those parts back, and mayne something a bit extra...
Germany: "We'll help.mayyybe."
Finland: "Really :D?
Germany: "Sure ^__^"
And so Finland sided with the nazis in WWII. That didn't end too well.
In the end F. got to keep the indepence, but had to pay in a lot of stuff to Russia.
Ironically, that's basically the reason Finland really changed into an industrialised country. Before that we were just a poor agraric country. :P
And during the Cold War there was a lot of bending over for the sake of Soviet Russia, as much as could be done without pissing of the other side anyways. Probably wouldn't have helped any if that conflict had warmed up, but then again in that case everyone would have been toast anyway.
And later stages I'm not conversant enough in. There's been some trouble, and there's been better times...right now things are pretty good. Let's see for how long, eh?
EDIT: Um, does this count as fanfic o_O;
Apparently it's called Hetalia
¤_¤
Also, this got me thinking what sort of character I would make of this country I live in...even spent this morning writing a brief survey of our history from that perspective, but perhaps I won't bother you with that. Naaw, of course I will :'D
Ah, I hope no-one finds this too insulting, I know I'm joking with a pretty serious matter. Um. -_-;
Originally Finland was a part of Sweden. A sort of slow youngest child, who was every once in a while bullied by the next door neighbor, Russia.
But then in around 1800 Napoleon was all "Oy, Russia...you could kidnap that one part of Sweden right next to you, so we could threaten them a bit, right?"
Russia: "Okay, just for a while."
Only that "just for a while" kinda extended.
Anyway, Finland didn't find it too bad, since Russia was unexpectedly nice and even let them be kinda more independent than Sweden had. Yay.
All was going reasonably well, when...
Russia: "Damn this nationalism thing. Some of my concubines have gotten ideas...what if that Finland does too >_>...*oppresses!*
Finland: "OMG what is this D:D: Russia please stop being mean ;_;"
Russia: "No can do. Kneel bitch"
Finland: "Our romance is over! D':"
And then Finland decided to ditch Russia. And as it happens, by the time they'd packed their packs (in 1917), Russia had changed it's name to Soviet Russia, and had better things to do than stop it from leaving.
Loa, independence.
Finland almost became a kingdom then, even called some German prince over here to become a king, but since Germany lost in WWI and all it just didn't happen.
AND there was a bloody civil war to decide if Finland would become a communist country or not, which it didn't and after some further skuffle it narrowly avoided becoming full out fascist country either...phew.
Then, 1939-1940, there was the Winter War, in which Russia was the bad guy cause they punched themselves in the face and claimed Finland did it before attacking. Everyone else was all "Aaaaw, that's too bad. Look how
And strangely enough Finland won that, even if they lost a hand and bits of their skirt.
And then it got some illusions of grandeur and started planning how to get those parts back, and mayne something a bit extra...
Germany: "We'll help.
Finland: "Really :D?
Germany: "Sure ^__^"
And so Finland sided with the nazis in WWII. That didn't end too well.
In the end F. got to keep the indepence, but had to pay in a lot of stuff to Russia.
Ironically, that's basically the reason Finland really changed into an industrialised country. Before that we were just a poor agraric country. :P
And during the Cold War there was a lot of bending over for the sake of Soviet Russia, as much as could be done without pissing of the other side anyways. Probably wouldn't have helped any if that conflict had warmed up, but then again in that case everyone would have been toast anyway.
And later stages I'm not conversant enough in. There's been some trouble, and there's been better times...right now things are pretty good. Let's see for how long, eh?
EDIT: Um, does this count as fanfic o_O;
