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Got inspired by this song and wanted to test my chibi style out

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Philippines: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.

Indonesia: I witnessed the dumb stuff.

Thailand: I recorded the dumb stuff.

Malaysia: I joined in on the dumb stuff.

Singapore: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THE DUMB STUFF!!!

#hetalia #hws indonesia #hws Philippines #hws Thailand #hws Malaysia #hws singapore #asean #mawaru chiqueue #YALL THIS BLOG IS AMAZING

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hetalia singapore time come get your veterans’ discount

#hetalia #hws Singapore #aph singapore #mawaru chiqueue #IS THAT MILO #tw drugs #just in case

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Join the Asian Powers Hetalia discord server!

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Finally a discord server dedicated to our favourite Asian characters and OCs! It is a fun and chill server with lots of features like:

Cute design, fun emotes

Friendly and chill environment

Confessions, Tupperbox, Dank Memer, Music bot

Cultural and Languages channels

The Aruminati channel (dont ask just join 😏)

and so much more!

If you’re interested in Asiantalia or want to learn more about them, this is a place for you! Let’s spread the love for the Asians and join the server now!

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#hetalia #hetalia discord #mawaru chiqueue

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Welcoming Indonesia in Hetalia : World Stars. 

This guy will pat pat you and say “gak papa” when you down and “mantul” when you get some achievement, He is nice, He is still using his phone since 2000 cuz it’s still functioning. that’s very Indonesia ironically //i cries here cuz the recent accident//  He also scared of ghost xD classic 

#hetalia #hws indonesia #mawaru chiqueue #cute

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America: FUCK!

England: Language

America: American

#hetalia #hws england #hws america #alfred f Jones #Arthur Kirkland #incorrect quotes

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yes♥

#hetalia #hws philippines #hws indonesia #aph philippines #aph indonesia #mawaru chiqueue #LOOK AT THEM

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An important educational comic about the problematic nature of making anyone in Asia related

*Inspired by the Frukmerunning situation. Also there’s no need to bash other ships because every ship in Hetalia can be tricky (even though she didn’t ship Nichu, it needs to be said.) 

#hetalia #hws america #hws japan #hws china #hws south korea #mawaru chiqueue #the group hug at the end-

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sooooo..its japan:0

#hetalia #hws japan #kiku honda #aph japan #mawaru chiqueue #this art style is absolutely adorable

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#hetalia #nekotalia #hws finland #hws denmark #hws sweden #hws norway #hws iceland #mawaru chiqueue #awwww look at all of them

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Guys give me a minute my art style is still buffering

#hetalia #hws italy #hws north italy #hws japan #itapan #feliciano vargas #kiku honda #mawaru chiqueue #awwww

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#hetalia #hws china #hws japan #nichu #yao wang #kiku honda #mawaru chiqueue #AHHHHH SO CUTE

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Bullet points on why I, personally, DO NOT vibe with the idea of an “Asian family” (particularly as a blood-related family) in Hetalia portrayal:

Asia is a whole continent. I don’t know how to make this clearer that Asia is a massive content with really distinct regions (East Asia is very different from Southeast Asia, which is also very different from South Asia, and there’s also Central Asia and West Asia…..) and also have very distinct countries within regions. Even if you’re talking about just East Asian personifications when you say “Asian family” in Hetalia, they are all very distinct cultures!

The idea that “All Asians look alike” or “All Asians are related” are longtime racist stereotypes. To me, personally, the insistence of “Asian family” in Hetalia fanon brings up really unpleasant associations to those stereotypes, especially since it only ever seems to mean just East Asians and erase other Asian countries.

There seems to be a double standard when it comes to interpreting countries that have the same or similar cultural influence/source. People don’t do this with similar groups around the world. If you want to say that any country that takes influence from a major civilization are related, just about most European countries would have to be considered related by the same logic??

I strongly dislike how people sometimes use this as a justification to police headcanons and ships. “Asian Family” is not canon, and even if it were, people are free to interpret literal countries as having different dynamics based on what they know, have experienced, or simply because they want to.

Speaking of canon, let’s talk about that for a second: Calling someone “brother” in Japanese does not literally mean that you’re related! For that matter, not even Taiwan nor Hong Kong calls him “brother” and they arguably have more case to be considered actually blood-related to China; they call him “teacher” in canon material.  Macau and HK aren’t even blood-related to China in canon.

It just…does not feel consistent with current IRL, with regard to how these countries themselves view themselves and their relations to each other. As real countries, there is a lot of discourse and complicated history and geopolitics. I think of them more as neighbors or coworkers in the same department/company (and have a lot of interpersonal politics going on behind the scenes). Growing up in Taiwan, we didn’t even touch on Korea in our history lessons; it’s hard to make a case of feeling “related” to them IRL.

It is also historically impossible: Japan, Korea, and Taiwan etc. are not under Chinese influence at the same time historically, nor do the way they actually selectively adopt Chinese ideas reflect the idea of blood relation. It isn’t accurate to say that China “raised” or “taught” Korea and Japan because their real-life historical relations indicated that it was more that Korea and Japan learned from China voluntarily, picking and choosing what to take away from China. It does both those civilizations a great disservice to strip away their historical autonomy like that.

Cultural similarity has been used as justification for expansionism. This concept is historically weighted (re: Japanese imperialism and the idea of a Pan-Asian “Co-Prosperity Sphere”) and politically charged right now with China’s expanding its influence and how that poses a threat to many of its neighboring countries/territories.

From my personal experiences and understanding of East Asian cultures, which are heavily influenced by Confucian tradition, the concept of “family” isn’t really about affection/blood relation/connection, it’s about power and hierarchy. It is the foundational unit for how Confucian teachings understand society. It is a social contract in a way, and every participant has their role to play, and every type of relationship between people have specific rules. The state is comparable to a family unit, and emperors are regarded as “father figures” (who are supposed to provide for and lead by example) to their subjects, who in turn owe him obedience. Even when we draw parallels to family about how these countries interact with each other, it does not confer a sense of “relation” as much as it confers a sense of hierarchy. It’s a shortcut to understanding power dynamics!

The idea of “Asian family” very often puts China as a “big brother” figure, which inherently holds implications about a longtime power dynamic that China enforces with it being the central power and every other country as inferior vassals that owe it obedience. It, again, reinforces the paternalistic power dynamic imbued with Confucian ideas about leadership. In this instance, it says something about China’s regional hegemony and power over other countries in East Asia and constrains their autonomy and agency as sovereign nations in their own right. I find this deeply troubling with the real-life context of China’s growing aggression and power.

This being said, everyone is free to have their own interpretations of fictional characters, as well as interpret the relationships between real countries in whatever way they want. It is when people try to insist that there is a “correct” way of interpretation and shove it down others’ throats that there is an issue. I have been seeing discourse that centers around this stuff recently (and how it lead to really awful harassment of a mutual), so I just wanted to share my thoughts on this as a politically conscious East Asian who grew up in East Asia and have long been interrogating why I could never see these East Asian countries as “family” (as they are so often portrayed).

#hetalia #mawaru chiqueue #important

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College AU revised r/ships between the Asians pt. 1

It was too long so part 2 is (hopefully) coming with the SEAsians, India, South Korea, and Mongolia

spoiler, all of them are not related

China still loves taking people under his wing because he’s got a Big Bro complex (consistent in every AU)

Tried taking Hong Kong (THEY ARE UNRELATED) under his wing first in freshman year (1st year) because he apparently looked like he could use a responsible brother figure

Yao is neither responsible nor a brother figure 

Leon lowkey/highkey hates him but once in a while Yao drops actually good advice and it convinces him not to cut him off

Yao lowkey knows Leon dislikes him but he shrugs it off as teenage angst or something

Also Leon called him “Teach” once as an insult when Yao was lecturing him too much (trying to rub it in that he’s a fucking Old Man in his beliefs if not in looks) but Yao took it as a compliment so now they’re stuck with each other

They used to be closer but now Leon just does whatever he wants and Yao texts him about once a month to lecture him on some stupid stunt or other

Also Yao brings him food to his dorm at least once a week and Leon is keeping him around solely because of that tbh

Leon is friends with Taiwan and Macau because they got put in the same Russian Math class in middle school or something. HK fortunately got put in the back and noticed Taiwan looked as bored as him so he sent her a paper plane (expertly folded) and they became friends

Macau (Vincent in this AU) lived in the same neighborhood as Leon and one day Leon noticed he was also in Russian Math (it took a while though; he’s not really super perceptive) so they started vibing

Leon and Mei then started cheating off of Vincent’s homework

They’re still friends to this day (this day = college/university)

Because of Leon’s regular interactions with Yao he gets to know Mei and Vincent too

Mei thinks Yao’s an ass, probably because he said something rude to her once and because he gives off “I’m really successful and friendly but I’ve pretty much thrown my morals out the window at this point and would and could blackmail you and all your friends” vibes

Don’t leave them alone together because any conversation devolves into passive aggressive insults within two and a half minutes

Vincent thinks Yao’s decent but Yao also likes him the most despite interacting with him the least

Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Anyways, it’s mostly because Vincent is really good at tuning out Yao’s rambling and somehow can tune right back in when Yao drops good advice or when he states the Main Point of his lecture

They don’t talk much though

We now come to Japan my man 

Keep reading

#hetalia #hws china #hws Hong Kong #hws taiwan #hws japan #hws macau #college au #mawaru chiqueue #THIS IS SO GOOD

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#hetalia #nekotalia #hws Norway #mawaru chiqueue #so cute

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Happy Birthday to the World’s ＃2 Dad

So I heard it’s the old man’s birthday. 

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#hetalia #hws england #arthur kirkland #aph england #mawaru chiqueue #happy birth old man

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Arotalia....

#me shooting my faves with aro arrows