#aph ocs

[saltlakris]

Sápmi and Norways relationship is quite complicated.

Sápmi was the one to first discover him; a little boy, barefeet in the chilly wet tundra. Without hesistation he brought him into his lávvu, a traditional sami tent, where he clothed and fed him. Sápmi is quite nostalgic about this time and will tell any unfortune soul with an ear to lend all the stories about young Norway.

"I could barely get any work done! He would sometimes wrap around my leg and simply refuse to let go, haha!"

However, eventually Scandinavia reached the northermost parts of the Norwegian territory and after a brief but violet confrontation Sápmi would be forced to give up the young boy to the much larger and stronger Scandinavia. This was when Norway joined up with Denmark and Sweden. After this, Sápmi would sometimes approach him when he was alone, making sure he was always well-fed and properly clothed, teaching him valuble lessons about nature and spiritualism. The influence of sámi shamanism together with norse mythology is one of the reasons why Norway can see and speak with spirits.

After having gained independence from Denmark in 1814, Norway finally had his own constitution. In this period of time, the young nation fixiated on creating a Norwegian identity due to technically being under Swedish control. He wanted true independence, but he knew this could only be achieved through establishing a strong Norwegian nationalism throughout the population. This is where he and Sápmi would butt heads.

Norway hoped to integrate Sápmi into modern society, leaving behind the "hedonistic" lifestyle that the Sámi people lived. In his still immature mind, why would anyone choose living in a lávvu and the physically straining task of hoarding reindeer through the unforgiving tundra over a house, education and stable income? After Sápmi outright refused, he saw no other choice than to reinstate a harsh policy to Norwegianize the Sámi people by removing their culture, language and religious practices, sometimes by violent measures. This policy would last until the 1960s.

This is a part of Norwegian history that Norway regrets immensely today, and he has taken many measures in order to assist Sápmi in rebuilding his people's culture and language... Now that he is more mature, he has realized that:

"In the land of Norway, there is space for all kinds of people and culture."

#hetalia #aph #hws #aph norway #hws norway #aph ocs #hws ocs #hetalia ocs #my ocs #indigenous #aph sapmi #aph sami

[ask19thcentury-doctorgilbert]

"I can't take all the credit of course, Prince Frederick did help me with the convincing after all. Ah, what a fun night it was! Anyway, I'm getting distracted -- Gisil here cleans up real nice in a dress! Such a shame there's so few occasions that call for a man to get prettied up nowadays,"

i am obsessed with the idea of konrad, gilbert, and fritz getting up to all sorts of debauchery and trouble at dresden after frederick william hit the hay

equally obsessed with the idea that gilbert and konrad both stole their dresses from ilse

#answered #ask19thcenturydoctorgilbert #reboot #hetalia ask blog #hws prussia #gilbert beilschmidt #aph prussia #hws ocs #aph ocs #hws berlin #aph berlin #hws fritz #aph fritz #lbr most of the debauchery was caused by konrad and the prince

[dahliamorena]

- Avocado Season 🥑

Did you know that the state of Michoacán is the biggest producer of avocados in the Mexican republic ? Around 4/5ths of the national produce are provided by Michoacán ! Read about it here!

Bonus:

This defiantly wasn’t an excuse to draw Moises haha and for Lupe to smack gringo lolol

Do NOT tag as Us * Mex or Ame * Mex in reblogs thanks!

#aph #hws #hetalia #aph mexico #hws mexico #aph america #hws america #ヘタリア #michoacán #aph ocs #hws ocs #hetalia ocs

[paroedel]

I drew Hetalia in my history notes part. 2

#hetalia #aph #hws #hetalia axis powers #hetalia world stars #what the hell is edel doing #aph america #hws america #the guy in front of him is my Southern USA OC #he looks so emo XD #hetalia oc #aph oc #aph ocs #hws ocs #hws oc #fan art #hetalia fanart

[hws-em]

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AHDHDKEKFJJ i love him

#hws #hetalia #aph #hws northamptonshire #aph northamptonshire #hetalia northamptonshire #hws ocs #aph ocs #pixel art #hws english counties #he's so pretty

[artist-kili]

Left to right:

Sebastian Münzer; 25 years old; Northrhine - Westphalia; 181cm; he/him; aroace

Emma Beilschmidt; 24 years old; Thuringia; 172cm; she/her; greyromantic - acespec

Adelina von Brandenburg; 27 years old; Brandenburg; 165cm; she/her; heterosexual - heteroromantic and lowkey homophobic

Friedrich "Fred" Bierlein; 26 years old; Bavaria; 171cm; he/it; heterosexual - austriaromantic (jk he's biromantic)

Adelheid Łukasiewicz; 19 years old; Frankfurt an der Oder; 150cm; she/they; pansexual - homoromantic

Adalbert Schiller von Berlin; 55 years old; Berlin; 164cm; he/him; heterosexual - heteroromantic

Till Steger - Beilschmidt; 35 years old; Hamburg; 190cm; he/him; pansexual - greyromantic

MS Germania

Till's boat represented by an oar

#aph #hetalia #hws #aph oc #aph ocs #hetalia oc #hetalia ocs #hws oc #hws ocs #own character #oc #oc art

[zinplans-blog]

I made a poll where i asked the fandom wether a new Algeria ask blog should exist but The poll isn't doing so great x(

Plz vote (Don't make redo it xD)

#aph algeria #Hetalia #hws algeria #historical hetalia #aph ocs #hetalia ocs #countryhumans #i hate beiing that guy and shoving my ocs in ur face and advertize etc but i'm kinda hesitating here ;-; #Also i tried drawing googles? Instant regret XD

[another-mexico-oc]

Originally started as a simple doodle, then it turned out into this!

Even if this blog it´s Mexico-centered, I think it´s time to explore a little more of the other LATAM countries. So here´s the headcanon behind the image:

Venezuela has won a lot of beauty contests over the years. Her obsession to always look perfect perhaps started when she was a preteen. Her older sister, Colombia, encouraged her to love herself and to be proud of her beauty, but she would have never thought her little sister would take it too seriously...

(If you want you can reblog it, but please don´t share my work on other platforms without permission / Rebloguea si gustas, pero por favor no compartas mi trabajo en otras plataformas sin permiso)

#aph #hetalia #hws #latin hetalia #aph ocs #hetalia oc #aph colombia #aph venezuela #hetalia colombia #hetalia venezuela #hws colombia #hws venezuela #latin hetalia colombia #latin hetalia venezuela

[icebreakerr]

just remembered i can draw shit. these two are my fictional country OCs

#hetalia #hetalia oc #aph oc #aph ocs #i almost came up with a whole alternate history book for these two hoes but i gave up on them so now i can remake them hehehe #i was OBSESSED. #barbie

[attichoney4u]

Note: The characters presented there are inspired by @allbeendonebefore's work and they have no intention to mock you, rather to entertain you.

Hello again. In my previous post, I talked about the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania. Here, I'm gonna present some of its important cities. Starting with the capital itself…

Artistic choices: As with Aetolia and Acarnania in the previous post, I based her design from one of my aunts. Specifically, I made her tall with brown hair. I originally intended her to have scars all over her body, from the three Sieges (that we are going to talk about later) that took place in her city, but I ended up finding this idea over-the-top and she has fair skin. She is famous as a fish farming site, so I gave her clothes that make it easy for her to access waterz like boots, shorts and a plain t-shirt.

Messolonghi (as I prefer to call her) is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania, despite not being its biggest city (Agrinio holds this position). Think of it like Edmonton and Calgary's case in Alberta, Canada.

It's one of these greek towns that has associated itself with the Greek War of Independence, a War that lasted from 1821 to 1829, and ended with the Greeks receiving their freedom from the Ottoman Empire.

To name, during that war, three dramatic sieges took place there. The first two (in 1822 and 1823) were unsuccessful, but the third was devastated for the Messolonghians.

Let's start from the beginning. Messolonghi is a city protected by a chain of small islands and its lagoon from the sea, and by a wall and the marshy terrain from the landward side. Additionally, it emerged as a fishing and trading settlement. All these made her a place in a vital position and that's why the Ottomans attacked her.

The reason the first two sieges were unsuccessful was due to the fact that the Ottomans focused solely on cutting connections and food from the land and thanks to the town's history as as a fishing and trading settlement, the residents could supply themselves via the sea route.

On the third time, however, the Ottomans came with a much stronger navy, cutting connections from both the land and the sea. The siege lasted till the spring of 1826. The Greeks had grown devastated and weak after a long and suffering winter without supplies, even going as far as to eat dogs, cats and mice from the streets. The residents looked skeletal and you could see corpses on the ground.

It was then that the Messolonghians decided to burst out of the gates and attempt to lead the women and children to safety. Meanwhile, those who were dying and/or too sick were piled into houses packed full of gunpowder to blow themselves up when the Ottomans arrived to kill them.

On the night of 10 April, the Greeks realised their plan, having to face an army of Ottomans who were informed about their escape. 10,000 emerged. Only 1,000 Greeks made it alive.

It's one of the most popular and important event of the Greek War of Independence, as it moved thousands of Philhellenes across the globe, who came to support the Greeks and it inspired works of art, like "The Free Besieged", a poem written by our national poet, Dionysios Solomos.

Here's an unofficial English translation I found on the Internet:

A silence as prevalent as death reigns over the plains

a bird speaks, takes a seed, and the mother envies it.

The famine blackened the eyes. The mother is swearing onto the eyes.

The good soldier from Souli stands aside and cries:

"Lone dark rifle, why do I hold you in the arm,

for you are a burden to me and even the Muslim knows ?"

April and Eros are dancing and laughing together,

and as many blossoms and cores come out, so many weapons enclose you.

A small white hill of sheep yells in movement,

and gets thrown deep within the sea again,

and merges its vast whiteness with the beauties of the sky.

And into the waters of the lake, which it reached in fast,

a blue butterfly played with its shadow,

that felt its sleep within the wild Fleur-de-lys.

The petite worm is also coming on its age.

The nature is magic and a dream in beauty and grace,

the black stone and the dried up grass are vast golden.

It spills itself with a thousand faucets, it speaks on a thousand languages:

"Whoever dies today will perish a thousand times."

The theme of the poem is about temptation and it's easily obvious on the last lines, where beautiful euphemisms are used to describe nature. One could ask "Who would want to die in such a beautiful day?". But as history (or to be more precise, this episode) showed, the Greeks preferred death over becoming slaves of the Ottomans.

In this drawing, you can see a mother about to commit suicide after having killed her kid (which is seen lying in her left arm), in an attempt not to end in the arms of the Ottomans.

The Garden of Heroes, a place dedicated to important military and political figures of the city, particularly from the Greek War of Independence.

Oh, I forgot to say that Lord Byron, a famous English poet and Philhellene died there.

Honestly, I feel like I talked too much about the Greek War of Independence…

On an unrelated note, she's in a rivalry with Agrinio, the biggest city and Economic Centre of Aetolia-Acarnania, but we will discuss it later (honestly, if you're following me for a while or if you've read my #athens and thessaloniki adventures posts, you will have noticed that we Greeks don't exactly get along)…

Artistic choices: I based her body type and hair from my mom, as she grew up in a small village near Agrinio. My mom doesn't smoke, but I made her a smoker, since, as I stated in the fun fact above, Agrinio is known across Greece for its tobacco production. My mom has participated in this when she was a little girl and she has a lot to tell me about it… Plus, she isn't redhead, she's actually brunette, she just likes to dye her hair red (just like my mom).

Enjoy a video depicting the production of tobacco. My mom showed it to me and said its pretty accurate to what she did when she was little.

https://youtu.be/E-F_iOQ88Ds

Agrinio is the biggest city of the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania and its Economic Centre. It's not the capital however. It's a similar case like the one with Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

It has acquired one of the worst reputations among greek cities, as a city that you "should avoid at all costs" and its residents as people you "should avoid at all costs". Here, I'm going to dissolve this ugly reputation or at the very least, try to justify it.

Agriniots in general are seen as "savages" that speak terribly greek. The reason for this is because, unbestknown for the majority of non-Agriniots, the people who claim to be from Agrinio aren't from Agrinio. They're from nearby villages, they just say Agrinio to help the listener locate the place. And because villagers have this reputation as being uncivilised and because every village speaks with a different accent, Agriniots earned the aforementioned reputation.

They're also in a rivalry with Messolonghi. The best way I can describe it is like this:

Agrinio: I'm the biggest city and Economic Centre of this regional unit! Why is SHE the capital?!

Messolonghi: I deserve this title because I'm an historic city!

Etc, etc

Artistic choices: He's a lobster, because his name "Astakos" in Greece means lobster and I thought it was funny. However, I don't know how he got that name. I searched information online and I didn't find anything about Astakos being famous for his lobster farming.

Nothing to say, except that it's a nice village to stroll and have dinner if you ever find yourself in Greece. Plus, I liked this building when I visited it.

Artistic choices: When most foreigners think about us Greeks, they think of slightly tanned people with brown or black hair. This is to a great extent true. For this reason, I wanted to create a character that looked less "Greek" and more "foreigner" just for the fun of it. She would be woman, have blonde hair (for the record, there're Greeks who have blonde hair, but there're huge brown hues on it. I wanted her hair to be pure blonde) and blue eyes. And that's how Nafpaktos came to be!

During the time she was under the Venetian Republic, she was named Lepanto. It's also the place where the Battle of Lepanto happened. You probably have heard it at least one in your life, as it's one of the most famous naval battles, and if you're Spaniard, it rings a bell in your ear.

It's considered of vital importance to the Europeans, since it marked the turning-point of Ottoman military expansion into the Mediterranean. Miguel de Cervantes, whom you might know as the author of Don Quixote, participated, where he severely injured his arm. In fact, there's a statue of him lifting his right arm, the arm which he used to write several famous literature works.

She's also the second biggest city of Aetolia-Acarnania after Agrinio.

That's all I have to offer. Have a good day (or night depending on what time exactly you're reading this post) 😘. The next post is gonna be the last about the Aetolia-Acarnanian Gang!

Sources:

A small part where I list all the sources of my information:

For Aetolia-Acarnania:

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetolia-Acarnania

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetolia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetolian_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acarnania

For Messolonghi:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missolonghi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_siege_of_Missolonghi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_siege_of_Missolonghi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_siege_of_Missolonghi

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B9

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BE%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85

For Agrinio:

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrinio

For Astakos:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astakos

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82

For Nafpaktos:

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafpaktos

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto

https://iaitoloakarnania.gr/2020/04/to-agalma-toy-thervantes-sti-naypakto-o-don-kichotis-kai-i-schesi-toy-me-tin-ellada/

#aph oc #aph: Messolonghi #aph: Missolonghi #hws Messolonghi #hws Missolonghi #aph ocs #aph: Agrinio #hws Agrinio #aph: Astakos #hws Astakos #aph: Nafpaktos #hws Nafpaktos #aata #athens and thessaloniki adventures

[saltlakris]

Hey, I have a question. I saw someone headcanon their hws Norway as part Sámi and use some Sámi elements in their fanarts to their Norway, what do you feel about that? Is it uncomfortable or weird if someone made their hws Norway half/part Sámi due to Norway’s history with Sápmi, or is it just “who cares lmao”?

Good question!

I think you would get a different answer from different Sámi, it's quite a hot topic nowadays of what is okay/not okay for "outsiders" to do with our culture. I think I'm more on the open side because I believe culture should be shared, that is the best policy. I have personally been to Japan and been invited to try their traditional clothes/practices, it was so amazing and educational! Though, I think there is a tasteful way of doing it. I would not be opposed to letting my friends try on my traditional clothing ect. (Actually, when you marry a Sámi you're technically Sámi too in our culture, so you adopt the dress from the area of your spouse. Sorry bf, when you marry me you are no longer Portuguese!)

Now, for me and with the story I have built around my OC Sápmi, I think it definitively makes sense for Norway (as well as Finland, Sweden and Russia) to be part Sámi, as he has been part of their upbringing. I do agree with @ifindus's head canon that Norway doesn't speak the language, since it is a dying language.

I guess, you could even argue that since he is not an official country (just a land area named Sápmi/Lapland) he could be "dead" in canon, like the other ancients (e.i. Scandinavia, Rome, Germania). I argue that because the Sámi culture is still strong and living, that he could still be alive, kinda like how Prussia is still alive.

#mun answers #hetalia ocs #aph ocs #aph sapmi #aph sami

[conetsu]

sketches! still working on the animatic

#art #digital art #draw #drawing #digital drawing #hetalia #hws #aph #hetalia axis powers #axis powers hetalia #hetalia oc #hetalia ocs #oc #ocs #original character #original characters #hws oc #hws ocs #aph oc #aph ocs #illo #illustration #rkgk

[dahliamorena]

-🌵

Lupita’s a plant gal in case anybody wanted to know!

#aph #hetalia #hws #aph mexico #hetalia mexico #hws mexico #aph ocs #hetalia oc #gonna be drawing in this style more #it’s easy

[paroedel]

DOODLE DUMP OF MY APH OC, CENTRAL ITALY!!! Pls make fan arts I will love you forever if yes ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)♡

It’s so inconsistent, I’m sorry Σ੧(❛□❛✿)

#hetalia #aph #hws #hetalia axis powers #hetalia world stars #what the hell is edel doing #aph ocs #aph oc #hetalia oc #hetalia fandom #oc art #hws oc #hws ocs #oc #ocs #he’s kuudere Italy because we already have Tsundere and deredere #He’s Fiorentino >u< #his human name’s Stefano Vargas!!

[hws-em]

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FRIEND KIRBY WHOSE TUMBLR I DO NOT KNOW FOR THIS AMAZING DRAWING OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. I AM SIMPING FOR MY OWN COUNTY FR.

#hws #hetalia #aph #hws ocs #hws nottinghamshire #aph nottinghamshire #hetalia nottinghamshire #aph ocs #hetalia ocs #ocs #thank you #the fringe is a character trait at this point

[artist-kili]

I really should draw my German State OCs (so far I have Brandenburg, Hamburg, Berlin, Bavaria, Northrhine Westphalia and Thuringia! I know that Bavaria exist in canon but eh. He doesnt seem different enough.

In a way I also have Saarland but shes a no-fandom OC of mine and doesnt fit in very well. I'm thinking of doing another character for her)

#technically I also have East Prussia although its Kaliningrad now #should I include some city OCs? #aph #hetalia #aphprussia #hetaliaheadcanons #aph prussia #headcanons #hws #hetalia headcanons #hws ocs #hws oc #aph ocs #aph oc