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i-have-dots-in-my-brain · 9 months

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HETALIA NEIGHBORHOOD AU :)

I WANNA EXPAND ON THIS YES

alfred has been chased by the cops for 1: settign the forest on fire several times and 2: using a lawnmower to travel on the open roads.

francis and arthur have a rivalry where whey see who can roast each other better. they stick their heads out of their oppsoing windows and point out the other's flaws, they'vre gotten so many noise complaints for this lol)

the only way that the neighborhood knows that kiku is still alive is that every week yao drops off some fresh groceries at his door and immediately an arm pushes the door open, grabs the groceries and then dissapears back into the void.

yao orgsnises like all of events and cooks for all of them.

roderick is playing his piano at like 3 am just to freak out gilbert and alfred.

gilbert helps decorate for like all the events.

arthur has a massive garden of flowers and francis keeps stealing his roses.

alfred is one of the only neighbors that go into ivan's house and come out alive.

ivan is the chillest neighbor and will tell the neighborhood kids fairytales if they hsve the guts to talk to him (the kids who have experienced this arent scared of him anymore)

ludwig's crazy dogs are actually pretty chill.

feliciano makes a pizza for every new neighbor who moves in.

romano grows tomatos and will beat you with a broom if you steal any one of them.

alfred likes to feed the birds.

we're pretty sure alfred hasn't committed any federal crimes.

matthew lives next to kiku and just has a polar bear that the neighborhood just accepted.

matthew has ridden a moose home don't ask questions.

alfred and matthew are like the cool uncles of halloween .

matthew's house is the place you want to go to if you wanna talk about feelings.

jack just calmly takes his tarantula on a walk sometimes.

SHIP NOTES : RUSAME, FRUK, PRUCAN, SUFIN, GERITA

alfred and ivan live in the same house and have a sign on the door that says ivan and al's house :)

alfred and ivan just walked out their house with wedding rings on their fingers and the neighborhood has learned not to ask questions about that.

whenever arthur has a party francis cooks.

sweden and finland's is the house universally known as the Clubhouse bc's of all of the playdates sealand has had there (sealand's their adopted kid)

ludwig and feliciano (married) live together and the neighborhood kids comeover for feliciano's pizza and to pet ludwig's dogs.

gilbert and matthew live together and hold a sledding race during the winter together. matthew almost always wins (sweden)

KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDE :

alaska (alexei) and hawaii (alana) (human names ) rusame kids (go by nicknames : alex and lana)

peter (sealand) (sufin)

emil (iceland) (sufin)

monica (gerita kid)

YAO'S LITTLE SIBLINGS/ COUSINS:

leon wang (hk)

macau (chen wang)

Lien wang (Nguyen)

FULL NAMES :

arthur kirkland

francis bonneyfoy

yao wang

kiku honda (wang) (little brother to yao)

Berwald Oxenstierna (sweden)

Tino Väinämöinen (finland)

gilbert beilschimidt

ludwig vargas (beilschimidt) (bros with gilbert lol)

feliciano vargas

romano vargas

matthew williams

ivan braginski jones

alfred f braginski jones

roderich edelstein?? (not sure if thats his last name)

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shitty-show-central · 1 year

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So uh I made some hetalia memes again

(Context for the Alaska one Washington state usually hosts but she’s gone)

#aph #aph states #hetalia #hws states #aph Russia #aph hawaii #aph Alaska #aph nato #aph memes #hetalia memes

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peonycats · 2 months

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Forgive me of I'm wrong, but I swear You've drawn Hawaii before, but I can't find the artwork.

Nah, you're pretty much spot on I have drawn a Hawaii OC before! Although it's pretty outdated, I've changed the gender of my Hawaii OC from female to male and I gotta redesign lol

#i wanna return to polynesian and oceanian history its so interesting #hetalia #ask #shamangus #hws hawaii

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simple-persica · 1 year

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Some expressive states from the discord (plus Hawai’i bc I love her)

#I’m about to hop on a 6 hour flight🙃#it’s almost nine at night here #hhhh #anyway #hetalia #statetalia #aph washington #aph wisconsin #aph hawaii #aph dc #aph florida #aph texas #capitalia #technically if

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stirringwinds · 1 year

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Do you headcanon Hawaii as a personification separate from Alfred? I remember a Hetalia tumblr talking about islands and how they really do have a distinct culture to them. So, your thoughts on a potential personification of Hawaii?

yes— though not because i personify all the u.s states separately, but mainly because i see hawai'i more akin to the philippines and the u.s— there's a clear and long history of its prior existence as a wholly independent kingdom/distinct political/cultural entity before american annexation/control in the 1890s— the difference being that the philippines eventually was granted its independence. i don't have very detailed headcanons, but that's^ one aspect i'm clear about. so imo that's the important historical context that cultural distinctiveness has to be put into, during that era of american imperial expansion (and of course, subsequent chinese, filipino and japanese-american migration/settlement there is another aspect further tied into the transpacific politics shaping hawaiian history).

#hetalia #hws america #hws hawaii #hws philippines

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mr-squidgy-jr · 1 year

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I keep seeing people designing the Aph states and so I just wanna describe how I imagine Hawaii because I have never seen this design.

Hawaiii first has muscles, they were a country before! They are strong!

Alfred will trust them with managing the other states while he’s gone.

Likes being shirtless covered in tattoos and some scars or just the scars.

He will teach alfred some fighting styles from Hawaii and makes really good food.

He is taller than alfred even if it’s just slightly.

He often dislikes the American government but likes Alfred’s company as he is the American people, not the government.

Will wear tropical dad vacationing stuff or traditional Hawaiian garments, it depend on the day.

I’m really just imaging a tall Hawaiian man with a look of being done with everything being soft with the states

And maybe he knows Yao cuz they’re both old. Like this man just stops into a meeting because alfred forgot to bring anything for lunch so he made him food so he wouldn’t eat anymore of “that shitty fast food you like” and Yao just sees him and is like “your alive?!” And he’s like yeah and they could be like enemies, freinds ,freinds of freinds, former lovers and alfred is just like happy for the food and is just watching things happen and all the others are just very confused about Al this because they didn’t even know the states are represented and that Alfie has been working with 50 rumbasses.

they are especially confused that Alfred addresses him as family.

This could also mean that all the other states that were absorbed could be represented so all the older counties seeing the family they sold or gave up again could be perfect for angst, fluff, reallly just a lot.

Also Louisiana is definetlh named Louis (potential deadbame Louisa) [francis is just happy to see him]

also potential family angst because not every state is welcoming to foreigners so they would probably be mean to the foreign states while the really nice ones would be really hyped so lots of mixed emotions

and potential chance for them to meet alaska and be like “ why does this child look like a fusion between Russia and America” ( maybe a genetics experiment they did, maybe just chance, who knows?)

#aph america #aph hetalia #aph rusame #aph states #aph alfred #aph russia #hetalia #aph ivan #aph hawaii #aph louisiana #aph alaska

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askfreedumbland · 1 year

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It's a dumb ask, but what's your favourite state?

That is a very... loaded question.

They're here.

No no, don't leave us all hangin.

She's right. Why don't ya go ahead and answer. Which one of us is your favorite?

We're waiting.

(Good luck, Alfred.)

#ic #ask answered #hetalia #hws #hws america #hws states #anon ask #Little Hawaii isn't actually sure what's going on she just wants snacks #No I do not actually have a design for all 50 of them #that might actually kill me but if you guys ask after a specific state I can *try* but no promises on full accuracy etc #Mun has only lived in 5 out of 50 and visited 25 out of 50 #so my knowledge will extend to historical research Ive already had to do and probably a visit to our overlord google

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faintvibes · 1 year

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Historical Hetalia Week Day Three: Discovery

Day Three: 0 - 1500 // Discovery @historical-hetalia-week

When I saw the prompt for this day, my first thought was the age of discovery and Europeans conquering (duh)- but my second thought was to flip this on its head. When Europeans 'discovered' new lands and people, those people had to 'discover' the Europeans at the same time. You could arguably say they did a better job, considering indigenous cultures tended not to view themselves as superior to European cultures and so approached their ways of life with respect and curiosity- which was very often not true to other way around. So, I decided to show this through three characters (Fiji, Hawaii, and Tangata Whenua- who is explained in my day one post) entering a (mostly) European hall, dressed in relation to the year their tribes formed a kingdom- which could be seen as the 'ultimate' attempt to be viewed as European equals.

More explanation under the cut!

So let's start in the middle, where the story is shortest (and where my vision was most certain): Hawaii. I'd like to preface this by first of all saying that I am very much of the opinion that a personification of Hawaii existed prior to Hawaii becoming a US state- and that the representation of the state is the same who represented Hawaii previously. This is for a variety of reasons:

Unlike, say, Germany, Hawaii didn't become united by all the Hawaiian tribes agreeing to join hands and work together. Kamehameha the Great took control of the islands through a series of conquests for the sake of uniting the Hawaiian islands. Only one willingly joined under his banner- but very much in the sense that they joined under his banner, and not as an equal. So, these personifications likely were subordinates to the Kingdom of Hawaii, should they have stuck around at all. Additionally, as the Hawaiian identity began to emerge, and people associated more with the kingdom than their original tribes, I believe it makes sense that these remaining personifications would have faded, while Hawaii stuck around.

When the US annexed Hawaii, they replaced its government and absorbed the existing Hawaiian nation into the overarching USA. Because of this, it makes most sense to me that Hawaii became a subordinate of America, as opposed to being replaced by a new personification. However, I can understand the logic behind that thought.

And probably others that I'm blanking on right now

However, that's a future problem! For now, we have a Hawaii as a newly established kingdom- from about 1810, which is the generally agreed upon year for when the monarchial government of Hawaii was established. However (as will be the case for all 3 of these characters), she very much is not an expert on European culture. Though she does a lot better than her two companions in this illustration, due to Hawaii being a very prominent trading spot to Europeans (though this hasn't reached its height yet)- something King Kamehameha the Great pushed hard for. Her hair is quite close to the fashionable style of the day, though her bangs are quite a bit longer than what was preferred. Her dress is based off of these French Regency dresses (taken from James Laver's 'World of Art: Costume and Fashion'):

Particularly from the left drawing- which actually depict dresses from 1803- and which are summer walking dresses. Likely not the right style for this sort of event. So while Hawaii has tried her hardest to dress for the occasion, she's lacks understanding regarding the more intricate details and rules of European styles. This isn't meant to make her look misguided or stupid- I imagine that the traders stopping by on Hawaiian shores are more into selling goods than talking extensively about fashion. And whoever sold her this dress likely... twisted the truth a little.

The purple is a remnant of an old style of dress I was going to draw her in (from Panorama's 'A History of Fashion: From Loincloths to Lycra', by Jacqueline Morley, David Salariya, etc):

However, I figured dresses that are, quite literally, the height of fashion at the time (and undoubtedly being custom ordered by the wealthy wearing them) aren't likely to yet making it as far as Hawaii. However, I admit that the purple probably isn't the most accurate colour for her dress to be, still.

Now, for Tangata Whenua!

While a more extensive explanation of who she is has already been given in my Day One post, I'll give a brief summary here:

My personal perspective on New Zealand's personification differs quite a bit from canon's, and so I use an OC in place of the canon character. (This character is not Tangata Whenua.) While considering when New Zealand would have originated, where she stands on things such as Māori-Pākehā relations, I came up with the concept of Tangata Whenua. She represents the Māori culture/te Ao Māori, and has been around since roughly when the first Polynesians arrived in what is now Aotearoa New Zealand. While in modern times she likely goes by the name Aotearoa, at this point that has not really caught on in reference to all of New Zealand. The Kīngitanag (Māori King Movement) established its first monarch in 1858, while Pākehā began to use Aotearoa as the Māori name for New Zealand in the late 1800s, while Māori did not adopt it until likely the 1900s (perhaps even the late 1900s), though I cannot find a clear answer for this. For some time, Māori only used it to refer to the North Island. Tangata Whenua means 'people of the land', and is a culturally significant term in Māori- I cannot think of a way to quickly summarise this significance, so just trust me.

**Pākehā is a Māori word initially (and most commonly) used to describe European NZers. Sometimes in modern times it is used to refer to all non-Māori NZers.

So, while New Zealand adopted a monarchy when it became a colony of the British Empire in 1840, Tangata Whenua did not until the establishment of the Kīngitanga in 1858. However, it's important to note that the majority of Māori tribes never aligned themselves with the Kīngitanga, and it was never the prominent government in the New Zealand islands. However, it holds a very significant position when discussing the New Zealand Wars- especially in regards to North Island (where most of the wars took place).

As another additional note, I have realised while writing this that I forgot to discuss Tangata Whenua's extraordinarily long hair in my Day One post- I'll be adding that once I finish typing this up. However, let me also explain here:

In Māori culture, the head (and thus hair) is considered very tapu (sacred). Long hair often indicates high status. In fact, in traditional Māori culture, one's hair may only be attended to by one of more mana (generally refers to reputation/status/legacy- doesn't have a close English concept unfortunately, but for now think of it like rank or status). As the personification of the Māori culture, Tangata Whenua was probably viewed as quite an important atua (god, sometimes translated as spirit), meaning no mortal could have more mana than her. As a result, unless any other atua decide to stop by for a chat, there is no one who can style her hair, or cut it. (I imagine she still brushed it, at least because unkempt hair was a sign of mourning.)

After so long, Polynesians currently being believed to have landed in New Zealand sometime from 1250-1350, Tangata Whenua's hair must be ridiculously long. I believe I likely underestimate its true length, no matter how extraordinarily long I draw it. I am not yet decided on how she keeps it in modern times, however (considering Māori people no longer follow this tradition) she likely drops it at some point.

Now, regarding clothes. Given I have a book on fashionable New Zealand dress around this time period, it is what I have consulted. This book is 'Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910' by Claire Regnault. Specifically, I have referenced (for her bodice and skirt) this evening bodice and skirt once owned by a Margaret Watt from Whanganui:

This isn't what I'd consider, exactly, the fashionable look in the late 1850s- and that's why I think it's perfect for Tangata Whenua. In her case, she's likely a lot more familiar with Europeans in day-to-day life than Hawaii, and so has had more opportunities to get familiar with the rules of their fashion. I just don't see her as someone who would care much for those details. The Māori quite often worked European fashion/culture/etc into their existing ways of doing things- but very much in their own way. So Tangata Whenua is not (unlike Hawaii) trying to match European fashion, but using it as a suggestion. This is further emphasised by the kākahu cloak she has tied over her shoulders, and her hairstyle- where the front mimics fashionable ideas at the time, but she's mostly left the back alone, in a ponytail. (This already shows some deviations from the traditional handling of her hair.)

And now, Fiji! The Kingdom of Fiji lasted only three years, uniting the tribes in 1871, however it only took months for government overspending to lead the new kingdom to acquire unimaginable amounts of debt. This lead to social unrest, which prompted the Fijian government to reach out to the British with an offer to hand off the islands to them. By 1874, and agreement was met and the Kingdom of Fiji became the Colony of Fiji. As such, I've interpreted the representation of Fiji to be the most nonchalant regarding this whole monarchy thing. This is most immediately noticeable in the suit he wears:

As you can see, it dates to 1829- quite a while before the unification. I imagine, unlike with the other two, he did not put much effort into picking his outfit beyond 'European' and 'I like it'. Or perhaps this was the most recent European outfit he had, and rampant debt meant he was unable to update it. This is also why, unlike Hawaii and Tangata Whenua, he is not facing forwards. His attention has been drawn away by the walls.

Fijian hair traditions fascinate me, and are certainly something I would like to further explore. In short, Fijians also traditionally applied the concept of sanctity (tabu) to the hair, and in general longer hair meant higher status. However, this hair was never to touch the ground. Style it however you want (dying was also quite possible), but hair must never touch the ground. It lead to some quite interesting fashion trends. Fiji here would have historically had longer hair, but I imagine he took the arrival of European fashions an excuse to try a shorter, simpler style. Here are some examples I've found online:

From the Polynesian Cultural Center Blog

Regarding the background:

While in general this is meant to be a non-descript European hall (with the purple meaning to imply this is the hall of somewhere quite important- though again, I think I've been a bit too extravagant in my use of purple), the detailing on the rug's edge and the door is Polynesian-inspired.

The pattern on the rug's edge is inspired by the ahu ahu mataroa pattern, which can represent talent and achievement in sports/athletics, but can also represent a new challenge. I'm intending the latter meaning. The pattern on the door is loosely inspired by the koru pattern, which symbolises new life, growth, strength, and peace. The inclusion of the last is meant as ironic foreshadowing. This pattern has been represented with sharper lines than is usual, and in unusual colours (it is usually shown in green, mimicking the koru spiral of an unfurling silver fern)- the former is a sort of hint towards the challenges these kingdoms will quickly face (though Hawaii will have to wait a little longer than the others), and the latter is a show of merging with European culture- where these colours are generally more valued.

And you've made it! Congrats on reading this whole thing (I am patting you very gently on the head should you be comfortable with this). If you don't mind, reblog/comment this with a smile emoticon (your choice of which) to let me know someone's actually paid attention to all this! It's not something I expect, but it is greatly appreciated.

#hhw day 3 #prompt: discovery #hws new zealand #hws hawaii #hws fiji #historical hetalia #hetalia fanart #long ass rambles #colonialism cw

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ask-alaska-and-hawaii · 4 months

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Another Alaska Birthday

Alaska: I really hope Lani doesn't go overboard for my birth- Hawaii: *Lani comes in with overblown birthday surprise* HAPPY BIRTHDAY,'LASKA! Alaska: *sigh* Thank you, Lani.

#hetalia #hetalia axis powers #aph #hetalia states #aph states #hetalia hawaii #aph alaska #hetalia alaska #hws #hws hawaii

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ask-nationfiles · 1 year

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What happens to personifications of countries that stop existing, or merge with others? Did say, the Republic of Texas die off once the US annexed it?

That's actually a very good question! I hadn't thought about that before. I was so worried with discovering how nations are born that I didn't thought on how they die. I didn't even thought that they could die, since they're immortal!

I wasn't able to find a good answer with what I had available. So, in order to gain as much information as possible, I had to turn to asking people with more experience than me to answer our questions. Again, I know it's not the safest way, but... I guess, if I don't take some risks, I won't be able to reach some important stuff.

Apparently, there are these professionals... "nationologist" (I think that's how you write it), who specifically study about the nations. It is said they are people who work exclusively to the government, in order to understand how a personification can affect the land, or the other way around. For example, if a nation gets sick, that means that the country will go/is going through a economic crises. It's actually pretty useful, if you think about it. Some good predictions you could make there, huh?

Since I found out about the nationologists, I searched for one and it wasn't that difficult to find! It was a man who I saw out of the corner of my eye one time or another, but we never got to interact face to face. I used to question what the hell he was doing there if he wasn't apparently doing anything important. It turns out he was. Studying nations, just like I am right now.

Does this make me a nationologist..? Oh well, that's unimportant now.

I asked some things to him, saying that I just wanted to understand better with "what" I was working with. He seemed to be a very serious person, but actually was kind enough to answer a couple of questions, which was better than nothing.

First, I had asked about the "death of nations" and how it worked, since this is the main topic of the question anon made. The man answered that nations die the same way they are born: human belief. He explained that a nation is born from the moment that people believe that they belong to a certain country — I actually explained that in my first ask, but perhaps not as well explained as his. So, more than anything, this first part is a confirmation of what we believed to be true. He also said that the belief of a nation is very complex and relative, a single person believing that they belong to a country that doesn't exist at all wouldn't be enough for that nation to be born. There has to be a ton of people who strongly believe that they belong to a certain nationality, to the point that they can set an independent political and economic system. After all, these two factors are the main ones to sustain a personification's life. So it's no surprise that a nation is only... well, a nation, from the moment these two things are settled.

The same way, a nation dies when the country is falling apart, and the people start to believe they don't belong there anymore. I told him about the Republic of Texas, and he explained that Texas was a young-looking personification, since it didn't last very long. The personification started to "die" way after the annexation. Its former people viewed themselves now belonging to "United States", not "Texas" — and that was what really killed it, not the annexation itself. And many years later, the personification, having its nationalism completely forgotten, disappeared.

He also mentioned other two examples of the same case, both in US: the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Confederate States of America. The Kingdom of Hawaii is quite old, considering how long it has lasted. Now, the Confederate States is really young, after all, it had existed for literally four years. If anything, its nation would've looked like a child, or a pre-teen (it's pretty strange to imagine a child fighting in a war, to be pretty honest). And even so, both had the same end, which all of us know. The personifications disappeared after their people became "Americans".

Well, with all that discussion, at least we got the answers for both this and the previous question.

The man got suspicious on why I would need to know how a nation dies, so I had to ask him something else. I asked him how are nations born — if they are born from humans, another nation, or if they are generated by Earth itself. He said that nations can be born from both humans and other nations, however, it has never been seen how it happens. It's just stated that, if human women are pregnant with a nation, the chances of them dying while giving birth are 99,80%. Why it happens is a mystery. On the other hand, we have nations who gave birth to other nations. For example, we can be sure the Roman Empire had lots of descendents... like Italy, Spain, France, and many other nations which came from it. But it's said that the personification of Italy itself declared that the personification of the Roman Empire was its "grandpa", or something like that. Which makes me wonder who are Italy's parents. Even that is unknown.

Knowing all of that was making my mind blow, honestly. I was really getting interested in learning more about nations, and acted a little impulsive. I probably made more questions than I should, so many that the man must've started to think I'm crazy. But it was just when I asked "Why the nations are hidden from the public" that he dismissed me out of hand, saying that "There are things that someone in your position shouldn't know about", perhaps referring to my job. I decided it was best to leave, unfortunately, noticing there's no chance he's going to be an ally.

That's why I didn't talk to someone else about this before. I didn't want to arouse suspicion. And I almost failed miserably now.

I'm going to be more cautious next time. If a "next time" will be needed, at least.

#hetalia #nation files #nations revealed au #aph nation files #ask nation files #hetalia theories #i'm kinda proud of this #hope it makes sense #this is very exciting #headcanons #i put way too much thought into this #aph america #aph texas #aph hawaii #aph confederacy #hetalia death of nations

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