Brain. TOTALLY. Corrupted.
Dec. 17th, 2008 07:11 pmIf you read
fandom_secrets on anything approaching a regular basis, you know there are a lot of secrets posted about this web manga/anime thing(?) called, "Hetalia." Which seems to be about the world's nations...personified. I thought the concept was cute but odd, and basically ignored the secrets.
Yesterday, someone had a secret about wanting to get to know Canada/Canadians better, since they like Canada (named Matthew, or "Matty" in the series) a lot. This led to some discussion in the comments about why Canada is popular in the kink meme, and such.
I was curious enough to ask for a link to said kink meme. And then spent last night reading variations on pairings between Canada/Matthew, and either the U.K. (Arthur) or the U.S. (Alfred).
( Some quick samples: )
*DED*
Simply reading the lists of prompts is enough to inspire both shocked jawdrops and wild fits of giggling. For example:
Japan/N.Italy, schoolgirl outfit
S.Italy/N.Italy, awkward but sweet unification
Spain/S.Italy, foodsex [unfilled!]
And then this, which I think is about the ULTIMATE:
UK/America, teabagging
I MEAN. THE LULZ. I CAN'T EVEN.
(...I just had to tell SOMEBODY about that.)
Aside from the numerous lulz, I think I just got quite seriously sucked in - and I haven't actually even seen this series. Granted, I was a bit woozy from lack of sleep last night, but I spent some serious time arguing the finer points of Canada/U.K. with myself. I think the argument went something like, "Arthur would top," [as much as it pains my sense of national pride to say so], "usually, but Matty has a young, rebellious streak that would balance Arthur's stuffiness rather nicely." Or something like that. And of course, they're both a little knocked for a loop by Alfred - loud, obnoxious, annoying and pretty self-absorbed...but brilliant and beautiful despite all his flaws.
Also, I now have this weird desire to re-learn all the French I used to know when my family lived in Montreal. I lost it when we moved, and I've NEVER had the desire to re-learn it before, but I've downloaded a bunch of French language mp3s to my player now. (It's a little freaky to me how easily some of it is actually coming back.)
I think...I think I might have officially lost it.
I mean, I'm shipping NATIONS now. Personified, but still. I ship Canada/U.K.
SEND HELP.
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Yesterday, someone had a secret about wanting to get to know Canada/Canadians better, since they like Canada (named Matthew, or "Matty" in the series) a lot. This led to some discussion in the comments about why Canada is popular in the kink meme, and such.
I was curious enough to ask for a link to said kink meme. And then spent last night reading variations on pairings between Canada/Matthew, and either the U.K. (Arthur) or the U.S. (Alfred).
( Some quick samples: )
*DED*
Simply reading the lists of prompts is enough to inspire both shocked jawdrops and wild fits of giggling. For example:
Japan/N.Italy, schoolgirl outfit
S.Italy/N.Italy, awkward but sweet unification
Spain/S.Italy, foodsex [unfilled!]
And then this, which I think is about the ULTIMATE:
UK/America, teabagging
I MEAN. THE LULZ. I CAN'T EVEN.
(...I just had to tell SOMEBODY about that.)
Aside from the numerous lulz, I think I just got quite seriously sucked in - and I haven't actually even seen this series. Granted, I was a bit woozy from lack of sleep last night, but I spent some serious time arguing the finer points of Canada/U.K. with myself. I think the argument went something like, "Arthur would top," [as much as it pains my sense of national pride to say so], "usually, but Matty has a young, rebellious streak that would balance Arthur's stuffiness rather nicely." Or something like that. And of course, they're both a little knocked for a loop by Alfred - loud, obnoxious, annoying and pretty self-absorbed...but brilliant and beautiful despite all his flaws.
Also, I now have this weird desire to re-learn all the French I used to know when my family lived in Montreal. I lost it when we moved, and I've NEVER had the desire to re-learn it before, but I've downloaded a bunch of French language mp3s to my player now. (It's a little freaky to me how easily some of it is actually coming back.)
I think...I think I might have officially lost it.
I mean, I'm shipping NATIONS now. Personified, but still. I ship Canada/U.K.
SEND HELP.