aph-japan reblogged
Good thing about Hetalia: your fave can't die
Bad thing about Hetalia: your fave can't die
aph-japan reblogged
#hetalia#hetalia: tls#hetalia: official#hetalia: refs#hetalia: blog#hetalia: himaruya#hetalia: himaruya tls#nations#nationhood#language#language barrier#cultural differences#hetalia: timeline#(I almost forgot about this one but)#from when#YEAH#(Seriously)#wow#(I rbed this fast earlier bc I was clearing out old Drafts but)#(the only way this can actually work with 'actual history' in my mind is if they're actually speaking something *like Hebrew*)#(ImJustSaying)#(So yeah)#etymology#(is a Thing)#hebrew etymology#(also Very Much A Thing even in the 'irl' sense among Others)#(That's not to say they absolutely *are* but it bugs me)#(There was a post I rbed before about Hebrew being considered a 'dead language' but we *knew some stuff* & thats why it could be revived)#(Like I have to wonder if that's the sort of thing Himaruya may have actually thought abt because there's *no way* it)#('works' in my head like this otherwise)
aph-japan reblogged
how i think Kiku’s people might understand his existence in-universe, especially before the modern era:
the vibes the shogun expects from foreign ““kami””/personifications:
hws netherlands arriving when De Liefde shipwrecks on kyushu in 1600:
#stirringwinds#hetalia#hws: commentary#hetalia japan#kiku honda#honda kiku#hetalia netherlands#de liefde#japanese dutch relations#japanese history#shintoism#shogun#personifications#nations#nationhood#cats#kyushu#hetalia: humor#SAME#honda kiku is not an xtian#please stop trying to convince me honda kiku would be xtian and culturally xtian when japans major religions are shintoism + buddhism#meanwhile nedpan#nedpan