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Hetalia.
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Worst Username Ever
(laughs)
I think Hetalia is awesome, it's one of my favorite series. I was slightly interested in history before hearing of it, though. I love the jokes and the little facts. Heh, I'm planning to cosplay Canada for an upcoming con.
But if there's anything I don't like, it's that the fandom has TOO. MUCH. YAOI. I've got nothing against yaoi, it's just not my thing, but when it's all over the place in a non-yaoi series... nothanks. (But I don't care much for het or yuri either, or pairings in general.)
But if there's anything I don't like, it's that the fandom has TOO. MUCH. YAOI. I've got nothing against yaoi, it's just not my thing, but when it's all over the place in a non-yaoi series... nothanks. (But I don't care much for het or yuri either, or pairings in general.)
hopeandjoy
yan ya yan ya yaa iii yaaa
While it's true that Hetalia is a non-yaoi series, there's a lot of not-really-all-that-sub-text. You can't honestly tell be that there's about five cases of Relationship Writing Fumble, can you? Plus, when you have a cast of mostly guys, you're getting yaoi.
Still, I like the show. It's funny and informative (for the most part).
The dub can go to hell, though.
Still, I like the show. It's funny and informative (for the most part).
The dub can go to hell, though.
Tailsy
if the nineth lion ate the sun.
- Pronoun
- she
There are like, eight girls. Of course there's going to be a bit of man-lovin'. And with strips like the Valentine's Day ones...
I like Hetalia. It's absolutely stupid and ridiculous, but it's quite fun! Although it's not... really... accurate, it does make some sort of vague attempt and that's always nice instead of just making shit up. I think that as long as you don't take what you're told 100% as fact (because Rule of Funny will change things, you know?), it's awesome.
The dub put me in absolute laughing hysterics, but probably not in the right way.
I like Hetalia. It's absolutely stupid and ridiculous, but it's quite fun! Although it's not... really... accurate, it does make some sort of vague attempt and that's always nice instead of just making shit up. I think that as long as you don't take what you're told 100% as fact (because Rule of Funny will change things, you know?), it's awesome.
The dub put me in absolute laughing hysterics, but probably not in the right way.
Dark Shocktail
Millachinchilla
I like Hetalia. It's light hearted which is probably the best way to approach the collective history of international relations. Personally I do like the fandom. I just dip in and out to see what I'm interested in and because of the use of characters to represent entire countries, some of the artwork is really kickass and can say a lot in meaning.
I've never seen the dub, I've been able to stick to subtitled Japanese episodes. Same as always when I watch anime nowadays.
I've never seen the dub, I've been able to stick to subtitled Japanese episodes. Same as always when I watch anime nowadays.
nothing to see here
...probably not posting here too much anymore.
- Pronoun
- he/him
Never seen any of it. I have heard of it before, but that's pretty much just because my sister found the "tomato song" on Youtube (which came with silly drawings of Bleach characters hitting each other with tomatoes, for some reason) and I searched around to see where the song was from.
I didn't know there was an English dub, though. Is it actually on TV anywhere, or just on DVDs?
Yeah, this is one of several reasons I stopped paying any attention to the Kingdom Hearts fandom. For a series of games that basically has no "more than friends" type relationships (if you don't count the Disney characters, who nobody writes about anyway), its fandom is ridiculously overloaded with shipping... to the point where it's near-impossible to find KH fanfiction that isn't about some pairing or another.
I didn't know there was an English dub, though. Is it actually on TV anywhere, or just on DVDs?
Yeah, this is one of several reasons I stopped paying any attention to the Kingdom Hearts fandom. For a series of games that basically has no "more than friends" type relationships (if you don't count the Disney characters, who nobody writes about anyway), its fandom is ridiculously overloaded with shipping... to the point where it's near-impossible to find KH fanfiction that isn't about some pairing or another.
Worst Username Ever
(laughs)
It's just on DVDs. The episodes are just 5 minutes long each (including ending theme) anyway. But it's pretty hilarious, I love the dub just for the general lulzyness.
And I agree so much with what you say about shipping. I've never cared for it, and though I know that "if you don't like, don't look" there's simply too much of it in the fandom to avoid. -_- Which is why I don't read fanfics- 99% of them are about some pairing.
Rai-CH
Pretty inactive
I've been into Hetalia for about a year after a link to the webcomics was posted on this forum. It actually got me interested into history, I think imagining countries as people makes it easier for me to remember different events. I find it kind of sad that i've learnt more about history from Hetalia that all my history classes put together though. For some reason all of my history teachers have taught are that both World Wars were all about Australia kicking ass, with a little bit of help from America and New Zealand. Up until last year (when I discovered Hetalia), I didn't even know who the Allies were fighting! D:
Originally I couldn't stand the Yaoi stuff from the fandom, but now I kinda like it. The porny fanarts that I sometimes find on PIXIV and Tumblr still gross me out :|
Originally I couldn't stand the Yaoi stuff from the fandom, but now I kinda like it. The porny fanarts that I sometimes find on PIXIV and Tumblr still gross me out :|
Vladimir Putin's LJ
your blood flows through my veins
I really don't like this show, in all honesty, haha. I think it's because it is innacurate, people actually think it can replace a real history lesson (TEARS. SALTY TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE) and all the characters look the fucking same, which is tragic when they're supposed to be different countries. I have nothing against comedy concerning the wars when it is done right ('Allo 'Allo, Blackadder, etc) but this is like someone had the war vaguely described to them and decided to make a comic about it without even bothering to research what Europeans fucking look like.
Also there is no mention of the Holocaust which is just. Stupid.
Stupid. (presumably to make germany kawaii desu)
Also there is no mention of the Holocaust which is just. Stupid.
Stupid. (presumably to make germany kawaii desu)
Tailsy
if the nineth lion ate the sun.
- Pronoun
- she
Vladimir Putin's LJ
your blood flows through my veins
Yes, but I just wish they'd make him at least a little more antagonistic ?_? I mean I don't follow Hetalia in any form but from what I can tell he just seems like a sort of brooding guy with a stick up his ass instead of someone who actively goes out, tortures and slaughters people for shits and giggles.
That seems to have been relegated to Russia (who is the least slavic russian i've ever seen but i may be biased) for reasons beyond my comprehension.
And of course there's that kolkolkol PASTAAA bullshit but let's not get into that.
(sorry i am being the NO FUN BOT :( i'll leave if you want)
That seems to have been relegated to Russia (who is the least slavic russian i've ever seen but i may be biased) for reasons beyond my comprehension.
And of course there's that kolkolkol PASTAAA bullshit but let's not get into that.
(sorry i am being the NO FUN BOT :( i'll leave if you want)
Tailsy
if the nineth lion ate the sun.
- Pronoun
- she
Well, nobody is /really/ particularly antagonistic. Even Russia is somewhat sympathetic, despite all the rape fics in fandom that I avoid like the plague because anything about Hetalia that isn't ridiculous or at least somewhat light-hearted is just wrong. I think the author was trying to say that the country wasn't specifically evil, it was the ~government~ or whatever. IDK man.
I don't really pay attention to the actual WWII strips a lot of the time, actually, so I might be wrong really 8| unless it's the Allies, because America is great.
(:-( YOU WOUND ME MAN. GET OUT. Nah! I don't mind at all. Differing opinions are cool ok.)
I don't really pay attention to the actual WWII strips a lot of the time, actually, so I might be wrong really 8| unless it's the Allies, because America is great.
(:-( YOU WOUND ME MAN. GET OUT. Nah! I don't mind at all. Differing opinions are cool ok.)