let's get this history tea

even England won't like this scalding hot tea [Asks/submissions are open]

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I can’t believe we still have stuff like this going on now

if you’re on Instagram, there’s a few posts circling around about the Bottom Germany gang and their less than civil remarks about certain non-dominant populations.

here’s a list of trigger warnings my friend put together when making an announcement for this on discord: Nazism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Racism, Holocaust intentions, Bigotry, Gassing mentions, Slurs against black, Mexican, and LGBT members

I’ve seen the posts on Instagram, and users who have posted screenshots of their conversations are genuinely afraid of being doxxed and/or blackmailed by these people. People should not be afraid of others in the same community. People should not feel ostracized from a community like this because some people feel that it is within their rights to say such things.

Let’s be clear: I know it’s not the fault of the fandom that people like this show up, but I refuse to support their actions. The fandom is better than these people, but this is all an outsider needs to see from the Hetalia fandom before they can justify raids on the fandom again.

Need I say what exactly is wrong here? If you need that justification, you can leave my blog. Google it yourself if you don’t know why exactly supporting Nazism, homophobia, transphobia, Antisemitism, racism, the Holocaust of all things, bigotry, gassing, and the use of slurs is wrong. Making people feel like they aren’t people is wrong. Making people feel like they’re less than people is wrong. Making people the others is wrong.

If you disagree with all of this, that certain people should be left out of the fandom based on ethnicity, race, religion, or identity alone or that people should be allowed to promote Nazism, homophobia, transphobia, Antisemitism, and the other things listed in the trigger warnings in this fandom or both, you are not welcome on this blog.

How does it speak to the characters of those who disagree with me if they are unwilling to live up to their actions, and instead of apologizing or agreeing that they’re wrong, they’d rather threaten other members of our community to keep their beliefs a secret?

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no one talks about this for some reason and it makes me mad

this isn’t nearly as important to me as my previous post so I’ll put it under the cut

still has tw for WW2 happenings but uh it gets much worse

everyone talks about N/zi Germany during WW2, people draw things about N/zi Germany, but no one does the same about Japan or America

people are always so quick to say “IT’S GERMANY’S FAULT” without looking at the actions of other nations. war is hell, but it’s important to remember why that is so, and it’s even more important for us to not repeat the same mistakes.

admittedly, America didn’t cause another holocaust so far as I know, but no one talks about the Chinese Holocaust aka the Rape of Nanking. no one talks about the sex slavery Japanese soldiers engaged in when invading the Pacific. Japan doesn’t even admit to doing such things which probably doesn’t help with people not knowing about it.

America issued an executive order to collect and place thousands of Japanese American citizens in concentration camps during WW2. Thousands of Japanese Americans lost their businesses, jobs, and homes, and I’ll point out to you that no concentration camps were set up for German Americans nor Italian Americans.

I’m not going to compare the actions of these two nations to that of Germany in WW2. I’m not encouraging people to illustrate these two occurrences in the context of Hetalia. I’m just mad that people keep talking about what happened in Germany without talking about what happened elsewhere, and these are the two biggest things that I’m mad that people don’t know about.

Before you condemn other nations for their past actions, look at the actions of your own nation first. Your own nation may hide its own history from you, and once you look into it, you will quickly realize why.

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respect the wizard

if any of you try fighting the wizard here you got a big storm coming. 

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TW mentions of N/zi Germany

alright hi guys long time no see

no I haven't done the posts you've asked for yet and I still fully intend on making them

and you can probably see from the lack of activity that I'm kind of falling out Hetalia

but it's come to my attention that parts of the Hetalia fandom is once again glorifying N/zi Germany

I don't need to explain why this is wrong and if you want to disagree with me in my inbox, I dare you to do it on one condition: no anon. If you're willing to glorify that Germany, I dare you to do it with your blog visible for everyone to see. if you don't, I will delete your ask for it is not worth my time reading. you won't do any good trying to convince a historian that N/zi Germany needs to be glorified.

this is part of the reason why I never did a bar fight series for WW2. people already know what happened in WW2 and I don't need to reexplain it in terms for Hetalia fans.

(the other reason why I didn't do the bar fight series is because WW2 is too complicated to be simplified like that and also I don't see the character Germany as being the perpetrator of WW2. I'll discuss that in another post)

you should all know that Hetalia is a satirical series. you should all know that history must be treated with a certain kind of respect, but you should all know that respect does not equal glorification. we are not all neo-N/zis, although I can't say that there haven't been neo-N/zis in the fandom. we do not need to "bring back WW2 Germany". we do not need to "reteach" this history.

the argument on that "oh it's educational!" is paper thin at best. it's the exact same argument used when discussing Confederate statues in the US. although I won't go as far as to saying that glorifying N/zi Germany would have the same effect as Confederate statues (to intimidate a non-dominant population), but the premise is the same: to remember something that everyone else thinks is wrong. I know history isn't all that pretty (I run this blog) but to depict such a horrible part of history in a "new" light is disrespectful to those who lost their lives and/or rights to such ideologies.

I'm not here to convince you of anything. Only you can change your opinion and I'm not going to force you to do so. But I will say that should you choose to disagree, should you choose to respond negatively to this post, should you believe that fanart of N/zi Germany is okay in this fandom, know that you are not welcome on this blog. I won't speak for the rest of this fandom, but as for me and this blog, you will not be welcome.

now if you want to come at me on my url, which contains APH which as we all know, stands for Axis Powers Hetalia, let me remind you that the Axis was formed in response to the rise of communism in Russia after WW1 and only included Germany and Japan at its beginning. I'm still considering changing the url but for now, it will remain

the APH in my url reflects the usage of the tag when I joined the Hetalia fandom and first made this blog almost a year and a half ago. this was before raids, before people accused the entirety of the Hetalia fandom of glorifying N/zi Germany. a year and a half later, after the raids and after the motion to use HWS instead, I find that the Hetalia fandom is back doing the very thing it was accused of doing. this is not the Hetalia fandom I joined. this is not the Hetalia fandom that I will support and/or remain a part of. I will not stand by a fandom that will trigger others. I may be a small blog overshadowed by cosplay and ask blogs, but I still ask of you: don't make this the Hetalia fandom people will join

[mondenlicht-deactivated20220407]

Hi, everyone! It’s going to be a massive undertaking, but I’ve decided to tell you all about my idea in further detail.

So what’s the idea? The idea is Langtalia, a Discord server designed to supplement the efforts of language students across the Hetalia fandom in learning their target language! This server will have, among other things:

Different language categories for people to discuss their target language in.

Native speakers who can point you in the right direction in correcting your grammar or vocabulary.

Bimonthly writing assignments (max. 200 words) related to Hetalia, as a way of incentivising you to P R A C T I S E

Voice chat. Naturally!

Why should this exist? For a multitude of reasons!

Most of the world is bilingual or multilingual, and most of us (whether we like it or not) have had language requirements in either secondary or postsecondary school.

Most Hetalia fans in particular — inspired by their favourite characters and already interested in history and culture — want to pick up new languages, whether that language is offered by their school curriculum or not. However, the lack of structured learning means they struggle.

Things are really scary and precarious right now, and this is a low-pressure way of doing something productive whenever you have the time or energy. All assignments are optional, and you don’t even have to tune in every week. Write what you can, whenever you feel like it!

To my knowledge, something like this doesn’t exist yet, which kind of boggles my mind. It feels intuitive that it should — aren’t we all about breaking barriers and promoting cultural understanding? well, these days at least — but it didn’t. So I’m doing this, as a sort of experiment!

Interested? Great! Here’s what I’ll need from you to make it as great an experience as can be (the server is still a work in progress):

First: Either reblog this post with the languages you have native proficiency in and the language(s) you want to learn, or do the same thing in the replies! There are thousands upon thousands of languages in the world, and unfortunately, we can’t accommodate all of them, especially if there’s no one to teach or learn them. For the initial launch of Langtalia, we want a workable set of languages, and if things go smoothly, we can branch out.

Second: Mods and helpers! Obviously, I don’t know every language. I’m a native English speaker with a B2 proficiency in German on my best days. I am absolutely going to need help in making sure people aren’t flying under the radar and breaking rules in languages I don’t understand. Helpers, on the other hand, are people who are familiar with the grammar of their language and who can provide assistance in a way other native speakers might not be able to. (Let’s face it, how many times have you asked for help from a native speaker only for them to have no idea how to actually explain why the answer they’re giving is right?) If either of these sounds like you, also leave a tag saying you’d like to be a helper or mod, or add it to your comment on this post! I’ll contact you with further details once a reasonable amount of input has been received.

Whew, okay. I think that covers the basics for now, but yes. Thanks for reading through this post, and I hope, with your help, this server will become a reality. ‘ ∀ ` )

[aph-historicallyaccurate]

hi guys, sorry for not bringing you all a new post!

but some of you might know that I’m super passionate about languages, linguistics, and language learning! if you’re wondering, my first language is Mandarin (about C1 from disuse :’) ), and I speak English natively too, plus around B1 fluency in Spanish thanks to Spanish classes and I’m learning Vietnamese on my own!

I’d love to see something like this become a reality in the Hetalia fandom! We have so many people from so many linguistic backgrounds, so why not unite all of us in a discord server like this? I doubt I’m the only one who grew interested in languages because of Hetalia.

(note to the original poster: as I said above, I’m native English and almost native Mandarin due to disuse of Mandarin :’). I’ve had experience on other discord servers with teaching and explaining the grammar of Mandarin, and I also know some Spanish and Vietnamese! I’m willing to be a helper!)

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Throwback to a year ago, when I was scared of you (mun river) bc of this blog

throwback to when I still seriously ran this blog mate

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Throwback to a year ago, when I was scared of you (mun river) bc of this blog

WHAT WHO SENT THIS DEANON YOURSELF

honestly after seeing how I reacted to big Hetalia blogs, I get why you feel like that

but I'm just another random human living on planet Earth like all the other still active Hetalia blogs so there's no need to be afraid!

also feel free to send ideas because I have no and taking US History isn't great for a blog dedicated to more world history

[aph-historicallyaccurate]

Hey, can you do a snippet or two about the Turkish war of independence? If not, something about Turkey being a little grumpy about the whole Eurovision thing? I just really want to see something Turkey related, lol.

will do this when I look into both the war and Eurovision more :')

[aph-historicallyaccurate]

Hey, could you do an over simplified version of the Turkish War Of Independence? Also, love your blog! ❤

this is VERY late and thank you anon! I'll look into the Turkish War of Independence and see what I can come up with :)

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I HAVE AN A- IN APUSH AAAAAAHHHHHH also can I get a Louisiana purchase or War of 1812 meme? -spacey

ah yes I'll do this as soon as I finish typing up stuff for actual US History

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Norway and Switzerland as the Non-EU Europeans pair

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ah yes this is true now

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EU: *discourse on Brexit*

Norway, out in, well, Norway: it's nice to have some peace and quiet, even if it's for a price

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Norway and Switzerland as the Non-EU Europeans pair

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HI RIVER I LOVE YOU ❤️💖 Can you do a thing for Norway's birthday (Hetalia overlooks how rich he is tbh so that's an idea)

this is,,,,, very late and I've long forgotten when Norway was founded but I have an idea and it may pop up on your dash sometime soon

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literally any country: *fights Britain*

France: I'ma join you despite my huge ass debts and weak economy

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England: *is doing a crossword puzzle* I need a seven letter G word for betrayal.

Germany: Italien.

England: ... It fits.

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An under-qualified blogger talks about WWII (specifically, Germany)

basically, I’m not doing a bar fight series for WWII for pretty much one (1) reason:

I don’t know how to portray Germany in the bar fight.

the only qualifications I have on this subject is having an A (96%) in AP European History.

Keep reading

[rabeimwald]

This is a very interesting explanation and I completely agree. For Germany to be included in a wwii bar fight analogy would mean splitting Germany into many different parts, parts that are not canonically represented in Hetalia. This was very well said, River. 

Also something I thought I should add- wwii in it’s initial form doesn’t have anything to do with how the war ended up in it’s later parts, so making it a bar fight would be very complicated. It’s more like a discord call- it starts out because a few countries needed to have a conversation and ends at five in the morning with three of them ending a Cards Against Humanity game because they have to get ready for school. The Nazi Partei began from the Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany), which was the start of the Weimar Republic. Weimar thankfully is not represented in Hetalia, so like I have No Idea how that could be explained in personification terms. It would be like if there was just the start of the bar fight and then Weimar came in with a gun while everyone else was using fists, and that’s before exaggeration. Hard to explain in layman’s terms. 

Also the amount of ass that got beat in that war makes absolutely no sense and the bar would have to be war bigger than any bar I have ever seen. 

TLDR River is valid 

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(here's an add on from my friend)