Pack Your Bags

Independent OC and Canon RP blog for Axis Powers: Hetalia. Sideblog to solitaria-fantasma Multiverse, multiship, multifandom, multimuse. See 'Rules' and the World Map for further details. Check the 'Lore' page for details on the blog's base AU! M!A Status: None

[actionables]

here you go, your dash is snowing

[kittycocosweety]

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

[elliottisntdead]

did you just

[atwaba]

((The world is in shambles and I have a completely different relationship with this fandom than I did when I was new to it.

But damnit if this unfinished fanfic of mine doesn’t still live rent-free in my mind, so I guess we’re kayaking around in this ancient lake yet.))

[your-tires-are-too-cold]

the absolute best quotes from bdylanhollis's vintage baking tiktoks

• "thought this was a joke. turns out im the joke."

• "you can use a mixer, i just do this to feel something"

• "fold in sauerkraut carefully. or what? im going to ruin your disaster?"

• "can a cake be tried for treason?"

• "either chocolate fixes everything or this is alchemy"

• *disgusted chewing noises* "DEMON BABY!!!"

• "before pumpkin pie became king people ate this....now they're dead."

• "combine all ingredients except for pie shell. were you rEALLY WORRIED I WAS GOING TO PUT A F U L L Y C O N S T R U C T E D PIE SHELL INTO THIS?"

• "im a fool, not an idiot."

• "its like reading directions to purgatory"

• "now we have carbonated mayonnaise lime water"

• "MARSHMALLOWS!! with the m a y o??"

• "chop up your dehydrated cow"

• "it tastes like it's insulting me"

• "and its not just a little bit. no. its a severe unauthorized CUP of mayonnaise."

• "honey you cant dilute a war crime"

• "you know its horrible now but i hope it turns out okay. like children."

• *beans boiling over in a pot* "ahhhhHH BEAN REBELLION!!"

• "eggie!! how many? i don't know. it just says EGGS."

• "did you just kill my blender?" *broken blender noises* "hello?" *insane maniacal laughter* "this is personal now. you swung first!!"

• "why are you good? yOU HAVE A BAG OF BEANS IN YOU!!"

• "one of the many questionable substances people experimented with in the 70s...pistachio pudding."

• "smells like a palm springs retirement home"

• "nixon wished it was this easy."

• "this was the cold war after all. fear of communist bananas was at an all time high."

• "the 70s. sponsored by the color beige."

• "its uncomfortably appetizing"

• "meat and desserts was quite common back then. so was botulism."

• "'honey would you like earl gray or pork?' 'ill take a divorce'"

• "sweet, bitter and meaty. like my ex."

• "don't say it dylan" *2 seconds later* "CIMMANIMM!!"

• "350 for two and a half hours! i suppose any less and it might gain consciousness."

• "its a little late in the century for war crimes."

• "are you just making things up? who are you??"

• *opening a can of spam* "you know ive never been particularly religious. but today might be the day."

• "a cup of evaporated milk?! have you lost the plot?!"

• "i feel like if i do this correctly im going to invoke the spirit of richard nixon"

• "this aint food honey this is a bioweapon"

• "sir your phone number is 4 digits"

• "well i don't have sorghum because i don't have a life expectancy of twelve"

• "thats the power of pine sol baby!"

• "bake to your liking. sweetie none of this is to my liking."

• "this is what id imagine a toilet brush to taste like"

• "this is why we don't perform lobotomies anymore."

• "should be a pale white." *holds butter up to arm for comparison*

• "i bet this recipe is just all the wrong answers on a baking test."

• "smells like dentures."

• "not bad dead people"

• "its incredible. and im mad about it."

• "sift your flour three times. lady your cake has tomato soup in it, this is thE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES!!"

• "'911 whats your emergency?' 'yeah that lady carol is at the barbecue again.'"

• "careful not to over mix. sorry im just trying to kill it."

• "now i know this is going to be awful because it calls for soured milk. not buttermilk, not milk and vinegar, no honey sOURED B A D MILK!"

• "disgusting wasnt enough for you?!"

• "call the U.N."

• "bake until done. you're a piece of work."

• *plays accordion on his kitchen floor*

• "tastes like a shower drain or a bunion"

• "this recipe was sent to me by herbert hoover feet pics. theres something for everybody"

• "are you nine inches yet?? said 14 year old me."

• "i suppose its better than eating your offspring"

• "oh betty crocker WHAT ARE YOU UP TO??"

• "you could just use canned pineapple. if you were a communist."

• "can you bake a pie with four ingredients? yes! i could also eat my mattress."

• "add three gils of water. was this written for a fish?"

• "i think this qualifies as a preexisting condition"

• "unconstitutional!"

• "its a breast implant"

• *clunking from the cabinets* "i think ive summoned something"

• "it seems to have collapsed. like the south."

• "the slogan for this cookbook is 'it's digestible'"

• "remember kids the main ingredient in pie pastry is self doubt"

• "fry in two tablespoons of crisco. on this episode of dead white people."

• "i didnt know tuberculosis had a color scheme"

• "ive baked a toilet."

• "how am i supposed to know how big your teacups are, ira?"

• "why do dead people like dates?"

• "easy does it. wouldn't want to ruin a disaster."

• "'ira honey i'm going to war.' 'over what?' 'your cooking'"

• "tastes like a boot. like a size 10 boot."

• "why just live in the great depression when you could also have chronic diarrhea"

• "it wants me to plumpen my prunes in water. well i won't be plumping my prunes in just anything. buy me dinner first."

• "it looks like a failed grave robbery"

• "walnuts aint gonna save this recipe sweetie"

• "you know its not bad it just vaguely tastes like a felony."

• "'where you goin with that tuna dylan?' 'oh you know just making jello"

• "this recipe is making me cry, not the onions"

• "are we sure this recipe wasnt written by a cat?"

• "it already looks like the great depression"

• "bake in a moderate oven. no need to get political"

•"don't tell gordon ramsey"

• "it tastes like a question mark. but a good question mark"

[rpmemes-galore]

This is a shoutout to all OC’s! 

You are all so amazingly creative!  It’s no small feat to create whole worlds, and stories, and people from scratch and I appreciate each and every one of you! You deserve so much respect and admiration and I hope you have a lovely time here in the Tumblr RP community!  <3

[hetalia-themagicalmanac]

i’ve always loved the really cute artstyles that come on little golden books, so i decided to make one that i wish I would fully write and illustrate but you guys can have the cover, it took me like 4-5 hours bc of all of the textures and other cool watercolors blending involved, oop

also, take a close look at the binding, and you’ll see some familiar friends like flying mint bunny, kumajirou, tony, pochi, hanatamago, pierre, gilbird, and pony! i might make a separate post of just the binding so yall can make your own little hetalia books! 

[atwaba]

((More of my Hetalia OCs made with picrew! Maybe one day, I can have little refs for all of them?))

Left to right, top to bottom:

Tiberius Temerarius: Only known surviving son of Rome. Literally crawled out of burning ash and rock when his city was buried by a volcano, and still suffers terrible nightmares about the event, even centuries later. Still has the armor from his soldier days. De facto leader of the half-nation group.

Sato Amaterasu: Oldest daughter of Japan. Goes by  “Ama” these days to avoid undue attention. Legal guardian of her half-brother, Sato Kazu. Died by choking on a piece of food, and often fabricates her first death when asked to avoid the embarrassment.

Konrad Frederick: Oldest son of Prussia. Went gray at age 20 and feels very insecure about it, so he dyes it white to cover it up. Legitimate assassin who’s faked his death over 30 times in 200 years. The Mom Friend among his siblings whether he wants to be or not.

Gregor Vogel: Second-oldest son of Prussia. Lost half of his hair to a pyrotechnic accident in the 1980s, and cut his hair to hide the fact that half of it won’t grow back. Always wearing some kind of earphones in the modern day to disguise some hearing loss from the previously mentioned pyrotechnic accident.

Klaus Vogel: Third-oldest son of Prussia. Cuts his hair to match his twin to make him feel less insecure about the style’s origins. Flirts with his crush by writing musical compositions for her favorite instrument and leaving them anonymously on her doorstep.

Katja Frederick: The youngest daughter of Prussia. Hasn’t yet experienced her first death. Legally adopted by her half-brother Konrad after her mother passed. Has seen her brothers die and revive, and copes with the trauma by drawing the scene 

[atwaba]

((More picrew shenanigans, except these were made an actual year ago and I forgot to post them until today. Whoops?))

Left to right:

Laura Archer: Youngest daughter of England. Met Alphonse during her pirate days and has married him four times since. Rotates teaching English and Literature at a number of high-level universities in the UK purely because she enjoys teaching. Feels very insecure if not in control of a project or situation.

Alphonse Berriet: Youngest son of France. Archeologist who digs holes in the garden when the dig site isn’t open. Married a pirate but can’t swim. Has set the kitchen on fire multiple times because he gets distracted while cooking.

Benoit Chevalier: Oldest son of France. Has been 14 for over 800 years and is very tired of it. Avenged his mother’s murder and his own first death by ‘haunting’ the murderer until they confessed to their crime and were hung for it. Took the family name of a man who protected him during the French Revolution.

[kinda-free]

hetalia follow list?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdf8tHu3BMl8xazs62nQ0BnuBASthsFzz2bbAglaBUpeAQVGg/viewform?usp=sf_link

might flop but

im sure we’re all aware of the block list circulating around, so rather than spreading hate we should spread love.  i’ll make a hetalia follow list, just fill out the form with small blogs u like, even put urself if u want.  just plz reblog if u do bc i want to get as many as i can

[itsapmseymour]

The one true art tutorial

[vlogger-with-a-beanie]

Heya @pmseymourva! What tablet and pen do you use to do your drawings??

[itsapmseymour]

Ipad pro and apple pencil

[atwaba]

Amaterasu: You've bitten off more than you can chew, boy.

Alphonse: You would know about that, wouldn't you?

Amaterasu: !!!

Amaterasu: LAURA! COME GET YOUR MAN BEFORE I BEAT HIS ASS!

[thegrandteapot]

[gracklesong]

My boyfriend is trying to explain cricket to me again. “He’s only got two balls to make 48 runs”, he says. The camera focuses on a man. Underneath him it says LEFT ARM FAST MEDIUM. A ball flies into the stands and presumably fractures someone’s skull. “There’s a free six”, my boyfriend says. 348 SIXES says the screen. A child in the audience waves a sign referencing Weet-Bix

[gracklesong]

The first time he showed me this I assumed he was pranking me

[wolfbeware]

no offense but this looks worse than trying to understand american football

[prismatic-bell]

What do you mean? American football is easy. It works like this:

Two groups of men, who are called things like “wide receivers” and “tight ends” and wear skintight pants, put on big shirts to make themselves look larger (and, supposedly, protect themselves), and then they slam into and grope each other. Easy.

….also, they added a ball and points so everybody would have an excuse to watch the commercial show.

[hetamavi]

America’s Dishonesty

Credit goes to Hetarchive for translated content. America has issues with being honest with his feelings. Really big issues at that. 

America can read the atmosphere, he just chooses not to. His tactlessness is a choice and, unlike someone like England who is also dishonest but still transparent with his real feelings, America’s tactless act is more convincing and he rarely drops it. Even feeling like he had to express concern for England clearly annoyed him (and it was described as uncharacteristic for him to act concerned at all).

Because he’s not as transparent as someone like England and is even less willing than him to be honest about his feelings, he can sometimes do hurtful things and it’s probably harder to understand where you really stand with him. On two different occasions, his way of getting England to act more like himself involved him doing things that clearly hurt England’s feelings. Those moments were when he pretended to be happy England died so he’d wake back up (”The Long-Awaited Deep Emotion is Ruined”) and when he lied to England about remembering England’s pain from the Revolution fondly (”Happy Birthday!”). In the latter instance, England even looked like he was close to tears before America admitted he lied. This sort of behavior is maybe more understandable in the instance where England needed a shock (when he was trying to wake England back up), but otherwise, it’s a very unconventional way of comforting someone that gets around directly doing the “comforting” part.

And while it’s usually England we see on the receiving end of this behavior (probably because England puts in a lot of effort to be closer with him), it is not just him that America acts this way with. Another notable character who America is also very close with that gets this treatment is Canada.  America is aware of Canada’s insecurities, but doesn’t make any attempt to resolve the tension between himself and Canada. Instead, after catching Canada trying to have a stronger presence, he acts like his usual tactless self, makes a vague comment on Canada being fine the way he is, and only reflects on what he admires about Canada in comparison to himself when he’s alone. 

He’s also pretty passive aggressive. In one strip about his relationship with Russia, fittingly titled “What’s going on Behind Those Smiles…?!”, America and Russia insist their bad relationship is ancient history (even though the Cold War lasted until relatively pretty recently - ending in 1991 with the dissolvement of the USSR) only to follow up with a lot of stuff that contradicts that claim. First, Russia says he wanted to “squeeze and snap” America in the past and America, acting like his usual cheerful stuff, actually challenges him to give it a try. Russia then starts talking about all the reasons he hated America in the first place before admitting he still wants to smash America’s glasses into pieces. Then, he and America (who heard all of that) go back to cheerfully insisting their relationship isn’t that bad. 

To make things clear, this isn’t to say that everything we usually get from America (that being his cheerful personality) is an example of him being dishonest. In a lot of ways that would take too long to go through here, he’s actually unapologetically himself. But there’s some clear discomfort when it comes to things like affection, opening up about his insecurities, and directly addressing negativity - whether that negativity be from others or himself. 

Why?

I think there’s two potential reasons for why he’s written this way. One is a real life explanation. Some of America’s characteristics mirror behaviors of real Americans being polite.

Maybe the best example of this is the frequent smiling. In the United States, instead of smiling being an indication of genuine happy feelings, it’s often just the polite thing to do. There’s also the fact that even though that kind of friendliness has been normalized as the polite way to act, Americans don’t care for being touched and like personal space more than what you’d see in many other countries. 

It’s possible those cultural norms made Hima want America to have similar contradictory behavior. He’s friendly and cheerful to an overwhelming extent, but he keeps the people closest to him at a distance and he keeps up his happy-go-lucky attitude even when that’s not actually how he’s feeling. 

The reasoning in Hetalia itself likely comes from his colonial days and the Revolution that followed. He didn’t get to socialize a lot as a kid. His most significant relationship was with a mentor that lived across an ocean and was mostly not around. So it’s not surprising America is lacking in social skills like resolving conflicts and dealing with negative emotions towards and from others. Those aren’t things you can learn from burying yourself in books on politics. 

But why does it sometimes feel like he’s almost deliberately pushing other characters away in some instances? 

America probably is deliberately pushing those characters away. Again, his most significant relationship as a kid was with a distant mentor that, because of his own shortcomings with other people, was emotionally invested in his relationship with America to an overwhelming extent. And to say it ended poorly would be an understatement. Things got violent, his relationship with Canada soured as well, and many nights after the conflict were spent with no sleep and him worrying over how to fix things with England. America gave up a lot for Independence, including being able to rely on the two most important people in his life - nearly the only people in his life - as people that would be there for him. And throughout all of that, there was probably a point where his relationship with England seemed like it might be beyond repair. This kind of stuff leaves a lasting impact on a person, especially someone as young and inexperienced with people as America was.  Even though America wants the company and friendship of others, he’s handling things in a way that maximizes how comfortable and safe he feels in these relationships. He’ll pick England to dress up with for Halloween, but only if he can get England to think he was picked for an insignificant reason like being his first Twitter follower. This keeps a distance between the two that keeps America feeling safe from once again experiencing the pain he endured from prior experiences. But not being understood by even those closest to you is a very lonely experience and as a result, America finds himself in a tough position of trying to alleviate his loneliness with loud, attention-seeking behavior while never making much of an effort to deepen the friendships he has or even actively sabotaging the efforts of the other person who is trying.

[atwaba]

((This picrew is incredibly fun, as you can see by the time I had with it today.))

From left to right:

Nathan L. Cameron. Only son of America. Literal ray of sunshine. Would live on a beach and do nothing but surf if allowed. Speaks 16 languages but still forgets common English words. Head over heels for Svetlana and will smother her with affection anywhere, anytime.

Svetlana Iconova. Only daughter of Russia. Always snacking and forgetting English grammar rules. Will steal your car keys and throw them in a fountain if you piss her off. Possibly unable to get drunk. Head over heels for Nathan but is much more hesitant to act on it in public.

Kazu Sato. Youngest son of Japan. Extrovert fueled solely by caffeine and chaos. Constantly wears a mask to compromise between his fear of cameras and his need to join in with social media fads. Seems like the quiet one of the group but will drop more curse words than Nathan knows languages.

Wyatt Ottoman. Only son of Canada. Stand-up comedian who seems chill but can and will snap when angry. Speaks Canadian and Quebec French, and sometimes combines them when tired. Has been banned from every Starbucks in Montreal. Once snapped a hockey stick in two out of pure frustration while watching a Senators game.

Vaquero Peréz. Only son of Cuba. The actual chill guy in the group who just wants to hang out and play Wonderwall. Flirts aggressively with everyone but melts as soon as someone flirts back. Phenomenal skateboarder but doesn’t jive with the ‘skater’ aesthetic. Met Nathan when they collided at the bottom of a hill with Vaquero going full speed on his board.

Abigail Tremblay. Only daughter of Canada. Amputee who makes too many ‘give me a hand’ jokes. Doesn’t often wear her prosthetic because it doesn’t ‘look cool’. Very bitter that the circumstances of her limb loss prevented her magical heritage from just growing a new one. Loves her service dog and has thrown hands in her honor.

[atwaba]

Nathan: I'm a smart guy! I can speak, like, sixteen languages!

Wyatt: Didn't you put your phone in the refrigerator this morning?

Nathan: ....

Nathan: Shut up.

[transparentalia]

new designs for season 7!

[transparentalia]

Transparent America