Launching Sunflowers in Space since 2002

Did I only recently fall into the bottomless Hetalia pit? Yup. Do I feel capable of crawling out of it soon? Hell nah. Is reading fanfic until my eyes dry a thing? Most definitely. Laughing at dumb country stereotypes? Check. Beginner writer? ...Argh. | Blog started June 2020 |

[baby-morrison]

stinky rat man

[nearlycassidy]

the macaroni brothers

[rapidhighway]

aph poland. idk what this is. it’s 1am. squat

[mysticalmusicwhispers]

APH Ukraine Aesthetic

Based on this post by @hetaari! Go check them out please!

[helltalia-inc]

Reblog this post if you are an ACTIVE HETALIA FAN (2020)

[headspace-hotel]

Sensory Prompts

cold, smooth slate

smell of smoke in icy air

a shimmer of water droplets in the sun

mint leaves

cold mud

the squeak of an old wooden staircase

paper tearing

light on the bottom of a clear pool

radio static

wind chimes

light reflected on puddles

the green iridescence of a beetle’s wing

slipping into warm water

a glow stick being snapped

night wind carrying the scent of freshly baked bread

wet, rotting leaves

dice against a table

the taste left in your mouth after a dentist’s appointment

a bite of an apple

people talking a room away

walking barefoot on sidewalk

dark, bitter chocolate

dryer lint

plucking a peach off the tree

calloused palm

pine needles

aloe being slathered on a sunburn

eggshells cracking

a dog’s cold nose

porch light in the distance

pouring something into a glass

soft cat feet

scraping at a scab

a deer darting away under the trees

jumping into a cold pool

a paper cut

a too-rich dessert

putting on clean underwear

an unpleasantly damp handshake

sweaty socks

the soft fur behind a dog’s ears

crunching ice at the bottom of the glass

licking your fingers while eating Cheetos

fighting against the urge to cry

floating on your back in water

soreness after exercise

the smell of an elderly relative’s house

bowling alley carpet

fresh paint

fireworks close enough to feel in your chest

the radio playing in the background at a restaurant

watching aquarium fish

a toilet flushing in a public restroom

your breath coming out in clouds in the cold

putting accidentally way too much salt on your food

poking at a bruise

rain on a metal roof

scent of a damp basement

the weird green afterimage after coming in from the snow

getting scratched by briars

a popsicle stick against your tongue

opening a window

walking on gravel

cold pizza

blowing out a candle

a swallow of a carbonated drink

packing peanuts

a bleeding mosquito bite

trying to fall asleep in a too-warm room

loud laughter somewhere else in the neighborhood

a round rock in the palm of your hand

putting your hair in a tight ponytail

steam rising from a bowl of soup

gum with all the flavor chewed out of it

the feel of banana peel

heavy boots

latex gloves

cold coins

an earthworm squirming in your palm

someone pulling away from a hug you wish would last longer

cloudless summer sky

ripping up a tuft of grass

getting water in your eyes

clean sheets

the packaging of snack food you’re eating late at night

cold water down your neck

nasty-tasting medicine

cleaning dirt from under your nails

holding your breath underwater

flies buzzing

thick fog

aluminum foil

the smell of stagnant water

the light of a full moon

bending a green twig in your hands

another person touching your skin with cold hands

motion sickness

tufts of shed fur

hard candy dissolving in your mouth

a feeling of acceleration in your chest

[imagination4lif-blog]

[mylittleredgirl]

my dad–also a writer–came to visit, and i mentioned that the best thing to come out of the layoff is that i’m writing again. he asked what i was writing about, and i said what i always do: “oh, just fanfic,” which is code for “let’s not look at this too deeply because i’m basically just making action figures kiss in text form” and “this awkward follow-up question is exactly why i don’t call myself a writer in public.”

he said, “you have to stop doing that.”

“i know, i know,” because it’s even more embarrassing to be embarrassed about writing fanfic, considering how many posts i’ve reblogged in its defense.

but i misunderstood his original question: “fanfic is just the genre. i asked what you’re writing about.” 

i did the conversational equivalent of a spinning wheel cursor for at least a minute. i started peeling back the setting and the characters, the fic challenge and the specific episode the story jumps off from, and it was one of those slow-dawning light bulb moments. “i’m writing about loneliness, and who we are in the absence of purpose.”

as, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also don’t realize they’re writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck. 

“that’s what you’re writing. the rest is just how you get there, and how you get it out into the world. was richard iii really about richard the third? would shakespeare have gotten as many people to see it if it wasn’t a story they knew?”

so, my friends: what are you writing about?

[gunvolt]

im going to have a stroke

[prideling]

Instead try… Person A: You know… the thing Person B: The “thing”? Person A: Yeah, the thing with the little-! *mutters under their breath* Como es que se llama esa mierda… THE FISHING ROD

[artykyn]

As someone with multiple bilingual friends where English is not the first language, may I present to you a list of actual incidents I have witnessed:

Forgot a word in Spanish, while speaking Spanish to me, but remembered it in English. Became weirdly quiet as they seemed to lose their entire sense of identity.

Used a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression while speaking English. He actually does this quite regularly, because he somehow genuinely forgets which idioms belong to which language. It usually takes a minute of everyone staring at him in confused silence before he says “….Ah….. that must be a Russian one then….”

Had to count backwards for something. Could not count backwards in English. Counted backwards in French under her breath until she got to the number she needed, and then translated it into English.

Meant to inform her (French) parents that bread in America is baked with a lot of preservatives. Her brain was still halfway in English Mode so she used the word “préservatifes.” Ended up shocking her parents with the knowledge that apparently, bread in America is full of condoms.

Defined a slang term for me……. with another slang term. In the same language. Which I do not speak.

Was talking to both me and his mother in English when his mother had to revert to Russian to ask him a question about a word. He said “I don’t know” and turned to me and asked “Is there an English equivalent for Нумизматический?” and it took him a solid minute to realize there was no way I would be able to answer that. Meanwhile his mom quietly chuckled behind his back.

Said an expression in English but with Spanish grammar, which turned “How stressful!” into “What stressing!”

Bilingual characters are great but if you’re going to use a linguistic blunder, you have to really understand what they actually blunder over. And it’s usually 10x funnier than “Ooops it’s hard to switch back.”

[just-british-things]

one time my italian bf called toad in the hole (a classic english meal of sausages and yorkshire pudding) ‘frog in a pot’

also he forgot the word for octopus and instead made a squid movement with his hand for 5 minutes whilst saying ‘you know, the leggy fish’ 

[yvesdot]

It’s… it’s okay if you’re not very good at writing? I don’t know if this is much of a controversial opinion, but you are improving, and you are consistently moving forward even if you don’t see it. Progress is largely practice-based, especially in writing, and even if editors and beta readers weren’t a thing that are actively helping you every time they give a critique (and, well, why do you think those exist in the first place? Nobody’s perfect), you would still be improving just by writing more and reading others’ writing. It’s okay if you’re not good at writing. That doesn’t mean anything about you, and it definitely doesn’t mean anything permanent.

[uzusanageyama]

stuck in the constant limbo between “really excited about my own writing” and “pretty sure I can’t actually write”

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[alifeasvivid]

@sherlockscones​ you…. I like you. This is why we’re friends. XD

[sherlockscones]

:) Everyone comments on how lucky America is that he didn’t inherit England’s eyebrows. But the truth is, he obsessively plucks them every, single. night. So no one will ever find out his secret…

[irisoflunadreams]

And if he even went as much as a week or even a few days, he would look exactly like England. Just with blue eyes and his cowlick.

[alifeasvivid]

I thought he and Canada both escaped the Kirkland Eyebrow Curse by being heavily influenced by France >.> Perhaps America is pretending????? XD “Y–yeah, I’m like Canada, I don’t have those crazy caterpillar brows *hides tweezers behind his back*”

Also, on a more… grounded? idea: America looks like England because he mirrored his facial expressions when he was young, like wee ones do. So much so that if he frowns he looks like England and he’s one of the only people who saw England smile enough to mirror it >.>

Yeah I gotta make everything angsty. <.< another contractual obligation

[lightpinkstuff]

😭👉👈

[meatslappeur]

[s--awesome-deactivated20220908]

【腐向けR18】おえかきログ Pixiv ID: 32972530 Member: あまざき

[artokaie]

Grumpytits McGee but he’s punk now

[faerisms-deactivated20200805]

true writing is knowing exactly how your wip starts and knowing exactly how how it ends but the middle is the equivalent of you standing stranded on highway 52 while your car burns in the background before a freeze frame zooms in on your face and a voice-over goes “yup that’s me. you might be wondering how i got here.” 

[strickland527]

I’m in this and I don’t like it

[stonetheskooks]

With all the events going on recently I think it’s time to post this image againbc i’m tired of this shit 

[ziggy-starstop]

Thanks, I really needed this today!

[bestfanforever]

A Hetalia ship meme template. For those of you who still care about those things. It’s a fun way to explore new possibilities you might’ve never thought of. If you use it please @ me I love seeing people’s thoughts (btw, the @ at the bottom is my twitter, I didn’t steal it lolololol). Not every character is here but you have the main ones, I had to keep in mind the format and such. Do you like my maple leaf and Prussian eagle? I made them with love :D

Oh and finally as a disclaimer. This is inspired by a deviantart user’s template, but it’s not theirs. Theirs was much smaller and I made this from scratch.

[burningsunfloweralien]

Wooow ok, this looks really messy XD Sorry ‘bout that

I had lots of fun doing this, and I discovered so many ships I never thought about before! (like AustriaxBelarus. Ummmm idk how but y e s)

Thank you @bestfanforever​ for doing this template!!