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[pickled-lily]

For it is to thee I dedicate my book: William the Third, King, Grand Duke, Prince, … more than Prince, Grand Duke and King… Emperor of the magnificent empire of Insulinde, which winds about the equator like a garland of emeralds!… I ask Thee if it be thine Imperial will ... that thy more than thirty millions of Subjects far away should be ill-treated and should suffer extortion in THY name? --Max Havelaar; or, the coffee auctions of the Dutch trading company,Multatuli (1860)

[pingkidiw]

back in 2020, indo was ranked 1st in highest male smoker population... so i thought, what will the weed smokers (neth and cana) say abt this?

[where-are-the-pixels]

[saintseiya-zone]

Saint Seiya Birthdates

Lees verder

[eruverse]

Kougami is saying he is gay too

I think that is the simplest explanation of this scene.

But to expound on it: Kougami is proposing the idea that Shion is much gayer than she lets on, and by that he also means himself.

Shion, as the point of comparison, is a bisexual, but the show seems to imply that she has deep leaning toward women (or at least Yayoi) because she is the only person Shion is shown to be in a physical relationship with (I don’t think they’re dating tho at the moment, because obviously Shion is proposing a one night stand with Kougami). Not to do some sort of bi-erasure, because Shion can still find men appealing and she does, but in terms of actually having sex, it is implied she has a preference that doesn’t physically involve Kougami or even a man like him. Because if she did, she would find a way to have sex with Saiga, too, and with other men she finds sexy.

Anyway: yes, ‘not physically involving Kougami’. This scene clearly is about sexual preferences, and during a proposal of one night stands or casual sex, I don’t think a partner’s personality is going to be a deep concern. So Kougami is being very frank by saying Shion wouldn’t want to have sex with him, due to his physicality. He is just not her sex preference, full stop.

And because he is telling her ‘I don’t think we are each other’s type’ and NOT ‘I don’t think I’m your type’, he is affirming to Shion that YES, he too has sexual leanings toward not-her type, OR men. Where Shion is majorly leaning toward women, Kougami is majorly leaning toward men.

Well, then, is Kougami also a bisexual like Shion? Honestly I would say he is gay, personally. Like completely for men. He seemed to have a romantic thing for Sasayama before his untimely death, and the thing with Makishima etc etc. When it comes to Akane, I think he just deeply respects her (is BIG, just not romantic). Besides, I think he thinks she is too good for someone like him.

Shion is at least still shown to find men cute. While Kougami shows nothing 🤣 he is very dispassionate about women’s bodies tbh, like on that scene with Akane’s dead friend. Yes, they were in a tight situation, but there’s not even a flinch.

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Ivan (my Ivan speaks this half sarcastically half ironically)

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Ivan

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90’S AMERUS

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Ivan isn’t a mastermind of schemes also bc I hardly see Russians who are one. Russians in my experience are pretty blunt and obvious, just that if they don’t know you they don’t necessarily trust you and thus hide stuff but that’s very much normal. Like, if Russia/Ivan was an actual mastermind of schemes who saw things 10 steps ahead, you would think he’s now out of all problems but here he is (it’s atrocious). Also being skillful at chess or science doesn’t mean someone knows how to be smart at reality. I think Ivan has big nerd tendencies but it’s honestly just that.

[mslorelina-blog]

"Being skillfull at chess or science doesn't mean someone knows how to be smart at reality" - I couldn't say it better.

I think, though, living so many centuries in the tsarist/imperial court and among the communist party's elites (intrigants through and through) in 20th century, made him learn how to scheme. Not because of his natural talent, but out of necessity.

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Yeah, but I think he’s honestly not much different/better than any other nations. Throughout any era he’d done many mistakes just like his bosses do (personally, I think nations are a mix of ppl and government). I’m still also firm on my conclusion that he looks as if he were a ‘mastermind’ due to being a slob actually; that tendency to leave problems alone until they hit him in the nose is how ppl think he is ‘doing things behind the scene’. Then he ends up using desperate measures to solve those same problems, which is how ppl think he cannot be ‘understood’. Big part of this is projection tho, bc ppl have been expecting him to do things that aren’t actually his natural inclinations, but that’s not his fault.

Tbh Ivan is also rather boomer-like/traditional in his action so actually he has an established pattern if anyone cares enough to see, yknow. I didn’t say it’s always easy, but Ivan isn’t that hard to read if you know where to do it. He’s not better nor worse than what ppl typically think of him.

However, I think Ivan has a sick sense of satisfaction — as much as annoyance — at being seen as an ‘evil mastermind’ bc it makes him sound cooler than he actually is, lol. He has some inbuilt special snowflake tendencies 😂

[eruverse]

Ivan isn’t a mastermind of schemes also bc I hardly see Russians who are one. Russians in my experience are pretty blunt and obvious, just that if they don’t know you they don’t necessarily trust you and thus hide stuff but that’s very much normal. Like, if Russia/Ivan was an actual mastermind of schemes who saw things 10 steps ahead, you would think he’s now out of all problems but here he is (it’s atrocious). Also being skillful at chess or science doesn’t mean someone knows how to be smart at reality. I think Ivan has big nerd tendencies but it’s honestly just that.

[nokonokoaa]

[eruverse]

Imagine the first time Alfred called Ivan’s name. Imagine

[mslorelina-blog]

Sometimes I want to share my thoughts and headcannons for my WIPs and finished hetalia works here, and I have a lot of them, you can't even imagine how much I post on my Russian tg-channel, but it requires me so much more effort to translate everything in English. Damn language barries.

[eruverse]

I wanna see them 😳😳😳😳 (I’m a beginner in Russian unfortunately)

[eruverse]

(Not going to tag this) Making Ivan being obsessed over America is the funniest thing ever tho have you seen normal Russians. Their hearts belong to Europe bc they are Europeans

[mossmansthings]

hello!!! I'm that. anon who brought up your commission in that discussion about Turkey always being masculine in ship art 😭 I didn't mean to insinuate that you or the artist was racist or anything (especially seeing how you're just a fellow Ivan fetishizer 🤝)

I feel a bit silly sending you this so ignore it if you want. but basically I'm sorry </3 I completely misread the situation!! have a nice week :33

Hey bro ) it's ok. No worries.

[eruverse]

I am less kind tho, anon pissed me tf off

Whoever you are, it will do you BETTER to calm the fuck down.

[mslorelina-blog]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

It was difficult to choose just five (in any of my works I can find something that I like), but here they are:

Children of tyrants - RoChu, Mature, historical hetalia, very modern timeline (late 2010s). This is something I'm most prouf of, considering the extent of research I did (had to become versed in chinese history almost from scratch...). There's a lot of RoChu works in Russian and English, but they rarely are something aside from just fluff and romance and they tend to avoid tackling controversial topics regarding Russia and China's relations in the past and present. So I decided to fix this situation.

Unexpressed - Amerus oneshot, explicit, 90s era, very triumphant Alfred and very confused Ivan. Wrote the entire fic for the last paragraph. It came out very accidental, I didn't do a huge research, was just writing a commission, and boom, this 4 pages sized piece became one of my favourite fics of all time. It seems like it's readers' favourite too.

Shards of Memories - my magnum opus; Rusame, Cold War setting with a retrospective of their relations since the XVIII century. Ivan and Alfred understand they've experienced a memory loss and decide to run away to unravel this mystery with KGB and CIA on their tail. Stopped writing this because of war, hope to get back to it soon, maybe in the end of this year <3

Ashes and Flame - historical Rusame, featuring the aftermath of 9/11 attack. Love this for the same reasons I love "Children of tyrants": had to do tons of research, learned a lot of new info, also writing about relatively modern events (especially revolving around Russia and USA) is always more exciting than about some old uncontroversial stuff.

The tale of the Feud and Loyalty - RusFin, mature, featuring Russia and Finland's relations from 15th to the beginning of 19th century (WIP). Arcticviolet's "Maiden and the Two-headed Eagle" introduced me to RusFin, AND I'M OBSESSED WITH IT SINCE THEN (recommend the work very much, go read it right now). Seriously, this ship is insanely historically-grounded, much more than lots of other popular ships, it's tragic and complex, it deserves more attention! Not to mention, Finnish history deserves more recognition. So here's my small contribution to RusFin fandom, complementary to arcticviolet's work.

[eruverse]

Unexpressed absolutely ended me and my bestie (who is Russian). Even tho Lorelina said they didn’t do a huge research, the fic is still very correct and encapsulated the vibe of the 90s very well in my opinion! (And ofc it would be correct, it’s Lorelina’s own country’s history lol). Speaking as a foreigner who only studied secondary materials, it is to me the most correct 90s Rusame fic to date. Ppl hardly do this time period justice.

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How many ppl write Ivan in the fandom lol

Personally? That’s not how I write my Ivan I also forget abt General Winter on a daily basis and I don’t treat him seriously and if you ask me, it makes more sense that Ivan has a MOTHER and not a father if we decided to give him a sort of parental figure. Russian land has always been associated with a motherly figure after all, and yep, as a concept Anya makes more sense as the nation of Russia than Vanya (but of course, fandom is a place to have fun first and foremost and not like. Total matching with history etc which p much can kill creativity).

I also have a vagueish Rus OC in my mind, a woman, who was the mother of the East Slav siblings (tho she was super huge and muscly and probably even beardy and perhaps didn’t have a clear concept of gender to refer to herself or anything. Was called Mother tho).