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APH: nyo!Russia

accidentally made the pic resemble The Mistress of the Copper Mountain/The Malachite Maid (Хозяйка медной горы, a Slavic mythology/Russian fairy tale character) a little. so it could probably count as an AU aesthetic, haha.

↑ though these particular mountains are in fact located in Karachay-Cherkessia

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APH: nyo!France

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Tokyo Ghoul: Kaneki Ken

(beautiful hands belong to Wylona Hayashi)

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Deus Ex: Adam Jensen

I’m sooo waiting for Mankind Divided. Though I’m not sure if my PC can handle it. *sob*

(Model: David Gandy. Picture: The fall of Icarus by René Milot. Screenshots (eye & h+) are from various Deus Ex trailers.)

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APH German Empire

• painting: The proclamation of Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner

• cool dudes: emperor Wilhelm II & chancellor Otto von Bismarck + German princes

• cool drawn dudes: Germany, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony & Hesse + others

Illustration by FIDELIO. 

(I’ve tried to get permission to use their art, but they didn’t answer me for almost 2 months and as I see they were last active in May 2015, so. If someone knows for sure they don’t permit using their art, I am ready to take this down. Hope I didn’t do anything wrong?)

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APH Bavaria

Duchy. Kurfürst. Kingdom. Federal State of Germany.

• city: Munich

• castle: Neuschwanstein

• food/drinks: Bayerisches Bier & Bretzel

• clothes: Dirndl & Lederhosen

(model: unknown dude(s?) from some hairstyle magazine that screamed Bavaria to me *sob*. ((Guess Pavel Baranov in that particular photo is perfect Bavaria to me though, but he didn’t quite fit in here.))

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Check out this playlist on @8tracks: мне снились ballets russes by hew_.

((catching up with that RusFra picset))

A collection of old French and Russian love songs, years 1910-1997.

"мне снились ballets russes" = "I dreamed of Russian ballet". As in, well, Diaghilev's Russian ballet. Aw.

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Alexander I/Napoleon Bonaparte + APH RusFra

• palaces: Versailles + Winter Palace

bonus: a 8tracks RusFra playlist with a bunch of old sappy love songs (both French & Russian)

I imagine the mint coat is Francis’ and the black-yellow one which looks kinda like khokhloma is Ivan’s.

Btw, if you’re wondering about those slashy pics of Alexander and Napoleon, they’re not really fanart! Lithographs, I guess. Go read an article about 19th-century fans who were totally into a Napoleon/Alexander romance, haha.

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(aph?) Soviet Russia

text on posters: The red banner of working-peasant commune + For the Victory over Kolchak, Don’t forget history’s lessons!, Electrification, I am godless

not really aph, but I thought of it while making this and... guess anyone who wants to can pretend that Mayakovsky’s head is actually Ivan’s? and you can’t see it, but there is a badass Mayakovsky’s poem written above his head:

Я славлю // I glorify Взвитое красной ракетою // Lifted by a red rocket Октябрьское, руганное и пропетое // October (one), outraged and praised Пробитое пулями знамя! // A banner struck by bullets!

(All posters can be found here. And the one with the Kremlin is from David Levine’s collection, go check it out!)

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APH Austria + Sweets + Music

• sweets: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, Kaiserschmarren, Mozartkugel, Apfelstrudel

• city: Salzburg (i am sorry Vienna but you look so bland on lithographs)

(model: Guliaume Varki)

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APH Saxony + Sweets + Autumn

• schloss: Weesenstein

• city: Dresden + Leipzig

• sweets: Eierschecke + Dresdner Stollen

• bridge: The Devil’s Bridge at Kromlau, Saxony

(model: Malcolm Lindberg)

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Check out this playlist on @8tracks: walls into doors by hew_.

((catching up with that mauerfall picset post))

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APH Mauerfall (09.11.1989) • ...смертной любви - “(God, help me survive among this) mortal love”, text fragment on the “Fraternal Kiss” painting. (gotta love it, though i think it’s personally responsible for why so many people still think kissing is Russian men’s fav meeting ritual even nowadays) • Ich liebe dich - “I love you” (obviously) • Berlin zwischen West und Ost - “Berlin is between West and East” • Bonn→Berlin - a fragment of SPD’s poster calling towards unity (tho i’m not sure if it was in a brotherly way or you should all become one with Germany way)  • and the webby thing is Berlin itself. like, it’s been 26 years and there’s still a difference.

bonus: a 8tracks playlist

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APH Teutonic Order “Helfen — Wehren — Heilen”  (not really tho considering their history) ↑ castles are Königsberg Castle and Marienburg (now Malbork) Castle. 

(models: Maxim Mitrofanov, Jonas Kloch)

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APH Brandenburg (OC?) 

Margrave. Province. Kurfürst. Federal State of Germany.

(models: Stella Tennant, Xavier Fontana, Jordan Barett & Ulli Lommel)

though Ulli is not a model BUT BUT hey, this dude was actually born in Brandenburg! or rather a city that used to belong to Brandenburg and now it belongs to Poland buuut it still counts, right? though the most ridiculous thing is Brandenburg having black hair, even if i have a long headcanon about this. but it’s mostly because i strive for a non-blonde German bro who’s not Austria. don’t get me wrong, i absolutely love blondes, but still??? oh

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APH Saxony 

Duchy. Kurfürst. Kingdom. Free State. Federal State of Germany.

• river: Rhein (i know it goes through 6 countries but it’s so green and nice)

• armor: Foot-Combat Armor of Christian I of Saxony

• manuscript: Vita Christi by Ludolph of Saxony, 15th century

• brooch: “Providentiae Memor” (Providence in Mind), Saxony’s motto

• castle:  Wackerbarth Castle

(model: Logan Flatte)

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Check out this playlist on @8tracks: no longer hoły by hew_. "Colors fade, temples cruble, empires fall. But wise words endure." - Edward Thorndik

(Image by 3 6 (さぶ))