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Not quite familiar about social manners on social medias outside Asia, so say sorry forehead for any possible offense.
Believe me, I don't mean anything evil or hatred but just some historical jokes, maybe sometimes a little bit hell.
Imagining Survey Corps heaven like a local bar when a home team football game is on. Levi vs umbilically attached Zeke is on the big screen. Everyone is in shirts with Levi’s face on it. Hange is on Erwin’s shoulders yelling at the screen as a compromise to her climbing on the table from enthusiasm. The game has only started but Moblit’s already legless. They won’t let Sasha order any alcohol even though she’s old enough but they’re buying her bar food on rounds because she’s stress-eating, OG squad Levi have all got a table together and no one thinks it’s weird that Oluo is in full Levi cosplay, wig and all, not even Petra. Isabel and Farlan have gotten a chant going. Every time Levi gets even a tiny bit close to Zeke the room erupts into pandemonium.
Kill me Absolutely
Does the environment that Langston grew up in as a kid (always being hungry, sick, cold, etc) affect him, or any of his habits/behaviors, as he grew older? If so, how?
Absolutely. Lots of the colonies had rough starts but Langston had it worse than most. As far as trauma goes, I think he’s moved past the worst of it but… yeah, you’ll still see some of his childhood in his personality.
Most of the O13 are pretty quiet on their childhoods (it’s the emotional repression they inherited from Arthur) and you can read the history books to get an idea of what they lived through but it’ll never be exactly how they lived it. Massy is quiet on Salem, South Carolina is quiet on Yamasee, but Virginia is the only one that’s quiet about almost everything, and not even Penn or Massy can get it out of him.
He would have been very, very small when The Starving Time happened. The only things Langston remembers from that come back in dreams, and they’re only snatches. But they’re so realistic, it’s like he’s experiencing them for the first time again. Most likely he would have physically looked like a 2-3 year old kid, very sick and very thin, probably taken in by someone expecting him to die. And he definitely did; TST killed 2/3 of the colonists. The remaining ones probably interpreted Langston’s “deaths” as slipping into comas, and wondering why the kid was still alive if he hadn’t had a heartbeat anyone could feel in three days. It wasn’t the only time Virginia would have struggled with food either, and because of that I feel like he pulled a Scarlett O’Hara and decided “nobody I love is ever going to go hungry if I can help it” and gets very worried when his siblings don’t eat while he’s around.
Having seen so many situations spiral into chaos, Langston is big on order, and having a plan puts him more at ease. Specifically his own plans. He likes being in charge, so much so that he’s got some control issues. He’s too well-bred to come out and say it, but if he thinks he’s got a better way to do something, Langston will insinuate the hell out of it until you just hand over the reins.
He hates seeing his family suffer, especially physical ailments that have to do with their land, because he knows what it feels like. For the states, whose people are part of them, but the land is their physical bodies– for that land to be abused by farming practices or shrivel during famine– that hurts much more than rebellion or war. It brings up bad memories he doesn’t like talking about, but he’s always gonna be the first one to help them through it with his particular southern charm (which means sunshine on the front porch when you can, and lots of sweet tea and biscuits to make you feel better).
1600s Virginia was a bad time; Langston was constantly bouncing from settlement to settlement. He knows what it is not to have a home or a family (not many of the states knew each other before the 1700s), and probably worked as an indentured servant for a while too. Especially after the Revolution, with all the new states joining the Union and the old ones together in Virginia, Langston’s prerogative was family, and that’s what remains at his core today.
But once Virginia really got going, it was something of a powerhouse among the Thirteen Colonies. Being the biggest economic power in America and basically rolling with political clout too, Langston was a bit of a brat. He was used to getting what he wanted, when he wanted, and didn’t really care how he got it. Several states have stories of Virginia bullying them into x, y, or z when they were kids. By the time people started hating the English king, some of the O13 had taken to calling Langston the ‘Little King’ as a nasty nickname.
It took a while for him to get used to being a team player once the United States became a thing, but after a tumultuous beginning, Langston settled into his role as the de facto ‘big brother’ for any state that needed him. He made a point of bringing new states to D.C. and personally showing them around, helping them through the process of getting settled into the federal government.
He’s still sort of the de facto leader of the states, mostly due to the fact that nobody wants to listen to Dixie because she’s nine. Speaking of Dixie, Langston dotes on her a lot, because it reminds him of when Westie was still living with him.
And… the Civil War. Virginia was far from a kid when this happened but it’s still a massive part of his person. He sort of fell into the trap that most of the Southern states did, saying he was fighting for “states’ rights” and conveniently ignoring the actual issue at hand (slavery). Langston was mostly on the politics side of the Confederacy in the beginning, running messages on the floor of the legislature and making passionate defenses of his home state. But it didn’t feel right (mostly because his orations were good, but not as good as when Penn wrote them and Massy got him the statistics), and by ‘62, he was out fighting.
He took most of the blame afterward, partly because VA was where all the important governmental stuff was, and partly because Charlotte was so much of a wreck they couldn’t properly discipline her. The states have mostly moved on from the civil war, but Virginia himself took it really hard. This was his family and he’d been partly responsible for destroying it.
Particularly his relationship with Westie got super strained during and just after the war, something he’s trying to make up for now. Oliver left him when he seceded and the two did end up meeting a few times on the battlefield. Langston, stickler for duty that he is, knows he killed West Virginia once, and isn’t sure if it happened again after. He also fought off Alfred at Gettysburg, and at some point killed Maine and Delaware.
Afterwards, I think he tried really hard to clean up his act and make up for the War, leading to him becoming something of a poster boy around the 1900s (which also irritated a lot of people). During WW1, he was in the infantry and even though fighting was awful, he served really well and earned several medals. This continued into the second World War and then he got involved with the CIA and is basically Captain America now, if you catch my drift. And everyone else is so over it.
So I guess in a sentence, Langston wants so badly to give everyone else the good things he missed out on, and strives so hard to keep his record perfect to make up for the time he really messed up.
I imagine the other states clown on them for this.
Here to spread more Southern Alfred Gospel:
Let him have the genteel Southern accent up until he gets mad, particularly excited, or just any strong emotion. Then it thickens and he’s standing there sounding like the redneck or hillbilly or Backwoods Bobby you think he deserves to be. He could be a fast-talking Southerner, or a slow-talking one (I can see either happening).
Also give him southernisms! Let my boy say y’all and ain’t. Write some triple and even quadruple contractions into his speech such as y’all’d’ve. He’s the kind to be speaking in a lot of similes or metaphors. Is someone being particularly testy? Alfred is going to ask or simply tell them to “Quit bein’ ugly.” Did someone come up with an agreeable idea? He might exclaim a happy “That dog’ll hunt!” (That plan works!). I want him to throw an out-of-left-field curveball at the other Nations by saying shit like “Well butter my backside and call me a biscuit.” If Alfred’s preparing to do something, he’s fixin’ to go do it. Drop his g’s, let him say ‘an’ instead of and. And do NOT tell him anything along the lines of “Bless your heart.” Those are fighting words. You’re going to catch hands.
Another SNS joke
Anyone : swearing America with their own mother language
America : that's too bad you should not kick me off!
America : *looking at England, affectionately* they are rude and incivilized aren't they?
England : ……………*hiding swearing message on phone in French and complains in Liverpool accent* yes of course. I'm with you, undoubtedly.
two kinds of knights' love👇 p2：engport
True Knights: those who believe in a holy mission and fight for the glory of God, Sincere, honest, faithful, loving, Christian friends False
Oh my EngPort how cute they are🌹☺️🥰💞💕💖❤️ thank for drawing these two pairs it was not just joking but two kind of love stories with different happy ending. Thank you I am completely fine with that.
Let's praise for Great Mission as well as little fancy Human Love. To be ideal to be mundane, to be great and to be mortal, just living with surprises sparking every day.
BEFORE 17th Century
INDIA : falling in love before marriage was considered a disruptive, antisocial act.
CHINA : a term for love didn't traditionally apply to feelings between husband and wife: it was used to describe an illicit, socially disapproved relationship.
ANCIENT GREECE and MEDIEVAL EUROPE : lovesickness was a type of insanity, and that it was almost indecent to love a spouse too ardently.
FRNCE : marriage was no excuse for not loving someone outside the marriage!
ENGLAND : *reading lots of romantic poems and courtly love stories* OHHH I see, so *adultery is the purest form of LOVE* isn't it?
ANYONE ELSE : What? NOOOO!
I hate myself for can't rationally and impartially talk about Eng and Port, and just can't help crying.
I am so familar about how dumb and ruthless, reckless England was and is now. Everything, almost everything for he is some goods to judge for a good price. But he…even, although for some common interest, he did something good to Portugal and that's, he said for interest but really no.
At the beginning, they are friends in need yes. But with time goes by and the world changes, sometimes they just…i am not familiar with portugal but I know English had made this a cultural tradition and customs. As a diplomatic elements and necessary tie. It's a Conditioned reflex, built in these so long history.
How precious. How…imaginable. I just hate myself can't telling them and not even explain them in English.
Who are fucking crying it's me oh fuck why so many know England is just petty to Portugal and how he deserve this that's A-S's tragedy he would definitely die for it. That's cultural Curse.
That's too hurt that I even wanna say this.
Engport Thoughts:
Warnings: this ain’t fancy sh/t ok it’s just the stuff I yell in my own head at 4 AM and its hella long too
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ok ok ok
I was going to wait until I was finished with my historical fic for these two idiots because I’m not good expressing myself with hcs and I often go into tangents, but I have been researching this topic for almost a year now and there are a few things I’d like to add.
So put your tinfoil hats on, folks, and let’s talk bilateral politics.
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reblogging again because jeez; I’m obsessed 🤌
these TAGS>>> so important
I read this before sleeping and just can't stopping crying for them…how true and how sad. I always say that they are equal they are equal they are equal they are equal! Though sometimes i just write stories that seemingly England is dominant and makes decisions for most of things, but but but BUT he is exactly the one who really fears and used to be refused. Oh gosh how shall I explain all this staff?
There is NO possibility that England really Push or COMPEL Portugal for any, anything! Not even in his greatest day. Even for British Empire when he totally lost his mind in POWER, did he know that he can't push Portugal with military forces or any compulsory measures.
They are real ONLY because PORTUGAL choose and REPLY to him. HE held HIS hand!!!! And That's that.
No one would own the same privilege from England as Portugal did but in the other hand, NO one would GIVE England his hand undoubtedly, for MANY TIMES.
No.
NO NO NO.
NO friends will like them. That's UNPARALLELED.
first love
True Knights: those who believe in a holy mission and fight for the glory of God, Sincere, honest, faithful, loving, Christian friends
False Knights: those who fight for commission and fight to avoid disaster and disease, fierce, attacking, aggressive (for the spoils of war) , only Portugal’s friend
*everyone should read England's history that how Knights were just barbarians and robbers but then about base of romantic drama
this is dumb but
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FINALLY
AT LAST
IN 1662
England : okay, fine so marry me your Infante
Portugal : errrrrrrr…
England : just GIVE ME YOUR INFANTE
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: England/Portugal (Hetalia) Characters: England (Hetalia), Portugal (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Faeries Made Them Do It, Dorks in Love, Teen Crush, Mutual Pining Series: Part 1 of Some Treasure I Found Summary:
他的朋友是个多么奇怪的国家啊！葡萄牙在握住英格兰伸出的手时心想。他愈发小心地对付余下的山径，看着脚下突起的树根与低垂的枝杈。英格兰稳稳地紧握他的手，在前开路。
No one :
Me : *reading papers written by Englishman and screaming* noooooooooooooooooooo why are you so dramatic when talking about you and your loving Portugal. Am I reading an academic paper or just a loving romance fantasy????
England : *rage like a young little lion* why can't I trade species and Sugar as well? Why can't I make a lot of gold and sliver to feed my people like others? The only thing I concerned about is fortune. Empire, what empire, which idiot would like to -
Scotland : * hold back his silly bro, interrupt* .. to preach the Gospel of the Lord and the advancement of civilization to the aborigines while maintaining domestic financial stability, as a trading partner, yes. We'll run a commercial empire with free market and honor. We shall shoulder our imperial responsibilities and obligations, build railroads and invest in energy... We will create a better society that is free and equal; yes we will.
Scotland : That will be the greatest empire on the earth.
AMERICA : Why are you so familiar with my films and media industry these days!
ENGLAND : Because I am reviewing the British film development and national identity
AMERICA : but you are learning MY films!
ENGLAND : * Patiently * yeah, as I said, I was reading the British film development and national identity.
: you have such a plenty collection of encyclopedia, dictionaries and yearbooks of political science, sociology, environmental science, political economics, international relation, finance, Geophysics... you must have a passion for learning, right?
England: Just to win the debate.
: ... Well, I mean, you have a collection of historical documents and law cases from several museums, from the thirteenth to the twenty-first century, from Eurasia to Africa. You must have a passion for research, right?
England: Just to win the debate.
: No, I mean...
England: JUST to win any fucking debate, whether in a court of law, a House of Commons, or an international conference. JUST FOR WINNING.
