other than life being super busy, if i am being so real the reason I am not investing that much time into tumblr is cause I find the general tone of the fandom on here can be pretty hostile if someone wants to create nuanced content. I don't like feeling like I gotta look over my shoulder all the time too, and I am not doing well mentally in general hence why I have been rather quiet on this website cause I gotta protect myself. This post btw is just getting this off my chest and also like idk if you're like myself, and you enjoy nuance- you are allowed to exist in this fandom as much as anyone else. An individual enjoying nuance does not negate someone who wants escapist content right to exist, or opinions. Both can exist at the same time. There's plenty of room in fandom, and this one is interesting cause there is sooo much room to interpretation.
Anyways, since I been back every couple months or so, there's been some sort of fandom - shaming post typically written along the lines of "Well you're a fake fan of Hetalia, if you focus on historical events and you want to discuss them in a dark way and maybe you should find a different fandom and the source material is completely devoid of any darkness." I know I shouldn't care, but like typically folks are mistaking nuanced content, or content that centers around a different historical perspective that may put someone's "fav" in a bad light as "dark". Secondly, the source material is actually fairly dark ngl as such as is the nature when you discuss historical topics especially if your characters are meant to be representative of geopolitical entities. People can chose to engage with that aspect of hetalia if they so desire to, and they can also choose not to. They are both equally valid.
