I think Ace should be insanely protective over Yao (APH China) and they should get matching tattoos.
Marco and France suddenly popped off. Instead of giving you more of them, I shall give you another eccentric pair: Ace and China (Yao).
Here's lore specifically for this illustration. Enjoy! :)
Yao looks like a traditional guy. He looks young so Ace was shocked to hear that not only was Yao older than him (that's fine) but that he's thousands of years old. That's older than the void century.
Yao's the type to be transparent with the things he should hide. He told Ace that he killed a lot of people across multiple wars. He wasn't the most ethical towards animals. He was openly racist towards caucasians, in a passive-aggressive way.
Ace was asking Yao if he knew where he could darken the tattoo on his arm. Being scholar-ish, Yao teases Ace saying he's a 'bad boy' and a 'gangster' but Ace didn't care. He's a pirate. So what? Yao agreed to darken it for him.
Ace didn't trust Yao at the time.
"What makes you think you know a damn thing about tattoos?"
"You westerners are so frank." Yao called anyone who wasn't Asian a 'westerner'. "Trust me."
"How? Your 'medicine' nearly-"
"Fine!"
Yao stood up. Ace literally blushed when Yao started taking his shirt off but Yao insisted. At first, Ace saw smooth skin and a defined, albeit not-muscular chest.
Yao turned around and there's a long-winding snake tattoo beginning from his shoulder blades, swerving down to his hip. Yao said the snake pattern covered his whole back and Ace believed him.
He loved how detailed the shading was on the whole thing and how it made his waist and hip smaller. And then, abruptly, the snake's body ended just underneath his ponytail.
"What happened to its head?"
"Hmm?" Yao said. He was realised what Ace said and smiled brightly. "Cut to make soup! You want some?"
The scar was deep and disfigured his skin. Ace realised it was a stab wound made with a sword. Yao knew Ace could tell his bluff. Ace was knew that Yao knew. Yao continued talking about the different things you could do with snakes.
Medicines, cuisines, antidotes—it's a miracle creature to him! Ace didn't care, really.
He knew Yao was hiding something and he's right
Yao refused to tell Ace that his little brother Kiku tried to kill him once. It was a quiet night and Kiku said he wanted to practice painting alone. Kiku stabbed him while Yao drank the wine they brew together. It was the first time Yao got his heart broken.
Yao isn't the type to be transparent with things that matter.
Can I have a ship? I am a girl. Medium long straight brown hair, blue green eyes, plus sized white. I am a leo, short tempered, creative, talk a lot. I am strange. I try to be open minded, insecure. I love to draw and listen to music. I do curse a lot but I'm working on it. I am pansexual. I LOVE spicy food. -my brain is fried and i can't think of what I should put so hopefully this is good enough-
I ship you with:
Yao is very wise due to the many years he’s been around. So, sometimes he’ll have the habit of giving you advice if you’re in a tough spot! Also, he worries a lot for you since he cares for you so much. Yao loves to cook for you, it soothes his mind knowing that you’ll eat well and won’t be hungry later on.
Ahaha I'm sorry. I wasn't sure how many to put since it would have been like,, a list instead of something long. Idk. How about this: Japan, China, South Korea, Prussia, Norway and Iceland?
Hey anon, its okay fam. I wasn’t thinking of doing a list but rather a short paragraph description but even as a list it was a lot of characters. I’m not like mad or anything its just your ask gave me like a mini heart attack XD I’m a small child on the inside and you gave me the SHOOK.
Kiku, Yao, and Yong Soo:
Both China and Japan have similar conventional beauty standards due to their closeness in geography and China influencing Japan’s culture when he was still young. Both tend to prefer petite, doe-eyed, and fair skinned women. Yong Soo would also find this attractive except he would prefer a slightly bigger woman with some curves and BOOBS.
Gilbert:
Gilbert wouldn’t really have a strong opinion regarding body types but would be totally into a girl with some MUSCLES. A strong badass woman thats able to kick his ass? Sign him up. He also has a bit of a weakness for girls with blonde hair and freckles.
Lukas (Norway):
Lukas likes girls with a natural tan and brunette hair. No doubt about it. One of the reason for this being is that it is a rarity among his people. He likes girls with bigger boobs.
Emil (Iceland):
Iceland is probably one of the few that doesn’t have a preference. Like, at all. As long as the person involved is healthy and has good hygiene things are good. He can consider anyone who meets this standard attractive as long as they don’t have a shit personality.