Hiatus.
Info, tags, fandoms, BYF, etc. under the cut 💖🥮
FAQ is at the bottom, for any controversial questions about my choices on Hetalia and nation/culture personifications, please read that first before sending me an ask.
🍒 fandoms: hetalia, misc cdrama, babel _(´ཀ`」 ∠) _
🍒 other: history, politics, culture, rambles, etc.
🍒 English, Chinese, (some) Japanese, OK. I am slowly learning Russian, Arabic, and Manchu ✌️
🌸 tags 🌸
Art - #tiart
Politics, history, social issues, racism and orientalism, etc - #thoughts and stuff
Manchu cultural content - #manchu tag
Hui cultural content - #hui tag
Book/reading/research tag - #library tag
Fandom thonking - #tia rambles
Random thoughts - #diary
Angry complaining - #hater tag
Fandoms are tagged as such, characters are tagged (usually), discourse and current events are tagged, there are a few other tags for organization
Content warnings are '*content that is being warned*' and I tag gore, violence, abuse, etc. lmk if there's anything else you want tagged
🍓 hetalia 🍓
I talk about East Asia and its many tendrils
i love easia and unfortunately this includes japan. Basically any intraregional ship in the east+inner asian region I enjoy. No white x asian shipping sorry
China regional/cultural OCs @sinocore
asia 💖💖💖
multishipper, I'm mainly sticking around for my history interest so I’ll ship anything funny in history
菊耀/桜燕/桜耀/菊燕 fixed dynamics. idc about the rest
Not that into yts.... sowwy guys
🍑 BYF + info 🍑
if you want anything tagged just shoot me an ask and I'll get on it
technically an art blog (lol)
My interests focus on the Japanese colonial era in East and Northeast Asia and subsequent decolonization/the ongoing modern effects of that. I don’t support Japanese imperialism.
annoyingly loud about (easian targeted) orientalism
the usual DNIs
🗿 FAQ 🗿
"Why make cultural minority and city OCs?"
The idea of the 'nation' is a fluid one, and our modern strictly bordered Westphalian Nation State is a western construct. Throughout history and cultures, movements of in vs outgroups that define 'national' identity and the ways government and scope of government interact with cultural borders are complex. I approach Hetalia's concept as one that can include groups with a shared cultural consciousness or define themselves as an in-group on a large enough level.
"What is 'Manchuria'? Why do you use 'Manchuria' for your character instead of Dongbei?"
My Manchuria OC doesn't represent the specifically bounded landmass but rather the Manchu people, who are one of but not the only indigenous group in Dongbei. I am well aware of the connotations and roots of the word 'Manchuria', however, given a) the naming conventions of Hetalia (ie Germany instead of German, China instead of Chinese) as well as b) the way 'Manchuria' is commonly accepted in English scholarship when speaking of the concept of a Manchu indigenous land, I choose to use it in place of 'Manchu'. I also have OCs representing the three provinces of Dongbei, and when speaking of the region I use Dongbei or 'Manchuria' in quotations if speaking of history before the Qing, or grouping it in with Inner Asia in some way.
I am not promoting the legitimacy of 'Manchuria' or the legacy of Japanese Imperialism that still affects my family to this day. If you are pro all of that please get off of my blog
I'm a HOI4 playing ww2 bro (half joke)
"What are your thoughts on racebending in Hetalia?"
Same as Irithnova and Peonycat's 👍 I was there when Peonycat's essay was written and we discussed it then. Idc about individualism and individual reclaimation tbqh my priority is broader structures and implications, I can't police you on what you can or can't do, but neither can you police other POC on discomfort.
