REALLY LONG RANT ABOUT HETALIA FANDOM

YAY FOR COPY/PASTE FROM TUMBLR



Dear Hetalia Fandom (especially the bad fans)


Just stop, okay? All you rabid fans out there need to calm your hormones. The characters in the series are, guess what..

NOT REAL

You are giving respectable fans a REALLY bad name because of your terrible OCs who have ALL the depression and ALL the powers who are the daughter/son of such-and-such nation (Respectable fans ignore this, fanchildren are OKAY in my book), the sister/brother of such-and-such, lovers with such-and-such, BUT are married to such-and-such with such-and-such children and etc.

That's too fucking far

We tell you off BECAUSE you have a terrible character, you are a terrible roleplayer, hell, or even a terrible person in general because you have gotten on our REALLY bad side.

Now, I have seen good OCs, okay OCs, terrible OCs (includes, but are not limited to: Belarus-like characters, Mary/Gary Sues/Stus, power-playing OCs, etc), and even terrible people in general.

Good OCs in my book include a well-rounded character. They have a personality that is diverse (say they can be childish at times, but also a little mature), average looks (meaning no freaky-colored hair), NO relations to nations (unless they are a city OR a NON-CANNON country with a HISTORY with a nation), and they have no magic (unless it's an AU roleplay group, or some magic religions [pagan] are heavy in their history).

The only stipulation for a cannon country being an OC is that if you've been with Hetalia since its conception (wow, that'd be a long time), and you created said OC nation (say one for Norway) before he or she was cannon. That's fine in my book.

Now, going for the other extreme here, a bad OC looks like this:

Related to EVERY nation there, been loved/raped by at least one (usually Russia), married to a CANNON nation, power-plays, depressed, etc

Need I go on? Everyone knows a REALLY bad OC when they see one.

I myself have a personal example of a bad OC for the city Warsaw. Now, I thought it was pretty cool (since I roleplayed Poland in the chat while it was still open) to have a little sister around. Not for long. This sister was OBSESSED with Poland, almost like Belarus with Russia (but not so extreme). She wanted her brother to be happy, but she hated that he was gay, crossdressed, and had his valley-girl moments. It even went so far as to this Warsaw roleplaying with me on MSN, the characters HAVING sex for a PROJECT (high school sex ed course, watch out, why would that happen? Guess what, we were in a Gakuen roleplay room together), and she ended up being pregnant. In the end, it was Oslo's baby (who was roleplayed by the person's YOUNGER ADOPTED brother), and he was born five months early and survived. We (the group) called her out on this multiple times, but she didn't care. The Oslo roleplayer, however, was an awesome guy, and I miss talking to him. He actually took our advice on how to become a better roleplayer.

Cosplayers


Don't get me started on you guys, because we've all heard stories of bad cosplayers before. Everything from attaching to someone by the hip for the day (because someone had the UNFORTUNATE LUCK to cosplay as said person's other in their OTP), the Nazi!Nations (mostly seen with Germany, but some do pass up the opportunity), and sexual picture poses.

Guys, respect the fact that some people don't ship what you ship as vigorously as you do. I suggest that you hang out with the person for the day, talk with them, see what else they might cosplay, and learn a bit about the person. Be a friend, not a weaboo hip-hugger.

Secondly, you nazi "cosplayers" (you know who I'm talking about. The guys who HAVE to show up in nazi uniforms because they KNOW there's going to be a Germany cosplayer out there somewhere that they can harass) need to grow up and get the fuck out of the convention. No one (especially those who learn about WWII) appreciates what you do. Period, end of discussion.

And you who want sexual picture poses, save that for when you KNOW the person better, or if you get on an R-18 panel and someone makes a request for it. Not everyone there IS 18 (trust me, some aren't, even though they might look it), and not every +18 cosplayer wants to sexually pose for some random person just for a picture. Ask first if you REALLY want to get the picture.

And finally, to all you people who think Hetalia teaches history…

It kinda does.

I've taken two World History classes (high school level), and one US History class. When the subject of the time period between WWI and WWII EVER approached us, the only thing we learned was HOW and WHY the wars started, who invaded whom, how the invasion ended and when, and when and how the wars ended. That's it. NADA MAS (unless there was something IMPORTANT between the two that I'm not remembering)

Now, if you're really stupid and think the treaty between Germany and Italy was sealed with a pinky promise… You must be REALLY stupid, because that's not how government/whatever works.

World Meetings aren't really that chaotic. Then again, sometimes meetings can get out of hand, but no one starts fist-fighting in the middle of one.

My last point is this:

Hetalia's characters are STEREOTYPES. Whether they are extreme or not, I don't know (then again, some may be. Look at Poland, The Baltics, France, USA, Canada, and everyone else).

IT IS MEANT TO BE A FUNNY SERIES. IF YOU TAKE THE CHARACTERS TOO SERIOUSLY AND PIN THEM TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY, THERE IS NO HUMOR IN IT, AND PEOPLE GET PISSED.

Okay? Remember: Stereotypes are stupid, and are supposed to be funny.

All Hima-Papa did was take these stereotypes for these various nations and give them a face.

P.S. HIMA-PAPA, GET BETTER!