Thursday, May 19, 2011

why hello

Differences between Axis Powers Hetalia’s canonverse and TLG’s gameverse. Like I said before, I never really watched anime or Hetalia before I started coming up with ideas for this. I feel kind of bad for messing up Hetalia’s canon so much, but I hope I don’t get flamed for this.

I posted this before on another blog, but I deleted it so I just rewrote it to link it to people so no one plays the game later going, “WTF?”

The characters are not personifications; they are detached and independent spirits that look after a territory or people. They do not age past maturity, and besides those who were born during colonization and a “new world order” – they typically take centuries or even a thousand years to grow. The characters only exist for military purposes. They adopt the title, status and prestige of the lands they protect. To them, being a “homeless spirit” is worse than disappearing altogether, so naturally their fate and actions are tied to the politics and government they work or, despite their own feelings.


Arthur is absent from most of Alfred’s childhood. In fact, they probably met three or four times total. Under England’s unwritten Salutatory Neglect Acts, there was not much British military presence in the North American continent until the 4th Inter-colonial War. Arthur was busy procuring colonies and power for his empire elsewhere in the world.


Arthur was never a pirate; he had always served his kingdom. During the Medieval Ages, he was a proud, fussy knight touting chivalry. Overtime, he evolved into an equally proud and fussy gentleman touting manners and behaving property – despite his ill-tempered nature. He neglected Alfred not because he didn’t care, but because he put his Empire at first priority.


Alfred was born amongst Virginian Algonquians and wandered around alone during his early years to find who his people would be; unsure, he returned to Virginia where a weroancequa agreed to look after him. Not too long after, he followed Arthur following a duel between Arthur and Francis. He was looked upon as a bad omen amongst many Indigenous Americans because of his foreign appearance, the fact that he was born when the old spirits began to vanish across the land. Worse, it was uncertain if there would be wars waged to keep the child amongst the various tribes.


Alfred lived alone for nearly 150 years in the deep wilderness of present day Shenandoah Valley, Virginia due to Salutary Neglect.


Feliks is not a cross-dresser nor does he speak in a Valley Girl accent. He is just a stylish fellow, I suppose. He’s still quite flowery, but erm, not as much as his Hetalia Canonverse counterpart. In his words: “I’ve seen a lot in life, and I’ve learned the world is an ugly place. That’s why I try to make the things around me beautiful!” I think everyone in this game had a huge injection of testosterone and the two people that got the most of it were Arthur and Feliks. Hopefully the lack of cross-dresser...tude doesn't upset anyone too terribly.


The British colonists are *British colonists. They look up to Arthur for protection. Alfred is a "nobody" and an outcast amongst his kind due to his status.

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