(click For Better Quality) I Changed Them A Lil Bit,, Alfreds Color Scheme Will Stay The Same But Idk

rb just bc berwald's such a hottie

Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 450 Original Translation: spaghettifelice // donamoeba Scanlation: donamoeba // loaf // jammerlea 

Note: This post can be very triggering for some people. Please take care of yourself and don’t read this if you are sensitive to the topic of eating disorders.

To start, let’s lay out one ground rule. We know that population statistics respectively affect the nations’ behaviours, habits, and personalities. When something is common in the population, the personification adopts it too.

For example, America’s people strongly believe in aliens and conspiracy theories.

As such, America also believes in aliens and conspiracy theories.

It would follow, then, that given how big the fast food and dieting industries are in America –what a massive contradiction that is – he would also be affected by this.

Well, he is.

While I can’t attest to how accurate this statistic is, Hima cites that 60% of Americans are overweight. What matters here is that this statistic explains why America is also ‘overweight’. He’s not actually. I’ll get back to that in a minute.

Point is, America has been struggling with weight and dieting issues from some of the earliest strips. Of course, this is because the fast-food industry really took off after WW2. The dieting industry came a bit afterward when people began realizing how much weight they were gaining by eating so much processed food.

The same thing happens to America. Initially, he doesn’t realize the effect that constantly eating burgers has on his metabolism.

This then leads him to inquire about the eating habits of other nations as well as how they maintain their thin figures.

The problem with America is that this obsession with dieting becomes unhealthy, exactly as it is with the American population. Eating disorders and crash diets are chronic in North America. It’s a major problem that isn’t really talked about. Hima, on the other hand, characterizes America to accurately reflect this.

In his introductory chapter of World Stars (chapter 23), the topic of his dieting session is immediately brought up. I don’t think this would be done unless it was something pivotal to his characterization.

The character note claims that America’s gotten over his dieting craze and has accepted that he’s not actually fat but rather muscular and big-boned.

That’s the mental illness aspect of eating disorders. You claim that you’re better despite the fact that you keep relapsing into unhealthy habits. This thought process can be very convincing, as some people with eating disorders truly believe that they’re healthy and that there’s nothing wrong with what they’re doing.

Expectedly, later chapters contradict this.

Not even that, literally the next chapter depicts him struggling with his weight. When he measures himself on the scale and a large number turns up, he convinces himself that it’s broken. If that wasn’t enough, he also calls Germany to fix the scale.

How I interpret this is that America is in denial and is stubbornly fighting with himself over the number on the scale.

In the same chapter, he falls back to his old dieting tactics and asks Italy about his eating habits.

This isn’t the first time the insecurity over his weight is shown either.

Ex: In the strips depicting what each country is known for, America is shown to be painting over the American stereotype of being “fat.” As someone who seems to be struggling with his body image, it makes sense that he wouldn’t want to be known as an obese country.

The problem with America is that he overeats, sets unrealistic body goals, and then doesn’t follow through with these goals. This, in turn, leads to a rigorous cycle of dieting and feeling poor about himself.

Ex: One of his New Year’s Resolution to “take better care of his health” is to have a body fat percentage of 3%. Obviously, this isn’t a realistic goal. It’s far from healthy.

Notice how being slimmer has been his resolution for the past 30 years. It’s not something that’s gone away, as it’s a problem that’s persistently affected Americans over the years.

The cycle continues when, in the same strip, he treats himself to a hamburger and milkshake.

The last that we see of this problem is when he trains China to help him lose weight. [Chinese obesity rates have been on the rise lately.]

Regardless of the fact that America possesses super strength and possesses more physical endurance than normal, a 10,000 corkscrew punch workout is not normal. If anything, this is indicative of another unhealthy dieting tactic.

In sum, America’s dieting/ workout habits and overconsumption of junk food are owed to the prevalence of the fast food and dieting industries of his country. Given the evidence I just presented, it’s not a stretch to claim that he suffers from body issues and has an eating disorder.

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NedCan are unproblematic as hell. They're the type to not say anything, but know that the other loves them. That connection is just there. And Lars is willing to put down his laws of money handling to do grand gestures for Matthew (like parades, festivals, a field oftulips as far as the eye can see, and even developing an entire breed of tulips just for him). Matthew appreciates the gestures a lot, cause it means that Lars really does love him despite Lars barely showing emotion and saying anything. Matthew's gestures are more lowkey, like flowers and chocolates and sales coupons and dates. Their house is tidy and so peaceful that you can actually hear the wind outside. They respect each other's boundaries and they have the same opinion on everything so they've never disagreed on anything. They make up for the silence with lots of physical affection. NedCan extra HCs: -The tulips never stop. Lars needs to get a hold of himself or Matthew’s entire land will be covered in tulips -They mostly spend their days tending to their fluffy pets, the garden, or just cuddling on the couch while doing their own thing. -Lars is actually quite affectionate, but he's not the shy type of person. He's confidently affectionate with but with a straight face. However you can see he's blushing a bit so he does like it. -Lars always does something nice for Matthew in meetings like bring him coffee or food -They have bridges named after each other -They have "Canada 150" tulips everywhere in their house -It's basically SuFin, minus the "domestic family husbands" vibe. -Lars barely shows any expression. He only has two of them: Anger and poker face. He does not know how to make any other expression. However Matthew can tell if he's happy, smiling or laughing.  -Lots of biking and boat trips -They are literally so unproblematic -Simps for each other -Pancakes, pancakes everywhere -Lars loves it when Matthew's all bad*ss. Lars once asked for the quickest way to someone's heart and Matthew responded with "through the third and fourth rib", Lars was both aroused and scared at the same time. -Matthew gets frustrated sometimes because he's taller than average, but then Lars swoops in with his thunderingly tall height. Alfred has the same problem. -With Lars barely initiating anything, it's Matthew who takes the leap. This makes Matthew more confident in himself and his decisions. -They have a swimming pool as well, Matthew is usually the one who uses it. He coaxes Lars into joining him occasionally. He brings Lars to Alfred and Ivan's pool games sometimes but Lars never participates. The only time he does participate is when Alfred has succeeded in drenching him with water and he has no choice but to join them. It only happened twice because the third time he came he brought an umbrella.

is it just me or does this lowkey parallel the first episode where shinichi cant stop talking about mystery and ran asks him to talk about literally anything else LMAO

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POKETALIA AU: NYOTALIA I

Art credit: Hidekaz Himaruya, Transparents by 2p-hetalia-nations Pokemon sprites from (x), (x), (x), (x) Inspir. (x), (x), (x)

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The long-awaited Nyotalia sets are here! This universe has very few differences from the main one aside of the presence of mega evolutions (note Nyo!America’s Mega Pidegot!). I’m unfortunately not that well versed into the Nyotalia scene so I didn’t get that creative with the names but I hope no one minds. You can find more sets and info about the AU here. Bios and additional team members are under the cut!

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