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[ The servants event - Part 2 ]

Tino and Eduard As spoils of war, both taken from Sweden, they’re the real servants around the palace, barely better than glorified pageboys. They help with the wardrobe and the general things, and wear dumb matching uniforms to easily blend into the walls in an aesthetically pleasing way, and not be such an eyesore to the Lady and Master.  Tino and Eetu have known for ages though, going back to their childhood as the Uralic trio with Hungary, all speaking the same language until age and space thinned out their connection to their cousin, but the two held tight. @ask-grandduchy-finland 

end of american isolationism 

‘the young prince, they began calling him. not the one-year-old heir to the throne in kyoto—but him. the rumours that overran the shogun’s retinue were wild and breathless; he was barely two or three centuries old, how could he be anything but an infant? wasn’t this all ridiculous, some of them hissed, being cowed and threatened by a child. but no—it was clear when i came face to face with him for the first time, in the shadow of the ships intruding in uraga harbour; tall and strong and already a man, forged in steel and gunpowder.’ 

1850s 

‘You’re not actually the interpreter,’ Alfred doesn’t hold back the self-satisfied smirk that now spreads across his face. After all that obfuscation and stalling, where others had failed—why, they’d caved. In the face of the massive ships with which he had boldly announced himself as a newly-minted world power. 

‘Quite right. I apologise for keeping you waiting.’ There’s a trace of sarcasm tinging the elder nation’s accented but fluent Dutch. ‘You must be America.’

i’ve always wanted to draw alfred and kiku meeting for the first time. 

“And who are you?,” the proud Lord said “That I must bow so low”

Only a cat of a different coat That’s all the truth I know

In a coat of gold or a coat of red A lion still has claws And mine are long and sharp, my lord As long and sharp as yours

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Belgium had never seen her brother in such a state before. He was pale and determined as he tore the letter from Spain to pieces. She knew what it had said. It had said that he must pacify William of Orange, or Spain would do it for him.

Spain’s fury was familiar, the look of abject anger on the Netherlands’ face was new. Though he was an imposing man with a stern demeanor, he was rarely angry. A stranger might read his quiet or his blunt nature as anger, she knew him well enough to know that it was not. This deathly silent man, white as porcelain, with a vein pounding in his temple, was truly angry.

She had wanted to say something to him since he had gotten the letter, but it was hard to imagine what could be said. She cleared her throat and tried, “You should speak to him. Surely he will understand if you go to Madrid.”

He exhaled sharply through his nose, and it made her jump. It was the first sound he had made since he received the letter. It only confirmed his deep anger.

Then, he spoke, “I have already told him that his taxes are too high. I have told him that his lack of tolerance for protestants is unreasonable. I have told him so many times that he must respect my nobility. I have said everything to him before, and he still sends me this. No, I am done talking to him.”

He held up the pieces of the letter, like she could not already guess what he was talking about.

She folded her anxious hands together so that they would not shake. His tone was worrying her deeply. She said, “But, what else is there to do? He is our lord whether you like it or not.”

He fixed his eyes on her, and they were deep and unyielding. Silently, he took the pieces of the letter and threw them into the fire. Then, he took every letter and order that he had piled in front of him, and placed them into the fire.

Belgium gasped and put a hand to her chest. He couldn’t mean what she imagined he meant by this.

The Netherlands watched the letters burn for a moment, and then said, “I do not accept his right to rule. I think it is time that we drove him out.”

She repeated, shock seizing her vocal cords, “‘We?‘ This is madness! He owns half of the world, and you think you can fight him.”

The Netherlands scoffed again, and said, “I know I am small, as David was to Goliath. I will win, because God favors me, and I will slay this giant.”

He took the rosary from his neck, the one that Spain insisted he wear, and tossed it into the fire as well.

Seeing the look of shock and horror on his sister’s face, he explained, “Antonio is corrupt, and his church in Rome is rotten to the core. I will have no more of either of them.”

She put her hand to her own cross, scared that he might take that next. Tears, from fear for him, welled up in her eyes. Her older brother, who had been her companion for as long as she could remember, felt like a stranger to her.

He was past her kind words or soothing touch, and it scared her. Nothing she knew would bring him back to reason. She felt tears coming in earnest now.

He stopped in his fit of destruction, and took her free hand in his own. He said, in the soft voice he had always used when she was upset, “Emma, don’t cry. Come with me, and we will make a new Republic for ourselves away from this cruel tyrant with tolerance and beauty.”

She felt like she could not swallow past the thick feeling in her throat. Looking at him hurt. She said, tears slipping down her cheeks as she spoke, “I cannot go with you, and I cannot bear the thought of Antonio hurting you. You know what he did in the New World-”

Her voice broke as she thought of the tales of cruelty that they had both heard. She couldn’t even imagine that happening to her brother.

Her vision swam with tears as she said, “Please don’t do this. Find some other way.”

He shook his head resolutely, “There is no other way for me except this.”

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Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), APH Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands

usuk art inspired by The Voice 

alfred is an astronaut, and a voice (arthur) gets to know him while he’s up in space

boiii

Hey mr musty white ass you look mean.and would bully me .. but I love you sweetie you look sweet 💕

It's only natural for someone of your level to be enamoured with a superior life form.

My tablet completely died on me on stream right after finishing the comic for my askblog, so after this I could only draw with my mouse. So here are, due to popular demand, the weird THINGS that came out of that. Ludwig in the middle turned out weirdly well….

also the fourth picture was twice already in the past because I said Ludwig with be a terror child

“Ah — Good thing my siblings aren’t around to hear that. I’d never live it down if they did,”

Nicer or more correct German would be “Wir beide gegen die Welt” or maybe even “Wir, gegen die Welt”, but this is cooler. Anyway, it means “Us against the world”.

Brandenburg-Prussia and later Kingdom of Prussia was a weird little union. Their territories weren’t connected and Prussia wasn’t part of the HRE, while Brandenburg was one of the elector states - it’s a whole mess basically. And yet, in the 18th century Friedrich II tried to take on half of Europe with that mess of a kingdom, and that seemed to work out for him. Sort of. 

So here is Brandenburg and Prussia, seeing themselves as the underdogs. Whether they were however, is questionable. So I tried to go for an ominous vibe and went with one of my favorite styles for painting!

16th century major actors (big picture here because tumblr is a butt)

+ these major babs actors

One of them is not like the others

ah yes that’s it

“… Do NOT tell anybody I said that,”

in 1497 Philips the handsome married Joan of Castille, meaning that in 1519 their son, Charles V inherited both Spain and his territories in the new world and Austria and the low lands… What consequence does this have for the nations?

Antonio and Roderich wonder during the night of their ‘union’ what kind of game it is they are playing… one of kings and queens, or one of pawns. 

Read the full story by @katemarley Here:

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Made as a commissioned companion piece to her story ‘Fugue’.  Interested in commissioning me? Check my rates:

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「元気ない？ほな親分がおまじないしたるわ～(´▽｀)～゜」

…的な。こんなカフェあったらやばない？っていうか私は何を描いているのだ…？_(:3｣∠)_

and some more history … again I’m not happy about a single one of them, it’s hard to make them at least a bit historical accurat without making them look like someone else

thank you so much @hwsfrancia for sharing your shitty husband headcanons with the world. i cannot explain to you how much i enjoy reading about how awful they are to each other…

Soooo… I’ve wanted to do this ever since my very very first APH art history dumbness. A parody, of course, off of Velasquez’s Las Meninas. I don’t want to say too much, but even with the changes I made, hopefully the atmosphere is at least similar to the original! Everyone was super encouraging to me through it, and I appreciate that so much. <3

I totally missed my 200th post today, but here’s 201 with the hope that you guys might stick with me through another 200!! <3 <3 XOXO

I’ve been drawing Hetalia characters in historical uniforms and armour since last year and now I’ve put them all together chronologically. They should be more or less accurate and the times I put under the characters are meant as a guide, because the uniforms were obviously worn longer than only the year I put. I’ll also continue this work with more characters. Because I have Germany and Prussia twice and I also added my OC Silesia. You find the seperate artworks under #hetaliuniformau and you can buy this artwork in my shops on Redbubble, Teepublic etc:  campsite.bio/silentrebel93

Do NOT repost please!

❗How you can support me 🔹Redbubble, ko-fi ☕ etc. ko-fi.com/silentrebel 🔸Commissions open🔓DM

the wretched abomination known as the minotaur has discovered some chalk

5h practice

various hetalia doodles … 

Arthur Kirkland ca. 1760 (portrait photo manipulation)

original by Thomas Gainsborough under the cut

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I call this one completely dead inside. Apparently I look like utter crap due to not really sleeping for the last few.. weeks. Finals man.. They suck. 

Anywho here is a long overdue refraw of

one of (hopefully) two gravity falls gifs :~) 

“Gues who England? It’s your worst nightmare!”

For decades Denmark-Norway and the Dutch republic were in a theoretical alliance but in the middle of the seventeenth century it finally came to fruition. The Dutch aided the Danish against Sweden during the battle of the Sound in 1658, and now in return they have come to aid the republic in revenge against England in the second Anglo-Dutch war 1665 – 1667. 

Comission for: @oh-mein-prussia Interested in commisioning me? See my rates here: X

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17th century doofuses

so… how bout that turn-of-the-century aph france with an artsy bohemian moustache, guys? guys??