Canada/Russia, established relationship
anonymous
June 25 2010, 12:13:50 UTC
Between G8 meetings and nuclear agreements, Russia and Canada start dating. What I want to see is how they handle a relationship, how other countries react to them, all that, from the beginning. Sex is also very much appreciated.
Bonus: Russia and America are friends, especially after the cold war. Bonus2: Ukraine adores her brother-in-law, and talks more to him than to her brother.
Seven Years [3a/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 02:49:24 UTC
1994, FebruaryThe 1994 Winter Olympic games go on for the better part of February. When Canada realizes this, he is thrilled. He knows that his boss will be going to the games, at least a great deal of them, and Canada decides that he should take the two weeks off to go to the games-it is, in fact, customary for nations to take at least a week off to view the games
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Seven Years [3b/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 02:50:49 UTC
“Two years? Easter?” There are little tears in Ukraine’s eyes, but neither man on the bed can get up to comfort her because they are both very, very naked. “Not… why not sooner? Why not when we met during the opening ceremony?” At the very least she doesn’t seem to disapprove of their relationship, which was about half the battle. But Canada hates to see people cry, especially if he could have prevented it. Beside him, Russia shifts his weight and leans his left side against Canada. Canada supposes that it is in lieu of getting up, and that Russia wants to get up and comfort his sister
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Seven Years [3c/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 02:52:11 UTC
1994, August “Da, I know that Canada is meeting us there,” Russia says to America as he pushes his hair out of his face in irritation, “But why will you not tell me where it is that we are going?” He and America have been driving for four hours - more, even - and after the long flight to get into New York City, Russia is fed up. He wants to sleep, or see Canada, or at least know why he is sitting in a damned American convertible, driving down an ill-paved road with wind whipping in his face and sending his hair everywhere
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Re: Seven Years [3d/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 03:04:15 UTC
It is indeed only ten minutes later that they are turning off of the road and onto a gravel drive. America tells Russia to close his eyes as the approach it, and Russia obeys grumpily. In the old days a surprise meant being taken out back to get the shit beat out of you by people you thought you could depend on. It is a good thing that that is no longer the case and that Russia has been so thoroughly infected with love, because otherwise Russia would never have agreed to this
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Seven Years [3e/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 03:09:40 UTC
That’s a stupid thought though, because at this moment Russia has everything he could ever want. He turns and kisses Canada deeply, pulling the smaller nation flush against him. Russia can hardly believe that Canada had made this happen. He’d told Canada about this wish of his in the seventies after their second hockey game when they’d both stumbled back to Russia’s house, buzzed and laughing, relieving political tensions for one night. They hadn’t even been allies then, they had been years from even being friends and yet now he was-he was standing among sunflowers in the middle of the day. It was warm and lovely and there would never, ever be a better moment than this, and never a better thought than the thought that Canada loves him as much as Russia loves Canada
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Seven Years [3f/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 03:11:39 UTC
The girl catches the puppy, and pulls it up into her arms. Then she notices Russia and Canada and stares at them. “Wow!” the girl says. She has green eyes and brown hair that’s cut short, and her eyes are as wide as saucers as she announces, “I didn’t know what boys could do that!” and points at Canada and Russia’s clasped hands
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Seven Years [3g/7]
anonymous
July 27 2010, 03:13:54 UTC
1994, November“No, I don’t think he’ll be up to hosting Thanksgiving,” Canada is telling Russia, as he cradles the phone to his right shoulder and stirs the pot of soup on the stove with his left hand, “But I can do it at my house. I can’t exactly tell everyone we invited that it’s canceled over this.” He is stirring chicken noodle soup, which he has made by hand. It’s been sort of a strange experience, because he hasn’t made soup like this since December 7th, 1941. But it’s a little like riding a bike, and it’s not as if he had to do it from memory. Like always, America has the recipe and instructions written down on an index card and filed in a box
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Fffffff sooo many notes look away.
anonymous
July 27 2010, 03:18:04 UTC
Author’s notes!
February: The 1994 winter Olympics were hosted in Lillehammer, Norway. This is Ukraine’s first winter Olympics game, and likewise with eight other nations who gain independence when the USSR went kaput. Could go on about Canada and Ukraine’s relationship and Russia and Ukraine’s and why that scene then, if anons want. August: This is an actual field in New York! It’s in a Veteran’s Memorial park just outside of Syracuse, NY… author!anon saw the sunflower maze talked about on the news, so it was included. The farmer is fictional and I’ve never been to the sunflower maze; they didn’t have a history of the sunflower fields up or even really a website so it might not have existed in 1994. I claim artistic license. Why didn’t I go with the standard Kansas or South Dakota? Both of those are kind of far away from poor Canada. If anyone was wondering, Canada and Russia went home and had wild sex after this. November: It’s stupid, but I have the most historic notes for this but it’s the shortest scene
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Re: Fffffff sooo many notes look away.
anonymous
July 27 2010, 04:05:29 UTC
I love so much about this fill, but it's the little understated things that get me. A defining moment for Canda, here: From that moment onward he is never invisible to Ukraine again. And Russia's lovely realization here: Often Russia thinks that love is the best weapon anyone ever invented: Canada’s gaze makes him weak in the knees and open to suggestion, Canada’s family sometimes feels like his family, and even when he wishes he had his pipe so he could kill America’s good mood he still finds himself smiling. It should make him weak but it just makes him warm, like someone’s lit a fire in his chest and it burns away the cold of his country. And Russia's slowly fading belief that Canada will abandon him any day just fits him perfectly. You're giving us real insight into these guys, anon. <3
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I'm so glad you like it <3 Long comments make me swoon~
Also, I'm glad I'm providing insight. If I wasn't then that would be very disheartening! Because that's what this is about! And, that's why I've been leaving out stuff like France's shot gun talk... As interesting as it is I have to get out what I need to say about their relationship before I start writing about other delicious things that happened to them.
Seriously, Pretty sure Al can find a person and make conversations with them no matter where he is. I think he met Tony by going up to the moon and striking up a friendly conversation, honest.
Poland might happen... but maybe not. We'll see! I totally like Poland.
PS sorry I take so long to respond, but I spend too much time going "*squeeeee* Someone likes it!" before I reply. DX
To say I'm pleased it's an absolute understatement. Anon, I'm seriously loving it. For a moment there I even thought you had let this go, but not I'm so glad I was wrong.
The sunflowed field scene was incredible! I was reading it during work and spent several minutes just smiling dumbly to the computer screen. Everything else is amazing, this is really a one of a kind fill.
I'll never give up! >[ Seriously though, when I get done with this I'm going to go start at 1968. This just took me so long because I spent a week on vacation and then I rewrote my plot to make it more specific and then the last scene took forever.
The sunflower scene took a long time, too, so I'm really glad you liked it! Carter the Farmer and his daughter might reappear in what I'll probably be calling part 8/7.
Hang in there, OP, even if it takes me ages I'll complete this.
Re: Fffffff sooo many notes look away.
anonymous
August 4 2010, 21:31:08 UTC
This was...oh god, i love this fic so much. Usually, fills are about two nations' problems in having a relationship, and it's so great and so refreshing to take the "tale of a normal relationship and its development into long-lasting love" approach...
Ukraine's scene was heartwarming but also a bit bitter for all the misery before it. The sunflower scene was adorable, Al is so cool! Such a nice brother, I love his relationship with Russia here, and the way it makes Russia think about the past with regret and the present with hope (but I also liked that worry that surfaced when he met Carter, and he wondered what he thought). You wrote the main couple so well I'd turn into a murderous beast if anybody even attempted to get between them. I'm rooting so hard for their happy ending! The third scene broke my heart bad...as a non-American citizen, I don't even remember or knew any of that! Poor Al, what a rotten year, I hope he gets tons of love and Russian annoyance so he gets out of that hole.
Re: Fffffff sooo many notes look away.
anonymous
August 7 2010, 03:33:53 UTC
Well, I can't say that I won't be giving them problems, but fear not: this is my OTP and it is about how they work around any problems and stay together. I'd be a really terrible person to break them up, when the request was for them to have a relationship.
I'm glad you like Ukraine, though. I'd never written her before that scene, so I was sort've nervous about it. And, this fic isn't the first time I've written Al, but last time he was... very different. And in a skirt. And, don't even worry about not knowing most of that stuff. I'm an American citizen and I didn't even know most of it. But wikipedia is very helpful.
I think you do have your FrUK goggles on, but I'd be interested to know what made you assume that, since I should watch out for accidentally implying stuff. I was thinking of pairing Al with Japan(but then research said no) or Cuba(but I can't write him and research would probably still say no)... I was also thinking Belarus, but I don't think I could pull it off and research also said no. History is cockblocking Al
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Re: Fffffff sooo many notes look away.
anonymous
August 8 2010, 15:07:35 UTC
And, this fic isn't the first time I've written Al, but last time he was... very different. And in a skirt.
Okay, you realise you can't leave me like this now. I want linkz xD
I think you do have your FrUK goggles on, but I'd be interested to know what made you assume that, since I should watch out for accidentally implying stuff.
Don't worry, it's probably that the moment I see England's name in conjuctiong with France's, I jump to conclusions. And it probably helped that it works in this verse, since they wouldn't get in the way of any main couples, plus the whole family card you keep playing with "meeting my family" scenes and all, I usually asume that the FrUK family, when people write it, includes FrUK happeningXD
I was thinking of pairing Al with Japan(but then research said no) or Cuba(but I can't write him and research would probably still say no)... I was also thinking Belarus, but I don't think I could pull it off and research also said no. History is cockblocking Al, okay.I'm no big fan of America/Japan, but why did
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Bonus: Russia and America are friends, especially after the cold war.
Bonus2: Ukraine adores her brother-in-law, and talks more to him than to her brother.
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“Da, I know that Canada is meeting us there,” Russia says to America as he pushes his hair out of his face in irritation, “But why will you not tell me where it is that we are going?” He and America have been driving for four hours - more, even - and after the long flight to get into New York City, Russia is fed up. He wants to sleep, or see Canada, or at least know why he is sitting in a damned American convertible, driving down an ill-paved road with wind whipping in his face and sending his hair everywhere ( ... )
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February: The 1994 winter Olympics were hosted in Lillehammer, Norway. This is Ukraine’s first winter Olympics game, and likewise with eight other nations who gain independence when the USSR went kaput.
Could go on about Canada and Ukraine’s relationship and Russia and Ukraine’s and why that scene then, if anons want.
August: This is an actual field in New York! It’s in a Veteran’s Memorial park just outside of Syracuse, NY… author!anon saw the sunflower maze talked about on the news, so it was included. The farmer is fictional and I’ve never been to the sunflower maze; they didn’t have a history of the sunflower fields up or even really a website so it might not have existed in 1994. I claim artistic license. Why didn’t I go with the standard Kansas or South Dakota? Both of those are kind of far away from poor Canada.
If anyone was wondering, Canada and Russia went home and had wild sex after this.
November: It’s stupid, but I have the most historic notes for this but it’s the shortest scene ( ... )
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Also, I'm glad I'm providing insight. If I wasn't then that would be very disheartening! Because that's what this is about! And, that's why I've been leaving out stuff like France's shot gun talk... As interesting as it is I have to get out what I need to say about their relationship before I start writing about other delicious things that happened to them.
Seriously, Pretty sure Al can find a person and make conversations with them no matter where he is. I think he met Tony by going up to the moon and striking up a friendly conversation, honest.
Poland might happen... but maybe not. We'll see! I totally like Poland.
PS sorry I take so long to respond, but I spend too much time going "*squeeeee* Someone likes it!" before I reply. DX
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The sunflowed field scene was incredible! I was reading it during work and spent several minutes just smiling dumbly to the computer screen. Everything else is amazing, this is really a one of a kind fill.
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The sunflower scene took a long time, too, so I'm really glad you liked it! Carter the Farmer and his daughter might reappear in what I'll probably be calling part 8/7.
Hang in there, OP, even if it takes me ages I'll complete this.
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Ukraine's scene was heartwarming but also a bit bitter for all the misery before it. The sunflower scene was adorable, Al is so cool! Such a nice brother, I love his relationship with Russia here, and the way it makes Russia think about the past with regret and the present with hope (but I also liked that worry that surfaced when he met Carter, and he wondered what he thought). You wrote the main couple so well I'd turn into a murderous beast if anybody even attempted to get between them. I'm rooting so hard for their happy ending!
The third scene broke my heart bad...as a non-American citizen, I don't even remember or knew any of that! Poor Al, what a rotten year, I hope he gets tons of love and Russian annoyance so he gets out of that hole.
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I'm glad you like Ukraine, though. I'd never written her before that scene, so I was sort've nervous about it. And, this fic isn't the first time I've written Al, but last time he was... very different. And in a skirt.
And, don't even worry about not knowing most of that stuff. I'm an American citizen and I didn't even know most of it. But wikipedia is very helpful.
I think you do have your FrUK goggles on, but I'd be interested to know what made you assume that, since I should watch out for accidentally implying stuff. I was thinking of pairing Al with Japan(but then research said no) or Cuba(but I can't write him and research would probably still say no)... I was also thinking Belarus, but I don't think I could pull it off and research also said no. History is cockblocking Al ( ... )
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Okay, you realise you can't leave me like this now. I want linkz xD
I think you do have your FrUK goggles on, but I'd be interested to know what made you assume that, since I should watch out for accidentally implying stuff.
Don't worry, it's probably that the moment I see England's name in conjuctiong with France's, I jump to conclusions. And it probably helped that it works in this verse, since they wouldn't get in the way of any main couples, plus the whole family card you keep playing with "meeting my family" scenes and all, I usually asume that the FrUK family, when people write it, includes FrUK happeningXD
I was thinking of pairing Al with Japan(but then research said no) or Cuba(but I can't write him and research would probably still say no)... I was also thinking Belarus, but I don't think I could pull it off and research also said no. History is cockblocking Al, okay.I'm no big fan of America/Japan, but why did ( ... )
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