Estonia - misunderstandings about flowers
anonymous
October 27 2010, 20:05:28 UTC
anon has seen sources that say gift giving in Estonia is a pretty casual type deal. They're given to friends and acquaintances for literally everything and don't much have the romantic undertones that they do in other countries.
so I'd like to see Estonia giving flowers to another nation for a recent achievement of theirs, something that isn't very huge or significant. (real life event or not, doesn't matter). The nation is absolutely perplexed but accepts them, because hey, nice flowers, awesome.
But then... they come back later. On Estonia's doorstep. Holding a bouquet. Stammering about unrequited love.
cue 'o____o' from Estonia.
the rest/ending is up to anon :>
bonus: the other nation is a fellow flower lover like the Netherlands or Latvia. bonus2: they just keep sending Estonia flowers. and sending them. and sending them. until his house looks like a greenhouse. Even if he rejected them.
only thing I ask is no Estonia/Iceland please. anon is not a fan.
Misunderstood Misunderstanding - microfill 1/1
anonymous
October 29 2010, 03:35:15 UTC
Never did Estonia think that he would ever see the day when Prussia acted gentlemanly.
Or blushing.
Or doing so on Estonia's doorstep while holding a bouquet of roses.
"Are you drunk?" was the first thing he could think of to say.
Prussia started, almost dropping the flowers. "Uh. Nein. I mean no. Dammit..." He tried to avoid eye contact, his red eyes dancing around every which way in their sockets, but Estonia somehow found a way to lock them in
( ... )
Re: Misunderstood Misunderstanding - microfill 1/1
anonymous
October 29 2010, 05:55:05 UTC
This was soooo cute! Aaw Prussia ... this story really made me love him even more. And since I'm Estonian ... of course I was very happy to see my beloved Eduard here :) Great job !
And you did right not to let Prussia give Eduard even number of roses. We do consider it rude if a person gives an even number flowers for a birthday or any other occasion (except for funeral). And it's not only roses. It's every flower ... if you give a person even number flowers for birthday it's almost as if you wish for him/her to die.
Re: Misunderstood Misunderstanding - microfill 1/1
anonymous
October 29 2010, 05:59:16 UTC
Estonian!anon here again ... I just wanted to add that in my country even number flowers for any occasion other than funeral can also be taken as a wish of bad luck ... at least that's what I've been told ...
Re: Misunderstood Misunderstanding - microfill 1/1
anonymous
October 29 2010, 11:26:11 UTC
op here! <3 I actually love Prussia/Estonia/Prussia! An unlikely pairing but one with a lot of history that gets overlooked~ >u< It was absolutely cute and I couldn't have hoped for such an awesome fill!
Very nice reason to give flowers to him, oh, Eesti... xDDDD It was adorable! Much love <33333 Excellent job!
Re: Misunderstood Misunderstanding - microfill 1/1
anonymous
October 30 2010, 01:12:42 UTC
Eee~! It's so cute! ♥ And I LOVE seeing more fics about Estonia that are actually based on real life Estonian stuff. All too often he's just used when a nerdy guy is needed or with the other Baltics or Finland, rarely for himself.
Prussia is totally adorkable too. <3 I just love him. And the anon above is right, there is a lot of history between the two... (Even though I'm not sure how positive it actually is? ;;; ) Estonia used to belong to the Teutonic knights, didn't he? And there was a German-speaking nobility for ages there because of that, iirc.
Misunderstood Misunderstanding - 2/?
anonymous
October 30 2010, 04:02:37 UTC
A week and a half later, Estonia found Prussia on his doorstep once again. This time, he came neither awkward nor bearing flowers.
“Yo, what’s up, Este?” He flashed a toothy grin, revealing surprisingly well-cared for teeth, considering the amount of beer he consumed on a regular basis. “Still using those groom-thingies?”
Groom-thingies? What in the name of bananas was Prussia talking about? “… come again?”
“Y’know, money! You haven’t switched over to euros yet, have you?”
Oh, right. Estonia had almost forgotten about euros. “They’re not groom-thingies, they’re called kroons. Ugh, is the EU bugging me about it again? I’ve told them so many times that I’ll switch over in January, so why are they still pressing the issue
( ... )
Misunderstood Misunderstanding - 2.5/?
anonymous
October 30 2010, 04:04:55 UTC
ChessBase. Now that he mentioned it, Estonia did recall America showing him this “really cool chess game Germany sold me, but don’t tell anyone else about it, ‘cuz they’ll think it’s weird that I’m into chess. And it’s kind of a dorky game, right? It’s just so addicting, though, you have GOT to try it.” He did, and, quite honestly, he thought that it was one of the most interesting chess programs he had ever encountered. It strongly reminded him of playing against Paul Keres; he could almost hear the clack of pieces on wood as his pawns, rooks, and knights were picked off one by one.
“I have heard of it, yes.” Estonia smiled, glad that Prussia, too, seemed to be into chess. “Have you ever worked on any of the programs?”
Prussia stalled a little bit. “Uh. Sorta. I mean, I worked a little on the Fritz, but mostly I just came up with the name and tested it. Buncha programming that I didn’t understand… I mean, I’m no idiot, I can use a computer, but I can’t make a computer, y’know
( ... )
Re: Misunderstood Misunderstanding - 2.5/?
anonymous
October 30 2010, 05:45:43 UTC
PAUL KERES. YOU DID NOT JUST MENTION PAUL KERES, WRITERANON.
OP here has joked many a time that her otp is Eduard/Paul Keres and is in fact writing a thing where they actually play chess together and Estonia exposes the fact he's.. Estonia. ahahaha♥♥♥♥!! Right when I saw that name my face just lit up! xD <3! And the money thing in general, ahhhh ♥ I love reading things including Estonia where people have.. researched Estonia. It's rare! I'm such an estophile and I'm absolutely adoring this!
SO VERY GLAD you decided to continue this a bit! Chess! what geeks ♥ ugh I don't think I could use enough hearts in this comment to EXPRESS MY EVER LASTING JOY but.. but geez. ♥~ It's fabulous. Way, way way way way fabulous. Oh Prussia, how so very dorky in love, and Eesti, so blind~
“There Should Be A Thousand Yellow Daisies!”
anonymous
November 15 2010, 14:55:59 UTC
“There Should Be A Thousand Yellow Daisies!”
Estonia wakes up not to the soothing sound of computer cooling fans whirring, but the pervasive smell of flowers. Daisies, he thinks, running a hand over his face while the other seeks out his glasses from the bedside table. Most certainly daises, he amends, holding the yellow flower close to his eyes, glasses apparently not within groping distance - and yet, the flower is.
… The flowers are he amends again, putting his foot through a flowerpot before he looks down to see that his bedroom floor is nigh on covered in flowerpots brimming with yellow daisies. Carefully picking his way through the horde, and feeling grateful to the mysterious flower sender that they’d thought to send yellow, it stands out well against his dark coloured carpet, even if all he can see for details is yellow blurs. Still, it’s better than putting his foot through another flower pot. He makes a metal note to clean it up later, and limps to the bathroom to check out what he hopes is only bruising
( ... )
so I'd like to see Estonia giving flowers to another nation for a recent achievement of theirs, something that isn't very huge or significant. (real life event or not, doesn't matter). The nation is absolutely perplexed but accepts them, because hey, nice flowers, awesome.
But then... they come back later. On Estonia's doorstep. Holding a bouquet. Stammering about unrequited love.
cue 'o____o' from Estonia.
the rest/ending is up to anon :>
bonus: the other nation is a fellow flower lover like the Netherlands or Latvia.
bonus2: they just keep sending Estonia flowers. and sending them. and sending them. until his house looks like a greenhouse. Even if he rejected them.
only thing I ask is no Estonia/Iceland please. anon is not a fan.
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Or blushing.
Or doing so on Estonia's doorstep while holding a bouquet of roses.
"Are you drunk?" was the first thing he could think of to say.
Prussia started, almost dropping the flowers. "Uh. Nein. I mean no. Dammit..." He tried to avoid eye contact, his red eyes dancing around every which way in their sockets, but Estonia somehow found a way to lock them in ( ... )
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And you did right not to let Prussia give Eduard even number of roses. We do consider it rude if a person gives an even number flowers for a birthday or any other occasion (except for funeral). And it's not only roses. It's every flower ... if you give a person even number flowers for birthday it's almost as if you wish for him/her to die.
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Very nice reason to give flowers to him, oh, Eesti... xDDDD It was adorable! Much love <33333 Excellent job!
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Prussia is totally adorkable too. <3 I just love him. And the anon above is right, there is a lot of history between the two... (Even though I'm not sure how positive it actually is? ;;; ) Estonia used to belong to the Teutonic knights, didn't he? And there was a German-speaking nobility for ages there because of that, iirc.
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“Yo, what’s up, Este?” He flashed a toothy grin, revealing surprisingly well-cared for teeth, considering the amount of beer he consumed on a regular basis. “Still using those groom-thingies?”
Groom-thingies? What in the name of bananas was Prussia talking about? “… come again?”
“Y’know, money! You haven’t switched over to euros yet, have you?”
Oh, right. Estonia had almost forgotten about euros. “They’re not groom-thingies, they’re called kroons. Ugh, is the EU bugging me about it again? I’ve told them so many times that I’ll switch over in January, so why are they still pressing the issue ( ... )
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“I have heard of it, yes.” Estonia smiled, glad that Prussia, too, seemed to be into chess. “Have you ever worked on any of the programs?”
Prussia stalled a little bit. “Uh. Sorta. I mean, I worked a little on the Fritz, but mostly I just came up with the name and tested it. Buncha programming that I didn’t understand… I mean, I’m no idiot, I can use a computer, but I can’t make a computer, y’know ( ... )
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YOU DID NOT JUST MENTION PAUL KERES, WRITERANON.
OP here has joked many a time that her otp is Eduard/Paul Keres and is in fact writing a thing where they actually play chess together and Estonia exposes the fact he's.. Estonia. ahahaha♥♥♥♥!! Right when I saw that name my face just lit up! xD <3! And the money thing in general, ahhhh ♥ I love reading things including Estonia where people have.. researched Estonia. It's rare! I'm such an estophile and I'm absolutely adoring this!
SO VERY GLAD you decided to continue this a bit! Chess! what geeks ♥ ugh I don't think I could use enough hearts in this comment to EXPRESS MY EVER LASTING JOY but.. but geez. ♥~ It's fabulous. Way, way way way way fabulous. Oh Prussia, how so very dorky in love, and Eesti, so blind~
I love this. a ton. <3!
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Is so awesome and cute that I have no other ways to express my love for it other than just squeal and melt~~~~
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Estonia wakes up not to the soothing sound of computer cooling fans whirring, but the pervasive smell of flowers. Daisies, he thinks, running a hand over his face while the other seeks out his glasses from the bedside table. Most certainly daises, he amends, holding the yellow flower close to his eyes, glasses apparently not within groping distance - and yet, the flower is.
… The flowers are he amends again, putting his foot through a flowerpot before he looks down to see that his bedroom floor is nigh on covered in flowerpots brimming with yellow daisies. Carefully picking his way through the horde, and feeling grateful to the mysterious flower sender that they’d thought to send yellow, it stands out well against his dark coloured carpet, even if all he can see for details is yellow blurs. Still, it’s better than putting his foot through another flower pot. He makes a metal note to clean it up later, and limps to the bathroom to check out what he hopes is only bruising ( ... )
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Dude, the line about the puppy was pretty damn amazing, but the Call of Duty thing is just priceless. XD
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