Set in a universe where average citizens know about their nations' personifications. Some citizens of a certain country decide that they don't like their nation-tan's personality, and that the only way to get a new one is to kill them so that a replacement is born. The citizens in question attempt assassination, not understanding that nation-tans are immortal unless their nation itself falls.
I've been thinking, Janusz texted him, that we really ought to worry about more than tuition hikes. They're just a symptom.Which was true, of course, but what could they do
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Re: "Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [14/this plus two more "sections", 5 or 6 comments]
anonymous
February 9 2011, 16:25:57 UTC
.....is.......is that Belarus there at the end? The dark blue and long pale hair's what got me. O__O If so, or even if not, then I don't know what to think...
But still - whoa. Poor Poland. It isn't like he's not accustomed to pain, but through his eye? That's new. I wonder when he'll wake up.
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anonymous
February 9 2011, 19:58:14 UTC
SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT
Okay: that could be
a) Belarus outta fucking nowhere
b) Fem!Russia or Russia being mistaken for female somehow
c) something else entirely (maybe the famed replacement?)
d) Poland himself, somehow
e) I really have no idea (Pet theory: Romana)
Ah, and Poland stopped fighting! Yes, this makes sense - he's probably stronger than a normal human, he could've escaped, but on some level maybe he doesn't want to hurt his citizens, and maybe he knows he isn't going to die or there's something else...
I had half-guessed Miroslaw was thinking of Grazyna - but I'm beginning to not be so sure about Grazyna's and especially Romana's motivations. That text after the marriage was very weird to me for some reason. I think sweet little Mirek is being played.
Or maybe that's just that he's the most sympathetic of the murderers. Stupid little boy, I'm almost sad for him.
Poland, oh God. Nations can't die, right? And he's a survivor, right? He'll be okay. Sure he'll be okay!...?
Re: "Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [14/this plus two more "sections", 5 or 6 comments]
anonymous
February 17 2011, 05:35:18 UTC
I just started reading this story when it was only the first chapter or two, so I only now read most of it. Verrry interesting. One of the most twisted and fang-ey (in a good way (?)) Poland fics I've ever read. I will definitely be following from now on!
But, um. Just a note. That name is spelled Grażyna, the "źy" sound does not exist in Polish.
Re: "Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [14/this plus two more "sections", 5 or 6 comments]
anonymous
February 17 2011, 06:35:56 UTC
Glad you're enjoying it, and I hope you find the conclusion as satisfying and sharp as the rest!
I just had to blow up the page to 200% to figure out what you meant - I've been writing this on my PDA, because it's easier to get at the diacritics, and the font is so small on the s reen keyboard and normally in the browser that those characters look identical. Apologies, and I'll fix it in the next chapter, assuming I can find the right key.
"Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [15/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 14:19:40 UTC
When Mirosław woke up, it took him a few seconds to realize that he had no idea where he was. He opened his eyes onto something soft and cream-coloured. Blanket, he decided, after a little more thought. Blanket, meaning he was on a bed. With a considerable effort he sat up. Big bed, with - a sudden tension eased, and then came flooding back - Grażyna lying beside him, eyes closed
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"Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [16/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 14:23:15 UTC
"Oh, yes! But we are difficult to kill. Only if our country falls, and our people are slain, or so changed they are not really ours. Poland is stubborn," Russia went on, still sounding cheerful and fond. "If he were not he would have died a very long time ago, I think
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"Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [17/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 14:26:00 UTC
This was not at all what Mirosław had expected to hear. It was not what the Union State had expected to hear either, it seemed; their voices rose in protest, Belarus insistently repeating the offer to stab them and Russia querulously demanding to know why he was sorry. Poland raised a hand, and they fell silent. "I'm sorry," he went on, "that you were driven to it. Please believe me, I've done everything I can. But we are more at the mercy of our government than the reverse, whatever the media says
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"Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [19/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 14:28:29 UTC
The flight should have taken twenty-two hours; it took two days. They sat on the tarmac in Baghdad while mechanics replaced a fuel pump and Mirosław fiddled with his phone, wondering if he should turn it on, wondering what he would say if someone called. By the time they reached Mumbai their two-hour layover had turned into twenty, from missing their flight, the next two being full. They left the airport and wandered the streets. The heat beat through their thick jackets. A man with a pedal-cart sold them fried vegtables on a stick, happily taking the Euros that were the only cash they had. "Wonderful spice, is it not?" he declared, in odd-accented English. "My older brother's recipe. He is a wonderful cook
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"Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [20/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 14:30:34 UTC
Poland kept himself together until Belarus and Russia went home. He kept himself together until the evening news came out wiith the announcement of the deal. At this point, he realized he hadn't slept for two nights, and didn't really want to. He wasn't going to bother Liet, he decided; Liet put up with him enough. He would have to wake up Hungary, who went to bed early when she was alone. Well, he'd have to wake someone up regardless. He called Ireland, who was having balmy spring weather, and put up with the good-natured grumbling about the hour long enough to ask if it was okay if he turned up
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Re: "Mother Poland, So Freshly Entombed" [20/21]
anonymous
February 21 2011, 22:30:25 UTC
I DON'T WANT THIS TO EEEEND
I liked that Grazyna and Miroslaw had this ending. I wouldn't call it a happy ending, because it isn't - but you didn't kill them off either and I like this.
Set in a universe where average citizens know about their nations' personifications. Some citizens of a certain country decide that they don't like their nation-tan's personality, and that the only way to get a new one is to kill them so that a replacement is born. The citizens in question attempt assassination, not understanding that nation-tans are immortal unless their nation itself falls.
Parts 1-7: http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/17465.html?thread=56504889#t56504889]
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I've been thinking, Janusz texted him, that we really ought to worry about more than tuition hikes. They're just a symptom.Which was true, of course, but what could they do ( ... )
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But still - whoa. Poor Poland. It isn't like he's not accustomed to pain, but through his eye? That's new. I wonder when he'll wake up.
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Okay: that could be
a) Belarus outta fucking nowhere
b) Fem!Russia or Russia being mistaken for female somehow
c) something else entirely (maybe the famed replacement?)
d) Poland himself, somehow
e) I really have no idea (Pet theory: Romana)
Ah, and Poland stopped fighting! Yes, this makes sense - he's probably stronger than a normal human, he could've escaped, but on some level maybe he doesn't want to hurt his citizens, and maybe he knows he isn't going to die or there's something else...
I had half-guessed Miroslaw was thinking of Grazyna - but I'm beginning to not be so sure about Grazyna's and especially Romana's motivations. That text after the marriage was very weird to me for some reason. I think sweet little Mirek is being played.
Or maybe that's just that he's the most sympathetic of the murderers. Stupid little boy, I'm almost sad for him.
Poland, oh God. Nations can't die, right? And he's a survivor, right? He'll be okay. Sure he'll be okay!...?
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Verrry interesting. One of the most twisted and fang-ey (in a good way (?)) Poland fics I've ever read. I will definitely be following from now on!
But, um. Just a note. That name is spelled Grażyna, the "źy" sound does not exist in Polish.
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I just had to blow up the page to 200% to figure out what you meant - I've been writing this on my PDA, because it's easier to get at the diacritics, and the font is so small on the s reen keyboard and normally in the browser that those characters look identical. Apologies, and I'll fix it in the next chapter, assuming I can find the right key.
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I liked that Grazyna and Miroslaw had this ending. I wouldn't call it a happy ending, because it isn't - but you didn't kill them off either and I like this.
Oh, Poland, my heart is breaking for you.
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