Sooo...
Just survived midterms.
Apart from spreading my Hetalia virus (as well as USxUK; I'm so proud of myself, Ning!) to quite a lot of people (well, the definition of 'a lot' may differ, but) and watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, I've been spending my free time (or what was left of it nowadays) doing homework and chipping away at fanarts I owe ( Read more... )
Apart from spreading my Hetalia virus (as well as USxUK; I'm so proud of myself, Ning!) to quite a lot of people (well, the definition of 'a lot' may differ, but) and watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, I've been spending my free time (or what was left of it nowadays) doing homework and chipping away at fanarts I owe ( Read more... )
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Do you see a lot of self-hating England? Do you mean like self-harming or something like that? I do feel like England probably does have a bit of self-loathing, and I think he's really insecure (like I don't think he thinks he's very attractive), but I do agree that people can really take it over the top. As for braindead America, the less said the better. I don't really have any tolerance for abusive or yandere characterization for either of them either.
But yeah it's kind of inevitable that a lot of fics are going to have the same plot. Unfortunately it happens with most fandoms. XD
Well, it has made my resolve to draw more fluffy US/UK art even stronger, I guess.
THIS IS VERY GOOD.
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I just watched episodes 10-13 of the third season; and I guess the whole time Katara's been looking at Aang as a little brother (thus the blush after the kiss). Or that's what I managed to infer.
I meant self-hating. Dissatisfaction in life, usually accompanied by family problems, though I guess it leads to self-harming, too. Usually England would be the one having those problems in fics, being the mentally tortured one and all that.
Ahaha, I guess I just have really high standards (I know I do for myself). My friend did once say my cliche-meter is too sensitive XD though I do feel Fantasia!AU and cardverse!AU fics are very scarce compared to gakuen!AU and human!AU *sobs*
ohohoho I'll do my best <3
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I like England having family problems and general dissatisfaction because I think that's how he is in canon a lot of the time? He's a lonely guy. I think him being kind of a lonely failboat is part of his appeal to me, so I'm actually kind of turned off when I read fics where he legitimately thinks he's awesome and has a ton of friends and stuff. Him being kind of an unfortunate guy is a lot of what makes him... England. XD
But I agree that it can be really overkill depending on how it's done, and it can be over the top (I also don't like seeing the UK brothers portrayed as legitimately abusive for the most part). Whereas with someone like America, he might have some insecurities but he's quite confident, and he doesn't really strike me as someone who would be liable to have a troubled background most of the time.
NO I HAVE INSANELY HIGH STANDARDS. One of the reasons I don't usually post fic recs is because I feel bad about how picky I am. Like... I read a TON of fic, but I only like about 10% of it. I ( ... )
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OMFG yes, self-insertions. Ugh D: almost as bad as My Immortal. They must have no life at all to want to enter the world of their fandom's characters.
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My Immortal? What's that? The insertions are usually OC nations >_>
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It's a very, very infamous Harry Potter fan... I'm not going to even call it a fanfiction -__- Read the first chapter for the full explanation, and I hope your eyes don't bleed reading it. Haha XD
Oh, I'm sorry then X( because I thought by self-insertion, you meant exactly that: inserting him/herself in the story as a non-country OC. There are fics like that (sadly). Well, it depends on the writer's headcanon for the OC nations; usually if it's a good and fitting characterisation, I wouldn't mind so much.
(I hope you don't mind me replying to you in English?)
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