[Fanfiction] Brother of mine

[luchilu2000]

Title: Brother of mine
Author: Times/Aki-no-hikari
Prompt: Norway, Denmark: Honesty [Optional: Modern or Medieval] Prompt from 2013
Other characters: Mentions of Sweden
Rating: PG for mentions of war and violence?
Content notes: Set right at the end of the Kalmar Union as Sweden breaks away from it. Historical inaccuracies abound.
Summary: Norway

Comments

[kainoliero]

Aaaah stories set around times when countries leave unions/break apart are my weak point! Yes yes gimme the drama, gimme the sadness! I loved the layering you did with Denmark's personality - always great to find him written with good, logical motives.

[luchilu2000]

Thank you for your comment! Yes, I like giving characters complex motivations, Denmark is an interesting case because the fandom tends to portray him as a happy fool, but he's an old nation, and I see him as the more brotherly of the three scandinavians, besides, I generally like the conflict between a nation's duty as a nation and as members of the same family.

[yuuago]

So, you had me at "Norway in plate armour". :D (Just a few weeks ago I was thinking that I really want more of that in fic/art, who knew I'd come across it so soon, heh)

Anyway. I think my favourite part of this is how it's clear that they're both concerned about Sweden (even if not being so would make things so much easier for them) and how you really get across that it's just one big mess and they don't really know how to deal with it. Some of the portrayals I've seen of them at this period simplify it just a little too much.

[luchilu2000]

Okay, I fangirled a bit when I saw you commented on my fic, thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it (Norway in armor is one of my weaknesses ;) )
Yeah, some people tend to oversimplify characters to just one or two characteristics that get exaggerated to the point you almost can't recognize them anymore. I really wanted to convey how they still saw Sweden as one of them, after all they had been living together for centuries, and those bonds won't away from one day to the next, which would lead to a very complicated situation indeed.