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Out of Character Information
player name: Laure
player livejournal: radiocapo
playing here: Ezio Auditore & Felix
where did you find us? I'VE BEEN HERE.
are you 16 years of age or older?: Yep.
In Character Information
character name: Prussia (Gilbert Beilschmidt)
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: Modern day
character's age: Literally, 810+. Physically, 24.
powers, skills, pets and equipment: Powers - He's a country, and therefore immortal to a certain degree. It's all very complicated, and he's the only one reckless enough to have it happen on a mildly regular basis, but basically he physically cannot stay dead. He's also incredibly strong, despite his slight build and average height.
Skills - He’s one of those annoying multilingual people; fluent in German (native), French (second), and English (third), has basic language skills in Czech, Polish, and Lithuanian (asking for demanding directions, ordering alcohol, greetings, etc), an extensive vocabulary of insults and curses in just about every major European language, and can read both Medieval and Renaissance Latin. Prussia is also an accomplished swordsman, rider, marksman, and whatever other glorious position you can think of involved in warfare between the 13th and 20th centuries along with the whatever governmetal skills come from you know, being a country.
Equipment - His ratty messenger bag and its contents: a laptop held together by duct tape and sheer luck (and a battery of dubious origins that holds an incredibly long charge), a cell phone that may or may not have been run over by a bus, a MP3 player with a cracked screen, a lighter, and some pens. And like, a penknife. And some döner in a paper bag, but those'll probably be eaten quickly.
canon history: Somewhere in Europe, sometime before 1190, the anthropothropomorphic little dude who would be known as Prussia came into existence. Somehow. Nobody's quite sure. In 1190, the littl'un became the Teutonic Order. Teutonic Order spent a lot of his time fighting, and teaming up with little little Hungary and being a devout little Catholic with a sword until the king of Hungary demanded that the Order only answer to him, but the Order was not cool with that so they left and the Pope gave them the task of CONVERTING THE NORTH which was really just a bunch of killing and colonizing and whatever. The Order had a bunch of conflicts with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the last of which they pretty much lost because the Holy Roman Empire wouldn't back them up, which really sucked, so when Albert of Prussia decided to convert to Lutheranism the Order became the DUCHY OF PRUSSIA. That went pretty well for about two centuries, then there was this union with the Margraviate of Brandenburg, though nobody really knows what's up with Brandenburg but it ended up with Prussia just kinda taking their... stuff.
In 1701, he became the Kingdom of Prussia under Frederick William I, King in Prussia, who started organizing a totally beast army, and started giving Prussia the reputation as an army with a country and a guy with some pretty bad manners. Then there was Old Fritz, and all those badass wars and I can't be arsed to describe them and stuff, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY there were territorial gains and the elevation to the status of "great power" and all sorts of things in the Enlightenment (and helping with America's revolution a bit, also, having notoriously bad roads and awesome canals), but then Old Fritz sorta died. Napoleon turned out to be actually sorta Legit, and Prussia lost at Jena, and then France moved through to Russia, had a bit of tea on a raft or something, then went off to take a break (while Prussia had some education reforms and emancipated his serfs and let Jews in the army) before coming back and trying to invade Russia, going all "I am gonna kill them, I am gonna kill them, ohhh it's a bit cold, it's a bit cold" and failing and running and GETTING HIS ASS KICKED by Prussia, Russia, and England's tag team.
Then some more stuff happens, and some snarky American magazine makes a comment about how Prussia pretends to be a great power. There's the Revolutions of 1848, Prussia taking up the banner of a unified German nation mostly to fuck with Austria's stuff (also, something about a tiny little brother who showed up one day and nobody's quite sure what to call him or who he even is for that matter), and some more wars! Like, four of them, with asskicking and taking away Austria's importance in German politics and something about establishing the goddamn German Empire. Motherfuckin' hell yes, Bismarck. Also, the tiny little brother apparently grew up from some little bitty confederation into some great big hulking brute of a nerd who simultaneously wants to emulate Prussia's badassery and avoid the less charming aspects of his personality. Whatevs, bro.
There's a lot of time spent making alliances that were stupid in retrospect, Wilhelm is a toolbag, one of Austria's bosses gets shot and the shit hits the fan. After WWI, Prussia loses his "kingdom" title, replaces it with "Free State" and is mostly dominated by the left. There were also some sick parties and weird plays, but he really only payed attention to parties and occasionally skipped out on going to the office with Germany. Some shit went down involving a really big depression, he was ousted by some assholes with red armbands who he really didn't like because they called him incompetent, and then the Third Reich and all that embarrassing Anschluss and WWII (which, as many Important Historians have said, was a Very Bad Idea) stuff started happening. And everyone knows how WWII ended for Germany and Prussia, with the unconditional surrender, occupation zones, and Poland getting a huge chunk of Prussia's stuff.
After the war, the Free State of Prussia was formally dissolved by the Allied Control Council on account of being the "source of German militarism" but for some reason it didn't kill him, and nobody really knows what's going on, what the hell it is getting late and I am getting tired and we're sorta getting to the point where I haven't learned this in class so it's gonna be extra vague. So there's this whole Cold War thing starting, yeah? And goodness, Russia and France can't have a unified Germany, and Russia wants all sorts of reparations until it becomes sort of obvious that America is talking all the western occupation zones and mashing them together and making the FRG, so Russia pulls Prussia out of his basement or something and is all like, "Привет, little Prussia, we are going to call you East now, are going to be better Germany than the one America has, да? Besides, is not like little Prussia is doing important things with time." and Prussia-- East, whatever-- was all like, "Fuck you, asshole." but takes the job anyway because a) it's Russia and b) he doesn't have any other goddamn option, does he?
So, yeah, he does that, and it's kinda shit, and the food's not that great, and he has to do a bunch of unpleasant jobs for Russia who keeps hitting him in the head, but whatever, it's better than not existing at all, right? Only his people don't seem to agree with him, and keep running off to West Berlin, and that only totally sucks ass, so they build a wall! It's an anti-fascist wall, see. And the Cold War happens for the next 39 years and it's shit, but then communism finally collapses (WHO ELSE SAW THAT COMING) and he gets to knock down the stupid wall and eat some oranges. He's reunified with his bro (happy days!) and spends the rest of his time lounging around the house, SPENDING MONEY, getting involved in shenanigans and sleeping.
personality: Restless, tactless, domineering, and unrealistic are all terms that appear to apply to Prussia at first glance and rightly so. Due to his origins as an armed division of the Catholic Church, and then progressing to become a nation most remembered for militaristic tradition, it is no surprise that he is more than a little rough around the edges. Prussia is an ambitious and prideful bastard, and will use any means to come out of any conflict or challenge as the winner (or at least survive it).
Under that, however, is a good deal of insecurity that both stems from and feeds into the ambition and attention-seeking behavior. Prussia constantly seeks the notice and admiration of his fellow countries and offers his own attention and even appreciation in return. Unfortunately, his ah, attempted extroversion isn't always executed in a way others really appreciate, so he ends up getting introversion forced upon him. And while he claims to value isolation, his desire to actually matter to others or at least be regarded as a "great power" really undermines this facade, and it rarely lasts long. He'll quickly bounce back to getting in everyone's faces and offering opinions.
Prussia speaks like he acts, bombastically, fast, and often impulsively, and is pretty much ambiguous in the sense that everything is relative. So, you have to follow his rules because he's the country and the authority/existence of the state stems from the need for order and public care-taking, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, he's completely except from them because they're his rules. He doesn't care about religion or stupid stuff like that, as long as people pay their taxes. (Subsequently, if you don't like the rule, feel free to argue it all you want, just make sure you follow it too. Maybe it'll get changed.) Loyalty's big for him, but it can be manifested in loyalty to either him or whomever he picks for his boss. His strongest loyalties lie with his brother (Germany), but they're often portrayed in a backwards way, as Prussia will often act in ways that counteract with Germany's wishes because he believes they will be more beneficial in the long run for his brother.
He has a short attention span most of the time, and an amazing talent for simultaneously holding grudges and moving on from incidents. Dwelling on failure instead of learning from it is something he generally tries (and fails) to avoid, and the idea of others doing so is really unappealing to him. First impressions are important for him, because he's unlikely to change his opinion of other people, which dictates his behavior around them. That being said, he's generally pretty accepting unless the other person is a) Austrian b) a douche about him existing or c) really annoying.
why do you feel this character would be appropriate to the setting? He's really old, and used to war and the horrors that come with it, plus he's a little shit who will annoy the fuck out of all of the serious people in Anatole plus he is an accomplished swordsman and marksman.
Writing Samples
Network Post Sample:
[ There is someone tapping impatiently at the microphone of the device. Then, with a touch of a German accent, ] Oy! Anyone listenin’ to this thing? Whatever asshole decided it’d be a good idea to haul me out of my house and throw me in this place, I hope you die in a well. Jackass. I’ve woken up in some sketchy places, but jeez, this one takes you back a century, yeah? Couldn’t have thrown me somewhere I can, you know, get some coffee?
[ huff ]
This is bullshit. Douchebag.
[ a bit of a long pause ]
Before you go die in that well, gimme some cell service so I can explain to my idiot brother that I won’t be showin’ up at work an' that the BMW in the lake is not entirely my fault, okay?
Third Person Sample: The first thing he does, upon waking up in this completely and totally sketchy… apartment… room... place… thing? Whatever, the first thing he does, (apart from have a complete “what the fuck” moment when he realizes that, hey, surprise, this isn’t Luisenstraße and he has no idea how the fuck he got here) is realize that he is fucking starving. And that while whatever asshole that threw him in this... apartment-room-place-thing may have left the döner he'd been in the middle of taking back to the office (because West forgets that, you know, lunch is usually a good idea and there's no way in hell Prussia's eating more of that shit cafeteria food this week) with him, they failed to take into the fact that döner's never as good cold and didn't give him anyway to heat it back up. (It looks like they picked some of the fries out of his too? Bastards. Fucking bastards.)
He eats his anyway, cold fries and all. And realizes that he's still hungry, and promptly inhales West's too. It's not like he was going to get it anyway, right? Right. Halfway through-- actually, no. He finishes it off pretty fast. Less than a minute later? (Yeah, that sounds about right.) Less than a minute later, he's still fricking hungry, and he realizes-- something he doesn't do that frequently in regards to important things very much these days, and is probably making up for now-- that West's gonna be pissed, especially considering that he left a... pretty sizable stack of papers in his inbox when he skipped out to grab food. And raided his brother's wallet to do so (which was a completely legitimate thing to do, for the record). Oh, he was gonna be miffed. Especially after the... incident. With the BMW. ... Which he would hopefully remain ignorant of. Until someone found it in the lake. Or he realized it was... missing.
So this was not his best day. Clearly.
... Coffee would make it better. Probably. Possibly. Maybe. Hopefully. That is, provided he could find any...
Anything else? ...Anything else? :D