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I'm going to use his human name for this because otherwise this list looks really weird to me. BE FOREWARNED.
- Matthew loves ice cream (canon). His favourite flavour is MAPLE SWIRL or something. Matthew can forgive a lot if ice cream is involved, yes.
- Actually, most of his favourite foods are really sweet. ... And possibly maple-flavoured.
- Matthew is not a wuss or a pushover, contrary to popular opinion. He has morals and principles and stuff! He- lets people push him around, though, not because he's afraid of speaking up or anything, but because, hey, he can take it! And if pushing him around makes people happy, then that's fine.
- Matthew is not afraid of kicking someone's ass when it's necessary, though. I mean-- he likes peace more! But if you are being-- horrible and torturing puppies or something, he will do all he can to STOP YOU.
- Alternatively, he will bitch at you for ages if you annoy him enough. (...canon)
- He can sort of play the acoustic guitar a little. He doesn't do it in public.
- Matthew knows all the words to O Canada in French and English, and also that weird version where you do one verse in English then one in French then one in English again and etc.
- He also knows God Save the Queen by heart.
- Also, he knows the first line or so of the American national anthem just from-- general exposure. He can recognize the tune, as well.
- ALSO ALSO, he knows most of the words of the French national anthem. But that is a secret.
- Matthew's first language is actually French, and it's the one he ends up reverting to accidentally sometimes.
- He tries not to speak it around France, though, because he's kind of embarrassed about his accent.
- He also knows Inuktitut. And can speak it fluently. D-doesn't do it a lot, because NOBODY ELSE SPEAKS IT. But he can.
- Also, Inuinnaqtun, Cree, Dëne Sųłiné, Gwich’in, Inuvialuktun, Slavey, and Tłįchǫ Yatiì.
- He loves cute things. :( Also, has all the 'CUTE ANIMALS HERE' websites bookmarked.
- He likes being warm and comfortable! Which-- you might say MAN IT SUCKS THAT HE'S CANADA THEN BECAUSE CANADA IS COLD but. There is a certain coziness about winter that he really appreciates. ;;b Hot chocolate in front of a fireplace? Yes plz.
- He knows how to play Hockey and Lacrosse, also curling and basketball. He's actually pretty good at them. (Unlike baseball. sob.)
- Matthew actually really likes the winter! He likes the snow!
- His favourite season is autumn, though, because of the leaves changing colours. S-sopretty ;o;
- He tried to dye his hair once, just to see how it would look if it was all one colour. IT LOOKED AWFUL. Luckily, it wasn't permanent dye, so he only had to hide for a week instead of, like, years.
- If anyone asked him where he was born, he would say Prince Edward Island.
- Matthew has always been pretty shy. It's not crippling, but he tends to stammer a little, and use words like 'um' and 'er' a lot. It was worse as a kid.
- HE DOES, IN FACT, SAY 'Eh?'. But only when it's appropriate. Like-- 'whatcha doing, eh?'. That is a totally appropriate usage of the word.
- He sees absolutely nothing wrong with using three different words for a couch (couch, sofa, chesterfield) or two different words for fries (fries, chips) depending on the context. I mean, come on, you have fish and chips, and you have a burger with fries. That's just how it goes.
- He secretly finds pirates really awesome. When he was little he used to pretend to be one! ... But only when nobody else was around. He's still really fascinated by the whole thing, though.
- He can totally make a canoe from scratch. And then use this canoe to go down ANY KIND OF RIVER, even, like, whitewater rapids.
- He also sings whenever he's in a canoe. IT'S A HABIT. It's hard to break.
- He can play the bagpipes.
- Most of his baby teeth were knocked out while playing either hockey or lacrosse.
- At least two of his adult teeth are fake for the same reason.
- If there is a wild animal? chances are he knows how to kill and eat it, and then how to use all the parts of it that he doesn't eat. OBVIOUSLY HE DOESN'T ... DO IT-- but he knows how.
- Canada was shorter than England until halfway through WWI. In fact- he went into that war looking about 15ish, physically, but came out on the other end looking about how he does now.
ALSO!!
RE: America
Canada> Canada has a kind of inferiority complex re: America. HE WILL NEVER ADMIT THIS EVER EVER EVER but it's pretty obvious if you hang out with him enough.
Canada> Also, Canada really doesn't like being compared to America in any way. IT'S KIND OF A-- a thing-- since they're so similar and right next to each other, it happens a lot, and it makes him twitchy. :< EVEN WHEN THEY'RE POSITIVE COMPARISONS he's more like. N-no guys look at me for meee
Canada> BUT!! At the same time, Canada doesn't dislike America, not really. I think it would be really hard to get him to actually do it! Since ... America is an adorable dork and it's really hard to stay mad at him for a long time WHY ARE YOU LIKE AN EXCITED PUPPY, BROTHER
Canada> So the closest Canada is going to come to dislike is-- sighing and rolling his eyes on occasion. And sometimes snapping and just complaining for like half an hour straight lolo but that happens less.
Canada> ALSO ALSO, Canada does want to be noticed more, and has made the assumption that people don't notice him because America is there, but never really went that extra step, thought-wise, to "America is here = I don't get noticed, I want to be noticed, therefore I want America to be gone." BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT AMERICA TO BE GONE to such a degree that he'd never even think about it on his own. Uuuuuh I think that is it
Canada> off the top of my head anyway