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THE PLAYER
Name; Katya
Journal; suomi_sniper
Messenger; AIM: headshotpromise
Email; frolickingfrodo@hotmail.com
THE CHARACTER
Name; Finland [Tino Väinämöinen]
Personality; While Finland is a sweet young man with a gentle nature and a simple sort of perserverence and determination, he is by no means weak or a pushover (although according to England, he's known for making a grand scene for something tiny like when he trips). He's very brave under fire, and has held his own against other nations before! Just ask Russia! Even so, he's usually quite docile and domestic, and thinks having a cute little kid with him and Sweden every day would be lots of fun.
Like the Scandinavian nations around him, Finland is very emotionally connected to the countryside and nature, as urbanization is still mostly unheard-of. He loves spending a long time in a lovely hot sauna outside, and he's really quite strong in the cold.
Some really weird things are perfectly normal to him, like salting liquorice or naming a dog "Blood-smeared Flower-Egg" (although the name "Special Attack! Bombsquad Punks!" is clearly too cool for a cute puppy. He has limits.) and, in a very fitting nature, is one of the top two hosts of weird festivals in the entire world. His friend Estonia is first though. Good for you, Estonia!
Speaking of his friends, he's been good friends with Sweden since he ran away from Denmark with him (or rather, tagged along behind him) and although he still finds Sweden really scary and confusing after all these years, he sticks with him because he knows he's not really a bad person, he just doesn't like to talk and has a hard time communicating. So Finland talks enough for the both of them, especially when you get him started on something he's very interested in. Of course, his feelings towards Sweden right now are those of annoyance, since he had expected his friend to join him in the war to help him, not dawdle for months before sending volunteers and stay neutral the whole time.
Also, he makes the best vodka. He won't hear a word otherwise. Come on, he has some with ground-up salmiakki in it. You can't beat that.
History; Finland finds his early history blurry and uncertain, filled mostly with influence from other Northern nations, particularly Sweden. In fact, most of Finland today was entirely Swedish land until between the 15th and 18th centuries, and he used to just be considered an extension of Sweden anyway. As such, it was really only natural that Finland would follow Sweden to freedom after Sweden left Denmark's control. Unfortunately, a lot of Finland had also been part of Russia at one time...
As a result of a war between Sweden and Russia, Finland became completely split from Sweden and was a part of Russia's empire. Although he didn't like being taken from his close friend, who he had come to admire and respect, Finland did rather well for himself under Russia's control. Russia was very nice to him at first, giving him lots of independence and helped make Finnish the national language equal even to Swedish! However, Russia became very harsh to him all of a sudden, and spent twenty years trying to force Finland to become like him, which caused Finland to resent him quite a bit. During the first World War Russia's empire collapsed while Finland was still a part of it, so he took the chance and ran away to start establishing his freedom. Unfortunately Russia's collapse affected his health even after he ran because he was still considered part of the empire; not long after his independence a civil war over control broke out between Socialist and conservative parties, supported by the Soviet Union and the German Empire respectively.
Because Finland had no police and or any other sort of way to arm himself, each party built their own forces and the violence between them escalated. In the ensuing war, the German-backed conservatives won and tried to give Finland a monarchy headed by a German king, but when Germany lost the Great War that plan was abandoned, and a battered and torn Finland declared himself a fully independent democratic republic. His economy had been demolished by the wars, however, and only after years of compromises between parties did they ever fully reunify.
When Finland got pulled into the second World war on Germany's side, it was only because he and Germany were both against Russia and not out of any sort of agreement with his actions. He remained entirely separate from Germany, despite the other nation's attempts to bring their militaries together, and was the only nation in mainland Europe to keep his democracy. In the beginning, Russia hugely underestimated the tiny nation and attacked, believing he would only survive a few weeks against the Soviet Union's superior weapons, huge army, and air supremacy. Instead, Finland dragged the war on for months, asking England, France and Sweden for aid. England and France helped, but Finland had expected his close friend to join the war on his side! Eventually Sweden ended up sending over tons of volunteers, but it took such a long time (in Finland's opinion) that it's a really sore spot right now.
In the back-to-back wars against Russia, Finland inflicted more than 300,000 casualties total. Finally they signed a peace treaty, but that wasn't the end for Finland. Germany had expected the inevitable treaty and had gathered up troops to fight Finland. At first Finland didn't want to fight against his former ally, and anyway Russia was making it difficult for him by demanding that he also disband his troops at the same time as he was supposed to be pushing Germany out of his country. So Finland met with Germany secretly and pretended to fight him, until Russia found out and ordered him to fight for real. As a result, the fighting intensified and though he managed to get Germany out, the tactics Germany used against him left Finland's upper regions scorched, and he still has deadly mines buried in his lands, which will cause civilian casualties for decades.
Now that the second World War and the wars with the Russia and Germany are over, Finland has decided that he will avoid all conflicts between superpowers and would become friends with both the Western nations and the Soviet Union. Though he's essentially entirely Westernized, he knows there is no getting around the fact that Russia lives right around the corner and that every move he makes could be seen by the larger nation as a threat to the Union. He'll have to be careful...
[note: Most of the time, by Russia I mean the USSR, but for Hetalia purposes... :D;]
SAMPLES
Third person; Finland was not pulled from sleep by the sound of his alarm, which would have been the first indication that something was wrong had he not been so comfortable and warm in his bed that he didn't notice. Instead he woke to the soothing sound of rain. Ohh, it was so nice under the covers, he didn't want to move at all. The burns on his body didn't seem to hurt as much like this, and he loved the way it felt to be all bundled up without having to worry about anything. It felt like a day off, something he hadn't had many of since the end of the war; his days had been so full of meetings and reparation plans and-
Meetings! He had another meeting! Why hadn't his alarm woken him up?! He shot out of bed-or rather, extracted himself from his cocoon of covers with all the care he could manage (his limbs felt oddly stiff, like he'd taken some kind of strong medicine and it was still lingering), since moving quickly shot pain up his entire body and he wanted to avoid that-and gave his alarm clock a look that was both accusing and hurt. At least, he would have, if it had been on his bedside table. Instead, he gave the look to a glass of flat-looking water and an unfamiliar lamp. Well this wasn't planned at all. He really hoped this wouldn't make him late!
Although... he had no idea whose house he was in. It was absolutely not his. His house had gone through a lot of remodeling over the years of the war (which was a polite way of saying "nearly razed to the ground" but he wasn't going to say that, he's going to look on the bright side!) but it certainly wasn't anything resembling this place. And unless Sweden had let Germany completely walk all over him, Sweden's house didn't look like this either. Russia's hadn't either the last time he had seen it, and although it had been a few decades since then, he knew Russia's morals, not to mention taste, would not have allowed the practically decadent decor of this room to touch his house.
Finland made his way across the room, determined to find out more about this place. The meeting could wait, because this was clearly more important. Besides, he was their nation-it wasn't like they could start without him.
There was a poster on the back of his door. He looked it over carefully until he found the version written in his own language.
1. Do not attempt to leave the facility. Wait, what?
2. The building is yours to use as you see fit; however, destruction of the property will result in punishment. Oh well that made sense. The war is over, and it's really rude to damage someone else's things when you're not even fighting.
3. Please use your PROPER names. Well that's confusing, what could that mean? Finland chewed his lip, then shrugged to himself and left the room. A chart was clipped to the wall beside the door, and upon brief examination he saw it was a hospital chart for someone by the name of Tino Väinämöinen. So this was a hospital, huh? It was clearly a really luxurious one, and if he hadn't noticed charts clipped beside the other doors in the hallway he'd have thought it was actually a Western hotel. Finland took the chart down from the wall. He'd look for a doctor instead of just wandering around; he'd be sure to know where the front door was, and besides, whoever Tino Väinämöinen was, he was missing his chart!
First person; Perkele. I told everyone I wouldn't get involved in things like this anymore. I have a lot of work to do back home, there are a lot of people who need me. I'd really like to go back, please?
I saw the cameras on the walls, but I don't feel at all safe here. I need to get outside. There has to be a way, and I'm sure I'll find it.
Name; Katya
Journal; suomi_sniper
Messenger; AIM: headshotpromise
Email; frolickingfrodo@hotmail.com
THE CHARACTER
Name; Finland [Tino Väinämöinen]
Personality; While Finland is a sweet young man with a gentle nature and a simple sort of perserverence and determination, he is by no means weak or a pushover (although according to England, he's known for making a grand scene for something tiny like when he trips). He's very brave under fire, and has held his own against other nations before! Just ask Russia! Even so, he's usually quite docile and domestic, and thinks having a cute little kid with him and Sweden every day would be lots of fun.
Like the Scandinavian nations around him, Finland is very emotionally connected to the countryside and nature, as urbanization is still mostly unheard-of. He loves spending a long time in a lovely hot sauna outside, and he's really quite strong in the cold.
Some really weird things are perfectly normal to him, like salting liquorice or naming a dog "Blood-smeared Flower-Egg" (although the name "Special Attack! Bombsquad Punks!" is clearly too cool for a cute puppy. He has limits.) and, in a very fitting nature, is one of the top two hosts of weird festivals in the entire world. His friend Estonia is first though. Good for you, Estonia!
Speaking of his friends, he's been good friends with Sweden since he ran away from Denmark with him (or rather, tagged along behind him) and although he still finds Sweden really scary and confusing after all these years, he sticks with him because he knows he's not really a bad person, he just doesn't like to talk and has a hard time communicating. So Finland talks enough for the both of them, especially when you get him started on something he's very interested in. Of course, his feelings towards Sweden right now are those of annoyance, since he had expected his friend to join him in the war to help him, not dawdle for months before sending volunteers and stay neutral the whole time.
Also, he makes the best vodka. He won't hear a word otherwise. Come on, he has some with ground-up salmiakki in it. You can't beat that.
History; Finland finds his early history blurry and uncertain, filled mostly with influence from other Northern nations, particularly Sweden. In fact, most of Finland today was entirely Swedish land until between the 15th and 18th centuries, and he used to just be considered an extension of Sweden anyway. As such, it was really only natural that Finland would follow Sweden to freedom after Sweden left Denmark's control. Unfortunately, a lot of Finland had also been part of Russia at one time...
As a result of a war between Sweden and Russia, Finland became completely split from Sweden and was a part of Russia's empire. Although he didn't like being taken from his close friend, who he had come to admire and respect, Finland did rather well for himself under Russia's control. Russia was very nice to him at first, giving him lots of independence and helped make Finnish the national language equal even to Swedish! However, Russia became very harsh to him all of a sudden, and spent twenty years trying to force Finland to become like him, which caused Finland to resent him quite a bit. During the first World War Russia's empire collapsed while Finland was still a part of it, so he took the chance and ran away to start establishing his freedom. Unfortunately Russia's collapse affected his health even after he ran because he was still considered part of the empire; not long after his independence a civil war over control broke out between Socialist and conservative parties, supported by the Soviet Union and the German Empire respectively.
Because Finland had no police and or any other sort of way to arm himself, each party built their own forces and the violence between them escalated. In the ensuing war, the German-backed conservatives won and tried to give Finland a monarchy headed by a German king, but when Germany lost the Great War that plan was abandoned, and a battered and torn Finland declared himself a fully independent democratic republic. His economy had been demolished by the wars, however, and only after years of compromises between parties did they ever fully reunify.
When Finland got pulled into the second World war on Germany's side, it was only because he and Germany were both against Russia and not out of any sort of agreement with his actions. He remained entirely separate from Germany, despite the other nation's attempts to bring their militaries together, and was the only nation in mainland Europe to keep his democracy. In the beginning, Russia hugely underestimated the tiny nation and attacked, believing he would only survive a few weeks against the Soviet Union's superior weapons, huge army, and air supremacy. Instead, Finland dragged the war on for months, asking England, France and Sweden for aid. England and France helped, but Finland had expected his close friend to join the war on his side! Eventually Sweden ended up sending over tons of volunteers, but it took such a long time (in Finland's opinion) that it's a really sore spot right now.
In the back-to-back wars against Russia, Finland inflicted more than 300,000 casualties total. Finally they signed a peace treaty, but that wasn't the end for Finland. Germany had expected the inevitable treaty and had gathered up troops to fight Finland. At first Finland didn't want to fight against his former ally, and anyway Russia was making it difficult for him by demanding that he also disband his troops at the same time as he was supposed to be pushing Germany out of his country. So Finland met with Germany secretly and pretended to fight him, until Russia found out and ordered him to fight for real. As a result, the fighting intensified and though he managed to get Germany out, the tactics Germany used against him left Finland's upper regions scorched, and he still has deadly mines buried in his lands, which will cause civilian casualties for decades.
Now that the second World War and the wars with the Russia and Germany are over, Finland has decided that he will avoid all conflicts between superpowers and would become friends with both the Western nations and the Soviet Union. Though he's essentially entirely Westernized, he knows there is no getting around the fact that Russia lives right around the corner and that every move he makes could be seen by the larger nation as a threat to the Union. He'll have to be careful...
[note: Most of the time, by Russia I mean the USSR, but for Hetalia purposes... :D;]
SAMPLES
Third person; Finland was not pulled from sleep by the sound of his alarm, which would have been the first indication that something was wrong had he not been so comfortable and warm in his bed that he didn't notice. Instead he woke to the soothing sound of rain. Ohh, it was so nice under the covers, he didn't want to move at all. The burns on his body didn't seem to hurt as much like this, and he loved the way it felt to be all bundled up without having to worry about anything. It felt like a day off, something he hadn't had many of since the end of the war; his days had been so full of meetings and reparation plans and-
Meetings! He had another meeting! Why hadn't his alarm woken him up?! He shot out of bed-or rather, extracted himself from his cocoon of covers with all the care he could manage (his limbs felt oddly stiff, like he'd taken some kind of strong medicine and it was still lingering), since moving quickly shot pain up his entire body and he wanted to avoid that-and gave his alarm clock a look that was both accusing and hurt. At least, he would have, if it had been on his bedside table. Instead, he gave the look to a glass of flat-looking water and an unfamiliar lamp. Well this wasn't planned at all. He really hoped this wouldn't make him late!
Although... he had no idea whose house he was in. It was absolutely not his. His house had gone through a lot of remodeling over the years of the war (which was a polite way of saying "nearly razed to the ground" but he wasn't going to say that, he's going to look on the bright side!) but it certainly wasn't anything resembling this place. And unless Sweden had let Germany completely walk all over him, Sweden's house didn't look like this either. Russia's hadn't either the last time he had seen it, and although it had been a few decades since then, he knew Russia's morals, not to mention taste, would not have allowed the practically decadent decor of this room to touch his house.
Finland made his way across the room, determined to find out more about this place. The meeting could wait, because this was clearly more important. Besides, he was their nation-it wasn't like they could start without him.
There was a poster on the back of his door. He looked it over carefully until he found the version written in his own language.
1. Do not attempt to leave the facility. Wait, what?
2. The building is yours to use as you see fit; however, destruction of the property will result in punishment. Oh well that made sense. The war is over, and it's really rude to damage someone else's things when you're not even fighting.
3. Please use your PROPER names. Well that's confusing, what could that mean? Finland chewed his lip, then shrugged to himself and left the room. A chart was clipped to the wall beside the door, and upon brief examination he saw it was a hospital chart for someone by the name of Tino Väinämöinen. So this was a hospital, huh? It was clearly a really luxurious one, and if he hadn't noticed charts clipped beside the other doors in the hallway he'd have thought it was actually a Western hotel. Finland took the chart down from the wall. He'd look for a doctor instead of just wandering around; he'd be sure to know where the front door was, and besides, whoever Tino Väinämöinen was, he was missing his chart!
First person; Perkele. I told everyone I wouldn't get involved in things like this anymore. I have a lot of work to do back home, there are a lot of people who need me. I'd really like to go back, please?
I saw the cameras on the walls, but I don't feel at all safe here. I need to get outside. There has to be a way, and I'm sure I'll find it.