36 - Pull Down The Fence

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Title: Pull Down The Fence
Characters: Russia/China. Mentions of Mao and Stalin.
Rating: PG-13 for implicit sex.
Summary: 1950 - In which there is champagne, a gift, and an uneasy alliance.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

Comments

[xphosphorous]

-wibbles incoherently-

; _ ;

i want to give Russia and America both good, hard punches in the face, just for good measure.

[wizzard890]

Give 'em time, dude. They may take care of that themselves.

♥

[pyrrhiccomedy]

The sixties are kind of for that.

[wizzard890]

OH MY GOD, YOUR ICON. TAKE ME NOW, AMERICA.

[daegaer]

Oh. Of all the miseries and thwarted wishes here, I think the one that gets me strongest, for some reason, is child Russia's desire to pat the horse.

Wonderful and sad.

[wizzard890]

I have a ton of headcanon about little Russia, and I think he really loved animals. Of course, I think he's scared of dogs now, but he still loves horses; even as an adult, he finds them simple and easy to understand. Modern Russia, circa 2009, still rides whenever he can.

[meganinhiding]

This makes me think of that one hetalia strip where chibiAmerica shows England a little rabbit, raccoon and eagle and calls them his friends; then England asks if any of them can teleport or do other magical stuff. Little Russia would have loved those friends.

[wizzard890]

Russia would have been well-served by any friends when he was a child. Especially faeries, like England had.

[fallenxembers17]

This chapter was incredibly, amazingly wince-free. Until the last few lines, at which I cringed in pain. And wanted to slap Russia.

Love the detail, characterization (love China!), etc., etc., Y'all know the drill. ♥

*goes back to wibbling*

[wizzard890]

I was wincing as we were working on this, only because it was so damn awkward. It's like they're on a blind date that won't fucking end. I could just see them sitting there, straightening their utensils on their napkins, clearing their throats, looking around at the architecture...with absolutely nothing to say to one another. XD

♥♥

[pyrrhiccomedy]

It's like they're on a blind date that won't fucking end.

Not for TEN YEARS.

[miss_chella]

I really didn't have any feelings toward China before this chapter. I kind of sort of hate him now. It isn't fair to either of them. Especially not fair to Russia, because he has someone who he would rather be with, even though he won't admit it. Russia knows that he'd rather play his game with America than move on. It shows in this Russia waited. The bracelet was a cool weight on his wrist, and he imagined, let himself imagine, the wince that would show around America’s eyes when he saw it.

It would be beautiful.

I love your thoughts on Baby!Russia. Nervous, stuttering, crying all the time, would not let go of his security scarf. God, you guys. Just when I though I couldn't relate to russia anymore, you throw this at me. Poor little kid, though. Having to be like that on top of being attacked from all sides. All the time. No wonder Russia is the way that he is.

Great chapter~

[wizzard890]

I really didn't have any feelings toward China before this chapter. I kind of sort of hate him now. It isn't fair to either of them.

Yeah, China is being kind of a dick, but you gotta remember that he's also being totally shanked. I mean, he had been gunning for possibly becoming a democracy, and now...Russia's sort of pulled the rug out from under him. He resents Russia for it, and I don't blame him.

I love your thoughts on Baby!Russia. Nervous, stuttering, crying all the time, would not let go of his security scarf...Just when I though I couldn't relate to russia anymore, you throw this at me.

I, for one, have spent way too much time trying to get a really solid grip on the kind of person Russia was when he was a child. Like, we're talking ridiculous amounts of headcanon, here. I think he was always very sweet, very tenderhearted, and a little emotional. Dealing with the Mongols really fractured that into nervousness, a lack of confidence, and a complete rejection of his own worth as a person.

[wizzard890]

I think Russia doesn't feel like he's cheating per se, but he wants America to be jealous about it.