Hetalia: The Root of It

[tokene]

Title: The Root of It
Rating: NC-16 (Gory imagery)
Genre: Uh. Gore? Somewhat. Historical too.
Characters/Pairings: China, Japan | No pairings
Summary: Japan is fiercely convinced that what he's doing to China is what's right and good for the country.
Notes: ... I honestly don't know. Written withinuyashacooks  in mind, when she asked for Imperialist!Japan, with

Comments

[carshrimped]

Cassie, you should have a warning for the wiki link instead.

I read it. And I'm just.. D:

[tokene]

O-Oh gosh er I'm sorry. Will edit. Like now.

[hagane_no_mame]

This must have been what you were thinking of? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperity_Sphere

I seriously doubt the "genuinely wanting to aid the comparatively-backward nations" part in your notes though. That whole mentality was merely justification for wanting become an Asian imperialist power in what Japan saw as an opportune time. In the case of Kiku, he could very well have been indoctrinated to believe such things, or perhaps merely did his best to fool himself and became a little crazy in the process.

[tokene]

Ah yes, that was probably it.

Although I cannot justify that it is what all of them thought (that's probably impossible to have the whole country united in such a thought anyhow), it is true that there were at least some who saw it as their duty to do as such, prior to the co-prosperity sphere which was launched later. Either that or my sources are a little more than off, in which case, I apologize in advance and will uh, review the story again, I suppose? Thank you for pointing this out.

[hagane_no_mame]

You could liken it to something similar to how German citizens felt during WWII. It's said that many got caught up in the hype and as a result went along with the Nazis and although they did all those things, were not aware of the atrocities that happened until the war was ending/had ended.

So kinda like, the government tells the people one thing, but actually does another while the citizens are none the wiser.

[tokene]

Yes, I suppose that's true as well, the comparison to the German situation in WWII.

As much as Kiku would be a representative of the country itself, I'm also one to believe that the Nations represent the thoughts and ideals of the people as well though, and therefore, this idea came to me.

[leriacossato]

D: I really liked this. I feel that the canon and fanon Hetalia portrayal of Japan is rather inaccurate, as all of the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese are always left out of fanworks, [even if every other country's transgressions are depicted.]

I also read 'Peace, In Two Dimensions'. I kept the link. XD

[tokene]

Ah well, if you see my other works, this is actually a deviant in terms of my portrayal of Japan lD;; I suppose things such as war crimes in general are left out, due to the sensitive nature of it, I haven't seen much from other countries either really. I don't write this genre(?) much, but I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

Ahhh yes, Peace In Two Dimensions is utterly wonderful, as is the European version to it.

[inuyashacooks]

wow you remembered this- I didn't even XD I do like reading me some bastard!Japan.

I can't say I enjoyed the imagery in this, cuz that's sick, but I can say that I think you did the imagery really well. I also like how you made bastard!Japan simply a reeeeaaalllll bastard, and not a complete-all-out-omigod-he-so-evil dark villain. I actually think that a villain is worse when they display a human side, I guess because the revelation of their (human) natures suggests a proximity in tendencies between good and evil.

anyway this was a good read, and thank you for writing it :D

[tokene]

It's been at the back of my mind for a while now really. Heh, I don't see much of bastard!Japan either.

Whew. Glad to know that the imagery was alright, I was quite worried about it :l

/scratches head
Japan is Japan I suppose, and I personally find it harder to make someone a purely evil character. Happy to know it worked though :D

Yaaaaaaaay. You enjoyed it! Thank you for reading &hearts

[inuyashacooks]

yeah i dont know what its like to be stabbed in the thigh either, but nothing seemed too out of place XD

I personally find it harder to make someone a purely evil character thats a good quality XD for some reason when you read fic about controversial events, the character who plays the antagonists role suddenly turns into a heartless mustache-twirling monocle-wearing villain- particularly germany.

[xiaoellen]

Finally. Finally I read a fic on this side of Japan.

Well, Himaruya DID intend on Kiku to be somewhat like this originally. But was forced to change it due to the government.

I wonder how's it like for Singapore? =/ Things were pretty bad here too.

[tokene]

I find two characters typically being only cast in 'good' roles, Japan and Canada. Oddly enough, my two favourites. (What does that say about me?)

Wha really? I didn't know that.