50 sentences (with footnotes)
1sentence challenge table; theme set Delta, not claimed
Warnings: Use of real person who is still alive, liberal use of headcanon, some language, alcohol references, some historical footnotes... etc.
Ask questions if you have any.
#01 - Air
So many times he had wondered if this would be the time he died and disappeared, but that next breath of air always reminded him that he would remain here.
#02 - Apples
October remains one of his favorite months as he never fails to make a trip to Armagh for Apple Week.
#03 - Beginning
It was in 1570 that a baby boy was found crawling around near a peat bog in Ulster and his older sister picked up her leanbh móin for the first time to hold him close.
#04 - Bugs
Mosquitoes, flies and ants he would kill without a second thought, but Peter thought he was weird for capturing the spiders and releasing them outside.
#05 - Coffee
There hadn't been a day since the end of 1972 that Connor's morning coffee hadn't been spiked with some sort of alcohol.
#06 - Dark
On the really bad days, he would draw the blinds and sit quietly in the dark with his old pains and booze until the former went away.
#07 - Despair
There had been many times during the seventies and eighties where he had fallen into such despair that the Troubles would never end.
#08 - Doors
Just once he wished Douglas would just knock on the damn door instead of kicking it down every time he entered.
#09 - Drink
"I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU DRINKING ALCOHOL, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU DRINKING LOTS OF ALCOHOL," was the first thing out of Arthur's mouth when he saw the young lad with his third bottle of whiskey dangling from his hand.
#10 - Duty
When World War II started up, Connor showed up at his brother's door in full military gear to report for duty before Arthur sent him marching home to Belfast.
#11 - Earth
Even as buildings rose up from the ground and cities sprawled out, he always felt a connection to the undeveloped land of the corner of Earth he occupied.
#12 - End
Deep down, something told him that with the coming of the new decade, he'd find an end to his old pains.
#13 - Fall
Even with every squabble the Isles siblings ever had, Connor noted that each one would attempt to help each other up after a fall, even if they stopped to laugh first.
#14 - Fire
Soon after the boy had taken the fire out of his hair, it had replaced itself in his temper with double the scorching heat.
#15 - Flexible
For anyone who had knowledge of Connor's Troubles, they knew they'd have to be flexible for when he'd be able to show up anywhere or if he'd do so in his normal state of "sobriety".
#16 - Flying
He could still remember the first time Arthur had taken him flying in that old plane of his before the war started up because it was one of the first times he had felt truly free.
#17 - Food
He couldn't understand why both his brother and sister had enough food to supply him with, but his sister continued to starve and waste away.
#18 - Foot
It may have seemed like an impulse decision to her, but the day Connor let his feet carry him from Dublin to Belfast in 1921, he had been planning for almost a year.
#19 - Grave
Once a year, Brigid would make her pilgrimage to the grave of her dear Patrick and would smile when she saw her brother's flower sitting at the base when she did arrive.
#20 - Green
If his heart wasn't claimed to Belfast, he would so have enjoyed having a secluded countyside capital in the green lands to the south and west.
#21 - Head
Each time he got a headache for no particular reason, he would reach for his bottle and wonder what the hell was going on in Londonderry/Derry this time.
#22 - Hollow
Behind a photo on the wall in his study is a little hollow where he locks away the book containing his most private and personal memories.
#23 - Honor
Even though he had never known the man, a great feeling of pride and honor swept through him every time he looked at his old costume and decorations marking him as a member of the Order of St. Patrick.
#24 - Hope
Even when things seemed to be at their worst on that horrible day in April, he had hope that his recovery meant that things would be alright.
#25 - Light
Even on his darkest and most wretched of days, he still managed to keep a stubborn hold on the tiniest fragments of light to remind himself that things were slowly getting better.
#26 - Lost
The nineteenth century was one of the worst times for him, and it was during then that his whole family was in chaos and he turned his lost and spinning head to the bottle for the first time.
#27 - Metal
Connor wasn't exactly happy that he was one of, if not the youngest nations to know what it felt like to have a small cylinder of metal and lead bury its way into his body.
#28 - New
He remembered being introduced to his nephews and nieces, how fun it was to have new kids to play with that weren't solemn sticks in the mud.
#29 - Old
Only when he was sure he was alone, Connor would pull out the old photo albums and look back on his past to happier times when he and his sister had lived together.
#30 - Peace
Besides the occasional riot in response to the Orange Order marches on July 12th, Connor began to wonder if true peace could come to his country.
#31 - Poison
The marriage of his older siblings, while horrifying for them, was nothing short of poison, slowly infecting Connor's mind.
#32 - Pretty
The first time he saw Bernie, he couldn't help but be taken by this pretty girl who had been compared to Castro.
#33 - Rain
Soon after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, he finally left his flat for the first time in several years when it wasn't raining or absolutely necessary.
#34 - Regret
It wasn't until his own sister's heart city had been bombed that he regretted his existance as the source of the religious and political differences between them.
#35 - Roses
His brothers could laugh at him all they wanted for his knowledge of rose symbolism, but he used it whenever he placed down flowers at different memorials.
#36 - Secret
For as long as he lived, Connor swore up and down that he'd never tell anyone why he favored his ex-lover-turned-best friend's oldest daughter over her other children
#37 - Snakes
Despite what scientists may say about the island never having snakes in the first place, he still holds his sister's account of Patrick driving out all the snakes as fact.
#38 - Snow
With the climate of the island being what it is and snow not often seen near the coast, even during the winter months, his attitude often changes to that of a child when he throws on a coat and boots to play in the fresh powder.
#39 - Solid
While he enjoyed the occasional journey on a ship, he found that he much preferred the feeling of solid ground beneath his feet.
#40 - Spring
The arrival of the thaw meant more trips out to Wales or Scotland to string up lights on the sheep and set them loose at night, whether his brothers knew or not.
#41 - Stable
As a small child, little Conchobhar had often wondered about the stability of his family, what with the arguments, teasing and fights they got into, and when he was older, he understood that was what bonded them together.
#42 - Strange
He had to stop himself staring at the aging former MP with her husband when he stopped by, but it still felt strange to him that he gave up his pretty spitfire woman.
#43 - Summer
He often wondered why it was mostly during the middle of summer that the damn terrorists decided to set off their bombs and start riots.
#44 - Taboo
Whenever the family got together for their own meetings, talking about the Irish split, who was sleeping with who, haggis and making sheep-shagging jokes at Llewellyn were strictly taboo... until after business was finished.
#45 - Ugly
By the time the twenty-first century was looming closer, Connor had made up his mind that the world was an ugly place.
#46 - War
When Connor first heard the word war come out of his Ulster Volunteer Force commander's mouth, he immediately resigned, the memory of the Blitz's tragedy still written in the bold scars across his chest.
#47 - Water
One of the many joys of living on the top floor of his current building was being able to go up to the roof whenever he wanted and look out at the shining waters of Belfast Lough which stretched out to the North Channel.
#48 - Welcome
Despite breaking her heart so badly, he knew he was still always welcome to come home, but he never understood why she still loved him so.
#49 - Winter
He had always loved the biting cold of the winter months as it always served as a reminder that he was still alive to feel it.
#50 - Wood
One of the best times he could remember was collecting wood with his brothers for a massive bonfire to celebrate their Guy Fawkes Night, but who was he to say no to playing with fire?
~*~
Footnotes:
#2: Yes, there is an Apple Week in addition to National Apple Day.
#3: I say he was found around 1570 because a big bit of Ulster conflict with the British came into play in 1594 with the start of the Nine Years' War, which was an uprising of the Ó Neill and Ó Donnell and their allies against the Engish, who were attempting to take complete control of the island. In the 1570's the English had already gotten a colony started near Carrickfergus, on Belfast Lough. Also, "leanbh móin" is Irish for "peat child".
#4: Old superstitions say its bad luck to kill spiders, and as he's still got some memory of his druid/heathen/magic teachings from his older siblings... let's just say that superstition stuck indefinitely.
#5: 1972 was arguably one of the worst years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. With eleven or twelve different incidents that year, 1975 possibly being the only year as bad as that in terms of incident counts.
#14: In my headcanon, shortly before he separated from Ireland to stay with the United Kingdom, Connor dyed his hair from a red that matched Brigid's to something more brownish-blond. He continues dying his hair, sometimes sliding on the darker side and sometimes keeping it blond.
#15: The state of "sobriety" is one that Arthur would be tipsy in, but as Connor is pretty much a full-fledged alcoholic (in my headcanon, anyway), that amount of booze hardly fazes him anymore unless it's a highly concentated mix or something very strong.
#17: This one references back to the Troubles. Now Stars and I have it for headcanon that Brigid gave Connor her share of food during the Great Famine in the mid 1800's that wiped out potato crops all across the island. Northern Ireland, being mostly Protestant like England, was given more assistance than the Catholic majority.
#18: In 1921, a year after Ireland claimed independence, Northern Ireland chose to opt out of the Irish Free State and stay a part of the United Kingdom.
#20: Yes, this one gets a footnote. With all the bombings, riots, etc. that have gone on in Belfast, it's given Connor a lot of scarring over his heart and some slight heart issues. (Belfast = capital city = heart) He figures a seculded capital would mean less people and then possibly solve the massive target issues and put his pains elsewhere.
#21: Take a look at this map, and point to where Londonderry/Derry is. The headaches caused by riots and such up there will make sense, as do other injuries inflicted on the poor boy.
#23: There is indeed an Order of St. Patrick. Currently, the only members are Queen Elizabeth II, and Thomas Woodcock, the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. ...Also Brigid and Connor. >_>
#24: That horrible day in April.
#26: 19th century was literally the century that Europe went to hell and back. For the UK it meant the Act of Union which is considered a forced (and unwanted) marriage on the parts of Brigid and Arthur, the Great Famine (with almost no help from anyone else, save Turkey), Arthur going crazy, Brigid's imprisonment in the Tower of London... need I go on?
#27: Headcanon, how I love thee. He may not have been shot during World War II, but he did find a good number of bullets getting fired into him during the Troubles.
#28: His "nephews and niece" are Alfred, Matthew, and Terra. The solemn stick in the mud is Ludwig, who he would play with (or attempt to) whenever Brigid brought him along while she "spent time" with Gilbert.
#30: Believe it or not, there are still Orange Order marches going on today. They just don't cause as many riots as they did in 2005 and going way back to a 1795 sermon at Drumcree Church. The purpose and significance of these July 12th marches and that sermon? Why to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne back in 1690.
#31: Act of Union 1801.
#32: Bernie--> Bernadette Devlin, youngest female Westminster MP representing the Mid Ulster constituency, and noted to have been referred to as Fidel Castro in a miniskirt" by Protestant Critics. :'D
#33: Good Friday Agreement was the agreed end for the Troubles, however, that didn't stop some groups from continuing on their violent ways even as far as this year (2010).
#34: May 17th, 1974, the UVF detonated three bombs in Dublin and another one in Monaghan, killing a total of 33 civilians and wounding 300 more.
#36: Now if I told you, my reasoning for this one it wouldn't be much of a secret, huh? Let's just say, this is one piece of headcanon that's better left to personal interpretation, hm?
#37: The legend goes that St. Patrick drove out all the snakes from the island of Ireland, but science tells us otherwise.
#38: Courtesy of the generally mild conditions of Ireland, it doesn't snow much in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland either. An exception being the elevated areas of Northern Ireland, which regularly gets snow every year.
#39: His siblings and a good chunk of Europe were sea-faring nations before and after his apperance
#40: See here for more details. :>
#42: Bernie returns here in mention with her husband, who she married in 1973, after the birth of her daughter.
#43: Using this timeline, I counted more incidents during the Troubles in July than any other month.
#48: This one calls back to the 1921 split.
#50: Guy Fawkes Night is not commonly celebrated in Northern Ireland, but he wouldn't say no to setting off fireworks or starting up a bonfire.
Other notes:
- Use of Hetalia OCs: Connor/Northern Ireland belongs to me/later_days, Douglas/Scotland belongs to Shugo/eats_typos, Llewellyn/Wales belongs to Kyah/kyahryorin, Brigid/Ireland belongs to Stars/starsandauras, and Terra/Australia* belongs to Ichi/unspeakingly. All have been borrowed without consent but I thank their muns for being so brilliant as to think them up. I am indebted to your genius.
*I realize there is a canon Australia, but when Ichi first made her, we had no idea bout him. And as I've known her Australia first, I like Terra better. >__>
Warnings: Use of real person who is still alive, liberal use of headcanon, some language, alcohol references, some historical footnotes... etc.
Ask questions if you have any.
#01 - Air
So many times he had wondered if this would be the time he died and disappeared, but that next breath of air always reminded him that he would remain here.
#02 - Apples
October remains one of his favorite months as he never fails to make a trip to Armagh for Apple Week.
#03 - Beginning
It was in 1570 that a baby boy was found crawling around near a peat bog in Ulster and his older sister picked up her leanbh móin for the first time to hold him close.
#04 - Bugs
Mosquitoes, flies and ants he would kill without a second thought, but Peter thought he was weird for capturing the spiders and releasing them outside.
#05 - Coffee
There hadn't been a day since the end of 1972 that Connor's morning coffee hadn't been spiked with some sort of alcohol.
#06 - Dark
On the really bad days, he would draw the blinds and sit quietly in the dark with his old pains and booze until the former went away.
#07 - Despair
There had been many times during the seventies and eighties where he had fallen into such despair that the Troubles would never end.
#08 - Doors
Just once he wished Douglas would just knock on the damn door instead of kicking it down every time he entered.
#09 - Drink
"I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU DRINKING ALCOHOL, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU DRINKING LOTS OF ALCOHOL," was the first thing out of Arthur's mouth when he saw the young lad with his third bottle of whiskey dangling from his hand.
#10 - Duty
When World War II started up, Connor showed up at his brother's door in full military gear to report for duty before Arthur sent him marching home to Belfast.
#11 - Earth
Even as buildings rose up from the ground and cities sprawled out, he always felt a connection to the undeveloped land of the corner of Earth he occupied.
#12 - End
Deep down, something told him that with the coming of the new decade, he'd find an end to his old pains.
#13 - Fall
Even with every squabble the Isles siblings ever had, Connor noted that each one would attempt to help each other up after a fall, even if they stopped to laugh first.
#14 - Fire
Soon after the boy had taken the fire out of his hair, it had replaced itself in his temper with double the scorching heat.
#15 - Flexible
For anyone who had knowledge of Connor's Troubles, they knew they'd have to be flexible for when he'd be able to show up anywhere or if he'd do so in his normal state of "sobriety".
#16 - Flying
He could still remember the first time Arthur had taken him flying in that old plane of his before the war started up because it was one of the first times he had felt truly free.
#17 - Food
He couldn't understand why both his brother and sister had enough food to supply him with, but his sister continued to starve and waste away.
#18 - Foot
It may have seemed like an impulse decision to her, but the day Connor let his feet carry him from Dublin to Belfast in 1921, he had been planning for almost a year.
#19 - Grave
Once a year, Brigid would make her pilgrimage to the grave of her dear Patrick and would smile when she saw her brother's flower sitting at the base when she did arrive.
#20 - Green
If his heart wasn't claimed to Belfast, he would so have enjoyed having a secluded countyside capital in the green lands to the south and west.
#21 - Head
Each time he got a headache for no particular reason, he would reach for his bottle and wonder what the hell was going on in Londonderry/Derry this time.
#22 - Hollow
Behind a photo on the wall in his study is a little hollow where he locks away the book containing his most private and personal memories.
#23 - Honor
Even though he had never known the man, a great feeling of pride and honor swept through him every time he looked at his old costume and decorations marking him as a member of the Order of St. Patrick.
#24 - Hope
Even when things seemed to be at their worst on that horrible day in April, he had hope that his recovery meant that things would be alright.
#25 - Light
Even on his darkest and most wretched of days, he still managed to keep a stubborn hold on the tiniest fragments of light to remind himself that things were slowly getting better.
#26 - Lost
The nineteenth century was one of the worst times for him, and it was during then that his whole family was in chaos and he turned his lost and spinning head to the bottle for the first time.
#27 - Metal
Connor wasn't exactly happy that he was one of, if not the youngest nations to know what it felt like to have a small cylinder of metal and lead bury its way into his body.
#28 - New
He remembered being introduced to his nephews and nieces, how fun it was to have new kids to play with that weren't solemn sticks in the mud.
#29 - Old
Only when he was sure he was alone, Connor would pull out the old photo albums and look back on his past to happier times when he and his sister had lived together.
#30 - Peace
Besides the occasional riot in response to the Orange Order marches on July 12th, Connor began to wonder if true peace could come to his country.
#31 - Poison
The marriage of his older siblings, while horrifying for them, was nothing short of poison, slowly infecting Connor's mind.
#32 - Pretty
The first time he saw Bernie, he couldn't help but be taken by this pretty girl who had been compared to Castro.
#33 - Rain
Soon after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, he finally left his flat for the first time in several years when it wasn't raining or absolutely necessary.
#34 - Regret
It wasn't until his own sister's heart city had been bombed that he regretted his existance as the source of the religious and political differences between them.
#35 - Roses
His brothers could laugh at him all they wanted for his knowledge of rose symbolism, but he used it whenever he placed down flowers at different memorials.
#36 - Secret
For as long as he lived, Connor swore up and down that he'd never tell anyone why he favored his ex-lover-turned-best friend's oldest daughter over her other children
#37 - Snakes
Despite what scientists may say about the island never having snakes in the first place, he still holds his sister's account of Patrick driving out all the snakes as fact.
#38 - Snow
With the climate of the island being what it is and snow not often seen near the coast, even during the winter months, his attitude often changes to that of a child when he throws on a coat and boots to play in the fresh powder.
#39 - Solid
While he enjoyed the occasional journey on a ship, he found that he much preferred the feeling of solid ground beneath his feet.
#40 - Spring
The arrival of the thaw meant more trips out to Wales or Scotland to string up lights on the sheep and set them loose at night, whether his brothers knew or not.
#41 - Stable
As a small child, little Conchobhar had often wondered about the stability of his family, what with the arguments, teasing and fights they got into, and when he was older, he understood that was what bonded them together.
#42 - Strange
He had to stop himself staring at the aging former MP with her husband when he stopped by, but it still felt strange to him that he gave up his pretty spitfire woman.
#43 - Summer
He often wondered why it was mostly during the middle of summer that the damn terrorists decided to set off their bombs and start riots.
#44 - Taboo
Whenever the family got together for their own meetings, talking about the Irish split, who was sleeping with who, haggis and making sheep-shagging jokes at Llewellyn were strictly taboo... until after business was finished.
#45 - Ugly
By the time the twenty-first century was looming closer, Connor had made up his mind that the world was an ugly place.
#46 - War
When Connor first heard the word war come out of his Ulster Volunteer Force commander's mouth, he immediately resigned, the memory of the Blitz's tragedy still written in the bold scars across his chest.
#47 - Water
One of the many joys of living on the top floor of his current building was being able to go up to the roof whenever he wanted and look out at the shining waters of Belfast Lough which stretched out to the North Channel.
#48 - Welcome
Despite breaking her heart so badly, he knew he was still always welcome to come home, but he never understood why she still loved him so.
#49 - Winter
He had always loved the biting cold of the winter months as it always served as a reminder that he was still alive to feel it.
#50 - Wood
One of the best times he could remember was collecting wood with his brothers for a massive bonfire to celebrate their Guy Fawkes Night, but who was he to say no to playing with fire?
~*~
Footnotes:
#2: Yes, there is an Apple Week in addition to National Apple Day.
#3: I say he was found around 1570 because a big bit of Ulster conflict with the British came into play in 1594 with the start of the Nine Years' War, which was an uprising of the Ó Neill and Ó Donnell and their allies against the Engish, who were attempting to take complete control of the island. In the 1570's the English had already gotten a colony started near Carrickfergus, on Belfast Lough. Also, "leanbh móin" is Irish for "peat child".
#4: Old superstitions say its bad luck to kill spiders, and as he's still got some memory of his druid/heathen/magic teachings from his older siblings... let's just say that superstition stuck indefinitely.
#5: 1972 was arguably one of the worst years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. With eleven or twelve different incidents that year, 1975 possibly being the only year as bad as that in terms of incident counts.
#14: In my headcanon, shortly before he separated from Ireland to stay with the United Kingdom, Connor dyed his hair from a red that matched Brigid's to something more brownish-blond. He continues dying his hair, sometimes sliding on the darker side and sometimes keeping it blond.
#15: The state of "sobriety" is one that Arthur would be tipsy in, but as Connor is pretty much a full-fledged alcoholic (in my headcanon, anyway), that amount of booze hardly fazes him anymore unless it's a highly concentated mix or something very strong.
#17: This one references back to the Troubles. Now Stars and I have it for headcanon that Brigid gave Connor her share of food during the Great Famine in the mid 1800's that wiped out potato crops all across the island. Northern Ireland, being mostly Protestant like England, was given more assistance than the Catholic majority.
#18: In 1921, a year after Ireland claimed independence, Northern Ireland chose to opt out of the Irish Free State and stay a part of the United Kingdom.
#20: Yes, this one gets a footnote. With all the bombings, riots, etc. that have gone on in Belfast, it's given Connor a lot of scarring over his heart and some slight heart issues. (Belfast = capital city = heart) He figures a seculded capital would mean less people and then possibly solve the massive target issues and put his pains elsewhere.
#21: Take a look at this map, and point to where Londonderry/Derry is. The headaches caused by riots and such up there will make sense, as do other injuries inflicted on the poor boy.
#23: There is indeed an Order of St. Patrick. Currently, the only members are Queen Elizabeth II, and Thomas Woodcock, the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. ...Also Brigid and Connor. >_>
#24: That horrible day in April.
#26: 19th century was literally the century that Europe went to hell and back. For the UK it meant the Act of Union which is considered a forced (and unwanted) marriage on the parts of Brigid and Arthur, the Great Famine (with almost no help from anyone else, save Turkey), Arthur going crazy, Brigid's imprisonment in the Tower of London... need I go on?
#27: Headcanon, how I love thee. He may not have been shot during World War II, but he did find a good number of bullets getting fired into him during the Troubles.
#28: His "nephews and niece" are Alfred, Matthew, and Terra. The solemn stick in the mud is Ludwig, who he would play with (or attempt to) whenever Brigid brought him along while she "spent time" with Gilbert.
#30: Believe it or not, there are still Orange Order marches going on today. They just don't cause as many riots as they did in 2005 and going way back to a 1795 sermon at Drumcree Church. The purpose and significance of these July 12th marches and that sermon? Why to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne back in 1690.
#31: Act of Union 1801.
#32: Bernie--> Bernadette Devlin, youngest female Westminster MP representing the Mid Ulster constituency, and noted to have been referred to as Fidel Castro in a miniskirt" by Protestant Critics. :'D
#33: Good Friday Agreement was the agreed end for the Troubles, however, that didn't stop some groups from continuing on their violent ways even as far as this year (2010).
#34: May 17th, 1974, the UVF detonated three bombs in Dublin and another one in Monaghan, killing a total of 33 civilians and wounding 300 more.
#36: Now if I told you, my reasoning for this one it wouldn't be much of a secret, huh? Let's just say, this is one piece of headcanon that's better left to personal interpretation, hm?
#37: The legend goes that St. Patrick drove out all the snakes from the island of Ireland, but science tells us otherwise.
#38: Courtesy of the generally mild conditions of Ireland, it doesn't snow much in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland either. An exception being the elevated areas of Northern Ireland, which regularly gets snow every year.
#39: His siblings and a good chunk of Europe were sea-faring nations before and after his apperance
#40: See here for more details. :>
#42: Bernie returns here in mention with her husband, who she married in 1973, after the birth of her daughter.
#43: Using this timeline, I counted more incidents during the Troubles in July than any other month.
#48: This one calls back to the 1921 split.
#50: Guy Fawkes Night is not commonly celebrated in Northern Ireland, but he wouldn't say no to setting off fireworks or starting up a bonfire.
Other notes:
- Use of Hetalia OCs: Connor/Northern Ireland belongs to me/later_days, Douglas/Scotland belongs to Shugo/eats_typos, Llewellyn/Wales belongs to Kyah/kyahryorin, Brigid/Ireland belongs to Stars/starsandauras, and Terra/Australia* belongs to Ichi/unspeakingly. All have been borrowed without consent but I thank their muns for being so brilliant as to think them up. I am indebted to your genius.
*I realize there is a canon Australia, but when Ichi first made her, we had no idea bout him. And as I've known her Australia first, I like Terra better. >__>