#Hetalia spoilers.

[crepegosette]

wish i had a better answer other than “this came to me in a dream”

#in my defense this came to me at like 3 AM #hetalia #hetalia world stars #aph ireland #hws ireland #hetalia ireland #aph czechia #aph czech republic #hws czechia #hws czech republic #hetalia czech republic #since i hate putting two bad bitches against each other here #'spoiler alert: they solve their differences in the end #my art #hetalia fanart #ireland oc #denisa horáková #shitpost

[skyclouds99]

Colouring of Romano because he is too cute in the latest chapter💕

#hetalia #hws south italy #hws romano #aph south italy #aph romano #hetalia world star spoilers #manga colouring #i suck at colouring #i wanted to try

[mseirtaku]

Me watching travesty that was Kung Fu Panda 4.

Under 'read more', I have my full (unsolicited) thoughts on the fourth film - warning, I don't have much good to say about it 〔´∇｀〕;;

SPOILERS! + LONG ASS POST!

So... I'll start with the positives, because honestly, I do love aspects of this movie.

Any scenes featuring Li and Mr. Ping are the absolute highlights of this film. Love them, ship them, hilarious chemistry between them. I'd watch a whole film dedicated to just them.

Though not as funny as the previous films, it’s genuinely funny, like, some jokes are deadass hilarious. (See above for example lol)

Genuinely, the main villainess, the chameleon, has such a cool design and Viola Davis provides such a good voice for her. The animation whenever she transforms is so cool.

Jack Black as Po is just so charming, you can't help but find Po so likeable.

For what little we saw of Tai Lung, he was a treat to see.

Great animation, lovely scenery, love the little animation flairs during the action scenes

Alright, now time for the negatives... Which unfortunately there is a lot of. I’ll go step by step and build up to the bigger picture I’m trying to visualise here.

The Kung Fu Panda

Po’s character arc was pretty much complete at the end of KFP3, when he has his epiphany and finds that his true self lies in not restricting himself to one label, but by embracing everything that makes him Po. His identity by this point is very well realised. Unfortunately in KFP4, the tacked on conflict of him needing to retire the Dragon Warrior title and choose a successor just… Doesn’t make sense for his character at this point. Not to mention, the movie repeats a joke ad nauseam where no one knows who Po is, or of his adventures, jokingly chalking it down to a ‘regional’ tale. You’d think the literal saviour of China would be well known. The world-building feels so much smaller for it. Unfortunately, this movie is very determined to undermine the impact of the last three movies, all to prop up the wisecracking and super cool shitass Awkafina character. Sorry, not sorry, but Zhen is a terrible character just for that reason alone. If Kung Fu Panda wanted to pass the torch down, Tigress or even Tai Lung would have been a much more compelling option, seeing as both were telegraphed to be potential Dragon Warriors in the past. Speaking of…

Tai Lung

Man… The trailers got my hopes up that KFP4 would feature a long awaited redemption arc for the OG villain of the KFP films. Instead, he’s delegated to a cage for half his scenes, and received the barest minimum of character arcs in the finale. Granted, he was still entertaining to watch, but he was totally under-utilised.

To continue the topic of identity, the film missed the chance to ask this: “Who is Tai Lung without his kung fu?” All his life he’d been raised with huge aspirations to become the best kung fu master, and to eventually gain the dragon scroll (which he was denied.) In KFP4, the chameleon summons him from the spirit realm, and drains him of all his kung fu skill. Therein lies the missed opportunity for a compelling character arc, now that he’s been cast out as a supposedly useless body into the real world. And who better to help him figure out his identity other than Po himself?

I could go on forever about the various fanficy rewrites and plot ideas, but I don’t want to let this get any longer. So I’ll talk about one more topic.

The Chameleon

I love her design, I love her voice acting, but compared to Tai Lung, Lord Shen and even General Kai… She’s simply a weak villain. (Too small to learn kung fu… Really?? With characters like Mantis and Viper who deadass exist in the same franchise???)

‘I’m the Chameleon! I do nothing but change!’ holds such potential for a far more interesting backstory. Instead of being rejected for her size, suppose that it was seen by many king fu masters that she simply didn’t possess a true spirit of a kung fu warrior. As explained in this film, their abilities are harnessed in the spirit/soul, not just the physical body. Perhaps she didn’t want to work for those abilities properly. She wanted the easy way forwards. She didn’t want to put in the proper time and effort to become a master of the craft. Spurred on by what she sees as rejection, she learns sorcery to take on any number of identities of kung fu masters. So many identities she could use to fool herself into believing she was someone talented and gifted in the art of kung fu. But it’s only a lie she tells herself. And so, she takes the drastic action, and decides to start summoning these masters from the spirit realm. But even as she slowly grows in power through the course of this film, maybe a strong sense of imposter syndrome starts to set in. These powers aren’t truly hers - what value does a carbon copy of something original have? Nothing. She never properly worked for them and made them her own.

Anyways. I’m almost done writing.

Quick fire round of criticism;

Akwafina’s shitass character

Furious five just tossed aside except for a non speaking cameo. Tigress got done so dirty - if there are gonna be like three more films, they should have been about her

WHAT DID THEY DO TO LORD SHEN’S CHARACTER MODEL

The goofy-ass way he was attacked and then thrown into the cage, the disrespect lol

Li (the victim) and Lord Shen (the genocidal maniac who destroyed his village and killed his wife) somehow existed in the same space and did not get into a conflict.

Why does Kai still exist in the spirit realm? I thought he was literally skadooshed to be extra double dead lol. Like spirit literally eradicated

Akwafina’s shitass character

The villains bowing to Po feels super unearned given how under-utilised they were. I can see it working, just not in the plot we got in the end

Po’s character feels weirdly dumbed down, it’s hard to put my finger on it

Fart joke :(

The innocent and cute but secretly psycho baby bunnies are the definition of anti humour. They’re so fucking obnoxious and cringey

For some reason, the character designs of new characters feels super incongruous and out of place.

The Dragon Warrior isn’t an inherited title, it was given during a time where China needed a hero. Why does it need to be passed down?

Ȁ̸̺͚̮̘̔̌̇̋͛̀́́̒̉̅̐ķ̶̲͍̘̖͈̭̮̝̩͐̃̎̕w̴̙̖̫̿̿͜a̸̧̠͎̰̲̠̮͇̰̼̱͂̋̃̇̑̍̊̂̎̾̓͝f̶̛̼͓̱͖̖̭͓͍͚͋͛̍ḯ̶͕̈́͛̀̎̆͛n̶͖͓̻̉̆̎́͆̌͌͂̾̉̚a̷̡̻̟̟͍̳̙̰͔̬̜̐̏̾̍̊̎́͂͊͝’̷̢̢̭̬̹̪̟̰̣́̈́̌̈̑̄̔͗̓̃̄̐s̶̡̹̙̖̲̝͎̳͔̍͑́ ̷̢̤̈͊͛̚s̸͓̪̠̼̪̤͈̜̎ȟ̵͇̥͈̟͖͈̣̞͚̘̩͍̓̅̀͐͗͛̏̉̀̒͘͜i̸̛̦͕̖̙̲͔̗̙̘̥̣̰̖͖̭̓̄͂̋́̍̓̃͘t̴̯̯̔̑̈̽̇̋̈́͌͛á̴̡͍͓͎͍͈̖͖͎̼̀́̅̿͌̂̌̆͠s̷̢̳̙̦̯̥̮͕͍̃̃͑̂̎̑̍̀͒̊͘̚͝͠͠s̴̪͖̼͈͂̏̚ͅ ̶͕̺̟̙̲͓̘̟̠͇̩̖̠̦̫̄̅̋̓̈́̓̆͋͝͝c̴͕̤̮̎̿̎͐̀̐̊̆̓̍̾̈́͠h̵̛̝̑̋̎̃̈́̆͋͒̅͊́͑͠͝a̷̡̹͍̳̘̪̰̰̤̼̎̄̈́̚ͅŗ̷̝̲͚̻͚̮͕̳̙̭̻̄͆̇̐̄̐͂͘a̴̡̢̯̩͓͓͂̄͑͗́́͂͠͠c̸̨̺̖̪̙͖̯̟̠͙͐́͊̾̅̎̏͠͝t̸̛̗̣̳̠̯͎̫͔̣̱̞̂̅͑̀̈̄͋̈́̆͘͝e̸̢͎͙̻̩̦̹̜̩̦̖̫͍͂́̌ͅr̵̨̄̅͐̍̏̅̀̃́̇̇̅̕͝

That’s all I have really. Sorry for straying so much into fanfiction territory, but it’s an integral part of my criticisms. I could honestly write forever, but I mainly wanted to share this silly redraw of the Tai Lung meme using Lobster and I’s silly Kung Fu Panda Hetalia gijinka crossover AU nonsense lol

If you read this all the way to the end, congrats! And sorry - I never do long text posts like this lol

#hetalia #hws thailand #crossover au #kung fu panda #kfp 4 #kfp 4 spoilers

[localgardenweed]

england reading warrior cats he created it

I never read Warrior Cats but my friends all have so they gave me ideas for what to say, they also said he would be a BlueStar apologist idk what that means

#localgardenweed #the weed is rambling #hetalia #hws #hetalia england #hws england #warrior cats spoilers #warrior cats

[unhonestlymirror]

#drawing with the stuck in the cycle meme 'sorry didn't mean to moan that loud' XDD #hetalia #hws lithuania #aph lithuania #spoilers

[teamzacian]

Call me a degenerate but I cannot get the idea for a Hetalia x Reverse: 1999 crossover angsty one shot out of my head.

Specifically when Vertin goes to raid The Walden and runs into a 1920s’ America and then when shit hits the fan we see the effect of the stock market crash in real time.

Then he and Forget Me Not have a stand-off or some shit while Vertin and Schneider just watch. Arcana’s there too idk.

#IM SORRY BUT THE IMAGE IS SO CLEAR #I SWEAR THIS IS THE LAST TIME I MENTION HETALIA ON MY BLOG #Reverse: 1999 has SOO much crossover potential istg this game will be the death of me #vertin reverse 1999 #vertin #schneider reverse 1999 #forget me not reverse 1999 #aph america #reverse 1999 #Reverse: 1999 story spoilers

[cookies-hetaoni]

Ehehehehe 👀 (This is my third attempt at posting this)

#hetaoni #cookies hetaoni #cookies hetaoni spoilers #hetaoni spoilers #hetalia #aph

[woodenarthurkirkland]

AAAA! IM IN THE HOTEL!

#hetalia #arthur kirkland #hetalia england #aph england #hetalia art #hws england #art #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #alastor #hazbin spoilers #hazbin art #self help

[halfahelix]

The new Paris dimension is being given the 2P Hetalia treatment, no you can't change my mind

#miraculous ladybug #ml spoilers #ml paris special #ml paris spoilers #aph #hetalia #2p hetalia #is this idea cursed? yes. does that make it perfect for tumblr? also yes.

[kiittycia]

(tw- gun, small amount of blood)

I'll step out of my comfort zones someday but for now have Poland threatening you.

#tw gun #hetalia #hws poland #haha gun go brr pew pew #i played around with shading #spoiler it didnt work #aph poland

[mysterybracket]

Elimination Death Gauntlet!

The two LOWEST VOTED options will move on to the next round of the gauntlet, the rest will be eliminated!

#mystery bracket #elimination death gauntlet #system #plurality #ever given #hetalia #hetalia season 4 #brad bakshi #mythic quest #rain world #rainworld spoilers #rain world spoilers #rw spoilers #nimona #nimona film #nimona netflix #nimona 2023 #nimona ballister

[needcake]

might be a random question. but what's your favourite piece of symbolism or motif that you've included in a fic?

This one was harder than I thought it would be when I got your ask haha I had to do some soul-searching and a lot of rereading, but here are a few in no particular order:

The peach metaphor in The problem with peaches as a way to bring all the elements of the story together, how Arthur felt old and bruised and past his prime (but how, as @oumaheroes pointed out in her review, there was still sweetness in him)

The description of Port's eyes in Leagues of sincere affection as being clear green like shallow waters hiding sandbanks under them, it's an idea I had toyed with for some time and has since become my headcanon for him because it tells so much (to me) about England's attraction to them and it's a little nod to their seafaring history. Everyone knows you should avoid sailing in shallow waters because you could run aground on hidden sandbanks and sharp rocks that could potentially damage the ship, but the fact that England keeps coming metaphorically back willingly says something about always making the same mistakes expecting different outcomes and his stubbornness in not accepting that maybe this relationship could potentially damage him. But also it says something about being attracted to potential danger and a defiance in not accepting other people's advice because he chooses his own path and who he wants to be with, no matter how hard and how difficult it might prove to be in the long run.

The parallel repetition of how Rome pulled Port from the cave and how Port pulled Brazil from the forest in In this universal river, how despite wanting to do things differently, Port ends up repeating the same cycle of violence inflicted on him from a young age, and how he doesn't realize what he's doing until it's too late (and how he tries to convince himself it's not). It was one of the things I wanted to do the most in this story and I'm very happy with how it turned out and with the response it got. It's still going to play a role later on in the story too, so I'm also excited for that!

On that note, there are several recurring motifs in In this universal river, and a big one that I really like is this idea that England and Port kept repeating that it's not too late for them (while it is, it has been since like chapter 4) because it gives them a misguided hope that their actions are still somehow redeemable when in fact they are right now only digging themselves a deeper hole. This ties the whole plot together, from England's belief that he doesn't need anyone but himself, to France's idea that all they have are themselves and that they can't trust anyone else, to Port clinging to his past glory. Other characters challenge this idea, but right now they're not ready to accept that. It's only later, after all the very highs and the very lows, that they'll be able to come to terms with the fact that a lot of what they had done is not redeemable, there's no magical solution, and only after they come to terms with that will they be able to find a compromise.

Thank you for this ask, Helia! It was fun pulling things apart and talking about this!!

#asks #hetalia #spoilers for in this universal river chapter 15

[resoyani]

Living la dolce vita, I’m in love

#hetalia #hws #aph #hws italy #aph italy #hws north italy #aph north italy #the song is froot by marina #guess what ship this is about #spoiler it's engita #i could write an entire essay about how this song describes it perfectly #maybe one day #mystuff #mypics

[athenov]

holy I just found your blog and can I just say that as a fan of medieval balkan history + hetalia who thinks it's criminal how this period was barely touched on and that gre & bul have never interacted in canon this blog is a frickin gem. pls if you have any headcanons about these two (could be both separately or on their relationship!) that you haven't talked about already could you share them with us content-starved folks😭

fufyhkjvhdst anon you're making me blush!!!!

most of my headcannons regarding dima and herk will be discussed in basileuousa and dimitar's series (which is still being outlined LMFAO), especially regarding their relationship. heads up for them being. vile to each other lmfao

all they did the first few years of existence is argue. heracles is stubborn and spiteful and dima is also stubborn as rocks and never backs down from challenging herk. results? fights that can be heard clearly all the way to beijing.

but in more sweet notes, although dima and herk have hurt each other, they are capable of being civil to each other. dima has given many gifts to herk (as "peace offerings", in reality they're just little gifts), mostly woodcarvings and roses from his garden. and herk has written ballads and poems dedicated to dima.

in modern times, theyre affable to each other. they work close together and dont mind hanging out (and being purposefully annoying to sadik or miroslav), although there are moments where they bicker like good ol' times. old habits die hard

#vik.txt #asks #hws greece #hws bulgaria #balkantalia #bulgre #aph greece #aph bulgaria #historical hetalia #hetalia #sorry for not indulging further #i would tread in spoiler territory

[leafyleaf657]

Looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you:

Looks like they could kill you, is actually a cinnamon roll:

Looks like a cinnamon roll, is actually a cinnamon roll:

Looks like they could kill you, could actually kill you:

#hetalia #hetalia lithuania #Spoiler: its all Lithuania #His danger levels definitely vary based on the era/who he is with #Like in his prime of course he could kill you #but during some of his low spots? 0% chance #aph lithuania #hws lithuania

[koolkat9]

Me: Wow amazing that they could get me to care so much about ineffable bureaucracy is such a short time. So cute they bonded over music.

*realizes one of my fav headcanons for Gereng is that they bonded and fell in love through sharing music*

Wait...

#it makes sense now #I'm a sucker for falling in love with music as a factor #hetalia #gereng #engger #geruk #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #ineffable bureaucracy