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Personally I don’t get anything from the part people are upset over but ‘England is tsundere for America’. I do greatly appreciate the confirmation of that and OF COURSE the statement about how important America is to him is so lovely. And he ‘can’t quite say his true feelings?’ Bless you, England. He acts like an adult on the surface, but only to America. Underneath, he’s very different- it’s as if he feels he has to deal with him like a grownup who suppresses his heart. - is pretty much a word for word description of what a tsundere is. So basically England is tsundere but only for America is what I’ve got. And Hima even says ‘he’s a tsundere’ at the end of the blurb. Most of the time in anime/manga when there’s a couple the creator is always more open about one side’s feelings than the other’s, and APH is no exception (AusHun, Chibitalia/HRE, etc.). And this is just so normal that I don’t quite understand why some people are upset over the fact that Hima isn’t as overt when discussing America’s feelings. America’s concern and the way that England impacts him is made clear in the strips itself, and almost every scene in which we see America being very serious or touched involves England. US and UK are a lot like a Takahashi couple. America isn’t a perfect fit for jerk with a heart of gold, but he fits in ways that matters (he’s also a bit of a tsundere himself). England is of course, a tsundere. Because of that England’s feelings are ALWAYS going to be more evident because that’s just the way the trope works and the way the character types work. The tsundere will generally realize their feelings long before the other, and this will be made apparent.
America’s canon obliviousness really plays into this as it’s very commonly found in relationships like this. It’s one of the things that generally sets a 'tsundere’ character off. The tsundere works up the courage to show their feelings in some way, but the other character doesn’t get what they’re going for. Happens all the time, and it happens with these two.
One difference between them and the typical couple in that trope is that they’re really both equally at fault for the fail. Sometimes the tsundere is less at fault in couples, but there are just as many moments where America is trying with England and doesn’t get the desired response as there is with England trying toward America (which is why I can’t stand the poor England, America is so mean mindset some of fandom has. They’re BOTH like that). The boys suck at communicating, which is also really common in the trope (and often if the characters just sat down and talked for a bit, all would be solved). I do believe that USxUK is set up like a couple. Hetalia has always been a series that plays with tropes a lot (part of its parody aspect), and they are no exception. I think that this new info is great, and I don’t personally agree with the idea that it’s indicative of unrequited love or whatnot. To me it’s almost the opposite. It’s the same kind of statements you see about couples like this all the time. And that actually really makes me happy.
Interview with the Hetalian characters:
Question to America
“in the five people here (Japan, Italy, Germany, England, himself?), who would you most likely not marry?’
America’s answer
“hmm, I guess England? I feel like his emotions becomes too heavy for whatever I do”
*screams*
Just a reminder that England is not the only tsundere, America is also a tsundere
By Heavy, it can be taken in many ways, like for instance: love
America and England used to be a ‘family’ and now they are ‘strangers’ but it must be scary for both of them to become a ‘family’ again in a different form.
England who’s scared he’s going to lose America again through independence(divorce)
England’s love becoming too heavy because he doesn’t want to lose America
*CLENCHES HEART*
USUK USUK USUK
Okay, so this was posted today:
Ahh, those little quips.
And apparently this was posted last year:
Top source of FDI?? America is making a point of mentioning that England is a strong source of money? So England is America's sugar...nation, huh.
I can't help being reminded of the scene where England's dying and America is getting all emotional, telling him, "You can't die!" before quickly adding, "You still owe me moneeyyy!!!"
Also, "UKinUSA" 👀👀
Wangy wangy wangy emes emes emes uwuwuwululululu lucu bgt
there’s something intrinsic i love about comparing usuk to romanticized symbolism throughout the history of the western world.
i love comparing arthur and alfred to adam and eve. adam the original man, and eve, his ‘helper’ who propels him even further through impulsive action - no matter the good or bad outcome, both down that spiral they shall go.
i love the symbolism behind calling england the ancient greek wife of america’s ancient rome. eg in the statement by [i think] Harold Macmillan that the British found “the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans”. this repetition of history that can be seen again and again in the west… i love it!! one party becoming powerful in the beginning, only to be overtaken by a younger nation who eventually grows to become so obsessed with them [as seen how romantically infatuated the Romans were with Greek art, culture, land and women].
or the old and the new; i love that “in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, [might step] forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old” is embedded into the nature of the special relationship’s foundation [no matter if you agree with the legitimacy of such concept or not]. the idea that old ideas and new ones can help each other and protect each other. they don’t have to be at odds. they can save each other…
or also how it was an English engineer who redesigned the inventive nature of fuel cells, a step of innovation and invention necessary to convert fuel into energy and successfully propel the Apollo missions forward and have American men stepping foot on the moon. English invention literally helped propel America to the moon!!! England helped push America’s ambitions forward, and British encouragement helped bring his spacetime dreams to life in abundant glory!!
yo, i just really really love symbolic usuk. damn.
it’s such a powerful ship.
Maybe u can draw a scene from this clip--> "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off". that song screams usuk i swear to god i-
Waaaaahhhhh cuteness overload!!! Thank you for suggesting me that 😭❤❤
( And umm...Sorry I kind of screw up those old style roller skates because I’m suck but meh )
I FORGOT TO POST THIS HERE!!! FIRST ONE IS FROM 2017 AHHH SECOND ONE IS FROM LAST MONTH!!
Really wanted to draw punk!Arthur again. His face wouldn’t cooperate so I used this as an excuse to play around with some colors
my wildest usuk fantasy right now is that they one day disappear together and build a new life together in an unassuming home deep in the woods. they spend decades living a slow, domestic life together, eventually becoming urban legends with their eternal youth and strange habits. both of them know how to hunt, considering that they're immortal nations in the bodies of young men, but Alfred enjoys chopping wood and driving to the grocery store to chat with neighbors while Arthur prefers cultivating his garden and decorating their home with vintage decor. Sometimes either Alfred or Arthur will offhandedly recall something from a long bygone decade or bicker with each other over an old argument they had in the fifties or sixties and confuse the hell out of the poor eldery neighbor who just wanted to invite them over for tea. the sight of either Alfred or Arthur walking outside alone in an anachronistic outfit at a strange hour of the night is as familiar and yet unsettling a sight to the local residents as the twisted willows which preside over the misty lake near the edge of town. in the privacy of their quaintly decorated home, Alfred and Arthur usually cuddle together and spend time in each other's company, because their mutual companionship and loyalty is all they need to express love, even if they do sometimes bicker or adopt a cat to spice things up. Arthur brings home antiques and oddities to furnish their home with and raises all sorts of plants. Eventually, their home is listed on Atlas Obscura and Alfred gets a kick out of planting increasingly absurd and elaborate booby traps around their home to keep out urban explorers.
I was working on this compilation of England just. Attacking America whether or not America really deserves it. This is for something larger I’m working on, but I realized there are easier ways to get the point across. I didn’t get far in, so this is only the tip of the iceberg. I might come back to this one day just to see how big I can make it.
