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X-I's 100 Hetalia Head-Canons

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1.  All nations can inherently understand each other when they're talking, regardless of what languages are being spoken at the time. Despite this, most, if not all nations are at least bilingual, because while they might be able to understand one another, they can't understand humans unless they can actually speak their languages.  

2. Colonies, states, territories, and provinces are literally part of the nation that owns them. They're inexorably linked to it by invisible ties, and it takes great strength of will to forcibly break free of that bond once it is in place. If something happens to a colony/state/territory/province/etc., the nation will feel it, and if the nation is in danger or in trouble, the protectorates of that nation will instinctively band together to defend it.

3. There are two types of civil wars, and also how the nations are affected by them. The first type is when there is a clash of ideals in the government and a certain percentage of the people, and those people rebel against the government, wanting to secede from the nation as a whole. This schism of fundamental ideals in a personification's psyche will start to drive them insane, and if it persists long enough and if the people's resolve is strong, a new country will be created from the nation's psychosis. The American Civil War and the Korean War are examples of this first type.

4. The second type of civil war is when there is a clash of ideals in the government and a certain percentage of the populace, and the people rebel against the government, but there is no attempt to separate from the mother nation, but rather to change it. This will also result in the temporary insanity of the nation in question, and they'll usually end up trying to harm themselves unless they're forcibly restrained or are still sane enough to get some help before they do anything drastic, either to themselves or others. This condition can only be alleviated when the fighting ceases. The French Revolution and the Spanish Civil War are examples of this second type.

5. Many of the animal companions some of the nations have - such as Kumajiro, Iceland's puffin, Thailand's elephant, and Australia's koala – are personifications themselves, which would explain why they don't age, and why they're able to speak to the human national avatars.

6. America has a bald eagle animal companion named Liberty (Libby for short), who is the personification of all the bald eagles east of the Mississippi River.

7. Contrary to outward appearances, Kumajiro DOES know who Canada is; he just likes messing with him sometimes.

8. Gilbird is not a personification, however. Prussia has had dozens, if not hundreds of pet birds over the years, all with the same name. The first one was given to him by Old Fritz, and Prussia keeps up the tradition in his old boss' memory.

9. England loves sailing and boats in general.

10. He is a woefully bad swimmer, though, and would probably drown in any body of liquid over six feet deep.

11. America adores kites, airplanes, helicopters, gliders, rockets hot air balloons, birds, and basically anything that can fly.

12. He collects model airplanes and owns two full size ones (affectionately named Orville and St. Louis, respectively). He also birdwatches as a hobby.

13. America piloted a biplane in WWI, and fighter jets (and a helicopter in Vietnam) in most of the other wars he's been involved in since then, in addition to fighting on the ground.

14. France only flirts with other nations because he thinks it's amusing to see their reactions, not because he harbors any romantic attraction toward any of them.

15. Jeanne d'Arc was the first, last, and only person he has ever truly loved in that way. Her death devastated him and is the main reason why he's never again entered into another serious romantic relationship.

16. New Zealand is a girl, though a very tomboyish one. She finds it hilarious when people mistake her for a guy.

17. Her aversion to dresses and being "girly" drove England absolutely bananas when she was still his colony.

18. Australia and New Zealand taunt and annoy each other to no end, but they're the first to have each other's backs when one is in trouble.

19. Australia is an incorrigible prankster.

20. Needless to say, he and America get along swimmingly.

21. Canada has a huge crush on Ukraine.

22. She is aware of this, though she pretends not to be to spare him the embarrassment. They're still very good friends, and like to spend time together.

23. Even though they bicker, tease each other, and generally act like the brothers they are, America and Canada are fiercely protective of each other and each has an almost uncanny sense of intuition and insight where his brother is concerned. The level of trust and camaraderie they share is unquestionable and absolute.

24. After America, Canada's best friend is Holland.

25. Sweden calls Finland his wife just to annoy him and for no other reason.

26. They are both sweet on Åland, an autonomous, demilitarized region of Finland.

27. Finland has incredibly accurate marksmanship with any kind of firearm, but particularly a sniper rifle, which is his Weapon of Choice.

28. He and Estonia are BFFs.

29. England's favorite type of tea is Earl Grey. Why mess with perfection?

30. England practiced magic in his younger years. He eventually stopped when Christianity had been firmly established in the British Isles, though he resisted it fiercely at first.

31. England is a fantasy literature buff. He particularly enjoys Lewis, Tolkien, Rowling, and Pratchet.

32. He also has a soft spot for "Doctor Who," "Red Dwarf," "Blackadder," and "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

33. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus are all excellent ice skaters, though Belarus is the best out of the three of them.

34. Poland and Hungary share a rad bromance.

35. Their favorite shared activity is horseback riding. Cruising the marketplace/mall is a close second.

36. Contrary to popular gossip, Poland is not a crossdresser.

37. He can, however, be very absentminded, and accidentally grabbed one of Hungary's spare skirts that she had left at his house while he was getting dressed one morning instead of his pants, and got as far as the entrance to the building where the World Meeting for that year was being held at before he figured out why everyone was giving him extremely odd looks all the way there. Unfortunately, Prussia caught sight of him and is the source of the rumors currently going around.

38. Lithuania and Poland have a very rocky relationship in the present day. They still consider themselves friends, but it's a very "can't live with you, can't live without you" type of relationship.

39. Poland is a very devout Roman Catholic.

40. He gets along awesomely with the Italy bros, particularly Veneziano.

41. Romano has developed a prominent green thumb. Gardening is actually the only thing he's become better at than Veneziano.

41. Prussia became East Germany after World War II, and is still around today under that name, though Germany has the primary duties of representing the country after the two were reunited in 1990. The arrangement is similar to the way the Italies represent their nation.

42. Every nation that lost a good chunk of their people to the Holocaust had a number tattoo appear on their left forearm, bearing the number of the exact amount of people killed. Most of them have eventually faded over the years, to the point that they've disappeared completely. Only the Germanys and Poland still have theirs.

43. No one remembers just who came up with the term "marriage" to describe political alliances between nations, but it's become a little in-joke between them. It's not actually marriage in the proper definition of the word, though it's led to some rather inappropriate jokes in spite of that fact.

44. Monaco and Macau share a mutual love of gambling and card games, and often hang out together at World Meetings.  

45. America watches Saturday morning cartoons religiously and is totally shameless about it.

46. He's also acted as a background extra in a few movies.

47. America once saw a living, breathing pterosaur while riding out in his Old West, and something that looked like a plesiosaur in Lake Eerie some years later. Many of the nations over two hundred years old have had similar encounters like these.

48. Canada is left-handed, but was forced to learn to write with his right hand when he was a child, due to old religious and societal biases against left-handed people. He still writes with his right hand out of habit, but does everything else with his left hand.

49. One of Australia's favorite pastimes is scuba diving.

50. Austria is a closet jazz fan.

51. He and Hungary still have strong feelings for each other, despite having divorced after World War I because of mutual differences and a very bad quarrel. (They actually were married in the proper definition of the word.)

52. Liechtenstein and Austria have tea together once in awhile and get along rather well, as she lived with him before moving in with Switzerland when Austria couldn't support her anymore after World War I.

53. Liechtenstein gets along with most of the other nations, actually. There's not really a single one who can say they genuinely dislike her.

54. Switzerland has named each and every gun he's ever owned.

55. He likes to mountain climb in his spare time.

56. Belgium has many different color hair ribbons, which were given to her as gifts from the people who were/are close to her over the years.

57. Seychelles' ribbons were given to her by France.

58. Chernobyl made Ukraine very, very ill for a few years. She still has a large burn scar on her back from it that's never fully healed.

59. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Poland started rekindling their romantic relationship that had deteriorated to the point of no return in the early 20th century. It's slow going, but they're making progress.

60. Russia does not approve of this.

61. Poland gets rather annoyed when people automatically assume that pink is solely a feminine color and think he's weird for liking it so much.  

62. America considers himself a devoted Christian of the Protestant denomination.

63. He's Not Happy about the way his government has been steadily divorcing itself from the principles and morals the country was founded on.

64. Germany and Holy Roman Empire are not the same person.

65. Holy Rome was in love with Italy.

66. This was only because he thought Italy was female, however.

67. Italy was utterly oblivious to it all and only considered HRE his best friend.

68. Sealand and the rest of the Nordics are rather chummy with each other (some more than others), especially him and Sweden, who he considers to be a sort of adoptive father.

69.  Hong Kong goes by the name Ka Lung when around the Asian nations, and Leon when around Western nations. He doesn't particularly have a preference, and answers to both equally.

70. It is now an unspoken rule among the nations to never, ever, under any circumstances, allow America and Hong Kong to get their hands on any kind of fireworks. Ever.

71. This is because they're both incurable pyromaniacs.

72. Joint July birthday parties usually end with Canada threatening to drench the both of them with a hose, and a subsequent water gun/balloon fight will inevitably break out.

73. All the nations love attending the Olympics and the World Cup, though they can get rather… competitive during the duration of the events.

74. After Canada, America's closest male friend is South Korea.

75. Philippines is his closest female friend, and she and America have also been cultivating a romantic relationship since World War II.

76. They eventually got married in 1982, after a nine year martial law legislation in the Philippines was abolished. The marriage was a quiet, private affair, and even now, it's not something they openly publicize, though they don't make any effort to hide it, either. It's also solely between America and Philippines as people, as Alfred F. Jones and Rita de los Santos, not as the countries they represent.

77. Philippines and Hong Kong will occasionally tease each other about their shared nickname "The Pearl of the Orient."

78. Even though the majority of people who profess religious affiliation in his country are Buddhists and he participates in some of the celebrations out of habit… South Korea considers himself a Christian.

79. He and England are the two countries that are the most skilled in archery.

80. They compete against each other a lot.

81. Even though they're physically twins, North Korea and South Korea couldn't be more different psychologically, and do not get along at all. This partially stems from the fact that if Korea ever becomes reunited… one of them will most likely die.  

82. South Korea is a taekwondo master.

83. China is proficient in over a hundred forms of martial arts.

84. He favors t'ai chi and Dragon Style Kung Fu, however.

85. America abhors extreme cold.

86. Canada detests extreme heat.

87. Many, many jokes have been made about this.

88. Nearly every personification can play at least one musical instrument tolerably well.

89. America has very nice penmanship when he actually concentrates on it, but most of the time it come out as a near-illegible scrawl.

90. This is why he prefers typing/texting nowadays.

91. The only person China has ever experienced any romantic feelings for was the woman who would go on to inspire the legend of Hua Mulan.

92. England crochets in addition to knitting and needlepoint.

93. Between the four of them, France, Denmark, Belgium, and Prussia can drink any other nation under the table.

94. Japan greatly enjoys cosplay.

95. His favorite Vocaloid is Megurine Luka.

96. Poland had a brief run in with Marie Curie when she was a child.

97. Canada isn't actually invisible; he is just very good at not being noticed when he doesn't want to be, and has a very prominent passive-aggressive streak.

98. France greatly enjoys cooking, and is very good at it. He could probably open a restaurant if he wanted to.

99. So could India.

100. Russia became very attached to Laika, the Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth, and was partially responsible for the monument that was built in her honor in 2008.
So yay, I’m finally jumping on the bandwagon! :dance: I saw my friends KitakLaw :iconkitaklaw: and PwnedByPineapple:iconpwnedbypineapple: fill out this form – which was created by ProperBritishGent :iconproperbritishgent: and Walk-Of-Justice:iconwalk-of-justice: - and thought it’d be a good exercise to try to flesh out my own personal head-canon a little, since most of what I've written for APH thus far has taken place in a head-canon that wasn't mine (not that I'm complaining! ;P), so here's a chance for you guys to get to know my own a little better. And yes, these are rather random. I mostly wrote them down as they came to me.

I know some of you have heard me talk about a number of these points before in various fanfics or conversations we’ve had, but hopefully a few of these are new to you. ;) I tried to incorporate things that I haven’t seen mentioned in other people’s head-canons as well, since I don’t want to sound too much like a broken record here. I do tend to snatch bits and pieces from other people’s head-canons for my own, so you’ll probably recognize some of these points if you look hard enough. ;)

Commentary/Helpful Links
3+4. There are two ways I always see civil wars portrayed in APH; either the nation in question goes batsh*t crazy and starts manifesting all kinds of self-inflicted wounds (either by their own hand or their own people’s), or there’s a new personification born. I decided to incorporate both theories into my own head-canon, because they both make a lot of sense to me.
5. As far as I know, I’m one of the only APH fans who think this. Which I find kinda cool, actually. =D I dare to be different! :iconw00tplz:
25+26. This is one of the only concepts I’ve unashamedly swiped from Humon’s “Scandinavia and the World” comic, which I discovered long before Hetalia. I’ve put my own spin on the subject, of course (not the first of which is that my Åland is female). :trollface:
34. They do. And it is GLORIOUS.
36. Poland’s a very conservative, religious country; it’s national avatar being a crossdresser just makes no sense to me.
42. See this concept in fic form in The Taste of Inhumanity.
44. I sorta ship this. :XD:
47. “But X-I!” you say. “How can this be? Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago!” Did they, now? There’s some very interesting evidence that seems to point to the contrary. Just some of it can be found
here It would make sense, at least to me, that if the nations are hundreds, even thousands of years old, they’d have seen some pretty strange things in their lifetimes.
48. Fun fact - Canada has the highest percentage of left handed people in the world: 13% of the populace. More information about cultural and historical biases about left-handed people can be found here.
52. For more elaboration, see this article.
56. I came up with this myself to try to explain why NO ONE can decide on a set color for Belgium’s hair ribbon when they draw her. Which is kinda odd, now that I think about it, because EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER draws Seychelles with red ribbons, Belarus always has a white bow, and Liectenstein nearly always has a blue/purple ribbon, but no one can seem to choose a color for Belgium.
58. Chernobyl. Now THAT was a narrow squeak for the world at large. *shudder* For those of you not in the know, Chernobyl was a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that exploded and released vast amounts of radioactivity into the air, which spread over much of the USSR and the rest of Europe. It’s considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. More info can be found here
59. PolUkr. I ship it. I ship it SO HARD. And history supports me, fraggitall! Such a dysfunctional but fascinating relationship it is. :XD:
61. Did you know that pink was considered a predominately MASCULINE color up until WWII? Yup. Trufax. And I don’t think Poland would have changed what had probably been his favorite color for centuries just because of that. He doesn’t seem the type to want to blend into the crowd anyway, if you know what I mean. ;)
63. This is a can of worms that I won’t open here, but I will say that America was founded as a constitutional republic (NOT as a democracy), on biblical principles and the Ten Commandments in particular (Just read some of these quotes by the Founding Fathers themselves, and you’ll see what I mean). It’s my personal belief America himself still tries hard to hold true to those principles and morals, but his government… let’s just say he has BIG PROBLEMS with his government right now and leave it at that, okay?
64-67. Sorry, fangirls. That’s my theory, and I’m stikin’ to it. So there.
69. Much thanks goes to my friend !KitakLaw for the corrected Romanization of Hong Kong’s Cantonese name. :)
74. South Korea-America international relations.
75. You can read about the beginnings of that relationship in Between the Sun and the Stars. (Rita de los Santos aka the Philippines is mine, by the way)
76. Martial Law in the Philippines. I figure once that whole debacle ended… the two of them just didn’t want to put off making a serious commitment to each other any longer and decided to make the most of the remaining time they have. :3
78. For those of you who are going :? at this, I DO have my reasons for this little head-canon of mine: Korea has the largest Christian population by percentage in East Asia, and after the United States, provides more Christian missionaries than any other country in the world. The world’s largest Pentecostal Christian congregation is also in South Korea, with over a million members (my parents have both been to that church, incidentally). You can read up about this subject in more detail here.
84. I did a bunch of research on this subject, and these two martial arts just struck me as the type China would go for. However, I’m definitely not what you’d call an expert on martial arts by any stretch of the imagination, so there very well could be others that would suit him better. I just don’t know about them.
91. More human/nation romance, yay! :dummy: What? I thought it was an interesting idea.
95. I was tempted to go with Miku Hatsune for this one, since she’s by far the most popular and well-known Vocaloid, but upon reflection, I think Japan would personally appreciate Luka’s more mature, huskier, richer voice more (the fact that her canon personality is similar to his nor is the fact that she’s the first bilingual Vocaloid has NOTHING to do with it, I’m sure. ;)). Japanese voice sample – Just Be Friends English voice sample – cover of Katy Perry’s E.T.
96. Info on Marie Curie
100. Because Russia is a dog person in my mind. I think he would’ve been opposed to sending the poor thing to die from the get go, but the scientists overruled him, and hey, it was the space race. What was he gonna do?


If you have any other questions about the historical events, real people, or trivia that’s mentioned here, or why I my head-canon is a certain way on some point, please, feel free to ask. I’d be glad to answer any queries you might have. :) Also, my head-canon is subject to change at the drop of a hat, so even if you see a head-canon here, I might have decided to change it later down the road. If you see any that you like, feel free to lift them for your own use. ;)

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I didn't know Canada was left-handed! I'm a lefty too!