[Discussion] Weddings, Birthdays, Funerals...

[rainvalley.livejournal.com]

My first post on this community. Let me know if I'm doing this wrong. (and forgive me my bad English :D)

So, how do you think the nations would celebrate these events? (well, you don't really "celebrate" funerals...) For example, we know that Hungary and Austria have been married. What was their wedding like? Were all nations invited? What kind of clothes did they wear?
[[My headcanon: France cries at weddings. A lot.]]

How about birthdays? Do you think all the nations have big parties? Would someone rather be alone, even when it's their birthday?

We know that some nations have died. Do you think the nations have funerals at all? If some of the current nations would die, what would their gravestone be like? If an important person dies in country X, would that country attend the funeral?

You don't have to answer my questions and you don't have to talk about these exact events (there are other parties after all).

Comments

[lovelycudy.livejournal.com]

Well, we know that America celebrates his Independence Day as his birthday while England doesn't have an official "birthday" date, so I can't see him celebrating any (which makes sense, considering he doesn't have an independence day to speak of). Austria and Hungary wedding... I see it more like a political arrangement, so I don't know.

About funerals... the thing is that they don't have anything to say goodbye to, there's no body left, right? And nations die due to political reasons, so I think it'd be hard for the remaining nations to have a funeral... like, who would organise a funeral for the Holy Roman Empire? Or for the Roman Empire?

[kamikazemusume.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with all of this. :)

[lovelycudy.livejournal.com]

TY :)

[kanami-yuuta.livejournal.com]

My 2 cents...

I think political weddings are not celebrated, they just marry on paper. Probably an ellegant dinner like an alliance

It's true that hungary and austria got married, but Spain and Austria also did it... And it would be weird to image them celebrating that marriage.

Although something that bothers me is that in the strip of Spain wanting to marry chibitalia, Austria said that he wouldnt accept poligamy and showed his ring so I was wondering how different is an alliance from a marriage... And if nations actually had to wear a ring for it...

[sne-stjerne.livejournal.com]

I love discussions! ^.^

Birthdays!
I have the head-canon that on nation's actual independence/national day, they're out celebrating with population of the nation, appearing to be just a regular person. I think perhaps some invite close family members/friends to come along to participate in celebrations during the day. Others might prefer just to be by themselves for a while on their day, and just blend in with general population. I do think many/most nations do have birthday parties or birthday dinners, where they do invite family/ friends/ allies. Maybe this doesn't occur on the actual national day, but somewhere close to it. (Say, perhaps the next day, or the closest Saturday?)

Funerals
I sort of have the impression when nation-tans dies, and/or it's time for their child/replacement nation (for lack of a better term on my part) to take over for them, they just disappear and fade away. Germany describes Rome as "Just disappearing one day." And in another instance, Lithuania tells Poland (upon their loss to Russia) something along the lines of "Save yourself - I'll probably disappear at anytime." So, at least for right now, I hold the head-canon that there is no body of a nation-tan to bury. I can, imagine, however, that family members/allies would have a sort of memorial service if it's possible. Perhaps meeting in a sacred or important place to remember the dead nation-tan, share memories, say prayers, promise to preserve their history, ect…

Weddings
I do also think when it comes to political unions, nation-tans have a choice about how they want to be unified. I think on a personal level, they can either become just housemates/friends, without intimacy, living and working under the same roof for their nations' well being. OR, they can choose to be intimately married, having a husband/wife marriage like it appears Austria and Hungary had.

I think when nation-tans get married, it's actually fairly private. I think there are special papers/certificates they sign, with both the nation name and human name. And I do actually imagine some do choose take vows with a reverend, religious leaders, ect. to make their union seem more intimate and personal. Perhaps sometimes there are family members/ close allies present for ceremonies, but I don't see the weddings being large and grand.



…I have probably talked wayyyy to much here. OTZ Sorry, I just really like head-canon discussions.

[disneyotaku.livejournal.com]

Political weddings I think are all done on paper and is very quick, unless the boss of both nations want to make it like a royal wedding of sorts. I think if both nations are happy with this kind of union they might decide to hold a mini party for close friends and family.

Birthdays are just like any other birthdays someone would celebrate. We've seen both America and Japan have celebrations at theirs. I think they invite who they want to invite (just like with any other party) and nobody has to feel bad since it's more on a personal level than political. Thought I think nations don't have to always have a birthday party and can celebrate it alone, or just have several friends crash in and celebrate with them.

Funerals... Ah.... well, I think that when nations "die", they just fade away as heard from by Germany and Lithuania. Nations probably have a kind of memorial service for those countries, maybe in a sacred location or an island that they dedicated to lost nations. They might just have one memorial stone there or something that has a prayer written in Sumerian (the oldest known language). Or another idea I had was that they would place flowers in that nation's "country's" rivers and let it flow down. Something like that.

[angielsdaemons.livejournal.com]

I really like that idea about letting flowers flow down the country's river when they die O_O

[miezen.livejournal.com]

I tend to thing weddings would depend on the nations in question. I will try not to be too shippy here but I figure Austria and Hungary had a big, lavish wedding, pomp and circumstance abound, etc, given the time period, the way Austria traditionally was with this sort of thing historically, etc. For other nations, depending on the circumstances (time period, overall context of the situation, if there's any actual intimacy in their relationship, etc), it could involve an actual ceremony or it could just be signing papers. It's a case by case thing.

Birthdays also kind of depend on the nation. Some, like America, have big parties. Some of the others probably have quieter celebrations, if any. Germany and Prussia probably forget October 2nd is anything beyond Oktoberfest because they're so smashed by then, then are ashamed of themselves later.

Funerals? I'm not sure if I think nations get them or not. I definitely think nations attend the funerals of their important citizens, though.

[combandmirror.livejournal.com]

Birthdays probably depend on the nation. It seems like they throw their own parties, so if they would rather be alone, there just isn't a party for them.

Weddings ... most weddings in Hetalia seem to be marriages of convenience. Spain and Austria don't even seem to have been living together as such, for example (wedding ring aside). Sweden decided on his own about Finland though. XD Maybe if they decide for themselves to marry there's more celebration than their rulers forging an alliance? It seems more personal, at least, and would probably be more than "just housemates" once the wedding was over.

And on that note, was Russia really married to all the other Soviet states, then? If Lithuania is his ex, then what's with Belarus still wanting to marry Russia? Wouldn't they have all already been married somehow? There definitely seems to be a dividing line between "alliance" and "marriage".

Funerals would need at least a memorial service of sorts IMO. I don't think there's a burial as such though.