Why is USUK considered incest?

[pennilee]

Hi! I have a question: Lately I've been wondering/needing people's opinions to why some people consider USUK incest when they ship Spamano or NiChu or SwissLiech. Or why they consider it incest at all, because finding someone on a random road is not incest from how I look at it. This might be a bit touchy, since I know some people do not like this(these) pairing(s) at all. Oh, and I'd like to know why, not pairing bashing please! :) ...and this has turned into a mini discussion of some sort. o.O

Comments

[kasumicc.livejournal.com]

In my book, you have real incest only when there's actual blood bonds involved. Isn't that the reason of why incest is such a taboo, the blood mix? So N.Italy/S.Italy and Germany/Prussia do qualify as incest to me, but I don't consider any of the pairings you've mentioned as incest. Now, if you consider the bond among the characters...if you ask me, they're either ALL incestuous or, none of them actually is. It really goes beyond me when people try to argue that USUK is incestuous and Spamano isn't. For all Spain may argue that Romano's just an underling, the way he treats Romano says otherwise. And the same goes to England; he actually says that he doesn't want to be called "brother"...and yet the way he acts is proper of a brotherly/parental figure.

In all honesty, I really don't know why it matters. It's not that incest has stopped people from shipping those countries who DO share a relation of blood. The "USUK is incest" statement is a weak argument that has been used for years to try to invalidate the pairing. But we're talking about countries, not normal people. So, let's say that USUK IS incest. Does that change things? Does it even matter?
Okay, maybe it DOES matter if your moral says that incest is wrong no matter how. That still doesn't explain why is that USUK is usually the only pairing to be looked down because of "incest".

[pennilee]

Does it change things? Perhaps, in another's viewpoint. And I suppose it is because of the fact that USUK is much... more displayed in the series? America did seem somewhat younger than all the other pairs I mentioned above.