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Roundtable Topics?
I hope this is a viable discussion topic!
I'm hosting a Hetalia Roundtable at Momo con this year, and I've been looking for some topics for everyone to discuss.
The goal is for other Hetalians to meet each other and discuss some of the more obscure things about the series, like "Can a nation's citizens identify the personification of their nation?", "How are the mochi's 'alive'?", and similar things.
I'm looking for canon-based topics only; this includes official comic strips, chapters, events (i.e Bloodbath, Hetaween), and canon-AU's, like mochitalia, nekotalia, nyotalia, 2!P, gakuen, cardverse, etc. But only canon, not fandom versions, such as fanon-made 2!P characters.
Also topics involving politics, current events, character bashing, and ships aren't allowed. This is meant to be fun, I'd rather steer clear of touchy subjects.
If anyone has any topics, that would be most appreciated! No one else has given me any yet. I have a few, but I'd prefer a greater variety.
Thanks!
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The only downside is that, while it could be an interesting and light-hearted topic (such as nations remaining friends despite the bad blood between its people), it's a topic that could potentially lead to... darker places. T__T I suppose as long as you emphasise the friendship aspect of the topic, and explore how nations are able to get along, it would be okay?
Another interesting topic (and this one is actually completely light-hearted!) could be the nations' favourite places to visit? And discuss if any of them have property in another country (perhaps England has a place to stay in America, for example ;D) or if they tend to just visit each other's houses as guests instead?
Bleh sorry if those are boring topics kfkgknhkgkfd I'm not very good at this orz
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And the second is interesting, especially when thinking about alliances, former colonies/territories and all that.
Ah, I'm sorry, I don't mean that all the topics have to be happy and everything! I guess I can't really explain it well. Just... nothing really dark, like particular moments in history and all that, I guess. Some of it is fine, such as alliances, betrayals, and all that, but it's the real actual human impact that I want to avoid discussing in-depth, such as genocide.
Thanks for the topics! The panel's gonna be audience-led, and everyone has different ways of looking at things and what they'd like to discuss. If it's something that came to mind for you, then it's not really "boring" at all. :D
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Going off that, do the personifications have any of their own political opinions? Like for instance, is America a Democrat? Republican? Does he get to vote on anything? Even if the nations are required to stay neutral and objective, where do they personally stand on their countries' hot political topics? Or are they somehow mentally hard-wired to not have opinions on their nation's politics? (I know I'm breaking the "no-politics" rule, for which I apologize. This is just something I've been pondering.)
I think another good topic could be: If any of the countries formed a close personal bond with one of their citizens/historical figures, who would it be and why? (Aside from Prussia and France.)
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These topics aren't explained by Himaruya-sensei, and a couple of other important ones as well... ;u; there are just some things in Hetalia I cannot understand. :p
That's a good one. :D
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That's a good one, too,
The politics one is pretty neat as well. I think it would be a good one to ask, so long as the discussion stays on whether the nations could be swayed to one political party or another or if they're wired to remain neutral, like you said, rather than getting into particular parties and ideals.
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There are many examples to draw upon in canon, such as the Russia Bloody Sunday strip and even "Though I Depart, You Shall Remain" (I always use France's ship metaphor to explain my own headcanon). There are also plenty of RL events to take into consideration: revolutions that succeeded such as the American Revolution, those that remained mere acts of rebellion like Tiananmen Square, current affairs such as the riots in Egypt. Even consider the effects of a nonviolent protest like India's or the Czech Republic's. Each of these situations are unique to the culture, time period, and politics of each country. And of course, being Hetalia, we have the added factor of the Nation characters' own personalities...which gives a more personable and thoughtful twist on how these moments in history affect them.
Under the blanket topic of uprising, you can follow up with TONS of related questions!
(And of course my Les Miserables icon will be used on such a post =3=)
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Definitely fodder for a nice, healthy discussion! I'd like to hear what people come up with for this.
Thanks! And also for the specific canon examples.