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hetalia2008-11-25 04:45 pm
meltedpeep.livejournal.com) wrote in hetalia2008-11-25 04:45 pm
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[Fanart; Quesion] THE TEACHER BECOMES THE STUDENT.
Title: So, question.
Author/Artist: Me
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Rating: PG
Warnings: Rambling, excessive fangirlish nitpicking
Summary: No history lesson today, just a little something that's been puzzling me for a couple of days now. I thought maybe some of you better-informed fans could enlighten me on the subject.
My question is thus: Do we have any sort of canon confirmation thus far as to the relationship between Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine? Personally, I'm tempted to think of them as siblings or cousins of a sort.
Because come on, hilarious.
But then that would probably make Ivan the youngest, wouldn't it, since the Grand Duchy of Moscow which eventually became Russia developed after Kievan Rus'. Or I wonder if maybe the early Slavic groups would have been an entirely different entity along the lines of Germania or Ancient Greece, which would go along nicely with the rather interesting history of Ukraine being referred to as "Little Russia".
Families are great.
And then of course there's fanon's interpretation of Russia and Belarus' relationship, which is just...a whole new bag of hammers.
Srsly, how weirded out should I actually be by this pairing? D:
I know I'm overthinking this and it's of like NO importance in the big scheme of things, but any thoughts? Interesting factoids about early Eastern Slavic history? Ponderings on translating other national/ethnic ties into lulzy Hetalia character interactions? It seems the longer I hang about this fandom, the more I desperately want to learn about the entire world. ;___;
Also, if any history-geek fanartists out there would care to share their favorite period costume reference sites, I would be most sexily obliged.
Author/Artist: Me
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Rating: PG
Warnings: Rambling, excessive fangirlish nitpicking
Summary: No history lesson today, just a little something that's been puzzling me for a couple of days now. I thought maybe some of you better-informed fans could enlighten me on the subject.
My question is thus: Do we have any sort of canon confirmation thus far as to the relationship between Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine? Personally, I'm tempted to think of them as siblings or cousins of a sort.
Because come on, hilarious.
But then that would probably make Ivan the youngest, wouldn't it, since the Grand Duchy of Moscow which eventually became Russia developed after Kievan Rus'. Or I wonder if maybe the early Slavic groups would have been an entirely different entity along the lines of Germania or Ancient Greece, which would go along nicely with the rather interesting history of Ukraine being referred to as "Little Russia".
Families are great.
And then of course there's fanon's interpretation of Russia and Belarus' relationship, which is just...a whole new bag of hammers.
Srsly, how weirded out should I actually be by this pairing? D:
I know I'm overthinking this and it's of like NO importance in the big scheme of things, but any thoughts? Interesting factoids about early Eastern Slavic history? Ponderings on translating other national/ethnic ties into lulzy Hetalia character interactions? It seems the longer I hang about this fandom, the more I desperately want to learn about the entire world. ;___;
Also, if any history-geek fanartists out there would care to share their favorite period costume reference sites, I would be most sexily obliged.
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I really like siblings theory XD and want to see Ukraine in manga(she's much cuter than Belarus XP) ;__;
I see all Slavs as one blonde family XD esp with Ivan and Feliks opposite personalities :P
You know, there is a legend of "Lech Czech and Rus" that every Polish learns in elementary school XD
from Wikipedia:
"In the Polish version of the legend, three brothers went hunting together but each of them followed a different prey and eventually they all traveled in different directions. Rus went to the east, Čech headed to the west to settle on the Říp Mountain rising up from the Bohemian hilly countryside, while Lech traveled to the north until he came across a magnificent white eagle guarding her nest. Startled but impressed by this spectacle, he decided to settle there. He named his settlement (gród) Gniezno (Polish adjective from gniazdo, or "nest") and adopted the White Eagle as his coat-of-arms which remains a symbol of Poland to this day"
this is one of history themes that i want to draw with Hetalia characters xD