[mod post] Another Hello

[youkofujima.livejournal.com]

Hello, everyone, this is your community moderator.[Poll #1217657][Poll #1217657]

And in case you're wondering, the human names of the nations are:

Turkey=Sadiq Adnan

Prussia=Gilbert Beilschmidt (aka: Gil)

Canada=Matthew Williams (also, his bear's name is Kumajirou)

Sealand=Peter Kirkland (nickname: Sea-kun)

Belarus=Natalia (I can't find her last name)

America=Alfred F. Jones (aka: Al)

UK=Arthur Kirkland (nickname: Iggy Iggy)

Germany=Ludwig (family name unknown)

Japan=Honda Kiku (or, in the west, Kiku Honda)

Italy (north)=Feliciano Vargas (nickname: Veneziano)

Italy (south)=Lovino Vargas (nickname: Romano)

Austria=Roderich Edelstein

Hungary=Elizabeth Héderváry

Spain=Antonio Fernandez Carriedo (nickname: Oyabun)

France=Francis Bonnefoy (nickname: Oniichan)

Switzerland=Vash Zwingli

Greece=Heracles Karpusi

Egypt=Gupta Muhammad Hassan

Russia=Ivan Braginsky

Lithuania=Toris Lolintis (thanks to herbalriver)

Estonia=the closest I got was "Edward"

Lativa=Raivis Galante

Poland=Feliks Łukasiewicz

China=Wong Yao (Yao Wong in the west.  Nickname: Nii-Nii/Aniki)

Korea=Im Yun Soo

Finland=Tino Väinämöinen

Sweden=Bernard Oxenstierna (nickname: Su-san)

Sweden and Finland's dog=Hana-tamago

For nations that don't have human names, their names are made to sound like nicknames.  For instance, Hong Kong is currently known as Hon-kun or Hon-tan.  Taiwan is Tai-chan, Cuba is Qba, etc...

If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment or send me an LJ message!

Comments

[herongale]

I'm pretty sure it's impossible to "stumble upon" Hetalia. :D

[a-liger.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah. Most people who would do that probably come from /cm/.

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

No, it's not. I came here because a new online friend learned about this from another online friend (who probably goes those /cm/'s), and she posted about it on her LJ. ^^v

On that point, what IS /cm/, anyhow? ^^;

[comrade-roz.livejournal.com]

/cm/ is one of 4chan's image boards, and stands for "Cute/Male." People generally post up fanart of bishounen characters from various anime and manga series. You can take a gander here (http://zip.4chan.org/cm/imgboard.html).

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

Ah. Thanks. ^^v

[herongale]

But that is exactly what I mean! I think Hetalia is a very "word of mouth" experience. People learn about it from friends, which is a little different from coming across it randomly while net surfing.

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

Good point. I wouldn't have known otherwise.