[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

[youkofujima.livejournal.com]

It also tends to open doors to wanting more details, it seems. *sighs* Can't make them all happy...

Oh my, you're telling me. I remember a while ago there was even an infamous wank about...colours...of certain things. And it seems that the general consensus is to do it by means of free will, no strict rules, and proceed with caution, which is more than a lot friendlier than I was expecting this poll to turn out, to say the truth.

I guess if someone who's not a Hetalia fan does come in here starting things, I would have to ask the members to notify me immediately so that I can handle the problem as quickly as I can.

[mumumugen.livejournal.com]

I think you shouldn't worry yourself too terribly. First of all, you're doing a good job here. (♥) You simply want to do the perfect job, which is what everyone does, but in this sort of case you are guaranteed that there will always be some troublemaker, or some rightfully sensitive individual showing up. One way or another, unless they threaten with a bomb or with guns, you're on the safe zone where you can afford to ignore them or remind them that they can just walk the other way and their lives will go on, just as ours will. It's a matter of tolerance.

I would have to agree on one thing: I've found the Hetalia community to be, all in all, pleasant and friendly. I remember I was surprised when some threads on 4chan turned out to be incredibly civile (considering the lawless and often brash nature of any 4chan conversation.) I think it should be a reassurance that we're actually dealing with mature people, who know how to do things with care and caution, so you don't have to worry about them too terribly. After all, consider this demographic fact: anyone who gets the Hetalia humor almost certainly knows their history, or is a history fan. That means they're: A. knowledgeable, and B. tolerant enough that they're able to take history humorously. These are very traits most fandoms would ENVY on their members.