[DISCUSSION] Biggest fears/worst memories

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So I was reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban earlier (yes, I know :P) and during the parts involving boggarts and dementors, I started thinking about Hetalia and what each nation would see if they encountered either of those creatures. What would their boggarts turn into and what would the dementors force them to relive? I feel so nerdy for even thinking of this

Basically the question is: What are each nation's biggest fears? What about their worst memories? And alternatively, what are their best memories?

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[taiyou_to_tsuki.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's good to leave out the bad parts of history, but sometimes I feel like Swedes persecute ourselves a bit too much. Yes, we founded the first university for racial biology and majorly suck for that, yes we sat on our arses trying to be neutral in WWII, but these things are in our past. Our actions then have shaped the country we have now, most of the time for the better. It's okay to be proud over something or someone else than Alfred Nobel.

I guess slavery is one thing we haven't had to deal with in modern times. A law against that was established in the 1400s already, because vikings didn't really know the concept of human rights and that spirit lived on. XP

Oh, you misunderstand me. Kristian II wasn't very nice (Stockholm Bloodbath, cough cough) but the guy who came AFTER him was pretty okay with Swedes. Sorry about that. Swedes and Danes have been fighting for a long time before the Kalmar Union was dissolved though, even before the countries namely existed.

In the case of 1809, it might also be worth noting that the Russian army just might have been stronger than the Swedish one. You can't blame everything on the king. :9

I guess? It wasn't like the Swedes were the only ones in Germany at the time of the war. xD

Persecuted because they were Danes who opened a guerilla war and shot and plundered Swedish soldiers, yes. ;) Although the civilians got the worst of it. Many people would like to think that the Swedes were just being bastards, but the ones who hid in the forests weren't exactly God's best men either. Some Scanians cheered them on because as they saw it they worked to liberate their province, and some Scanians disliked these men because their actions led to their own persecution. Basically, everybody were kind of being bastards.

A point of Sweden that should be represented more in fandom... Could be almost anything between the Stockholm bloodbath and 1809, I guess. You don't see that many historical fics with him to begin with, and those that I've found seem to concentrate on events like these + WWII. My personal favourite is the civil war in the 1200s, but that would be hard to write...

That is a... Strangely fitting term? XD

[letthemhavepie.livejournal.com]

I understand about what you say about leaving off the bad parts of history. I get really ticked how are teachers are like ( Excuse the upcoming Hetalism), "Well we did it but everything is okay now because we're the HERO!!!"
We did stuff wrong and we should admit it.

I forgot the whole first university of radical biology thing...wasn't it set up to study the Saami people???
Yeah there were another people you kinda picked on...sorry

You shouldn't beat yourself for neutrality in WWII. It actually makes sense. Germany wanted your iron ore so why not make some money from it. So you kinda benifited except from all the other countries being ticked at you because you made:
1. Money
2. you didn't lose as many people to war. (Though didn't you help the Finns in the Winter war with some, "belligerant neutrality" thing?)
The Swedes shouldn't be as hard on yourselves. Truth be told you have one of the best healthcare systems in the world, and your rated one of the most peaceful, cleanest, and egalitarian societies in the world.
Though definatly your taxes scare me...Your just a little to liberal for an American
Haha Nobel...didn't he invent dynamite though? LOL.

Ohhh...Yeah the Stockholm bloodbath was a really dick thing to do. Killing all those people for just trying to suceed...Okay it makes sense politically but...still they could have done it better. Though I never really got the consept of, "let's dig up a dead person and cut it's head off..." I know it's something about on the day of reveltaion you wouldn't have your head or something but still...

Yeah the Russians got pretty amazing after Peter the Great but in my opinion more with Catherine the Great, military wise at least. (God I love that women)

"Basically, everybody were kind of being bastards."
I love this. Haha it made my day. I'm deffinatly going to now check out the Scanian wars.
Yeah I would like to see more of that too just because it's great for some of the intermingling and political relations.
The image of Holy Roman Empire and Sweden fighting makes me laugh when I know it shouldn't
PLus it's interesting with how Finland basically had a Swedish identity from that point on. I once read that the Swedish rule for Finland was it's, "dark ages," and I would love someone to write about that.
I never heard about the civil war of 1200 but I bet it's really interesting because wasn't it in the 1200's Sweden went on it's little crusades against Finland???
My tech. theater teacher first introduced me to it. It's not really a common term unless your in the carpentary business or Teachnical theater business. Also if something is, "dutchman" it mean's it's covered.

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I feel this conversation is getting a bit too long, not to mention off-topic, for this thread. If you want to talk more you can send me a message. :)

[letthemhavepie.livejournal.com]

Yeah true...
I tend to do that