This post will probably be drenched in tomatoes.

[razzberridust.livejournal.com]

I was talking with a friend recently about the Hetalia fandom, and it got me to thinking...is the majority of the Hetalia fandom there mostly to ship the characters? Because me and my friend feel like such the minority in the fact we're in Hetalia not for pairing at all. Not that pairing Hetalia characters are bad, it's just I've seen so much of it I've grown a bit uneasy of it.

Sorry if this post causes any offense or shouldn't be here, but it could be relevant because of the opinions here.

EDIT: Could the mod take the unecessary tags off? I'm trying to delete most of them but they won't come off. ;;

EDIT 2: WHOAH WTF. ARE THE TAGS GOING HAYWIRE. EXPLANATIONS ARE NEEDED. ;;

EDIT 3: Okay the tags are finally fixed...either way, I want to thank everyone that commented. I never expected to get so many positive replies. I'm no longer so afraid of the fandom. Thank you all. ♥

Comments

[ex-thelastf.livejournal.com]

I love shipping but it wasn't the reason why I got into Hetalia and the only reason why I like it. The characters are all so different and the stereotypes are so hilarious and it really makes you look at your country in a whole and sometimes these stereotypes are true (I'm not meaning that in a bad or offensive way, more of the little quirks of each character).

And it makes history so much more easy to handle and understand.

[metallic-sweet.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm here to look at different interpretations of historical events and for the loveable characters. ^^;

[rissa-ichigo.livejournal.com]

I like it not only for the pairings but cuz I'm learning History! History was already my fave subject, but now Hetalia got me to learn so many new things and now my major is Russian History! <3

Go Hetalia!

[your-loveyou.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, you raise a very interesting point that I wish I had the time to broach further.

Personally, I don't have a problem with people being here just for pairings. We're at least cool and accepting (on the most part) of people who AREN'T for our pairings. IE. we don't have any completely stupid ship wars that I see in other fandoms.

[metallic-sweet.livejournal.com]

Aaah~ Your university has a Russian History major? We only have a Russian minor in language. I'm super jealous of you. ;3

[oriharas.livejournal.com]

I'm in this fandom because I'm a history nerd and laugh at the interactions between the characters. I only ship sometimes.

[qichi.livejournal.com]

shipping is a main component of pretty much every fandom, bro

and we're a fandom where multishipping isn't just widely accepted, but pretty much makes sense given the canon we have to work with

[gcbillyownzme.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! I got into Hetalia because of the history and that's still the main reason I like it. I like most of the pairings, but what basis do any of the pairings have without history? The history is what makes the series in my opinion.

(Not to mention Hetalia is hilarious.)

[nutburger.livejournal.com]

Well when I first got into this fandom back in late 2008, I didn't know anything about the pairings at all. I just heard about countries portrayed as people and thought "What a neat idea and HISTORY YAY" so I hopped on in.

nothin wrong with the pairings though. durrdedurp

[vivi314.livejournal.com]

dude don't feel ashamed for not shipping anything lol
sure i bet a lot of people are in it for the ships but to a lot of other people the main element of hetalia is OMG COUNTRIES rather than OMG COUNTRIES BANGING EACH OTHER so yeahh

the canon material pretty prone to get shipping from it though ngl

[rissa-ichigo.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure. Right now I'm in community college but when I transfer, the college I'm going to has several Russian history classes! ^.^ Even a COLD WAR one so I'm gonna have funnnnnnnn... ^.~

[razzberridust.livejournal.com]

That's reassuring to hear. The reason why I've developed the paradigm was because with my experience of seeing other Hetalia fans, they have been the pushy shipper types that seriously insist pairings are canon. ;;

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

I got into Hetalia for the history but the shipping made me even more hooked :)

[gothatheartholo.livejournal.com]

Dude, to be totally honest, the reason why I got into this fandom?

1. All the crack ideas that this fandom inspires me to write.
2. The fact that the anime/manga is fucking hilarious.
3. And THEN the ships. :3

[mrbluesky.livejournal.com]

i got into hetalia to make fun of canada.

[your-loveyou.livejournal.com]

See--that's the AWESOME things about Hetalia is that EVERY pairing is canon because all the real world countries interact with each other, so they're technically ALL canon. (sorry for the caps, I'm too lazy to do any formatting)

Anyway, MOST of us are cool about pairings.

[your-loveyou.livejournal.com]

You must be having a field day with the hockey game tonight then XD

[mrbluesky.livejournal.com]

i love canada

so

fucking

much

[Mod]

[wiccat.livejournal.com]

You forgot to tag your post.

[your-loveyou.livejournal.com]

lol, I understood your sarcasm in the first place, I was just playing along.

No hard feelings meant.

[austere-flare.livejournal.com]

I didn't drop into the fandom just to 'ship (for me, the 'shipping usually comes later, when I'm more acquainted with the characters and their relationships with each other). It was the whole history and countries-turning-into-people thing that lured me in, since I'm interested in history and the differences among countries.

In fact, I hardly have any 'ships I support. Austria/Hungary would be the one 'ship I'm absolutely, positively sure I wave flags for.

[efronzarabbit.livejournal.com]

Dragonsflame makes a very solid point. In other fandoms there are anti shipping clubs because whts-his-face shud be with whats-her-face instead.
for me, Im pretty all for the pairings but the fandom as a whole you can learn history from, like the fanfics and fanarts usually have historical references to them, other times its crack but we like that too :)

[mrbluesky.livejournal.com]

HAHA i didnt mean that in a mean way at all actually sorry bro

[mrbluesky.livejournal.com]

THE WAY I TYPE IS STUPID

Re: [Mod]

[razzberridust.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for reminding me. Hopefully it's tagged enough.