You can't handle the truth (2)

[ceralennox.livejournal.com]

Title: You can't handle the truth pt. 2
Author/Artist: Ceralennox
Character(s) or Pairing(s): America, (implied) France/America, Russia/America, Canada/America
Rating: PG
Warnings: Obesity?
Summary: There's a difference between what everyone thinks Alfred looks like, and what he actually looks like.

I said I'd make an America one, so here it is! Tada!



So yeah, everyone (including the show) always makes fun of America's weight, though he himself is not fat because of his workouts and Japanese diet plans. XD He does eat like a fatass though, but still. So yeah. That's what he really looks like. -twinkly-fangirl- eyes- He's so hot. >.< Even though I drew him terrible (cannot draw real anime, can you tell? XD) He's all muscular and crap. I just feel Alfred needs more love.

So in case you didn't see my England version, here it is: http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/9020394.html#cutid1

Comments

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[cherishedsaulie.livejournal.com]

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[spectacledderp.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh, America's so hot @w@

Your drawings are really cute! Especially the chibi-you in the corner :)

[ceralennox.livejournal.com]

thank you <333

[spectacledderp.livejournal.com]

You're welcome ! :3

[seraphoftales.livejournal.com]

If he's not wider than he is tall... he's not fat enough > 3 >

lol, i love it btw

[nohohonzoku.livejournal.com]

Um...I hate to contradict or seem offensive, but have you SEEN Americans? More than half of the United States is overweight. And if you're going to stereotype like in your England comic (with the bad teeth and all) you should stereotype in this one. And the American stereotype is to be obese.

....the drawings were cute, though.

[ceralennox.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I live in America. I know how morbidly obese some American's are. Why do I need to stereotype in this one, when already the show stereotypes America's weight issue? I think its hilarious when the show does it, cause...you know, it's Hetalia. But it's seriously annoying when fandom does it. My problem with England, is that his only real stereotype is "oh look at me I believe in fairies and I drink tea". The British have so many more stereotypes (like the bad teeth) but you don't see that being brought up in the show/fandom, so I'm making a piont. Albiet, a silly one.

1st picture: Everyone makes England hot. Reality: his stereotype is one fugly mo fo.

2nd: Everyone constantly makes fun of America. So I put him in the limelight. See the connection?

Either that, or am just trying to validate something that really has no other validation other than the fact that England is my least favorite character in the show and drawing him looking like a rotten little troll amuses me to no end. :/

[nohohonzoku.livejournal.com]

Well the show/comic doesn't really stereotype at all. I mean, they SAY he's obese and then draw him like a swimsuit model.

And, really, drinking tea is one of the only stereotypes necessary to convey a British person. That, funny accents, bad teeth, and the queen. (I'm American too, and that's more than enough for me to think "England" [SORRY IF I OFFEND ANYONE, REALLY, BUT THIS IS HETALIA])

1st picture: Everyone makes EVERYONE hot. Reality: ugly people are everywhere.

2nd: This is Hetalia. The POINT is to make fun of countries. :|

And I don't mind that you don't like England. I hated him for awhile too. But if you're going to totally draw someone hideous and then turn around and make the other one look beautiful, it kind of annoys me. That's all I'm saying.

[ceralennox.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you, but sadly the whole purpose of these little projects were to pretty much just vent out some frustration and sort of turn the tables. (I'm a bit of an instigator unfortunately).

And I don't mind that you don't like England. I hated him for awhile too. But if you're going to totally draw someone hideous and then turn around and make the other one look beautiful, it kind of annoys me. That's all I'm saying.

You basically just summed up my thought process today which was (after browsing ff.net which is really annoying because I tab in AMERICA is my character but every other frikin' fanfic is about England and then I just want to beat myself senseless) "Omfg I'm so sick of England getting all the love -hatehatehatehatewhinewhinewhine- Lemme draw him ugleh and then draw America all sexeh, haha that'll learn em!"

.-. And that is my immaturity in a nutshell. >.>

[nohohonzoku.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. I totally see where you're coming from, because I hate USUK and how some people make England so feminine. Weeellll...I've totally lost all my steam and/or track of thought. So you can just have this comment:

....the drawings are cute.

[roundabout225.livejournal.com]

hm. i personally love USUK (if you don't, whatever) but i'll agree with you on that point; I HATE blushy, super moe england. it drives me fucking insane. idk about you, but i like my men manly, and last time i checked (assuming we're not talking about teh fem!versions) Arthur was a man. SO DRAW HIM LIKE ONE. I'm sorry but some pics i've seen of him, he has bigger hips than any girl i know!

And ok, yea, he's fallen quite a bit, but c'mon. He's still a major world power. So please treat him like one, ok? i could rant on for hours about my hatered of Arthur's apparent feminst charms, but...i'll shut up now.

[nohohonzoku.livejournal.com]

OMG, I HATE it when the hips are enormous. And you're totally right.

[lai-choi-san.livejournal.com]

Sorry to interfere. If it can be of any comfort : IRL, UK has the same problem than US (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1173148/British-women-dont-mind-Europes-biggest-French-females-slimmest-worry-weight.html) (and obesity is spreading all over the world anyway).

[poisonedhotcake.livejournal.com]

Lol, do I see some bias here? :P

So cute though :D

[ceralennox.livejournal.com]

Lol, honey you just don't just see bias, it is literally being crammed down your throat.

[shantari.livejournal.com]

But again, isn't the "truth the fandom cannot handle" pretty much all over fandom? I've yet to see a fanart or read a fic that doesn't at least acknowledge if not downright emphasise that America is one muscular and sexy hunk. Alfred does get plenty of love in the fandom, but maybe you frequent completely different parts from what I do.

Even the Satw-comics (http://humon.deviantart.com/gallery/) (made by a Danish girl and unrelated to Hetalia, but with the same concept of personified countries) have America, while constantly eating with a preference for sweets, looking muscular and fit. (And the Scandinavian stereotypes about America is probably among the harshest you will find.)

But mostly, this is false advertisement:
Bashing one character and glorifying another is not treating them the same. When you promised a comic that would do a similar thing to America as the previous one did to England, I kinda expected them to be similar comics not be completely opposite from each other. You totally could have made a whole series of how Hetalia (canon and fandom) beautifies the countries, but the reality would have them look like their most hideous stereotypes. (Like giving France armpit hair longer than his regular hair, or give Germany a beergut, plenty of potential.) Not that I think you were ever obliged to do so simply because you made one or two comics with a potentially similar theme, I'm just saying the potential for humor was there.

And this isn't so much about being offensive as it is about you having your bias-goggles on while ironically accusing others of wearing theirs. I love being offended as long as there's some humor and tounge in cheek. But this isn't tounge in cheek, this is just whining. The humor's kind of lost, which is a shame because like I said it had potential.

I already know your own comment to this will be TL;DR, but I'm writing more for my own sake here. Bias is one thing, but false advertisement? Shame on you.

On the other hand, you do draw well. I seriously think the second drawing of America is really good, I've definitively seen far worse.