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hetalia2011-04-29 06:57 pm
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A questionnaire - Fandoms in different countries
Hello Everyone!
I have a favor to ask for – that’s to fill the questionnaire below.
I’m writing an article for Polish Hetalia FanSite (www.hetalia.org) about fandoms in foreign countries and how people in different countries see Hetalia. Obviously, my knowledge of these is quite limited and therefore I need help of Hetalia fans – you! The questionnaire will consist of around 10 questions and will ask about more general view on certain topics within your country rather than your own. It will take you only about 15 minutes to complete – only few sentences of an answer will be enough! - But it will be such a great help for me!
So here goes the questionnaire:
1) What country are you from?
2) Was your country already made a character of Hetalia?
3) If it was, how fans in your country reacted to that personification? Do you guys like it or is there something you would like to change in it?
4) If not, is there an ‘official’ OC that was made in your fandom in place of your missing country? How does it looks like, how does it reflect upon your country's features?
5) Can you define who is the most popular character of Hetalia in your country?
6) What about the pairings? Is there any pairings that seems to be liked by the most of people in your country or is it very divided?
7) What is the most common view on the character of Poland? Is the Feliks, how he was created by the author, easily accepted?
8) How does the fandom in your country works? Do you have any particular site or a forum that most of fans seem to use? Can you tell how many Hetalia fans, approximately, there is in your country?
9) Is Hetalia seen more of a humorous manga that shouldn’t be taken seriously? Is many people trying to apply actual historical meaning to it?
10) Is there any popular memes (for example: Iceland's white boots, Hotland’s…pardon me, Netherlands’ tulips etc.), sayings, tags that you see as common only in your country?
And that is it :D!
Thank you all for taking part in this questionnaire! It means a lot!
[ I've got cherishedsaulie's approval for posting the questionnaire]
I have a favor to ask for – that’s to fill the questionnaire below.
I’m writing an article for Polish Hetalia FanSite (www.hetalia.org) about fandoms in foreign countries and how people in different countries see Hetalia. Obviously, my knowledge of these is quite limited and therefore I need help of Hetalia fans – you! The questionnaire will consist of around 10 questions and will ask about more general view on certain topics within your country rather than your own. It will take you only about 15 minutes to complete – only few sentences of an answer will be enough! - But it will be such a great help for me!
So here goes the questionnaire:
1) What country are you from?
2) Was your country already made a character of Hetalia?
3) If it was, how fans in your country reacted to that personification? Do you guys like it or is there something you would like to change in it?
4) If not, is there an ‘official’ OC that was made in your fandom in place of your missing country? How does it looks like, how does it reflect upon your country's features?
5) Can you define who is the most popular character of Hetalia in your country?
6) What about the pairings? Is there any pairings that seems to be liked by the most of people in your country or is it very divided?
7) What is the most common view on the character of Poland? Is the Feliks, how he was created by the author, easily accepted?
8) How does the fandom in your country works? Do you have any particular site or a forum that most of fans seem to use? Can you tell how many Hetalia fans, approximately, there is in your country?
9) Is Hetalia seen more of a humorous manga that shouldn’t be taken seriously? Is many people trying to apply actual historical meaning to it?
10) Is there any popular memes (for example: Iceland's white boots, Hotland’s…pardon me, Netherlands’ tulips etc.), sayings, tags that you see as common only in your country?
And that is it :D!
Thank you all for taking part in this questionnaire! It means a lot!
[ I've got cherishedsaulie's approval for posting the questionnaire]
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2) Was your country already made a character of Hetalia? Even one of the main characters. Yay.
3) If it was, how fans in your country reacted to that personification? Do you guys like it or is there something you would like to change in it? Well... I think most German fans are pretty okay with Germany's design. At least those I talked to. I think I've heard of some that they don't like the fact that he's always portrayed in an uniform - but well, that's Hetalia.
What seems to be really liked is the fact that Germany may be crumpy at times, but still a nice guy. If you look at other portrayels. I mean, if a German character is not a nazi, he often is a crazy scientist, or a sadist, or a soldier, or simply a coldheartet asshole.
So yeah, I think most fans are pretty okay with him. Non-fans, on the other hand, may not like him.
4) If not, is there an ‘official’ OC that was made in your fandom in place of your missing country? How does it looks like, how does it reflect upon your country's features? -
5) Can you define who is the most popular character of Hetalia in your country? I think Germany is very popular, but also Prussia. Nevertheless, there is not really a total bias. But most fans especially like European and North American characters (I don't want to say there's no love for Asians. But I have the feeling they're not as popular. Sorry if they are, I'm not a master in German fandom ;_;).
6) What about the pairings? Is there any pairings that seems to be liked by the most of people in your country or is it very divided? UFF. I really have no idea. It seems to be very divided.
7) What is the most common view on the character of Poland? Is the Feliks, how he was created by the author, easily accepted? I think so. Though I've seen some more serious interpretations of him.
8) How does the fandom in your country works? Do you have any particular site or a forum that most of fans seem to use? Can you tell how many Hetalia fans, approximately, there is in your country? There are quite a lot, at least I was surprised when I checked Animexx after 3 years of LJ. Back then, it was very very small on Animexx (and in Germany as all). That's why I went over to LJ. Now... let me check the list... the fan-list says 1311 members, but I'm sure there are more. Well, about the sites, as said, Animexx (http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/serien/start.phtml?id=3641). We also have a German LJ-forum, check it out hetalia_dt (http://hetalia-dt.livejournal.com/)!
9) Is Hetalia seen more of a humorous manga that shouldn’t be taken seriously? Is many people trying to apply actual historical meaning to it? There are quite a lot serious fanfics. Especially in the beginning, when the main focus was still a lot on WWII. You know, since Germany played a very important and difficult role. Now it's more light-hearted. I'd say today you can't say it's dark serious - and it's just a manga, after all.
10) Is there any popular memes (for example: Iceland's white boots, Hotland’s…pardon me, Netherlands’ tulips etc.), sayings, tags that you see as common only in your country? Hm, Germany and his wursts? Austria and cake? Prussia being awesome? Lately, there have been a lot of German state OCs.