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[yuuago]

Well, "Wihtikow" is edited. It ended up being relatively minor changes in the long run. So, that's good.
Now, though, I have no idea what to do with it. I don't think it's kosher for hetalia because it's pretty much all about Turtle Island. Talking about Canada and Britain and such, yes, but it's all from his perspective. [He is in my 1812 fic as well, because I couldn't possibly leave him out of that, but his part in that one is minor, so once I have a final edit on 1812, it will be posted to hetalia] But I haven't found another community where I'd be comfortable posting it. Maybe I'll just let it sit, for now.

I've typed up the Poland/Liet thing, and even though it's short (less than 450 words, and that includes the poem). I think it will need some significant editing. This is because it has turned out to be something close to a prose-poem, so things like line breaks and the use (or non-use) of certain bits of grammar become very important. Guh. But, that's fine. This is poetry. It's easier for me to make bad poetry good than it is for me to make bad prose good.
And after that edit, I shall post it here because parzi is the best guinea pig ever and hokuton_punch likes to sing my praises. After the second edit it shall go up on hetalia, I do declare.

The one about 1812 will have to wait, partly because LONG FIC IS LONG. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if it is something in the neighbourhood of 2,000/2,500 words. It's 3.5 handwritten leafs, anyway ("Wihtikow", at ~1,000 words, was 1.5 handwritten leafs). And it's going to need a shitton of editing.

Aaaaand that's all I have to say about that. I'm a little bit tired, but I still have a lot of work to do. Mmph.
Also, I had to read some Isaac Newton this evening. Guy is seriously difficult to understand. His writing is pretty, but it doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. He would've made a good poet.

Also: I am so full of love right now that it's not even funny. ♥

Comments

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you ever mentioned wanting to post Wihtikow to the fandom I was going to tell you, if you hadn't realized it, the Hetalia comm has those rules about things about non-canon Nations...but apparently you'd already realized it! There is a comm called nationslash where people post their versions of nations not in the Hetalia canon. I don't really follow it, so I can't speak for the tone of the place. But it's something to look into, I guess. Or possibly you could also slip a little note at the end of your 1812 or Poland/Liet fic, sort of a P.S. - hey I wrote this too! So then you wouldn't get in trouble for being OT, but interested parties could still find their way to it. Especially if Turtle Island is a character in the 1812 fic, a link to your first story should be kosher. People will probably want to know more about him, after all. I think the pretty sizable Canadian portion of the fandom would especially be interested.

Also, can't wait to read Poland/Liet. Your sudden industriousness with these fics is putting me to shame. I've actually had a neat idea about Japan's early relations with America that I've just barely entertained, but you're giving me the drive to really do something about it.

Iintriguing tidbit: I'd always known that Japan closed itself off from the Western World for over 200 years, and only traded with it's Eastern brothers and the Dutch, who were confined to an artificial wooden island in Nagasaki harbor. But apparently, during the Napoleonic wars, when the Dutch were understandably busy, America went to Japan instead under the Dutch flag with their permission. So totally secluded Japan could have met the very young and excited newly independent America, a nation who had barely even existed when he [Japan] first cut himself off from the world. And, ominous foreboding...the very country who eventually force Japan to open back up to the world again! So it would probably be a two part thing.

[yuuago]

Yeaahh, I'm always really careful about things like this, because in the past I've screwed up due to not going over rules with a fine-toothed comb. Now I check and re-check everything at least four times.
I considered nationslash, but from my observation it seems a more lulzy sort of environment, not entirely suitable for the Srs Business that is Wihtikow.
Slipping in a note at the end of 1812 is probably the best bet, because explanation as to who this guy is will be necessary. I couldn't not put him in, considering how much we relied on aid from the Aboriginal population in 1812. I will be posting a revised version of Wihtikow soon (but not today), and locking the old one, and the revision will be the linked-to version when I have the opportunity.
And you might be right about interest from the Canadian portion of the fandom - the population of which, I'm just realizing right now, is rather sizable. A recent post exploded, with all the Canadians coming out of the woodwork, and it's making me laugh so hard. Didn't think there were so many of us.

Ehh, don't worry about my industriousness. Likely, I'll crank out a few more, then be unable to write anything decent for six months. xD Aside from what has already been mentioned, I only have two other ideas - something to do with the hanging of Louis Riel, a Metis leader (and this will again involve Turtle Island, of course), and possibly something else to do with Quebec, maybe the FLQ, though I'm not entirely sure where to do with that. And I have a few ideas for a mini-comic, but considering how difficult drawing is, that probably will not get done.

WARGH YOU MUST WRITE THE JAPAN & AMERICA THING. I haven't read anything you've written in ages. And I WANT TO READ THIS. ... Bah, that's just like America, sneaking in under the Dutch flag. Tsk!

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was just checking it out and it does seem more dedicated to cute art of neglected South Asian nations and US state-tans (a few Canadian provinces too), so your fic might look a little out of place. Definitely go with the note at the end of your 1812 fic, though.

And the whole thing about the Aboriginal aid during the war is pretty interesting. Especially since when I was checking the article on the Battle of New Orleans 'Eastern Woodlands Indians' was listed as an ally to the American troops (along with "Jean Lafitte's pirates", which makes me lol and wtf. The article never explains those pirats.) The alliance makes sense to me, since the American troops in that battle seem to be mostly from Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and those states were all still 'the frontier' and had a complicated, sometimes more friendly than other places relationship with their native populations. It's why pretty much all of us who live here have some native blood in us. So anyway, back to the actual topic from the start of this paragraph....different native populations were helping both sides! Probably due more to friendships with Americans or Canadians than the British. And look at the thanks they got...

OKAY I GUESS I WILL. And America sooooo didn't 'sneak in'. Netherlands asked him to do it! And America is totally not a sneaker, anyway. Sixty years later, when he decided he was serious about making Japan open trade for the world, he showed up with giant black warships and fired warning shots into Edo harbor. My guess is Japan finally gave in because America wouldn't stfu. And when he did it, he did it somewhat on his own terms. Japan was one of the few Eastern nations never to be colonized (I think the only other one was Thailand?), and until the end of WWII, never occupied either.

[yuuago]

Yeah, it probably (mostly) had to do with location rather than British loyalty. And the thanks they got, indeed. No form of compensation from the British side whatsoever, though it was asked for (and highly deserved).
... Hum. *scratches head* I wonder how the both-sides thing could play out in fic. Don't know if I want to touch that, 's far too complicated.

Anyway, YOU MUST. And... oh, America. Oh dear lawd. xD Shine on, you crazy diamond~

[hokuton_punch]

Man I am so glad your fic finally gave me the impetus to go and read Hetalia (well, okay, I wanted to before, but I wasn't sure where to find scanlations). ;o; SO RIDICULOUS AND LOVELY. And I really can't wait to read MORE FICS BY YOU MWAHAHAHAHA.

Now if I could only filter hetalia so I just got scanlations, icon posts, and your fic... X3

P. S. Hetalia needs a moe!Vlad Romania y/mfy?

[yuuago]

Ahaha. I don't even have it on my FList, because I know if I did, said FList would explode. Oh my.
I AM GLAD YOU HAVE FINALLY BEEN READING IT. C'est bon, n'est pas? Though I still need to get around to reading the extra-strips.
omfg VladRomania. xD Oh my lawd.

[hokuton_punch]

MOE!VLAD. YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT. *needs to draw that*

I'm used to my flist exploding - I'm going to take off a couple of communities I skim anyway. The index-site is such a mess that I'll never be able to keep track of what I've already read, so this way is easier. @.@

[parzi.livejournal.com]

I think I saw an OC Romania drawn once in some community or other named Vlad...he was all vampiric and had a cape and crept in through people's windows at night I think?? I wish I could remember where I saw it, haha.

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Okay, I found it! Huzzah for Google desktop and it's obsessive saving of every webpage I ever look at. A normal Google search found nothing but the Desktop one did.

http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/284539.html?#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/401796.html?#cutid1

...except I just realized his name isn't Vlad. Oh well, we can pretend it is.

[hokuton_punch]

HEEHEE ADORABLE.

Though really moe!Vlad ought to be just Wallachia, and Romania could be a sister to Hungary... oh shit I feel sketching urges coming on. DDD:

Thanks for the links! ♥

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

You should totally post Wihtikow on hetalia. Come on. The internet isn't only full of uneducated people and bigots! I am sure it would be appreciated. I liked it and I don't even know the fandom.

/2cents

[yuuago]

That is 'struth, but in the case of that community, there are rules against posting fic about characters that aren't actually in the comic. D: Otherwise I would totally do it.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

For some reason today finds me looking at the electrical plugs and sockets for different countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_outlets#Proliferation_of_standards). This made me think humorously that many of the characters of Hetalia must be sexually incompatible with each other. But let's not think about that analogy too long. xD