hetalia has eaten me up.

[falling_voices]

English exam this morning, blah blah, J.M. Coetzee, etc. And then sometime along the way, there was this:

He cannot understand why it is that so many people around him dislike England. England is Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. England is doing one’s duty and accepting one’s fate in a quiet, unfussy way. England is the boy at the battle of Jutland, who stood by his guns while the deck was burning under him. England is Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Richard the Lionheart and Robin Hood with his longbow of yew and his suit of Lincoln green.

—J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood: A Memoir

… MASSIVE PLUNNIE ATTACK.

What the fuck, self.


Also, Sa'? I’m in the middle of my mock exams right now, so I probably won’t show up on messenger till Saturday. Sorry, mah lass. ♥

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[highdork.livejournal.com]

Oh? Please expand on your ideas.

*BLOWS KISS*

[nuitdenovembre.livejournal.com]

H’mm, well. I’m a sucker for any type of France/England/America/Canada type of interaction, so of course they’re crowding my little world… right now they’ve imposed themselves in a weird sort of little hierarchy, France as the writer who invents machines a la Jules Verne, England as the one who actually makes them work (what would you call that? an engineer?), Canada as the mechanic who builds them, America as the pilot who flies them. They’re running around right now, sprouting out plot ideas and details about the world’s culture and times. Guh.

Of course, now I’ve got half the mind to make it an original fiction altogether…

[symmetryguns]

Oh my. I do like how I had the same sort of idea. Although, it does seem like it would be a really interesting piece of original fiction (if only because then you don't have to go into all the nitpicky details of economics and history and the changes that would create in the countries).

Also, on a totally unrelated note. The black-and-white film La Jetée. Have you watched it?

[nuitdenovembre.livejournal.com]

Exactly. So I don't know. Still hesitating here. If I don't go all Hetalia on it I might save it for NaNo. What was your idea like?

Umm, yes. Haven't seen it in ages though. B-black and white photographs mmmmm ♥

[silno-pyanstvo.livejournal.com]

Something similar, but focusing more on the actual history and role of the countries in the world. I hadn't managed to nail down a time period yet, so it was more ideas than anything else. America and Canada as the centres for manufacturing, the British Empire, and possibly something about stolen airship designs.

It's so pretty. So very pretty, both the story and the photographs.