This may not be the best place to post it but this is something I feel the need to share and see if there's anyone else who feels the same way.
I love Hetalia, but there's stuff in the fandom that tends to ruin the whole thing for me. So here's my فہرست of things that annoy me about the Hetalia fandom.
Note: I do respect my fellow Hetalians and I'm sorry if this offends anyone in any way, it wasn't meant to.
1) Hetalia is a COMEDY! Not a World History class! Yes at times it does teach آپ some pretty interesting stuff, but it's meant to be told through an inaccurate, stereotypical, comical portrayal. And it does make history مزید fun to learn about, but don't act like آپ know everything about history because of it.
2) How some people seem to revolve the whole series around sex and the pairings and what not. When the real Hetalia has nothing to do with yaoi. If آپ like yaoi that's cool, we all have different things that interest us and if آپ like it that's fine. But please take it somewhere else! Because it's freaking annoying seeing chanting about, "Yaoi/Fangirling/Fainting/Nosebleeds/Squealing/blah blah blah" Take those sort of things to a video that actually has something to do with yaoi instead of ruining the Hetalia ویڈیوز that are non yaoi. Like when I finish watching an episode of Hetalia in which I don't see anything sexual at all, just good old regular Hetalia with the stereotypes and comedy and history, but nothing sexual, I go down to post a comment, I see half of the تبصرہ section filled with pervertedness (yes I realize that's not a real word), and it ruins the whole دکھائیں for me.
Seriously, not only are آپ kind of people pushing others away from watching Hetalia, but you're spoiling the دکھائیں for others who are already fans.
And it's annoying when people say things like "so and so is gay, یا so and so is bi, یا all of the Hetalia characters are gay یا bi". In the fandom they may be portrayed that way but don't say that about the actual character in the real Hetalia because most of the time there's no apparent evidence supporting it from the عملی حکمت یا manga. Most of the time it's just your peoples headcanons.
آپ just can't casually state things like that, because when آپ constantly say that kind of stuff it makes people start to believe it's true, besides, that's Himaruya's decision to decide. And so far he's only confirmed the sexuality of two characters. Sweden who is homosexual, and France who is bisexual.
Also I should mention I am not against homosexuals in any way, I fully support gay rights. If there were مزید characters confirmed with a sexuality I wouldn't really care, it just annoys me when the شائقین talk about it like it's canon when it's not.
One مزید thing I feel I need to add. It's a shame when the شائقین have to go and ruin such sweet innocent pure brotherly moments with "yaoi". If آپ think a fanart picture of Chibitalia kissing Austria's cheek یا England singing Phantom of the Opera to Chibi America is "yaoi" یا "perverted", then I can't help but feel you're a sicko. Seriously, what is so wrong with kissing the cheek of your father? یا singing a lullaby to your baby brother/son?
Grow up!
Again, if آپ like yaoi that's fine, I'm not trying to offend anyone, but please shut up about it for once.
3) Speaking of sickos, people who find rape and pedophilia humorous. When the hell was this ever acceptable!?!
Ever since I've started getting into Hetalia I've seen some pretty weird stuff in the fandom, but it amazes me the level of sickness and disgust that the fandom reaches. For instance when people constantly label some of the characters as "rapists" یا "pedophiles". یا seeing disturbing fanart like, Spain lifting chibi Romano's dress and glancing up towards his...yeah. Also probably the most disturbing I've come across, England trying to remove kid America's clothing with an evil smile as kid America is helpless and scared. I highly regret seeing this one especially.
But oh no, it gets مزید disturbing than that. Then آپ scroll down to the تبصرے and see nothing but positive "funny" تبصرے like "lol, آپ pedo", یا "You so gunna get raped!"
Grow up people! Please grow up from your immature cruelty! Because rape and pedophilia may be funny to you, but for others it's not even close.
It doesn't even make sense in the first place, Spain, he's fond of children, so that means he's sexually attracted to them? In that case we might as well label every teacher off as a pedophile.
France, he's perverted, but does that mean he's actually ever tried to rape anyone? Did آپ not hear him in that one episode saying "love is something آپ shouldn't force on others".
It's just not right to find this kind of stuff humorous while the victims of it are suffering from the memories of a very horrible traumatic experience, یا parents every دن who are morning over the loss of their son یا daughter to a child molester.
I know آپ guys are perverts but really think about what you're saying, there's a line that is being crossed here!
4) People who soil history with Hetalia.
I understand that آپ guys like Hetalia and are trying to promote it. I love both Hetalia and history. But don't go to a history video, یا article, یا anywhere else just to تبصرہ about Hetalia. Because there's people who aren't there just because of Hetalia who آپ are annoying. There's some people who actually like to take history seriously. Those countries mentioned in terms of history actually exist as مزید than just عملی حکمت characters. So if you're not there to learn about the actual history, why even bother? One یا two comments, fine. But hundreds?!? I mean, all I wanted to do was go to a video to learn about the Kingdom of Prussia, and considering Prussia isn't most commonly known outside of Hetalia, I expected a few comments. But I literally had to go through 7 pages before I could find a تبصرہ about the actual Prussia! And when I hear stories about people that were in the same history class with a Hetalian it was always just..."OH MY GOSH I LEARNED THAT FROM ANIME!" *teacher says the word "Germany"* "DOITSU!" *teacher mentions something about an invasion* "LOL YAOI!" .__.
5) How people are always asking the most ridiculous سوالات about Hetalia when if they were to just pick up a history book they would get their answer. For example, I always hear سوالات like "Is HRE and Germany the same person?"
Well I wouldn't really consider this a ridiculous question. I've seen a lot مزید ridiculous ones than this. It just bugs me when people answer yes to this but they only think so because of how similar the two look, when they should rely مزید on history to answer it instead of appearance.
Edit: Ok so I kind of worded this a little wrong but what I basically mean is that آپ shouldn't make silly assumptions about history because of Hetalia.
Example:
"America how could you! Stupid Revolutionary War, How could آپ hurt Iggy like that!?!"
-Because Britain was being controlling and America just wanted freedom for him and his people.
Ok, so sorry if I came out wrong on that one but please take your time to research real history. Like I کہا in the 1st one Hetalia isn't totally accurate so don't make such assumptions about history from it.
6) Don't take someone's nationality and apply it to Hetalia. So just because someone is American, don't say their "stupid". Just because someone is Russian don't call them "creepy". Just because someone is Canadian don't constantly ignore them یا say "who" each time their name comes up. Hetalia is a دکھائیں that is supposed to دکھائیں آپ how ridiculous stereotypes are, so don't go promoting them! Not only is it childish but it's just plain horrible!
So that was something that I just wanted to get off my chest. Some of this stuff is just awful. I can imagine Hima-papa himself having his fair share of face palms because of the fandom.
Hetalia fandom, please stop ruining Hetalia. Please stop turning Hetalia into something it's not.
Thank آپ to everyone who's taken the time to read this.
I love Hetalia, but there's stuff in the fandom that tends to ruin the whole thing for me. So here's my فہرست of things that annoy me about the Hetalia fandom.
Note: I do respect my fellow Hetalians and I'm sorry if this offends anyone in any way, it wasn't meant to.
1) Hetalia is a COMEDY! Not a World History class! Yes at times it does teach آپ some pretty interesting stuff, but it's meant to be told through an inaccurate, stereotypical, comical portrayal. And it does make history مزید fun to learn about, but don't act like آپ know everything about history because of it.
2) How some people seem to revolve the whole series around sex and the pairings and what not. When the real Hetalia has nothing to do with yaoi. If آپ like yaoi that's cool, we all have different things that interest us and if آپ like it that's fine. But please take it somewhere else! Because it's freaking annoying seeing chanting about, "Yaoi/Fangirling/Fainting/Nosebleeds/Squealing/blah blah blah" Take those sort of things to a video that actually has something to do with yaoi instead of ruining the Hetalia ویڈیوز that are non yaoi. Like when I finish watching an episode of Hetalia in which I don't see anything sexual at all, just good old regular Hetalia with the stereotypes and comedy and history, but nothing sexual, I go down to post a comment, I see half of the تبصرہ section filled with pervertedness (yes I realize that's not a real word), and it ruins the whole دکھائیں for me.
Seriously, not only are آپ kind of people pushing others away from watching Hetalia, but you're spoiling the دکھائیں for others who are already fans.
And it's annoying when people say things like "so and so is gay, یا so and so is bi, یا all of the Hetalia characters are gay یا bi". In the fandom they may be portrayed that way but don't say that about the actual character in the real Hetalia because most of the time there's no apparent evidence supporting it from the عملی حکمت یا manga. Most of the time it's just your peoples headcanons.
آپ just can't casually state things like that, because when آپ constantly say that kind of stuff it makes people start to believe it's true, besides, that's Himaruya's decision to decide. And so far he's only confirmed the sexuality of two characters. Sweden who is homosexual, and France who is bisexual.
Also I should mention I am not against homosexuals in any way, I fully support gay rights. If there were مزید characters confirmed with a sexuality I wouldn't really care, it just annoys me when the شائقین talk about it like it's canon when it's not.
One مزید thing I feel I need to add. It's a shame when the شائقین have to go and ruin such sweet innocent pure brotherly moments with "yaoi". If آپ think a fanart picture of Chibitalia kissing Austria's cheek یا England singing Phantom of the Opera to Chibi America is "yaoi" یا "perverted", then I can't help but feel you're a sicko. Seriously, what is so wrong with kissing the cheek of your father? یا singing a lullaby to your baby brother/son?
Grow up!
Again, if آپ like yaoi that's fine, I'm not trying to offend anyone, but please shut up about it for once.
3) Speaking of sickos, people who find rape and pedophilia humorous. When the hell was this ever acceptable!?!
Ever since I've started getting into Hetalia I've seen some pretty weird stuff in the fandom, but it amazes me the level of sickness and disgust that the fandom reaches. For instance when people constantly label some of the characters as "rapists" یا "pedophiles". یا seeing disturbing fanart like, Spain lifting chibi Romano's dress and glancing up towards his...yeah. Also probably the most disturbing I've come across, England trying to remove kid America's clothing with an evil smile as kid America is helpless and scared. I highly regret seeing this one especially.
But oh no, it gets مزید disturbing than that. Then آپ scroll down to the تبصرے and see nothing but positive "funny" تبصرے like "lol, آپ pedo", یا "You so gunna get raped!"
Grow up people! Please grow up from your immature cruelty! Because rape and pedophilia may be funny to you, but for others it's not even close.
It doesn't even make sense in the first place, Spain, he's fond of children, so that means he's sexually attracted to them? In that case we might as well label every teacher off as a pedophile.
France, he's perverted, but does that mean he's actually ever tried to rape anyone? Did آپ not hear him in that one episode saying "love is something آپ shouldn't force on others".
It's just not right to find this kind of stuff humorous while the victims of it are suffering from the memories of a very horrible traumatic experience, یا parents every دن who are morning over the loss of their son یا daughter to a child molester.
I know آپ guys are perverts but really think about what you're saying, there's a line that is being crossed here!
4) People who soil history with Hetalia.
I understand that آپ guys like Hetalia and are trying to promote it. I love both Hetalia and history. But don't go to a history video, یا article, یا anywhere else just to تبصرہ about Hetalia. Because there's people who aren't there just because of Hetalia who آپ are annoying. There's some people who actually like to take history seriously. Those countries mentioned in terms of history actually exist as مزید than just عملی حکمت characters. So if you're not there to learn about the actual history, why even bother? One یا two comments, fine. But hundreds?!? I mean, all I wanted to do was go to a video to learn about the Kingdom of Prussia, and considering Prussia isn't most commonly known outside of Hetalia, I expected a few comments. But I literally had to go through 7 pages before I could find a تبصرہ about the actual Prussia! And when I hear stories about people that were in the same history class with a Hetalian it was always just..."OH MY GOSH I LEARNED THAT FROM ANIME!" *teacher says the word "Germany"* "DOITSU!" *teacher mentions something about an invasion* "LOL YAOI!" .__.
5) How people are always asking the most ridiculous سوالات about Hetalia when if they were to just pick up a history book they would get their answer. For example, I always hear سوالات like "Is HRE and Germany the same person?"
Well I wouldn't really consider this a ridiculous question. I've seen a lot مزید ridiculous ones than this. It just bugs me when people answer yes to this but they only think so because of how similar the two look, when they should rely مزید on history to answer it instead of appearance.
Edit: Ok so I kind of worded this a little wrong but what I basically mean is that آپ shouldn't make silly assumptions about history because of Hetalia.
Example:
"America how could you! Stupid Revolutionary War, How could آپ hurt Iggy like that!?!"
-Because Britain was being controlling and America just wanted freedom for him and his people.
Ok, so sorry if I came out wrong on that one but please take your time to research real history. Like I کہا in the 1st one Hetalia isn't totally accurate so don't make such assumptions about history from it.
6) Don't take someone's nationality and apply it to Hetalia. So just because someone is American, don't say their "stupid". Just because someone is Russian don't call them "creepy". Just because someone is Canadian don't constantly ignore them یا say "who" each time their name comes up. Hetalia is a دکھائیں that is supposed to دکھائیں آپ how ridiculous stereotypes are, so don't go promoting them! Not only is it childish but it's just plain horrible!
So that was something that I just wanted to get off my chest. Some of this stuff is just awful. I can imagine Hima-papa himself having his fair share of face palms because of the fandom.
Hetalia fandom, please stop ruining Hetalia. Please stop turning Hetalia into something it's not.
Thank آپ to everyone who's taken the time to read this.
Thank you for this beautiful article.
*bows*
But no seriously, you are right. It is ruining it, a lot actually. To be honest with you, I think that some of the fans here only became fans of Hetalia so they could share *points at weirdness* that. There is (almost) no real hetalia fandom. Everywhere where you turn, it's always in your face, and it's weird. I don't hate it and the people who post it, but I don't approve of it either (I'm neutral about it).
Really glad to see sanity in this club
Exactly. It's like people who are only fans of Hetalia *points at weirdness* aren't the true fans of the real Hetalia. Because that's not what the show is about at all. I wsih more people would realize that and be more of a fan to Hetalia rather than a fan to the fandom.
I respect people who like it and Hetalia, but if you only like Hetalia because of it that's just ridiculous.
2) When I pair people together, I go by what the show and history gives me. I could careless who how it looks like, sex, or the fanart.
3) Oh god i know right? Someone calls France a rapist and when I call them out for it, they tell me to learn to take a joke. RAPE IS NOT A JOKE.
4) Eh, that doesn't bother me. I watch animes and make a comment about Hetalia, because the scene reminds me of it.
5) Nothing wrong with helping people. Not everyone is born knowing.
1) I do know more about hsitory because of Hetalia, and what I love about Hetalia is that it inspires people to learn more about history, but I just hate it when people get really arrogant and act like they know everything because of it. I know a couple people like that. Like there's this one girl in my class, she was literally using it as a study guide once. I know people joke about that but she really thought she was going to do good on her World History test just because Hetalia covered a few of the subjects.....she failed.
2) I don't support any pairings but I just wish there was more people like that. It's just annoying when the rabid fans bring that kind of stuff where it doesn't belong.
3) Exactly! Niether is pedophillia. Both are a pretty sick thing to laugh at.
4) In other animes it's one thing. But when people go on a history video just to comment about Hetalia. It's like they don't even bother to watch the actual video. I mean, a few Hetalia comments is funny and ok, but when people constantly post comments about it, it just annoys the people who aren't there because of Hetalia, and also makes Hetalia look bad.
5) Yeah, I guess you're kinda right. It was late at night and I was tired when I wrote the last one so I didn't really explain very clearly. I just wish people could look to history more to find their answer rather than just asuming something like them being the same person just simply because they look similar.
2) It's only annoying when they do it wrong. Who the heck cares if it's not a Yaoi show, people are along to be able to see the love between the characters and support it.
4) Eh, I don't care. Not like they're being a jerk or anything, they're enjoying it.
5) Well actually, Himaruya has given hints he is Holy Rome. I mean, why haven't we seen baby Germany yet? We've seen everyone else when they were little.
But I actually DID learn quite a few historical facts from Hetalia that I never would've just in school... So thank you for putting this out there. :>
and SHEESH, you guys, don't go hating on this article... everything this person has said is completely true when it comes down to it!
And honestly, if I see one more person saying "Prussia is awesome!" or, "Italy is so kawaii! Hasta la Pasta~" and, "GerIta is so cute, I mean, omgizzles!"
I will push them into oncoming traffic, then go hang myself. I HATE the fandom for most animes, not just Hetalia, no.... many other anime fandoms have fallen victim to the insane and sick minds of fangirls (and boys...xD)
Society is a shitstorm with no forecast.
I love the fandom it gets out of hand sometimes.
And I hate it when people go around saying, "PRUSSIA ISH AWESOME! ITARY ISH SO KAWAII." And start typing like Japan most of the freakin' time.
And I saw somewhere that all the Hetalia countries are straight.
Except Sweden but he only has that kind of affection for Finland and such.
So yeah.
Amazing article btw.
Awesome article, by the way!
and yeah this article made alot of sense. Yeah ive learned a little more about History but not more than what i could learn by reading a history book. And Hetalia is a comedy its funny! Thats how its supposed to be. And i do support a lot of hetalia pairings but the fandom can get seriously out of hand at some points..
Good article though :)
Those weirdness, they really are a challenge to one's discretion. Reading from the author and commenters, I'm glad to see that these youngsters are on the right track.
As for me, it (fans' weirdness) doesn't really influence how I see Himaruya's Hetalia and the reality, apart from the fans' weirdness.
A, and by the way CielXlizzy19, you might want to push me into oncoming traffic... 'cause I can't deny also that I ever used that adj. "awesome" in describing Prussia. Good luck to us! ;-)
I have never found rape funny at all.
I almost stopped watching Hetalia because of all the disgusting fanon and fanarts, I almost thought they were real. (no offense to the artists)
I'm so sorry! Oh my God that's so terrible I'm literally crying right now.
That's just unacceptable. In honor of your friend let me add this to the list right now.
There is not words to describe how horrible that is.
@hetalianstella:awesome article :) I'm glad that there are still hetalia fans like you *salute and bows*
Unfortunately I have started DISLIKING Hetalia because of several things. A few of the things you discussed about are some of the reasons.
Wonderful article. Thank you.
@USUKfangirl: I'm so sorry for you're loss. It's horrible really, no one NO ONE should be bullied in such a manner that'll lead to death. May she rest in peace.
@Pumpkinqueen SERIOUSLY? You don't have to force your opinion everyone's throats whether it be shipping or history. It was her opinion. I respect you but you were totally being a jerk just then. (And you know I respect you when I don't call out people who i consider to be cool out harshly) Just like the shipping debate we had recently. You cannot just push your opinions on someone like that. I can see if she was being a jerk but she wasn't at all so your comments were really uncalled for.
@hetalianstella. I agree with most of your article. I myself am a pervert but I try to be intelligent about it. I don't dump it in people faces all the time. I have never have overly done that. I do agree people need to stop taking Hetalia so seriously. I mean I take stuff seriously but to go overboard with it is too much. I see where you are coming from with the Hetalia spam and stupid cracks. it's highly annoying. And to be honest a few of these reasons almost discouraged me from being a Hetalia fan.
Pedophilia isn't the same thing society has given a definition for. Pedophilia is a psychological thing and most cannot help it if they have it. What society has put on pedos is that they always hurt children but that isn't the case at all. It really isn't. Anyone can hurt a child but they shouldn't be always labeled a pedophile. Pedophile literally means liking children. So therefore society has given the wrong definition for it to be honest.
The rape issue. I can't say anything about that too much. I agree with you. People need to stop making rape jokes. But I doubt they will.
I doubt the fangirls/boys will get into their head that they shouldn't stereotype based on nationality. I mean it's fun to joke but to seriously believe that is wrong.
I HATE most fandoms of anything. Anime,video games,etc because of the stupid fans. I may be a fan of stuff but I rarely get really involved in the fandom due to the fans and honeslty the fans may make me leave this fandom but still like the anime. I am starting to dislike the fandom very much so.
P.S. and for those people who make stories using tradgic events and make them romantic and heartless.
STOP! JUST STOP! I mean I cried due to how heartless of how they bring up the Holocaust as just one big orgy and carelessly killing Jews.
Thank you and yes that last one I agree is very horrible. I was actually thinking of adding that to the list and if I see any more of that kind of ignorance I just might.
@CoffeeIce321: If you tell me something I missed that bothers you about the fandom I will happily add it.
I really find myself laughing whenever someone says something like "Hetalia will bring world peace" and, other times, I find myself wanting to bash my computer against the wall when I see a comment that says, for example, "Nazism is HOT!" or "the Cold War was nothing more than sexual tension" seriously? Don't people ever think before they make those horrible comments? Appearantly not.
And for the record, let me tell you a story. The start of this year I met this girl who called me a 'USUK love child' when I told her I'm half-British, half-American. At first I just assumed she was a fellow Hetalian, and I decided to befriend her since I had just started to watch Hetalia then. But she really didn't seem to like talking about Hetalia. However she did enjoy making offensive jokes like, 'hey, is your mum really a mum, 'cause that's not how your yaoi works!' I got really pissed off at that comment and started to fight with her, and now we're borderline enemies with each other.
After a while, though, I found out why she hated Hetalia and the fandom so much. She and her best friend who liked Hetalia (should one even call her that?) fought about it, like, a lot, because the girl appearantly was one of THOSE fangirls, and after a while they stopped talking to each other all together. Imagine it, guys? Two best friends, fighting and hating each other over Hetalia, because one of them couldn't accept that the other didn't like an anime she did. Don't get me wrong, I love Hetalia (borderline crazy about it, even) but I don't think it's something that you should fight and insult your your friends over. If someone says they dislike Hetalia, then they should be left alone and NOT bashed, because that's what gives our fandom a bad name.
And about the pedophiles issue, I believe that society is making too much of a horrible image of them. No, I am NOT saying that pedophillia is a good thing, it bloody isn't, but it's a Disorder, and not a delibrate thing, unlike what child-abuse and abortion is. Some pedophiles even go to therapy to fix themselves, which is the right thing to do. But again, I am NOT defending pedophillia in any way. About the rape issue, though, you're completely right.
I really like hetalia,and the fandom doesn't seem horrible to me,but those things really bug me too.
People who are calling France a gay or a rapist?! Come on! France is just a little perverted, but we all have this kind of friend! And the fact that he acts this way towards boys really does not make him gay, that's just bromance. Some of my friends act that way too (well, less extreme,but you can see the point), and they are all straight.The fact Spain likes chibiromano does not make him a pedophile. Who didn't thought their little cousin or sibling is adorable?
I do read many fanfictions,but there are some Terrible stories that I really have to close before finishing the first chapter because they make these pedo-rape thingy too much.
The fanart is totally sweet when it comes to..well,I'm only 15 do my limit is the make outs . But that's just my opinion. And I never saw a drawings of Spain harassing Romano or anything,but the thought of it is making me sick.
I don't really watch hetalia to learn history ,it's so random that Im in the 'wtf is this' zone instead of realizing the history behind it-call me stupid,but I watch it just for the laughs. So I totally agree with you about the history refference.
The questions are completely logical,you can't find in google if Germany and HRE are the same person,for example.(I searched everywhere I could,but all I found out is that Germany was a oart of it.For all we know, he can be another part of the empire.) people who does not know something ask about it,and as stupid the questions are,no one can controll it.
@USUKfangirl : I never imagined people to be so gross:(
I didn't really like the stereotype of Canadians to the show (Canadians are awesome!) ,but the fans making it serous is just plain cruel. I hope she will rest in peace;(
How did I just now notice this article!
@pumpkinqueen: Quit being so goddamn biased and selfish. You know, people like you are the reason why everyone hates this fandom, right? This is a fandom, not a dictatorship! So stop shoving your useless comments and views down other peoples throats. It's nothing but trash that doesn't belong in the Hetalia fandom. -_-
Those people deserve to sit in a chair, and have the chair fall apart beneath them.
And then everybody laughs.
The would deserve every second of it.
Well.. I also learned a little from Hetalia, e.g.: That Prussia was 'named' Teutonic Knights before he/it became Prussia.
I also remember alot of country flags now, because It helps when you think of the character from Hetalia. E.g.; When I'm having a history class and the teacher is talking about Ukraine, then I automatically think of Ukraine (The character) and then I would be like: "Oh yeah, Ukraine has a blue and yellow flag!".
(sorry if i wrote something wrong or you didn't understand what I wrote, English isn't my 'Mother language')
It just really peeves me when someone mentions Hetalia that is not Hetalia related. I find it so immature. And then there's people who laugh at maps, and I don't see anything funny. GOOD GOD, it's just a fucking MAP. What's so funny about geography??? Last I checked, the countries represented the nations as a whole, not the LAND. Oh my god. And then there's the other people that are tagging their Hetalia stuff on Tumblr with just the country names. Uh, no. You either add APH or Hetalia before or after the country name! Ex: APH England. That's how you tag the characters. Be respectful to those who don't want anything to do with it. And the worst type of people are the ones that start crying in History class, saying "OMG MY FEELZ!!1!!1!!!!" It's a fucking History class, not an episode of Hetalia.
Those are like the worst things that people do. Honestly, this fandom is bad, but I love the anime.
And--don't kill me for this--but fascism really isn't that bad. It's just a political system, not any more horrible than any other.
But, I study history with Hetalia-style (only for personification and some humor, the rest is history) . It's easier to remember.
I especially agree with #4.
Just the other day, I was a bit curious (like I usually am) and wanted to learn some history, so I started looking up some countries, reading about them, learning their history. Not once did I NOT come across comments that were Hetalia related. This fandom kind of worries me. We all try to give our fandom a good reputation, then there are THOSE people who come in and make it seem like the whole Hetalia fandom is a bunch of crazy sickos. Kinda sick of it.
I fell in love with the series [yes, pretty much enjoyed it] because it's fun watching a short series with countries in human form, that is in a good way. I like it.
But recently I've been seeing more and more yaoi-related stuff about it, and it disturbs me. well, the characters are mostly male, but what I see in hetalia is more of the friendship/family kind of relationship...
and I really didn't like how most people I knew who were introduced to the series reacted when they comment about hetalia... they say it's gay and weird. It saddens me.
1: Hetalia did get me more interested in history but i never really took it too seriously because it is just for laughs
2:Yaoi is cute, I've got nothing against it, but when people start going TOO far with pairings and go turning the episodes with siblings into @#$%, then I'm really annoyed. I feel like only a small percentage of the fans actually like the show for comedy and the characters and their hatred/friendliness with other characters
3:I agree. My best friend is a pervert and i sometimes have to put her back in line "in a totally friendly way" but i wouldn't consider her a rapist. I mean for gods sake she is one of the nicest people i have ever met. It really makes me sick that people can laugh at rape because that is not cool.
4:That would be annoying. WW2 is NOT funny like hetalia. a lot of people take history very seriously, it might even be their job and this is real, hetalia is not so i feel that those fans should keep their comments for themselves.
5:Some people don't remember the fact that there was always a reason for things to happen.
6:I live in Canada and hey it's funny the first time, sorta like a joke, but the instance those "fans" start taking it seriously im going to woop their fat arses because that is not cool.
Thanks for posting this article. It makes me happy to see some fans like this
The others I 100% agree with, and I'm glad someone finally spoke up about it. ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SHIPPING. I understand you want to protect your 'OTP', but god, other people have different opinions. When I ship a ship in Hetalia, I actually do some research about their history. Just open a textbook, shippers, it's not that hard.
SHIPPING NATIONS? REALLY?! HETALIA IS NOT YAOI! STAPH IT
STOP STEREOTYPING EVERY SINGle COUNTRY BASED OFF HETALIA. IF YOU WANNA JUDGE A FRIggIN Anime CHARACTER, AT LEAST READ THEIR FRIGGIN WIKI! OR THE FRIGGIN MANGA!!
STOP saying....I like History class because of Hetalia, this and that, this and that...STOP BASHING ON haters!
STOP Falling in love with countries to the point of obsession with it in REAL LIFE! PLEASE!
Thank you SO much for posting this!
I mean, I love Hetalia and all, but some things are just so fucked up in the fandom...like the fact that people say that Spain is a pedo a France is a rapist. And I just can't help thinking: What's wrong with you people?!
And the amount of yaoi pics posted are countless. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YAOI!! I started watching it because I wanted to compare it with real life moments. But, overall, I wanted to say that I loved it. Here's a cookie for you *throws a cyber cookie*
When I started out watching Hetalia, I thought it would be completely historical, but now I just use Hetalia as some good comedy time. Hetalia actually helps me remember some countries more then history :p
Yaoi. This just sickens me to the core with people thinking Hetalia is all about shipping and crap. It just isn't. I love to read fan-fictions, but if you search even on the first page it will be all about yaoi/yuri and I just want to scream ):( If I look at family picture in Hetalia, its pretty cute. But people always ruin it, saying that they're gay :c Families are allowed to hug/kiss right? With France and Spain. France isn't a rapist!!! Just because he is a pervert, doesn't mean he wants to rape people, he's still a pretty cool character, just as that picture said! Spain is no pedophile. In the wiki, it states he likes the Italian brothers, and thats perfectly normal for some people to like other kids, not of their own. But he doesn't show that he wants to, ummm... thing... with Romano. I understand that Sweden is a homosexual as Himaryu had stated, along with France being a bisexual, i'm okay with other orientations c:
People have such, deep, dirty cruel minds and it hurts me. I usually go on google images to look up cute pictures of the Hetalian characters, but if you scroll down very deeply, you'll find things like s*x and p**n and I just feel like throwing up. I cannot believe some people thing the term 'rapist' and 'pedophile' are like jokes, THEY AREN'T! Those sort of things are really sad and scary things, even just to think about it worries me :'(
I can relate with you, I love history alongside with Hetalia! But I guess some people thing differently about these two things. I'm just happy no-one in my class actually knows this anime, I might be the only one in my whole school who actually likes this :0 Anyways~ people do think they can be knowledgeable about history just because they watch Hetalia, which has completely inaccurate history.
(5) Don't think I've ever seen it around, but if I did I'd definitely correct them just so they don't go on about a false answer.
I am a Canadian/New Zealander and I'm happy about my two different nationalities. But if someone went and said something like, "Who are you?" or if a friend completely ignores me on purpose, I'd feel really sad about it :"c I know in the anime series Canada gets quite a-lot of that, and I'd protect him, (if I existed in the anime world, but I like the real world quite a bit!) If someone came up me and said something mean about New Zealanders I wouldn't feel good either. We should all like different nationalities, not put hate on them, just because of Hetalia. I was close to being an American, and that's okay! I won't put any hate on it since I think Americans are pretty awesome people like everyone else is!
This rant you made just made me so happy that their are SOME people who actually take Hetalia normally, not like a crazy psycho who doesn't even care. I hope I didn't drag this out too long
Anyways, cya~
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Don't get me wrong; I love Hetalia. It's become quite a part of my inspiration to write and draw among other things. Sometimes, though, I wonder how the hell did those crazy, yaoi-everything fangirls come to be.
I agree with this article wholeheartedly. I mean, hey dudes, hetalia is a comedy, not your history textbook! It isn't fine when you refer to hetalia as your education tool, because it isn't supposed to be one. Also, referencing to only hetalia for your history will result in you missing the whole point of history. History actually is very bloody (as we all should know) yet some hetalia fans seems to think that it was wacky and humorous. . . I do find it frustrating when some people laugh at history events right in the middle of history class. . . please, wars and invasions are not something to laugh about!
I use hetalia as inspiration, and maybe motivation to start learning more about the international community, or just to improve myself. . . I relatively enjoy it as a boredom buster comedy. . . It's never failed to cheer me up on my bad days. But I don't use it as my history textbook to study before a test, geez. . .
Forgive my random little outburst there. . . did I put my thoights down too harshly? "^-^
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