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Anonymous
>>1101198 (omg this got tl; dr, sorry!)
I think you hit the nail on the head with "historical moments are better as a single image rather than comic-form" - comics are very, very hard to do "seriously" with Hetalia (at least when representing events) because of the lighthearted nature of the original comic. For example the canon strip of the Rape of Nanking, and the picture someone posted of China crying while Japan is on top of him. The comic was just *too* lighthearted, while the picture, while not everyone's cup of tea, was more serious. That said, I do enjoy lighthearted stuff as well! I enjoy both the idea of the American revolution being a "break-up" between US/UK, and the more serious pics reflected on it, and I enjoy the most serious US/Japan pics (with them fighting, or the one with the chopped down cherry tree) and ones where it's silly/cute and the US is bringing a wounded Japan some flowers, aka 'helping after the war.' And I love all the craziness in between that isn't serious at all. Heh. Hetalia sometimes confuses me because part of my brain is saying "this was a serious event, millions of people died in this time period because of the war, this shouldn't be silly" and the other part sees it as fun, in a way, at different countries being represented in this simplified, but fun way. (I mean when before have we been able to say, "I ship US/Canada!"? :P )
Also having said all that, I honestly wish I could draw myself! I have a lot of more serious pics swirling in my brain and I don't always feel comfortable asking friends/artists to draw them. Or if they're just weird. I have an image of France cosplaying Marie Antoinette that won't leave my brain.
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