Yet Another Hetalia Post

Phantomess just wrote about CLANNAD which reminded me to write about Angel Beats! but... well, I've been obsessing over Hetalia Axis Powers for quite a bit and am in the mood to write about that instead.
Well, not just Axis Powers. I'm sure, once I get my hands on it, the dub version of Hetalia World Series will be just as good, if not better. The show improves dramatically over the first season and continues to get better throughout the second, so I've no doubts that the third and fourth seasons will be amazing.
The sub seems to be epic as well, actually. I'm more into the dub, which is amazing. I've always been a sub fanatic; Inuyasha and Hetalia are the only exceptions to this, thus far.

The comics are very entertaining (I haven't read the manga though, but I will one day), but it's not quite the same. I'm so used to the voices in the dub (funnily enough, I'm also used to the sub voices. I like both, I guess) that it seems strange reading what they say rather than hearing it. Even so, the comics were the originals (and they handle some parts better, such as when America declared independence against Britain/England. It was very emotional in the anime, but I still prefer the comic version. Not to mention that it was dragged out forever in the anime, and in a rather stupid way...) and they have their own quirks that just weren't used in the anime.

If you asked me to give you a plot synopsis, I wouldn't be able to. It's like a series of shorts based on world events. It starts off being based around World War II, mostly (from the perspective of the Axis, though the Allies get a lot of screeentime as well) but it branches off into all sorts of other things later on. And it's all over the place. There's too much to talk about really. And that's without bringing up the shipping.

It's full of HoYay (due to the cast being mostly male, though not entirely) between many bishonen characters, which naturally causes many fangirls to flock towards it.
And most of the dialogue can be interpreted in many different ways... so every character could be seen as the launcher of a thousand ships.

The characters are countries. That sounds weird. They're anthropomorphic countries, sort of. Really, really cute countries. The show has the potential to be really offensive at times, but it's nothing like, say, South Park. The jokes are played for laughs and aren't meant to be insulting.
I'll write up another post later about my favourite characters. Here's my list, in no particular order... except from most favourite to least favourite, of course.
- Japan (not just because I love the country. He's a brilliant character. You can't blame me for liking him though, as he's supposed to represent my favourite place/culture, so...)
- Switzerland
- Britain
- Germany
- Russia
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Sealand (hehehe)

That's not very many characters, considering how many there are in the show. It's based off of countries around the world, of course there's going to be plenty of characters...

Random fact: The word Hetalia is a portmanteau of hetare and Italia (Itaria), which means 'hopeless Italy' in Japanese. I didn't steal that from TVTropes. Of course not.

This Is Why I Try Not To Think While Tired

Thanks to Hetalia, I have been thinking in a British accent all night.
I'm also thinking with a male voice, which is more than a little bit weird.

The English assignment that is due tomorrow (tomorrow technically being in 15 minutes, though I do have the morning to work on it as well) is... kind of not finished. I have 600 words, so that's not too bad, I suppose. I need 800 to reach the minimum requirements though. 200 more words, then.

^See, I can do basic maths. Who says I'm not mathematically minded? Ha.

I haven't stayed up this late in a long time. That's pretty cool.

Oh my God I'm even typing in a male voice with a British accent. What the hell brain.

It's pretty okay, though, as I rather like most of the British accents (speaking of which, I'm not quite sure which accent I'm thinking in, just that it's definitely British of some sort). I mean, I could be thinking with an American accent, which... well, actually, that wouldn't suck so much, but it's the only relatively annoying one I can think of.

Hm, what about... Scottish? I can't imagine thinking in Scottish. That'd just be absurd.

I do hope tomorrow is filled with many bludge lessons, as I'm going to be extremely tired. Even so, I can't bring myself to go to bed. I'm too awake for that, and besides, I need to finish the English assignment. I was planning on waking up early to finish it, but... what if I slept in?

It's hard to think right now. I'll think of something, and then think "hey, am I thinking with a British accent?" and then I'll think "oh, I just did it again. Oh wait, I'm still doing it" etc etc.

Is it weird that I'm not weirded out by my thoughts being in an obviously male voice? It's the voice of a rather effeminate male, but it's still definitely male.

This is bizarre. Okay, it's not really. I just wanted to use the word bizarre.

I Think I Just Failed Maths

Maths A, even. Which is sort of like 'Idiots Math'. Well, no, not quite, but you get the picture.
It sucks because as we worked through the test, I recognised the questions. I knew them, but I just couldn't recall how to solve them. A lot of it was simple logic, but I couldn't figure it out. Maths has always been my weakest subject. My brain just doesn't work that way.

I'm glad it's over now, though. I get to do my English assignment (I'd rather not, but I don't really have a choice) and my Drama assignment (even worse. I hate the written tasks in Drama because they never make much sense) and then I finally get to chillbang (not literally bang) for the rest of the afternoon. Hell, the rest of the bloody week, even. Brilliant!
Except Extension English of course. That subject always manages to ruin my week. Well, it's not that bad, seeing as I never actually do anything, but it still sucks having to stay late after school.

Hetalia Axis Powers is surprisingly sad. I'm amazed at how heartbreaking some of it is D= Like poor Italy who just can't catch a break, and Germany who totally has a thing for Italy but would never admit it (not to mention that, back when he was the Holy Roman Empire [spoiler alert, rofl] he actually did confess his love for baby Italy. Not that he remembers that now) and then there's China who raised Japan only for Japan to completely backstab him. And wtf is going on between Britain and America?
The scene in the movie, where Germany is like, dying, and he uses his final breath to tell Italy to smile... It's tragic!
It's usually such a hilarious, lighthearted show, but there are times where it really tugs at the heartstrings.