Romania wanted to point out that just because they got along didn't mean they were friends, but he settled for rolling his eyes and letting Bulgaria lighten the mood. Maybe if he could keep him talking...
Suddenly the forked twig was pointed directly at him. He followed its length until he met Bulgaria's eyes, which were narrowed and serious. "Spill."
Romania looked down at his hands, which were folded in his lap. They were very interesting without their gloves on; covered in scars and callouses and old tell-tale marks of war. He finally muttered something under his breath.
Bulgaria frowned and leaned closer. "What was that?"
"I said 'I'm a vampire.' How hard is that to understand?!" Romania snapped.
Bulgaria looked a little taken aback. Then he reached over and pulled the curtains open, letting a flood of light pour into the room and directly onto where Romania was sitting.
LOLHISTORY "Horrendous mistake back in 1955" -- the Warsaw Pact [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact ], signed in 1955, was a reaction by Russia to America's founding of NATO. Signing this made Romania a communist country and thrust him directly into one of the worst periods of his history. The last leader of this period, Nicolae Ceausescu [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceausescu ], and his wife were shot at Targoviste on Christmas Day. "You can't help people..." "Japan managed it." -- Japan, as we all know, had a little bit of a shut-in issue for a few centuries. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period ] "Prussia of the Balkans" -- It's true. Quite a few history texts, websites, Hetalia fanfictions, and other (awesome) sources describe Bulgaria this way. "You're always wearing your hat, it's your trademark." -- Romania has too many hats, guys. [ http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaPortul/m_hat.htm ] "Gospodi" -- If my (inaccurate) sources are correct: Bulgarian for "God". "... Impaling people again..." "... limbs in my flowerbed" -- This was probably obvious, but the first is a reference to Vlad Tepes, commonly known as "the Impaler." [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler ] Romanians love the guy: he's a national hero who's celebrated for keeping the Ottoman Empire from overrunning Romania like it did with Bulgaria and Byzantium before him. He ultimately failed, but hey. He was epic. The second quote refers to the fact that Hungarian leader Mihail Szilagyi (Google him, he exists! His Wikipedia page is just in Romanian) was sawn in half in Bulgaria's front lawn -- not to mention all of the other people killed on the guy's land. Hey, he was right between Romania and Turkey. Things got messy in 1460.
... to be continued...
Also, there appear to be two part Bs, the latter of which is supposed to be C. Newbie fails.
No! I can't be left hanging like that! I just love your writing style and the humor is great. Romania is my favorite, so I'll definitely be waiting for the next chapter.
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Re: Our Vampires Are Different [Part 1d/?]
(Anonymous) 2011-11-25 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)Suddenly the forked twig was pointed directly at him. He followed its length until he met Bulgaria's eyes, which were narrowed and serious. "Spill."
Romania looked down at his hands, which were folded in his lap. They were very interesting without their gloves on; covered in scars and callouses and old tell-tale marks of war. He finally muttered something under his breath.
Bulgaria frowned and leaned closer. "What was that?"
"I said 'I'm a vampire.' How hard is that to understand?!" Romania snapped.
Bulgaria looked a little taken aback. Then he reached over and pulled the curtains open, letting a flood of light pour into the room and directly onto where Romania was sitting.
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LOLHISTORY
"Horrendous mistake back in 1955" -- the Warsaw Pact [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact ], signed in 1955, was a reaction by Russia to America's founding of NATO. Signing this made Romania a communist country and thrust him directly into one of the worst periods of his history. The last leader of this period, Nicolae Ceausescu [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceausescu ], and his wife were shot at Targoviste on Christmas Day.
"You can't help people..." "Japan managed it." -- Japan, as we all know, had a little bit of a shut-in issue for a few centuries. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period ]
"Prussia of the Balkans" -- It's true. Quite a few history texts, websites, Hetalia fanfictions, and other (awesome) sources describe Bulgaria this way.
"You're always wearing your hat, it's your trademark." -- Romania has too many hats, guys. [ http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaPortul/m_hat.htm ]
"Gospodi" -- If my (inaccurate) sources are correct: Bulgarian for "God".
"... Impaling people again..." "... limbs in my flowerbed" -- This was probably obvious, but the first is a reference to Vlad Tepes, commonly known as "the Impaler." [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler ] Romanians love the guy: he's a national hero who's celebrated for keeping the Ottoman Empire from overrunning Romania like it did with Bulgaria and Byzantium before him. He ultimately failed, but hey. He was epic. The second quote refers to the fact that Hungarian leader Mihail Szilagyi (Google him, he exists! His Wikipedia page is just in Romanian) was sawn in half in Bulgaria's front lawn -- not to mention all of the other people killed on the guy's land. Hey, he was right between Romania and Turkey. Things got messy in 1460.
... to be continued...
Also, there appear to be two part Bs, the latter of which is supposed to be C. Newbie fails.
Re: Our Vampires Are Different [Part 1d/?]
(Anonymous) 2011-11-26 07:12 am (UTC)(link)Author!Anon
(Anonymous) 2011-11-28 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)OP
(Anonymous) 2011-11-26 09:14 am (UTC)(link)Also, is that a TVTropes reference as the title?
Re: Our Vampires Are Different [Part 1d/?]
(Anonymous) 2011-11-26 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)No, I'm totally not a biased Bulga/Roma shipper. Not at all.
A!A, I only have one request and that is for you
to have my bloodto update this.Re: Our Vampires Are Different [Part 1d/?]
(Anonymous) 2011-11-26 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)I'll be following this and looking forward to the next update.