The next day, America personally went to one of his harbors and dumped all of the tea England sent them into the ocean. The resulting outrage was expected and the battles that followed it bloody and full of tears. The feeling of absolute freedom was exhilarating when well earned, and both America and Canada basked in it.
Laying beneath a black canvas sprinkled in stars, the two were finally able to lay down their guns and enjoy the feeling of being the only two people in the world.
“Hey, Canada, I just realized something.”
“What is it? Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing like that. Do you remember back when we started taking Hehewuti’s lands for England? How she said once in a battle that she only wanted to protect her people?”
Canada nodded solemnly, gripping America’s hand tighter. Whether it was for his own comfort or his brother’s, he wasn’t sure.
“I understand now. I can feel her people too, you know. They live in the west. When we talk like this and use her languages, I can almost remember how it felt that day when we all ate together.”
The two smiled, turning their heads so they could look into each other’s identical blue eyes.
Canada laughed. “It was so nice back then, our friendship.”
“Yeah, it was. Sometimes now, it almost feels as if she was a part of me; I get this strange feeling whenever we talk like this, like she was talking through me, you know?”
Canada nodded and said,”I know. I feel it too.”
Even when old friendships were gone, families broken, and the two twins had become separate, they could still speak in that language they had that no one else could understand and remember the feeling of being a twin colony raised by the dark skinned warrior mother they had. Even though others would look at them as if they were insane when they spoke it, only when their language was spoken between them did the two know for certain that they would be alright. ___________________________________________________________________ You did not see that de-anon. . _.;
very good :) I love how you portrayed the twins. My only constructive criticism would be that Canada didn't fight to get their independence. We just waited long enough that Britain didn't really care, and then asked. Not much of a bloody battle. In fact, we fought against the Americans when they tried attacking forts around Montreal, and took in all the loyalists when they had to leave the US. Then again, you didn't specifically say that the twins were fighting each other, so maybe i'm just being a raving history nut. Anyway, this didn't have much bearing on your story, so sorry for the lecture! And aside from that minor discrepancy, your fill is amazing!
Thank God the other anon said it first. I read this fic a few days ago and it bugged me then because of that particular issue, but I've got a few more points to add. Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not American, but didn't Canada try to help Britain keep America?
Also, again, don't know much about the Revolution, but America's speech in reaction to the riot just... boggled me. I can't see England being so cold towards America concerning the riot death; England was always kind to America and genuinely cared about him, albeit in his own unique way. I'm not even English and that bit made me feel indignant.
And this: "but if we don’t get more land, then Spain and France would get it instead and we can’t let that happen, for England’s sake". What? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong because I accept I don't know that much about the time period, but I think Manifest Destiny had a bit more to do with the persecution of Native Americans than 'the Evil Empire', didn't it?
Technically, your writing is fine, nothing wrong with it in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, but the way you handled such an issue put me right off.
Most Canadians stayed out of it, until they were attacked. A few did join the Americans. There were plenty of local Loyalists to fight the Rebels, in addition to actual British soldiers.
This is a weakness of Hetalia. England the personification loved America. The British Empire thought the colonists overreacted over the deaths and the troops. Whenever you bring in real life death, the personifications get darker than canon, simply because of what they did/are associated with.
Manifest Destiny was years later, when America was independent. The quote is a reference to the scramble for territory in the New World by the Europeans, since Canada and America are agents of them. Because the natives weren't considered people, all their land was up for grabs, depending on who got there first. There was a lot of arguing over whose explorers got where at what time..
One of the arguments for Britain to own America was a myth about a Welshman named Madoc getting there first. In fact, the Nordics got to Canada first, and maybe America (the evidence is uncertain, but it was many years before Vinland was accepted by historians). However, they weren't big on settling and farming, and left.
The Spanish are the first documented explorers of the future America. De Vaca who explored the future border of the US and Mexico, Ponce De Leon who explored Florida, Balboa and Magellan who discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed the whole thing for Spain, and De Soto who explored deep into the future American South, all the way to Missouri, before dying on the banks of the Mississippi around Arkansas or Louisiana in 1542. De Soto's expedition is infamous for it's cruelty.
Next, the French got to Canada and the English to the American East Coast. The first English colony was called Roanoke, and was mysteriously wiped out. It's something of a ghost story now. The next attempt was the Jamestown settlement in 1607, and it celebrated it's 400th anniversary of colonization in 2007. The Queen of England came to visit and everything.
They celebrated the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landing at Bonavista in 1497. Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for England in 1583. It was the first overseas colony of the British Empire. The French, Spanish, and Portuguese also had a hand in Newfoundland's history.
So even though NL became a province of Canada in 1949, its history makes it older than both America and Canada in terms of 'Hetalia' history.
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Our Bond [3/3]
(Anonymous) 2012-01-16 06:02 am (UTC)(link)Laying beneath a black canvas sprinkled in stars, the two were finally able to lay down their guns and enjoy the feeling of being the only two people in the world.
“Hey, Canada, I just realized something.”
“What is it? Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing like that. Do you remember back when we started taking Hehewuti’s lands for England? How she said once in a battle that she only wanted to protect her people?”
Canada nodded solemnly, gripping America’s hand tighter. Whether it was for his own comfort or his brother’s, he wasn’t sure.
“I understand now. I can feel her people too, you know. They live in the west. When we talk like this and use her languages, I can almost remember how it felt that day when we all ate together.”
The two smiled, turning their heads so they could look into each other’s identical blue eyes.
Canada laughed. “It was so nice back then, our friendship.”
“Yeah, it was. Sometimes now, it almost feels as if she was a part of me; I get this strange feeling whenever we talk like this, like she was talking through me, you know?”
Canada nodded and said,”I know. I feel it too.”
Even when old friendships were gone, families broken, and the two twins had become separate, they could still speak in that language they had that no one else could understand and remember the feeling of being a twin colony raised by the dark skinned warrior mother they had. Even though others would look at them as if they were insane when they spoke it, only when their language was spoken between them did the two know for certain that they would be alright.
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You did not see that de-anon. . _.;
Re: Our Bond [3/3]
(Anonymous) 2012-01-17 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)I love how you portrayed the twins.
My only constructive criticism would be that Canada didn't fight to get their independence. We just waited long enough that Britain didn't really care, and then asked. Not much of a bloody battle. In fact, we fought against the Americans when they tried attacking forts around Montreal, and took in all the loyalists when they had to leave the US. Then again, you didn't specifically say that the twins were fighting each other, so maybe i'm just being a raving history nut. Anyway, this didn't have much bearing on your story, so sorry for the lecture!
And aside from that minor discrepancy, your fill is amazing!
Re: Our Bond [3/3]
(Anonymous) 2012-01-17 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)Also, again, don't know much about the Revolution, but America's speech in reaction to the riot just... boggled me. I can't see England being so cold towards America concerning the riot death; England was always kind to America and genuinely cared about him, albeit in his own unique way. I'm not even English and that bit made me feel indignant.
And this: "but if we don’t get more land, then Spain and France would get it instead and we can’t let that happen, for England’s sake". What? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong because I accept I don't know that much about the time period, but I think Manifest Destiny had a bit more to do with the persecution of Native Americans than 'the Evil Empire', didn't it?
Technically, your writing is fine, nothing wrong with it in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, but the way you handled such an issue put me right off.
Re: Our Bond [3/3]
(Anonymous) 2012-01-21 08:01 am (UTC)(link)This is a weakness of Hetalia. England the personification loved America. The British Empire thought the colonists overreacted over the deaths and the troops. Whenever you bring in real life death, the personifications get darker than canon, simply because of what they did/are associated with.
Manifest Destiny was years later, when America was independent. The quote is a reference to the scramble for territory in the New World by the Europeans, since Canada and America are agents of them. Because the natives weren't considered people, all their land was up for grabs, depending on who got there first. There was a lot of arguing over whose explorers got where at what time..
One of the arguments for Britain to own America was a myth about a Welshman named Madoc getting there first. In fact, the Nordics got to Canada first, and maybe America (the evidence is uncertain, but it was many years before Vinland was accepted by historians). However, they weren't big on settling and farming, and left.
The Spanish are the first documented explorers of the future America. De Vaca who explored the future border of the US and Mexico, Ponce De Leon who explored Florida, Balboa and Magellan who discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed the whole thing for Spain, and De Soto who explored deep into the future American South, all the way to Missouri, before dying on the banks of the Mississippi around Arkansas or Louisiana in 1542. De Soto's expedition is infamous for it's cruelty.
Next, the French got to Canada and the English to the American East Coast. The first English colony was called Roanoke, and was mysteriously wiped out. It's something of a ghost story now. The next attempt was the Jamestown settlement in 1607, and it celebrated it's 400th anniversary of colonization in 2007. The Queen of England came to visit and everything.
Don't Forget Newfoundland...
(Anonymous) 2012-01-23 02:30 am (UTC)(link)So even though NL became a province of Canada in 1949, its history makes it older than both America and Canada in terms of 'Hetalia' history.
Re: Our Bond [3/3]
(Anonymous) 2012-01-17 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)