Ahaha, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put pressure on you to argue for or against, I mostly just wanted to bat some opinions around. :)) Sorry. Once you get me started (especially on something I haven't had the opportunity to discuss a lot) I tend to go on and on and on. XD;;
In a certain sense, I can sympathize with the people writing and reading and enjoying the pairing in a bubble, since it's a good quick fix for a craving if you're looking for an easy resolution and so on, but I can also see the rub if you're looking for something a little more realistic.
And oh good lord, don't get me started on U.S./U.K. either. XD I'll just say that the whole "possessive" thing immediately put me in mind of that pairing too, since a lot of work for it tends to emphasize that aspect and the monogamy a lot more--and everything else a lot less.
Right. Anyway, It's just - when there's no background it makes me kinda rage a little because then it's really not making any sense and it just ruins things for me. I am with you here, especially since a big part of the reason I love them in the first place is that hundreds and hundreds of years of rival dynamic. It's the alternately snarling at each other and joining up across the Channel and the almost comfortable familiarity underneath it all that really makes them one of my favorite historical dynamics, whether we're talking Hetalia or not.
Pfft, no worries. It's not like we're having a formal debate or something. :>
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In a certain sense, I can sympathize with the people writing and reading and enjoying the pairing in a bubble, since it's a good quick fix for a craving if you're looking for an easy resolution and so on, but I can also see the rub if you're looking for something a little more realistic.
And oh good lord, don't get me started on U.S./U.K. either. XD I'll just say that the whole "possessive" thing immediately put me in mind of that pairing too, since a lot of work for it tends to emphasize that aspect and the monogamy a lot more--and everything else a lot less.
Right. Anyway, It's just - when there's no background it makes me kinda rage a little because then it's really not making any sense and it just ruins things for me. I am with you here, especially since a big part of the reason I love them in the first place is that hundreds and hundreds of years of rival dynamic. It's the alternately snarling at each other and joining up across the Channel and the almost comfortable familiarity underneath it all that really makes them one of my favorite historical dynamics, whether we're talking Hetalia or not.
Pfft, no worries. It's not like we're having a formal debate or something. :>