aphanon_meme | part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

and of mind. Do do do do do do do do do do do.

How was your end-of-December-into-January time, meme? Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Or light a candle in your window in the hopes that Himaruya would update again instead of leaving us behind like an 19th century light house keeper's wife whose husband has gone off to sea? ... Did you?

Enjoy part 347!

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USA♥CHAN

Yes it is!

I WANT THE SHITTY BURNT SCONES BACK!

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So this isn't my OTP per se but let me tell you what I have some FEELINGS about hateloveshipping this pairing that I've been drafting for a while.

The anons above me are right that America and Russia are similar in lots of fun ways, so that makes pitting them against each other all the more satisfying. They're not like fire and ice so much as two sides of the same coin. They're two huge superpowers, and they both want to call the shots. They both get fiercely competitive, and hate to back down. They're both children even though they're fully grown adults. They always think they're right. Of course they're going to clash.
(And they're both sentimental about keeping old useless stuff, but this is more like one thing they'd agree on rather than fight over.)

After this is where things start to diverge and America and Russia go to the opposite sides of that coin, and all of this is why I prefer to stay out of AUs for this ship. First, consider that Russia is much older than America, and reached the height of his power through painful developments. To condense centuries of rocky history, he has seen some SHIT. Meanwhile, America is much younger and was able to become adept at war and trade while mostly minding his own business. America did live in some fear of his neighbors trying to make his life miserable, and there were some fights over land, but the modern relationship American-Canadian relationship in particular is really damn good and there's little resentment. America flaunts it like he's got it made. That is not how things happened in the Old World.
I think Russia really resents America for having it so easy. Not only that, but America is careless with his successes so Russia thinks him quite foolish.
America, on the other hand, sees Russia as someone living in the past, emotionally and sometimes functionally. And he paints Russia as the Anti-America. What's that up ahead? It's Russia getting in America's way again. What a pain in the ass.
And remember that they both hang onto old sentiments for a really long time.

And as a side-point, Russia couldn't make friends with a tiny hamster, while America got an alien and a giant whale to be his friends. But the alien's a dick and the whale is a whale, so make of that what you will. I want this ship to be America and Russia in a relationship that's like an arm-wrestling match - hostile and combative but also intimate and a little bit sweaty.

The way I see it, they're two assholes who deserve each other.

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Weltschmerz

does 'chucklehead' seem like a more potent insult to you, then?

"The way I see it, they're two assholes who deserve each other."

That's beautiful, anon. The truest love there ever was.

come on

i know a lot of you have done it!

[Takes both home]

Not to mention they used this as a point IN THE DEEN MOVIE.
You're not alone, anon.

But the biggest obstacle I have with RussAme is how do they even get to the point of a relationship that goes beyond competitive animosity? It seems like a big hurdle to jump over given both their personalities.

Squee

or Moist von Lipwig ;3;

I would like SuFin if it fanfics on it weren't so tooth-achingly sweet in a boring way. I find it adorable in canon, but many writers see it as an excuse to write boring and uninspired domestic fluff without any real characterization.

The meme is making me ship these two bastards. Such hate, much screaming, so wow.

Am I the only one on the meme left who ships this? [watches tumbleweed roll by]

I think it's a wonderful ship historically and personality wise, both in UsUk and UkUs form (though I prefer the latter). They're just such dorks in canon and dance around each other constantly. America likes getting England's attention and England likes being annoyed. When something happens to mess that up, the dynamic instantly changes to address the problem preventing it from happening so it can resume.

What, and sully my stainless reputation?! I wouldn't dream of it!

~~…actually, I think I might've posted equal or greater amounts of smut than worksafe stuff with him. Sorry, England.~~

Yes.

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part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

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Re: ITT: your favorite words!

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Let them give you a piggy back ride?

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