part 353 whalers on the moon

[aphanon_meme]

We've been here over a year now! I can hardly believe it! Dreamwidth's been pretty good, I'd say, with almost no downtime to speak of and all that! Anyway... how is your spring going? Or I guess it's almost summer, isn't it? Hopefully it's been well! I've been catching up on work and new movies, all very exciting stuff, I'm sure.

Enjoy part 353!

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

He sure is flexible.

Re: ITT: things that cheer you up when you're feeling down

[tikula]

being with my siblings ;3;
and taking care of my pets, also
sometimes cooking! or making themes for tumblr blogs. really relaxing and satisfying when they're done.

[(Anonymous)]

I think we should all punch Germany next time we see him.

For the good of the meme.

[(Anonymous)]

excellent plan. let's form an orderly line so that everyone gets a turn at him.

surely germany will appreciate or efficiency.

gb2b Russia

[(Anonymous)]

[(Anonymous)]

Have you ever been turned off by a pairing or character by a specific fan or group of fans?

[(Anonymous)]

"Nude" is such a gross word

Nood

[(Anonymous)]

The only time Ukraine isn't a weak crybaby is when she has to protect little Russia. Only he matters.

[(Anonymous)]

Germany. I'm going to punch him to make the eyes.gifs cry! Be prepared.

-1

[lux_n_burg]

[He can understand the sentiment in this case, but threatening violence against
a neighbour an important trade partner is not preferable.]

How about we add a wig or maybe some paint to this punching bag-fellow here
and everyone should be happy?

[(Anonymous)]

RusAme.
RusLiet.

[(Anonymous)]

Prumano.

The memers who like it are pretty chill, and know what's bullshit, which I appreciate a lot. But I've encountered too many super bitchy, bash-happy fans and I associate it with an ex-friend. So yeah...I don't think I'll be shipping it anytime soon.

tl;dr

[(Anonymous)]

...sliiiiightly. there are a few characters who've been gary stuified beyond salvation, and one in particular i am finding difficult to tolerate because every time i do look for fic with him all the other characters seem overly taken with him somehow and i cannot pinpoint exactly what bugs me about it.

it wouldn't bother me if it's matter of people interpreting this character as being unusually physically attractive, as i can see that, and in any case i am generally quite flexible on character interpretation on that account (like, i can believe in both a fic where character A is very beautiful, and one in which character A is considered rather ugly or plain, it can go either way)... but something about it lately inevitably reads to me like this character is intended as an open self insert for you, the reader, and the whole thing is wishful thinking that other characters b, c, d, e, and so forth all have this unspoken longing for you because yadda yadda and i just... eh.

i suppose what i'm saying is that more and more i'm failing to see the connection to this character as specifically THIS character versus a blank space for the reader. and as i feel extremely awkward and irritated with reader/characters type setups, it bugs me, and consequently i have not read anything with this character as the focal point in a long time.

and then there are a whole bunch of pairings that i might have had interest in, but only if it had happened either a way that i personally found entertaining and ic (well, ic per my interpretation), or if it had managed to at least get my kinks in, even if slightly ooc -- but as the people who shipped/wrote it never saw it my way and i didn't care enough to do it my way myself, my interest waned. not sure that really counts, i mean that's more of a failure to turn on all the way in the first place versus a turning on.

[(Anonymous)]

ur mom is such a gross word

[(Anonymous)]

the only time ukraine isn't a weak crybaby is when she's trying to teach russia to solve his problems by flashing his boobs

Re: -1

[(Anonymous)]

/aggressively bounces on your shoe

Re: ITT: things that cheer you up when you're feeling down

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much nothing. When I feel down, I stay down for a long time. Eventually I feel a bit better.

/Driveby.

[1amkeit]

[Everybody wants to punch him? He certainly hasn't ever experienced that feeling before]

Don't even try it!

[(Anonymous)]

That one Sweden/Finland troll. They certainly haven't made me interested in the pairing, to say the least.

They're still active. After two years.

[lux_n_burg]

H-hey I am- I'm just an Anony-
anon...

[Don't punch him, he's not an ugly punching bag!
...Wait, you're "just" bouncing (his poor foot).]

Um?

[Carefully tries to pick you up - now be a nice little gif.]

/punchby

[(Anonymous)]

[probably not the strongest punch... how big is a .gif anyway? but 'tis the punchy thought that counts]

[(Anonymous)]

NGL, tumblr has made me much more annoyed with France and Spain.

I understand and appreciate the backlash against fans portraying France as a rapist and Spain as a pedophile, but so many of the tumblr crowd have countered it by Gary Stu-ifying the both of them. They deny every creepy, pervy or jackass moment they've had and make them out to be the Social Justice Sex Gods and tout around how France said "love is not something that should be forced on others!" (because France never lies, am I right) instead of explaining how France has had character development, and just because he shows pervy tendencies as a joke does not mean he would commit a rape for real or that rape is okay.

If anybody's getting annoyed with Russia for similar reasons, then I would understand completely (but personally, he's my baby, so...)

[(Anonymous)]

/bounce bounce bounce attempt
/it can be hard to punch if you don't have any natural appendages
/aggressively blushes at you

/sa

[(Anonymous)]

Also, where did France say "those who call themselves ugly do not understand they are the most beautiful person in someone's eyes" or however it went?

Seriously, it's sad I have to doubt whether this is a real quote or not.

/lateby

[desuraven]

Before being the Teutonic Order itself he was also the hospital the Order came from, St. Mary's of Jerusalem.

He was also possibly something else (or unnamed???) beforehand as Himaruya says he comes from a cold place, and Jerusalem is very much not. However, he never says where or what this cold place was so if you're just looking for named things Gilbert has been then yes those + St. Mary's are all of them.