kinda bummed that between my tablet not working right and some anxiety-induced art block i’m missing out on most of @hetalia-polyship-week - so consider this dnd!au a very loose interpretation of the fairy tale prompt for day 4. i would have done something more fitting but this had already been a wip for like 2 weeks so i just wanted to get it done lol
they’re all tuckered out from adventuring and fell asleep in the tavern before they could even get to their room
Ciao a tutti. I’m Balph and well… I’m new here! Instagram wasn’t giving me enough AtTenTiOn and amino is for lame virgin cry babies. Twitter is…. Scary. I make hetalia art, OC art, pokemon art, and plenty of shitposts.
not me starting to enjoy painting backgrounds all of a sudden.
I’ve been screaming about Liet stepping into the water when it’s probably very cold but Lat might be the real madman lying on the wet forest ground like that.
Thinking for a while, I just love how in Hetalia and historically, Estonia is portrayed as someone who is smart and calculating. Historically, this nation went from someone, who was always stepped on(Russia, German nobility, Sweden, PLC) to a nation who leads other Baltics in development. Even tho geopolitically, Lithuania leads the Baltics due to size and having more influence, but in terms of development, Estonia takes the wheel. I really wish for Hima to explore his character and his past more.
I would like to post some old canon Hetalia stuff just to show how Estonia is at his happiest with the Baltics. Ffs Hima, why you include Russia when it comes to Baltics being happy fellas?? I get it that Russian propaganda channels are pestering the Baltics, but hey, at least NATO aka the US with his partners are keeping Russia on the leash from attacking the Baltics.
After reading Estonia’s collezione, I was thinking about how Latvia’s and Lithuania’s would look like and how controversial it could get. Himaruya, there is a tip to you with Lithuanian- Samogitian background: Latvia is a brother and should be treated like a pearl in a palm and this nation is concidered as the friendlest nation in Lithuania, Poland in modern terms is a strategic partner and a friend/ex-husband. In Polish-Lithuanian relations, there is still a small crack ( Polish- Lithuanian war, Vilnius debackle), but only nationalists are fighting between each other. Belarus is well… Belarus and Lithuania 100% shouldn’t be obsessed with her. Russia and Lithuania are eternal enemies. Estonia is best friend that despite rivalry, we sit at the same table to get some drinks. Here is a mini lesson to you, Himaruya and hope you don’t fuck this up. Peace everyone, I am out.
Edit: Edited mistakes and I was writing this when I was tired from clinical practice mentally and emotionally lol
NB 8( Nordic+ Baltic 8). When Baltic nations regained independance in 1990s, Nordics helped the Baltic states a lot so we could join EU and NATO. I really can’t wait to see Denmark and Lithuania’s interaction since Lithuania’s and Denmark’s relations are very great and there is tons of history behind DenLiet, plus this won’t be a crack ship anymore. Here is a link to Denmark-Lithuania relations(use google translate since this is in Lithuanian, but it has lot’s of information behind it. I will create a post about it with academic info about it). Baltics and Sweden as well since Sweden is like one of main trading partners. Glad to see Finland interacting with Estonia, wish he could interact with other Baltics as well. Iceland interacting with Baltics would be great since Iceland is MVP for being 1st country to recognize independance of the Baltics. As for Himaruya, remember to drop Estonia’s “I want to become Nordic” and “cross flag” stereotypes since this isn’t funny and is very offensive to Estonians, who know history between other Baltics very well. Nordic and Cross flag stereotypes/jokes to Estonians are like what Wilno Nashe is to Lithuanians, very offensive.
Belarus being mad at Lithuania. Concidering what is happening IRL with these countries, I think Belarus would be toxic af towards Lith and blaming him over the stuff he didn’t do. Regarding this, you can read articles on news since it’s wide topic in Europe and Luka being crazy on national TV all the time. Maybe Belarus would be living in Russia’s house since she “wants to marry” him desperately and she did by becoming sattelite IRL.
Visegrad group. It would be nice to see Poland, Hungary, Czech republic, Slovakia interacting with each other and solving issues.
The EU meeting. The moment when members of the EU come together to discuss EU issues.
America visiting the Baltic houses. This might do a lot of fan service to AmeLiet/AmeLat/AmeEst ships, but it would be nice to see how the Baltics are doing in America’s eyes concidering Lithuania working in America’s house during “Lithuania’s Outsourcing” strip and “Storage cleaning” anime episode. It would be a nice homage to this as well. Maybe America’s reaction to Russia’s “unfriendly countries” list would be great to see as well. Since I am sure NATO Baltic Air Policing mission exists and America is one of countries who helps the other Baltics to patrol their Air space.
Ukraine and Georgia(Sakartvelo character introduction) and how they are doing.
Taiwan interacting with America, Germany, Japan and Lithuania. Concidering what is happening with Taiwan, I think Taiwan would be interacting a lot with these countries. I am honestly smiling that my country Lithuania decided to open representitive office with name “Taiwan” instead Taipei and seeing how Taiwanese people are thanking Lithuania for donating vacinnes, my heart just melted.
Guess who might start working on a “History behind EstLiet” with my dear friend @alisune
It’s gonna take who knows how long but it’s definitely gonna be something. Historical ties between Lithuania and Estonia are not that well known, it’s about time more effort is made to tell their story, starting with Hetalia
Heck yes! What is up fellas. Alisune here and we will start working on historical lesson behind EstLiet ship with my friend @hetaestoniahq . Honestly, I was inspired by former Estonian embassy building in Kaunas and guess what, it has so much history between Lithuania and Estonia and their respective diasporas, even has military ties to it. I am very excited for this grand project and hope you guys would enjoy reading it. Edit: History of respective diasporas has been forgotten in terms of Hetalia’s ships, so in this post, we will spill the beans and no, I am not sponsored by Lithuanian ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It’s my birthday today, so I only had time to quickly color a very scrawly traditional sketch I did earlier in the week.
It was fun drawing (and coloring) some canon outfits that I barely draw these three in. (Except I messed Ed’s up, oops. I realized after I inked that his outfit in the Nyotalia episode was a blazer, not a sweater, X’D)
…Also, sorry, Raivis, I messed up his hair as well 0__0. And Liet’s hair is a little too short, oops.
Despite all of this, I do somewhat like how it looks as a colored sketch?
Under the cut are the usual extras (the trio’s original anime eye colors, as well as Raivis w/ purple eyes):
I always draw these three looking sad, so I decided to try drawing them with happier expressions. (Because they deserve everything good ksdhfjsdf)
I know when I traditionally draw lineart, it’s not as clean and polished as my digital lineart, but I feel like I can draw expressions better. (Same with hair; I for some reason, the hair always turns out better when I draw it traditionally.)
And since I already had the lineart sketched out, once I scanned it, I had more energy to focus on coloring. (Digital coloring is so much fun!)
I had a lot of fun with their outfits! Each one was loosely (some more than others) based off of one of their alternate canon outfits (which I will add under the cut).
Other stuff under the cut will be the usual alternate versions (Liet with fluffier hair, these three’s Seasons 1-4 anime eye colors, and Raivis w/ purple eyes, like he was shown with in older artwork).
