bright !

as immortals, i think the hetalia cast can get gored and “ die” but they always regenerate, and don’t necessarily die unless the nation itself dies. i actually think it is common practice for nations to kill eachother, especially during wartime, where the more battle-hungry nations such as Prussia often throw themselves into the front lines without hesitation.

regeneration the first time is hard, but it gets easier as time goes on.

really, a nation’s like for killing other nations and “dying” depends on their individual personalities, (i personally england would enjoy killing, but hate dying whereas austria would hate both, regardless of actual history. most nations do not particularly care one way or another) sometimes it is enforced by their government.

nations do act somewhat autonomously of the government and are more an essence of the spirit of the people, so they may kill eachother for funsies during times of high political tension. most nations tend to not take it too seriously and view a fight to the death as any other fight.

maybe OOC, at this point i am just turning Roderich and Gilbert into my own OCs.

i feel that pru would really repress himself (in this specific aspect) up until the fall of the berlin wall, where he essentially “dies” and has no more social responsibility to hold this up. i’d think of him as being a bit of a sadomasochist (although not to the extent of rusame but that is a whole other can of worms)

gil would sub but in a way that a horse is submissive, he would find joy in duty and in being broken in. roderich would enjoy taming him in a sense. (pony play,anybody?) perhaps this was always a thing between them, and only really grew in intensity as time passed. Gilbert would also be into extreme bondage, leather and sensory deprivation.

Roderich would dom, he is the type for character to find joy in being very strict and uptight, but the roles are not concrete (roderich would really enjoy suddenly losing control of gilbert and then being at his mercy (i planned on using more explicit language in this sentence but got embarrassed))

however: it is not always in the sexual sense. I would imagine the two to have accumulated quite a lot of gear over time, including cages and those latex suits that you vacuum seal to yourself? i don’t really know how to describe it.

i consider gil to be autistic, (he has several traits which i identify with as an autistic person), and i would imagine him to be into sensory deprivation and bondage sort of as a way to decompress and soothe himself if he gets overstimulated, and that roderich is willing to set up those contraptions for gil. i think of it sort of like a Mr. and Ms. Blowup type relationship and bond, y’know?