romanias hat :3

oh, c’mon, naming a ukrainian character after one of the most anti-ukrainian figures in history?

I know no official name was given to her, but this shit just pissed me off, why would they list this fact on her wiki page as relevant to Ukraine? Ekaterina II abolished the ukrainian (semi) autonomy Cossack Hetmanate of 1764, ordered brutal destruction of Zaporiz'ka Sich in 1775 (a cossack state-military centre), EXPANDED. SERFDOM. INTO LEFT BANK AND SLOBOZHANSCHYNA DO I EVEN HAVE TO CONTINUE?? Russification?? Crimean Khanate Colonisation?? And that just being of the top of me head?? Hello?

I know it’s not that deep and Hetalia is meant to be irony BUT HOLY SHIT.

And also using russified version of her name Ekaterina as a reference to Katiusha rocket systems, ironically, the descendant of which, (GRAD BM-21) is bombing Ukrainian cities right now FUCK OFF. At least use Kateryna, the Ukrainian version.

From Himaruya’s suggested versions I prefer Maria; as Mariia and pet names Marichka (like ukrainian military mascot hehe), Marusya (a reference to a common Ukranian folklore character, Marusya Boguslavka (a rlly smart woman who helped cossaks out of captivity), Marusya Churai (semi-legendary folk songwriter of 17th century), Marusya from a folk song who poisoned a guy cuz he cheated, Marusya Sokolovska (a female rebel leader during 1917-21 war of independance) AND MANY MORE. I LOVE MY UKRAINIAN MARICHKAS.

Bruh.

A-b-a-n-d-o-n-e-d.

Bruh.

Yeah. People casually abandon pianos right in the middle of streets. It happens. Don't question it.

The thread is titled "Most heartbreaking photos in history" btw

Awwww a young Russian playing on a piano of people who he killed and whose town his army burned and bombed to the ground. So "heartbreaking"✨️✨️✨️

I read the morning news and see that Jared Leto on his show in Serbia happily told his Russian fans that he'll come to Russia and Ukraine when these "problems" are over. I go on tumblr and see people I follow reblogging a post about Discord being blocked in Russia, and instructions on how to use the VPN as if literally all Russians don't know it already. This post has over 2k notes! A post about atrocities that Russians willingly commit in Ukraine on a daily basis will get you 60-100 notes, 95% of which will be from other Ukrainians.

This is beyond triggering. How do you live in this Russian-loving world with Russian-induced PTSD?

hetalia might be a satirical and of course, offensive anime but still, leave things that can trigger and hurt others. these things can be the holocaust, russia invading ukraine, the nanjing massacre, the palestine-israel conflict etc. take a moment and reflect that real people have gone through these things and suffered through them. do not use them as lore for your character or use them as angst. this. is. disrespectful.

"but maggie what about the american revolution?" events similar to the american revolution are okay because they arent fucking genocides. they arent hurting anyone or offending a specific group of people. what makes a genocide a genocide is that theyre targeting a group of people and exterminating them.

anyways tl;dr be careful of what events you are interpreting/putting in your blogs because rhey might hurt someone

thanks for coming to my ted talk, maggie OUT