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APH: nyo!Russia

accidentally made the pic resemble The Mistress of the Copper Mountain/The Malachite Maid (Хозяйка медной горы, a Slavic mythology/Russian fairy tale character) a little. so it could probably count as an AU aesthetic, haha.

Tokyo Ghoul: Kaneki Ken

Deus Ex: Adam Jensen

I’m sooo waiting for Mankind Divided. Though I’m not sure if my PC can handle it. *sob*

APH German Empire

• painting: The proclamation of Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner

• cool dudes: emperor Wilhelm II & chancellor Otto von Bismarck + German princes

• cool drawn dudes: Germany, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony & Hesse + others

Illustration by FIDELIO. 

APH Bavaria

Duchy. Kurfürst. Kingdom. Federal State of Germany.

• city: Munich

• castle: Neuschwanstein

• food/drinks: Bayerisches Bier & Bretzel

• clothes: Dirndl & Lederhosen

Check out this playlist on @8tracks: мне снились ballets russes by hew_.

((catching up with that RusFra picset))

A collection of old French and Russian love songs, years 1910-1997.

"мне снились ballets russes" = "I dreamed of Russian ballet". As in, well, Diaghilev's Russian ballet. Aw.

Alexander I/Napoleon Bonaparte + APH RusFra

• palaces: Versailles + Winter Palace

bonus: a 8tracks RusFra playlist with a bunch of old sappy love songs (both French & Russian)

I imagine the mint coat is Francis’ and the black-yellow one which looks kinda like khokhloma is Ivan’s.

(aph?) Soviet Russia

text on posters: The red banner of working-peasant commune + For the Victory over Kolchak, Don’t forget history’s lessons!, Electrification, I am godless

not really aph, but I thought of it while making this and... guess anyone who wants to can pretend that Mayakovsky’s head is actually Ivan’s? and you can’t see it, but there is a badass Mayakovsky’s poem written above his head:

Я славлю // I glorify Взвитое красной ракетою // Lifted by a red rocket Октябрьское, руганное и пропетое // October (one), outraged and praised Пробитое пулями знамя! // A banner struck by bullets!

APH Austria + Sweets + Music

• sweets: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, Kaiserschmarren, Mozartkugel, Apfelstrudel

• city: Salzburg (i am sorry Vienna but you look so bland on lithographs)

APH Saxony + Sweets + Autumn

• schloss: Weesenstein

• city: Dresden + Leipzig

• sweets: Eierschecke + Dresdner Stollen

• bridge: The Devil’s Bridge at Kromlau, Saxony

Check out this playlist on @8tracks: walls into doors by hew_.

((catching up with that mauerfall picset post))

APH Mauerfall (09.11.1989) • ...смертной любви - “(God, help me survive among this) mortal love”, text fragment on the “Fraternal Kiss” painting. (gotta love it, though i think it’s personally responsible for why so many people still think kissing is Russian men’s fav meeting ritual even nowadays) • Ich liebe dich - “I love you” (obviously) • Berlin zwischen West und Ost - “Berlin is between West and East” • Bonn→Berlin - a fragment of SPD’s poster calling towards unity (tho i’m not sure if it was in a brotherly way or you should all become one with Germany way)  • and the webby thing is Berlin itself. like, it’s been 26 years and there’s still a difference.

APH Teutonic Order “Helfen — Wehren — Heilen”  (not really tho considering their history) ↑ castles are Königsberg Castle and Marienburg (now Malbork) Castle. 

APH Brandenburg (OC?) 

Margrave. Province. Kurfürst. Federal State of Germany.

(models: Stella Tennant, Xavier Fontana, Jordan Barett & Ulli Lommel)

APH Saxony 

Duchy. Kurfürst. Kingdom. Free State. Federal State of Germany.

• river: Rhein (i know it goes through 6 countries but it’s so green and nice)

• armor: Foot-Combat Armor of Christian I of Saxony

• manuscript: Vita Christi by Ludolph of Saxony, 15th century

• brooch: “Providentiae Memor” (Providence in Mind), Saxony’s motto

• castle:  Wackerbarth Castle

Check out this playlist on @8tracks: no longer hoły by hew_. "Colors fade, temples cruble, empires fall. But wise words endure." - Edward Thorndik