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I loved hetalia for years, and was active in its fan base. I got into it quite young and never really stopped to think much about it. I’ve almost always had the sense there was a really high focus in Europe which has consistently bothered me. These days I feel really negatively towards hetalia. I never subscribed to far right or even right wing ideologies, and hetalia breeds that sort of thing in its community. More and more i see extremely offensive and insensitive art, jokes and characterizations, and I just can’t justify it anymore. Even with the vibrant lgbt and diverse community here, people say the most fucked up shit about countries they may not even know, politics they may not be acquainted with. Say what you will, I just don’t think hetalia is redeemable as a flawed piece of media as it is based on harmful stereotypes and assumptions about foreign cultures. This discord between me and the rest of hetalia is painfully obvious in some of the things I’ve painted and the way I tend not to interact with hetalia fans.

Here’s France in armor, not exactly what you asked for in terms of military uniform but hey I’m experimenting with new styles so here ya go :)))

Definitely Egypt and Mongolia! Egypt because I love the Middle East and North Africa, and Mongolia because Central Asian history fuckin rocks. I love Islamic history and am currently studying Arabic/pondering studying in Egypt so it's not much of a shock I'd love these two so much, even if they only got a panel or two each in the manga/anime.

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