#askhues

Historical Headcanons? Any characters really, whomever jumps in your mind. Any era too although personal I adore the 16th-early 18th century and WW1 and Weimar Germany.

Holy Rome during 1600s especially thirty years war with all that infighting n stuff and high death toll and "scorched earth" policy?

Oh boy I have a ton of historical headcanons, so I'll just do a few shorter ones based around the characters I have drawn on my blog so far, HRE and Prussia, and the eras you mentioned. These aren't particularly deep but I hope you still like it!

HRE is a young adult (17-18) in my headcanon around the late 1500s onward, but throughout a majority of his adult life, his health was constantly hanging in the balance. HRE as an actual country was always being pulled in different directions; as far as I know, it was hardly a functional Empire. So that definitely reflected onto HRE.

He always knew he was going to die slowly, and did his best to ensure no one knew he was in pain/coughing up blood. His health took a definitive nosedive in the 1700s, though he was a stubborn mule and refused to remain bedbound despite Prussia, Veneziano, Hungary and Austria trying to get him to stop. It became clear he was going to die when most of them (who HAD been younger than him physically) surpassed his age.

They didn't succeed and he died on the battlefield, despite the wound not being particularly deep. Prussia was present.

He never really had too many portraits done of himself, despite his wealthy estate, so Germany doesn't really realise how similar they look.

HRE raised Prussia! He was raised until he had to join the Teutonic Knights, which HRE totally forgot to mention he represented. Oops. Over time, he became Prussia, and tried to be HRE's right-hand-man. He was very close to HRE as a result.

Prussia went a little crazy after HRE died. Both just going off the wall for many years, but also desperately wanting to bring his brother back. Then Germany was... born! Probably not related at all.

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Especially Ivan since I heart him so much 🥹🥹🥹

🪞do you have any appearance hcs for them?

I have so many visual headcanons for Ivan, he's been the main focus of my blorbo beam for a long time! Some prominent ones are: - He has the droopy, sleepy eyes and very lovely lashes. The outer corner is downward tilting. Kinda slutty lowkey - He has the intense facial scarring from WWI. Starts just under his chin, up over the right side of his face, over his eye, and up to his hairline. This he can cover with mild magic (most nations have it) and usually makes it look less intense, but it takes a lot of energy. - BIG BOY. He was always lanky and tall (about 6'4 and slim), but when he became the representative of the Soviet Union, he bulked up A LOT and grew about a foot. It was painful and in a relatively short timeframe though, so to this day he has a lot of stretch marks around his arms and legs. - The eye with his scar over it is more red; during the Soviet Union, he had much more reddish eyes compared to his usual lavender-gray. The scarred eye never changed back to his original eye colour.

👎🏛🌌 for Ivan of the ask game :)

HELLO! 👎a pet peeve you have about the portrayal of this character (in canon or fanon)? Honestly, I've sort of hated the "innocent" Russia trope. I think there's a tendency to lean into that trope where they play up the innocence of his character like how it's portrayed in the anime when he's very young. Like he doesn't understand the consequences of his actions, or doesn't understand why people don't want to be his friend, or are just overall uneasy around him, even when he's written as an adult.

In my opinion he is very aware of the affect he has on people, and most of the time I figure he almost just likes making people antsy to watch them squirm, so he plays a little dumb. When I read fics where he genuinely seems at a loss for why he's treated as a threat, I have a hard time finishing them sometimes! But it's a small pet peeve. I think it's mostly older fandom stuff where it's most prominent.

🏛️what's your favourite time period to put them in? I've always found a lot of interest in the more recent era, like 1800s-1950s! In my headcanon, it's when he changed physically the most. He was only a young adult until the Russian Revolution, then he really started bulking up and aging more. It's interesting exploring how his relationships changed then as well, developed over time.

🌌what's your favourite au you've put them in? Oooh I've had a few. They're older now, but I enjoyed one where he represents Betelgeuse instead of a nation! (Below are doodles of him as a young star and as a red giant!)

Like Ludwig hiding behind his big brother with his big baby eyes????

And Gil showing off the bird to his older brother(?) And his pointy teeth???

I'd love to see more!

No pressure tho~

Thank you so much! Drawing kids has always been really hard for me so I’ve been practicing a lot, I’m glad you like the outcome!

If you’re thinking of this here, then yes! All old art is on my archive account. I still draw everyone with fangs XD it’s part of my nationverse headcanons!