#portaus

𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐢ī, 𝐭ū 𝐟ē𝐥𝐢𝐱 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐧ū𝐛𝐞; @hetaliaaustriaweek

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖, 𝑶 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚;

𝐍𝐚𝐦 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢ī𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬.

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆.

Left to right : Kingdom of Portugal The union of Eleanor of Portugal to Frederick III (1453), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the arch sleepyhead was known to have unified the partitioned Austrian lands and succeeded Bohemia and Hungary as king, further solidifying the growing power of the Habsburgs; coined the ever famous acronym synonymous with their imperial pursuit 'AEIOU'. Spanish Habsburgs. 1496 - The union of Joana of Castile and Philip the Handsome (Habsburg), their son Charles thusly crowned the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and inheriting both Spanish crown lands and New World riches, Burgundian territories, begetting regional influence of their Austrian house. Kingdom of Bohemia Upon the extinction of the House of Babenberg, the imperial fief Duchy of Austria was left vacant of a ruler. King Ottokar of the Přemyslid dynasty was not only supported by Austrian nobles but marrying Queen Margaret entitled him to the piece of land. (1251)

Right to left : Kingdom of Hungary Though often in conflict, sometimes allied, the reconquest of Buda following the Austrian victory against the Ottomans in the second siege of 1683 further entrenched their influence over the Hungarian territories. Later onward the elevation and compromise in 1867 established the dual monarchy between the sovereigns. Kingdom of Burgundy 1477, Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I wedded following the Siege of Neuss. It was borne out of a strategy to secure Burgundian territory and his father, Frederick III weakening his political rival Duke Charles the Bold, father to Mary. When Louis XI of France claimed much of the Burgundian region for their taking, Maximilian set out on a campaign and defeated the French forces. Kingdom of France The coat of arms that can be seen is one of Marie Antoinette's as Queen Consort of France. Reviled many a great thing, from her political involvement and achievements, still she was symbolic of Empress Maria Theresa's ultimate countermeasure against the growing powers of Prussia and Great Britain; ending the centuries long end enmity with the French, her youngest daughter Maria Antonia wedded to Louis XV of France to secure the Franco-Austrian alliance. (1770)

my bABYGIIIIIIIIIIRL my sweetheart oh you lovely thing used as a political pawn

like it's so funny going into the whole yeah habsburgs married a lot and you read further the habsburgs married a lot they were so locked for the love of the game atp and roderich coming into the picture symbolising a number of the major alliances and playing the part of a consort will never not be beautifully tragic

how for royals marriage is never for love and for someone like roderich his perception of love too has been so horribly skewered because all he knew and was conditioned with is how it was only a basis of arrangement for political gain

how on earth do you break out of that mindset when your entire branding is marriage marriage marriage ? i fear even at present he still doesn't quite understand the notion of being loved unconditionally because everything had a term

his value as a representative affected his individuality hence the moments you see in canon of his insistence appearing "plain", "horrid" in simple holiday themed outfits (the santa outfit in that one christmas event on hima's blog)

as austria he is beautiful and the crown jewel of the habsburgs, without that identity the person roderich is nothing special to think about nor is he memorable; he's messy, he's actually laidback, he's lazy, he's all things he doesn't think is appealing

oh boy i have a million thoughts on this because i also headcanon that portugal was a menace in terms of flirting with roderich and trying to hit because roderich is pretty and it would piss off antonio real bad (even though in my hcs tonio never stops sleeping with romano).

he gossips to arthur about it so arthur knows the #tea.

sry if this doesn't fit with your hcs i saw roderich on the dash and went into a fugue state.

Anon I listed to head over heels by tears for fears while answering this to get me in the right frame of mind, and now I want an 80s dark fantasy style romance with Arthur or Roderich being all starry-eyed and pathetically yearning for their sparkly Iberian lovers. Thank you for the ask!

My slightly queer take on hetalia is that you don’t have to study history for very long to realise that in 2026 we are really quite prudish compared to people from the past. They were just very camp in many ways. And so much more openly romantic when you read things like letters sent to lovers. One of my favourite versions of Arthur, Roderich, Gabriel, and Antonio is the one where they’re gossiping, flirting outrageously, and flogging centuries-old horses with each other in a gay bar after a laborious European meeting. As they have been doing for years.

Portugal is definitely a big flirt when he wants to be, and he’s similar enough to Spain that it works on Austria. What can he say the man appreciates being wooed by a big, tanned Adonis (so does England let's be real).

I don't think it was~

Hmm, not sure if FrAus counts as a Rarepair or not, because technically I think it is, but France is not a particularly unusual pick for Austria ships specifically so..? Huh, well, count FrAus in if you consider it rare! :3

As for others, I guess AmeAus and AusIta. I like the idea of EngAus (gentleman/gentleman except they're both playing pretend to a degree!! That's kinda an interesting dynamic, isn't it?) but I haven't really explored it much yet 💔 I kinda feel the same about AusPol although I thought about it a tiiiny bit more. AusBela has immaculate aesthetics and that's all I'm saying ✨ I can also see the appeal of TurkAus, although personally I like to think of their interactions as civil and possibly funny but not quite as a ship.

Oh- I was forgetting! PortAus 👀 Just had a few thoughts about in the past, like in terms of intimacy Austria would probably enjoy having double the Antonios around 😂 And like- I also thought of a scenario with Austria possibly giving in and letting Portugal in his bedroom after the divorce with Spain just because João looks so much like him and Roderich is craving Antonio so badly and is desperate to fall into this delusion for the time of a night. And João knows this is the only reason why those nights happened, the only reason why Roderich looks at him that way and he's not particularly hurt by Austria's behavior per se because it's not like Portugal loves him, but it does make his heart ache a little that he's fundamentally just a tool to fill the emptiness left by someone else who just happens to look like him. Roderich also regrets it every time, keeps telling himself and also João that that's all there is to their interactions besides diplomacy, he feels so damn pathetic for it but on the other hand that's the closest he can get to drown himself in memories of his past with Antonio without the risk of feeling vulnerable and devastated by trying to reach back to the Spaniard.

Kiss me hard before you go Summertime Sadness I just wanted you to know That baby, you’re the best