#state stuff

was there ever a point in time where america & britain had a—at the very least—okay relationship? if so, when?

so, about the fact that america has like, 50+ kids. is he a good dad? i mean naturally it’d be hard for him to give out his full attention to ALL of them but does he at least try to do good?

do you ship france x britain? just curious. either way, what’s their dynamic?

No problem! I’ll answer as best I can lol

1. They did! Pretty much right after WWI they started to repair their relationship, and after WWII they were pretty happy with each other! It’s only pretty recently that their relationship started going downhill again.

2. He’s got fewer than 50 states/territories he considers children actually lol. The original 13 colonies are older than him, and are more like aunts and uncles. A lot of the island nations under American control are also older than him, and they act more as acquaintances (this includes Hawaii). Alaska and America have that “adopted at 17 but she still sticks around” vibe. Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and most previously Mexican territories were raised by Mexico, but America came in early enough that they see him as a sort of uncle?? Louisiana purchase states are America’s first Earthborn set of children. The 13 colonies helped raise them, because America was still in his super young “I gotta go out and do and see everything” stage. Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are the states that got to see the MOST fatherly side of him from a young age. All in all it’s kind of a mixed bag? Unlike Britain who was digging potato babies up by the shovelful, America tended to come in later in states’ lives. Very complicated stuff lol

Finally colored in some Beto sketches! Still not perfect, but coming along nicely. I’ve got more sketches to color in that I think’ll help expand on his personality. Like I said in that link to the sketches, he was snarky, self assured, and extremely forward. When they first met, Juan most certainly was not the middle thing. (maybe he was previously, but not at the time) Knowing Beto, learning to fully accept his own sexuality, and honestly coming more into himself  really

I don’t know if he ever gets quiet as grey as in the top left, or if it’s a result of actual old age or just the harsh conditions of the trail- but he did go grey while Juan knew him. A few years before dying, he’d make light of it, lament to Juan that he was going grey while the other looked pretty much the same as when they first met like a decade earlier. Juan’d tease him about it, joke he’s never gonna go grey. (Which for all he knew might actually be true) Beto would fire back. “Mark my words González, one day you’re gonna get grey as me! ‘N when I see that day you ain’t never gonna hear the end of it!”

Beto doesn’t live to see Juan go grey.

More people, like TN, do not. Kenneth is Juan’s best friend, (next to LA at least) and will bring up similarities between Juan ‘n his and Juan ‘n Beto’s relationships, because he’s under the (carefully constructed) impression that that’s what Juan and Beto were. Juan has a massive crush on TN, but a) would rather not risk their friendship on the basis of breaking up and it getting weird, and b) is pretty sure TN would never be interested in a man, and that knowing Juan is (in general, not just TN) might irreparably damage their friendship. So TN talking about Beto like that, not knowing what Juan does, really feels like a punch to the gut- one that Juan can’t say anything about.

Finally in color, Tadhg [Last name buffering], my Ireland oc!

The hair-beard color disparity is intentional, as is the fact that like 90% of his body is covered in hair. It’s not even thick, there’s just a lot of it. His hair was supposed to be wavy but turned out straight. The freckles are supposed to be not super noticeable, (unlike say my AR and KS) just kinda there. 

@dibeyazhz1 requested: 2B - Mika's cutie PA :3 ( @pencilveinyuh )

(A whiiiiiiile ago OTL)

Okay, this is been a long time coming! Meet Beto, Juan’s partner from the cattle driving days. Also his first boyfriend, and first relationship after Coahuila.

I just started calling him Beto while doodling, he doesn’t have a full name or real first name yet. He’s only like, probably 5′7″. Going for period-typical roughly average, maybe just slightly on tall side height. I think he’s from somewhere is southwest TX. He grew up on a ranch, then started going on cattle drives probably in like his 20′s. He stuck it out for probably longer than most. Though cattle driving actually sucked, Beto did enjoy the stretches of time he got not directly dealing with a boss, and spending time with the few good friends he made. He worked well with capable partners, but seemed to hate every boss he had work for. Wasn’t a fan of authority in general. He was a bit cheeky and snarky, as well as a steadfast and caring friend when made. One of the most genuinely self-confident, forward people you ever did meet, which did tend to fluster or trip people up on occasion. 

Notes:

[Straight] black hair [or maybe very dark brown], dark brown eyes

Goes [prematurely, at least mostly] grey by late 1880′s

Too young [in drawing]. Probably ‘cause eyes too big

Grows a nice mustache, but beard doesn’t get very full