Okay but do they have any DIFFERENT music tastes?

Arthur: "the screaming kind... I'm not a fan but Lud blasts it when he works out."

(i totally missed an opportunity to have him be listening to Deutschland i know)

“‘Come out, English soldier; come out here to us.’ For some little time we were cautious, and did not even answer. Officers, fearing treachery, ordered the men to be silent. But up and down our line one heard the men answering that Christmas greeting from the enemy. How could we resist wishing each other Merry Christmas, even though we might be at each other’s throats immediately afterwards? So we kept up a running conversation with the Germans, all the while our hands ready on our rifles. Blood and peace, enmity and fraternity - war’s most amazing paradox. The night wore on to dawn - a night made easier by songs from the German trenches, the pipings of piccolos and from our broad lines laughter and Christmas carols. Not a shot was fired." -Peace on the Western Front: Goodwill in No-man's Land - The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce {Smithsonian Magazine}

Hetalia ~ Episode 100 ~ Japanese Version + Germany & England

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During the first eight weeks of World War I, French and British troops stopped the German attack through Belgium into France outside Paris at the First Battle of the Marne in early September 1914. The Germans fell back to the Aisne valley, where they dug in. In the First Battle of the Aisne, the Franco–British attacks were repulsed and both sides began digging trenches to economise on manpower and use the surplus to outflank, to the north, their opponents. In the Race to the Sea, the two sides made reciprocal outflanking manoeuvres and after several weeks, during which the British forces were withdrawn from the Aisne and sent north to Flanders, both sides ran out of room. By November, armies had built continuous lines of trenches running from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier.

The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas 1914. The truce occurred five months after hostilities had begun. Lulls occurred in the fighting as armies ran out of men and munitions and commanders reconsidered their strategies following the stalemate of the Race to the Sea and the indecisive result of the First Battle of Ypres. In the week leading up to 25 December, French, German and British soldiers crossed trenches to exchange seasonal greetings and talk. In some areas, men from both sides ventured into no man's land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to mingle and exchange food and souvenirs. There were joint burial ceremonies and prisoner swaps, while several meetings ended in carolling. Men played games of football with one another, creating one of the most memorable images of the truce. Hostilities continued in some sectors, while in others the sides settled on little more than arrangements to recover bodies. The following year, a few units arranged ceasefires but the truces were not nearly as widespread as in 1914; this was, in part, due to strongly worded orders from commanders, prohibiting truces. Soldiers were no longer amenable to truce by 1916; the war had become increasingly bitter after the human losses suffered during the battles of 1915.

The truces were not unique to the Christmas period and reflected a mood of "live and let live", where infantry close together would stop fighting and fraternise, engaging in conversation. In some sectors, there were occasional ceasefires to allow soldiers to go between the lines and recover wounded or dead comrades; in others, there was a tacit agreement not to shoot while men rested, exercised or worked in view of the enemy. The Christmas truces were particularly significant due to the number of men involved and the level of their participation—even in quiet sectors, dozens of men openly congregating in daylight was remarkable—and are often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent conflicts in human history.

-from Wikipedia's article; "Christmas truce"

"Having a gunfight on {a Holy night/timeframe} wouldn't be right." -Germany

Say what you will about "Hetalia", but this sequence was semi-based on real historical events - Real events that should be much more well known.

You know what we don't use enough? The fact Germany is afraid a ghost despite trying to claim he doesn't believe in them

Now I can't stop imagining Alfred dragging Arthur and Ludwig to a haunted house and Ludwig is like "Ghosts don't exist" and then like a mouse crosses their path or something and Ludwig thinking it's something paranormal freaks and jumps behind Arthur 🥰

I should probably state this now even though it's super early (because October fills up fast and this week has long been occuring in october and i don't want to change that). Gereng week will be taking place October 5th-12th. You can start sending prompts in if you so choose, but I will make an official post about prompt suggestions in a few months a little closer to the date. This is just to secure the date.

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Gereng Week 2023

Day 1: Angel/Demon

GerEng Ship heart for @koolkat9

We have very similar lgbt+ headcanons! the only difference is I don't hc arthur as trans so that's what we decided to put on here instead of the bi flag to make it different from my example :P And then I sort of went insane on the outfits. gotta do the boys proud.

Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?

I'd say this applies most to England x Germany.

At first, it gave me the ICK. England already gets made into a weak, helpless person enough, so pairing him with macho man Germany just seemed like an opportunity for fans to horribly exaggerate the size and muscle difference. I did indeed find some stuff along those lines, so I avoided it when I could. On top of that, I just didn't really see a reason for them to work personality wise as friends, let alone lovers.

Eventually I started coming across art where they looked good together. Normal. Like regular men, not some weird heteronormative yaoi version. At some point, I began considering what their dynamic would be like in general, as friends. I realised they had some things in common as well as traits that complemented the other. For example, Arthur and Ludwig both try to be responsible and mature, but Arthur is also wild and mischievous. I feel he would better succeed at helping Ludwig loosen up because of this.

Then I came across some EngGer doujins and those inspired even more possibilities.

They're both very kinky. And it dawned on me. Arthur likes telling people what to do. Ludwig is prone to following rules, instructions, and directions to the point of foolishness – like that time he drove off a cliff because the GPS told him to, or took that romance advice book too literally. 😆 Well...there are some fun implications to that. 👀 Do with it what you will.

Anyway, EngGer is now one of my favourites.

Not getting shaded so it's finished!

How's Gil been doing?

Gilbert: Perfectly fine. Why do you ask?

Arthur: Doctor...er...sorry to interrupt your...down time. But I must speak with you.

The World's Strangest Fairy-Tales: Snow White

Happy German Unity Day!

Title: The World's Strangest Fairy-Tales: Snow White Circle/Artist: Morbid+Lovers Pairing: England/Germany Rating: PG Original Scans: okfan Zip: https://okfan.livejournal.com/54225.html

Some old sketches from when I rewatched Kyo and Lubo's playthrough of Erroneous Epilogue.

Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, does Ludwig make sure you eat properly?

Ludwig, keep your man well fed or he will disappear if he turns to the side jesus fucking chris

Arthur: "now that you mention it..."

//Ludwig cares very much about the health of those around him and he always makes sure they're eating well, this extends to his friends too. Arthur isn't very good at remembering to eat actual meals and skips breakfast and lunch often.

Ludwig probably has massive tits too (trans or not). imagine him giving Arthur a tit job.

or nipple clamps. or just anything involving lud’s tits.

spain might be the ass god, but when it comes to boobs no one can beat germany

-🐱

Oh absolutely. All kinds of Germanys, nyo, trans, cis, all need massive tits. Though I would argue that maybe Ukraine might have them beat, at least the original.

But anyway. I am a firm believer Arthur is a boobs guys so he LOVES Lud's tits. And playing with Lud's tits is a regular thing in their sex life be it just squeezing or sucking or full on boob job or when getting super spicy, nipple clamps definitely. Lud loves it all.

germany is the kind of person who sounds like they’re coughing when theyre crying and then go straight back to normal in seconds

it makes it harder to spot when he’s sad

-🐱

Awww. Poor Lud.

At least he has someone like Gil who can probably tell. And Kiku being a good friend and able to read the mood has probably picked up on it too. And of course if he's dating Arthur, Arthur probably learns the difference too.

GerEng Week 2023 Prompts

Forgive me, I got busy again so I forgot to post again. But now it is here. Have fun creating!

October 4th: First Meeting || Angel/Demon

October 5th: Supernatural/Fantasy || Cottage/Cabin

October 6th: Proposal/Wedding || Flowers/Garden

October 7th: Secret Agents || Overworking

October 8th:  Alice in Wonderland AU || Memories

October 9th: Fairy Tale || Knight x Ruler

October 10th: Office/Work AU || “Holy Shit”

October 11th (BONUS DAY): Free Day

Reminder:

You don’t have to do every day and you don’t have to do both prompts for the day (Ex. Day 1 you can choose to do only First Meeting)

Make sure to tag sensitive and nsft content

You can interpret prompts how ever you wish!

Tag your work as #gereng week/ #gereng week 2023 and also tag the blog @gereng-week to make sure I see it

Do no submit work before the day of the prompt. However, late submissions are completely fine and will be accepted throughout the year

Additional Rules can be found here

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hey everyone i dont want to waste time! i have a busy life because i have a job that pays the bills! Lets get this BREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so without further ado, here is my first post! so guys, if you had to choose between being on the axis powers side or the american powers side, which one would you choose and why? Please repost with an answer and I will make sure to get back to you! Personally, I would choose the Allies side because I LOVE America. In the big brother way! NOTHING SEXUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However, I would also choose Japan and Germany to be friends with because I think they would be badass compansions!