Germany's brothers refer to him as "Küken," which means "chick," as in "baby chicken," how adorable is that? 😭 It's even more so if you keep in mind Prussia's fondness for little birds and his pet Gilbird.

cutie patootie little doitsu sleeping in my sketchbook

Accidentally scaring ludwig with the story of how he gathered himself into some semblance of a man to take care of him <3

ludwig and gilbert

Germany : i'm pretty easy going.

Prussia : you once used a ruler to mesure another ruler .

Germany : it was off by Half a centimeter .it never should have been in circulation.

No matter who I’m imaging him with, the most important person in Prussia’s life is Germany. He is his brother, his son, his blood. He raised him knowing he would be his replacement. He would die to make sure his brother is safe.

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《The duality of Germany》

Gilbert should probably, technically be Ludwig’s father. From my brief research on early German history while trying to figure out when Ludwig would have been born (because I care more about that than Hima at this point 😤) Prussia played an important role pulling Germany into a united nation 👀. 

I can imagine Gil looking at a little Ludwig and being like “Shit I’m a father now aren’t I?” But the title holds such a heavy weight and Gilbert probably doesn’t feel ready for something like that so he tells Ludwig to call him “brother.” He of course covers the reasoning as “‘Father’ makes me sound like an old man. ‘Brother’ is a lot cooler.” When really he’s just so scared of being responsible for this little thing who will be looking to him for everything and the title of “father” makes all that feel much more real.

In HWSG, Germany & Prussia live together with all of their other brothers (the German states that made up the HRE). At least in this au they're all alive 😭

Another story of how Gil grew into a better person for Ludwig, but it all comes crashing down when his little brother isn't by his side anymore

Prussia: What’s wrong, Germany? Getting tired?

Germany: I don’t get tired, I get results.