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Working on the third chapter of A Little Bit More Pizzazz and realizing I’ve never written England before.

“It’s going swimmingly,” she lied.

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nekotalia face family

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Pros of re-reading your own fic

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

Is that another TYpO

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I really like the idea of England thinking of himself as someone who is very nurturing and caring. Taking gender out of the equation, he basically wants to be everyone's mom and he thinks that he's good at it. He's a gardener, a tender of tender things. But the truth is that his presence as a caregiver is much like a desert: mostly absent of any real life-giving quality and when the rains do come, they are too much and wash away anything substantial that had been built in the absence. Perhaps a bloom comes after, but it dies just as quickly.

He is doting rather than nourishing. It's partly born out of the anxiety of wanting so badly to be liked and not lonely. The more difficult work of giving someone what they need or even what they actually asked for can often, though not always, be overshadowed by the gratification he feels in the overt delight they display when given pleasure (of any variety).

Having learned much over his long life, I think he comes to find a shape he fits better: something like a mentor and provider, perhaps a more father-like figure instead of the mum he secretly sort of wishes he was. He's an exceptionally pragmatic person who is willing to self-reflect and adapt in order to achieve his goals, though he most certainly will also do a bunch of mental gymnastics as to why his shortcomings are the fault of circumstances or other people and not his own.

I also think there's a version of Arthur that is more self-centered and selfish than even Alfred is. It's the natural progression of his "Everything I want is mine, even if I have to take it" disposition that if something doesn't currently hold much interest for him, it doesn't really need his care. Even having lived so long, he still sometimes struggles to put the needs of others ahead of his own wants, though he has gotten better with time.

Sometimes, I just want to look England in the eye when he says he is satisfied with needlepoint and gardening and knitting and baking and keeping a good home and caring for his loved ones and say, "Sure, Captain. You keep telling yourself that."

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It’s my favourite character’s birthday again, here are his… phases…

Went a little silly but needed to one up last year. Nevermind that it’s not the 14th on this side of the world anymore. I love him dearly.

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Gangsta Prussia X Usually Prussia

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ego so high that when someone hates me i try to make it worse. like babe if you already hate me, i might as well give you a performance worth the price of admission. i’m not just gonna live rent free in your head. i’m redecorating the place. marble floors. venetian mirrors. velvet walls.

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🛰️🪐🤠 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE WIFE AND ALFRED 👽🛸🚀

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I made myself a wallpaper.. thats goat right there

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Hey, that’s pretty cool! And so are you for following me! Thank you!

Sorry there haven’t been any new fic updates recently, I was in the writing groove and then started playing Cult of The Lamb and haven’t stopped yet lol, but I’ll be back to it soon!

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more romano? maybe your fave ship with him :3

Haven't drawn on my tablet in a LONG time so this was kinda experimental,,, have a digital sketchbook page

(and I still like him n liet... they had so much potential)

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4th 🦅🦅🦅✨

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just remembered that i am multifandom

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✨🇺🇸 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS AMERICA!!! 🇺🇸✨

Once again, I’ve been too busy to do anything special for America’s birthday, so have some old, unreleased pictures of my Nyo America cosplay to celebrate.

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Bonus: the girls as I drew them in this post