#aph arizona

[ask-the-aph-california]

She's having a normal one

((Hope everyone is staying safe with the storm... floods... earthquake... etc. I'm stuck inside and had this fun little idea))

[notsoniftyfifty]

Ayo, I’m back in record time

In order: Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado

Finally finished the contiguous west :) Great Plains coming next if I don’t run out of motivation this work week

[zombieplaguedoc]

The asexual urge to make APH Arizona goth.

[spidertalia]

You mentioned in one of your posts that you make state ocs.

Would you like to tell me a bit about them? Once I tried to learn all the states, but I always forget, maybe some thoughts will help me remember :D

of course !! i actually have eighteen of them made already, but i do wanna preface saying i'm making them purely for fun- i'll dig properly into the full history of each at some point, but i just want to imagine them as people today. i've also asked some friends/family who live in some of the states for their opinions, and then use stereotypes and culture of the states for the others.

it'd be a bit too much to cover all of them in a single post, so i'll just cover my favorites.

first off is of course my home state, florida. he's a indigenous hispanic man with some black features as well (since the state has a large hispanic and black population- most of my state personifications represent the race makeup of said state). his human name is Félix Avilés-de Leon. I forget exactly who his first name comes from (they're a historical figure in St. Augustine, but i can't find them again) but his surnames are ofc from the founder of St. Augustine and that legendary ol' explorer Ponce de Leon.

Florida's essentially a copy of aph America in personality, minus the hero obsession. he's loud, excitable, wild and energetic. he's incredibly adventurous with food and will eat pretty much anything. he's also completely unafraid of most animals- he'll pick up a 250 pound alligator snapping turtle with his bare hands like it's a baby, and he'll gush over it too. he speaks english and spanish fluently, along with several indigenous languages. he has a pet alligator named flagler. he likes pirates, roller coasters and hot weather, and is extremely weak to the cold.

also, i base their ages off of first settlement (it's my canon and I get to decide how i make it  😤 ) which would make florida the oldest state, since St. Augustine was founded in 1565.

then there's massachusetts, who i made with help from a friend who lives in the state. his name's william revere, but he goes by bill. he's white with medium length brown hair that he often ties into a low ponytail, and he has an ahoge like alfred, but his represents Martha's Vineyard. he has glasses but prefers to wear contacts. he's super into hockey (even having a rivalry with canada over it) and also fights with new york a lot. he will also fight/argue with england every time they're together. he enjoys objectively bad movies and non-shooter video games, and owns a boston terrier. he also has a boston accent. ironically, considering his hockey rivalry with canada, he's also a big maple syrup fanatic.

then there's california, who i've gotten advice on from two different friends. she's a trans woman and indigenous hispanic- and she's actually siblings with a few states and mexico. mainly, she's the youngest triplet to arizona and texas. she and texas, of course, fight all the time over anything and everything. her human name is currently clara mendoza-vicario, though the surname may change.

california is a HUGE fan of films and movies. she has a massive film collection of over 50,000 films, and she's a passionate fan of the filmmaking process in general. she likes almost every single movie she's ever seen, and she will get into heated arguments with england over movies. she, new york and massachusetts have their own little movie club just to watch movies. her favorite type of movie are ones that had a lot of passion and creativity behind them- for example, films like the batman, into the spiderverse and puss in boots: the last wish. the more genuine passion behind a movie, the more she'll love it, no matter how objectively bad it is.

she's also incredibly economically smart. if the state of california was its own country, its economy would be fourth in the entire world, only behind china, japan and germany. she actually intimidates a few of the nations because of this. however, she's a genuinely friendly person, known for her sunny attitude. outside of movies, she loves music and the outdoors. she's just as good as florida at dealing with wild animals, she's just quieter about it.

the next state i made with two friends from there, and that's ohio. oddly enough, i don't have as much on him, but his name's Chris de La Salle and he has a heated rivalry with michigan. he's a calm, easy going guy who likes adventure, scouting, fishing and rollercoasters.

and with the help of one of my half sisters, i also made wisconsin. ironically, wisconsin is the drunkest state even though she's physically 20- no one knows how she gets her endless supply of alcohol and they've stopped trying to stop her. her human name is Carrie La Baye, and she has dirty blonde hair, violet blue eyes and a curl to boot. she was initially a french colony, so it surprises the others that she's the complete opposite of france- she's outdoorsy, a bit of a redneck, and almost always covered in dirt. she owns a number of ATVs and she loves cheese, beer, bratwurst, fish frys and hunting. she's pretty much unaffected by the cold. she also dislikes spicy food, and is probably one of the weakest to spices.

she's proud, confident, stubborn and non-emotional. she likes to help people and is very family oriented. she's not related to minnesota but is kind of an older sister figure to her. wisconsin and minnesota very much act like siblings- they're very similar in interests, bicker a lot, and get excited together. however they both hate to be mistaken as siblings.

and the last state i'll mention for now is new york ! he was a bit tricky to make considering NYC makes up a lot of the perception of the state, but i tried looking into the culture of upstate new york as well.

new york is an afro-latino man named Theodore Douglass, but he goes by theo (teddy is reserved for only very close friends). he speaks the most fluent languages of any state (english, spanish, cantonese, mandarin, russian, yiddish, haitian, italian, bengali, french, arabic, korean, hebrew, japanese and tagalog, along with a number of indigenous languages. he speaks some polish, hindi, german and greek). he's almost always fighting with new jersey and/or massachusetts. he's incredibly used to the cold, and is also a very efficient and skilled worker, though he doesn't like working. he thoroughly enjoys the arts- music, theater, dance, film, painting, drawing, sculpture- you name it, he loves it. he's surprisingly kinda friends with romano- the two have a mutual respect of each other, considering new york was very eager to learn all about italian culture and food, and was very welcoming to romano in general.

new york is a remarkably intelligent man with a bit of a superiority complex; he's proud and confident, like many of the states, and he's a very fast, diligent worker. he usually only cares about sports when up against his personal rivals, and he doesn't hold back with criticism. and similar to the vibes of nyc, he's surprisingly unbothered and very difficult to surprise.

once again, these are all made purely for fun and all off stereotypes, culture and vibes. i will say i've currently designed florida, california, ohio, maryland, arizona, massachusetts, new york. wisconsin, minnesota, illinois, new mexico, alaska, oregon, north carolina, south carolina, georgia, tennessee and alabama. if you do wanna hear about any of the others, let me know !! i love talking about them ^^

[incorrectaphstatequotes]

Arizona: I don’t think your stakeout material.

Ohio: I am an insomniac I was born for this!

[thatsamericano]

During a 120 Degree Day in Arizona

Alaska: Ugh. It's hotter than hell out here.

Arizona: Yeah, but it's a dry heat!

Alaska, glaring: So is an oven.

[surfingthesealand]

Happy 176th Birthday, Texas! 🇨🇱🎂🍰🎉

[incorrect-states-quotes]

Arizona: I need relationship advice.

California: Break up.

Arizona: At least listen to me first.

[ask-alaska-and-hawaii]

I’m playing Strangerville with my OC!New Mexico or Josephina as she is known here as the main character living with her younger sister Aldonza and father Alfred who has been stationed in the small town. However, despite her father’s reassurances that this is just military town, Josephina can’t shake the feeling something’s wrong. Dangerously wrong.

1. Josephina tries to convince her sister that there is something wrong with this town. Aldonza doesn’t really believe her but doesn’t dismiss her her out of hand.

2. Human or not, Alfred is America and making burgers at 5 in the morning is completely in character.

3. Aldonza accidentally set fire to the oven while cooking a grilled cheese. Alfred and Josephina are none too please.

4. Someone broke into the house and began to demand answers from Alfred since he’s in the military career which they confirm when Josephina stops them and ask about Strangerville.

[iliveinaconstantstateoffire]

TX: So... DC is kind of angry at me right now any ideas on how to make him less angry?

AR: ... you mean, like, how to make him like you again?

TX: ...

TX: pfft I dont care if he likes me or anything! Ha! I'm so out of his league and like I've already got a million friends.

AR: ...

TX: And, like, so what if hes got this stupid sense of humor and hes really nice and he sometimes let's me stay with him and helps me when my governor's a dumbass

AR: ...

TX: he can also make some killer chilaquiles and his homemade ice cream is actually pretty good despite him not liking sweets

AR: ....

TX: okay fine yes I want him to like me again. Shut up.

AR: you know what you should do then? It's actually so incredibly easy.

TX: Cool cool cool cool cool what? I can do anything. Fight someone? Got it. I've got friends all over so if he needs someone KO'ed I can do that.

AR: Its actually a little easier than that.

TX: What is it?

AR: apologize. Nicely.

TX: ... pfft okay, yeah sure. Apologize. You're joking, right?

NM: Oh, please, since when has AR ever had a sense of humor?

AR: I-

TX: Hey, NM, when did you get here?

NM: I followed the sound of complete betrayal and here I am.

TX/AR: ...

NM: CO texted me. They want food and I brought some BBQ for them.

TX: lmao what do you know about BBQ?

NM: least I havent pissed off Al

TX: ... Shut up

AR: also let's get back to the point: first of all - I am hilarious! My study group thinks so

NM: dont say that like its cool

AR: NM hush. Second off literally all you have to do is look Al in the eye and say, "Alfred, I'm sorry for whatever is it was that I did." Simple.

CO: or you could join the circus and never have to face him again. Or you could make your own circus. That would be lit.

NM: Hey, CO, how you doin?

TX: Sup, CO

AR: Can we please get back to the point? TX, you need to apologize and joining the circus is not the answer. NM: I'm funny, thank you very much, even if my sense of humor isnt as grisly as yours. And CO: .... CO, why are you even here? Quarantine, remember?

CO:

CO: I miss my friends.

AR: ....

AR: we're all going to die.

......

VA: Hey, Wash, quick question.

Alfred: hmm. What's up, VA?

VA: why is TX acting so weird?

Alfred: its TX

VA: Fair point

Alfred: his govenor thinks church and sex shops are essential, while certain healthcare facilities arent.

VA: What did TX do though?

Alfred: he ate my big cookie.

VA: ....

Alfred: normally I dont like sweets or cookies, but this one was made by god herself and was perfect.

[ask-the-aph-california]

[missmagicandlight]

No. 48, Arizona (Marisol); No. 50, Hawaii (Lani); and Washington, D.C. (Sera)

[zombieplaguedoc]

This is part one of the many incorrect quotes I made featuring me and my f/os. I can't include the rest of them here because I'm only allowed ten photos per post.

[aph-oklahoma-46]

Transtalia Week 2020

Day 3: Childhood

I caught up! And I’m not gonna lie, writing this almost made me cry.

Esma/Esmeralda = New Mexico (Cis woman) Kat/Katarina = Arizona (trans woman (trans baby in this story))

TW: general transphobia, but there are no actual acts that take place, just vague descriptions or a character’s memory

@the-transtalia-blog

Day 3: Childhood

Katarina. Her name is Katarina. Why can’t people get that right?

Kat kicked the stone further down the road. The teacher wouldn’t use her name, the other students wouldn’t use her name, the teacher yelled at her for using her own name.

“Oh, but why would you want to change your name?” the teacher had asked. “It’s such a handsome name. Besides, Katarina is a pretty name for girls, not boys.”

Because I’m a fucking girl!

Dios, adults are so stupid.

She didn’t understand why she had to go to school here, anyway. In a few months, Esmeralda would move her to a new one so that the humans here didn’t become suspicious of a child that isn’t aging properly. It would be better if she would just educate her at home.

Esma is smart, and Angel is too…

But Esmeralda would never let Angel tutor Kat after the last few years. He wasn’t allowed to even see her…. But still.

There was a thud when Kat kicked the rock particularly hard and it bounced off of the wood frame of the house. She trotted up the steps and dropped her pack in a chair before migrating to the kitchen area. Esmeralda was there, finishing dinner and moving the food to the table. Having found a chair, Kat climbed up and hid her face in her arms on the table.

“Hola Nena,” Esma said, setting down the last plate. She turned to Kat, and frowned. “Oh, what’s the matter, little one?” Pulling a chair next to where Kat had taken a seat, she sat and put a gentle hand on Kat’s shoulder.

Kat sniffled. When she raised her head, her eyes burned and her throat hurt. She tried to speak, but couldn’t, and that upset her more, frustration and anger and sadness building up and making everything feel wrong.

She hadn’t meant to cry. Boys aren’t supposed to cry, and girls cry because they’re soft. Kat didn’t want to be a boy, and she didn’t want to be called a silly, weepy little girl.

Esma’s arms were around her, now, and Kat threw her own up around her sister’s neck. Esma moved her to her lap and pet her hair while Kat cried, gently patting her back and holding her. Eventually, when Kat calmed down and her sobbing subsided, Esma took her face in her hands and asked again, “What is wrong, mi cielito?”

Kat breathed, and told Esma about how the teacher kept using the wrong name and getting mad at her for using the right name. She recounted getting scolded for how long her hair was getting, among other things, and every now and then, Esma would nod and give her a kiss on the forehead, or she would wipe away a stray tear.

When she had finished, Esma was quiet for a moment. She seemed to be thinking, and Kat waited, having laid her head back on Esma’s shoulder while the older girl thought.

“Do you want to know a secret, Katarina?”

“Yeah?”

“Sometimes… you know, adults often act like they know everything. But, we don’t. We don’t always have the answers or understand what is happening… And sometimes, when an adult doesn’t understand something, they get angry, or confused, or they try to pretend that what they don’t understand isn’t… They pretend that it is simple, and that it is something they do understand. And that isn’t how they should behave, because they cannot learn to understand by pretending the issue is not there.”

Kat blinked and sat up straight, looking at Esma, who continued, “I think… maybe you teacher, and a lot of people, don’t understand why you want to… why you are a girl. They don’t know why you don’t act like a boy or why you changed you name. And they chose to pretend that they do understand, and that you are the confused one.

“I don’t think I really understand, Kat. But I understand that it makes you happy to be a girl, and to be called Kat. I want you to be happy, ok?”

Kat nodded. “Ok.”

“And, I’m very sorry that your teacher made that choice; that she pretends she understands and that you don’t. But I promise that no matter how many people choose that, I will try to understand. I want you to be happy, and I will do whatever it takes to learn how to help you be happy.” Esma kissed the crown of her head, then moved Kat back to her seat. “I think we should find a new way for you to learn, hm? So you don’t have to go back to that school.”

“Me too.”

A plate with food was set in front of her and Esma set another at the seat next to it, sitting down beside Kat again. “Eat dinner, and tomorrow, we’ll see about getting some books for me to teach you with.”

Kat nodded, satisfied with that suggestion.

[tyiaunia-harris]

Fire twins 🔥 ☀️⛱

Arianna Zyonna Jones and Camilla Solana Jones , these two experienced lot's of wildfires, hot blazing sun and of course heat flashes, although Arizona is practically used to this, her sister California is not. So, Arizona helps out Alfred when taking care of her, especially when dealing with her delusions. Arizona and California are also dubbed "soul sisters" because of their similar experiences with their tourists attractions, loved for their former caregiver Mexico and their loved of road trips. They traveled cross country and around the world for each other's birthday (with reminders to Alfred that they'll be careful and come back home unharmed)

[incorrectaphstatequotes]

Arizona: Is 4 a lot?

Utah: Depends on the context.

Utah: Dollars? No.

Utah: Murders? Yes.