#aph ny

[rosethreeart]

Iceland x NY is literally so fucking cute

Me if making silly little rarepair ships was a crime:

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

Jennigje “Jennie” Van Slyke (NY state, in blue) Henry/Massachusetts (in the red) could never make me hate you ❤️ . (Elise/New Jersey in the yellow).

I made this comic back in November lol - a bit outdated for a couple things, but I think it clearly illustrates some important relationships within my nor’easter lore so 🥸 jump below the cut

Alfred is NOT raised by Arthur in this universe. The British colonies operated under salutary neglect and part of this is cause England was either A) fighting itself or B) fighting someone else. So I doubt Arthur really had much time to actually raise Alfred himself.

When working on Alfred, I think a lot about how / when we “begin” US history so we almost always begin with Plymouth colony. Hence how I ended up with puritan Alfred. Alfred began life as Plymouth colony.

Now Alfred is NOT a brother to Matt— it just doesn’t make sense for the vision I have (tl;dr- I begin with the most significant early English settlement in Canada being in Nova Scotia so I can also tie into the French presence. Basically Matt is half Acadian / half English). They are cousins and they become like brothers much later on. But they’re NOT biological brothers.

Alfred is born to human parents, but as the story goes, one day he just stopped aging and it was obvious he was something else. Similar situation for his maternal cousins, but it was always clear that Henry was Massachusetts, Rosalie was Rhode Island , & Josh was Connecticut. Alfred they always assumed was Plymouth colony, but it was always felt that role was too small for him.

Anyways Alfred was primarily raised by his older cousin Henry. Henry did his best with Alfred given that Henry was a child himself. He tried to raise him to be a good puritan. But Alfred always had his mind elsewhere and while he was well-educated, he never paid too much attention. Henry took this as he had to be harsh with Alfred so Alfred would grow up to be a functioning adult. Henry is very critical and short tempered and that’s also his parenting style- heavy on the punishment.

Henry was also a bit of a paranoid kid. I mean how could one not be in that environment ? It led to a lot these anger issues and fiery temper while he attempted to hide it behind this more educated cool facade.

Alfred trying to be a good puritan boy would heavily respect his elders as Henry was physically older than him and raising him- Henry was his elder. And Alfred was very beholden to his opinion of him and tbh Henry had the most influence on Alfred until the American revolution (Alfred’s personality is shaped by his experiences with his states).

Henry also especially did not like his then-Dutch neighbor, Jennie / New Netherlands & her siblings Elise (later New Jersey) & Will (then Beverwijck now Albany). He had to work with her, but he never liked her and was always suspicious of her especially cause she was not a puritan and also not English. Plus he didn’t like how indifferent she was to other religions and cultures in her own colony.

Jennie always enjoyed trolling Henry lol. She’s usually quite direct and a more serious businesswoman, but with Henry she quickly picked up on the fact his temper was really hiding the fact he’s scared.

Henry does deceive her into trusting him as an ally, which eventually leads her to becoming a British colony. Jennie didn’t really think Henry was going to be an actual threat to her cause she perceived him as stupid cause he was so angry all the time and also they had common enemies- Charles/ New France & his sister Denise/ eventually Quebec. Alas she learned quickly he wasn’t all that stupid.

Now I’ll keep this short for this post. Arthur wanted easier administration of his colonies so he decided to make the Dominion of New England by combining the New England colonies and New York and New Jersey. Personally, I’ve interpreted that Jennie & Henry were married. Albeit in name only ( this is akin to how royal families would “marry” kids but they weren’t expected to do anything cause like lol that’s ew). I do however think these two were expected to at least talk to each other. This went as well as you could imagine given they both highly dislike each other and that Henry has a short temper and Jennie likes to troll him (hence this comic). It’s annulled.

Anyways I’m mentioning all of this is cause while Henry is Alfred’s earliest influence, Jennie eventually becomes one of his most trusted advisors and most significant influences. However as Alfred basically followed Henry on everything as a kid, he was a bit nervous around Jennie and believed whatever Henry said about her.

I’ll get more into this when I get into my revolutionary war arc, but Jennie does eventually gain Alfred’s trust given she put herself on the line so he could become a nation and eventually he learns she does have good financial and trade advice. She knows what she’s doing. And she isn’t afraid to tell him off. Although most of his early states are a bit older than him so tbh none of them are afraid to speak their mind to him. But Jennie is a bit different cause she also remains a close family friend of Alfred’s. In many ways, she becomes like this weird older sister to him. Jennie also later introduces Alfred to Lynn/ Manhattan who also has similarly good advice regarding trade and is more naturally charismatic than Jennie or Alfred (Alfred is naturally like an awkward grumpy New Englander lolll), which has proven to be extremely useful.

Now I mention Henry here as well, and a bit with his relationship especially his dislike of Jennie cause Jennie and Henry are like genuinely two people Alfred trusts fully even if Henry and Jennie are usually fighting and contradicting each other lol. Cause he knows those two have his best interests, and they don’t bullshit him. Even if he doesn’t always like their advice. Also Henry and Jennie do have a couple of romantic relationships when they’re adults - however tbh that’s more like comp het and confusing friendship with romance but they’re messy and I’ll discuss them another time.

[franciskirkland]

I hope you don’t mind me being a self indulgent little goblin but: thoughts/hcs on fruk being grandparents to the states :3 ?

Vinny is Fran’s favorite and I will die on this hill even if nobody comes to kill me over it UwU

girl please this is the self-indulgence website never apologize <3 i have so many thoughts about them being grandparents idek how to articulate them on demand.

when it comes to his grandkids arthur is... an odd mix of distant and overbearing. i wouldn't quite call it tough love (tough love takes too much effort) and he's so goddamn scared of hurting or disappointing them. ultimately of course he wants to be involved. but the relations will never not be strained. sorry if that's not as fluffy as you wanted 😭

the states who are old enough to remember england at his most powerful absolutely have beef with how he treated their mother, but to the younger ones he's moreso this weird old man with an almost mythological aura attached to him; who sometimes knits them stuff and they have no idea how he possibly bagged his GILF of a wife

you KNOW fran spoils the hell out of those kids. but he's not just there for the fun parts tho, like giving gifts and dressing them up and baking with them. one thing i think about fran is although he is very much a carefree type, he becomes more of a worrier the older he gets and that translates to fussing over the grandkids. arthur can be like this too, as a way of overcompensating, but fran is much more hands-on with them than arthur bc well... he doesn't have the same baggage as arthur does about screwing up his daughter.

i'd actually love to continue writing that fic for u about fran and arthur taking vinny in during a rough patch to give abby a well-deserved break

speaking in terms of ur statetalia AU since fran isn't related to abby i think he grows closer with her through being a grandparent figure to the states, if that makes sense. and through that he tries to be a post-development maternal influence on abby herself despite the damage arthur has kinda done to her with his parenting or lack thereof.

vinny absolutely is mémé's favorite they have soo much in common (fabulosity skips a generation ig uwu) i don't think anybody is arguing against this.... but also like... here's a question. what do u think about francophone/french-influenced states like louisiana and maine??

[miss-america-askblog]

So are all the state's Ned's children

Ned: They might not all be mine, but I certainly try to treat them like they are.

[buttmano]

NY x China HCs? Maybe? Please?

this has been in my ask box forever but mainly bc its been marinating in my brain for that long

NY (oc) x China HCs

tag(s): fluff, relationship talk

I mightve mentioned this before but I see them having a general sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship

And I say general because they don't have a name to what they are, nor do they care enough

They don't fall in love perse, but they have times where they crave the others presence and other times where the feelings go dormant

It's very much an adult relationship and they both communicate fairly healthy

Yao tends to ignore her if he's not in the mood to communicate with her, but you can only ignore Miss New York for so long

They both have their toxic traits 🤷‍♀️

Yao does love to give her little trinkets and toys all the time, showing off what he's made

She gives him a pretty little thing to show off at events (jk they're both hot together)

The [legal] age difference and just different world views is a part of their relationship that has helped it last so long

They both listen to the other and try to understand where they're coming from

When Yao starts to write her off as some young air headed new state, he reminds himself that her more recent upbringing is culminated in her world view

And when she starts to write him off as some old geezer country, she reminds herself just how much history he's seen and how that might change his opinions from her own

When they go out together they're absolutely That Power Couple

NY keeps Yao fashionable and sleek~

The exchange of different cultures is just *chefs kiss*

if you were expecting their historical relationship....you have come to the wrong place.

[goldenstarprincesses]

I firmly believe that Alfred had a coke problem in the '80s

[ameliafuckinjones]

The thought of Amelia/Alfred declaring independence and then being immediately thrust into parenthood appeals to me. Imagine if you will shortly after the Revolution the emergence of State Personifications coming about with each admission to the Union (Delaware was the first one). Whether they appear miraculously or are birthed via (unwilling) parthenogenesis (which I prefer) the bottom line is that suddenly America has all these kids to take care of, all of who grow up just as fast as America did. Regardless of how they came to be or how fast they grow, America loves them with his/her whole being and creates a system in which they are always protected and accounted for by the larger government. America promises to be there for them the way England never was.

Then fast forward to the Civil War, and America is waging a bloody war against half of her/his children that see hundreds of thousands of their people dead. Brother against brother, father against son, cousin against cousin. And each secession feels like a small death because they are part of America just as much as America is a part of them, practically inseparable, or at least America thought so. To add even more complexity, not all of America's children were white or white-passing. America being neglected because s/he was to far away or denied certain rights for not being British enough was bad on its own, but imagine your parent not being able to claim you or fully protect you or give you basic human rights without public/social/political backlash because your skin is darker and you're legal property in half the country. Or imagine having powerful politicians who want to keep people who look like your children in bondage and you have to compromise with them to keep the Union whole, knowing the opinions they would have if they even knew you had children who were black (some of them do know and make sure their opinions are known). Or your other children starting a war to selfishly keep this system in place at the expense of their black siblings. The relationship between America and his/her children, with America acting as both the federal government that protects the states as well as the greater whole that represents the Union and the states as the children, each an extension of America, an integral part of America's being, pushing back against the sometimes overbearing hovering of their parent, impeding on states rights (whether they believe America is in the right or not) and protecting others and sometimes America will helplessly throw his/her hands in the air and say "fine, ill let YOU decide on this issue because I am not a dictator, despite what some of you like to think, but if you fuck up im stepping in" because America doesn't want to make the same mistakes England made in the past but then America has to deal with the negative consequences of her/his children's actions when they do something unbelievably stupid while trying not to seem like a fire-breathing tyrant. Which, they end up thinking anyway, regardless if America wasn't entirely in the wrong about butting in and taking hold of the situation before it escalated. The negative reaction only serves to make America step away AGAIN so as to not seem completely authoritarian in their eyes. It's a never-ending cycle. Not to mention the complex relationships the states have with each other, especially the southern states among themselves and the southern vs northern states rivalry.

Edit:

also whenever America takes his/her eyes off the states for 1mili second to see what the rest of the world is up to (hopefully not another world war) while usually being like 'back off, geeze! 🤬' America's children immediately switch to 'how come you're not paying attention to ME instead 🥺 you always focus on the world instead of ME 😢'

[todaysromano]

09.15.2024

Today, Romano was surprised that the month is halfway over.

Arab.com link

[ask-hws-canada]

Hey, Canada? Am I right? What about your favorite song, can you share it?

Canada: I don’t really have a fav song to be honest…

Canada: but if people want to share songs from Canada, they’re free to do so !

[betty-bourgeoisie]

We need more art of Alfred with long hair and bell bottoms

[rosethreeart]

You know she has those "I'm on my third dead husband; do you want to be my fourth ;)" type of outfits

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

hehe first couple pages of “The Ashes”.

More information about all of this can be found here.

[romaritimeharbor]

My mind keeps going back to this story I made with ny first online friend awhile back.. I love the characters sm esp this silly little guy named Frostedleaf. Silly little deer ppl 🫶🫶 (btw if you're curious the oc blog is @benefactordreams.. I love the Tingyun theme sm tho I'm not completely done with it unfortunately..) but oh Aph if I don't post it on my oc blog expect me to come here :33

Also high school for me is exhausting too.. having to take a small break bc of it 😭😭 it's near the end of my freshman year and I get out in June.. I still have a whole month and more to go.... And while I could be better I'm pretty ok!

I'M SO SO SORRY NERVO I MEANT TO GET TO THIS SO MUCH SOONER????? definitely going to follow your oc blog rn ❗️❗️ and even if you DO post it on your on blog, you're still welcome to drop by my inbox <33

high school IS so exhausting honestly, but i'm glad you're doing at least somewhat okay! i hope you still are 🥺🫶

[kokomi-sangonomiya-official]

woahhh you remind me of a mermaid!!! you're so cool.. :0

- aph

Hehe,hy thank you very much! And I have heard that a lot before, perhaps it's because Watatsumi Island or the blue of ny clothes.

[coderiderr]

aphmau ask game i wanna rb really bad but would ny of you send asks. i wanna answer aph questions so bad bc i wanna ramble abt it but

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