#aph oslo

[nordic-capitals-inc]

On a scale of nope to 10 how squishy/cuddly are they?

DC: You can trust my opinion, I am a professional

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1960s Oslo

[ifindus]

The Battle of Hjørungavåg - for the Mythtalia March by @hwsevents

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"Never have Danes held such a battle with Norwegians, not before nor since" - Fagrskinna.

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The battle of Hjørungavåg took place outside the Norwegian coast in the year 986, and was a sea battle between an invading Danish army and a defending Norwegian one. It was a battle of great national significance as the ruling Earl Håkon defended the country against the Danish King Svein Tjugeskjegg aided by the Joms Vikings, who wanted to take control over Norway and christen it.

The battle begun after some farmers tricked the Danes into believeing Earl Håkon only had 2-3 ships with him. They charged forth and got surprised by 50 ships lying in wait for them.

It was a fierce battle, and despite the element of surprise, the Norwegians suffered heavy losses early on. Most of the losses were with Earl Håkon, who fought against Svein Tjugeskjegg, a fight so intense that he had to shed his chainmail as it had become torn apart by all the weapons hitting him. Håkon's sons Eirik and Svein Håkonson fought against the Joms Vikings, Eirik saving his brother. This is when the battle turns.

Suddenly, a terrifying storm hits, with fierce waves of hail. The storm seemed almost magic and supernatural, and on the side of the Norwegians. Had the pagans used dark magic? It is said that Earl Håkon had sacrificed his 7 year old son Erling in a ritual for victory (probably false). The Earls of Lade had a connection to the female godess and spirit Torgerd Hølgebrud, who was called on whenever the family was in need. She came along with her sister and other valkyries on horses with bows and arrows, sending hail towards their enemies.

Torgerd is interpreted as an ancient fertility spirit, and these spirits are also connected with a warrior aspect. They protected certain families and are some of the oldest creatures in the pre-Christian Norse religion.

The supernatural warrior spirits was a convenient excuse for why Svein Tjugeskjegg fled the battle; it was impossible to fight against gods and trolls. It also supported the savage ways of the pagan religion.

As Svein flees, he leaves the Joms Vikings behind to be captured by the Earls. They were about to be executed by beheading, but one of them managed to get a hold of the sword and chop the head off the man about to kill him. Eirik Håkonson is impressed by this and grants them their freedom.

[theonlylvv]

AN EDIT WON'T HURT RIGHT?

[pvffinsdaisies]

You got any nyo norway hcs?

Fun! 👀 I have a few! 😌 her human name is Signe, which I might use in this post.

I headcanon that Signe coexists with Aksel (aph Norway). Aksel is just slightly older, making him the main representative of Norway, which means Signe is kinda just free to live her own life and do her own thing.

Because of this, she’s no need to live in Oslo. She lives up in the countryside, an isolated house in seemingly the middle of nowhere. The closest city to her is Tromsø, but she used to reside in Bergen.

She does have a hair clip, but it’s shaped like a butterfly rather than a cross. And unlike Aksel, she can’t use it to communicate with trolls or other creatures.

That’s not to say she can’t see creatures, she can! There’s just not much need for them to need to call one another when they’re usually in such close proximity anyway.

Signe is the BEST at skiing out of her family. She’s un-beat.

She has a black cat as a pet.

Signe is transgender, MtF.

Despite living further away from people, she’s actually slightly more welcoming and friendly than Aksel. Less shy, but she’s still extremely unlikely to initiate conversation with someone she doesn’t know.

She sews! A lot of her clothes are handmade. She made her bunad entirely by hand too.

[breitzbachbea]

God I love enemies and I love hatred Blease Blease tell me about the hatred I’m beghing on me knees

Oh, where to START. Charlie and Robert have their own playlist, which I should remake on youtube so that I can share it. Big fan of "Hated You from Hello" by Downplay and "You're Going Down" by Sick Puppies being both sided, "Know It All" by Fivefold is so, so good for when Robert gets his revenge for Sicily in a later story and in turn "Thank You for Hating Me" by Citizen Soldier is a great Charlie song once he has had enough. Those aren't all songs on the playlist, just a little overview.

So yeah, these two and just how deep and visceral the hatred of each other runs is very important to me. Started with the homophobia, but even when Robert gets better, Charlie just ... still thinks he is the most annoying person on the planet. And Charlie in turn is never going to let Robert forget what he did to him, because if he has to live with the trauma, so has Robert.

However, the English are very good at making enemies and Robert in particular manages to be unpopular. Literally nothing funnier in the world than a good old Tarielle/Railey love triangle where Tahir is incidental. This isn't about him, this is about Robert and Arielle not wanting to share air to breathe. Read my latest drabble and see it in action. Or this Lego thing I wrote - Hugo isn't very in character, but the Robert and Arielle bitching is just. on point.

OH MY GOD, SPEAKING OF HUGO. LEMME JUST. I think those drawings by @c0ffinated speak for themselves. Very sad I cannot share the nsfw ones that make the point in the best way.

(First one is Hugo eating Alois' protein snacks in the middle of the night after a one-night stand. One night stand number 238493. And the fourth one is the Live German Reaction to the third one, because that's Katta and Selim. Katta says "This is such a shitfest here, I love it" and Selim "Got something of Asi-Tv" (<- slang for German reality TV. Think TLC kind of stuff). )

Alois is being an asshole about Hugo's weight, Hugo is being an asshole about Alois' lost legs, it's a good look on neither of them, somehow they still end up fucking all the time. I don't get it. Neither does Massoud, the poor soul in the second picture trying to help with Alois' leg. Leo thinks this shit is hilarious, like the Germans, Nathan (aph switzerland) doesn't have much of an opinion, Hugo tries to behave in front of Lilli, but oh my god, these two are driving Roderich nuts. He can handle Hugo on his own, but as soon as Alois is also in the picture .... it goes against all of his sensibilites. PLEASE read this Hugois One Shot, I am so proud of this one, it encapsulates all that is wrong with them so well. Also, if God wants it, I will actually get to write another one shot where Hugo is REALLY nasty. Has a breakfast brawl at the end. It's gonna be so good once it's done.

Okay, but to circle back to Robert, another petty feud he has with @swabianmapley's OC Siggy, who is one of the Icelanders. It's not really as intense, because it's for ... incredibly dumb and petty reasons and the Icelanders aren't high on the English priority list, but it deserves a mention. As do another two of Jani's OCs, the former right hand of Emil's dad, Rúnar, who did a runner when the old man wandered off into the ice, never to be seen again. But before that even he dated one of the Icelandic subordinates, Þóra, and they had an incredibly poor breakup. Hates his guts even before he left them all hanging and god knows, Leifur's other right hand Alex now has more than a few good reasons to throw him into a volcano if he ever showed up again, but Þóra would strangle the motherfucker on the spot if he showed his face in Iceland again. Also, while we are at the Icelanders - Leifur, Emil's dad, and Ansgar, Lukas' dad, never really got along. Business partners, yes, but also business enemies, never really being cool with one another. And then the sister of Leifur's wife moved to Oslo and his wife asked Leifur if he couldn't help her find work. So he asked Ansgar for a favour and whoops, they got married and now they are brothers in law. Whoops.

Okay, last Robert one, but since the Spaniards and the English also have bad blood (and Arthur is SO smug about it while Antonio is so passionate about kicking his face in), Robert and Diego don't get along. Robert usually is more eager about the fights because he's an adhd hothead like that, but only because Diego is a soldier doesn't mean he want to punch out his teeth any less. "Friends" by Sixlights is a great song - the chorus for them in general and the verses for the fucked up AU version where they dated and had a bad breakup.

On the bigger playing field, where there also little animosities nestled into the bigger ones like matryoshka dolls - The Empires of course don't get along. The English have beef with the Russians and Spaniards, the Spaniards are pissed with the Turks and vice versa, while the Turks also can't stand the Russians. Also - the Austrians and the Turks. Not sure where I stand on the Austrians and the Russians yet. But yeah, love the idea that Charlie and Harry have a conversation on a big event whether or not "their Kurdish friend" (Dilan) just doesn't like blondes, because she's bitching with Salomé (who, much like Francesco however, thinks personal grudges are uninteresting and also is the horniest lesbian on the planet who wishes Dilan wasn't straight), Alois, Robert and Viktoriya. Their convo also includes "Okay, but she gets along with the Dutch lass." "She's no natural blonde though." "Neither is Salomé." "... point taken."

Oh yeah, while we are at the Dutch: It's not an ACTIVE beef, they aren't really out here hating each other on a deep personal level, but both Nathan and Gavin resent the other AND that rotten Dutchman for all the money they are sitting on. Nathan and Gavin do a lot of banking and related illegal stuff, so they are direct competition. Tim doesn't care about either of their bs, he'd do business with them if the price was right. But, quote from an RP I had with Jani, by Tim about Gavin: "Some people like holding grudges more than they like making money."

Who else is there ... I mean, I absolutely love a good ScotFruk tug of war. Gavin and Arthur inheriting the nemesis relationships from their fathers, each of them want power and influence on the isles and then Arthur happens to on-off date Gavin's ex-boyfriend. And the Scot just can't help, even if he is not actively in love with someone anymore, he will always love all his sweethearts. Besides, the French are friends! François is a friend! And he deserves better than this cruel and petty Englishman! Meanwhile, Arthur is a jealous little bitch who can't properly express his love for Fran, but also can't stand the thought that the Scot puts his finger not only on his sphere on influence but the one man he loves. Bitchfest supreme.

Speaking of that, I have a note in my notebook for the next chapter of IP I will edit that says "Can anyone ask more about Lovi so that Michele can call him bitch boy unlimited". The fact that Michele hates Francesco, too, out of a mix of jealousy over not being the biggest siren in the room if Franci is there and because he doesn't buy his friendly shtick, plus he's afraid that Francesco could see behind his mask. But we are here for Lovi and Michele, which is a very ironic hate. In the hetaverse at least they are united in their mutual dislike for Feli and all the other Northerners. but in LFLS, Feli falls a bit to the wayside (though Michele has not much respect or love for him either) and it's all about these two. I think, aside from the fact that they also inherited a generational enmity, Lovino feels entitled to the land Michele is sitting on and Michele is fiercely protective of his independence ... aside from all that, they are too close for comfort. They see in each other who they could be, maybe all they should be but aren't, maybe all the sides of themselves they like the least.

... Yeah! I think that's a good start! :)

[simple-persica]

i dont wanna ask this on the ask blog cause its kinda a little too out there but would any of the nordic gals fight a goose or a duck

Excuse the messy sketch. But Helsinki and Oslo would 100% be the first to square up on a goose.

They thought it’d be funny but it usually ends with them getting chased around by said goose

[cass-yes]

i drew @simple-persica’s oslo oc! i love her design and she radiates amazing vibes ✨

[snoofsnorfsneefsnoorf]

Writing idea: Vienna meeting the other Austrian states for the first time?

*Oooooohh, sure!

Siblings

Summary: Vienna is taken aside by Austria in the middle of a Capitol Meeting to meet her Siblings. They're way more chaotic than she thought.

words in german are marked with a *, the translations are below, after the story

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Vienna was almost sleeping. God those meetings were boring, the breaks were fun, but everything else was just, boring. But Vienna gets bored easily, so that is to be expected. Berlin was talking about something. Berlin was her cousin, Germany's son, so they saw eachother often, and every damn time they meet Berlin is so boring. And that bothers Vienna; she likes to cause chaos. She may seem like a nice, young lady on the outside, but damn does she like to cause chaos, and she likes to have a companion for that.

She was talking to Oslo when the door suddenly opened and Austrias head poked through it.

"Berlin" he said.

"Hm? What is it Österreich*1?"

"Could you maybe excuse Wien*2, for a while? I need her for something."

"Sure" Berlin replied

What. Vienna thought as she stood up a little bewildered and followed Austria to another room. Before they went inside, Austria had to talk to her for a moment.

"So, before we go in I want you to stay calm, Ok?" he said.

Vienna nodded, Mein Gott*3, whats in there? she thought to herself.

When her father opened the door she could see eight people standing inside the room.

Who are you? Vienna thought, but before she could open her mouth to say anything, a chubby lady with blue-grey eyes and light brown and short hair ran towards her.

"Hallo*4! You must be Wien, right? Well, nice to meet you! I'm Salzburg!" the woman said. "I'll introduce you to the others, Ok?"

Vienna nodded. Salzburg introduced her to Vorarlberg, a smal boy with caramel brown hair and green eyes, and Tyrol, a tall man with dark brown hair and eyes, first. Vorarlberg looked at her, absolutely amazed that she was smaller than him.

Then came Styria and Carinthia. Both a lil chubby, Carinthia being shorter and having Brown hair and brown eyes and Styria being taller with blonde hair and very light blue eyes. Both shook her hand and Carinthia hugged her with excitement.

At last, she was introduced to Lower and Upper Austria and Burgenland. The first two are twins, it was obvious, they practically looked the same, with Brunette hair and deep green eyes, but Upper austria slighty lighter hair. Vienna noticed that he was twitching often and made weird noises and Lower Austria couln't seem to stay still, always walking left and right.

Burgenland is very thin, but tall, and has long brown hair and amethyst eyes. He seemed shy at first, but quickly warmed up to her, Salzburg also told her that he has depression and an anxiety disorder. Vienna immediatly felt bad for him.

"So" said Salzburg, "now that youre introduced to everyone, and we already know who you are, how about we have some fun?" she suggested. The others agreed with her, and Vienna nodded. She liked them already!

"Also*5, what about baking?" Carinthia said, "You like that, Vienna?"

"Sure!-" "Schnauze du schlampe!*6" Upper Austria interrupted her.

Vienna was shocked, What the hell did you just say?!, she was about to yell at him when Tyrol interrupted her

"Don't mind it too much, David*7 has tourettes"

"O-Oh, O-Ok?" she said, "And while we're at it, Jakob*8 has ADHD" Tyrol said

Vienna nodded, this is going to be fun! She thought-

--1 hour time skip--

Pure chaos. That was exactly this situation. Vienna and her siblings were baking when Upper Austria, who had a tic, dumped a bowl of flour onto Styrias head. In turn, Styria threw an egg at him that missed its target and hit Tyrol. Tyrol the proceeded to dump milk onto Salzburgs head, just because he could, and the whole thing escalated into a massive food fight.

"I BRING DI UM, DU PFERDE GSICHT!*9" Salzburg yelled at Carinthia who cracked an egg on her head. She then proceeded to choke him and they fell to the floor in a screaming mess.

Vienna absolutely loved the chaotic mess she called siblings. She was dumping flour on Vorarlbergs head when Oslo walked in.

"H-Hei?" she said, confused.

"Hi, Oslo! Meet my new siblings!" Vienna said. All the others were already looking at them both, a little bit bewildered.

"Guys, this is Oslo, my friend!" she said

"Hallo, Oslo" they all said in almost unison.

"Hei, Im guessing you're Viennas siblings, huh?" Oslo said.

"Ja!*10" Vorarlberg said, but then Lower Austria dumped milk onto his head and he started screeching as he tried to punch him.

Oslo looked weirded out "Ok, I gotta go, I just brought you your stuff you left at the meeeting, bye!" she said

"Tschüss*11, Oslo" they all said

I absolutely adore this family, Vienna thought, happy that she now has companions that can cause chaos with her.

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*1Austria

*2 Vienna

*3 My god

*4 Hello! think you mght have already guessed this, haha

*5 So

*6 Shut up you whore

*7 Upper Austrias name

*8 Lower Austrias name

*9 I'm gonna kill you, you horse face, (I wrote it in Austrian german)

*10 Yes

*11 Bye!

[just-an-artist-that-exists]

so i drew @simple-persica 's aph oslo and helnsinki in clothes that i own (and yes helnsinki is holding a gun)

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[nordic-capitals-inc]

You said that Oslo likes skating, can you please elaborate on that?

When did she start? Is it speed or figure skating? Any other details you'd like to share?

O: And I am honestly not very good at figure skating or anything close, I just like to glide around and feel the coolness of the ice

[askthenordic2ps]

iPad’s Gacha Life slots are full

Tómas/Valdís - the two Icelanders

Beck/Beatrix - the two Swedes

Mikkel/Hanne - the two Danes

Eirik/Ingrid - the two Norwegians

Leevi/Maija - the two Finns

Emma - Stockholm

Annebeth - Copenhagen

Alda - Reykjavik

Astra - Oslo (her and her counterparts came back with a tan, don’t @ me)

Taika - Helsinki

Berwald - 1P!Sweden

Eleonora - Faroe Islands

Heiká - Finnmark (Norwegian Sámi/Lapland)

Adriaan - Amsterdam

Ianto - my 3P!Wales

[ifindus]

Watched the annual Sports Gala earlier tonight and got inspired by all the sparkly outfits ✨

[cynnied-writes]

Vigdís Bondevik aka Oslo 🇳🇴

“Just a bit of forewarning everyone, I summoned something, I’m just not sure what it is. Bad translation. So, if you see someone who looks like you or someone else but just a bit off. Run.”

Nordic Capitals

[simple-persica]

The Nordic capitols have joined the fray!! From left to right meet: Reykjavik, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki! 

My ramblings about them under the cut. I apologize for the length, I tried to cut out as mush as I could.

I’ve decided that from now on if and when I design capitols they’re gonna be gender-bent. And this is solely because DC was based off of Nyo!America

So all of their designs are loosely based on the Nyo!Nordics in one way or another

And their designs are up in the air still. I like where they are now, but I know they can improve.

Oslo (Ida)

Much like Nor, she’s very quiet and quite reserved, but she’s a little more playful and mischievous 

She gets hyper focused on tasks and chooses to expend most of her energy on political matters and business. She’s a very busy girl

Nor calls her “Tigerstaden” as a nickname but not often. It’s probably her name in his phone or something similar

Wasn’t very strong when she was younger having gone through many fires that lasted days on end

Denmark helped back on her feet

She’s friends with DC and sends her Christmas trees every year

Get’s along great with Copenhagen and Reykjyavik. 

Her and Copenhagen like to go cycling together

She does poses magical powers but not as strong as Nor’s

The little orbs hanging off her hair bow are both an homage to Norway’s hair curl and the several islands surrounding her

Copenhagen (Thora)

Wow she’s just a pleasant gal to hang out with

She’s very sporty. swimming, cycling, fisticuffs, running, you name it

Her and Den like to play handball together and she can be found hanging out in parks most of the time

Got super powerful in the 15th century when she was the capitol of both Norway and Sweden, then Sve dipped

That followed with several fires AND the plague left her kinda sick in the early 1700′s

Beat up both Britain and Sweden in various fights and sieges

Gets along great with the other capitols and tries to get them together as much as possible, seeing as they’re not as busy compared to the countries

Egg chair, no I will not elaborate

She’s an amazing story teller and likes jazz music

Stockholm (Hjördis)

She’s BUILT, like she’s very strong.

When she was younger she had a great relationship with Denmark, but seriously distrusted him right before and after Sweden left

She’s very very smart. Enjoys playing chess with Reyktavik

She hasn’t won yet

Used to vist the ABBA museum as a joke, but it’s just a part of her routine at this point

She’s very artistic. Her house is flooded with her paintings and sculptures throughout the years

Her and Sve have a little joke where he gives her a random piece of IKEA furniture as a present and she sends him a painting of said furniture for his birthday

He keeps all of them and she keeps all the furniture 

Stoic just like Sve, but tends to be pretty harsh. This leads to her being ready to throw down

Helsinki (Matilda)

Nicknamed “Hesa” by Fin and the other nordics, but Sve calls her “Stadi”

Avid coffee drinker

The Finnish war hit her like a truck because of both fires and war

was under direct Russian control for a bit and it was a rough time all around. 

Referred to as “Daughter of the Baltic” not really important but I thought it was cute

maybe the Baltic states just enjoy her company and is just doted on? I can’t imagine she’d be a fan of this though

Much like Fin, she really enjoys saunas. She also is an avid coffee drinker

Learned how to go from :3 to >:3 from Fin. Idk how else to explain it

The choker she wears is in reference to the possibility that “Helsinki” is derived from a Swedish word “helsing” which is a shoot off from the word “hals” which means “neck”

this in turn could be referencing the narrower parts of a nearby river

She dresses kind of casually because sis is just tired. She chooses to be comfortable over anything else

Reykjavik (Hekla)

Her name is shortened to “Rey” most of the time

She acts kind of spoiled

this is because Reykjavik was the only city in Iceland for a good long while

During WWII Britain, America, and Canada hung out there for a bit

Consequence of this: She really likes hot dogs now

She’s super good at chess, almost scarily good. She likes to play against Stockholm and they get IN to it

Watching their chess matches is peak entertainment for the other capitols

Has a little kitten as a pet! She takes him everywhere, but has a lot of strays she just feeds back home

doesn’t have too much experience with dogs so she’s hesitant toward them

Has never heard of McDonalds or Starbucks

She just...sleeps outside...in random places...without warning

she’s partial to a Swedish White-beam tree that was planted in the city by a Danish king (?)