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[mr.kingrichard]

What happened to Norway? *feels left out*

[MegaTurtle]

ONE LINER! There was a bombing and a lot of people died. at least that's what I heard. I couldn't help but think of a sad little Hetalia Norway when I heard the news :'(

[obsceneSymphony]

Arrrggh. I've always wanted to watch/read Hetalia. Where is it? Sorry, stupid question is stupid.

[MegaTurtle]

Well you can go to any anime site. They most likely have it and I get my books from Barnes&Noble. Go to animefreak.com you can watch it there

[obsceneSymphony]

Thanks! ^^

[qittenpie]

@Mega: Would you happen to know if Barnes&Noble has Volume 3? I might have to find one if they do. .3.

@New members: Hi! Welcome to the club, we only bite if you post frequent one-liners. And that, only recently. .3.

@Misttt: Please avoid one-word posts. ^-^' If you don't have something blazingly important to say, it would be polite to wait a few posts and slip it in with something else. :3

@Liz: Oslo had a bomb go off, and a summer camp organized by the leading political party was attacked by a gunman wearing a police uniform. Last I heard, death total was something like 126 because they found more bodies in the water surrounding the island. >:

Er, I'd just like to make a point here, while it's fresh. Some people might not appreciate Hetalia fans making art of Norway beat up. .3. This happened after the earthquake in Japan, too, where everyone was drawing Japan with bloody bandages and some Japanese fans were getting upset. It's just not very respectful to the dead, implying that their country has been somehow weakened by these attacks. (I got on this train of thought after the two mini-quakes here in Cali this weekend, thinking about how it would feel if I logged back on after The Big One and saw a bunch of art of bloody America or California OCs. Just a thought. Hetalia can very easily do disrespectful, but we're a fandom of people.)

[MegaTurtle]

That is so true Rock! I refused to look up Japan after that earthquake cuz I knew that would come up and I'd just start crying cuz some can be very graphic. Also it's just sad.

[Katgirl75]

@Norway attack I heard about the bombing and shooting. They say the guy thought the people he shot were Muslims and were planning a attack. They say he's insane.

@Fanart thing
I know on Deviant Art a lot posted things for Japan and others. It bothered me dearly. They don't care about te people they care about the country. People were commentig about it.
On Fanfiction there were a lot of stories too. Most
were badly written excuses but... I'm no judge.
People hate Hetalia because we portray horrible things with Countries- showing them weakened and surronded by stronger countries Like America and England.
Those crazed fans bring down the popularity of Hetalia. Too hardcore just ,akes it seem... Insulting.

@New Members-Hi.

Sorry, I'm just irritated. It wasn't meant to be a rant..

[MegaTurtle]

I agree with you. Those are just fans who want to make the countries look weak. But that's not Hetalia. Hetalia is history disguised as comdey. That's how I see it.

[The Lion King]

@Rock-

Nicely put. I know those who have made such art only wish it in the best way, as I'd like to think a 'get-well' idea, it I don't believe it is very respectful to the actual country affected. Mainly, as I believe, because Hetalia is a comedy genre of sorts, and as I've seen, those who actually create this type of art have no relation to the incident whatsoever, aside from being a fan of the show. As it is their idea of a nice gesture, I don't think they fully understand the seriousness of such matters, or such art wouldn't exist. At least, that is how I see it. There is a time and place for works such as those, but in times of great disaster and need, it is not.

I'm sure most mean well, but for now, we can hope and pray for those affected and leave it as such. ^^;

/two cents

And I still haven't gotten around to showing you my So Cal OC? You have reminded me to do so. xD

-shot-

Anyways, Hetalia vol 3 is in publication limbo currently. .3. Tokyopop, who held the rights to the manga property, shut down all of its North American publications, and until a new publishing company acquires the rights, it may very well remain as it is now.

Of course, there's dozens of sites that have scanned strips available. c:

Edit- Ack. Bad, bad typo. x.x