A lesson in Russian-German Relations NOTES
anonymous
June 6 2010, 16:58:57 UTC
- The goods turnover of 2000 between Russia and Germany was comparable to the entire goods turnover between the Soviet Union and West/East Germany. Russia regards Germany as its leading European partner, and is an important trading partner for Germany. Small tidbit: German is in a firm second place (behind English) at Russian schools. Russian used to be number one in the GDR (hence why Gilbert understands Ivan very well whereas Ludwig’s Russian probably is limited to a very few words only).
- a bottle of Rodnik Gold costs about $500. It’s the most expensive vodka out there. Baltika Breweries is Europe’s second biggest brewery. Germans are very proud of their beer, just like Danes and Belgians, and oftentimes don’t want to try anything else. Here in Germany, people even like to fight about what region produces the better beer. Beer=serious business for true Germans! *lol* I must be a fraud, cause I like Danish beer, too.
- The programme for the first meet-up of the St. Petersburg Dialogue included a trip to the opera, and they did perform the Rheingold by Wagner, in German.
- Song Ivan was humming: ”Moskau“ by Dschingis Khan, from 1970 (by a West German songwriter, mind you. This is not some Soviet propaganda drinking song). Parts of the lyrics that do indeed sound as if the songwriter had a giant boner for like a love confession to Russia:
Foreig and mysterious […] Cold as ice […] But those who truly know you they know, a fire is burning so hot inside of you […] Russia is a beautiful country […] Your soul is so big […] Those who know your soul They know, [your] love is burning as hot as a blaze
ACHTUNG!, this is potentially silly music (probably more so for my fellow Germans). In my opinion, it’s so bad it’s funny again. No, we will NOT go into their costumes!
- Vladimir Putin and the former chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schröder, always have been on very good terms, and are close friends outside of work, too.
- The debut performance of Wagner’s Rheingold was in 1869, in Munich, Bavaria.
- Ludwig who was made to believe that Russia was backwards nation: Nazi propaganda later on said Russians, or Slavs in general, were subhuman. There even were soldier songs about how backwards Russia was, and how much soldiers hated having to go there.
- Hidden behind an invisible curtain: reference to the Iron Curtain. I guess I don’t have to go into Cold War propaganda.
random German: - Brüderlein=little brother (Brüderlein is a diminutive for brother) - Bleib ruhig: Stay calm - Verdammt noch mal, hör auf mich so hinzuhalten: Damnit, stop stringing me along like this.
random Russian: - Lyudya is the diminutive for Ludwig, like Vanya is for Ivan - Dorogusha: deary (of course, Ivan uses this as an innocent taunt) (Thanks for the help, Alikurai. ♥)
Re: A lesson in Russian-German Relations NOTES
anonymous
June 6 2010, 18:29:30 UTC
omg writer!anon this was perfect. russia was appropriately mind-controlling. i hate it when people just write him as RAEPTRUCK since, well, he's russia. he's a little more subtle than that. the sex was so hot unf unf also, not gonna lie. moskau reference made my week. the plot, the dialogue--well. i am supremely happy now.
Re: A lesson in Russian-German Relations NOTES
anonymous
June 6 2010, 20:06:31 UTC
THIS FILL IS SO FUCKING PERFECT I DON'T EVEN-
Ok, that was really really REALLY awesome. Nice German. Excellent Germany, with a surprising depth that wasn't evident at first; nice Gilbert and background hints too. Nice political context, choosing Schröder instead of nowadays politicians. Mindbloeing Russia, a mind games type of guy who's just the perfect mix of creepy and cute and dark and seductive; more of the later, to my delight ♥ (very convincing in everything, too; often, authors write that Ivan is a master at mind games instead of showing it, but this fic is perfect in his creepiness and the manipulation for amusement's sake, and very convincing in its unnervingness and the wariness it awakens in poor unsuspecting LudwigXD.) The seduction was...god. So hot; I like forceful consensual sex, so this was a delicious treat. I also loved the nickname play, specially this new one for Ludwig in Russian <3
No, it hadn’t been anything sexual per se. Unless one counted weird, inexplicably joyous feelings while being stuck in a conference room decorated with a giant Flag of the Soviet Union where Russia, dressed in a KGB general’s uniform, was giving a speech in his native language. A dream that had him wake up with a hard-on not quite of the nature every man experienced in the morning.
LOL, I loved this. As random as dreams are, but also understandably sexy!
OP HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!111!1one
anonymous
June 8 2010, 21:45:24 UTC
HOLY TITTYFUCKING CHRIST D8
I did not expect to get the fill THAT fast! And it's... I don't even know what to say. It's P-E-R-F-E-C-T in every way! The way you wrote Russia was so delightfully creepy yet innocent and it was more in character than anything I have read before! People often tend to make him either too harmless or too rapetruck-y. But this was great! Same goes for Ludwig. I liked how he got more and more aggressive and dominating the hornier Ivan made him - just to be reduced to a wanton puddle of needy german beer goo! And the descriptions of Ivan's body were exactly how I pictured him ♥ Not to forget how you described THE ACCENT OH MY GOD. That is such a big kink of mine! Germany, I want your dreams, huff huff~ And the porn was deliciously raw and rough and manly ♥ But the icing on the cake were the historical tidbits and the idea with the medal, the opera and the "Moskau" song! "Hetalia - Our porn makes people smarter" indeed. This is definitely one of the best fills I've ever read, dear writer!anon ♥
Re: A lesson in Russian-German Relations NOTES
anonymous
December 17 2011, 03:21:22 UTC
This fill is actually everything my little RusGer heart desires. The WWII references, the dominant Russia, the 'Russia being a complete dick', the age difference, the Soviet references -- uhgfgkhskjgfhsdkafhsPERFECT. Really just fantastic. (I don't think I'll ever listen to Wagner quite the same way again...)
- a bottle of Rodnik Gold costs about $500. It’s the most expensive vodka out there. Baltika Breweries is Europe’s second biggest brewery. Germans are very proud of their beer, just like Danes and Belgians, and oftentimes don’t want to try anything else. Here in Germany, people even like to fight about what region produces the better beer. Beer=serious business for true Germans! *lol* I must be a fraud, cause I like Danish beer, too.
- The programme for the first meet-up of the St. Petersburg Dialogue included a trip to the opera, and they did perform the Rheingold by Wagner, in German.
- Song Ivan was humming: ”Moskau“ by Dschingis Khan, from 1970 (by a West German songwriter, mind you. This is not some Soviet propaganda drinking song). Parts of the lyrics that do indeed sound as if the songwriter had a giant boner for like a love confession to Russia:
Foreig and mysterious
[…]
Cold as ice
[…]
But those who truly know you
they know, a fire is burning
so hot inside of you
[…]
Russia is a beautiful country
[…]
Your soul is so big
[…]
Those who know your soul
They know, [your] love is burning
as hot as a blaze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzycFeqNxIA
ACHTUNG!, this is potentially silly music (probably more so for my fellow Germans). In my opinion, it’s so bad it’s funny again. No, we will NOT go into their costumes!
- the medal Ivan gave to Ludwig: an Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. The Great Patriotic War refers to the war Germany and the Soviet Union fought during WWII. It looks like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Order_Of_The_Patriotic_War_%282st_Class%29.png
- Vladimir Putin and the former chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schröder, always have been on very good terms, and are close friends outside of work, too.
- The debut performance of Wagner’s Rheingold was in 1869, in Munich, Bavaria.
- Ludwig who was made to believe that Russia was backwards nation: Nazi propaganda later on said Russians, or Slavs in general, were subhuman. There even were soldier songs about how backwards Russia was, and how much soldiers hated having to go there.
- Hidden behind an invisible curtain: reference to the Iron Curtain. I guess I don’t have to go into Cold War propaganda.
random German:
- Brüderlein=little brother (Brüderlein is a diminutive for brother)
- Bleib ruhig: Stay calm
- Verdammt noch mal, hör auf mich so hinzuhalten: Damnit, stop stringing me along like this.
random Russian:
- Lyudya is the diminutive for Ludwig, like Vanya is for Ivan
- Dorogusha: deary (of course, Ivan uses this as an innocent taunt)
(Thanks for the help, Alikurai. ♥)
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russia was appropriately mind-controlling. i hate it when people just write him as RAEPTRUCK since, well, he's russia. he's a little more subtle than that.
the sex was so hot unf unf
also, not gonna lie. moskau reference made my week.
the plot, the dialogue--well. i am supremely happy now.
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Ok, that was really really REALLY awesome. Nice German. Excellent Germany, with a surprising depth that wasn't evident at first; nice Gilbert and background hints too. Nice political context, choosing Schröder instead of nowadays politicians. Mindbloeing Russia, a mind games type of guy who's just the perfect mix of creepy and cute and dark and seductive; more of the later, to my delight ♥ (very convincing in everything, too; often, authors write that Ivan is a master at mind games instead of showing it, but this fic is perfect in his creepiness and the manipulation for amusement's sake, and very convincing in its unnervingness and the wariness it awakens in poor unsuspecting LudwigXD.)
The seduction was...god. So hot; I like forceful consensual sex, so this was a delicious treat.
I also loved the nickname play, specially this new one for Ludwig in Russian <3
No, it hadn’t been anything sexual per se. Unless one counted weird, inexplicably joyous feelings while being stuck in a conference room decorated with a giant Flag of the Soviet Union where Russia, dressed in a KGB general’s uniform, was giving a speech in his native language. A dream that had him wake up with a hard-on not quite of the nature every man experienced in the morning.
LOL, I loved this. As random as dreams are, but also understandably sexy!
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*mass of blubbling happy goo*
Seriously. Can't even give you a proper review. 8(
*bookmarks*
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I did not expect to get the fill THAT fast!
And it's... I don't even know what to say. It's P-E-R-F-E-C-T in every way!
The way you wrote Russia was so delightfully creepy yet innocent and it was more in character than anything I have read before!
People often tend to make him either too harmless or too rapetruck-y.
But this was great!
Same goes for Ludwig. I liked how he got more and more aggressive and dominating the hornier Ivan made him - just to be reduced to a wanton puddle of needy german beer goo!
And the descriptions of Ivan's body were exactly how I pictured him ♥
Not to forget how you described THE ACCENT OH MY GOD.
That is such a big kink of mine! Germany, I want your dreams, huff huff~
And the porn was deliciously raw and rough and manly ♥
But the icing on the cake were the historical tidbits and the idea with the medal, the opera and the "Moskau" song! "Hetalia - Our porn makes people smarter" indeed.
This is definitely one of the best fills I've ever read, dear writer!anon ♥
TL;DR:
A+, would fap again.
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Really just fantastic. (I don't think I'll ever listen to Wagner quite the same way again...)
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