Of headcanon

[vampirenaomi]

I think it's generally agreed that fighting about headcanon is pointless. Live and let live and all that. However, you can't just make shit up and say that nobody can argue about it because headcanon is sacred. In order for an idea to qualify as headcanon, it needs to work with actual canon. That's the whole point. It's something that's not

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Some people confuse "irl" historical canon with actual Hetalia canon and think the former is somehow more "correct" than Himaruya's own direction. Frankly I find this irritating and obnoxious. I get having a love for history and international relations, as I do, but come on. Not every single thing that's happened in history is going to be canon in Hetalia, and just because the characters represent states doesn't mean you can call your headcanon regarding real issues Hetalia-canon. Because until Himaruya says it is, it's not, period.

[vampirenaomi]

Ugh, that's one of my biggest pet peeves in this fandom. I love it when people can make real life history work with Hetalia canon, but only if it doesn't happen at the expense of canon. When people start fixing things because "Himaruya got X wrong" or "as a person living in country Y, I know how Y should really be written as a character", it just sounds arrogant.

However, I don't think canon is so sacred that it can never be changed. For example, if someone wants to explore some historical issue based on how it went in real life, not in canon, fine with me. It's only when people insist that their version is better than Himaruya's that I get really irked.

[mizu_takishima]

lol hi me again!

Ugh, that's one of my biggest pet peeves in this fandom. I love it when people can make real life history work with Hetalia canon, but only if it doesn't happen at the expense of canon. When people start fixing things because "Himaruya got X wrong" or "as a person living in country Y, I know how Y should really be written as a character", it just sounds arrogant.
EXACTLY, I can't even get into how much Iove this comment! Besides, half the time Himaruya isn't even "wrong", he just went digging in places you wouldn't normally think to look =\ Half the time he at least tells ya when he knows he dun goof'd.

[nodokaotonashi]

I wonder how the said people would react with the fresh-chapter about France, Germany and Maginot Line ? Himaruya got the situation perfectly, his light-tone keeped. Again, I'm less and less aware of fandom stories because Himaruya is not as regular as before and my other fandoms have been active, so...

[mizu_takishima]

Ah its okay! and yeah you're right, he was totally spot-on there~

[rosetteroulette]

Oh,this.

[hoshiko_2000]

'Some people confuse "irl" historical canon with actual Hetalia canon and think the former is somehow more "correct" than Himaruya's own direction. Frankly I find this irritating and obnoxious.'

Oh God, THIS ^. People nitpicking small inaccuracies in the plot pisses the hell out of me. Sometimes I think 'If you obviously feel that Himaruya is such an idiot, then why are you reading his work?'.