Title: What A Waste
Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
Words: -230
Characters: France ; mentions of Italy, Francis I, and Leonardo da Vinci
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Written for
hetalia_contest’s week 024 prompt, “art.” France was a lover, Prussia was a fighter. The Holy Roman Empire was a conqueror, Austria was a ruler. Hungary was a warrior, Belgium was a
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Reminds me of the day I visit Leonardo's old house in France. It was a nice place, full of his works (near the castle of Francis Ie, how weird XD)
By the way, Belgium didn't really exist at the time - it was the Spanish Netherlands (or something like that - the province they got from Burgundy).
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Well, it wasn't exactly weird--Francis gave him the house. XD
Oh, I know--I just use "Belgium" as her name to simplify matters a bit. Historically, the Low Countries were passed around quite a bit, but they were still known for being peace-keepers at that time.
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I love these lines. It really just summed up Europe at the time pretty perfectly.
2. I loved your use of da Vinci's "What a waste" phrase. I thought you utilized it well.
3. Kudos for showing Italy being known for his art without actually having Italy show up. I love that you wrote this through France's, an outsider looking in, perspective.
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Thanks, dear!
Hearing all the AP Euro lectures a second time is giving me quite a bit of insight into the overall picture of the continent at the time--most of my fic ideas these days are coming from there.
I think the outsider's perspective felt natural because I usually think of myself as an outsider when it comes to art. As in, I enjoy looking at it but have no idea what it feels like to do it. :)
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