Any/any - serious marriage proposal and wedding
anonymous
December 22 2010, 03:25:06 UTC
The story of how a nation proposed and got married to their significant other.
The catch here is that I want said story to be one that's mainly serious, not cracky, and takes in account various issues that would logically crop up in a situation like theirs. Example issues: Are they just getting married as humans, not nations? If they're a gay couple, where will they get married if their own countries haven't legalized gay marriage? If they come from very different cultures, how do they decide on the style of the marriage? etc.
That's not to say that it can't be humorous in parts (wacky marriage proposals and wedding crashers, anyone? ;) ); I'd just like to see a serious and mostly crack-free treatment of this kind of subject matter with a nation couple.
Bonus: The nation who proposes is someone you wouldn't expect to (i.e. someone normally reserved or non-sentimental).
My dearest friend, if you don't mind (a)
anonymous
December 24 2010, 21:48:40 UTC
It was probably around the thirtieth proposal that things finally got straightened out. Of course, both Spain and Romano had started realizing some things before the thirtieth. For instance, on his twenty-third proposal (the one where he attempted to serenade Romano before presenting the ring but there was the slight problem of the rain and lightening), Spain realized that when Romano said that there were worse bastards to marry than Spain, he actually meant I love you.
Or how Romano realized on his twenty-third proposal (the one where he forgot the ring and was just so desperate that he just blurted something out) that when Spain looked at Romano and said I love you, and then squealed about how cute Romano was, it was just a confirmation of love, because Spain hadn’t called anyone else ‘cute’ for three hundred years
( ... )
My dearest friend, if you don't mind (b)
anonymous
December 24 2010, 21:54:18 UTC
Romano felt his stomach give an unpleasant flop. Yeah, that marriage had been political, not a lot of love. But it didn’t change the fact that Spain had been married before. Romano was really nervous, because both of them had figured out around the tenth proposal from… whichever one of them had come up with the really stupid idea of tying the ring onto a dog’s collar, and then giving it to the other one, except the dog chewed off its collar and ate the ring.
Anyways, around whoever’s tenth proposal they had figured out that whatever happened, it probably wouldn’t be between two countries. By the tenth proposal, there had been talk of unifying the Italies, and Romano wasn’t even sure he would be able to stick around. When he figured out he wasn’t disappearing, that brought up a whole lot of problems. Veneziano had pretty well taken over the country. Romano didn’t mind much, because he never had much aptitude for work or filing papers or the general neatness that seemed imperative to office work. But it made his situation a little
( ... )
My dearest friend, if you don't mind (c)
anonymous
December 24 2010, 22:04:04 UTC
But he didn’t complain when they lay there the rest of the afternoon, just watching the clouds go by. He didn’t complain about the long, slow kiss they shared as the sun set.
He didn’t bring up the fact that Spain might have to marry someone else for political reasons. He didn’t mention the hundred and one things that could go wrong, now and in the future. He didn’t even question the impossibility of setting up the seating chart for the reception.
Like the idiot said, qué será será. They had a long time to work on this, after all.
Maybe even forever. --
Thanks for reading. I'm not the above filler, but I had an idea. I don't know if this is exactly what the OP wanted...
Que sera sera means "What will be, will be". In other words, go with the flow and relax.
The title comes from the end of The Nightmare Before Christmas, when Jack and Sally sing one last duet before the credits. They sing: My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars, and sit together, now and
( ... )
Let it be known first and foremost that a huge, silly, unbelievably wide grin spread over my face while reading this and hasn't gone away as of yet.
In other words, I loved this very, very much, writer!anon. It's got the inherent humor of wacky marriage proposals (the dog collar! Snerk!) and Spain and Romano being Spain and Romano, but it's also got the underlying seriousness that I requested to see (I was especially hoping to see something touching on the difference between history-based marriages and love-based marriages, which you did) while avoiding melodrama and still befitting the inherent cuteness that is Spain and Romano. Also loved how you showed that Romano was bubbling over with joy inside while trying to keep his tsundere face on outside.
One question, though: Is this your whole fill? I'm not sure if this is a complete fill or a work-in-progress because of the a, b, c labels. I'd like to read about their wedding, but I have to admit that Romano's closing lines here are a very nice and fitting way to end the fill.
Author!Anon says...
anonymous
December 27 2010, 04:54:38 UTC
Yay! I made someone smile!
I'm glad you like, OP! I'm probably not going to write the wedding though. Weddings and I don't mix very well, even through the medium of paper/Internet.
Re: Above!Potential filler
anonymous
December 26 2010, 19:12:32 UTC
Ahaha, I got beat to this request. XD Well, I think I'll still fill this anyway, if OP doesn't mind. I've started writing it, and have been looking forward to it.
I hope my fill can match up to the awesomeness of yours, authornon. I <3 Spain/Romano. Adorable. Just adorable.
Oooh, I like the style you're using for your fill. It reads like we're getting snapshots of Canada and Ukraine's relationship and eventual romance, just enough to get an idea of their relationship progression. I can't wait to read the rest of this fill!
Re: Family Politics
anonymous
December 30 2010, 06:48:02 UTC
First!Author!Anon goes awww. I feel like I never see this pairing, but it's really cute. Canada freaking out about her crying was really sweet, very cute, and very in character. And there's history? If I was a puppy, my tail would be wagging. As it is, smileyyyy :D
The catch here is that I want said story to be one that's mainly serious, not cracky, and takes in account various issues that would logically crop up in a situation like theirs. Example issues: Are they just getting married as humans, not nations? If they're a gay couple, where will they get married if their own countries haven't legalized gay marriage? If they come from very different cultures, how do they decide on the style of the marriage? etc.
That's not to say that it can't be humorous in parts (wacky marriage proposals and wedding crashers, anyone? ;) ); I'd just like to see a serious and mostly crack-free treatment of this kind of subject matter with a nation couple.
Bonus: The nation who proposes is someone you wouldn't expect to (i.e. someone normally reserved or non-sentimental).
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Or how Romano realized on his twenty-third proposal (the one where he forgot the ring and was just so desperate that he just blurted something out) that when Spain looked at Romano and said I love you, and then squealed about how cute Romano was, it was just a confirmation of love, because Spain hadn’t called anyone else ‘cute’ for three hundred years ( ... )
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Anyways, around whoever’s tenth proposal they had figured out that whatever happened, it probably wouldn’t be between two countries. By the tenth proposal, there had been talk of unifying the Italies, and Romano wasn’t even sure he would be able to stick around. When he figured out he wasn’t disappearing, that brought up a whole lot of problems. Veneziano had pretty well taken over the country. Romano didn’t mind much, because he never had much aptitude for work or filing papers or the general neatness that seemed imperative to office work. But it made his situation a little ( ... )
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He didn’t bring up the fact that Spain might have to marry someone else for political reasons. He didn’t mention the hundred and one things that could go wrong, now and in the future. He didn’t even question the impossibility of setting up the seating chart for the reception.
Like the idiot said, qué será será. They had a long time to work on this, after all.
Maybe even forever.
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Thanks for reading. I'm not the above filler, but I had an idea. I don't know if this is exactly what the OP wanted...
Que sera sera means "What will be, will be". In other words, go with the flow and relax.
The title comes from the end of The Nightmare Before Christmas, when Jack and Sally sing one last duet before the credits. They sing: My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars, and sit together, now and ( ... )
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In other words, I loved this very, very much, writer!anon. It's got the inherent humor of wacky marriage proposals (the dog collar! Snerk!) and Spain and Romano being Spain and Romano, but it's also got the underlying seriousness that I requested to see (I was especially hoping to see something touching on the difference between history-based marriages and love-based marriages, which you did) while avoiding melodrama and still befitting the inherent cuteness that is Spain and Romano. Also loved how you showed that Romano was bubbling over with joy inside while trying to keep his tsundere face on outside.
One question, though: Is this your whole fill? I'm not sure if this is a complete fill or a work-in-progress because of the a, b, c labels. I'd like to read about their wedding, but I have to admit that Romano's closing lines here are a very nice and fitting way to end the fill.
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I'm glad you like, OP! I'm probably not going to write the wedding though. Weddings and I don't mix very well, even through the medium of paper/Internet.
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Cute fill, anon.
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I hope my fill can match up to the awesomeness of yours, authornon. I <3 Spain/Romano. Adorable. Just adorable.
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Man, that description in 2 made me sad; poor Ukraine! She's so beautiful and sweet! These two were meant for each other ^^
Enormous cheers to you for having a Femerica during victorious post-Cold War times. I can't wait to see her!
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