[Fic] Money and nothing else

[kestrad]

Lame title is lame! Yay! Also *gasp* a story that's not about Sweden and/or Finland! Written in all of about an hour when I should be sleeping (it's almost 2am here now and I have work tomorrow), completely unbeta'd, and probably incredibly badly written as a result. Oh well.

Title: Money and nothing else
Rating: PG
Pairings/characters: China,

Comments

You guys are going to make me an alcoholic

[katierox342]

With all these wonderful stories about booze, I'm surprised I haven't tried experimenting yet. ;P
Point being, you have written another incredible piece and I have a hard time believing it's un beta'd. The two am thing makes sense to me though since the point between being awake and asleep is a great time for plottings ^^
I enjoy how you were able to write another side of China that we so rarely see. It's even somewhat close to canon from what I remember of the Christmas Massacre or whatever it was called. I also am really pleased with how you wrote Alfred as concerned for someone drinking in excess. Probably comes from watching England down drink after drink. Ah man, your stories make me do that horrible thing known as thinking XP

Keep it up!

~Katie

Re: You guys are going to make me an alcoholic

[kestrad]

xD Sorry about that! If you do start, though, don't begin with baijiu. I'm told it's rather unpleasant.

I thought the Christmas massacre China seemed like more of a happy, oblivious drunk than a bitter drunk, but since we got to see very little of it, there's wiggle room. (Hetalia in general is a fanfiction writer's playground xD ) I guess I just don't like how China is a cheerful uke bishie, when he's so old and has so much potential darkness. And poor America, having to deal with drunks all the time.

Thank you so much for reading :D

[xglass]

Oh whoa. I love China's attitude. His loneliness is so real. I like your take on the issue, too.

Sadly, most of us Americans live way beyond our means and we know it. *sigh* The amount of foreclosures is just sad. I always feel for the kids, though, 'cause it's not their fault mommy and daddy can't say no and went bankrupt. Augggh.

AGAIN WITH THE SERIOUS ICON.

[kestrad]

Thank you! Yeah, the foreclosures and all their consequences are rather depressing.

Serious!Finland ftw >:]

[pyridene]

I had a good laugh over the Christmas bloodbath when I saw just how drunk China could get. It's entertaining to see him as a slightly more bitter character because while I think he's generally a happy guy, he's still got a lot of issues to deal with, maybe more than any other nation.

*snort* and I blame American companies for the job outsourcing, not China. But that's another issue entirely.

[kestrad]

Yeah, China really does have a lot of crap to deal with, lots of it internal, quite a bit of it from other countries too. Poor guy.

[champagnesly]

So, this morning I listened to more than 45 minutes of dire and depressing news about the downgrade on NPR and I appreciate the ways you captured the nuances of the US ties with China and just how complex and ever changing this situation is.

Well done!

I, too, will go with a serious icon...when in doubt, I always go with Buffy :)

[kestrad]

That is one serious face!

Thank you so much for reading :)

[mertseguer]

lol, China as a whiny drunk. Very nice.

[kestrad]

Thanks!