Feel the Fear (5/6)

[moonlighten]

Title: Feel the Fear (5/6)
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): (In this part) Canada, England, Scotland, Wales
Pairing(s): Prussia/Canada
Warnings: None
Date: 2nd and 3rd April, 2009; London, England
Word Count: 1,885
Summary: Part Five: Another G-20 summit, and Canada attempts to seize the day again. He has a Plan this time, however.

Comments

[jedishampoo]

OMG did you seriously update this fic? WOOO.

I was all "what is Scotland's deal with Canada, Scotland should love Canada, half of which is named after Scottish things" but then all was explained. :) And I love everyone's reactions to the ale, seen through Canada's eyes. You do such a good Canada POV, I think. <3

[moonlighten]

Haha, I was a little suprised myself... Though I am determined to finish all my WiPs if I can, and as this was the oldest of them, I felt it should be first on the list. (And now it's finally finished, it's a big weight off my shoulders!)

One of my main reasons for stalling on this for so long was that I found it very difficult to reconcile how I knew Scotland would treat Canada on past experience (very much like young Wales) with how I knew he should treat him, based on history, etc. Maybe I didn't quite need the whole three years to get my head around how to depict the contradiction... but writing a lot more about Scotland in the intervening time did help me work it out!

Ah, I'm so glad that you think I write a decent Canada! His is a POV that I find quite tricky (though not half so much as his bro...).

[jehanne_rex]

Of course Canada is Scotland's favourite; he's basically France's kid as well. Too bad Scotland doesn't seem to know how to express his affection and just comes off as gruff and intimidating. Wales knows how to read him, though. Scotland seems like the type to reject a large number of Canada's (hypothetical) paramours on the basis that almost nobody is good enough for his favourite kid, especially not the troublemakers.

England's and Scotland's reactions to the possibility of France joining their little get-together are predictable and hilarious.

This part ends on a cliffhanger! How will Canada deal with this unexpected development, I wonder. I do think France might have planned this.

[moonlighten]

(Apologies for the late reply; it's been a very busy last few weeks for me...)

Haha, yes! The favouritism was pretty much guaranteed right there, I think (plus Canada reminds Scotland of Wales in some ways, which sealed the deal). He just wants Canada to be the best he can possibly be! ... And doesn't really know how to achieve that in any meaningful way, so it just comes across as nitpicking and disappointment.

Even after the bust up they had when Scotland found out that Prussia was dating Canada, and the fact that they ended up quite good mates following it, I'm certain Scotland keeps a very, very close eye on Prussia. One tiny step out of line (or the slightest complaint from Canada) and there'd be hell to pay, I'm sure.