[hetalia - the unification of italy, part ii]

[adesso]

title: The Best of All Possible Worlds, Part II
fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
rating: PG
word count: ~7,800
characters: Italy, Romano, Austria, Hungary (featuring historical guests Camillo di Cavour, Pope Pius IX, and Giuseppe Garibaldi)
summary: In the 19th century, the nation of Italy exists only as "a geographic expression." Veneziano and Romano

Comments

[derogatory]

HELL TO THE YEAH kfjhsdkf I am like not as schoooled with Italian history but dude this is baller. I love Romanos fat little face being saucey with historical figures and jhfkds not every slave gets to sleep with their master SHES GONNA KILL ME and the bros :( oh the bros. ah and you didn't forget poland too so kyaa you know i love it and i love you and now that means you gotta get crackin on the next part!!!

[adesso]

YOUR REVIEWS ARE MY FAVORITE blush blush omg. THANK YOU ILU. ♥♥♥

I wish I could've actually written Poland into the fic because I'm convinced he and Veneziano are totes bffs and shopping buddies but ah well SOMEDAY!!

[derogatory]

kyaaa well its the best and thats all there is to it

[phantasiagirl]

I haven't read it yet but I have to post now because you have no idea how much I'm fangirling gndstbfhkjfdshfh ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Sorry I haven't commented on your other works but AUGH I'm completely addicted. I absolutely ADORE how you write the Italy brothers (particularly ROMANO ♥) and just...nnng. I'll post again when I get a chance to actually read later tonight.

*toddles off back to her essay*

[phantasiagirl]

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*speechless*

I just...guh. I can't put into words how that...my heart swelled, wrenched, hurt, flew...gah. I can't WAIT until the next part. "Fantastic" doesn't even BEGIN to describe it.

[adesso]

Hahah, wow, that was the first time I've ever gotten a preemptive fic review!! Thank you so so much, I'm very glad you're enjoying it! ♥

[phantasiagirl]

You totally deserve it! ♥ This is definitely going into my favorites folder.

Though it scared me when you put it under a lock... :(

[mangaka_chan]

Now that is how you learn history. XD I love it so far, and I can't wait until Prussia shows up. ;D

[adesso]

Hahah well, a very condensed version of history, anyway (the unification process was SO damned complicated and kind of impossible to fit into a single fic)!

Thank you so much! I'm looking forward to Prussia as well. :3

[jjblue1]

Althought I totally love your fics and this one was beautiful as well, the role of the Italies is based more on what Hetalia said than about how the Italies were at time (back then we were totally the opposite of what you described, with most of the north mostly hating Austria and writing horrible songs and poetry about how they wanted to get rid of it and the south growing fond of his actual ruler instead) which, as a result, make me feel as if you were telling a story that doesn't really follow the history of the Italians.
I get why you did what you did, Hetalia characters didn't really suit the feelings of the Italians back then, so I fear yours was a forced choice.

(also the way Cavour explain the plan is slightly different by how the plan was but this might be just Cavour making things simpler for Romano?)

Either way I'm realy curious to see how you wil handle the next part!

[adesso]

Ah, I'm sorry you feel that way. It is difficult sometimes to reconcile how the characters feel with how their citizens feel, and that was something I wanted to play around with in this fic - that's why I wrote the scene with Hungary, because I feel like even though the Hungarians themselves resented Austrian rule and were revolting at this time, Hungary the person would've been torn because of her own feelings about Austria. It's especially tricky with Veneziano, because he seems to me like the type of person who doesn't want to think about the truly bad things in life, even when he's hurting because of them. He's not happy living with Austria, but I feel like it will take one last shove to get him to actually acknowledge it in a forceful way. I'll just have to try harder with the next part to make that more apparent

[jjblue1]

*nods* I know the feeling since I've been dealing in a fic with the same timeline and it's hard as well to match Veneziano with his people or the feelings his people had with Italy (though I've been kind of scared by how some _hated_ Austria...). Only here it feels more like it was south who was try to get rid of Austria from Italy and unite it. Since many in south actually still complain that Sardinia conqueared them and the whole Brigantaggio thing of south was more like partisans who wanted their king back to have Romano so supportive of north while Veneziano is so passive feels weird to say the least (not to say south didn't support north at all just that north wars and south occupation were more a north thing

Part 2 because, like Veneziano, I talk too much... -_-

[jjblue1]

The mezzogiorno actually fought against Garibaldi. Not Sicily who wanted independence (and therefore wanted Garibaldi's aid but not Vittorio Emanuele) and not all of the south army since most of it ended up bribed by Cavour or was liberal (the marine) but many of them fought bravely during the Volturno battle or for the defence of Gaeta and kept fighting even when their king was forced to surrender (the brigantage).

Don't worry anyway, I still think yours is one of the most beautiful fics about the Italies and very well written at that. The characters show their feelings beautifully and you actually did researches over Italian history.
Honestly I too am not sure how the Italies of Hetalia could fit in Italian history (dear God, Veneziano is so fond of Austria when basically Austria had been Italy's enemy number 1... not mentioning north wasn't fond of HRE either... we still celebrate the victory of the battle of Legnano... and southerns are so much more cheerful than Romano is... -_-)

[haylerzz]

I actually had been looking for a fic about the Italian unification and this one's great! You really outdid yourself with all the detail and historical references. The research alone for this must have taken forever!

I absolutly love the Italy brothers in this (and always, really) and their different ways of dealing with the war.