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☆ Player Info
Player} Alyssa (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pohmelyatsya)
Age} 20!
Contact} @screeches on plurk, andalltheworlds on aim! plurk is the better way to get in touch though.
Other Characters} n/a
☆ Character Info
Character Name} Russia | Rossiyskaya Federatsiya (aka) Ivan Braginski
Series} Axis Powers Hetalia
Canon Point} July 25, 2013
Age} Physically 21, but considerably older in actuality.
History} Partial history | Full canon History | And an in detail History
AU History} n/a
Personality}
Nations are a difficult brand of beings. On the main stage, they’re centuries year old creatures who seem to never age even as they go through decade and decade of life and hardship. But despite this ever constant presence, nations are just as mutable and changing as mortals are. In their own way, then, the nations are just as chaotic as Mother Nature.
In this, Russia is a perfect example. While the point he’s being taken from is not one where his very being hangs in the balance, he has been through such places before and he knows well the difficulty a nation must face to continue existing.
But this is me rambling, and less of an insight into Russia’s personality.
Russia is not easy to overlook. He’s strong, proud, immensely sweet and both intentionally and unintentionally creepy at the same time. He’s described as having a “sweet and innocent face”, but is unable to make friends with other nations because of the near permanent, semi-creepy aura that surrounds him. In the comic this is shown by purple waves emanating from his body and quite often a chorus of an odd ‘KolKolKol’ laughter. The uneasy vibe he gives off coupled with his sometimes childlike personality just enhances this.
Now that Russia’s creep factor has been explained it’s easier to delve into the ‘man behind the mask’ so to speak. Russia’s pretty good at pulling up a stoic mask, mostly because of the things that happened to him in the past and the fact that he’s been schooled to show no weakness. If he trusts you enough- something that’s pretty hard to accomplish- then he is willing to show his true emotions and not cover everything up with an ever present smile and twisting words. It’s rare, but it does happen every so often. In addition to this, a major part of Russia’s personality is taken up by his abandonment issues and his want to have tons of people around him. Imperial and Soviet Russia worked towards this dream but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, such things were nearly impossible. Unfortunately for him, his past and his creep factor tend to scare away the others. His sisters too are a bit of a different situation. Ukraine is often kept away because she owes him something (like gas money) or her boss has forbidden her from giving him anything. Belarus is a bit of a different issue, mostly because she has a strange, overbearing obsession for him and wants him to marry her. Russia is often scared away from his youngest sister even if he does still care for her. Despite these things his dream is to one day live with everyone in a warm place with sunflowers.
Moving on, it’s easy to see how a nation of his stature lends him the strength and knowledge. Russia is an intelligent nation-man, and mighty observant, but he can also be childishly naïve at times. He’s got a lot of childish possessiveness and if he has some one under his rule, so to say, he doesn’t like to share. He tends to hoard people in a sense, and is extremely protective of those he deems as his. Russia learned to rely on himself after the Mongol invasion and thus, he trained extensively to become strong enough to protect himself, his sisters, and his people. Because of this he became a strong warrior and developed a calculating outlook on people. Russia was already quite intelligent, but through his training he started to develop a strategist side. He can look at people the way that chess masters look at pawns, and sometimes is a firm believer in “For the greater good.”
This isn’t helped by the fact that despite being a part of Eurasia he was pretty much always separated from the other countries due to his land’s coldness and such. His lands are part of Europe, and part of Asia, but he doesn’t really seem to belong to either of them so he finds himself within his own little corner of the world. This helps to make it so he doesn’t really understand the other nations, and they don’t really understand him. He doesn’t really have good relationships with the majority of them, and they in turn distrust and scurry away from him.
But on top of this all, is the fact that Russia is both nation and soldier. He’s a very good soldier, too, and even if he’s not currently entrenched in a war on the scale of others, there is certainly still strife among his borders. Russia is the kind of man who is constantly on his guard no matter the situation, it’s rare to take him by surprise.
Abilities}
Because he is a nation, Russia is stronger and a bit more resilient that your normal human. He has faster healing abilities and can re-attach limbs if need be. However he can still be wounded and depending on his economy and the state of his landmass this healing can be the same as human’s or longer. He’s had lots of practice with a shashka and firearms as well as his pipe. Because of his experience in battle situations, he’s particularly good at keeping his mind clear when things are chaotic.
Baggage} The clothes on his back & one (1) metal faucet-pipe. It’s his baby and his most trusted weapon, ok.
Notes}
Sample}
It was a bit odd how the duality of nations worked sometimes. Russia stood at the large bay window, looking down at the crowd of his people. He heard their cries shiver past the window panes, just a faint brush against his hearing but within seconds he could lose himself in their minds, hear the roar of the crowd, the crush of bodies pressed together against the cold and the empire.
The guards were getting nervous -- he could feel that too, the heady rush of panic settling in-- and Russia wondered if his royal family would be taken away soon, protected.
Part of him whole-heartedly wanted that. Another part railed against the injustice of the Empire, the cruelty his (Their) rulers held against him (them). He brushed gloved fingers against his temple, winced at the frantic drum beat in his head.
His control was failing; it was always hard to keep himself separate enough when turmoil was on his people’s minds. With a growl he turned from the window.
He could still feel them, always would, and he knew what was happening. The protesters were peaceful he was sure, he had felt it, knew that they would flee instead of fight but the thrum of armed-guard-panic in his veins was a forewarning.
“Mr. Russia?”
Lithuania’s voice was always soothing, even though Russia could see the barely concealed fear in his eyes. It was hidden well behind his concern but Russia knew it was there.
“Lithuania, we don’t want children who can’t play nice, right?”
Russia turned from Lithuania’s rapidly paling face. He blinked the tears from his eyes and opened the window in front of him. Snow whipped inside and swirled around him as he grasped his rifle from against the wall where he’d left it. Vaguely he heard Lithuania’s worried protest, but he didn’t bother to acknowledge the other nation as he hefted the gun and aimed out at the crowd.
Why can’t they understand what I’ve done for them?
Russia felt the recoil of the rifle, and the phantom pain of bullets riddling his body as the guards shot into the crowd. But he’d never forget that he was the one who’d started it. That first bullet through the heart.
--
Plus one of my recently finished threads in another game. It started back in January, but just finished this month so that should be recent enough? If not, here’s another couple threads on a meme.
Player} Alyssa (
pohmelyatsya) Age} 20!
Contact} @screeches on plurk, andalltheworlds on aim! plurk is the better way to get in touch though.
Other Characters} n/a
☆ Character Info
Character Name} Russia | Rossiyskaya Federatsiya (aka) Ivan Braginski
Series} Axis Powers Hetalia
Canon Point} July 25, 2013
Age} Physically 21, but considerably older in actuality.
History} Partial history | Full canon History | And an in detail History
AU History} n/a
Personality}
Nations are a difficult brand of beings. On the main stage, they’re centuries year old creatures who seem to never age even as they go through decade and decade of life and hardship. But despite this ever constant presence, nations are just as mutable and changing as mortals are. In their own way, then, the nations are just as chaotic as Mother Nature.
In this, Russia is a perfect example. While the point he’s being taken from is not one where his very being hangs in the balance, he has been through such places before and he knows well the difficulty a nation must face to continue existing.
But this is me rambling, and less of an insight into Russia’s personality.
Russia is not easy to overlook. He’s strong, proud, immensely sweet and both intentionally and unintentionally creepy at the same time. He’s described as having a “sweet and innocent face”, but is unable to make friends with other nations because of the near permanent, semi-creepy aura that surrounds him. In the comic this is shown by purple waves emanating from his body and quite often a chorus of an odd ‘KolKolKol’ laughter. The uneasy vibe he gives off coupled with his sometimes childlike personality just enhances this.
Now that Russia’s creep factor has been explained it’s easier to delve into the ‘man behind the mask’ so to speak. Russia’s pretty good at pulling up a stoic mask, mostly because of the things that happened to him in the past and the fact that he’s been schooled to show no weakness. If he trusts you enough- something that’s pretty hard to accomplish- then he is willing to show his true emotions and not cover everything up with an ever present smile and twisting words. It’s rare, but it does happen every so often. In addition to this, a major part of Russia’s personality is taken up by his abandonment issues and his want to have tons of people around him. Imperial and Soviet Russia worked towards this dream but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, such things were nearly impossible. Unfortunately for him, his past and his creep factor tend to scare away the others. His sisters too are a bit of a different situation. Ukraine is often kept away because she owes him something (like gas money) or her boss has forbidden her from giving him anything. Belarus is a bit of a different issue, mostly because she has a strange, overbearing obsession for him and wants him to marry her. Russia is often scared away from his youngest sister even if he does still care for her. Despite these things his dream is to one day live with everyone in a warm place with sunflowers.
Moving on, it’s easy to see how a nation of his stature lends him the strength and knowledge. Russia is an intelligent nation-man, and mighty observant, but he can also be childishly naïve at times. He’s got a lot of childish possessiveness and if he has some one under his rule, so to say, he doesn’t like to share. He tends to hoard people in a sense, and is extremely protective of those he deems as his. Russia learned to rely on himself after the Mongol invasion and thus, he trained extensively to become strong enough to protect himself, his sisters, and his people. Because of this he became a strong warrior and developed a calculating outlook on people. Russia was already quite intelligent, but through his training he started to develop a strategist side. He can look at people the way that chess masters look at pawns, and sometimes is a firm believer in “For the greater good.”
This isn’t helped by the fact that despite being a part of Eurasia he was pretty much always separated from the other countries due to his land’s coldness and such. His lands are part of Europe, and part of Asia, but he doesn’t really seem to belong to either of them so he finds himself within his own little corner of the world. This helps to make it so he doesn’t really understand the other nations, and they don’t really understand him. He doesn’t really have good relationships with the majority of them, and they in turn distrust and scurry away from him.
But on top of this all, is the fact that Russia is both nation and soldier. He’s a very good soldier, too, and even if he’s not currently entrenched in a war on the scale of others, there is certainly still strife among his borders. Russia is the kind of man who is constantly on his guard no matter the situation, it’s rare to take him by surprise.
Abilities}
Because he is a nation, Russia is stronger and a bit more resilient that your normal human. He has faster healing abilities and can re-attach limbs if need be. However he can still be wounded and depending on his economy and the state of his landmass this healing can be the same as human’s or longer. He’s had lots of practice with a shashka and firearms as well as his pipe. Because of his experience in battle situations, he’s particularly good at keeping his mind clear when things are chaotic.
Baggage} The clothes on his back & one (1) metal faucet-pipe. It’s his baby and his most trusted weapon, ok.
Notes}
Sample}
It was a bit odd how the duality of nations worked sometimes. Russia stood at the large bay window, looking down at the crowd of his people. He heard their cries shiver past the window panes, just a faint brush against his hearing but within seconds he could lose himself in their minds, hear the roar of the crowd, the crush of bodies pressed together against the cold and the empire.
The guards were getting nervous -- he could feel that too, the heady rush of panic settling in-- and Russia wondered if his royal family would be taken away soon, protected.
Part of him whole-heartedly wanted that. Another part railed against the injustice of the Empire, the cruelty his (Their) rulers held against him (them). He brushed gloved fingers against his temple, winced at the frantic drum beat in his head.
His control was failing; it was always hard to keep himself separate enough when turmoil was on his people’s minds. With a growl he turned from the window.
He could still feel them, always would, and he knew what was happening. The protesters were peaceful he was sure, he had felt it, knew that they would flee instead of fight but the thrum of armed-guard-panic in his veins was a forewarning.
“Mr. Russia?”
Lithuania’s voice was always soothing, even though Russia could see the barely concealed fear in his eyes. It was hidden well behind his concern but Russia knew it was there.
“Lithuania, we don’t want children who can’t play nice, right?”
Russia turned from Lithuania’s rapidly paling face. He blinked the tears from his eyes and opened the window in front of him. Snow whipped inside and swirled around him as he grasped his rifle from against the wall where he’d left it. Vaguely he heard Lithuania’s worried protest, but he didn’t bother to acknowledge the other nation as he hefted the gun and aimed out at the crowd.
Why can’t they understand what I’ve done for them?
Russia felt the recoil of the rifle, and the phantom pain of bullets riddling his body as the guards shot into the crowd. But he’d never forget that he was the one who’d started it. That first bullet through the heart.
--
Plus one of my recently finished threads in another game. It started back in January, but just finished this month so that should be recent enough? If not, here’s another couple threads on a meme.