Have you ever awoken in the dead of night in a cold sweat and thought, "What if England and France fucked?" Well, we have some great news for you: You are not alone, and you are so not alone that an entire fandom agrees with you. Today Nat joins us to talk about the nation gijinka webcomic and anime series Hetalia! We talk about globalism with respect to the premise, how the fandom handled problematic situations, and the different ways the fans responded to racism and misogyny. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Pyrrhiccomedy's fic directory
• Wizzard890's fic directory
• Puella_nerdii's Hetalia LJ posts
• Mithrigil's fics
• Hetalia's Dreamwidth
• SaMelodii's Bahamas OC
• HetArchive
• Hetalia on Fanlore
• Anime Boston incident (TW: antisemitism, Holocaust)

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