[ SECRET POST #1837 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1837 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02. [broken link]


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03.
[Robin Of Sherwood/Michael Praed]


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04.
[Glee]


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[We Got Married - Ga In (Brown Eyed Girls)/Jo Kwon (2AM)]


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[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]


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09. http://i.imgur.com/8DbqS.png
[linked for nudity/kind of porny]


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[Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli]


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[Beast Wars, Megatron]


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[Magic Mike]


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16. [repeat]


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[Harry Potter & Little House on the Prairie]


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[X-Men: First Class]


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[Death Note]


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25. [SPOILERS for something, OP did not specify]



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26. [SPOILERS for Vampire Hunter D]



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27. [SPOILERS for Christmas Doctor Who and New Year's Sherlock]



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28. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
[SPOILERS for Loveless]



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29. [TRIGGER WARNING for abuse]



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30. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]



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31. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape, animal cruelty]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #262.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's been said before and it's being said again - the characters are merely stereotyped personifications and are not symbolic of any political movement. They're there for jokes about the relationships between countries and general odd historical and cultural facts. Where there have been allusions to serious events, it's been strongly hinted that the countries don't necessarily agree with all dictatorships and politics they've been subject to. At points they've seemed incredibly uncomfortable with it. So no, the characters of Hetalia don't immediately hate gay people because of their history.

Secondly, any history of oppression renders a country homophobic forever? Many of the countries featured in Hetalia have also made positive contributions towards gay rights and equality - Denmark, Sweden and the rest of Scandanavia, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and, yes, Germany too. Hell, there's been plenty of strong hinting that certainly Germany and Sweden are attracted to men. Frankly the argument that the presence of a history of oppression means the /characters/ are fixed in their homophobic views makes no damn sense.

I think the most important thing that people miss is that these characters do not represent any politics at all. If they did, they would be impossible to sympathise with. Instead, they're meant to be taken as they are - strange bickering characters caught up in the odd situations history throws at them. Being honest, Hetalia made me uncomfortable until I realised that - as it is now, the comic is mostly silly, innocent and random jokes poked towards countries. If enjoying that sort of humour makes me some kind of 'traitor' then I'll strongly disagree ... but mostly I'm reeeeally hoping you're a troll.