Aph Ireland - Blog Posts

oh sheesh, I forgot I have a tumbler account! well, I am going to graduate university (actually, it is going to be in 2024, though nobody cares, ha-ha) and that is why my activity is so low: term papers, seminars, English and Chinese languages blah-blah. however, I have something (actually strange) to share...ugh...do not think I disrespect Ireland, just my drunk immoral jokes. next time it would be nice to draw Wales.

it is not that bad, though there is nothing to laugh at.

It had been two days ago when I quickly drew Republic Ireland because of danger of r*ssian attacks. The lights turned off that time and I was afraid the sketch was not saved. (It would be better me to worry about my life, but not the sketch firstly :/) Luckily, it was (saved), but it made me to think in a bit about other artists in general. Thus, I would like ye all to know: behind the sketches of many Hetalia artists is the gloom of the war. They draw smiles of their characters, but it can be they cried of fear a few hours ago. oh, and a tiny note about me: I hate when people try to explain me they keen on r*ssian Hetalia character and "he dezerv fo hapPEEnezz he iz so pOOr and lOnlEy" (it is sad and rude to say we know more about this country which is our neighbour killing us since 17th century or earlier). it only shows people do not understand Himaruya's tough satire and support romanticism of the bloody psychopath (whose real nation hate foreign countries and shitting em all daily but "hoo carez he dezerVe fo hapEEneZ").

So you wanna be Americano!

a new rareship dropped/j

i need a fic where they go to therapy together

now, numbers explained⬇️

! This is hugely simplified and by no means am I saying the situation was the same or anything; no it wasn‘t, but it‘s interesting to see the paralelles !

1 - referring to years of English/British rule over Ireland and Russian rule over Ukraine.

2 - in both cases native language/culture was heavily disadvantaged in favour of the coloniser’s language/culture. What a surprise.

3 - he’s talking about the Great Famine of 1845-51, exacerbated by Britain’s lack of reaction and continued exports of provision from Ireland. Popular attitude being that „God has sent famine to punish the Irish”.

4 - she’s talking about 1933 Holodomor famine, a man-made famine where the soviet version of the Russian empire deliberately took grain and other stuff from peasants forcibly as a part of „state grain requisition“ and also forbid emigration so peasants were trapped to starve. Duh.

5 - Irish rebellions against the British rule, notably in 1798, 1803, 1820s O’Connel movement, 1848, 1867 etccc

6 - Ukrainian rebellions under Russian rule, for example Mazepa in early 1700s, Koliivschyna 1768, Haydamaky early 1800s etc

7 - the first Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council in 1917 proclaimed autonomy, not a full separation from Russia.

8 - similarly, Ireland aimed to get home rule first, which also kinda means staying within the empire but having their own parliament. But the developments pushes both nations to a fight for independence eventually.

9 - Thus we get Irish war of independence 1919-21 and Ukrainian liberational struggle 1917-22.

10 - Ireland ended up in a civil war following the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1922-23; In Ukraine…ugh, it was a mess, but to cut the long story short, there was UPR in bitter rivalry with the Hetmanate, there were communists, anarchists, the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic with different struggles from the rest of the Ukrainian People’s republic, there were local leaders…yes. I mean. Mad shit.

11. Unlike Ukraine, that got de-facto occupied by USSR, Ireland, except for 6 counties, became almost independent following the 1920s struggles.

12. „Almost” because it emerged as a British dominion, a free state rather than the republic; all the way until 1949. And the tensions over those six counties imploded again in 1970s.

13. And Ukraine is still. Fighting for her life against Russia as I’m typing this. Friendly reminder.

I could go on for ages about this; the economic impact, the nature of independence movements – but I’ll spare you for now. Ukrainians, have a meme I made in 2023