Stay Close To Me ♥

someone recently commented on my France sketches and it got me wondering… why haven’t I drawn him properly with short hair yet?

well, this is the result. I hadn’t been able to make a clean artwork in a while so it was quite refreshing. I also wanted to draw a France with the proper WW2 uniform colors. As for his hair - it’s a headcanon of mine that he cut it shortly after the occupation, either symbolically or just out of necessity. Either way he’s still fabulous like that (and he knows it).

Another thing I like to imagine is that despite the catastrophic beginning of the war, France doesn’t become dispirited or pessimistic. He’s an old nation and though this is the first time his head has been so close to the water, he’s used to toughing it out. So I imagine him retaining his calm and being his usual suave self in the face of adversity.

I drew this after seeing Yuzuru perform history maker next to Dean Fujioka singing 🦅

welcoming december with these fiancés 💞❄️

commissions open!

Olivia and Alexander Reunion

Olivia POV/1st Person

I walked to the edge of the camp looking for a somewhat high-ranking soldier to take me to the commander of the Continental Army.

“Halt! Who goes there?” a blue coat announced loud and clear. Bingo. I was wearing a simple light blue dress with a cloak, the hood covering my face.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” he questioned in a commanding voice. “Hello, my name is Olivia Hamilton and I need to see General George Washington,” I answered him.

“Why do you need to see his Excellency?” he asked, now cautious and suspicious. “Please, sir, it is urgent. I can only say it to his presence and no one more.” I pleaded.

“Miss Hamilton, I have been expecting you,” a man said with the same uniform, but with a blue sash and grey potato hair. Seriously what is up with that? He is the only one with potato hair. I looked around and the entire army with their guns out, but thankfully not pointed towards me.

Their expressions however are mixed with shock, confusion, and apprehension. I looked to the right of Potato Hair Man and saw someone that looks almost exactly like me. Vibrant red hair, violet-blue eyes, a little bump on the nose, cream skin with peach blush covering the freckles on each cheek, nose, and ear, and looks about 5’7 frame.

The only difference between us is that I was a few centimeters taller than him, while he had coily curls, I had more soft curls, my hair was longer than his and braided into a plait hanging on my right shoulder, while he was tied into a ponytail with a blue ribbon and a single curl that rested on the side of his face.

I took off the hood to show my face, violet-blue met violet-blue.

“Via?” he said in a small voice.

“Xander?” I said in the same tone.

We ran towards each other, not believing that our half was right in front of us. I trapped him in a hug that a mother does to her child. After our own died due to Yellow Fever, I had to take care of him all by myself. He still smelled of mint, ink, and parchment, now accompanied by coffee.

I flicked his forehead, “Ow! Via what was that for?!” he yelled at me, clearly in pain. “Where have you been! I received a letter back in ‘72 that the ship you were in sank and you died! I am your older sister and I demand you to tell me what happened.” I ignored his retort saying I was only older by 30 seconds.

He huffed and stomped his foot on the ground like the child he is, “Fine, I will tell you later.” I examined his face again, not liking the fact that his face was a few shades lighter than mine and the dark circles under his eyes.

“And pray tell, brother dearest,” I said in a cold, chilling voice. He knew that whenever I use this tone, he was done for, “Why is your face paler than usual and why does it look like you haven’t slept in days?”

He fidgeted under my stare and after a while, I got impatient, “Alexander George Hamilton!” said 22-year old stood up straighter at the commanding voice. “All right! I haven’t slept in weeks and not eat a lot in order to do the paperwork for His Excellency!”

I was furious, but also confused. “Hold on, the man who has the potato-like hair is George Washington?” Snorts and muffled laughter were heard from the soldiers, clearly not wanting to anger him. Speaking of him, I ran to him at a fast speed and flipped him over my shoulder. Lucky for him, we were on grass not pavement, and I dragged him by the leg to a nearby tent. I glared at any soldier who was in my way.

In the distance, I heard someone speak. “Should we…” trailed a man with blonde hair and a ridiculous helmet. “No, you should not, because once you make my sister angry, you are done for. But do not worry, she would just yell at him. I hope.” he added the last sentence in a hushed tone, but everyone heard.

Once we were inside, I did exactly what my brother said, yell at him. Once I was satisfied, we got out of the tent, and into the General’s office.

“I believe that you wanted to speak to me, Miss Hamilton?” he asked in a calm, but wary tone. “Yes, I want to be a spy and only you and your most trusted advisors can only know about this. I have already thought of a cover name; Denise Melody. Her background information is that her father and brothers are sick and in order to make money, she needs to become a maid. I will somehow turn my red locks black and speak with a Dutch accent. I will board a ship to England and be hired by the King. There I will write you letters about what I have learned.” He looked intrigued about my plan and asked for more details about it. In the end, he agreed.

But now, I need to force my younger, very stubborn brother to take more care of himself.

"I just want you to stay who you are, Victor! You don't have to say anything, just stand by me!"

*do not repost, reblogs are appreciated!

More ww2 Canada this remind me off my soldier n housewife plot I did lone time ago :^o

𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝐵𝑅𝑂𝐾𝐸𝑁 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑

Inspired by Matt Beilis’ ‘Call Me Fighter’ and the Blitz of 1940-41.

Happy birthday England, the entire definition of badassery.

Natalie Persephone Sackett, OC of Legume_Shadow on AO3.

Why did Viktor cut his hair?

Viktor had long hair in the past, well he must have just cut it because it was getting too long. But that isn’t the case, I feel. First, we’ve not been shown much of Viktor’s past and the only people he’s ever been close with were Yakov and his dog Maccachin. The others were either just his rivals or super fans. In the recent competitions that he’s won, it’s clear to see a grimace on his face. He wasn’t pleased to win. (Please read this amazing post that talks about Viktor’s past. Then my post might start making a little sense)

I guess he wasn’t pleased with himself for a long time now. He was gay and I feel he wasn’t accepted for being gay. Maybe he wanted to surprise everyone by cutting his hair to show he’s fine with being the “masculine” gay? Or maybe just to surprise people by showing he isn’t actually gay? But that might have not been what he really wanted (to show people he isn’t interested in guys) and he was losing inspiration since all the people in his life were only either rivals or fans and they weren’t getting surprised anymore. We all can safely say Viktor likes to be rebellious. Cutting his hair might be an act of “rebellion”. He also might have wanted to find something to inspire him. Something that can make his life more consistent. Come on now, he’s already a 27 year old man. Of course he’s super into his job of figure skating but that too was losing its charm. He wanted to get inspired by finding love; finding someone that wouldn’t stop being surprised by him and he didn’t want to change the way he wanted to find love. He’d find a man, then find inspiration and consistency in life. So Yuri was on his mind as a potential someone in future. Yuri is clearly not just a rival or a fan since he didn’t use the chance of clicking a picture with Viktor. He didn’t issue any challenges to Viktor; clearly not a rival. In fact Yuri always wanted to follow Viktor and looked upon him only as a role model. Sure he was a fan but not the typical one. A “fan” that wanted to surpass Viktor. Viktor clearly saw potential in Yuri’s skating and personality. Hence, I feel he set out on a journey to essentially find “love” which will be his inspiration. Because isn’t it already obvious? Viktor has always been way too “affectionate” towards Yuri, since the first day he arrived to be Yuri’s coach.

Sure he kissed Yakov’s cheek but it was a cheek and Yakov is almost 70 years old or something. He’s straight too. We can see that Yakov was dating the Prima Ballerina and also got married to her at some point in his life. Well yeah, Viktor is a playboy for sure, charming everyone with his looks and personality but never dating anyone, actually. Even in the episode in which Viktor says “let’s talk about me. My first lover was..” his countenance when was talking about his first lover was of “doubt” “can’t remember” or something of that sort.

Also note that Viktor said “koibito” which is a word for “lovers” suggesting that Viktor has been gay for a long time. The English subtitles say “girlfriend” which is wrong translation. If you still don’t believe me, watch the English dub. There is a more precise translation in which Viktor says “lovers” not “girlfriend”. I also want to point out to when Viktor asked Yuri “what do you want me to be to you?”.

If Viktor actually did go to Japan just to be Yuri’s coach obviously he didn’t have to ask Yuri that question–-he’ll be his coach (no brainer). The fact that he did is because he wanted to know if Yuri would like to be more than “friends or brothers”.

And also the fact that Viktor just casually assumes Yuri’s answer would be “be my boyfriend” and says “your boyfriend, I guess. I’ll do my best”, suggests that Viktor has already planned to be his lover but he is considerate enough to know what Yuri would want from him first. Well, I digress but what I want to say is Viktor cut his hair to surprise people, be a little rebellious and pursue something new in life: to find love (in a way he wants to find it) a.k.a his inspiration. And if you noticed, Viktor is letting his hair grow back again because he found his inspiration. He found a place where he can be himself. He doesn’t have to surprise his rivals or fans anymore by changing himself since right now Viktor focuses on shocking everyone by making Yuri win the Grand Prix and dating him, too. Well, at least, that’s what I feel. Tell me what you all think!

P.S: Talking about hair, this picture shown in the end credits of Yuri on Ice shows Viktor combing Yuri’s hair.

Yeah it’s cute BUT DID YOU KNOW?! that combing someone’s hair in Japan is seen as an intimate act that is only done between lovers? Also hair and a comb have a significant sexual meaning in Japanese culture as stated in the book “Hair: it’s power and meaning in Asian cultures”. Also the fact that the picture was candid–taken by the three sisters–makes it genuine. Genuine love.

So it’s official that Viktor and Yuri have the potential of being lovers. This anime has gay love in it. Beautiful gay love. I’m in love with it, you better be too.

Have some official artworks! source skate this way for more Yuri!!!