History DarthWiki / HetaliaEmblem

* AuthorAppeal: Some of the character traits and quirks are things that were never in canon, but aside from those that are World Flags references, they can also be Alt-Talia references. Though the influence of Alt-talia can especially be seen in the supports and relationships, as all of the friendships from there have been ported here, albeit with changes to dynamics due to their different personalities, while these references will likely fly over the heads of audiences not familiar with the Alt-talia concept and the IRL relations due to them blending in with the other new relationship dynamics (e.g. Feli and Herakles, Ludwig and Francis, Matthew and Govert (and Emma to a somewhat lesser extent), Feliks and Erzsebet, Sadik and Yong-Soo). Less common but still noticeable are reductions in the closeness of relationships the writer found personally annoying (e.g. Kiku and Herakles, Berwald, Tino, and Peter, the Bad Friends Trio, and most notably Feli and Ludwig).

* HiredGuns: Govert (Netherlands, name pending) and Emma (Belgium, name pending) are mercenaries before they’re recruited (Luxembourg (name currently undecided) apparently used to be part of the group until he hit it big elsewhere (Pending)). The former is very adamant about getting paid as well.

** This is why “battle” and “support” portraits/models exist; the battle models remove things that are a bit too impractical even using RuleOfCool as an excuse (e.g. Emma’s overly large hat and spheres hanging from her arm), and the female characters all bind their chests as large breasts aren’t exactly practical in battle. Also, the voice clips for when characters get hurt can sound ''extremely'' painful, which can be really jarring with the closer to canon cast. Some even start to actually bleed if at low health.

* {{Sarashi}}: Implied to be worn by everyone into battle, and some outfits like Emma’s (pending) show it prominently. Also, apparently, to Kiku’s bafflement, Feli doesn’t even know how to use one right and he has to teach him.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Ivan unfortunately loses his (pending). However, Emma (?) wears a scarf like her WF counterpart, Lucille has a really impressive one, and Roderich wears the headscarf his WF counterpart wore around his head around his neck instead, obscuring his counterpart’s choker, as this fits his character better. His is not particularly long however, looking more like a bandana, Emma’s isn’t that long either, and Lucille wraps most of the extra length around her neck in battle so it obscures her mouth a litte. Govert also still wears one, though unlike in canon, it’s more of a neckerchief that wraps snugly around his neck.

** Also the “child” units ([[ProperLady Liechtenstein]] and Moldova specifically). While they aren’t shown in a fight in canon, the former has no military and the latter is 10 years old physically, so it can be assumed that they aren’t much. [[MagikarpPower In this game, however...]]

* MagikarpPower: Erika, Aurel (Moldova), [[spoiler:Serije]], and even Feliciano himself are really good examples of this trope. Feliciano especially starts out as a borderline JokeCharacter with his only even decent stat being Defence and to an extent Luck which Kiku has to basically babysit, but unlike in canon by the end of the game he becomes a potent LightningBruiser. It takes a while for him to warm up though, so good luck.

** From a gameplay standpoint, José, Hương Lien, and Francisco. Portugal and Vietnam haven’t appeared that much in the comics, especially the former, with neither showing up in any animated form yet, but they cover very unique niches in the army as a StoneWall and fire mage respectively; meanwhile, Francisco takes this UpToEleven, as Ecuador has only ever appeared in drawings on Hima’s blog and never in an actual comic, but in this game is very valuable not only as a mounted flying unit in a game with very few mounted and flying units, but can wield two weapon types by level 18, ''and'' is the only one besides Kiku who can use Sol [[spoiler:without DLC]]. Needless to say, they’re extremely valuable as units.

** Berserk staves are back. And they’re as awful as ever. They still have a huge range and can make a unit attack everything in front of them in an insane, uncontrollable rampage. They don’t appear often, but if you see one [[ThisIsGonnaSuck you know it’s going to hurt]]. There’s a reason if guides are turned on the characters treat them as TheDreaded when they first appear. Fortunately, Basch can also use them, so it’s also possible to inflict such destruction on your enemies as well.

** Roderich as well. He is pretty average as a unit, but in canon he was a pretty bad wimp in terms of strength who relied on the rest of his empire (mainly Hungary). His character timeline is even sort of an inversion of canon; in canon he often got himself into fights which Switzerland needed to rescue him from as a child, but in his supports with Basch, it’s stated that Roderich in this canon used to be rather frail and weak, but now is much less reluctant about fighting if it’s necessary, but will still rely on Basch to save him if the going gets rough. (Pending)

* CareerEndingInjury: Gilbert sustained one in his left leg sometime before the beginning of the story; and since this is a world where potions and WhiteMagic can heal injuries instantly, it was likely extremely bad (according to Ludwig, it was the first thing that genuinely horrified him). He's able to walk with a peg for a false leg and a crutch, but unlike [[SeadogPegLeg most characters with such a leg]] he’s in no condition to fight, something which he’s somewhat bitter about.

** [[spoiler:The Latin DLC and Yugo DLC unlock the recruitment chapters for the Latin Hetalia cast (except for Francisco (Ecuador), who is already recruitable in-game) and Yugotalia cast respectively. They also change some of Francisco or Herakles, Nikola, and Vlad’s supports respectively. Notably, these are very much the Latin Hetalia and Yugotalia versions instead of the Alt-talia versions, including the use of [[PluckyGirl Marija]] over [[{{Chuunibyou}} Serije]] to represent North Macedonia, though there is a patch that can be downloaded with them to change differing cast members and to replace Marija with Serije, who has drastically different supports and [[MagikarpPower sta]][[FragileSpeedster ts]] from his female counterpart. These DLC are also able to be downloaded somewhat earlier than the others. [[NoExportForYou However, the patches at least are restricted to the English version due to their connection to Alt-talia.]]]]

* DualWielding: Lucille (Monaco) wields two shortswords; and unlike in the mainline games where this is often purely aesthetic, in this game this means she is guaranteed to strike twice in one turn. Though her individual strikes are a bit weak to compromise, added up this means she can often cause somewhat more damage than others with her strength stats. Meaning that if she doubles an enemy, she gets to strike an impressive four times.

* SweetTooth: Matthew really loves maple syrup, as per usual. The region he and his family hail from is apparently a big producer of it, and he apparently even stows away a pretty big gourd filled with the stuff on his person at all times.
** Just like in canon, Sadik. Notably, his D and C supports with the aforementioned Matt are entirely about syrup candy.

** While not to the extent of the above, Arthur, Alfred, and even Ludwig are shown to like sweets as well.

* AuthorAppeal: Some of the character traits and quirks are things that were never in canon, but aside from those that are World Flags references, they can also be Alt-Talia references. Though the influence of Alt-talia can especially be seen in the supports and relationships, as all of the friendships from there have been ported here, albeit with changes to dynamics due to their different personalities, while these references will likely fly over the heads of Japanese audiences due to them blending in with the other new relationship dynamics (e.g. Feli and Herakles, Ludwig and Francis, Matthew and Govert, Feliks and Erzsebet, Sadik and Yong-Soo). Less common but still noticeable are reductions in the closeness of relationships the writer found personally annoying (e.g. Kiku and Herakles, Berwald, Tino, and Peter, the Bad Friends Trio, and most notably Feli and Ludwig).

* BigEater: Alfred. Because of course. In their D support, Francis complains that a whole ''fifth'' of what is served at dinner is just for him, and in Feli echoes similar complaints in his D support.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:Show of hands: who didn’t see the orbs being either keys to the Fire Emblem, if not themselves the Fire Emblem, from a mile away?]]

** To a lesser extent, Kiku, in a sense. As a fighter, he’s competent, and in fact pretty experienced. It’s just that he’s not much of a leader and he doesn’t have much of a spine either. It’s telling how one of the base conversations early in the game has Yao find Kiku hiding and having a bit of a nervous breakdown because he has no idea what he’s doing (Pending). Looking after Feli forces him to deal with it though, and he starts changing quicker than Feli as a result.

* WeaponOfChoice: As characters get the same weapons their WF counterparts get, while you can get fitting weapons for some characters, others can seem... pretty bizarre for their personality type, especially for any other weapon than the standard sword or spear. [[CulturedBadass Roderich?]] His main weapon is a sickle on a chain (counted as a [[KnifeNut knife]] gameplay-wise). [[NiceGuy Fransisco?]] [[AnAxeToGrind One of the few ax users in the game]]. [[{{Jerkass}} Basch]]? Healer who can’t attack (though many of his supports reveal a personality that is more worthy of a healer). They also often don’t get the weapons they are associated with in canon, if they have any. Feli, who is canonically a great fencer? Lance. [[spoiler:Though the Olympian DLC fixes that]]. Arthur and Lukas, who are often typecast as mages, and even have absurdly high magic and resistance stats and growths (and the former whom is usually typecast as an archer in Alt-talia)? Lance and sword user respectively (though their high resistance is still a nice perk, and Hương Lien and Vlad note they can sense their latent magic ability). Simon, who is often depicted with his Viking battle ax? Sword user.

* {{Wutai}}: The setting. Though many of the characters hail from hometowns or regions that have a culture and climate that is [[FantasyCounterpartCulture more noticeably foreign]], cultures that just so happen to share similarities to the places they represent in canon. Or often, as several characters can come from the same place, a mashup of their cultures.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Ivan unfortunately loses his (pending). However, Emma (?) wears a scarf like her WF counterpart, and Roderich wears the headscarf his WF counterpart wore around his head around his neck instead, obscuring his counterpart’s choker, as this fits his character better. His is not particularly long however, looking more like a bandana, and Emma’s isn’t that long either. Govert also still wears one, though unlike in canon, it’s more of a neckerchief that wraps snugly around his neck.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Ivan and Govert unfortunately lose theirs (pending). However, instead of her brother Emma (?) wears a scarf like her WF counterpart, and Roderich wears the headscarf his WF counterpart wore around his head around his neck instead, obscuring his counterpart’s choker, as this fits his character better. His is not particularly long however, looking more like a bandana, and Emma’s isn’t that long either.

''Hetalia Emblem'' (or as the wider AU is known, the “Samuraiverse” or “Flagverse”) is a theoretical ROM Hack of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright]]''; specifically, a three-way ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' x ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' x ''[[{{https:world-flags.org}} World Flags]]'' crossover fangame (Hetalia characters, World Flags weapons, abilities and outfits, and Fire Emblem gameplay and story elements) conceptualized by [=WannabeHistorian604=], also known as Tropers/{{shonengirl}}, creator of DarthWiki/{{Alt-talia}}, with the distinction of being possibly one of the few works [=WannabeHistorian=] would ever think of using canon characterizations in.

''Hetalia Emblem'' (or as the wider AU is known, the “Samuraiverse” or “Flagverse”) is a theoretical ROM Hack of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright]]''; specifically, a three-way ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' x ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' x ''[[https:world-flags.org World Flags]]'' crossover fangame (Hetalia characters, World Flags weapons, abilities and outfits, and Fire Emblem gameplay and story elements) conceptualized by [=WannabeHistorian604=], also known as Tropers/{{shonengirl}}, creator of DarthWiki/{{Alt-talia}}, with the distinction of being possibly one of the few works [=WannabeHistorian=] would ever think of using canon characterizations in.

The story[[labelnote:Note]]Only as of now, subject to change[[/labelnote]] takes place in a [[{{Wutai}} Japanese medieval fantasy]] Human AU with international elements. The world is kept in balance by [[TheChosenMany eight chosen warriors]], known as the Hachi no Dan/八ノ団/Group of Eight (or Nana no Dan/七ノ団/Group of Seven, as Ivan/伊幡, one of the members, went AWOL before the events of the story), who guard [[MacGuffin an orb each that keeps said world in balance]], [[spoiler:as well as the key to the Fire Emblem]]. However, one day, the shrine guardian Herakles/兵羅榑守 notices something is amiss; it is this disturbance that leads to the G7 being separated (and possibly the orbs being lost), and 5 of them lost and/or incapacitated. When Kiku/菊 regains consciousness, he has been, to his dismay, weakened (maybe?), but he sets out to make things right before it's too late, by his side the grandson of the legendary warrior Maximus/満久士武須... unfortunately, this also means he's stuck with [[TheChosenZero the least competent member of the G7]], and possibly part of the reason why they're in this situation, the lance-wielding, cowardly, but optimistic [[TheDitz Feliciano]]/笙李慈亜乃. However, Feliciano may prove to be a warrior with great potential worthy of his grandfather's name after all...

* AnimalMotifs: Yao has dragon motifs, inherited from his WF counterpart [[spoiler:(PRNDING) And it turns out to be extremely apt since he actually ''is'' part dragon]].

* DemonicSpiders: Archers have gotten their range boosted to a whopping ''five'' spaces. At minimum. While this also means that your archers become fairly useful, they tend to [[GlassCannon be fairly fragile]], and your enemies can have as many as they want; and in a game in which you get only ''one'' flying unit in the form of Francisco, who while more durable than your typical [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] isn’t exactly the most durable unit either, this means that multiple archers on a map can become the bane of your existence as you try to keep (the extremely useful) Francisco alive and counter with Matthew as they pick you off from a distance, and as soon as you get a status effect-inducing staff the best option is to always hit the archers with them first whenever possible. [[TruthInTelevision Much like real archers, actually]]. Though Matthew’s tendency to not attract enemies does make things somewhat better. (Pending)

* CombatMedic: Matthew can use two types of Maple Arrows, as arrows are treated as items in this game instead of bows; one is the standard damage-dealing arrow, the other can heal. No, really. Though to compensate for being able to heal at a distance he’s also terribly squishy.

* IdolSinger: Much like his World Flags counterpart, Yong-Soo wants to be one, or at least the in-universe version of one. However, there’s a bit of a {{Deconstruction}} of the trope in play in some of his supports, such as his with Yao, Alfred, and Basch; [[WeightWoe he apparently tries to force himself to eat less (despite fighting, dancing, and singing constantly and as such it being normal to be a bit hungrier than normal, especially at his age)]], practices his dance moves to the point of exhaustion and his feet becoming swollenh, is insecure about his appearance, and it’s also shown that while he is naturally cheerful, [[StepfordSmiler he sometimes feels forced to be like that constantly]]. Yao [[AngerBornOfWorry doesn’t take this lightly]].

''Hetalia Emblem'' ( or as the wider AU is known, the “Samuraiverse” or “Flagverse”) is a theoretical ROM Hack of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright]]''; specifically, a three-way ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' x ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' x ''[[https:world-flags.org World Flags]]'' crossover fangame (Hetalia characters, World Flags weapons, abilities and outfits, and Fire Emblem gameplay and story elements) conceptualized by [=WannabeHistorian604=], also known as Tropers/{{shonengirl}}, creator of DarthWiki/{{Alt-talia}}, with the distinction of being possibly one of the few works [=WannabeHistorian=] would ever think of using canon characterizations in.

* HiredGuns: Govert (Netherlands) and Anne (Belgium) are mercenaries before they’re recruited (Luxembourg (name currently undecided) apparently used to be part of the group until he hit it big elsewhere (Pending)). The former is very adamant about getting paid as well.

** This is why “battle” and “support” portraits/models exist; the battle models remove things that are a bit too impractical even using RuleOfCool as an excuse (e.g. Anne’s overly large hat and spheres hanging from her arm), and the female characters all bind their chests as large breasts aren’t exactly practical in battle. Also, the voice clips for when characters get hurt can sound ''extremely'' painful, which can be really jarring with the closer to canon cast. Some even start to actually bleed if at low health.

* {{Sarashi}}: Implied to be worn by everyone into battle, and some outfits like Anne’s (pending) show it prominently. Also, apparently, to Kiku’s bafflement, Feli doesn’t even know how to use one right and he has to teach him.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Ivan and Govert unfortunately lose theirs (pending). However, instead of her brother Anne (?) wears a scarf like her WF counterpart, and Roderich wears the headscarf his WF counterpart wore around his head around his neck instead, obscuring his counterpart’s choker, as this fits his character better. His is not particularly long however, looking more like a bandana, and Anne’s isn’t that long either.

* TeamMom: Iryna often takes up a role like this in supports. She is one of the characters whose supports more more likely reveal {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s or insecurities in her partners because of her kind, motherly personality.
** For a more major character example, Yao, a man, sometimes has shades of this as well. The fact that he’s been taking care of Yong-Soo (note:And possibly Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan as well) for years probably helps.

''Hetalia Emblem'' is a theoretical ROM Hack of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright]]''; specifically, a three-way ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' x ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' x ''[[https:world-flags.org World Flags]]'' crossover fangame (Hetalia characters, World Flags weapons, abilities and outfits, and Fire Emblem gameplay and story elements) conceptualized by [=WannabeHistorian604=], also known as Tropers/{{shonengirl}}, creator of DarthWiki/{{Alt-talia}}, with the distinction of being possibly one of the few works [=WannabeHistorian=] would ever think of using canon characterizations in.

* AdaptationalBadass: In canon, Italy’s strength had apparently devolved over the years. However, in this game Feliciano proves to be a good unit in his own right when he [[TookALevelInBadass finally starts racking the stat boosts]], and by late game he’s more than a decent unit.

* AgeLift: Some characters get their physical ages adjusted a bit. Mostly, they’re aged up a few years.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: While not to the extent of Alt-talia and most of the cast is kept pretty close to canon, there are still small changes to some, most often the injection of things mentioned in the World Flags profiles that the writer particularly liked (e.g. Tino finding that he likes pranking the other Nordics), or elements from Alt-talia/real life if innocuous enough and it doesn’t completely contradict pre-existing characterization (e.g. Feliks apparently getting into a BarBrawl and calling it “fun” and being easily suceptible to reverse psychology, Ludwig and Francis being fairly close). Others are more expansions of characters that barely had any originally (e.g. India and Cameroon). Feliciano, however, gets a few noticeable changes; not only isn’t he completely hopeless, but he’s also sort of a DitzyGenius.

** Also due to their WF counterparts and some real world context, it just so happens that Yong-Soo and Hương Lien both have tiger motifs, though it’s more apparent with the latter’s design, with the former having “Toranoko” (Tiger Cub) as his RedBaron [[labelnote:Note]]That or his stage name? I’m not sure if the brothers would be basically hermits, already have some type of in-universe fame, be regular civilians, etc.[[/labelnote]] and his knives being named “Tiger Fangs”. Naturally, they [[OddFriendship bond over this]] in their supports.

* BigEater: Alfred. Because of course. In their D support, Francis complains that a whole ''fifth'' of what is served at dinner is just for him, and in Feli’s D support he echoes similar complaints.

* ChainmailBikini: Averted for everyone. The [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys World Flags designs]] are surprisingly not as blatant with the FemaleGaze as one might expect, and their outfits are all almost unchanged here.

** Berserk staves are back. And they’re as awful as ever. They still have a huge range and can make a unit attack everything in front of them. They don’t appear often, but if you see one [[ThisIsGonnaSuck you know it’s going to hurt]]. Fortunately, Basch can also use them, so it’s also possible to inflict such destruction on your enemies as well.
* DemotedToExtra: Those who don't have a country in modern day are [=NPCs=] out of necessity, most prominently Prussia/Gilbert and Romano/Lavino. They do still play varying roles in the story, however. [[spoiler:(PENDING) This turns out to be averted for Lavino after all, since [[AdaptationalVillainy he turns out to be the Big Bad’s Brainwashed And Crazy Dragon]]]]. [[labelnote:About Gilbert]]I’m especially not sure if Gilbert would be a really minor character who is mainly developed via other people’s supports, or have some kind of story role.[[/labelnote]]

* NoHuggingNoKissing: As mentioned many times before. There are some exceptions, but they’re very rare. There’s even a bit of audience teasing with things like Michelle mentioning her her island sends young people to the mainland every 5 years to search for marriage partners to avoid inbreeding (though, to be fair, she does say that she isn’t one of them, but part of another tradition where people are sent out to explore the world to bring them up to speed every 10 years), only [[TrollingCreator for nothing to come of it]].

* StepfordSmiler: Ivan. Though it should be pretty obvious. [[spoiler:The East Slav siblings all have a really messed-up past, but apparently it affected Ivan the most, so this is his way of coping with it. He has a lot in common with [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Henry]]; talking blissfully about how the staff of the orphanage he and his sisters were living in abused him horrifically, how he almost froze to death after Iryna took them and ran (pending)... while most others balk in horror at this, it’s made more clear how much this affected him in his supports with Iryna, Francis,]] [[spoiler:Vuk]], [[spoiler:and Feli, Natallia is well aware of it, and Basch is able to sense it from him]]. This is also apparently fueled by alcohol; in one support, this joliness starts to crumble as the realization hits Ivan that they are, indeed, out of booze.
** Yong-Soo to a lesser extent; mainly in his B support with Yao, but also mentioned or implied in others, he states that as part of the whole IdolSinger thing he at times feels pressured to stay cheerful constantly, even if others find it a bit annoying. He’s a bit more willing to be completely honest around Yao, but can open up about it to some of his other support partners, and in his very serious supports such as his with Natallia from C onwards (mainly when it involves his missing brother), the facade completely drops.

* DemotedToExtra: Those who don't have a country in modern day are [=NPCs=] out of necessity, most prominently Prussia/Gilbert and Romano/Lavino. They do still play varying roles in the story, however. [[spoiler:(PENDING) And this turns out to be averted for Lavino after all, since [[AdaptationalVillainy he turns out to be the Big Bad’s Brainwashed And Crazy Dragon]].]]

** Canada wasn’t exactly an “extra”, but he still had a more minor role than the main cast. Here, Matt is as integral a member of the G7 as any other.

* AuthorAppeal: Some of the character traits and quirks are things that were never in canon, but aside from those that are World Flags references, they can also be Alt-Talia references. Though the influence of Alt-talia can especially be seen in the supports and relationships, as all of the friendships from there have been ported here, albeit with changes to dynamics due to their different personalities, while these references will likely fly over the heads of Japanese audiences due to them blending in with the other new relationship dynamics (e.g. Feli and Herakles, Ludwig and Francis, Matthew and Govert, Feliks and Erzsebet, Sadik and Yong-Soo). Less common but still noticeable are reductions in the closeness of relationships the writer found personally annoying (e.g. Kiku and Herakles, Berwald, Tino, and Peter, and most notably Feli and Ludwig).

* CurseOfTheAncients: Sometimes, these sorts of insults are thrown in purely as a Fire Emblem reference, though some use them more than others. The most common being the infamous “dastard”.
* DemonicSpiders: Archers have gotten their range boosted to a whopping ''five'' spaces. At minimum. While this also means that your archers become fairly useful, they tend to [[GlassCannon be fairly fragile]], and your enemies can have as many as they want; and in a game in which you get only ''one'' flying unit in the form of Francisco, who while more durable than your typical [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] isn’t exactly the most durable unit either, this means that multiple archers on a map can become the bane of your existence as you try to keep (the extremely useful) Francisco alive and counter with Matthew as they pick you off from a distance. [[TruthInTelevision Much like real archers, actually]]. Though Matthew’s tendency to not attract enemies does make things somewhat better. (Pending)

* ForgettableCharacter: While Hetalia {{Fanon}} can tend to [[NeverLiveItDown play this up]] with Canada, to the point he’s basically [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Kellam]], here Matthew really downplays it. People often don’t notice him at first, but if he speaks up they do indeed notice, and he’s considered a valuable, integral member of the Hachi No Dan/Nana No Dan, especially due to his unique skills within the group. The rest of the group knows very well that he’s part of them, and usually notices him without fail. He also notes that as he’s an archer, being hard to notice can have its perks. Indeed, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration enemies are more likely to move towards any other unit than him in gameplay, and using him to snipe at enemies while they’re distracted is a very valid, if risky, strategy; though if the enemy unit doesn’t go down quickly they will definitely notice him, as will other units in close proximity, so it’s generally better to hit and dash if against particularly durable units or units in groups as he isn’t very durable]] (pending).

* OddCouple: The main duo; the disorganized CloudcuckooLander Feli and more by-the-book Kiku. They’re also a pretty unlikely combination meta-wise as well, as when Italy and Japan are depicted together in canon it’s usually in the context of the Axis trio, and in real life their relations aren’t anything special either so in Alt-talia they aren’t exactly close. They’re the leading duo for reasons basically independent from each other; Feli because he is the (at least initial) main character of the comics and is in need of the most character development out of the G7 if he were to work in the story, and Kiku because of the Wutai setting and because WF was originally a promotion for the Olympics in Tokyo.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Ivan and Govert unfortunately lose theirs (pending). However, Roderich wears the headscarf his WF counterpart wore around his head around his neck instead, obscuring his counterpart’s choker, as this fits his character better. It’s not particularly long however, looking more like a bandana.
* ShipSinking: The furthest Feli and Ludwig’s, as well as Berwald and Tino's, interactions go is platonic. The Holy Rome backstory isn’t even adapted in this canon, as confirmed by Ludwig saying that while he knew Feli since childhood, he never really got to know him. As mentioned, the game has a semi-NoHuggingNoKissing policy, and the only pairings that exist in the game at all are Jana (Czechia) x Andil (Slovakia), Tolys having one-sided feelings towards Natallia, and maaaaayyybbbe Roderich x Erzsebet, so this pretty much happens to all other ships by virtue of the writing. Kiku and Herakles's relationship also isn't shown to be as close as it is in canon (in fact Herakles seems way closer to Feli), though they're still casual friends, so there's especially a lot less base for Giripan shippers to stand on.

* ForgettableCharacter: While Hetalia {{Fanon}} can tend to [[NeverLiveItDown play this up]] with Canada, to the point he’s basically [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Kellam]], here Matthew really downplays it. People often don’t notice him at first, but if he speaks up they do indeed notice, and he’s considered a valuable, integral member of the Hachi No Dan/Nana No Dan, especially due to his unique skills within the group. He also notes that as he’s an archer, being hard to notice can have its perks. Indeed, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration enemies are more likely to move towards any other unit than him in gameplay, and using him to snipe at enemies while they’re distracted is a very valid strategy]].

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Poor, poor Kiku. Though before the events of the game, it’s heavily implied that the whole squad was basically this to Feli, along with Alfred also sometimes adding to it, and Ivan when he was still around.
** Yao towards Yong-Soo as well; though Yong is less prone to getting himself into extremely stupid situations than Feli, he’s not immune from it either. Though apparently it used to be a lot worse.

* ChivalrousPervert: Francis/符蘭志洲. While he may be a flirt, beginning every set of support conversations with female characters (those over 16 anyway) with flirting, but unlike many fanon deptictions (especially in the Japanese fandom) he values consent deeply, as while he might keep at it [[ItAmusedMe purely for his amusement]] for a while, if someone is clearly, very uncomfortable with it, he backs off. He tells Tolys in their A support that what matters the most in a relationship is mutuality, and that while he shouldn't give up, if Natallia doesn't feel anything for him he should respect her wishes. He also doesn’t even think about hitting on 13-year-old Erika, replying in horror with basically [[EveryoneHasStandards “I’m a flirt, not a deviant!” when she notices and asks him why]] (after which he also gives her a mini-lecture on not falling to the advances of older men), probably a deliberate TakeThat to the popular (in Japan)/formerly popular (in the west) perception in {{Fanon}} that France is a pedophile ([[NeverLiveItDowm which he sadly was in early comic strips]], but it seems to have become OldShame for Himaurya) and possibly {{Lolicon}}s in general. He’s also notably quicker to back off with the 17-year-old Michelle.