History DieForOurShip / AxisPowersHetalia

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[[caption-width:313:[[SarcasmMode Totally the actions of someone who doesn't care about Spain and would delight in abusing him.]]]]

** Even Liechtenstein, who's a ProperLady in canon, is once in a while treated as being an evil MarySue who stole Switzerland from Austria. (Nevermind that she and Austria are very polite and civil to each other in canon). Luckily it's not that common, but there are some UnfortunateImplications in how the hate stopped ''only'' in the {{Hetalia Bloodbath 2011}} when she seemed to [[ShipperOnDeck approve of Swiss and Austria's somewhat improved relationship.]]

** This troper once found a Belgium/Austria fic. Okay, that's good. But then she found out that it had ''heavy'' Hungary bashing. Eeeep, hitting the "back" button.

** A more subtle yet venomous and insidious way to make France look bad in USUK fics (principally {{doujinshi}}) is to take the French Crown's historical role in TheAmericanRevolution and flanderize it by characterising France as a borderline EvilMentor to America who sleeps around in the war camps and seems to have fun by pitting a young and easy to manipulate America against his eternal enemy England under the excuse of "giving America the chance to develop into his own country", but actually just wants to make England suffer and get revenge against him. Way to twist ~historical canon~ to fit your ship preferences, people. To be fair, one of the main reasons that the French Crown got involved with the American Revolution '''was''' to get revenge on England for the Seven Years War. In canon, France is pretty self-centered and likes to cash in on other people's victories, so him being a "borderline EvilMentor" isn't that out of character. But it ''can'' (and more often than not, '''is''') taken too far, with France as spiteful and pit against a {{Purity Stu}}fied England.

** Even Vietnam, who has had barely any screentime at all gets this from people who dislike how some members of the fandom pair her up with America, Russia, France, and/or China and refer to her as a RelationshipSue because of {{Fanon}} portrayals. Despite the fact that, in canon, she has not had any ShipTease with anyone other than Taiwan and Thailand so far, she has gotten some accusations of being a FlatCharacter who only exists to ruin other pairings. Thankfully, this portion of the fanbase is very small in comparison with hate that the other females have gotten, as it's very easy to ignore her character entirely.

''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', despite being a show full of HoYay-fueled {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, has a fandom that's largely free of ShippingWars, probably because almost any pairing can be [[RealitySubtext justified]], and multishipping and ShipMates are very common. But even it isn't ''completely'' free from this trope (...okay, the list below ''is'' rather long, but that's mainly because of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and most examples are still limited to VocalMinority status). In other words, even the nicest and most civil of fanbases - Hetalia shipping being on the whole wonderfully accommodating - can't eradicate the 'fanatic' in 'fandom.'

* England sometimes gets this from militant Russia/America fans who [[RonTheDeathEater twist and warp]] his {{Tsundere}} behavior and possible crush toward America to JerkAss or even {{Yandere}} levels to make him into a pathetic [[CrazyJealousGuy Crazy Jealous]] HopelessSuitor who can't accept that America doesn't want him or even a creepy pedophile who's been perving on America ever since he was a kid. The worst cases have England as a DomesticAbuser toward America who seems to have forgotten all about his own SuperStrength or a ManipulativeBastard who uses poor America's undying love for him to emotionally abuse him. (Russia, if he appears, is [[DracoInLeatherPants sane and supportive to America]].) Never mind that in canon, England has almost {{Woobie}} moments with America, or that America is actually a lot harder on him than the other way around. Or that Russia isn't the most innocent nation.

* The ShipToShipCombat between Russia/Lithuania and Poland/Lithuania shippers has fallen more than once into this. The most rabid Poland/Lithuania shippers portray Russia beating and raping Lithuania ForTheEvulz (Russia ''is'' a canon PsychopathicManchild and {{Yandere}}, but many Poland/Lithuania fans ignore [[DespairEventHorizon his sympathetic]] [[JerkAssWoobie backstory]] and [[NeverLiveItDown iron out all nuances in his character]] to make him into [[CardCarryingVillain the stock evil antagonist]], AND they also tend to ignore [[LighterandFluffier how Himaruya now plays up more]] his ManChild side than the PsychopathicManchild one in the last strips), and the most vocal Russia/Lithuania fans take Poland's initial selfishness and DumbBlonde quirks (played for laughs in-series) to CharacterExaggeration extremes, denying Poland's own CharacterDevelopment which was remarked on in the third manga volume.

** One of the most pervasive and venomous parts of this ship-related Austria bashing shows in the form of an infamous {{fanon}} that accuses Austria of having forced Hungary to put on dresses when she arrived to his mansion. There is no real evidence that he was the one who told Hungary to do so, and as far as we know it could've even been ''Hungary's'' own idea or even an order of her own bosses; however, lots of fans tend to immediately assume that Austria did so, and it's ''no'' surprise that many of them are either Austria/Hungary bashers who think he "reduces her to a ShallowLoveInterest", or rabid Prussia/Hungary fans who accuse him of "keeping Hungary away from her True Love Prussia".

* As for America, there are some fics that play up his stupidity and tactlessness to emphasize just how unsuitable a partner he would be for England. It ''is'' canon that America can be a jerk to England at times and is the main source of his heartbreak, but some rabid England/someone-other-than-America shippers would have you believe that America enjoys making England suffer and couldn't possibly ''ever'' be nice or flirtatious toward him without having some secret agenda to crush his heart again (while conveniently overlooking that America is ''canonly'' friends with England). This mentality crops up the most often in England/Canada fics, where it goes hand-in-hand with some Canada fans' bad habit of [[RonTheDeathEater putting down]] America to make Canada look better too.

** Russia in general has been used as a stock antagonist in many other shipping fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character and they find it all too easy to [[RonTheDeathEater crank up]] his "become one with me, da...?" line to a "you WILL become one with me, whether or not you like it, and only your true love can save you from my clutches, DA!" ultimatum. Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, he's still far from the kidnapping, torturing, raping villain these kind of fics make him into.

* North Italy's big brother Romano has lately been getting this piled on him too, by those who can't stand his [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and would prefer Spain be with a more "suitable" (or "historically important") partner like France. It's often forgotten that ''both'' Romano and Spain have issues with their personalities and in dealing with each other and that South Italy has shown more than once that he ''genuinely'' cares for Spain [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold underneath it all]] (the major proof comes when [[IllBoy when Spain falls sick]] and Romano goes [[FindTheCure searching for a cure]], willing to deal ''even with TheMafia'' to help him). All this hasn't stopped the detractors from derailing South Italy into a horrible boyfriend that you wonder how Spain could ever have been cheerful around, or making Spain into the worst case of a LoveMartyr who must be saved by France. Unless we talk about him actually raping and torturing North Italy to "keep him in check" and "away from the potato bastard" (re: Germany).

** Some fanworks take Denmark's canon BoisterousBruiser traits and make him an insane {{Yandere}} who drove Sweden to run away with Finland after raping and torturing him into almost insanity. Even some works that are ''ostensively'' Denmark/Sweden use this; there's a very popular doujin that represents the infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bloodbath Stockholm Massacre]] by first making Denmark [[EyeScream severely injure Sweden's eyes]] with his axe when Sweden merely says something that ''sounds'' like he'll leave the Nordic group (which "explains" why Sweden uses glasses), and then torturing and raping him among the ruins of Stockholm right after his defeat.(Though in that doujin has a rather cute reconcilation between them at the end.)

** Taiwan is generally liked as she's a [[GenkiGirl cheerful]] PluckyGirl, but she's often falsely accused of being Japan's RelationshipSue and prospect child bride. Thing is, while canon shows that she ''does'' look up to Japan and prefers him to China, it's not clear if it's [[BigBrotherAttraction a crush-like affection on her "brother"]] or simply a case of a young girl [[WellDoneSonGuy who wants her favorite sibling to aknowledge her.]] A lot of the accusations also seem to take {{fanon}} as canon: it's true that some Japan/Taiwan shippers reduce the very complicated Japanese occupation of the Taiwanese island to a RomanceNovel-like LadyAndKnight deal, but ''that is not the fault of Taiwan the character in any way'' and ''it doesn't necessarily reflect her canon interaction with Japan''. (Specially considering that, in canon, Taiwan has had ShipTease with [[LesYay Vietnam]] and [[CherylBlossom Korea]] as well, and while she looks up to Japan she doesn't seem to be a ClingyJealousGirl to him, [[NeverLiveItDown "leave Japan alone" panel aside.]])

** [[{{Shorttank}} Wy]] got pegged with this shortly after her first appearance by [[ToyShip Sealand/Latvia and Sealand/Iceland]] shippers. (The fact that she already had {{Scrappy}} status from being a LittleMissSnarker certainly didn't help her case any.) Since the Sealand/others shippers [[VocalMinority are VERY far and in between]], the major part of the fandom decided to keep Wy safe via either making her think [[DoesNotLikeMen "ew boys]], [[CloserToEarth why are you so dumb"]] or giving her a PrecociousCrush on [[ChivalrousPervert Seborga]] instead, since he promised to hit on her [[SheIsAllgrownUp when she grows up]].

* There's also the portrayal of Austria in some [[HotBlooded Prussia]]/[[NinjaMaid Hungary]] fanworks. While they rarely go so far as to make Austria [[DomesticAbuse beat the hell out of Hungary]] (who's still physically [[NinjaMaid stronger]] [[NonActionGuy than he is]], anyway), they still sometimes portray him as a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend [[TheUnfairSex cold, snobbish and neglectful of Hungary to the point of emotional abuse]] to not only discredit their canon marriage as a loveless ArrangedMarriage (even though they show romantic affection for each other even ''after'' their "divorce") but to have Hungary [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery seek out comfort]] in the [[RichSuitorPoorSuitor "not as well-off but more fun and passionate"]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Prussia]]'s arms [[YourCheatingHeart behind Austria's back]]. More than once it's coupled with {{Chickification}}, since Hungary goes from a {{Tomboy}} [[GirlinessUpgrade who became more girly without losing]] [[PluckyGirl her backbone]] [[GirlyBruiser and fighting skills]] to a weepy and wangsty mess who whines and cries about her "loveless married life" with abusive-asshole!Austria and pines endlessly for badass-romantic-hero!Prussia rescuing her from such torment - without even ''attempting'' to do anything for her own sake.

* There's also the portrayal of Austria in some [[HotBlooded Prussia]]/[[NinjaMaid Hungary]] fanworks. While they rarely go so far as to make Austria [[DomesticAbuse beat the hell out of Hungary]] (who's still physically [[NinjaMaid stronger]] [[NonActionGuy than he is]], anyway, [[{{Chickification}} in name atleast]]), they still sometimes portray him as a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend [[TheUnfairSex cold, snobbish and neglectful of Hungary to the point of emotional abuse]] to not only discredit their canon marriage as a loveless ArrangedMarriage (even though they show romantic affection for each other even ''after'' their "divorce") but to have Hungary [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery seek out comfort]] in the [[RichSuitorPoorSuitor "not as well-off but more fun and passionate"]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Prussia]]'s arms [[YourCheatingHeart behind Austria's back]]. More than once it's coupled with {{Chickification}}, since Hungary goes from a {{Tomboy}} [[GirlinessUpgrade who became more girly without losing]] [[PluckyGirl her backbone]] [[GirlyBruiser and fighting skills]] to a weepy and wangsty mess who whines and cries about her "loveless married life" with abusive-asshole!Austria and pines endlessly for badass-romantic-hero!Prussia rescuing her from such torment - without even ''attempting'' to do anything for her own sake.

** Don't forget the "feminists" who also apply the "girls are Relationship Sues" trap to her. Double when they also whine about how [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses Hungary is a horrible role model for girls]] and a slutty ShallowLoveInterest because of her GirlinessUpgrade and her love of Austria.

* While it hasn't translated into outright RonTheDeathEater in fanworks yet (if only because most Turkey/Greece works simply leave Japan out entirely), the VocalMinority of Turkey/Greece shippers can become very wanky toward Japan and the Greece/Japan ship when provoked, especially after the "provocation" of the anime faithfully adapting some of Japan's strips with Greece and Turkey that had been on the Web for ''years'' beforehand, with them deriding Japan as a FlatCharacter who only got the attention of Greece and Turkey because of him being a "gigantic CanonSue who has half of the cast as his harem" and claiming that Greece [[ShallowLoveInterest loses all personality and historical depth]] when paired with him over his "far more interesting and historically important" rival Turkey.
** To elaborate on that final point, some fans think that being with Japan makes Greece a "weak ShallowLoveInterest" because he acts calm, gentle and laidback with him whereas being with Turkey makes him a "strong, interesting character" because he acts short-tempered, violent and angry with him. Apparently, Greece being ThePhilosopher with Japan gives him no additional depth because it's "[[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass not physical]]" or something like that. Can lead to UnfortunateImplications if you think too hard about the "he's a ShallowLoveInterest if he [[RealMenHateAffection acts sweet to his boyfriend instead of fighting with him all the time]]!" or "he can be interesting ''only'' if he's paired up with the one that [[ARealManIsAKiller constantly makes him angry and violent]]!" implications.

* [[BadassLongcoat Romania]] is starting to get this treatment from [[VocalMinority some rabid]] Prussia/Hungary fans, especially because many fans have liked him since his appearance and started shipping him with Hungary, even though [[FoeYay Romania and Hungary are said to hate each other with a burning passion]] -- which is easy to see as potential InterplayOfSexAndViolence. He's also interpreted pretty badass due to the fact that he's ''apparently'' a mischievous yangire with a vampire vibe AND also uses Black Magic, which helped increase his popularity even more. [[http://www.zerochan.net/683411 He also looks like a combination between Hungary and Prussia]].

** Belgium may not be ''as'' big of a target as Seychelles, but she still gets potshots from rabid Spain/Romano fangirls that falsely accuse her of standing in between. An apparently LostForever [[http://storikeeper.tumblr.com/post/8610938986/are-we-still-going-on-with-this-whole-belgium-thing Spamano fanart]] has ''Canada threatening to hit her'' ([[ShrinkingViolet yes]], '''[[NiceGuy CANADA]]''') because she won't give up on interferring with them, ''and we're supposed to cheer for Canada when he says he'll hit her''.

* North Italy's big brother Romano has lately been getting this piled on him too, by those who can't stand his [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and would prefer Spain be with a more "suitable" (or "historically important") partner like France. It's often forgotten that ''both'' Romano and Spain have issues with their personalities and in dealing with each other and that South Italy has shown more than once that he ''genuinely'' cares for Spain [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold underneath it all]] (the major proof comes when [[IllBoy when Spain falls sick]] and Romano goes [[FindTheCure searching for a cure]], willing to deal ''even with TheMafia'' to help him). All this hasn't stopped the detractors from derailing South Italy into a CompleteMonster of a boyfriend that you wonder how Spain could ever have been cheerful around, or making Spain into the worst case of a LoveMartyr who must be saved by France. Unless we talk about him actually raping and torturing North Italy to "keep him in check" and "away from the potato bastard" (re: Germany).

** [[{{Shorttank}} Wy]] got pegged with this shortly after her first appearance by [[ToyShip Sealand/Latvia and Sealand/Iceland]] shippers. (The fact that she already had {{Scrappy}} status from being a LittleMissSnarker certainly didn't help her case any.) Since the Sealand/others shippers [[VocalMinority are VERY far and in between]], the major part of the fandom decided to keep Wy safe via giving her a PrecociousCrush on [[ChivalrousPervert Seborga]] instead, since he promised to hit on her [[SheIsAllgrownUp when she grows up]].

* England gets the worst of this from militant Russia/America fans who [[RonTheDeathEater twist and warp]] his {{Tsundere}} behavior and possible crush toward America to JerkAss or even {{Yandere}} levels to make him into a pathetic [[CrazyJealousGuy Crazy Jealous]] HopelessSuitor who can't accept that America doesn't want him or even a creepy pedophile who's been perving on America ever since he was a kid. The worst cases have England as a DomesticAbuser toward America who seems to have forgotten all about his own SuperStrength or a ManipulativeBastard who uses poor America's undying love for him to emotionally abuse him. (Russia, if he appears, is [[DracoInLeatherPants sane and supportive to America]].) Never mind that in canon, England has almost {{Woobie}} moments with America, or that America is actually a lot harder on him than the other way around. Or that Russia isn't the most innocent nation.

* The ShipToShipCombat between Russia/Lithuania and Poland/Lithuania shippers has fallen more than once into this. The most rabid Poland/Lithuania shippers portray Russia beating and raping Lithuania ForTheEvulz (Russia ''is'' a canon PsychopathicManchild and {{Yandere}}, but many Poland/Lithuania fans ignore [[DespairEventHorizon his sympathetic]] [[JerkAssWoobie backstory]] and [[NeverLiveItDown iron out all nuances in his character]] to make him into [[CardCarryingVillain the stock evil antagonist]], AND they also tend to ignore [[LighterandFluffier how Himaruya now plays up more]] his AdultChild side than the PsychopathicManchild one in the last strips), and the most vocal Russia/Lithuania fans take Poland's initial selfishness and DumbBlonde quirks (played for laughs in-series) to CharacterExaggeration extremes, denying Poland's own CharacterDevelopment which was remarked on in the third manga volume.

* England gets the worst of this from militant Russia/America fans who [[RonTheDeathEater twist and warp]] his {{Tsundere}} behavior and possible crush toward America to JerkAss or even {{Yandere}} levels to make him into a pathetic [[CrazyJealousGuy Crazy Jealous]] HopelessSuitor who can't accept that America doesn't want him or even a creepy pedophile who's been perving on America ever since he was a kid. The worst cases have England as a DomesticAbuser toward America who seems to have forgotten all about his own SuperStrength or a ManipulativeBastard who uses poor America's undying love for him to emotionally abuse him. (Russia, if he appears, is [[DracoInLeatherPants of course entirely sane and supportive to America]].) Never mind that in canon, England has almost {{Woobie}} moments with America, or that America is actually a lot harder on him than the other way around. Or that Russia, while not a CompleteMonster, isn't the most innocent nation.

** For Poland/Hungary fics, you can replace "Gilbert" with "Feliks" and it's the same. Apparently the Polish and Hungarian traditional friendship, their parts in the 1848 revolutions and the Austro-Hungarian Compromise that came in later equal to "Austria is a cold and cruel CompleteMonster who rapes Hungary every night and keeps her locked up while pretending they're HappilyMarried in public, so she whines and cries herself to sleep and needs to be rescued from her torture by a super manly JerkStu who only resembles Poland in name!"

* The ShipToShipCombat between Russia/Lithuania and Poland/Lithuania shippers has fallen more than once into this. The most rabid Poland/Lithuania shippers portray Russia as a CompleteMonster who beats and rapes Lithuania ForTheEvulz (Russia ''is'' a canon PsychopathicManchild and {{Yandere}}, but many Poland/Lithuania fans ignore [[DespairEventHorizon his sympathetic]] [[JerkAssWoobie backstory]] and [[NeverLiveItDown iron out all nuances in his character]] to make him into [[CardCarryingVillain the stock evil antagonist]], AND they also tend to ignore [[LighterandFluffier how Himaruya now plays up more]] his AdultChild side than the PsychopathicManchild one in the last strips), and the most vocal Russia/Lithuania fans take Poland's initial selfishness and DumbBlonde quirks (played for laughs in-series) to CharacterExaggeration extremes, denying Poland's own CharacterDevelopment which was remarked on in the third manga volume.

* Belarus, as the {{Yandere}} [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] of Russia, who not only is the [[LauncherOfAThousandShips fandom bicycle]] but also her ''[[BrotherSisterIncest brother]]'', doesn't get ''nearly'' as much hate as you'd expect and many fans actually enjoy her PlayedForLaughs role as the stalker of the stalker. However, more serious fics that pair Russia up with someone other than Belarus often turn her into a CompleteMonster without a drop of sympathy or depth. True, Belarus canonically resents anyone Russia shows interest in and she doesn't get a FreudianExcuse or HiddenDepths regarding her behavior like her brother does, but the worst thing she did in canon was breaking Lithuania's fingers - and that was solely done for humor on a date that Lithuania himself asked Belarus for. Having her go out of her way to tie up and ''rape'' Lithuania just to prove the point of him being "unworthy" of Russia's love is probably taking it too far.

** A more subtle yet venomous and insidious way to make France look bad in USUK fics (principally {{doujinshi}}) is to take the French Crown's historical role in TheAmericanRevolution and flanderize it by characterising France as a borderline EvilMentor to America who sleeps around in the war camps and seems to have fun by pitting a young and easy to manipulate America against his eternal enemy England under the excuse of "giving America the chance to develop into his own country", but actually just wants to make England suffer and get revenge against him. Way to twist ~historical canon~ to fit your ship preferences, people.
*** To be fair, one of the main reasons that the French Crown got involved with the American Revolution '''was''' to get revenge on England for the Seven Years War. In canon, France is pretty self-centered and likes to cash in on other people's victories, so him being a "borderline EvilMentor" isn't that out of character. But it ''can'' (and more often than not, '''is''') taken too far, with France as a spiteful CompleteMonster who's pit against a totally {{Purity Stu}}fied England.

** Taiwan is generally liked as she's a [[GenkiGirl cheerful]] PluckyGirl, but she's often falsely accused of being Japan's RelationshipSue and prospect child bride. Thing is, while canon shows that she ''does'' look up to Japan and prefers him to China, it's not clear if it's a crush-like affection or simply a case of a young girl who wants her favorite sibling to aknowledge her. A lot of the accusations also seem to take {{fanon}} as canon: it's true that some Japan/Taiwan shippers reduce the very complicated Japanese occupation of the Taiwanese island to a RomanceNovel-like LadyAndKnight deal, but ''that is not the fault of Taiwan the character in any way'' and ''it doesn't necessarily reflect her canon interaction with Japan''. (Specially considering that, in canon, Taiwan has had ShipTease with [[LesYay Vietnam]] and [[CherylBlossom Korea]] as well, and while she looks up to Japan she doesn't seem to be a ClingyJealousGirl to him, [[NeverLiveItDown "leave Japan alone" panel aside.]])

* England gets the worst of this from militant Russia/America fans who [[RonTheDeathEater twist and warp]] his {{Tsundere}} behavior and possible crush toward America to JerkAss or even {{Yandere}} levels to make him into a pathetic [[CrazyJealousGuy Crazy Jealous]] HopelessSuitor who can't accept that America doesn't want him or even a creepy pedophile who's been perving on America ever since he was a kid. The worst cases have England as a DomesticAbuser toward America who seems to have forgotten all about his own SuperStrength or a ManipulativeBastard who uses poor America's undying love for him to emotionally abuse him. (Russia, if he appears, is [[DracoInLeatherPants of course entirely sane and supportive to America]].) Never mind that in canon, England has almost {{Woobie}} moments with America, or that America is actually a lot harder on him than the other way around. Or that Russia is clearly Satan.

*** Actually Paedophile!England turns up an alarming number of times in colony central fics or to give a ex-colony a dark and tragic past for their lover to heal/save them from- never mind that in canon about the only person he's shown being regularly nice to is young America; a child.

* There's also the portrayal of Austria in some [[HotBlooded Prussia]]/[[NinjaMaid Hungary]] fanworks. While they rarely go so far as to make Austria [[DomesticAbuse beat the hell out of Hungary]] (who's still physically [[NinjaMaid stronger]] [[NonActionGuy than he is]], anyway), they still sometimes portray him as a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend [[TheUnfairSex cold, snobbish and neglectful of Hungary to the point of emotional abuse]] to not only discredit their canon marriage as a loveless ArrangedMarriage (even though they show romantic affection for each other even ''after'' their "divorce") but to have Hungary [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery seek out comfort]] in the [[RichSuitorPoorSuitor "not as well-off but more fun and passionate"]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Prussia]]'s arms [[YourCheatingHeart behind Austria's back]]. More than once it's coupled with {{Chickification}}, since Hungary goes from a {{Tomboy}} [[GirlinessUpgrade who became more girly without losing]] [[PluckyGirl her backbone]] [[BadassAdorable and fighting skills]] to a weepy and wangsty mess who whines and cries about her "loveless married life" with abusive-asshole!Austria and pines endlessly for badass-romantic-hero!Prussia rescuing her from such torment - without even ''attempting'' to do anything for her own sake.

** Russia in general has been used as a stock antagonist in many other shipping fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character and they find it all too easy to [[RonTheDeathEater crank up]] his "become one with me, da...?" line to a "you WILL become one with me, whether or not you like it, and only your true love can save you from my clutches, DA!" ultimatum. Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, he's still far from the kidnapping, torturing, raping [[strike:plot device]] villain these kind of fics make him into.

*** To be fair, one of the main reasons that the French Crown got involved with the American Revolution '''was''' to get revenge on England for the Seven Years War. In canon, France is pretty self-centered and likes to cash in on other people's victories, so him being a "borderline EvilMentor" isn't that out of character. But it ''can'' (and more often than not, '''is''') taken too mfar, with France as a borderline CompleteMonster against a totally {{Purity Stu}}fied England.

** Taiwan is generally liked as she's a [[GenkiGirl cheerful]] PluckyGirl, but she's often falsely accused of being Japan's RelationshipSue and prospect child bride. Thing is, while canon shows that she ''does'' look up to Japan and prefers him to China, it's not clear if it's a crush-like affection or simply a case of a young girl who wants her favorite sibling to aknowledge her. A lot of the accusations also seem to take {{fanon}} as canon: it's true that some Japan/Taiwan shippers reduce the very complicated Japanese occupation of the Taiwanese island to a RomanceNovel-like LadyAndKnight deal, but ''that is not the fault of Taiwan the character in any way'' and ''it doesn't necessarily reflect her canon interaction with Japan''. (Specially considering that, in canon, Taiwan has had ShipTease with Vietnam and Korea, and that while she looks up to Japan she doesn't seem to be a ClingyJealousGirl to him.)
** Even Vietnam, who has had barely any screentime at all gets this from people who dislike how some members of the fandom pair her up with America, Russia, France, and/or China and refer to her as a RelationshipSue because of {{Fanon}} portrayals. Despite the fact that, in canon, she has not had any reaction with anyone other than Taiwan and Thailand so far, she has gotten some accusations of being a FlatCharacter who only exists to ruin other pairings. Thankfully, this portion of the fanbase is very small in comparison with hate that the other females have gotten, as it's very easy to ignore her character entirely.

** The biggest female victim is Seychelles, the local NubileSavage and PluckyGirl. She was a minor character with a mere cameo in the comics... then she became an AscendedExtra in [[HighSchoolAU Gakuen Hetalia]] (both the original script and the PSP game), and then the poor girl started getting shit from ''everyone'' coming from ''everywhere''. The HetIsEw camp called her a RelationshipSue, and the USUK and FRUK rabidshippers accused her of standing in between their beaus because she had some degree of ShipTease with both England and France. (Nevermind that France is after AnythingThatMoves, that Gakuen Hetalia isn't that centered in romance but more in ThePowerOfFriendship, and that in the PSP game itself [[spoiler: Sey actually ''helps'' America to gain England's attention after a fight, which can easily be interpreted as her PlayingCyrano for them.]])

** [[{{Shorttank}} Wy]] got pegged with this shortly after her first appearance by [[ToyShip Sealand/Latvia and Sealand/Iceland]] shippers. The fact that she already had {{Scrappy}} status from being a LittleMissSnarker certainly didn't help her case any.
*** Not really. The Sealand/others shippers that bad her aren't that numerous, as the major part of the fandom tends to get Wy outta the way peacefully via giving her a PrecociousCrush on Seborga instead, since he promised to hit on her [[SheIsAllgrownUp when she grows up]].

* France is mostly free of this in America/England fics, in spite of having a [[AnythingThatMoves person]][[LovableSexManiac ality]] that could very easily fall victim to CharacterExaggeration of the [[RapeTropes worst possible kind]], with almost all America/England fans simply [[ShipMates pairing him up with someone else]] (usually with [[{{Meganekko}} Canada]]), making him a ShipperOnDeck for America and England, or going the IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy route if he's depicted as [[{{Starboarding}} being in love with England]]. However, he's still the character most likely to be used as an obstacle against their relationship; as such, there are some who make either character a KnightInShiningArmor who foils France's AttemptedRape of the JamesBondage.

* There's also the portrayal of [[TheWhitePrince Austria]] in some [[HotBlooded Prussia]]/[[NinjaMaid Hungary]] fanworks. While they rarely go so far as to make Austria [[DomesticAbuse beat the hell out of Hungary]] (who's still physically [[NinjaMaid stronger]] [[NonActionGuy than he is]], anyway), they still sometimes portray him as a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend [[TheUnfairSex cold, snobbish and neglectful of Hungary to the point of emotional abuse]] to not only discredit their canon marriage as a loveless ArrangedMarriage (even though they show romantic affection for each other even ''after'' their "divorce") but to have Hungary [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery seek out comfort]] in the [[RichSuitorPoorSuitor "not as well-off but more fun and passionate"]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Prussia]]'s arms [[YourCheatingHeart behind Austria's back]]. More than once it's coupled with {{Chickification}}, since Hungary goes from a {{Tomboy}} [[GirlinessUpgrade who became more girly without losing]] [[PluckyGirl her backbone]] [[BadassAdorable and fighting skills]] to a weepy and wangsty mess who whines and cries about her "loveless married life" with abusive-asshole!Austria and pines endlessly for badass-romantic-hero!Prussia rescuing her from such torment - without even ''attempting'' to do anything for her own sake.

*** To be fair, one of the main reasons that the French Crown got involved with the American Revolution '''was''' to get revenge on England for the Seven Years War. In canon, France is pretty self-centered and likes to cash in on other people's victories, so him being a "borderline EvilMentor" isn't that out of character. But it ''can'' (and more often than not '''is''') taken too mfar, with Francer as a borderline CompleteMonster against a totally {{Purity Stu}}fied England.

** Taiwan is generally liked as she's a [[GenkiGirl cheerful]] PluckyGirl, but she's often falsely accused of being Japan's RelationshipSue and prospect child bride. Thing is, while canon shows that she ''does'' look up to Japan and prefers her to China, it's not clear if it's a crush-like affection or simply a case of a young girl who wants her favorite sibling to aknowledge her. A lot of the accusations also seem to take {{fanon}} as canon: it's true that some Japan/Taiwan shippers reduce the very complicated Japanese occupation of the Taiwanese island to a RomanceNovel-like LadyAndKnight deal, but ''that is not the fault of Taiwan the character in any way'' and ''it doesn't necessarily reflect her canon interaction with Japan''.