History RonTheDeathEater / AxisPowersHetalia

** There's also a very pervasive {{fanon}} that accuses Austria of having forced Hungary to put on dresses and physically/sexually/mentally abusing her during the times she served at his mantion. First of all, it's '''never''' mentioned who exactly told Hungary to get her GirlinessUpgrade, as the strip treating the days coming right before Hungary's arrival to Austria's mansion only shows Hungary in a dress by the end but never explains who's behind the idea. Second, Austria treats Hungary with far more deference than he does with young!Italy on screen. Third, Hungary ''[[BodyguardCrush willingly]]'' [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend protects Austria]] in chronologically posterior strips and Austria [[UnderstandingBoyfriend allows her to do so]], something that a DomesticAbuser wouldn't be likely to do. Fourth, Hungary and Austria are '''still''' in excellent terms after their off-screen divorce ''and she still willingly protects him if needed''. And yet many fans '''''still''''' bend over to say that Austria the character mistreated Hungary the character, using "historical canon" as an excuse.

** An example of the rabid Germancest hate against Italy [[http://www.mediafire.com/?ed4cni94ynciwh8 is here.]] It's on Mediafire since image sites kill it, but it's worth the download t since it shows the butthurt and the batshit in a simply priceless way.

* '''Austria:''' While not a super obvious case like others, there's enough evidence to put him here. The Austrian Empire ''has'' had a war-full story and the relationships with other nations (France, Hungary prior to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Spain, etc. and '''specially''' Italy) were ''very'' conflicted, yep, but that's barely an excuse to portray him as being a DomesticAbuser who regularly beats, rapes, whips, tortures and executes Hungary and North Italy. He was already a harsh SternTeacher in canon, and yet he ''still'' did Chibitalia's work for a day so the kid would have some time alone after HRE left the manse - that's enough proof of how Austria is more complex than he looks.
* '''Canada''': Oh yes, believe it or not, even the [[ShrinkingViolet sweet]] [[DistressedDude unassertive]] NiceGuy is not immune from this treatment. As mentioned above, many of Canada's rabid fangirls have a terrible habid of putting his brother America down in order to glorify him into a [[SympatheticSue Sympathetic Stu]]. This phenomena has reached a point where it's actually costing Canada popularity points with annoyed circles in the Hetalia fandom. In particular, a good number of America fangirls who are sick of seeing America colored up as a JerkJock to make Canada look like a saint have issued their own retaliation. Usually, they'll exaggerate Canada's BewareTheNiceOnes moments (such as that one time when he seriously chewed America out with a three hour long TheReasonYouSuckSpeech) and turn him into a full fledged emotionally and verbally abusive BitchInSheepsClothing, or in some cases outright AxCrazy (mostly with a hockey stick, but at least one incident involved a chainsaw). While Canada does indeed resent his brother at times, he is shown to still care for him to some extent and their relationship is more or less normal between brothers (even if it is a little vitriolic, it's mostly played for laughs anyway).

* '''Denmark''': If there's a member of the Nordic Group that is likely to be portrayed as a total asshole in the fandom, it's Denmark. Sure, he can be pushy and HotBlooded and Norway [[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes hits him to keep him in line]], but that doesn't mean that he raped and beated the Nordics into submission and that's why they don't seem to take him seriously. He could've perfectly treated Belarus badly in Hetaween, but he cheerfully accepted to compete with her cosplay group -- shouldn't that be a sign that he isn't evil or a JerkAss?
* '''The "Alternate Coloring" Characters''': A while ago, Himaruya released [[http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/4ka04.html a series of cards]] that included the Axis members and the [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] girls in alternate costumes, some of them looking more badass or snarky than their normal selves. Guess what: the fandom '''immediately''' pegged these alternate designs as {{Evil Counterpart}}s, AxCrazy {{Blood Knight}}s or blood-thirsty {{Yandere}}s who are [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the embodiment of the canon charas's evil tendences]] - at best they're {{Sociopathic Hero}}es. This completely ignores how Himaruya has said '''nothing''' about them being different in personality from the originals, as well the UnfortunateImplications of a ''whole'' nation having purely evil/twisted instincts - and it's more often than not a cheap excuse [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation to have the nations go psycho on each other without any explanations]]. (Made even uglier when you realize that these people apply this to 2p!female-America... who is AmbiguouslyBrown, thus crossing into possible racism as well.)

* '''The "Alternate Coloring" Characters''': A while ago, Himaruya released [[http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/4ka04.html a series of cards]] that included the Axis members and the [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] girls in alternate costumes, some of them looking more badass or snarky than their normal selves. Guess what: the fandom '''immediately''' pegged these alternate designs as {{Evil Counterpart}}s, AxCrazy {{Blood Knight}}s or blood-thirsty {{Yandere}}s who are [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the embodiment of the canon charas's evil tendences]] - at best they're {{Sociopathic Hero}}es, at worse they're {{Complete Monster}}s. This completely ignores how Himaruya has said '''nothing''' about them being different in personality from the originals, as well the UnfortunateImplications of a ''whole'' nation having purely evil/twisted instincts - and it's more often than not a cheap excuse [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation to have the nations go psycho on each other without any explanations]]. (Made even uglier when you realize that these people apply this to 2p!female-America... who is AmbiguouslyBrown, thus crossing into possible racism as well.)

** His treatment of Greece in numerous fics takes the cake, however. Greece abused as a kid or teen by Ottoman Empire!Turkey? Turkey raping Greece because he [[RapeAsDrama wants to teach him a lesson]] or [[VictimFallsForRapist can't control his urges anymore]]? All par for the course in Turkey/Greece fics, to such an extent that Greece sometimes gets caught up in this trope too, turning from a patient, laidback KindheartedCatLover who gets snippy only with Turkey to an angry, violent man who's bitter towards the entire world and has no patience for anybody he thinks is stupid (which includes nations other than Turkey), just so that the fanwriter can show how his relationship with Turkey is ''not'' a DestructiveRomance, even when Turkey is treating him worse than he ever did in canon, because Greece's ''always'' been like that and/or Turkey is the only one he shows his sweet side to. There is not enough room on this page to describe everything wrong about that.

* '''America:''' In canon, he's a [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] and [[IdiotHero dense]] [[TheDitz ditz]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but ultimately a good-hearted]] LoveFreak who can be a jerk to Canada or England but not ''all the time.'' When rabid Canada fans or militant England/someone-other-than-him shippers get a hold of him, however, he either becomes a CompleteMonster of a JerkJock who abuses and victimizes [[SympatheticSue poor, neglected, widdle Mattie-kins]] or a total [[GlobalIgnorance moron]] and [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]] who can't accomplish anything with England other than breaking his heart ''again'', or throws away all the proofs of affection that they've given each other in order to completely conquer the world and oppress it (double if they make England a PuritySue LoveMartyr as well).

* '''Japan:''' In canon, he's an InscrutableOriental who [[PerpetualFrowner rarely smiles]] or [[TheStoic displays extreme emotions]] but [[NotSoStoic *does* have emotions underneath it all]] and is actually something of a YamatoNadeshiko too once you look past his [[SugarAndIcePersonality social awkwardness]], being polite, soft-spoken, and patient even with patience-testing characters. Many fanworks, however, only [[NeverLiveItDown focus]] on his [[ImperialJapan imperial years]] as his only defining trait, portraying Japan as a BastardBoyfriend / {{Yandere}} / CompleteMonster who is backstabbing, abusing and raping China and his other siblings to MoralEventHorizon levels and leaving them traumatized for life, completely ignoring the modern day strips that show him being on at least relatively friendly terms with China and Korea and his modern day friendships with America, England and Greece.

* '''China:''' For some other fanworks, you can swap Japan and China's names in the above "BastardBoyfriend / {{Yandere}}" sentence and have it be just as accurate a description, but with even ''less'' justification. Yes, real-life China isn't exactly a bastion of human rights, but real-life nation =/= ''Hetalia'' nation-tan, ''especially'' when said nation-tan is a quirky and sympathetic panda lover. A nagging, old-fashioned, clingy China who treats his younger siblings like little children and except for Korea drives them away from him when he tries to help them or unintentionally embarrasses them with his old man behavior is canon; a {{Yandere}} or CompleteMonster China who abuses/beats up/rapes Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong into submission during either [[ImperialChina Imperial]] or [[RedChina Red]] times, used to abuse Japan in every possible way ([[ShotaCon and preferently]] [[BrotherSisterIncest sexual ones]]) when he was a kid and/or heartlessly approves of the massacres of either his own or other nations's citizens by any of his governments is '''not'''.
* '''Russia:''' His is an... ''interesting'' case to say the least, as fans have given him all kinds of treatments on the broad specturm on both this trope and the DracoInLeatherPants treatment. In this case, it also overlaps with DieForOurShip. As pointed out there, Russia's the most likely character to be used as a stock antagonist in many, ''many'' shipping and non-shipping fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him (though there ''are'' some that do), but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character and it's almost too easy to [[{{Flanderization}} crank up]] what's already there (namely, his being a StepfordSmiler, {{Yangire}} and PsychopathicManchild, and how Real Life Soviet Russia's atrocities, such as TheGulag, are no laughing matter). Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, and even when Himaruya himself has pointed out that Russia is less "[[CompleteMonster super-evil]]" and more [[ManChild "childishly cruel and not fully aware of how mean he is"]], people will [[NeverLiveItDown constantly iron out]] [[HiddenDepths every nuance]] of his character and forget about his [[DespairEventHorizon genuinely heartbreaking]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid backstory]] and [[PetTheDog his genuine affection for his]] [[FragileFlower older sister Ukraine]] to turn him into a CompleteMonster Stalin-clone and [[MurderersAreRapists raping nutjob]] of the highest order.

* '''Romano/South Italy:''' Apparently, the fact that he's got a HairTriggerTemper and feels like TheUnfavorite in comparison to Veneziano/North Italy makes him a CompleteMonster of a BastardBoyfriend towards Spain who needs to be "saved" by France (Him showing genuine concern for Spain in ''canon'' when the latter fell ill? Surely you jest!). His harshness towards his younger brother is also occasionally ramped in fandom, going as far as to have him portrayed ''raping'' Veneziano to "keep him in check" or out of jealousy of his talents.

** a CardCarryingVillain CompleteMonster who rapes and beats his allies and friends to keep them terrorised and under his thumbs (if he's not [[{{Squick}} eating Jewish children]] for the lulz - yeah, that was mentioned in a really infamous RP log) and is to blame for '''all''' the German WorldWarII atrocities while his younger brother Germany is merely "misguided by his bosses" or yet another victim of Prussia's abuse. Which, you know, completely ignores how lots of the Nazi resistance groups ''came from the ex-Prussian territories'', among other stuff;

* '''Austria:''' While not a super obvious case like others, there's enough evidence to put him here. The Austrian Empire ''has'' had a war-full story and the relationships with other nations (France, Hungary prior to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Spain, etc. and '''specially''' Italy) were ''very'' conflicted, yep, but that's barely an excuse to portray him as being a CompleteMonster DomesticAbuser who regularly beats, rapes, whips, tortures and executes Hungary and North Italy. He was already a harsh SternTeacher in canon, and yet he ''still'' did Chibitalia's work for a day so the kid would have some time alone after HRE left the manse - that's enough proof of how Austria is more complex than he looks, and even if he's a jerk in canon more than once, it's still not to CompleteMonster levels.

** Don't forget all the creepy "headcanons" about Ancient Rome raping young France ([[UnfortunateImplications and "being to blame" for France's canon lechery]]), young Spain or his own grandsons, and even young England based on supposed ~historical canon~. For one thing, it ignores how ''Rome himself'' never had sex with males in canon, which is separate from his own citizens' behavior; for another, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty#Romans it was... a quite more complex matter]] due to the heavy ValuesDissonance. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece And the *Greeks* came up with it]], [[DidNotDoTheResearch anyway]].)

** Actually, the original shows the nations having at least some degree of respect and care for their citizens if they're good people. France is rather kind to a young soldier whom he befriends in WorldWarOne, and Cameroon is a GentleGiant who teaches how to play soccer to the kids of his land.

* The nations' attitudes to {{muggle}}s in various fics might be an example of this, or not. The GagDub's dark humour does occasionally portray the nations as being remarkably flippant about mass murder and death; China criticises the others for not being totalitarian and seems far too happy when discussing his people's "crushing poverty", Russia offhandedly remarks that the USSR states came to live with him "after a little genocide, of course", and Germany threatens Italy with "ending up an experiment" and his response to Romano announcing a "surprise" is "Great. What is it, another Jew?" However, they never actually kill anyone onscreen, and it's debateable as to whether they're actually ''happy'' to do so. The dark jokes aren't present in the original, so this could be a case of the dub Death Eatering the sub.

** Some fans also [[{{Flanderization}} flanderize]] the complex issues surrounding the US atomic bombings and occupation of Japan at the end of WWII into "America is a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend or psychotic {{Yandere}} who abuses/rapes a weepy, horribly traumatized Japan". How this sadist!America and traumatized!Japan could ever have become the good friends they're canonly shown to be before ''and'' after WWII (not to mention the good allies they are in real life) is a mystery.

* '''Denmark''': If there's a member of the Nordic Group that is likely to be portrayed as a total asshole in the fandom, it's Denmark. Sure, he can be pushy and HotBlooded and Norway [[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes hits him to keep him in line]], but that doesn't mean that he raped and beated the Nordics into submission and that's why they don't seem to take him seriously. He could've perfectly treated Belarus badly in Hetaween, but he cheerfully accepted to compete with her cosplay group -- shouldn't that be a sign that he isn't evil or a JerkAss?

* '''Sweden:''' It's a bit rare, but when it happens, it can get ugly. Overlapping with DieForOurShip as well, Sweden in canon is [[FaceOfAThug gruff]] and TheStoic with a [[GentleGiant genuinely]] [[SugarAndIcePersonality nice]] [[HiddenDepths side]]. But in certain fanfic, he's often twisted into an [[DomesticAbuse abusive husband]] towards a poor, [[{{Wimpification}} wimpified]] Finland, who can't leave him because of his StockholmSyndrome. UnfortunateImplications couldn't get uglier...

** And according to them, the only reason Grandpa Rome loves Northern Italy in the first place is because ''he's sexually attracted to him''.
** There's also all the times he's potrayed as a DepravedBisexual who had sex with AnythingThatMoves, and sexually abused AncientGreece and AncientEgypt, the two female nations he fell in love with, because [[InsaneTrollLogic sleeping with a lot of women means he MUST be a heartless manwhore]], and how historical Ancient Rome is particularly famous for its [[BreadAndCircuses deca]][[TheCaligula dence]]. (Which is [[FridgeHorror potentially worse]] if you go by the {{fanon}} theory that Grandpa Rome ''is'' the father of Modern Greece and Modern Egypt.)

*** (God knows what we'll have to deal with if Armenia is ever given a nation-tan . . . . . actually, strike that. Considering the official Turkish stance on that whole affair, {{Flanderisation}} would probably be quite satisfying for once.)

** ''Really'', the fact that he [[KindheartedCatLover gets along well with Greece]], should be enough proof all on its own that he's not some sociopathic bastard who cares only about himself. It also can't be a coincidence that almost all fanworks that invoke this trope with him the hardest never even mention Greece in passing relation to him and that the few {{Dark Fic}}s that ''do'' mention Greece have Japan ultimately be sympathetic or at least show some redeeming traits.
** Morality aside, can you really picture a man who thinks that being ''hugged'' ruined him for marriage raping anyone?
*** This may be a reference to the Rape of Nanjing in China, but [[ViewersAreMorons its unlikely the rabid part of the fandom know or care to have found out about this]], there is a reason it was called the Forgotten Holocaust.

* '''Russia:''' His is an... ''interesting'' case to say the least, as fans have given him all kinds of treatments on the broad specturm on both this trope, and the DracoInLeatherPants. In this case, it also overlaps with DieForOurShip. As pointed out there, Russia's the most likely character to be used as a stock antagonist in many, ''many'' fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him (though there ''are'' some that do), but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character and it's almost too easy to [[{{Flanderization}} crank up]] what's already there (namely, his being a StepfordSmiler, Yangire and PsychopathicManchild, and how Real Life Soviet Russia's atrocities, such as TheGulag, are no laughing matter). Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, and even when Himaruya himself has pointed out that Russia is less "[[CompleteMonster super-evil]]" and more [[ManChild "childishly cruel and not fully aware of how mean he is"]]), people will [[NeverLiveItDown constantly iron out]] [[HiddenDepths every nuance]] of his character and forget about his [[DespairEventHorizon genuinely heartbreaking]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid backstory]] and [[PetTheDog his genuine affection for his]] [[FragileFlower older sister Ukraine]] to turn him into a CompleteMonster Stalin-clone and [[MurderersAreRapists raping nutjob]] of the highest order.

* ''Everyone'' gets this by default in the popular PornWithoutPlot setup in which defeating another nation in battle requires the victor to rape them. Apart from the many, many {{Squick}} and FridgeHorror problems with this, [[FridgeLogic if this was true]]], [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Austria would have noticed Italy's anatomy much sooner]]. Not to mention it's very hard to sympathise with a victim when you know that the logic behind the setup would have required them to have done the exact same thing themselves; doesn't by any means make it ''okay'', but it does mess with the impact somewhat.

* '''Russia:''' His is an... ''interesting'' case to say the least, as fans have given him all kinds of treatments on the broad specturm on both this trope, and the DracoInLeatherPants. In this case, it also overlaps with DieForOurShip. As pointed out there, Russia's the most likely character to be used as a stock antagonist in many, ''many'' fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him (though there ''are'' some that do), but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character and it's almost too easy to [[{{Flanderization}} crank up]] what's already there (namely, his being a StepfordSmiler, Yangire and PsychopathicManchild). Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, and even when Himaruya himself has pointed out that Russia is less "[[CompleteMonster super-evil]]" and more [[ManChild "childishly cruel and not fully aware of how mean he is"]]), people will [[NeverLiveItDown constantly iron out]] [[HiddenDepths every nuance]] of his character and forget about his [[DespairEventHorizon genuinely heartbreaking]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid backstory]] and [[PetTheDog his genuine affection for his]] [[FragileFlower older sister Ukraine]] to turn him into a CompleteMonster and [[MurderersAreRapists raping nutjob]] of the highest order.

* '''Germany:''' In WWII-centric DarkerAndEdgier fanfics, he is often shown as a DrillSergeantNasty power-hungry maniac who is obsessed with Hitler's ideology, tortures and rapes occupied nations (especially France or Belgium), and is completely sadistic. Sometimes [[MoralityPet Italy is capable of humanizing him]], [[LoveMartyr but often not and he ends up just as abused/raped/dead as them]]. This has become an UndeadHorseTrope: there are fics dedicated to pointing out that a lot of the people who the Nazis were responsible for killing were ''Germans'', that he mentioned in canon that he was having problems with [[AdolfHitler his boss]], and so on.

** There's also all the times he's potrayed as a DepravedBisexual who had sex with AnythingThatMoves, and sexually abused AncientGreece and AncientEgypt, the two female nations he fell in love with, because [[InsaneTrollLogic sleeping with a lot of women means he MUST be a heartless manwhore]]. (Which is [[FridgeHorror potentially worse]] if you go by the {{fanon}} theory that Grandpa Rome ''is'' the father of Modern Greece and Modern Egypt.)

** [[http://alderrancity34.deviantart.com/#/d4pa52s Called out by this stamp on deviantArt.]]

* '''Russia:''' Yes, in canon, Russia is a StepfordSmiler, {{Yangire}} and PsychopathicManchild. But fanwriters often go way ''too'' far with this. As pointed out in the DieForOurShip page, Russia's the most likely character to be used as a stock antagonist in many, ''many'' fics, not so much because the fanwriters hate him (though there ''are'' some that do), but more because he's the closest thing the series has to an "evil" character (even when Himaruya himself has pointed out that Russia is less "[[CompleteMonster super-evil]]" and more [[ManChild "childishly cruel and not fully aware of how mean he is"]]) and it's almost too easy to [[{{Flanderization}} 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!" ScarpiaUltimatum. Suffice it to say that while he's no saint in canon, people will [[NeverLiveItDown constantly iron out]] [[HiddenDepths every nuance]] of his character and forget about his [[DespairEventHorizon genuinely heartbreaking]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid backstory]] and [[PetTheDog his genuine affection for his]] [[FragileFlower older sister Ukraine]] to turn him into a CompleteMonster and [[MurderersAreRapists raping nutjob]] of the highest order.

* '''Denmark''': If there's a member of the Nordic Group that is likely to be portrayed as a total asshole in the fandom, it's Denmark. Sure, he can be pushy and HotBlooded and Norway [[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes hits him to keep him in line]], but that doesn't mean that he raped and beated the Nordics into submission and that's why they don't seem to take him seriously. He could've perfectly treated Belarus badly in Hetaween, but he cheerfully accepted to compete with her cosplay group -- shouldn't that be a sign that he ain't evil or a JerkAss?
* ''Everyone'' gets this by default in the popular PornWithoutPlot setup in which defeating another nation in battle requires the victor to rape them. Apart from the many, many {{Squick}} and FridgeHorror problems with this, [[FridgeLogic if this was true]]], [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Austria would have noticed Italy's anatomy much sooner]]. Not to mention it's very hard to sympathise with a victim when you know that the logic behind the setup would have required them to have done the exact same thing themselves; doesn't by any means make it ''okay'', but it does mess with the impact somewhat.

* '''America:''' In canon, he's a [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]], [[IdiotHero dense]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but ultimately good-hearted]] LoveFreak who can be a jerk to Canada or England but not ''all the time.'' When rabid Canada fans or militant England/someone-other-than-him shippers get a hold of him, however, he becomes a [[GlobalIgnorance completely stupid]] JerkJock who victimizes his [[SympatheticSue poor, neglected, sooooo pitiful baby brother]] or can't accomplish anything with England other than breaking his heart ''again'', or throws away all the proofs of affection that they've given each other in order to completely conquer the world and oppress it (double if they make England a PuritySue LoveMartyr as well).

* '''Russia and Belarus:''' Yes, they're a [[StepfordSmiler creepily smiling]] PsychopathicManchild and [[KnifeNut knife-wielding]] {{Yandere}}, respectively. But fans can still can go ''too'' far in characterizing them, especially if they forget about Russia's [[DespairEventHorizon heartbreaking]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid backstory]] and [[PetTheDog his genuine affection for his]] [[FragileFlower older sister Ukraine]] or that Belarus, while definitely [[LoveMakesYouCrazy love-crazed]], is much more of an [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless]] StrangeGirl than an indiscriminately AxCrazy murderess/rapist when she's not chasing Russia. In Russia's case, the emphasis on his Stalinist years and his fandom portrayal as a [[MurderersAreRapists rapetruck]] (with many people using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany#Soviet_Army History]] justification) has become something of a local UndeadHorseTrope, being loudly objected to by a sizable portion of the fandom and spawning parodies like Russia [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou raping tentacle monsters]].
** Russia still gets it far worse than Belarus. As pointed out in the DieForOurShip page, he has been used as a stock antagonist in many 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 (even when Himaruya himself has pointed out that Russia is less "[[CompleteMonster super-evil]]" and more of [[ManChild "childishly cruel and not fully aware of how mean he is"]]) and they find it all too easy to 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, and he would '''NOT''' play spiteful and monstruous {{Batman Gambit}}s to have a ridiculously derailed America, uhm, the whole world under his thumb while he happily bombs and/or tortures an ukefied England... er, one of the nation-tans ForTheEvulz.

** ''Really'', the fact that he [[KindheartedCatLover gets along well with Greece]], someone he doesn't even have a real historical reason to hang out with, should be enough proof all on its own that he's not some sociopathic bastard who cares only about himself. It also can't be a coincidence that almost all fanworks that invoke this trope with him the hardest never even mention Greece in passing relation to him and that the few {{Dark Fic}}s that ''do'' mention Greece have Japan ultimately be sympathetic or at least show some redeeming traits.

*** And according to them, the only reason Grandpa Rome loves Northern Italy in the first place is because ''he's sexually attracted to him''.

* '''The "Alternate Coloring" Characters''': A while ago, Himaruya released [[http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/4ka04.html a series of cards]] that included the Axis members and the [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] girls in alternate costumes, some of them looking more badass or snarky than their normal selves. Guess what: the fandom '''immediately''' pegged these alternate designs as {{Evil Counterpart}}s, AxCrazy {{Blood Knight}}s or blood-thirsty {{Yandere}}s who are [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the embodiment of the canon charas's evil tendences]] - at best they're Heroic Sociopaths, at worse they're {{Complete Monster}}s. This completely ignores how Himaruya has said '''nothing''' about them being different in personality from the originals, as well the UnfortunateImplications of a ''whole'' nation having purely evil/twisted instincts - and it's more often than not a cheap excuse [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation to have the nations go psycho on each other without any explanations]]. (Made even uglier when you realize that these people apply this to 2p!female-America... who is AmbiguouslyBrown, thus crossing into possible racism as well.)

* ''Everyone'' gets this by default in the popular PornWithoutPlot setup in which defeating another nation in battle requires the victor to rape them. Apart from the many many {{Squick}} problems with this, if this was true [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Austria would have noticed Italy's anatomy much sooner]]. Not to mention it's very hard to sympathise with a victim when you know that the logic behind the setup would have required them to have done the exact same thing themselves; doesn't by any means make it ''okay'', but it does mess with the impact somewhat.

* '''Canada''': Oh yes, believe it or not, even the [[ShrinkingViolet sweet]] [[DistressedDude unassertive]] NiceGuy is not immune from this treatment. As mentioned above, many of Canada's rabid fangirls have a terrible habid of putting his brother America down in order to glorify him into a [[SympatheticSue Sympathetic Stu]]. This phenomena has reached a point where it's actually costing Canada popularity points with annoyed circles in the Hetalia fandom. In particular, a good number of America fangirls who are sick of seeing America colored up as a JerkJock to make Canada look like a saint have issued their own retaliation. Usually, they'll exaggerate Canada's BewareTheNiceOnes moments (such as that one time when he seriously chewed America out with a three hour long TheReasonYouSuckSpeech) and turn him into a full fledged emotionally and verbally abusive BitchInSheepsClothing. While Canada does indeed resent his brother at times, he is shown to still care for him to some extent and their relationship is more or less normal between brothers (even if it is a little vitriolic, it's mostly played for laughs anyway).

* ''Everyone'' gets this by default in the popular PlotWhatPlot setup in which defeating another nation in battle requires the victor to rape them. Apart from the many many {{Squick}} problems with this, if this was true [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Austria would have noticed Italy's anatomy much sooner]]. Not to mention it's very hard to sympathise with a victim when you know that the logic behind the setup would have required them to have done the exact same thing themselves; doesn't by any means make it ''okay'', but it does mess with the impact somewhat.

* ''Everyone'' gets this by default in the popular PlotWhatPlot setup in which defeating another nation in battle requires the victor to rape them. Apart from the many many {{Squick}} problems with this, if this was true [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Austria would have noticed Italy's anatomy much sooner]]. Not to mention it's very hard to sympathise with a victim when you know that the logic behind the setup would have required them to have done the exact same thing themselves.

* '''Denmark''': If there's a member of the Nordic Group that is likely to be portrayed as a total asshole in the fandom, it's Denmark. Sure, he can be pushy and HotBlooded and Norway [[VitriolicBestBuds sometimes hits him to keep him in line]], but that doesn't mean that he raped and beated the Nordics into submission and that's why they don't seem to take him seriously. He could've perfectly treated Belarus badly in Hetaween, but he cheerfully accepted to compete with her cosplay group -- shouldn't that be a sign that he ain't evil or a JerkAss?

*** (God knows what we'll have to deal with if Armenia is ever given a nation-tan . . . . .)

* '''Japan:''' In canon, he's an InscrutableOriental who [[PerpetualFrowner rarely smiles]] or [[TheStoic displays extreme emotions]] but [[NotSoStoic *does* have emotions underneath it all]] and is actually something of a YamatoNadeshiko too once you look past his [[SugarAndIcePersonality social awkwardness]], being polite, soft-spoken, and patient even with patience-testing characters. Many fanworks, however, only [[NeverLiveItDown over-emphasize]] on his [[ImperialJapan imperial years]], portraying Japan as a BastardBoyfriend / {{Yandere}} / CompleteMonster whose character is only defined by backstabbing, abusing and raping China and his other siblings to MoralEventHorizon levels and leaving them traumatized for life, completely ignoring the modern day strips that show him being on at least relatively friendly terms with China and Korea and his modern day friendships with America, England and Greece.

** His treatment of Greece in numerous fics takes the cake, however. Greece abused as a kid or teen by Ottoman Empire!Turkey? Turkey raping Greece because he [[RapeAsDrama wants to teach him a lesson]] or [[RapeStockholmSyndrome can't control his urges anymore]]? All par for the course in Turkey/Greece fics, to such an extent that Greece sometimes gets caught up in this trope too, turning from a patient, laidback KindheartedCatLover who gets snippy only with Turkey to an angry, violent man who's bitter towards the entire world and has no patience for anybody he thinks is stupid (which includes nations other than Turkey), just so that the fanwriter can show how his relationship with Turkey is ''not'' a DestructiveRomance, even when Turkey is treating him worse than he ever did in canon, because Greece's ''always'' been like that and/or Turkey is the only one he shows his sweet side to. There is not enough room on this page to describe everything wrong about that.