Sure. When You Dont Express Your Position/opinion For A Long Time, You May Just Get Confused And Completely

Sure. When you donʼt express your position/opinion for a long time, you may just get confused and completely have no clue what to say when someone suddenly asks you to voice what you think about something. If you used to do what you were told without any disputes/arguments and will refuse to make decisions on your own; in this case you already will have the big problems with understanding what you want.

Yeah, because no one can be perfect, dear. Hm, “hurts his feelings without realizing”. If a person will not tell you, you will never know what he thinks about. I canʼt read your mind, you canʼt read mine, thatʼs what I try to say. And giving the fact that Matthew doesnʼt talk/say/tell/speak (too many words, meaning the same...) about himself- you get the idea. I donʼt blame Matyusha, never ever. But we both know that itʼs not only Fredyʼ fault, yeah? When you feel that a person makes you feel bad, you can (and have to) say about it. If you didnʼt he may unknowingly pour salt on your wounds over and over again.

(Thank you, it definitely cheered me up!! I also try to learn Spanish, but keyword is “try”, haha)

When Alfred makes Matthew laugh, Matthew lets out a little giggle and immediately tries to cover it up with a cough because he can’t let his “totally loud annoying obnoxious brother” know that he actually finds him funny.

When Matthew makes Alfred laugh, Alfred laughs. Even if it’s not that funny of a joke, Alfred will laugh hysterically like it’s the most hilarious shit he’s ever heard. And his laughter is loud and contagious so Matthew ends up laughing as well. So they’re both just there laughing like dorks at a joke that wasn’t even that funny to begin with.

(Also I have a headcanon that when Alfred laughs really hard he leans against people and will put his head on their shoulders)

Yeah, these two feel comfortable with each other.

When Alfie laugh so loudly, he kinda made Matthew laugh more than just giggle. I think he tries to help his brother overcome his shyness and made him shows emotions more openly.

Given the open and loud way in which Alfred shows emotion, this would be logical.

On the other hand, I donʼt think Matthew will show emotions in the same (or even simular) way. Do not forget that he is the "shadow" of America. Matyusha is modest and would not complain about his situation. And if he does, he will quickly change his mind. In addition, since childhood, he himself tried not to disturb others (even to his own detriment), because someone elseʼs comfort is a priority for him than his own.

A “complaint” is a senseless attraction of someone elseʼs attention and causing discomfort just for the sake of expressing dissatisfaction in something. And why should he do it? He does not want to disturb anyoneʼs comfort. Itʼs better just to be patient and endure.

(And sorry for my English, itʼs about midnight)

When Alfred makes Matthew laugh, Matthew lets out a little giggle and immediately tries to cover it up with a cough because he can’t let his “totally loud annoying obnoxious brother” know that he actually finds him funny.

When Matthew makes Alfred laugh, Alfred laughs. Even if it’s not that funny of a joke, Alfred will laugh hysterically like it’s the most hilarious shit he’s ever heard. And his laughter is loud and contagious so Matthew ends up laughing as well. So they’re both just there laughing like dorks at a joke that wasn’t even that funny to begin with.

(Also I have a headcanon that when Alfred laughs really hard he leans against people and will put his head on their shoulders)

You know, itʼs a bit funny when you speak a lot of another language and start to adopt/picking up some habits of native speakers. Like English-speakers often pronounce “Ivan” like “eye-van” when the correct pronunciation is actually “E-van”.

And sometimes I forget Iʼm Russian and I mess up his name... especially when I reading fanfics in English... I apologize, Russia

Now Iʼm trying to remember how to draw because I havenʼt done it for about two years. And I tried my best to make him blonde hair, honestly! I love to use black pencils too much, I admit...

Aww, his smile <3

Relationships between nations are a really complicated thing. They have a huge responsibility on their shoulders and they cannot build relationships and live like ordinary people. In order not to break down and not lose themselves, they can create a semblance of some kind of relationship between themselves. These weird relationships are hardly similar to what we have, but they help nations not to go crazy.

Some become so “attached” to each other that they will stick close even if they look like they're going to slit each otherʼs throats. Like France and England. Like Russia and America. On the one hand, they are tired of seeing each other, on the other hand, they have spent so much time together that they consider their “hurt-comfort” or “hate-love” relationship something natural.

I’ve always thought about why Francis taught Matthew to called him “papa” while Arthur told Alfred that they were brothers.

I suppose once personifications get colonies they have the power to create whatever relationship they want with that colony. And remember, they’re still “human” in a way. So most of them decide that they want their new colonies to have a sort of familial relationship with them.

Arthur went down the “older brother” path with his colonies because of his own older brothers. He grew up the youngest and wanted to be the older one for once. He was probably picked on when he was little and was under the impression that he would be a “so much better and nicer” older brother.

Also throughout history he was pretty terrible and cruel to his older brothers. So he kinda screwed up his relationship with them. I can see Arthur looking at Alfred, thinking that this would be his “second chance.” Ya he ended up screwing that up as well. Nice job Arthur.

Idk as nations familial relationships are just complicated. Imagine being someone’s older brother while also being their literal colonizer. But as beings who outlive any humans they meet, they’re really only able to make that sort of connection with each other. Because getting that close to any human will inevitably just lead to heartbreak.

I can go on a whole nother rant about how the nations are probably always battling with what it means to be a personification—with what they feel is their duty to their own people and country—and battling with just being human. Like humans they want to experience love and friendship and want families.

Arthur viewed Alfred as his little brother, but he also viewed Alfred as his colony. America was this child he loved cared for and America was this piece of land that he colonized and controlled.

Anyway I’ve made myself sad now.

Why, if Matthew is supposed to be older than Alfred, do they still look like twins?

In fact, Mattie should be older. In the 11th century, the Vikings sailed there. That is, Canada was discovered 5 centuries earlier than America. Isnʼt it?

I have an assumption that this is related to the population. Mm, like after Columbus sailed to America, European countries learned about this and began to colonize the North American continent. I heard that due to problems with the authorities/government in Spain at that time, Columbus was not recognized as the one who discovered America. Or something like this?

That is, of course, some have tried to colonize this continent before. Like the Vikings. But they did not succeed and lived on these lands mainly ... Hm, Native Americans, is that what you call them? And, apparently, due to constant fighting, the population did not increase.

When Europeans began to settle these lands, they almost completely exterminated the Native Americans. And I think for a while this prevented the twins from growing up. And after, more and more people came there and the population grew.

Even now Canada openly declares that it really needs migrants, they are the main workforce, and so on.

(I just found one of my theories about Matthew and Al which I wrote long time ago, so maybe someone will be interested)