Meet the Ships!

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Once upon a time, a many years ago, there was a little ship named Rusame. Spawned from the ever exuberant America, Rusame was a very loud, boastful ship, chewing off the ear of anyone who would listen. Her other half, the yandere half, warped her to become rather unpredictable and strange, leading her to possess a fondness for metal pipes and S&M. Above all, however, she was friendly, cheerful, and always had a smile on her lips.

Despite her outgoing and rather eccentric personality, Rusame was rather small, shy, and very insecure. While she would brag day in and day out about her dreams to become the biggest ship of all, a niggling doubt would always worm into her speech. Treasured friend and ally, USUK, would always be there to comfort her.

Don't worry so much, she would say gently. Everybody loves a love/hate relationship.

Just look at me! said FrUK with a toothy grin.

They'll adore you, Rus. Don't worry.

Reassured and content, Rusame spent her days drawing and writing her livelihood, anxiously awaiting the day they all would finally get to meet the fangirls. With the Cold War on my side, I'll be sure to get a large following, she would think, penciling away happily. I can't wait; USUK and I will be the best of them all!

The day finally came for the fangirls to meet the ships. The newcomers were first welcomed by the ever beautiful (and slightly naïve) Gerita before moving on to greet the non-canonicals. Rusame smiled and waved when the first few girls trickled over to her corner before they moved on to meet the others. Some even stayed by her side the whole time, already claiming her as their OTP! She just about cried from joy. The anime hasn't even premiered yet, and she was already an OTP!

All the while, the crowd surrounding USUK grew steadily larger, everybody wanting to shake her hand and be her friend. Rusame didn't mind too much, happy with her new friends and overjoyed that her old friend was becoming so popular so fast. Trying to catch her friend's eye, she waved, flailing her pipe around happily. USUK didn't notice her, but Rusame didn't mind.

The anime premiered, and Rusame couldn't ever remember being so happy. She would read The Chosen End every single day, look up doujinshis, and watch AMV's produced by her wonderful fanbase. Even the constant brawls and arguments with RoCho couldn't dampen her spirits. Week after week a new episode would premiere, and she would earnestly await the one that would declare her semi-canon. USUK was always there to support her. It's only a matter of time, she would say, clutching Rusame's hand eagerly. There's always next week.

And so Rusame waited.

And waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Axis Powers became World Series, and World Series turned into a two year dry spell of abandoned stories and WIP's. The few that declared Rusame their OTP in the beginning had already grown up and moved on, going to college or getting jobs, or leaving her entirely for new ships in other fandoms. Her size would dwindle smaller and smaller each month, until she was so petite that most people mistook her for a crack ship. Not a day went by that she worried about one day disappearing altogether.

But with the anime over, Rusame had lost all hope. USUK had abandoned her a long time ago, engorged by her mind-blowing success. Popular and radiating beauty, even SuFin wanted to be her friend. Life went on, and USUK grew more and more powerful. Try as she might, Rusame couldn't help but let her small heart grow green with envy.

She was never going to become semi-canonical now, and nobody wanted to associate with a crack ship.

As time wore on and the shipping began taking full effect, the OTP's found themselves changing with it. A day didn't go by that USUK and FrUK didn't erupt in a fierce argument, and Rusame would spend her days either spamming lewd pictures to RoCho or discussing memes with the young ship PruCan. Best friends turned into heated rivals, and once enemies formed steel-packed alliances.

The threat of war always seemed imminent.

It was only a matter of time before somebody took advantage of that.

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I have absolutely no idea where this came from. I just thought; if countries can have personifications, can the embodiments that ship said countries together have personifications too? The shis would be like a mix between a lovechild and the personality of the ship itself. I imagine Gerita being beautiful and compassionate but hopelessly naïve and stupid, whilst Rusame would be sadistic and still horribly insecure about herself. What do you guys think?

I also don't have anything against USUK, not really. I just prefer colonial!America and Mommy!England more than anything, so everything thing else is a bit too incestuous for my taste. XD

SuFin is the best, no matter which way you slice it.

(Oh, and if anyone wants to beta, that'd be great.)

In other news: WHY IS PRUCAN SO MUCH MORE POPULAR THAN RUSAME?! JUST—WHY?! Don't get me wrong, I adore PruCan, it's my Vice OTP, but COME ON, GUYS! DX