You can skip this if you want.
This just explains why I chose to write Norway the way I did. So if you have a problem with the way I write something, come here if you want an answer as to why. And if your question isn't answered, talk to me, I'll be glad to explain/get critique.
I'll keep this short.
People typically write Norway as tsundere and indifferent towards Denmark. He's sarcastic, cold, and not very fluffy. He doesn't show emotions. While I don't disagree that he's like this, there is more to him than just that.
Just like all people, Norway isn't perfect. He falters; he's had rough times. And I don't think he's the same indifferent man that people think that he is. When you brush so close to chaos, chaos becomes you. In my headcanon, the Kalmar Union was not a nice place in the later stages before it collapsed. I don't think Norway would act like he wasn't affected by it. He was obviously affected by it. It made him the stony cold person that we know him to be. It still haunts him. It always will.
The same goes for his happiness.
He can be fluffy. He can be open and happy. He can act like a child. He's not one-faced. I argue that Norway is one of the most multi-faced characters I've ever dealt with. There is so much complexity to him that I fully don't understand it, honestly.
Norway can be broken. He can also be rebuilt.
I think that some may take my characterization of Norway is OOC. I wanted to write this to defend that I don't think that's the case, or at least explain why I think that way.
If you put someone under intense pressure, their personality changes dramatically. Put someone who was in that state into a time of happiness, and their personality changes. Their entire being can change.
Take a dip into insanity and the darkness that surrounds it. Recover. And you come out the same person in essence, but you're different. You're not afraid to be who you are anymore. You are whole. You'll carry mental scar tissue all your life. But you're finally at peace, even if you are far from perfect.
I know this because it happened to me.
It happened to Norway.
It happens to many of us.
Let me tell you a story.
Let me tell you the story of a man, his chosen silence, and the positive and negatives of his past and present.