CHAPTER VIV – Creating the OC Human

[NOTE: This chapter should only be viable if your human OC is actually going to interact with the nations in terms of them being nations. If you are doing a fanfiction concerning the nations being robots, please reference the LoliDictator manuals and use the same process you use for normal OCs in that case. If not, keep reading.]

What's rather interesting about Hetalia canon is the lacking amount of human heads rolling around. Think about it: if you're not of historical reference or not being in the background, humans are rather rare in the Hetalia clips. In those terms, individuals such as you and I are benign compared to the AWESOMENESS that is the Hetalia cast.

Now before I continue, let's just say that before you start writing with your human OC you have to figure out which canon you're going to write in. In Hetalia canon, everyone in the world knows that the nations have human forms and can have a casual conversation with them (albeit while still confused on what they really are…which is different from knowing that they exist). If your OC is going to be in Hetalia canon (which apparently most fanfics rarely are in that Hetalia canon), then most of the things that I mention later on can be ignored, though some things will later have to be referenced because they are usually all the same.

/~ Grazing Them in the Halls ~/

Most fan fictions that have human OCs usually focus on the Historical canon: our version of the world, where we don't have a human version of our country running around and eating all our hamburgers (or do we?). As such, the Hetalia cast ends up obtaining strange traits that weren't present to them in the Hetalia canon. Many people probably realized what they are by now, but for those of you who are just reading this and don't want to think right now, I'll be more than happy to spell it out for you. Feel free to interpret what I'm saying however you want it:

Majestic Aura- All right, thinking about that does make you wonder why I said that. I mean, Germany definitely can be majestic, but…America being majestic? Doesn't that sound odd? Yes, it does sound odd to you. But it sounds odd to you, the Hetalia fangirl, and not you, the normal average human being living on the planet. Think of the nation as a celebrity you meet on the streets: you can't quite place your finger on who exactly they are at first, but there is that strange feeling of awkwardness.

Mystery- It's going to be one of those questions you can't find yourself answering at first. This is going to add as a bit as a movie cliché as the magnet: you barely know this person, you haven't even talked to them, and yet for some reason you can't help but be drawn to them. You weren't looking for them, and yet you were looking for them all along.

Your Mileage May Vary- Depending on the individual, you're gonna get different results. If he's your nationality, you're going to feel it in your heart. If he's part of your heritage, you're going to feel it in your blood. The bigger it is a part of you (70% German, 45% French, all that good stuff), the stronger the feeling. If you're proud of your nation from the depths of your heart, you might accidentally say that you're in love with them. Sexuality is going to be majorly questioned at this point. And if for some reason you hate the country for any reason whatsoever, expect some random fits of rage around them. Smacking might be involved.

Seeing as how the nations are on a completely different ball park as you, the only general thesis of this is that they're going to make a hell of a first impression on you, the human being.

/~ Talk to Them! ~/

So if these nations rarely talk to humans, how in the world are you going to get them in the same room and engage in casual conversation? Well, seeing as how the nations technically have to engage in casual conversation in order to survive in the modern world (think of the fact that nations apparently don't work at all stores), they're bound to bump into each other one of these days…and even if the nations are working at a place just to have a nation talking to another nation (take the part where Germany's doing espionage in that French restaurant that France apparently worked in), workers are going to talk to them. Here's the common ways I've seen them.

Family Ties – This usually works when the person's parents are working for the government, and even then the person should be rather high in the government rank. Usually that would be reserved to a President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Prime Minister, and something at least that high. In that case, the human might already know that the nation is in fact a country in human form, and this is the rarest of the choices people do…usually because it might accidentally make someone a Mary Sue, or because no one knows how to write being the son/daughter of a politician.

Helping Out – The character is in trouble, and the nation comes to help them. Or it could be the other way around, a human helping a nation. In the latter case, it might be quite rare but a great plot to explore. Why would someone be after the nations? Could they be the center of a strange plot? Great stuff. In that case, it could be a great example of being at the right place at the right time, making the whole thing quite coincidental.

The Infamous "MPreg" – Well, it doesn't HAVE to be MPreg, but it's an option a lot of people do. The bottom line here is that the human is actually a product of a nation having a child. MPreg is just to count for the fact that this option is being explored (though I have seen an incidence where Hungary and Austria had a child), but you can quickly say that the nation slept with a woman and produced a child. This can be confusing seeing as how many fanfics talk about how the male nations are "sterile" to prevent this sort of thing from happening. On the off chance this does happen, the child most likely becomes human. The rare chance here is that the child actually becomes a representation of something, but again, this is rare.

If you're doing the nation sleeping with a woman to produce a child and yet are still trying to promote a pairing with that said nation, you're going to have to find a rather good explanation without going all out and saying "yeah, he's straight". Let me tell you something: some people have accepted it, but if you're going to say that Germany had slept with a woman and made a child without thinking of a male nation, then you just told the world he's straight. If you like that, you won't get too disturbed by the reviews going "D:"

Psychic Connections? – This is ungodly rare, and for good reasons. First off, it makes your character look Mary Sue if anything looks wrong. But if done right, it makes your character rather important. Why would a nation try to talk to you? Do they need you for something? This could usually be done through blood connection: if your nationality and/or heritage is in your blood, a nation could talk to you through that. Another thing may be that you're the reincarnation of someone historical; in that case, you better do your homework on that person.

Worse comes to worse, they just bump into each other and say hi. Nothing too big, eh? Nations are still technically human.

/~ Secret's Out ~/

There's a difference between "nation being friendly to a human" and "nation telling human their secret". In the Hetalia canon, they won't go out of their way to say it even though the humans have a small clue on what they are. In historical canon, the thought doesn't even cross our minds and we're going to be rather surprised to learn that it's 'true'. Heck, we might as well doubt it the first time they say it.

Don't be surprised when I tell you that the nations aren't too willing to tell someone that they aren't, well, that human. Seeing as how the humans seemed to know of them beforehand, I would assume that the humans knowing of the nations stopped somewhere around World War II. Seeing as how Hitler loved the black magic, I wouldn't be surprised if he tried doing some of that to replace Germany as the new representation of that land (in fact, that's a bit of my headcanon). Because of that, no nation is going to tell anyone everything on the first go. You're going to have to butter them up first, even if you are the reincarnation of, say, Lincoln. And by golly, god forbid you're the reincarnation of Hitler (or maybe you could do that. Nice tension in the beginning, and is a great plot to state that all people could in fact be redeemed if pushed hard enough).

So what nation would be most likely to tell you everything? This will usually be done in a slip-up by said nation for no nation really wants to tell someone their secret even if bribed a bajillion of anything. I'm going to provide you a list of what I would assume would do a slip up, but anything goes really.

France – Both of the canon comics that had humans with this question all included France, and with good reason. France will hit on anything and anyone, and on the off chance they spend a night together that said person might end up figuring out too much…if France doesn't bail on them. He is a big-brother image to people, so he'll be the more sensible of the ones who tell you the truth.

Italy Veneziano – Italy Romano might be on the list, but he's a bit more troublesome to work with. Veneziano is a perfect example of someone who'll slip up and blurt out anything with a little pressure. Heck, he'll be the one most likely to tell you if you save his life (on the off chance you're doing the story plot where you save the nation), and will be the most trusting of the human. Maybe. If the whole "Fascist" thing doesn't become a problem.

America – He's an online gamer who can't keep his mouth shut. He's constantly yelling in a McDonalds the order that he gets for the day. He'll trust any American with his secret if you butter him up enough. Americans, he says, trust each other in the end, and that's a vow he'll take. Racial tensions may play a part here, especially now with the Arab-Americans. He'll still trust them…just not as much.

Any of the Micronations – Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if all the people living in said micronation already know of these guys' existence. They didn't have enough time of existence to start doubting the people around them. Though if I had to say it, Sealand and Seborga might already have their doubts, and the principalities already have the big nations telling them the whole thing. The really small micronations (Wy, Ladonia, Molossia) might not have enough problems to know that you can't tell a human. Maybe, though this is up for debate.

Who's more likely to clam up and never trust you if you knew their secret? Again, this is up for debate, but here's a list of those I might assume might not want you to know.

France – France is the double-edged sword in this case. He's been around humans, he's dated a human before, and he lost them all the same. He wouldn't want to suffer the same problem again. So even though he might tell you the truth, he'll probably want nothing to do with you to lose you all the same. Seeing as how he's dated Jeanne D'Arc and it's canon that she reincarnated, it's possible to write a fanfic about her finding out the truth and living with it.

Germany – I will not be surprised if Germany came out and said that he had never trusted a single human being in his life. This doesn't even have to go with my headcanon; people had to distance themselves from humanity in order to pull off the Holocaust without the high regret that I've expected to see in him. He's basically suffering from the aftereffects of being the nation that did something so inhumane, so maybe avoiding humans is the best thing he got. He'll most likely won't like to talk to you, will be rather awkward of not talking to you if you're female, god forbid if you're Jewish, god forbid if your grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and god bless his soul if you are in fact the reincarnation of Hitler.

China – Being over 4000 years old can bring great isolation. Sure, he might have had human friends before, but being old for so long basically means that he can't trust a human for too long before knowing that he's going to lose them. In his case, he doesn't want to get too close to people because he knows the end result is going to be the same. He might have to be coaxed just a little bit.

All the other nations are somewhat in the middle: all up to human interpretation. If everyone thinks the same way about a nation, I just might add them to the list. But if you really want to add to the majestic image of the nations, just never tell the human what the countries are. France sure as hell didn't go into detail to the two humans they were talking to, and one of them was the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc!

/~ Wait, We Need a Plot? ~/

In some cases, the human meeting a nation is a one-shot in itself, but what if you want something more than that? Well, it's perfectly acceptable to write about a human's perspective about a country (hell, that's the basis for most angst fics I've seen), but if you want something more positive or plot-relevant then I got a few ideas you could all ignore.

Child of the Nation – A human has a country as a parent. It's a common theme, but it also involves the child trying to figure out who the nation is exactly, and the nation contemplating if he/she should take out a few years of their working lives to raise this said child, even though they're going to lose them in the end.

Conspiracy – This goes hand-in-hand with the plot above this. People out there love the thought of immortality, and if you're going for the generic bad guy they'll most likely see the nations as their ticket to that goal. These humans may very well find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, and forced to save a person and may in fact save the world.

Apocalypse – When the end of the world comes, nations go insane and fall apart as their governments dissolve into chaos. Soon, they end up being the enemies, and they hunt humans for no reason just to survive. This is perhaps the only time nations are the enemies of humans.

That's really all I can come up with, but no one really needs a big plot, for the mystery of our cast is all any human needs.