CHAPTER XXIV – Quick Stuff to Get Out of the Way
I have been getting a few requests ever since the last chapter, but most of them wouldn't be enough to fill an entire chapter. Horrible, right? Totally. So in case you guys want to know what's going on, I'm going to give you a whole buttload of information that won't fit an entire chapter. That's the only middle ground I can suffice.
/= "The Mafia / Police / War Soldier" requested by Anony and lightwolfheart =/
The Mafia is a crime syndicate that had come around during the nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy, swarming over the Americans during the Roaring Twenties and still exist both there and in Canada to this day. Originally created to fend off the French during the Napoleon era, they continued on to go against the government of whatever they're in and love nothing more than to make money. Think corrupt businessmen. It's to the point where the Fascist leader Mussolini wanted to get rid of all of them.
Despite how the Mafia work, they are extremely loyal to each other, or "the Family" as they like to call it. Their loyalty reaches toward the boss or the leader and will always be there whenever the boss needs them, even if the family needs him even more. And beyond that, the Mafia respect the wives of their men and are extremely strict to make sure that they are highly protected. Mafia men could only be ones from Sicilian blood who was pure Italian and can be proven through paperwork.
On the off chance that one of the Italian brothers end up being a Mafia gangbanger, it's more reasonable for Romano to be this character. Sicily is located in Southern Italy, and it's in Hetalia canon that Romano owns his own mafia (though no one really pays attention to him…that's a good plot device). If anything, the alternate version of Italy (which I like to call Valerio) should be the Fascist side and be the complete enemy of the Mafia Romano. I like to call Mafia!Romano Luciano, but it's all you.
In terms of "Police" and "War Soldier" fictions, this can go one of a couple of ways. Most people portray them as heroes playing their stereotype: proud of their jobs and willing to do everything to support the people. The other side is the realistic side: post-traumatic stress disorder inflicted, and unable to really work in society. This is usually portrayed during the World Wars (the second one is the popular choice), and usually includes either America or Germany in human form. The story usually has letters being thrown around, and someone's usually dead. At least, that's as far as I know.
/= "Gloria Hetalia" requested by pokemon56476 =/
Gloria Hetalia is yet another one of the Hetalia fan games in existence. Heck, it was so popular it had a name for the damn committee that was making it: Gloria Hetalia Game Manufacture Committee (then again, there's an entire Hetalia group on deviantart creating a game, so I digress). The storyline is basically what would happen if our past had a fantasy setting: Italy Veneziano is training to be a white mage in a Catholic church. He has a bodyguard known as Germany, but he feels like he can't do his true duty because he cannot bring Italy's true wish: "to be free in the world".
One day, Germany decides he's going to do just that and tries to sneak Italy out of there. However, Prussia comes in and intervenes, saying that Italy is a threat to the world…just because he's "the Son of God"…and there will be no Jesus references here. Germany doesn't get any of that and vows that he'll free Italy later. The demo of the game-that-never-finished ends there, but further notes state that Romano does in fact exist as Italy's brother, though his powers rely on the souls of the dead (think Kikyo here). Both of these children got their powers because their grandfather Rome was a great man and this was the gods' gift to him.
In other words, if you want to figure out the plot at all (which apparently doesn't have an ending yet), think Tales of Symphonia. Or the sequel. Or at the very least Chrono Cross. One of the two.
What makes this game rather interesting is that the fan game itself at least supports the HRE / Germany theory, as Germany could also be referenced as HRE (and is actually called that a few times during the demo). What makes this even more interesting is that Himaruya liked this demo, and actually drew fan art of the game. The fact that the picture shows a rather mature Holy Rome just adds fuel to the fire of the "theory".
/= "The Color Police" requested by Nami Uchiha 1313 =/
The Color Police is a fan art meme. That's all there is to it. It's really nothing more than the nations in a police uniform of a certain color to symbolize a "team". For some reason, I can't find pictures of this anywhere. And I really want to figure this out. But for your sake, the people that are here, I'm going to post the list up.
Red Police (Spain)
Orange Police (Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
Yellow Police (China)
Green Police (North and South Italy)
Blue Police (America)
Purple Police (Russia)
Pink Police (England)
White Police (Japan)
Navy Police (Norway)
Turquoise Police (Turkey)
Olive Police (Greece)
Gold Police (Egypt)
Black Police (Germany, Prussia, and Austria)
Violet Police (France)
/= "Native Anything" requested by dsffv =/
It's a somewhat interesting belief among some Hetalia fans that the nations we come to love so dear is a representation of the people on it, not the actual land itself. This could be referenced by the fact that nations can die despite the fact that the landmass still stays the same. As a result, the thought of "mother and father nations" usually comes to mind. For America, his parent is usually a mother and Native American. This is usually focused on the fact that there are some nations that are rather young despite the fact that they had people long before the European nations started snooping around.
The main focus when it comes to mother nations is of course the Roman Empire and usually Native America. Few focus on Germania, but there's a chance that there's a nation known as Europa, which exists as the entire European continent. As you may already have figured out, China and Japan are excluded for having a mother form, mainly because they're the oldest of the nations.