CXIV: Last Hope

Characters/Pairings: America, England. US/UK if you squint.

Genre: Humour

Rating: K

Warnings: Human names used. A little bit of nerdery on my part.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own either Hetalia OR Star Wars.
I do, however, own my very own lightsaber. But I'm not giving it up, even if you decide to sue me.

"So, whaddja think, Iggy? Wasn't it awesome?" Alfred demanded as they left the theatre, bouncing up and down excitedly. Arthur looked over at him incredulously. Sure, the film had been good – far above what he'd expected of it, to be entirely honest (not that he'd admit it) – but Alfred's enthusiasm for the film was really quite excessive.

Then again, the boy never did things in halves.

"It was all right," he said off-handedly, shrugging.

"All right?" Alfred demanded, looking hurt. "All right? Look, man, Star Wars is the best movie ever, no lie –"

"Oh, really? Better than all those John Wayne movies? Or that Disney crap you profess to love so much?"

"Wha – hey! You like Disney too, don't even lie to me. Seriously, though, this movie blows 'em all away. C'mon, your guys even worked on this one – you gotta like it, Iggy!"

Arthur looked over at him witheringly. "It was reasonably good, Alfred. The soundtrack was a pleasant surprise, at the very least, and I will admit the special effects were good. The plot was rather cheesy, though," He sighed, "I mean, help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my last hope – what kind of trite crap is that? Honestly."

"Only hope, Iggy, it's "you're my only hope". Get it right," Alfred griped.

"Well, sor-ry, Mister-I've-seen-this-movie-far-more-times-than-is-healthy, if I can't get the wording right after only having seen it once," Arthur snarked.

"I've only seen it eight times! There're guys who've been here every weekend since it opened!"
"Oh, only eight times. You know, most people would be satisfied with once."

"Like you're any different, with that one show about that weird doctor guy!" Alfred protested.

"Excuse me?" Arthur sputtered. "Doctor Who is a brilliant programme, and you're just jealous that you have nothing quite like it!" he shouted, stomping off towards Alfred's car.

"Well excuse me, Princess," Alfred muttered, following Arthur and praying to whomever was listening that the British man wouldn't notice the bumper sticker proclaiming that his other car was the Millennium Falcon.

NOTES: Star Wars first premiered on May 25, 1977, and stayed in the theatres for the rest of the year (unless I'm entirely mistaken. Wikipedia isn't clear on this). I see Alfred as a very, very big fan of this series, for several reasons, the number one being this: http :/ / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Strategic_Defense_Initiative (remove the spaces to view).
You can't make this stuff up.

Doctor Who originally ran from 1963 to 1989, and enjoyed massive success in the UK. Arthur is a huge fan, and remains so to this day.

Arthur has never quite forgiven Alfred for Disney's interpretation of Peter Pan. In all honesty, Alfred's never really forgiven himself.
There's not one country in Europe - actually, maybe in the world - that hasn't wanted to kill him at some point for at least one of the Disney movies.

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