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NAME: Lithuania
CANON: Axis Powers Hetalia
CANON POINT: May 2013
AGE: appears ~19, is actually ~1000-2000 depending on where you start counting
APPEARANCE: click
PERSONALITY: Lithuania is gentle and patient--maybe even a pushover at times, prone to placation and compromise, willing to and able to endure a great deal. However, beneath this is a proud, stubborn nation, comfortable with himself and his duties. He's the young, cautious, chivalrous knight all grown up.
Just about anyone first meeting Lithuania would find him incredibly easy to get along with. Lithuania is very polite and friendly, willing to help out when he can. He seems to have near-infinite patience when it comes to most people, and certainly tries to see the best in those around him. And, it should be stated, he really is like that. It's just not all of him.
Lithuania is introverted. Most of the time, however, you won't know this. Lithuania is old enough to know how to handle a social situation in spite of it often exhausting him, and as such of the three Baltics Lithuania is the best at dealing with people smoothly. Still, he's prone to sneaking off on his own to wind down, and most of his hobbies are solitary, quiet ones.
However, he's not perfect. Lithuania is prone to distraction and impulsiveness at times. Often he'll be off daydreaming in the middle of a conversation and end up blurting out something he doesn't mean for the other person to hear--usually something far more blunt and rude than he'd ever intentionally tell them. They're not untrue things, though; he's more likely to accidentally offend someone he dislikes, which doesn't make the situation much better.
Lithuania's patience and optimism regarding people is well-known. Poland is often bossy and difficult to get along with, but Lithuania somehow manages to maintain a friendship with him. Lithuania also maintains a crush on Belarus. While she strikes others as obsessively interested in Russia and terrifying besides, none of this seems to even register to Lithuania, even when she's breaking his fingers. Indeed, when Lithuania wants to see the good in someone, he will see it near-exclusively, past the point where others would give up.
That's not, to say, that he is actually a pushover. He does have that first impression, and he is willing to bend on various matters to make things easier. Really, though, he's quite proud, and there are things he will not budge on. When these limits are reached, Lithuania becomes much more difficult to deal with--often he will go out of his way to make things more difficult. Push Lithuania too far and he will fight you and not stop until he's gotten what he wants or he literally cannot fight. This doesn't always express itself as a physical attack, although it can; Lithuania is patient. If it seems as if he isn't fighting when he should be, he's waiting for opportunity.
Hanging over a lot of this application is the matter of Russia, who held Lithuania for hundreds of years, both as Imperial Russia and Soviet Russia. While he's free now, his time with Russia was not pleasant for him. He's scared of Russia, and for good reasons. Soviet Russia, especially, was not the most stable or gentle. Lithuania acted as something of a cross between maid and personal secretary for Russia (often Lithuania is seen in the strips trailing behind Russia with various papers), and while he did not enjoy any of this, there was little he could do at the time (of course, he did try; Lithuania was known for being quite rebellious throughout his occupation). It's little wonder, then, that Russia will cause shaking and nervousness. Lithuania's dealings with Russia are a bit complicated; there is a lot of anger and resentment there, but whether or not Lithuania will say he hates the other nation depends on the day and his mood.
Poland is also of importance in Lithaunia's personality and history in general. They've been neighbors for hundreds of years, and once they shared a Commonwealth between them. Poland is pushy and bossy, but Lithuania is patient and forgiving. Still, that's not to say they always get along. Saying they argue like an old married couple might not be entirely incorrect: when they do get into fights, and it does happen, they're often very dramatic ones. Poland is proof that Lithuania's patience is not actually limitless, but he's also proof that Lithuania is capable of a great deal of forgiveness at times. While they aren't as close now as they were once, they are still friends, although it's more a matter of Lithuania and Poland the people being friends, rather than Lithuania and Poland the nations. Lithuania is much less likely to put up with Poland's bossiness lately, and so this does lead to friction between them. Still, when they're not dealing with politics and serious issues, they can spend time together doing silly, inconsequential things. Still, Poland is very good at making Lithuania worry.
Worrying, incidentally, is something Lithuania does often as a general rule. He often complains of stomachaches, and these are a direct result of the stress of worrying about nearly everything. He can be rather fussy when it comes to people he cares about, even mothering at times, and when he decides something needs to be done he's going to worry about it until it's complete. It's when he's worrying about things he can't fix that he starts to make himself sick, and it often expresses itself in compulsive cleaning or general bursts of activity. Lithuania doesn't like not being able to do anything about his problems.
All of this does point to a person used to going out and accomplishing things, and this is never better-expressed than on a battlefield. Lithuania has what's best described as an "aura" during a fight. His normal mild, somewhat nervous attitude changes to one that's confident, in control, occasionally even vicious. Raising morale and leading an army into battle are things Lithuania can do as easily as breathing, and it's hard at times to believe he's the same person. It's the greatest expression of Lithuania's proud nature. He has a strong sense of duty to his people that guides everything he does, and a fight is a very clear, simple expression of this. He fights with all he has because his people need him to fight.
Indeed, duty and loyalty are very important to Lithuania. As a country he has been through a great deal of hardship, and in this time he's become very aware of what's important to him. He is willing to forgive because once someone has endeared themselves to him he will remain loyal. He has a very well-worn set of priorities that he adheres to. It's not something he thinks about at this point, it's just what he does.
Lithuania has been through a lot of difficult, troubling things. However, he isn't one to dwell on that sort of thing if he can avoid it. Sure, he worried about things that might happen or are happening, but he does believe in the future. Lithuania believes very strongly that if you endure and push and fight for it, things will get better. In times of trouble, this is what he falls back on--he will endure this, and it will get better. Whatever may happen, Lithuania will endure.
Lithuania's gentleness and pleasant nature is in part a result of this: you can't be miserable all the time. That's letting your enemy win, too, in a way. Lithuania can find happiness in bad places. That's not to say he's happy with the surrounding situation, simply that he won't allow the situation to take control of him.
Lithuania is indeed quite proud. Not selfish or mean, but he believes in his people and therefore in himself. It's why there are things Lithuania will not stand for: his people deserve happiness, he deserves what he has fought for, and he will not stand to see that taken unjustly. He will react very strongly to that sort of thing, and he will do what he believes is necessary to take back what he lost.
Lithuania is not a large country now, but there was a time when he was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe. Lithuania fought hard to reach that, an urge born out of his desperate need to defend his people from the attacks that were coming on all sides. Lithuania as a tribe became Lithuania as a country because of this; he formed a Commonwealth with Poland for similar reasons. His own feelings don't matter as much as those of his people.
At times Lithuania takes action that could be called selfish, and maybe it is. It's not a matter of selfishness, though; it's duty. Lithuania will serve his people above all else, and he doesn't hide that fact. If Lithuania does something that could be considered selfish or ruthless, it is because he has decided it's what his people need. It's not that Lithuania's moral code rearranges itself for his people, it's that Lithuania's highest code is "I will serve my people to the best of my ability".
Lithuania is the oldest of what could be called a trio: himself, Estonia, and Latvia make up the Baltic region currently. Occasionally they are mistaken for siblings, but they aren't really; if you were to call them anything, it would be cousins. And for quite some time they were more like strangers than anything, usually polite but occasionally clashing. It's the Soviet times that really taught them to work together as a group and support each other in gaining independence. Lately they have a great deal of interconnected systems, and even though Latvia is a bit lonely, Estonia would rather be considered Nordic, and Lithuania's often distracted by Poland, they'll be there for each other when it counts; they've learned there are times when they have to be.
Overall, Lithuania is a very nice person, easy to talk to and friendly to just about everyone, if rather nervous and unsure. Beneath this, though, is a confident nation when it comes to knowing what he wants. He's fought to get what he has, and he's proud of that, though there's no need to be rude about it. He's always thinking about how to increase and maintain happiness, which leads to his worrying. Still, he's very close to normal as far as nations go, and he's a good friend to have.
PROJECTED CLASS: I believe Lithuania's best fit is the paladin class. While knight would probably be more thematically appropriate as far as class names go, paladin fits Lithuania's style in a far better manner. Paladins fight with swords, are quicker on their feet, and in general seem to be more closely matching Lithuania's philosophy and style.
OTHER: N/A
CANON: Axis Powers Hetalia
CANON POINT: May 2013
AGE: appears ~19, is actually ~1000-2000 depending on where you start counting
APPEARANCE: click
PERSONALITY: Lithuania is gentle and patient--maybe even a pushover at times, prone to placation and compromise, willing to and able to endure a great deal. However, beneath this is a proud, stubborn nation, comfortable with himself and his duties. He's the young, cautious, chivalrous knight all grown up.
Just about anyone first meeting Lithuania would find him incredibly easy to get along with. Lithuania is very polite and friendly, willing to help out when he can. He seems to have near-infinite patience when it comes to most people, and certainly tries to see the best in those around him. And, it should be stated, he really is like that. It's just not all of him.
Lithuania is introverted. Most of the time, however, you won't know this. Lithuania is old enough to know how to handle a social situation in spite of it often exhausting him, and as such of the three Baltics Lithuania is the best at dealing with people smoothly. Still, he's prone to sneaking off on his own to wind down, and most of his hobbies are solitary, quiet ones.
However, he's not perfect. Lithuania is prone to distraction and impulsiveness at times. Often he'll be off daydreaming in the middle of a conversation and end up blurting out something he doesn't mean for the other person to hear--usually something far more blunt and rude than he'd ever intentionally tell them. They're not untrue things, though; he's more likely to accidentally offend someone he dislikes, which doesn't make the situation much better.
Lithuania's patience and optimism regarding people is well-known. Poland is often bossy and difficult to get along with, but Lithuania somehow manages to maintain a friendship with him. Lithuania also maintains a crush on Belarus. While she strikes others as obsessively interested in Russia and terrifying besides, none of this seems to even register to Lithuania, even when she's breaking his fingers. Indeed, when Lithuania wants to see the good in someone, he will see it near-exclusively, past the point where others would give up.
That's not, to say, that he is actually a pushover. He does have that first impression, and he is willing to bend on various matters to make things easier. Really, though, he's quite proud, and there are things he will not budge on. When these limits are reached, Lithuania becomes much more difficult to deal with--often he will go out of his way to make things more difficult. Push Lithuania too far and he will fight you and not stop until he's gotten what he wants or he literally cannot fight. This doesn't always express itself as a physical attack, although it can; Lithuania is patient. If it seems as if he isn't fighting when he should be, he's waiting for opportunity.
Hanging over a lot of this application is the matter of Russia, who held Lithuania for hundreds of years, both as Imperial Russia and Soviet Russia. While he's free now, his time with Russia was not pleasant for him. He's scared of Russia, and for good reasons. Soviet Russia, especially, was not the most stable or gentle. Lithuania acted as something of a cross between maid and personal secretary for Russia (often Lithuania is seen in the strips trailing behind Russia with various papers), and while he did not enjoy any of this, there was little he could do at the time (of course, he did try; Lithuania was known for being quite rebellious throughout his occupation). It's little wonder, then, that Russia will cause shaking and nervousness. Lithuania's dealings with Russia are a bit complicated; there is a lot of anger and resentment there, but whether or not Lithuania will say he hates the other nation depends on the day and his mood.
Poland is also of importance in Lithaunia's personality and history in general. They've been neighbors for hundreds of years, and once they shared a Commonwealth between them. Poland is pushy and bossy, but Lithuania is patient and forgiving. Still, that's not to say they always get along. Saying they argue like an old married couple might not be entirely incorrect: when they do get into fights, and it does happen, they're often very dramatic ones. Poland is proof that Lithuania's patience is not actually limitless, but he's also proof that Lithuania is capable of a great deal of forgiveness at times. While they aren't as close now as they were once, they are still friends, although it's more a matter of Lithuania and Poland the people being friends, rather than Lithuania and Poland the nations. Lithuania is much less likely to put up with Poland's bossiness lately, and so this does lead to friction between them. Still, when they're not dealing with politics and serious issues, they can spend time together doing silly, inconsequential things. Still, Poland is very good at making Lithuania worry.
Worrying, incidentally, is something Lithuania does often as a general rule. He often complains of stomachaches, and these are a direct result of the stress of worrying about nearly everything. He can be rather fussy when it comes to people he cares about, even mothering at times, and when he decides something needs to be done he's going to worry about it until it's complete. It's when he's worrying about things he can't fix that he starts to make himself sick, and it often expresses itself in compulsive cleaning or general bursts of activity. Lithuania doesn't like not being able to do anything about his problems.
All of this does point to a person used to going out and accomplishing things, and this is never better-expressed than on a battlefield. Lithuania has what's best described as an "aura" during a fight. His normal mild, somewhat nervous attitude changes to one that's confident, in control, occasionally even vicious. Raising morale and leading an army into battle are things Lithuania can do as easily as breathing, and it's hard at times to believe he's the same person. It's the greatest expression of Lithuania's proud nature. He has a strong sense of duty to his people that guides everything he does, and a fight is a very clear, simple expression of this. He fights with all he has because his people need him to fight.
Indeed, duty and loyalty are very important to Lithuania. As a country he has been through a great deal of hardship, and in this time he's become very aware of what's important to him. He is willing to forgive because once someone has endeared themselves to him he will remain loyal. He has a very well-worn set of priorities that he adheres to. It's not something he thinks about at this point, it's just what he does.
Lithuania has been through a lot of difficult, troubling things. However, he isn't one to dwell on that sort of thing if he can avoid it. Sure, he worried about things that might happen or are happening, but he does believe in the future. Lithuania believes very strongly that if you endure and push and fight for it, things will get better. In times of trouble, this is what he falls back on--he will endure this, and it will get better. Whatever may happen, Lithuania will endure.
Lithuania's gentleness and pleasant nature is in part a result of this: you can't be miserable all the time. That's letting your enemy win, too, in a way. Lithuania can find happiness in bad places. That's not to say he's happy with the surrounding situation, simply that he won't allow the situation to take control of him.
Lithuania is indeed quite proud. Not selfish or mean, but he believes in his people and therefore in himself. It's why there are things Lithuania will not stand for: his people deserve happiness, he deserves what he has fought for, and he will not stand to see that taken unjustly. He will react very strongly to that sort of thing, and he will do what he believes is necessary to take back what he lost.
Lithuania is not a large country now, but there was a time when he was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe. Lithuania fought hard to reach that, an urge born out of his desperate need to defend his people from the attacks that were coming on all sides. Lithuania as a tribe became Lithuania as a country because of this; he formed a Commonwealth with Poland for similar reasons. His own feelings don't matter as much as those of his people.
At times Lithuania takes action that could be called selfish, and maybe it is. It's not a matter of selfishness, though; it's duty. Lithuania will serve his people above all else, and he doesn't hide that fact. If Lithuania does something that could be considered selfish or ruthless, it is because he has decided it's what his people need. It's not that Lithuania's moral code rearranges itself for his people, it's that Lithuania's highest code is "I will serve my people to the best of my ability".
Lithuania is the oldest of what could be called a trio: himself, Estonia, and Latvia make up the Baltic region currently. Occasionally they are mistaken for siblings, but they aren't really; if you were to call them anything, it would be cousins. And for quite some time they were more like strangers than anything, usually polite but occasionally clashing. It's the Soviet times that really taught them to work together as a group and support each other in gaining independence. Lately they have a great deal of interconnected systems, and even though Latvia is a bit lonely, Estonia would rather be considered Nordic, and Lithuania's often distracted by Poland, they'll be there for each other when it counts; they've learned there are times when they have to be.
Overall, Lithuania is a very nice person, easy to talk to and friendly to just about everyone, if rather nervous and unsure. Beneath this, though, is a confident nation when it comes to knowing what he wants. He's fought to get what he has, and he's proud of that, though there's no need to be rude about it. He's always thinking about how to increase and maintain happiness, which leads to his worrying. Still, he's very close to normal as far as nations go, and he's a good friend to have.
PROJECTED CLASS: I believe Lithuania's best fit is the paladin class. While knight would probably be more thematically appropriate as far as class names go, paladin fits Lithuania's style in a far better manner. Paladins fight with swords, are quicker on their feet, and in general seem to be more closely matching Lithuania's philosophy and style.
OTHER: N/A
SAMPLES
FIRST PERSON SAMPLE: here
THIRD PERSON SAMPLE Lithuania wasn't entirely certain what he'd expected out of "guild missions", but guarding someone's garden wasn't it. It wasn't even a particularly well-maintained garden, in Lithuania's opinion--though maybe he'd arrived at that decision only after the fourth or fifth hour of leaning against the fence observing it. Of course he'd been polite enough about accepting the job; the other options for his rank seemed about the same quality, so he doubted anyone else with his level of experience was having a more riveting time.
The carrots were so unevenly spaced, though, and it was starting to bother him a lot more than it really should be. He had the sudden, ridiculous thought to reorganize the plot of land entirely, but somehow he didn't think transplanting dozens and dozens of plants a few inches to the left or right of where they already were would be appreciated, even if the work would have given him something productive to do.
The rustling sound in the bushes not far off, therefore, is enough to draw his full attention. Nothing has happened for hours--maybe someone really was coming to steal cabbages or maim the cucumbers?
It was a rabbit. Which he could have expected, really.
"Go on, shoo," Lithuania said, sounding a tough exasperated in spite of himself. The rabbit, meanwhile, ignored him entirely--sparing him a wary glance before taking cautious inches toward the vegetables. "Hey! Go on, go get food somewhere else!"
Lithuania took a few steps forward and the thing ran off, finally. His adventure for the night, apparently. Maybe he'd wasted it too quickly. After making sure there wasn't anything else in the bushes waiting for his inattention, Lithuania returned to his previous post and drew his sword. The weight was familiar, even though this sword wasn't one he'd used at home. It was--interesting, to put one to common use again.
Not that he'd be getting into many fights worth using it with bunnies. Still, he began going through a few simple moves, fighting the air with ease and familiarity. A stab there, a sweeping strike here, a dodge and a shuffling sort of block--Lithuania's mind filled in his imaginary partner's steps and he reacted accordingly.
So he didn't notice the next rabbit until it was almost at the carrots. That was why he'd ended up tripping over the fence and landing face-first in the dirt. But that did scare the rabbit away.
THIRD PERSON SAMPLE Lithuania wasn't entirely certain what he'd expected out of "guild missions", but guarding someone's garden wasn't it. It wasn't even a particularly well-maintained garden, in Lithuania's opinion--though maybe he'd arrived at that decision only after the fourth or fifth hour of leaning against the fence observing it. Of course he'd been polite enough about accepting the job; the other options for his rank seemed about the same quality, so he doubted anyone else with his level of experience was having a more riveting time.
The carrots were so unevenly spaced, though, and it was starting to bother him a lot more than it really should be. He had the sudden, ridiculous thought to reorganize the plot of land entirely, but somehow he didn't think transplanting dozens and dozens of plants a few inches to the left or right of where they already were would be appreciated, even if the work would have given him something productive to do.
The rustling sound in the bushes not far off, therefore, is enough to draw his full attention. Nothing has happened for hours--maybe someone really was coming to steal cabbages or maim the cucumbers?
It was a rabbit. Which he could have expected, really.
"Go on, shoo," Lithuania said, sounding a tough exasperated in spite of himself. The rabbit, meanwhile, ignored him entirely--sparing him a wary glance before taking cautious inches toward the vegetables. "Hey! Go on, go get food somewhere else!"
Lithuania took a few steps forward and the thing ran off, finally. His adventure for the night, apparently. Maybe he'd wasted it too quickly. After making sure there wasn't anything else in the bushes waiting for his inattention, Lithuania returned to his previous post and drew his sword. The weight was familiar, even though this sword wasn't one he'd used at home. It was--interesting, to put one to common use again.
Not that he'd be getting into many fights worth using it with bunnies. Still, he began going through a few simple moves, fighting the air with ease and familiarity. A stab there, a sweeping strike here, a dodge and a shuffling sort of block--Lithuania's mind filled in his imaginary partner's steps and he reacted accordingly.
So he didn't notice the next rabbit until it was almost at the carrots. That was why he'd ended up tripping over the fence and landing face-first in the dirt. But that did scare the rabbit away.
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