[eleventh fragrance] video/text

[bauhinia]

[ Hello, Discedians. It's been far too long since we had Drawing Adventures with Hong Kong, hasn't it? Since we're overdue for more, here we go. This time, it's a special occasion!

Okay, it's a little past due, but Hong Kong had a few other things on his mind when this was relevant. So now you get to go on a lovely adventure with him.

And… if you're a young'n, you might want to look away. Pretend this is a picture of bunnies and butterflies frolicking through a field of pretty flowers!

What it actually is, is some slightly questionable artwork of… England.

Yeah, Hong Kong is that shameless. He already got Japan, so his not-dad is apparently next on The List.

The first of these is a lovely and mostly subtle image of England with Portugal. Well, you'd only know that if you know Portugal, because most of the features are obscured, except for one or two key ones. C'mon, there's so much… UST.

No, there's no UST like the next drawing. The two kings of UST, no matter what France says about America. This is the best one, because it has the most attention to detail (and is probably the most explicit, since France would surely like that). Following that is one of England with Spain, though this one is again a little sketchy. Hong Kong doesn't really hang out with Spain a lot.

Or ever, really.

There's a definite pause here, like he's trying to decide what next. Oh, how about lady France? She was pretty cool. He considers lady England, but first, that's almost too much, and second, she'd probably find a way to kill him dead. Sorry dad, he's way more afraid of her. :'| ]

happy birthday. any other requests?

[ Isn't he just. So beautifully cryptic. ]

Comments

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

[ . . . ]

You mentioned wars, fought over you.

[video]

[bauhinia]

Yeah, I did. You wanna hear about that?

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

I do.

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[bauhinia]

Well, the first time wasn't over me exactly, but when China and England duked it out and China lost, he gave me to England.

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

... He gave you away?

[video]

[bauhinia]

Yeah. In a treaty, when he surrendered, I was part of the deal.

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

What a ruthless thing.

Do you hate him?

[video]

[bauhinia]

No, I know he felt like he didn't have a choice. I was pretty young then too, I didn't really understand what was happening.

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[eyeforaneye]

I'm sure it caused you to grow up quickly.

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[bauhinia]

I dunno, what do you think? I act pretty immature, don't I? [ "Act" being the key word there. ]

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

About small things.

[video]

[bauhinia]

[ He raises one brow just slightly. ] You think? Not the big stuff?

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

You're calm right now while we're talking about something difficult, aren't you?

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[bauhinia]

Maybe I'm just too used to talking about it.

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[eyeforaneye]

It doesn't seem like something that would get brought up often.

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[bauhinia]

In 170 years, it's come up a few times. It's history.

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[eyeforaneye]

Repeating it many times does not change what happened.

So you left your home?

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[bauhinia]

No, that's for sure.

Yeah, I did. And I went to live with England, for nearly 160 years.

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[eyeforaneye]

Ah. That loud guy you drew pictures of?

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[bauhinia]

Yeah, that's him. He pretty much raised me.

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

... And yet you still drew that kind of thing?

[video]

[bauhinia]

It'd be really hard to explain everything, but let's just say this is the nice way of dealing with him.

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[eyeforaneye]

That is not an appropriate thing to do, regardless, when it comes to family...

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[bauhinia]

I haven't lived with him for nearly two decades. [ He sort of shrugs. ] Like I said, it's hard to explain.

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[eyeforaneye]

That does not make it better. [ Okay it makes it a little better but not much. ]