as an Acadian from dieppe new-brunswick, i screamed when i saw frederic is moncton Acadian

hey to anybody reading this!
currently it is 2:12 AM, July 26, 2019. i am on a nostalgic binge. i am nineteen years old, a college dropout, and i have gone through so much shit in my life. safe to say, my life upon first reading this when i was like... 11ish? up to now has changed drastically. i know that writing this will benefit nobody but me, but i just want to leave this here because this fanfiction of all things has truly impacted my life in so many ways up until now. i can safely say even up to now, it is still one of my favorite stories ever written regardless of its origin as hetalia fanfic LOL. save the rave, whoever you are, im honest to god so glad you kept this up after all these years, and if you ever check on this account and read this i hope you know the impact youve made on peoples lives over such a silly thing such as this.
flashback. im 10 or 11 years old, i forget, but i stumble on this. i am just starting to understand depression. all my life i have always been an outcast. i was OBSESSED with hetalia. even till now, i look back on it in nostalgic awe. my last two serious relationships were with people i met through the fandom. though it is distant now, a lot of it has made me who i am today. matthew williams was my favorite character for quite some time, and this was mostly because i could relate to him so much. now have prhwatc matthew williams in a context i could truly relate to: a well-rounded character whos source material doesnt even begin to give justice to. hes suicidal. hes an artist. hes bisexual. hes struggling below the poverty line. all these things i could relate to. even now, though i forgot much of the story, i still relate to matthew struggling to make ends meet. i still struggle with arms full of scars. i still struggle with being diagnosed bipolar at 15 and all the meds that have messed me up. i struggle with trying to juggle multiple jobs. i struggle with not being able to go back to school though i wish i could go back and just fucking flourish. i always come back to this fic not just because of the excellent writing and witty banter and extraordinairy air that you were able to breath into these frankly stagnant and dimension-lacking characters, but because, like all great works of literature, it truly does paint a picture of the Human Condition. i know im being overdramatic. i know im being silly, this is hetalia fanfiction for gods sake, but fuck if im not high on reminiscence right now.
i just wanna thank you for introducing this fic. because of it, i started listening to hey rosetta-i still listen to them now. 'the simplest thing', which if i recall, is the song that alfred and matthew sang together on the piano or something is on me and my current boyfriend's playlist. i dont know if im allowed to say hes the love of my life yet, but hes definitely the alfred to my matthew, kinda. he isnt a lawyer with substance abuse issues but in a way, we have saved each other upon chance of meeting just like these two have. i started listening to city and colour. way back when too. him and alexisonfire are one of my all-time favorite bands. going through my old notes, i had a long list of quotes i saved just because i liked them. i have a couple here and there saved from this fic. i know that to everyone reading this because they too are on a nostalgic binge, though hetalia is probably way behind us, it really just makes you think about your past. what little things will stick with you, no matter how silly or cringey. i couldve died multiple times before writing this. but im here. and i hope that to everyone reading this, whatever youve gone through, things get better even if theyre still shitty. if youre still here on earth with us, well i find that just a damn miracle. i swear to god i never wouldve thought id be getting existential on such a stupid little fic but to me this wasnt just a stupid little fic. it honestly impacted my life and has stayed with me throughout all the inconsistencies and tragedies of my life. four addresses in the span of five years, getting into college, dropping out, the suicide attempts, the hospitals, the exes, the abuse, all of it-this thing has stayed consistent. i hope you are okay. if not, i hope you find it easier to breath soon. if i could ever personally talk to you, i totally would. you seem fucking cool as shit. i wanna thank you personally for writing this. im kinda sleepy now. anyways, im gonna reread this and cry. i love this fic so fucking much lol. i just want you and everyone who goes through these reviews to know that love is out there, that bad times are rough, but love is still an invincible force that will never be destroyed. im glad you all survived this far. im glad i survived this far.

I honestly can’t remember if I wrote a review the first time that I read this, but I just wanted to say that I love this fic! You have such an amazing gift, and I hope that you continue to nourish it! This is my favorite fanfic, (honestly it’s better than most books I’ve read) and I hope you’re doing well after all these years! Thanks for the amazing read. :)

reread after so many years... I hope you're doing well.

god I remember this fic so vividly. I got into hetalia when I was 12, so 2012. over the years I have entered and left the fandom (mainly because its a problematic series). however, I always come back to read certain fics I read during my middle school years that had a vivid impact on me (ages 12-14). I first read this fic back in 2013, when I was 13 and I was overjoyed because finding good amecan fic was rare (still is). I remember falling in love with this fic. now, im 18 and im in my first year of university. time goes by so fast. I decided to check on this fic to see how everything is going and unfortunately it is still not updated. however, this is not a jab at you, the author. I understand how life can get in the way of our hobbies or how we eventually grow out of our hobbies and move on. that's simply life. I just want to thank you for being apart of my hetalia experience, as cringy as it stands. I still cant believe im technically an adult and looking back at the favourite stories I read as a kid. its crazy. but im really attached to the stories, especially the characters. (I think some part of me is always going to be attached to matthew Williams).

It was Hungary and Vietnam! Do I still win? Do I? Probably not.

I don’t remember if I reviewed this before. Because I HAVE read this time and again.

I just wanted to thank you for writing such a wonderful story. Yeah it’s incomplete, but life gets in the way and sometimes you just can’t write abymore.

I personally find this story to be absolutely incredible. The story is so original, that all you have to do is change the characters names and you could publish this professionally!

I won’t ask you to update, if you won’t, than you won’t. I’m simply grateful to have discovered this incredible story.

Thanks so much!

I hope that one day you’ll finish this, but if you don’t, then I’m happy at what I was able to read. The story is really immersive, the characters were well written, and the romance was so awesome! Plus, the ocs you have here were actually really neat, it made me wish that they were canon, hehehe.

Anywhoozles, please come back to this story if you can. This was an entertaining read and I hope to see a chapter 39 in the future.

Have a nice day!Also, Matthew here probably identifies as bisexual.

Will this every be updated again? It's so good

Jeez, I'm so addicted to this story it's gotten to the point I can't even put my tablet down... ;~; I need to buy I can't. Help.

Americans don't celebrate boxing day, lmao but your writing is amazing!

I don't know if you re still on this website, but if it's one last thing you read on here, let it be this.
I don't know why you out your stories on hiatus. It could be personal reasons are something completely shitty. It's been a couple YEARS on INDEFINITE hiatus. I have little hope of you returning.

BUT LISTEN.

You put an astounding amount of effort into this story. You loved the amount of feedback and love you got for this story. Thirty eight chapters is a lot of writing and a lot of work. Someday, I hope to be able to do something like this. It would be amazing to write a story like this. I can see that a lot of people want more of this story, and I'll put it bluntly: It. Isn't. Fair. You set us up.

You have this amazing story ongoing for a while, then you drop it without warning. That isn't fair to your readers. I am disappointed. I really am. I would like to see an end to this story.

Maybe you're dead, and if that's the case, then sorry for being a bit of a bitch.

But seriously. If you're able to write, then do it. People want more of your work. To sum it all up: Get your shit together, please. Or give us an explanation because a story this great does NOT deserves to be abandoned.

Chris is still awesome. Prussia, you may have to sit this one out. Kudos to you, Author, for writing this fantastic character
Another thing: I love how utterly fierce you make Matthew. The reactions his looks bring and his comebacks are the best. In fact, this is the best I have ever seen Canada written.

I think I found Matthew's Lamp.
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And FRANCIS?! Oh boy. I can NOT wait to see this play out. Once again, you have amazed me with your genius. The grocery store scene, particularly where Matthew informs Gilbert of all the fucks he gives, was hilarious.

XD XD Another best part: "Now now. My goodies cannot be touched...' I had to read that scene a couple times over. Wow. I guess one could say that it was...magical.