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About Me

I am a history nerd who is physically incapable of NOT telling stories, and therefore a diligent slave to the fanfiction community of the Hetalia fandom. If you want history packed with juicy nation drama, my stories are the right read for you. I just graduated (whaaat??) with a BA in Russian and International Studies. So I'm supposed to know what I'm talking about but the more you learn, the more you realize you don't know. I JUST FINISHED my so-called "self imposed thesis," Diamond in the Rough. I'm taking a bit of a writing break this year, but hopefully I should return to work on other stories in my headcanon universe as the inspiration comes :)

I am also on tumblr now; check out my blog for writing tips and other hetalia stuff! Url chessna2

Fanfics

Historical Series:

Venice of the North: A Love Story - 1796 (Russian Empire, Lithuania) - Complete, will be edited for historical accuracy.

To Hear You Laugh - 1918 (WWI, Belarus) - In Progress

Swastikas and Ceilings - 1941 (WWII, Hungary) - Oneshot

Don't Let Me Die - 1941 (WWII, Lithuania) - Complete

My Dearest Elizaveta - 1945 (WWII, Austria) - Oneshot

Auf Wiedersehen - 1945 (Post-WWII, Prussia) - Oneshot

Diamond in the Rough - 1952 (Soviet Era, Baltic States) - COMPLETE!!!!!

Oко за Oко - 1953 (Soviet Era, Belarus) - In Progress

Modern-day Series:

After the Fall - 1992 (Post-Soviet Era) - Oneshot

Friends Like These - 2014 (Ukraine Crisis) - Complete (?)

Learn To Love Again - 2020 (Future) - In Progress (?)

Fanart

Diamond in the Rough

An INCREDIBLE cover by @madamelotus:
https : / / www(dot)deviantart(dot)com/madam-lotus/art/Diamond-In-The-Rough-769315318

Chapter 8 by @zeawezumprussia:
https : / / zeawezumprussia(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/180798682710/yay-i-finally-finished-my-fanart-for-diamond-in

Chapter 21 by @megz-and-peaches:
http : / / megz-and-peaches(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/183602580931/he-didnt-bother-to-knock-pushing-the-door-open

Chapter 22 by @zeawezumprussia:
https : / / zeawezumprussia(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/181794846535/finally-finished-i-had-decided-on-which-scene-to

Chapter 24 by @madamelotus:
https : / / chessna2(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/181231418337/madamelotus-a-screenshot-based-on-chessna2-s

Chapter 27 by @madamelotus:
https : / / chessna2(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/182246138142/madamelotus-diamond-in-the-rough-what-germany

Chapter 29 commission by @reyook:
https : / / reyook(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/188898106005/really-glad-to-draw-the-illustration-for-chessna2

Chapter 31 commission by @kyuhu:
https : / / kyuhu(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/616749990284492800/chessna2-commissioned-me-to-draw-a-scene-from-her

Око за Око

Another gorgeous cover by @madamelotus:
https : / / chessna2(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/179525630922/madamelotus-a-sequel-fanart-to-this-one-which-is

Quotes

Anton Chekhov's The Seagull

“…Day and night I am held in the grip of one besetting thought, to write, write, write! Hardly have I finished one book than something urges me to write another, and then a third, and then a fourth—I write ceaselessly. I am, as it were, on a treadmill. I hurry forever from one story to another, and can’t help myself… Even now, thrilled as I am by talking to you, I do not forget for an instant that an unfinished story is awaiting me... I catch an idea in every sentence of yours or of my own, and hasten to lock all these treasures in my literary storeroom, thinking that some day they may be useful to me. As soon as I stop working I rush off to the theatre or go fishing, in the hope that I may find oblivion there, but no! Some new subject for a story is sure to come rolling through my brain like an iron cannonball. I hear my desk calling, and have to go back to it and begin to write, write, write, once more. And so it goes for everlasting. I cannot escape myself, though I feel that I am consuming my life… I begin to think that all this praise and admiration must be a deception, that I am being hoodwinked because they know I am crazy, and I sometimes tremble lest I should be grabbed from behind and whisked off to a lunatic asylum..."