1. To start with, England is OLD. He is not some whiny pissant of a 20-something year old, he's a nation and has over 1000 years on him. Thus, I try to keep in mind the enormous amount of history that the country has when I write him, rather than simply sticking to the occasionally 2D personality he's given by the anime.
2. This is particularly important when writing confrontations and when he's falling into bed with people all over the place - British. Sodding. Empire. I never understand the people who make him a whiny and subby submissive because come on guys, this man commanded the largest empire that the world has ever seen.
3. The way he speaks. This has been something that has come into it more recently as I've been roleplaying and writing him more and more, but England as a country has a very wide variety of dialectal words and phrases which are seen to be quintesentially 'British', so things like 'sod off' and 'bloody hell' are almost required for his vocabulary. Not to mention that British cursing is just plain hilarious :D
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Date: 2011-03-02 03:43 pm (UTC)1. To start with, England is OLD. He is not some whiny pissant of a 20-something year old, he's a nation and has over 1000 years on him. Thus, I try to keep in mind the enormous amount of history that the country has when I write him, rather than simply sticking to the occasionally 2D personality he's given by the anime.
2. This is particularly important when writing confrontations and when he's falling into bed with people all over the place - British. Sodding. Empire. I never understand the people who make him a whiny and subby submissive because come on guys, this man commanded the largest empire that the world has ever seen.
3. The way he speaks. This has been something that has come into it more recently as I've been roleplaying and writing him more and more, but England as a country has a very wide variety of dialectal words and phrases which are seen to be quintesentially 'British', so things like 'sod off' and 'bloody hell' are almost required for his vocabulary. Not to mention that British cursing is just plain hilarious :D