Round 01: Denmark vs. TNRC

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MY FIRST ENTRY FOR

It's a global fighting competition between countries, who are anthropomorphically represented by people, from a series "Axis Powers Hetalia", created by Hidekaz Himaruya.

I am Denmark, and for the first battle (theme: "cuisine, cooking and national foods") I am fighting the Turkish Northern Republic of Cyprus.

Uuuummmmmm... yes, Denmark is attacking TNRC as.. a... danish.... wait, WAIT, hold on, I got it covered! *shoots self*

But seriously, I will try not to make puns my regular weapon of choice in these battles. <.<" I just figured that for this first round I should draw something that people will get a good laugh out of _[hopefully]... this was also inspired by 's question as to whether danishes (as in the pastry) actually came from Denmark. ... I will confess that I have not inquired into this question. However, it did inspire this short little crack comic to come into existence.

In my defense, I DID read up on actual Danish foods - and I must say that even though I was somewhat petrified by Danish cuisine choices, I am also thoroughly excited to try some in the near future. 8O (The "Sol over Gudhjem" actually looks very pretty ^^) And I totally get the whole thing about the rye bread, the "rugbrød", and how Danish people in countries all over the world are sad that they can't find it anywhere outside of Denmark - as a Russian, I am used to a specific type of bread, and unfortunately, I have been very disappointed to not find anything similar to it in the United States. D:

I am also excited that we have very similar words for "meatball" in Danish and in Russian. : D

But, cultural lessons aside for a moment, I must say that after, what, two-three days of slaving over this, I am so happy with how this came out. D8 I don't think I ever put this much effort into both the characters and the backgrounds (HOORAY FOR CRAYOLA PENCIL BACKGROUNDS! : D). So, um... I usually have comments on it, but I think I am so DONE working on this piece that I can't possibly come up with anything to say. |D

FEEDBACK AND CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ARE WELCOME THOUGH (and much appreciated, actually). I wasn't sure how to illustrate the surprise and impact in panel two, so I just kind of settled on the red lines going whichever way. <.<" I'm not sure how it worked out, but I don't think it looks too terrible, so I'll leave it at that (not that I'd be able to fix it anyways X'D).

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Axis Powers Hetalia and all likeness (c) to Himaruya Hidekaz
Artwork (c) to PaperclippedMime