Maple :: Your Perfectly Normal Canadaphile

[Matthew Williams]

"Au font l'intelligence qu'on nous avait donnée
N'aura été qu'un beau cadeau empoisonné"

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Oh, introductions, how I fail at you… Let’s just jump into this and make it as painless as possible.

My name is Maple. Certainly, this isn’t my real name, but it’s the name that everyone accepts me by. It began as a childhood nickname, and it’s only grown over the years. I am a 21 year old College History Major, with a Minor in Canadian Studies and Fine Arts. That means that, yes, I am a theatre brat. I spend more of my time onstage under lights than I do off, and I love every minute of it. I, like many other theatre brats, am actually quite shy outside the setting on the stage. Such a fun polarity. I also have this odd passion for writing, and am in the midst of three separate novels (one of which will get me lynched, ugh).

I live in North Carolina within the US of A, at this moment in time. This is not to say I claim my status as an American. I actually pretty much keep out of American-related things, duck my head, and run. I’d rather blend in with my brothers up North, the Canadians. At this moment, I am in the process of finishing my History Teacher Degree and transferring up to Canada, where I will become a citizen of said dream country. Yes, you read that right. Dream country.

Anyway… Because it seems easier like this, I'm going to run down my introduction in a way I have before. Not because I'm lazy and like to copy+paste or anything..

Likes :
ღ Being onstage
ღ Canada (the REAL country, not just the character)
ღ History
ღ Pierre Elliott Trudeau (You will learn this WAY too well in the future)
ღ Learning foreign languages
ღ Studying
ღ Musicals
ღ Reading
ღ Traveling
ღ Writing
ღ Hockey (Canadian Teams Only. D: )
ღ Figure Skating
ღ Winnie the Pooh (Classic and Modern)
ღ Maple Pops and other maple syrup treats
ღ Paranormal Investigations
ღ Trains run on steam and coal ONLY.
ღ Snow

Dislikes :
✖ Bugs (such a girly issue..)
✖ Zombies (and yet I mod a Hetalia zombie role play…)
✖ Ignorant People…
✖ My computer making odd noises I doubt it should
✖ People dog-earing books
✖ People who don’t take care of their children the way they should..
✖ Creepy homophobes and/or closed minded people (and Baptist preachers, but…)
✖ People who won’t pick up after themselves (my family, pff)
✖ Braggarts

Maple is Afraid Of… :
☣ Spiders and other creepy crawlies, not limited to centipedes, beetles, “rolly bugs”, blue wasp-things, and bugs that swarm (ants, etc)
☣ Zombies
☣ Giant Squid, Jellyfish, and Octopus
☣ Windigos
☣ Men in biohazard suits and gas masks
☣ Air Raid Sirens
☣ Lightning Storms (the electromagnetic pulses give me migraines)
☣ Being left alone in unfamiliar places
☣ Extreme heights
☣ High-Populous Cities
☣ Really tall buildings (Empire State Building, etc)
(My fiancé said I needed to just shorten this to “everything”, but I’m REALLY not that bad. B|)

Hetalia :
❀ Favourite Hetalia Nation(s) : Canada, America, Russia and Ukraine. Austria too, ahaha.
❀ Favourite Hetalia Pairing(s) : My OTP of the series is Russia/America without any question. I love the dynamics, both the dark and the…kinda sweet moments they can have. Otherwise, I support America/Canada, Canada/Ukraine, and maybe UK/US on a forgiving day (but only in that order). I can ship Canada with just about anyone, however (France, Prussia, Russia, Germany, Netherlands… I can find an excuse for them all). He’s a nice bicycle. SO HIT HIM UP IF YOU WANT HIM, BB'S. Beyond Nation/Nation? I –love- shipping Nation/Human/Nation. Trudeau/Canada, America/Amelia Earhart, England/Elizabeth, Vladimir Putin/Russia/Medvedev… I’m an interesting little puppy, I swear.
❀ What drew you to Hetalia? : A friend of mine on LiveJournal was talking about the series and all-but threw it into my face. About the time I found out what it WAS I dove straight in and watched, like, twenty episodes in a row. The webcomic soon followed and…well. I was hooked. I think it’s the history major in me.
❀ Role Playing Experience with Hetalia? : To be honest, prior to here and two other locations, I have mostly been playing America for people, at their request. I always wanted to really stretch my Canada’s legs, because I know Canadian history SO much better than I do my American, but… I never got the chance to. No one wanted historically-accurate Canada either (they all wanted moe-Matt and not the one I like to play).

Other Things! :
✮ Although I’m not perfect, I understand German pretty well (at least, well enough to hold a conversation outside of the classroom with my teacher, even if it is mostly comprised of insulting one another – But, hey. My German name he gave me was a famous prostitutes name. << It’s what we do). My French is…lacking. So my fiancé fills that gap for me (he’s studying it). My Quebecois? Er. It certainly leaves something to be desired, so forgive Canada if some of his Quebecois…blows.
✮ I do not type in American English. My grammar and spelling is based off European English, meaning “colour”, “favourite”, and “theatre” are not misspelled. Please don’t tell me they are. D:
✮ I got to drive a steam and coal engine for my 21st birthday. Sure, it was at a theme park twenty minutes from my house (check out this site to see the place. Yes, it’s a totally real engine), but it’s been my DREAM for eighteen years.
✮ I absolutely adore Winnie the Pooh. I own the entire collection of books, my calendar is Pooh-themed (Classic Pooh, fyi), I own MOST of the Hundred Acre Wood Plushies (mostly classic, but some new), own EVERY episode of Pooh released on VHS when I was a child, own the movies, and intend to decorate my child’s nursery with Pooh. I even directed House at Pooh Corner at my college for the Children’s Theatre. /sad.
✮ Pierre Trudeau is my hero. No questions about it. I own four books (Two are biographies, one is his Memoirs, and one is his selected writings), one six hour documentary (that my fiancé had to suffer through), a poster he made for me, 20MB of images on my harddrive, AND am bidding on autographed images at this moment. He means a lot to me, and I will blither on for hours about him if you’re not careful. Hours.
✮ I live on a farm, and have always lived on farms my entire life. Yes, we’re talking cows and stuff like that. A farm. As such, I don’t live close enough to town for them to give me high-speed internet, so… I’m on dial-up. Responses may be slow and lag due to THAT fact alone. Plz to be forgiving. D:
✮ My favourite song is "Plus Rien" by Les Cowboys Fringants, and I may use it in reference. A lot.
✮ I love making friends! If you want to contact me on here, that’s fine. I also have messengers I may be reached at. Any of the following will do you nice :
[e-mail] OR [e-mail]
[e-mail]
AND on Skype, it’s also : littleredmaple

Anyway… I think that’s Maple in a nutshell! I look forward to playing with all of you in the future… I don’t bite (I kinda ooze syrup from time to time, though), so don’t be afraid to hit me up to play. C:

-Maple ｡ ◕‿◕ ｡

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"Really the intelligence we were given
Was but a beautiful poisoned gift"

- "Plus Rien" - Les Cowboys Fringants

[Antonio Fernandez Carriedo]

Hi I actually read everything.

Lots of words.

If I were a zombie I'd bite you first.

jkjk hi : ))

Also, yay! Another German speaker @u@ Although it's my 3rd language soooooOoooOOOOo.

I ENJOYED READING.

[Emiliana Guadalupe de León]

Another history major. *A*

And you'll be transferring to Canada? NNNNG. LUCKY. THAT'S MY DREAM. Well, no. It's more of "fleeing to Canada" but close enough.

And Baptist preachers, g-geh.

COME. LET US BOND THE NORTH AMERICAN WAY.

[Matthew Williams]

@ Spain : Haha, I didn't think it was very long, to be perfectly honest -- You should have seen how long other introduction posts were on the community this is originally posted on.

B| NO BITING ME, YO. And haha, I wish my German was really good, but... Eh. My accent is spot-on, apparently -- But I can't speak TOO much. I can get by, but I'm no native yet. c:


@ Mexico : Wait. You want to flee to Canada AND you're a history major too? I-I love you.

YES, WE ARE BONDING THE NORTH AMERICAN WAY NOW. -EMBRACE-

[Erik Berge]

Long intro is long <3

HALLO THERE CANADIAN. And oh, I was a little surprised at first when you said your name was Maple XD How fitting that would have been! Anyways, whoa, college. I feel so youuuuuung. :I As for novels, that's awesome! I've tried to write a novel, but patience isn't my forte and whoa too many changes in ideas! How far along are you on them out of curiosity?

Most of your likes are my likes! FIG-URE SKA-TING. <33 Ohhh myyy gooosh~ So freakin' jealous. Can you figure skate, or is it just a like? For myself, I'm love with it, but being in a desert state, we obviously lack the resources besides an expensive ice rink on the other side of town.. As crazy as it may sound, my favorite part of the Winter Olympics is men's figure skating.. aha. Yes. Strange. And Winnie the Pooh is actually adorable!; although, I sadly have to say that I'm not nearly as fond of the newer ones.

You also seem to have excellent taste in pairs ma'am, as I can't disagree with a single one (Oh wait.. Well, one, but that's besides the point xD) USxAmelia Earhart!? FFFFT.. That sounds amazing o.o <3 I wasn't aware nations were ever paired with humans!

Long reply is long D: I apologize.. Anyways, better wrap this up! You sound awesome, German language FTW (and a wie geht's to you~), if I heard an air raid siren I would probably dance around in joy then realize it was a bad thing, and I hope to RP with you in the future~ OH. WHAT. I realized Erik and Mathew are roommates, along with Emi. *is slow* Alrighty then. XDD Well, I forgot what else I was gonna say, HAVE FUN DEARIE AND STAY CANADIAN :U

[Matthew Williams]

Haha, my name might as well be Maple. My teacher's in college even call me by that name half of the time instead of my real name (which is Jaime, by the way -- The "mispelling" creates the French name meaning "love". I like it better than the American one meaning "supplanter". Supplanter = boring). And MOST of you make me feel so...OLD because you're such 'lil kids in comparison. It's kinda adorable. <3

Ah, novels aren't too hard, if you can settle down and get the drive to DO them. Um. Each one of mine I'm at different lengths with... One (the main character is a spiritual medium who has created a contract with the demon Mephistopheles to serve as her spirit guide) is... A few chapters in. I have to be in a pretty particular mood to write Torrey well. She's... Well. She's a hippie. Her Father is universally high, so... Sometimes it's a strain to write. XD Two (main character is a paranormal investigator/hunter -- I know, THAT character archetype is so damn overused it's not even funny. The plot isn't run-of-the-mill for that type of genre, at least) hasn't had many chapters written, but Jezebel has received more side-work (small pieces of inspirational fiction, LOADS of in-depth character work, etc).
The third piece (the one that would get me lynched -- it's about the story of the Archangel of Death, Azrael, who was written out of Christian folklore. Because 90% of it is taken straight from mythology, it's not been hard to come up with ideas for his past. Just his present) hasn't had as much work done at all. He's had a lot of research (I have whole notebooks full of details, clippings, images, etc) done, but not much writing. WHEW. SORRY ABOUT A NOVEL THERE TOO. XD;

Oh! I'm glad to find someone else who loves Figure Skating! I'm totally the same with what I watch the Winter Olympics for too, btw. Men's Figure Skating and Men's Hockey. THAT'S IT, BB. As for doing it? I skate some. I'm obviously no Evgeni Plushenko, but I like it. I don't get to go much, though, because the nearest rink to my home is over an hour away. :c
I agree about the Pooh thing too -- I'm all for my old stuff, but as it's creeped into the modern age? Some things have changed too much. The voices are finally changing too, and it makes me sad to realize why.

Oho, which one do you disagree with~? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY? And yeah, the Nations are often paired with humans! There's an entire LJ community devoted to just that -- Mostly France/Joan of Arc, however. Which is wonderful and all, but I miss others. The Kink Meme was chock-full of them too, which was where some of my personal ships came from. <3

I'LL TRY TO STAY CANADIAN, PROMISE. SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD.

damnit, i wrote another novella here for you guys. fffffff

[Erik Berge]

Oh my gosh no way XD I always wondered what it would be like to have a crazy nickname like that! Well, not crazy, but you know what I mean? I'd be too afraid to say "Oh call me this!" in fear that people won't really do that :I That's amazing though~ A-and I'm not that young! D: Well, yeah, kinda. I wish I was older though, with that freedom and being on your own kind of stuff!

And yeah I guess if one really is committed, then anything can really be done? I just happen to have a limited amount of muse, and I generally put it into role-playing. As for your novels.. I hope to get at least one of them done. Seriously. The first one interests me most! XD Just so different from what I've read or heard of so far, and the whole idea of her being a medium, haha~ I love that kind of stuff. <3 Sadly though I'm not knowledgeable to know what half the words describing your second idea mean, but the idea of Azrael is also a big pot of awesome. :I If they went after you for that, I would be your lawyer XD Writing a lot is good! (For the most part. I can't consistently do it; it fries my brain as you can well imagine.)

I'm so glad I didn't just get a 'wtf' response for the figure skating. I swear, not a single one of my friends ever got what I was talking about when I was talking about Plushenko's face when he found out he got second place. :I (<-- something like that XD) I was heartbroken! And some skating is better than none? I can hardly stand.. and that was a few years ago.. But on the other note, modern times usually end up ruining or altering classics, so, sadly no surprise there D: Is Christopher still there? o.o Goodness he.. he'd be old by now! (I don't watch the recent ones as I said so..)

.. Dear me I'm writing too much again xD Forgive me, but it just happens, haha. I hate to reply with two sentences, especially in roleplay! I have to meet their word count or I feel that the other person's effort is wasted.. Er, as for the pair, that'd be USxCanada. :x I'm not one for incest. At all. I know how adorable it is but my brain just screams no >.o But anyways, I must know of this LJ! It seems so cooool~ FrancexJoan of Arc seems like something that belongs in an epic novel o. o Someone seriously has to make a doujin of that. <3

GUT. o/ FFFFT.. AND TRUE. BUT STILL. OHHH CANADA ~