It's a significant part of my headcanon for this guy WRITE IT there needs to be more Australia fic.
I did not know that. /reads reads reads. Reminds me of my favourite little tidbit of Australian/Russian relations ever. Late 1800s, Russia used to stop by Australia every now and then for a ball, stock up on supplies, generally be friendly and creepy. However, tensions were high between him and England at the time so England was all paranoid like "HE'S PLANNING AN INVASION WTF STOP INVITING HIM IN FOR DINNER!" And then once a Russian warship arrived at Sydney and the garrison there couldn't greet them with gunshots like they normally did, because they were out of gunpowder. And England's like "What would you have done if they attacked?!" and Australia just shrugs and points to his spider collection while England starts furiously throwing gunpowder and forts and stuff at him.
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I did not know that. /reads reads reads.
Reminds me of my favourite little tidbit of Australian/Russian relations ever. Late 1800s, Russia used to stop by Australia every now and then for a ball, stock up on supplies, generally be friendly and creepy. However, tensions were high between him and England at the time so England was all paranoid like "HE'S PLANNING AN INVASION WTF STOP INVITING HIM IN FOR DINNER!" And then once a Russian warship arrived at Sydney and the garrison there couldn't greet them with gunshots like they normally did, because they were out of gunpowder. And England's like "What would you have done if they attacked?!" and Australia just shrugs and points to his spider collection while England starts furiously throwing gunpowder and forts and stuff at him.