Prussia

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Prussia is a supporting character in Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint it, White and Hetalia: Axis Powers (anime).

In the years 2007 and 2008, Himaruya gave some characters human names, and Prussia received the name Gilbert Beilschmidt (sometimes mistakenly known as Weilshmidt). In fanon, he usually shares his surname with Germany, since they are blood-related brothers.

Appearance
Full Article: Uniform Guide: Prussia

Prussia bears little resemblance to his brother Germany, largely due to the fact that he seems to be albino. Overall, his complexion is pale, with his hair being a silvery white colour and his eyes red, sometimes including added purple on the lower iris (but these attributes do not necessarily give him a menacing aura). His hair is short and straight and not carefully styled like his brother's, and he asymmetrical bangs. His most commonly seen uniform is similar to Germany's but a shade of darker blue, complete with an Iron Cross necklace. Prussia is also most times seen accompanied by a small yellow bird, in such a way that it's like a unique accessory. The bird is often referred "Gilbird", and sometimes sports a small hat, presumably given to it by Prussia.

Character Summary
Classically known for being the type to enjoy banter and quarrels for reasons other than power alone, Prussia is rather energetic, egotistic ex-nation who has shown his habit of breaking the fourth wall and fuming over how he’s not given enough screen time. His ego is “world-sized”, to the point where he refers to himself almost exclusively as “The Awesome Me” or “The Awesome Prussia” (or “Ore-sama” in the original Japanese scripts. While directly untranslatable, it can be taken as the above mentioned). This love of himself did not seem to die down at all after his home and status as a nation was dissolved, but he’d still do almost anything at all to regain the title, despite acting almost indifferent.

Prussia can be described as “unexpectedly fairytale-like” if one was to look past his initial rough-around-the-edges personality; being serious, strong and diligent, yet having an unshakable sense of loneliness no matter how many friends he surrounds himself with. Despite claiming to enjoy his apparent loneliness, it can drive him to tears upon seeing other couples interacting and has left him rather bitter, though he strongly denies it. He also has a fondness for cute or soft things and people. He enjoys drinking himself to the point of losing consciousness, messing with Austria, remembering his old bosses at their peaks of powers, and the likes.

Despite seeming like a bit of a hooligan and having a “not gonna do anything” face, Prussia’s known to be very precise and tough. It is said that after he grew strong enough to leave Poland’s custody, he worked hard and became a superpower, enforcing training regimens that were so harsh and strict they were almost like torture. Also, ever since Prussia was first formed as the Teutonic Knights, he would write an entry in diary about what he did, how awesome he had been that day, and what the others (namely Hungary and Austria) had been like. Apparently, he’s never missed a day, and thus has a large library filled entirely with his past records. He uses them from time to time to dig up past mishaps concerning the others. As a child, he grew up around Hungary (whom he thought was a boy up until he groped "him" and felt her chest) and their relationship was always rather tough. He had a tendency to pick fights with her and Austria, once even going as far as to harass Hungary with his "crotch cloth", trying to fix her wounds with it. While he would often pick fights for no reason and throw all of Europe into chaos, he was the one who took the initiative to unify the Germany states and create the young Germany, his "little brother".

Nowadays, he’s shown to help out a lot with Germany’s work and at meetings. Because of this, the standard cycle that happens after a nation’s status is taken away and their country dissolved (being, they stay idle for a few centuries [or, in some nations like Rome’s case, only a few hours] and then either fade away or die off) does not seem to be applying very strongly; however, whether or not Prussia is fading or not remains unconfirmed.

Austria
Prussia takes pleasure in annoying and humiliating Austria in whatever way he can, and fought against him in wars in the past, seizing Silesia for himself in the War Of Austrian Succession. On numerous occasions, he finds himself alone and crying. Prussia will mention that he is happy alone unlike a certain "stupid aristocrat". In the Christmas Strips, Prussia has to tell himself that he would rather be alone than with others "because clustering is for the weak. Yeah, like that stupid aristocr--". Prussia often speaks negatively of Austria. In the present day while living with his brother, Prussia freeloads off of Austria as well. In his blog, Prussia went to Austria's house and began to bother him by pulling on his cheek, amused and pleased at how stretchy it was. In the Maria Theresa arc of the anime, Prussia often attempted to make Austria beg for mercy during the battle. He also mentioned wanting a painter to come and paint Austria's face after he had lost the first battle, so that his failure could be etched into history.

Germany
Prussia is Germany's older brother and the one who formed him from the unification of his brothers. He calls Germany West, while Germany refers to him as Brother. Having been the leading state of the German Confederation, he acted as the most brotherly state after his birth, calling himself his "best big brother." However, he also thinks of himself as Germany's superior and calls their tie an undesirable but inseparable one. Prussia is depicted as teaching Germany diplomatic poses and battle strategies. After World War II, Prussia represented Eastern Germany, and later moved in with his brother after German reunification. Prussia has said that he and his brother have a "wall in their hearts" and that they need to get rid of it so that they can become a better, more effective country. Germany is annoyed by his brother's wild attitude and his tendency to buy strange things which clutter up their house and make it difficult to clean. He also sees him as having little common sense and is bothered that Prussia doesn't seem to help around the house, though Germany agrees that Prussia is a very hard worker and Prussia was later shown to be just as neat as his brother. They acknowledge that they are not much alike (while ironically too absorbed in cleaning and folding clothes to realize they were doing it together) and Germany states that it would be too noisy if he were like Prussia. The two also share a love of beer. Halloween event of 2011, Prussia tells India, after Germany performs a suplex on him, that it happens regularly and is nothing to worry over. About a month before the Halloween party, Germany banned Prussia from using the computer. Prussia announced that, if Germany also forbid him from attending the party, he would stay in bed just to upset him. It was revealed, however, that Germany intended to have Prussia go with him and Italy, but Prussia declined the invitation and indicated he would eventually arrive. Prussia's late appearance caused Germany to worry somewhat. Prussia informed him that he might show up to the 2012 Christmas event as well, but reminded him that he was very elusive and could appear at any time, prompting Germany to say that they always had to be prepared for him to show up. Prussia admits during his and Germany's Counting Sheep CD that he does find himself wanting to act in a big brother capacity. He seems proud of Germany's strength and growth thus far, although he resents his stubbornness. His strength apparently makes him feel safe, as he is less afraid of Russia because of it. Prussia states that Germany is very competent and does most of the nation's work, which allows him to do nothing but read all day. In addition, Germany is shown to accept some of Prussia's stories, having believed Prussia when he told him how cool he was as a child until watching a video of him.

Hungary
She and Prussia were rivals as children, though Prussia also was called by her to assist in the defense of her house (and he was kicked out following his claiming the territory he was to protect.) Prussia and Hungary herself both believed Hungary to be male until he groped her chest, believing himself to be attacking a weak spot, only to feel that her chest was soft from her developing breasts. She revealed that she believed her penis would grow in before she grew up, proving to Prussia that she didn't already have one.

A drawing of Hungary and Prussia from the 2009 Christmas Requests. She continued to believe she was male despite Prussia's attempts to inform her otherwise some time until she reached puberty. After a fight with Turkey she was badly injured and they happened upon one another. Though her injuries shocked him at first, he proceeded to say he'd need to do "some really intimate care" on her, telling her not to get the wrong idea, disturbing her. Tearing the cloth of his robe from over his crotch off, he attempted to force her to allow him to bandage her with it, before he noticed and was shocked by her breasts and began to tear a different part of his robe off to bandage her with. His reaction confirmed for her that she really was a girl. They parted ways after Prussia gave her the entirety of the robe. About a year later, she calmed down, began to wear dresses and settled down at Austria's house, beginning to work for him. Prussia, having gotten over the concrete reveal of her gender quickly, proceeded to go to Austria's house to see her and, expressing confusion at her maid dress, demanding she take it off so they could go hunting. Shaking and smiling with discomfort, she claimed she, "unfortunately," was no longer interested in hunting and "with such a feeling, they have been spending their time." Prussia has also expressed a distaste for her, telling both her and Austria to go home on Christmas as they were having a "family-only" (plus the Italies) Christmas, intending to employ the Lesser Germany Solution despite it being the 21st century. Hungary expressed her desire to beat him immensely, though they did nothing but make childish sounds at one another. Furthermore, in a requested "2-short" image of them, they were shown glaring harshly at one another. Since he made fun of her problems during their younger years and went on a rampage at her house in the past, Hungary dislikes him in the present and often hits him with her frying pan whenever the opportunity arises, especially if he's bothering Austria. Despite this, she admitted that she did not want Prussia to die as her life would be boring without him, bandaged him up after hitting him in Austria's ending of Osōji Prussia, and was worried for him after he was attacked by one of the Parallel Frances. In Notosama 5, Prussia claimed that "clothes-changing Hungary has always been" his upon finding Yamato and Noto spying on Hungary change in his personal spot to do so in, somewhat hinting at feelings he may have for her. A mascot chibi of them also had Prussia saying they should go eat lunch somewhere, with Hungary thinking that he never learns, implying this has happened more than once. The image's title, "Unrequited," may also imply a one-sided crush on Prussia's part.

AU (Alternative Universe) Versions
'NOTE: A great deal of the information surrounding the AU versions of this character are purely fanon ideas - headcanons, if you will. Little official information has been given on the alternate universes; please do not believe any of the details not stated to be confirmed as canon to be official.'

Read more on the alternative versions of Prussia, listed or not listed below, at: Memes in fandom

Nyotalia/Genderswapped (Nyo!)
Voiced by: Rei Sakai (seiyū)

Despite not appearing in an official strip, but rather alongside nyo! Austria in a small chibi sketch, Prussia's female counterpart appears to have made quite a boom in the fandom. She is set to appear in the I Was Overwhelmed with Heroines episode. Himaruya has said he likes the name Julchen Beilschmidt for her, though fans tend to use the name Maria Gilbert Beilschmidt more often, a name given to her OC before any official design was introduced. Her hair and skin are both very pale, and both her eyes seem to have sectorial heterochromia - being, they're a shade of pink on the top and a pale blue nearing the bottom. Her hair is very long and straight, if not appearing rather untamed, and her outfit features her male counterpart's jacket, a black miniskirt falling to just above the length of her jacket, and thigh-high white boots. It's notable that she has not been shown wearing an Iron Cross necklace. She also sports a noticeable scar on her right cheek. She's often drawn with her equivalent of Prussia's bird, but with a bow on its head rather than a hat, indicating that the bird might be female.

Nyo! Prussia carries the same haughty, arrogant air as her male version. Her personality seems rather wild and strong, though it covers up her more serious, hard working, and by-the-book side. She's known to never have missed a single day of training. Fan portrayals usually show her as a very doting sister toward nyo! Germany, but still a very powerful fighter. She's also said to mess with nyo! Austria even more often and to use the fact that she's a female to aggravate nyo! Hungary (who's a male) beyong beind able to hit her.

Second Player/Another Color (2p!)
2p! Prussia had been given an official “Another Color” design – or, an alternately designed version of his Nyotalia counterpart – that quickly became widely popular within the fandom. Said design’s color scheme bears many similarities to that of the original nyo! Prussia’s and features short hair and scars, similar to the original 2p! Germany. The fan-made version of a male version of this Second Player is similar, but features rather coarse shoulder-length hair usually done back in a ponytail. They both wear their given gender’s version of either a tattered Teutonic Knight uniform or a royal outfit of the Kingdom of Prussia (the female version’s featuring a sort of white tube-top to substitute the standard shirts).

As 2p! Prussia was given a hard expression, she and her male version are normally portrayed in a manner fitting to it. Being portrayed as having an orderly and quiet attitude, their self-awareness and confidence are also said to be influenced easily, leading them to easily become pessimistic. They are also seen as the most realistic nation, sometimes seeming similar to Germany at world meetings. Another popular fan speculation is that, in order to counter Prussia’s loud and outspoken personality, 2p! Prussia is a mute who causes damage instead of yelling in order to convey him or herself, and gets into quite a few agitated fights with 2p! Germany and can easily bring him down. Since not much has been revealed about the personality or relationships of Prussia’s Second Player, only fan-made names are available, the most popular of which being; Gilen, Akbar or Klaus/Gillian or Julchen Beilschmidt or Asmel, the surnames normally complementing 2p! Germany’s.

Character songs
Marukaite Chikyuu (Prussia)

Mein Gott

A Song That Is Written By Me, For Me