>>36221I think to understand why femcels were so into Hetalia is to know why girls (and women) are drawn to the Boy’s Love genre in the first place.
The simple answer is: In BL media, the focus is on male characters (and homosexuality).
In these stories, female characters are not “coveted”— and in some weird sense, this eliminates “competition” between the fujos and the anime women.
And that probably sounds absolutely hilarious that actual females become envious of anime but it is an actual thing and I have experienced this, lmao.
In media outside of BL, the main woman becomes the beauty icon and we cannot be whatever she is. This is the reason for why, particularly in shounen anime which tends to be popular all across the board, the main chick receives so much hate. For example, the Naruto x Sakura x Sasuke debate of a similar time.
Hetalia was effective because it featured a big cast that was entirely male. When the female characters were shown, it was no more than a minute. And the homosexual undertones was a bonus.
When there are no female character to compare yourself with (and tons of men with an ambiguous sexuality, in this case), it’s a lot easier to believe that you have a chance with any of them :’).
It was also very internet-esque. Since the episodes were five minutes each and sectioned into a thirty minute block. So it had the short but quirky YT video format that MMD videos had— which featured a lot of Hetalia content, too.
This was more than I expected to type but it still doesn’t seem like I’ve explained it too well.
Anyway, I choose England. Maybe it’s me but he seems to fuck like a mad man (and has enough manners to fool me into thinking he’s a great guy, too).
