Acting Like Prussia ~

Okay, So I was requested by some friends (in my real life *le gasp*) to do a few tutorials on how to act like certain anime characters one may or may not look up to as a god. I thought that would be quite interesting and I haven't seen many of these kinds of tutorials. These tips can be used for simply cosplay, for fun, or for some people, to act that way in real life. Well fear not! Cupcake is here to help you act like whoever you want.

So today's tutorial will be on how to act like..you guessed it! The Awesome Prussia ~

Okay, so besides the whole dressing thing, which I may or may not have already publicly published yet . . . Prussia acts confident. Never say anything that will give yourself low self esteem.

Example ~

Friend: Hey (Name)! You look so awesome today ~

You: You think so? 'Cause I feel so fat  in this outfit . . .

WRONG! Someone compliments you, never say anything modest or something like the example. Build your confidence, someone says something like that to you, thank them or simply reply "Thank you / I know, the awesome me looks awesome in any outfit!" 

 . . . . . . . . that's most likely worded as he would say it too . . . but yeah, never say anything modest or anything that can lower your own self esteem or confidence.

Be awesome. I don't mean do things other people think are awesome, I mean do something you and / or Prussia would think is awesome. Dress in something you think looks awesome. Anyone comes up to you and says something nasty, go ballistic and rant on about how awesome you are and how they're nothing more than the dirt you wipe of your own shoes. Listen to music you find awesome and do things you think are awesome. If you think art is awesome, draw your wicw heart out :3

If you think listening to Avril Lavigne is awesome, do it. Prussia never lets anyone tell him what's awesome, he knows what's awesome, and that's him, the things HE does and the things HE likes.

Okay, this may sound awful, but to be and act like Prussia (this tip is probably mostly for cosplayers, not so much everyday life . . .) but his accent and / or laugh would be nessasary. The laugh and accent is key to a hetalia fan knowing who your acting like. ~

QUE TERRIBLE EXAMPLE ~

Friend: Sooo.....(name) . . . who exactly are you cosplaying...?

You: How dare you not recognize zhe awesome me!!

Friend: ..Ah . . . Prussia huh? =_=

Terrible example aside, this actually happened, so the German accent and his laugh would be key to being understood and/ or recognised much better. In real life, I'd say just leave your accent alone and laugh as you do . . . If you really want to then go ahead but it may seem strange to go from your natural laugh and accent to a sudden strong German accent and strange laugh . . . Just saying . . .

The German accent, or Prussia's accent, basically you need to adjust the way you say words.

Putting it simply ~

Accent ~

Okay, so putting this easy for you, Prussia has a stereotypical German accent, as does his little brother Ludwig. Or maybe that's how Germans speak . . . sounding weird now, I've never heard an actual German accent aside from Hetalia so they might actually talk like this, I don't know . . .

ANYWAY ~

Okay so for his accent, TH would be replaced with a D as the accent is hard. Each syllable is usually a harshly pronounced letter.

(Example ~ Sh, ee, s, ah are nice sounding letters       B, D, P, T are hard sounding letters)

Anyway . . .So . . .

TH = B

Example: Brother = BruDer

The Th = B can only be used with certain words. Every now and then you'll come across a word like Then, The, That and This. In this case the TH would be ZH. Zhe, Zhen, Zhat, Zhis. It all depends on the words, try using a mix of TH words in a paragraph and try to see whether you can pronounce 'zhe' words.

Rolling R's lightly make it sound more authentic and / or believable

W would usually be pronounced as a V, Example: "Vhat's wrong vis all of zhis?"

O is usually replaced with U, example: brUder

Okie dokie, I really hope this was helpful to any of you, I'm not quite sure how to do these kinds of tutorials, but if you enjoy them, then be sure to comment, request or email me ~