When you consider Ancient Rome and Greece your embarrassing, overbearing guardian figures, you qualify for old as balls, and for knowing lots of stuff. You also get PTSD and immortal ennui and you sometimes feel your people die, so it evens out kind of?
Character Name: Monaco Series: Hetalia Skill Equivalencies Requested: 1920s automobile operation, high society etiquette, gambling and games of chance, gambling (cheating), alcohol tolerance, doubletalk and innuendo, 1920s dancing, swordsmanship, high society finance, contortionism, formal dance, wound regeneration, Victorian manners, acting & theatric skills, astronomy, prevarication, nautical skills, combat skills, court etiquette, cultures & humanity, research, 21st century technology use. Reasoning:
Oh boy.
Monaco first came into any real prominence as a vital port overlooking the Mediterranean in a strategic way for different rulers to take advantage of, has fought on ships in the past and deals with rich people's yachts now. Nautical skills are as natural for her as wound regeneration for Nations in general.
Also embedded in her instincts from centuries of battle and blending in with humans are prevarication, acting, all forms of combat mentioned above, and doubletalk.
As for the more dignified things, Genevieve has had to mingle with her nobles at whatever snazzy soirées they may throw or attend, and she has done this for centuries, which is why court etiquette, Victorian manners, high society etiquette and finance, and formal dance are second nature to her.
Most of her time nowadays, at home at least, is devoted to the arts and betterment of culture (hence research, modern technology, cultures and humanities, because she thinks college courses are a decent hobby sometimes)... and a good gamble. Genevieve knows gambling and games of chance well, and has an intense lucky streak due to her casinos and practice. She really only knows how to cheat to better identify and catch cheaters. Monaco in canon is noted to be skilled in ballet, and that extreme flexibility leads to contortionism as an unexpected skill. She's a little old lady but she keeps herself limber. Monaco has adored cars and racing from the start, so while she's more than a bit forgetful when it comes to America's pop culture at the time, she remembers the 1920s and their automobiles and music with excitement.
She was also one of the few who didn't get "miniskirt-short tunic singalong" drunk at Halloween, so alcohol tolerance has to come into play, right?
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When you consider Ancient Rome and Greece your embarrassing, overbearing guardian figures, you qualify for old as balls, and for knowing lots of stuff. You also get PTSD and immortal ennui and you sometimes feel your people die, so it evens out kind of?
Character Name: Monaco
Series: Hetalia
Skill Equivalencies Requested: 1920s automobile operation, high society etiquette, gambling and games of chance, gambling (cheating), alcohol tolerance, doubletalk and innuendo, 1920s dancing, swordsmanship, high society finance, contortionism, formal dance, wound regeneration, Victorian manners, acting & theatric skills, astronomy, prevarication, nautical skills, combat skills, court etiquette, cultures & humanity, research, 21st century technology use.
Reasoning:
Oh boy.
Monaco first came into any real prominence as a vital port overlooking the Mediterranean in a strategic way for different rulers to take advantage of, has fought on ships in the past and deals with rich people's yachts now. Nautical skills are as natural for her as wound regeneration for Nations in general.
Also embedded in her instincts from centuries of battle and blending in with humans are prevarication, acting, all forms of combat mentioned above, and doubletalk.
As for the more dignified things, Genevieve has had to mingle with her nobles at whatever snazzy soirées they may throw or attend, and she has done this for centuries, which is why court etiquette, Victorian manners, high society etiquette and finance, and formal dance are second nature to her.
Most of her time nowadays, at home at least, is devoted to the arts and betterment of culture (hence research, modern technology, cultures and humanities, because she thinks college courses are a decent hobby sometimes)... and a good gamble. Genevieve knows gambling and games of chance well, and has an intense lucky streak due to her casinos and practice. She really only knows how to cheat to better identify and catch cheaters. Monaco in canon is noted to be skilled in ballet, and that extreme flexibility leads to contortionism as an unexpected skill. She's a little old lady but she keeps herself limber. Monaco has adored cars and racing from the start, so while she's more than a bit forgetful when it comes to America's pop culture at the time, she remembers the 1920s and their automobiles and music with excitement.
She was also one of the few who didn't get "miniskirt-short tunic singalong" drunk at Halloween, so alcohol tolerance has to come into play, right?