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powersthatbe) wrote2015-09-24 09:52 pm
powersthatbe) wrote2015-09-24 09:52 pm
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SKILL EQUIVALENCES.
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Character Name: Feliciano Vargas / North Italy
Series: Hetalia
Skill Equivalencies Requested:
Agriculture, Astronomy, Automobile Operation, Barista, Combat Skills, Court Etiquette, Cultures and Humanities, Formal Dance, Riding, Sword-fighting, Wilderness Survival, 21st-century (or really, any century) Technology Use
Reasoning:
Agriculture: He has his own garden and has lived through many parts of history where he's had to grow his own food. His nation has always been heavily agricultural, although in the modern day, that's left more to the south- although it's not as if he's forgotten the skills.
Astronomy: He's a two-thousand year old being who's witnessed astronomy evolve and advance over centuries, and being Italy, he's witnessed and been civilizations that often relied heavily on the stars for augury. He's always leaned towards the Pagan religions like his Grandpa Rome, which drives Vatican nuts.
Automobile operation: He knows how to drive and he drives fast. Amusingly, fast enough to give poor, mild-mannered Japan a panic. Boy likes his Ferraris.
Barista: This man goes nuts about coffee. Italians. There was a joke about Italy even sending a special espresso machine out with one of their astronauts to ensure that she would have proper coffee while in space.
Combat skills: He's been shown in canon to know how to fight, surprisingly well, and has to do so often during war. (The running joke in the series being that he'd simply rather run away than actually fight, so he is often underestimated.)
Court etiquette: This ties back to constant politicking as the representative of an entire nation. He lived centuries through court intrigue, scandal, and scheming, and he knows how to work his way around nobles and politicians and royals alike.
Cultures and humanities: His canonical entity is literally that of an entire nation, and having had two thousand years to get to know other nations and their cultures, he's pretty well-versed in the subject. Same goes for world history.
Formal dance: In his canon he's been shown to dance all the time, in all manners- he's generally a very friendly and energetic fellow. His historical significance no doubt also made it so that he was very carefully instructed in proper dancing skills, to impress and entertain the nobles.
Riding: Follows the skills he learned growing up, both for war and for leisure.
Sword-fighting: He's been shown in his canon to be adept at combat when pushed to it, with both swords and other weapons (most notably, archery) as he lived through a time and fought in wars when swords were still in fashion.
Wilderness survival: He's over two-thousand years old if canon is to be trusted (canon can be... surprisingly vague and also unwieldy), and he's lived the majority of his life during periods where he often had to fend for himself due to either lack of organized settlements, or due to constant travelling between settlements. Also became applicable during wartime, in some situations.
21st-Century (or any century) Technology Use: Mundane, pretty straightforward. He's lived through it all.
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