Nobody seems to want russia...
so he's mine :3
Regarding the bolded part... No way! xD Somewhere around early 2010 Russia was very popular with TTers ( 'specially the RPers ), and reading about him on a RP back then was what convinced me to start watching the series and ultimately become a fan. ^_^
Somewhere, someplace, my name is probably on the list of many, many girls who became Mrs. Braginski. ;D
I guess this could sound kind of odd, but honestly prefer the manga strips and ( especially ) special holiday events like Hetalia Bloodbath 2010 / 2011 and Hetaween 2011 compared to the actual anime.
The manga art just looks more... Polished, clean, and just plain nicer to look at. I guess I've just sort of lost my passion for the anime, heh. ^-^"
Favorite characters? I don't think I could choose one. All of the characters in Hetalia are wonderful, entertaining, and simply
awesome! From America's infamous "hero-complex", fear of ghosts, and keeping an extraterrestrial alien in his house to England's bad cooking and magical fairy friends, to France's uh...
Franceness, Canada's invisibility, Korea's claiming to have invented everything, and Sealand's wish to be taken seriously.
Picking one character over the other would make no sense, because I love them all equally.
Recently I've grown very fond of France ( let's just say French accent + amazing culinary skills + practically oozing charm off him = swept off my feet + instant seduction ).
Seeing as how Ivan is still one of my many fictional my husband, I would rather become France's mistress or something. I'm sure he'd enjoy all the extra attention and love ~