Autumn> God, some people really think Hetalia is SATIRE?

I don't know if it's the purest form of cognitive dissonance I've ever seen or the rawest media illiteracy, but even THINKING about this "argument" hurts.

I've just lost a quantifiable number of neurons trying to wrap my head around the entire mental approach needed to read it this way.

(Like, it's okay to like something problematic kids, you don't have to make up reasons for it to be Actually Entirely Fine.)