Virginia

Virginia (バージニア, Bājinia) or Vincent "Vinny, Vince" Elizabeth Jefferson-Lindström (ヴィンセント・エリザベス・ジェファーソン＝リンドストローム, Vu~insento Erizabesu jefāson = rindosutorōmu) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the Commonwealth of Virginia. He's often called Ginny as a nickname.
==Appearance==
Virginia has short black hair with blue eyes and pale brown skin. He has a scar from the Battle of Yorktown, a scar on his hip from the Battle of Seven Pines, a scar on his thigh from the Second Battle of Bull Run and a scar on his chest from the Pentagon Attack. He has a mole that represents Mount Rogers and three strands of unruly hair that represent the Three Necks of Virginia. He is usually seen wearing something simple, usually a button-up shirt with a tie and dress shoes.
== Personality and Interests ==
Virginia is a deeply affectionate and vigilant state.
Virginia's known for being caring and protective of his family. He has a deeply affectionate and vigilant nature with his siblings, especially the younger ones. Usually called 'Mom' or 'Mama' by the other 13, he's often perceived as motherly by others. Ginny is normally soft-spoken and gentle. However, he can become a bit bossy, demanding and snobbish towards others at times as Ginny used to be like that in several points in his history. He also was bitter, selfish and cynical in several points as well, such as the Civil War. 
Virginia's known throughout the states for being formal and civil with everyone, no matter how badly he wants to punch their face in. Ginny usually rants about horrible people after he's away from them, "it's like he's scared of them or something. I don't understand what scares him with people like that" according to Cali. He has an air of authority and respect around him. He takes pride in knowing he was the one who set up the nation and the first colony. However, Florida is quick to put him in his place as Florida was the first permanent colony in North America before Virginia, colonized by Spanish. Ginny loves to talk and can talk your ear off if you allow him. He doesn't like that other states have become more relevant than him as it adds to his lack of self-confidence and confidence.
Virginia loves his own Brunswick stew as he says it's better than Georgia's and North Carolina's. Ginny's known for loving and bringing country ham to every event that states have along with marble cake. He's also a fan of Shoofly pie as it was brought from the Pennsylvania Dutch to the Shenandoah Valley. Virginia adores peanut soup. He also adores Damson plums, but eats Greengage plums sometimes. Ginny has many different types of wine as Virginia wine is made from grapes found in Virginia and knows how to make them. Virginia has many museums and loves to go to them.
Ginny loves classical music and literature as he reads and listens to many of them. He plays many different instruments such as the cello and violin. Ginny loves to go to his state festivals and goes every year with anyone he can pull. Ginny has a Golden Retriever he named Wes and an American Foxhound gifted him from Tucky named Columbia.
==Relationships==
===West Virginia (Wes M. Smith) ===
Virginia and West have a bit of a strained relationship. They never were really close and argue a lot about different views, even though he was raised by Ginny. When West suddenly split from him, Ginny found it scary and traumazing, but West just scoffs at that, thinking his older brother is being dramatic. West thinks that his brother is overbearing and dramatic. Ginny's sorrowful and hurt that his younger brother thinks of him that way. Ginny has tried to build a better relationship between them, however, West shuts it down every time.
===Kentucky (Foster F. Turner)===
Tucky and Ginny have a better relationship than him and West. Tucky loves Ginny's kind and nurturing nature as he feels safe with him around as with the majority of other states as well.
=== Maryland (Lisa M. Wilson)===
Ginny still brings up what's his and not his' land, but has no hard feelings about it. He just wants to annoy her as he believes Mary is the only one who could take it. Ginny loves to take Mary to his beaches and fish together. Ginny finds Mary's obsession and passion for crabs to be rather funny and cute.
===Washington D.C (Cara C. Edwards)===
D.C finds Ginny as her father, but still accidentally calls him Mama. Ginny loves that his daughter is hard-working and loyal to the nation. D.C believes that she gets most of her personality from Ginny. Ginny will usually chuckle that Mary and D.C obsess over crabs and find it adorable that both her and Mary adore crabs.
===America (Alfred F. Jones)===
Virginia maintains a strong connection with America. America forgave Virginia rather quickly after the downfall of the Confederacy. America believes that Virginia didn't really believe in the Confederacy and was forced like North Carolina.
===England (Arthur Kirkland)===
Ginny despises England for his scars, even if it was his fault that they happened. Virginia still blames England for the Revolutionary War and nearly ending West. He does feel nostalgic for the times he was under England's rule, but he wouldn't trade anything for those memories back.
== Trivia==
*Virginia's state flower is the Cornus Florida
*Virginia's birthdate corresponds with the day Virginia became a state
*Virginia is the tenth state to enter the Union.
*His American Foxhound is named after Washington D.C's old name, the one he and Mary gave her when they first found her.
*His Golden Retriever is named after West Virginia's nickname.
*Other nicknames for Virginia are Vin, Cent, Eliza, Beth, Virgin and Gin.
*Virginia had a farm once, but it got torn down.
*Virginia was once a captain in the Army.
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