Tennessee pt.2

## Middle Tennessee

### Bio Family

East Tennessee (triplet), West Tennessee (triplet), State of Scott (niece), State of Franklin (nephew), Huntsville (niece), Greeneville (nephew)

### Unofficial Nickname(s)

Butternut State, Big Bend State, Mother of Southwestern Statesmen, River with the Big Bend, Hog State, Hominy State

Tennessee (*テネシー州, Teneshī shū*) or Taylor David Harris (*テイラー・デヴィッド・ハリス, Teirā devu~iddo Harisu*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the State of Tennessee, alongside his triplet sisters, East and West Tennessee. He's often called Middle as a nickname.

## Appearance

Tennessee has short strawberry brown hair, dark brown eyes and light tan skin. Middle has a scar on his chest from the Battle of Franklin, a scar on his neck from the Battle of Stones River, a scar on his shoulder from the Battle of Fort Donelson, a scar on his hip from the Black Patch Tobacco War and a scar on his stomach from the Battle of Nashville. He has two birthmarks on either side of his stomach that represent the Highland Rim and the Nashville Basin, a tattoo with music notes representing Nashville, the state's capital and a necklace of a guitar. Middle usually wears a white long-sleeved shirt with blue jeans, a green plaid jacket that's usually tied around his waist and dark brown hiking boots. He's also seen in a white shirt with a yellow cardigan, jeans and the same dark brown hiking boots.

## Personality and Interests

Middle Tennessee's a friendly and charismatic person. He's usually quiet and only speaks when spoken to. He's not as confident as his sisters, but makes up for it with stubbornness. Despite not talking very much, he's quite social and loves to talk given the chance to. He's also known for being cautious and clumsy. Middle has high pain tolerance from all the battles fought between his sisters in his land during the Civil War. He also doesn't trust his sisters as much as he used to because of the Civil War.

Middle doesn't like that he is a coward, but can't help when there are gunshots or when an argument breaks out. Middle loves country music and listens to it with East. Middle knows a lot about health and helps his sisters when they're sick. Before he got into healthcare, Middle grew tobacco and soybeans as well as raised beef cattle. He loves going to museums and national battlefields in his spare time. Middle's favorite foods are soybeans, sweet tea, Nashville hot chicken, goo goo clusters, cornbread, meat and three, biscuits and gravy and Tennessee whiskey. He has a Tennessee Walking horse named Chicken.

## Relationships

### East Tennessee (Eliza A. Jackson)

Middle loves his sister, but doesn't really trust her. They both love country music.

### West Tennessee (Cora S. Miller)

Middle loves his sister, but doesn't really trust her. They both used to farm together. Middle worries from his triplet as she still smokes a lot of tobacco and no matter what, she won't stop. West has openly called a Middle a coward which got East and West into a fight. He always feels stuck between his two sisters and has to be the barrier between them.

### America (Alfred F. Jones)

They have good relations with each other. They stopped speaking during the Civil War as Middle couldn't write a letter to him and was bedridden.

## Trivia

* Tennessee's state flower is the Iris.
* Tennessee's birthday corresponds with the day Tennessee became a state.
* Tennessee is the sixteenth state to be admitted into the Union.
* Nashville's nicknamed the 'Music City' which is why it's represented with music notes and why he likes music.
* Tennessee's a nurse at a hospital in Nashville as Middle Tennessee has over 300 healthcare firms.
* Middle still smokes tobacco every now and then.