"Flowers.
I remember fields of flowers,
Soft beneath my heels. "
- Flowers, Hadestown

Trigger warnings: Mentions of the word , "Death" and some pain (second and last point)
Please read with caution.

Headcanon idea :
Their national flowers would be placed in their bodies. They could be placed anywhere in their bodies. It would be pretty much like a tattoo , but not exactly since it will bloom, bloom once more (If they are freed from their colonizer and have a flower to begin with ) ,  wilt , or burn . And, it will be  colored.

• How do they get the national flowers?
- They were  born with it.
- They became sovereign once more ( if they were colonized or annexed and had a flower before hand)
- Their government declared this flower as the country's national flower.

• What if they have a flower but then was annexed or colonized?
- The flower mark would burn through their skin. It would feel like someone is digging through their skins while in agonizing pain.

• What happens if they are finally free?
- The flower mark comes back once more but would be in a different part of their bodies.

• What if you have multiple national Flowers?
- They would still have them. It's their national flower(s) afterall. If they were colonized and had flower (s), they would still burn through the skin and if they're free, the flower (s) come back but in different places.

•What if you don't have a national flower?
- If you don't have a national flower, then you might a flower or plant that is associated with your country for some various reasons. If they were colonized or annex, the flower (s) would burn through and would bloom back if they get free again.

• If said country would be on the verge of collapse or to the point of it, the flower would start slowly wilting. So, if they're slowly dying, the flower slowly dies too.

• What if a country dies?
- Simple. The flower fully is fully wilted and the colors are drained.

• Organizations (such as UN, EU, ASEAN, NATO, etc.)  don't have a national Flowers, so they don't experience it.

• Some countries dont have a national flower,so they would either their national tree or whatever flower is associated with them.

• If they still don't have either those , there will be some countries that will have no flowers but those would be pretty rare I guess? And would possibly apply to ancient countries or countries or something...

•What if your country's flower changed through time?
- Then the mark would change too.

• What if countries have the same national flower?
- There are some countries that have the same flowers (like for example, 13 countries have Rose as their flowers) , it would still apply the same thing .

• What will be left behind of the flower if they country was taken over?
- According to the second point, The flower mark would burn through their skin. It would feel like someone is digging through their skins while in agonizing pain.
- What would be left behind  would be a scar in the shape of the flower .

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A/N: hey guys! How do you like the first headcanon? I had so much fun making this headcanon.
Please be reminded that this is my opinion , please don't bully me for that. Disagree? Okay that's fine we all have opinions but straight up bullying me because of it is a big no no.
If you have questions about this headcanon, feel free to ask me and I'll try to answer them. Also, I'm going to try to include some song lyric that could somewhat related to the headcanon.

I don't own nor create the song " Flowers " from the musical, Hadestown. I don't take credit for owning or creating the song.

All credits go to Anaïs Mitchell , the creator of the song.

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