i could go either way on this honestly? i personally don't think he intentionally tries to make his voice sound sweet or anything, to me it doesnt make sense for him to try to sound nice unless you think about it in a "trying to sound less threatening so the people in his life will want to be friends with him/one big family" kinda way. even so he still uses physical force a lot so buttering everyone up essentially seems like an unneeded step. but if russia w/ a deep voice floats ppls boats i could definitely argue in favor for it too. if its something that VERY rarely slips out im chill w/ it because i know my own voice gets deeper when im serious. now about the lietrus stuff here i like the scenario except for the bloody and restrained part bc i dont think lithuania upon first gaining independence would be strong enough mentally to really hurt ivan. otherwise the blanking and waking up to find tolys gone esp after getting so vulnerable to a point his voice drops an octave is so Good. tldr i like the hc even if it isnt smth i personally believe and the lietrus scenario goes hard i like thinking about ivan saying that he isnt going to leave like that a lot

hrm. i can see it go either way depending on how you personally wanna interpret the ship because if you want to make them healthier than i do i can see ivan sort of sobering up, so to speak, and becoming a little more self-aware about his cruelty and becoming more engrained in the reality that he will never have lithuania (or anybody, really). i however lean much more into the second interpretation here. i think that lithuania's fearful complacency confirms to some place in ivan's brain that he can have what he wants if he just hurts others, and i think that also can create a whole "hurting people is how you show love" thing, which could play into some cold war amerus stuff if ur feeling freaky. it also enables ivan to get more cruel regardless of if he realizes that hes become even worse. and with how lithuania had to go back to russia after the depression stuff with america ivan has this narrative in his head that lithuania will ALWAYS come back and ALWAYS put up with cruelty. yeah. sorry for yapping this was a fun question

fuck how do i even fit this into one post. ill try to dumb down a few of them for this gay earth
-> fat fuck russia / ednos lithuania in which lithuania always makes huge portions for everyone else in the house but small ones for himself
-> russia's a big fan of physical marks and whatnot. take that how you want to but im especially talking abt tolys's back scars and possible bite marks
-> something a little less crazy but i think that russia calls in lithuania often before bed or during times where there isnt so much work to do and asks him to just read or talk to him. in the end ivan really is just some lonely as fuck guy and listening to tolys makes him feel less alone
-> i think that lithuania is taller than russia. lowk. bc of average heights of both of the countries. not by much, literally just a few cm, but still. enough to where if liet hunches over or curls into himself hes smaller.
-> very silly but i like to think abt how russia embarrasses the baltics as a powerplay and has lithuania wear a collar/choker kind of thing. i will not ever shut up ever about the domestication of lithuania bro is so wtd (wolf to dog) coded . . .
-> i think that whenever they kiss ivan is kind of clumsy and doesnt rly get that you're not supposed to use teeth all that much and liet ends up with bleeding bruised lips by the end of it
i have many more but heres a handful, some i talked abt today elsewhere and some i didnt