State of Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi, with the physical age of twenty-three and standing at the whopping height of 4'8", could be described as a curvy woman, as she takes great pride in mamona, or fat. Despite her looks, she is rather muscular and takes great pride in her physical strength compared to her size. 

Her hair is extremely long in the modern day and has not been cut much other than healthy trims since the 70s. It now reaches between her knees and ankles in length and is very curly and dark brown to the point of almost being black. Her eyes are light brown, with central heterochromia in an orangish color (while in country form). While in human form, her eyes are dark brown, nearly black. Her nose is flat, round, and wide, and her lips are thick. Her eyes are wide-set and monolid.

While in country form, Hawaiʻi has, of course, the Hawaiian flag for her face, with the stripes continuing down her arms and legs. On her hands, there is a blue field with the Hawaiʻi State Seal upon them. The stripes on her legs are those of the original design of the Hawaiian flag used before 1845. (A slight variation in that there are 9 stripes, and, in order from top to bottom, alternate with red, white, and blue.) On her knees there are Union Jacks.

While human, Hawaiʻi's skin is a dark tan. She is not white passing at all, having the lowest percentage of white individuals (21.6% as of the 2020 census) while boasting the highest percentage of multi-racial individuals (20.1%) in the United States. If confronted with what ethnicity she looks most like, she would likely state Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese. However, Portuguese and Puerto Rican do have a affect on her as well. Locals would likely describe her as being the most mixed person they've ever seen.

Tattoos

Hawaiʻi has many tattoos, and the list is, in order of gaining them:

• Traditional Native Hawaiian tattoos on her inner calves from the Pre-Missionary Era. These are very faded with age, though Hawaiʻi wishes to re-ink them sometime, eventually. 

• A plumeria flower on a turtle on right shoulder, (1970's, from the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance.)

• Flowerish tattoo on the left shoulder (Later in the 1970s, because "My other one felt lonely and I can cover it if I need to.) (Pictured below)

• A very elaborate owl tattoo on her back and shoulders that was designed by her (very poor sketch), and one of her human friends. The owl is interwoven with traditional and modern Hawaiian tattoo elements and is a beautiful work of art. (Early 2000s)

• Kalo Leaves with her kid's human names on the back of her right calf (The first one in 1987 after Kalahui Hawaiʻi was born, and the newest one was added in 2012 with the birth of the Principality of Aloha.)  They are very small, so Hawaiʻi can always add more

Animal Features

Hawaiʻi's animal features come from the phoenix, which was on the seal used during the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. As such, she has fire powers, feathers near her ears, and phoenix wings (Very heavily based on Golden Pheasants, an inspiration for the bird). These wings are unable to get her much off the ground, as they are suited for a more ground-based bird, and she's also not the lightest individual.

Hawaii's wings are a tad underdeveloped due to her lack of using them.

Scars

Hawaiʻi has smallpox scars on her lower jaw from an assortment of diseases that killed off around a third of the Native Hawaiian population from the 1820s-1870s. In 1894, she died due to being executed, and gained a scar around her neck from the gallows, as well as a gunshot scar near her stomach.

Her lower neck near the top of her wings, and behind her ears have scars from improperly removing feathers that were causing sensory issues.

Her hands are littered with burn scars from cooking.

Historical Description

NOTE: Puerto Ricans & Latinos in the Hawaiʻi census are counted as white. They have been counted as white since first arriving here in the early 1900s, and bear in mind that other white Latinos, as well as people from the Mediterranean, are considered "White". We do have a large population of Greek Folks and Latinos. 

Hawaiʻi has changed greatly through her years, though the main elements of her appearance is pretty much the same (Dark curly hair, full figure, wide nose and lips, and dark skin). 

When she was at her youngest (Approx. 1795-1820), her hair had a red-yellow undertone, and sometimes looked lighter in colour. This is called ehu, even though the term also applies to traditional redheads and people with more coppery ends to their dark hair. 

In 1820, missionaries began moving into the islands at a rapid pace, but there wasn't nearly enough to cause any noticeable changes to Hawaiʻi's appearance, other than her hair darkening with age. 

Until around the 1850s, Hawaiʻi stayed relatively the same. At that point, her eyes began to change due to the mass migration of Chinese and Japanese immigrants who came to the sugar plantations to work. To reflect them, her eyes changed to having a monolid, and her eyes darkened. She would keep this for near the rest of her life. Her skin also lightened a touch. 

In 1898, Hawaiʻi gained phoenix features from her seal during a buffer period during the annexation. She would start to lose weight from lack of eating, and her hair became more matted and unkempt. 

She'd regain her healthy weight and self care going into the 1920s. This is also when she'd begin her bobcut stage, keeping her hair rather short and styled. 

By the 1930s and 40s, Hawaiʻi unmistakably looked mixed Japanese and Hawaiian. However, during WW2, Hawaiʻi bleached her hair for propaganda films under the influence of martial aw, and because of the massive amounts of US military men stationed and living Hawaiʻi during the war, her skin lightened several degrees. She was the most white-passing she would be in her entire life.

After the surrender of Japan and the slow exit of most military men, her features slowly went back to her appearance before the war.

By the 1970s, Hawaii was very mixed-looking, owing to her multiple Asian and white influences. However, she is still noticeably Hawaiian and maintains her long hair and tries to take care of her curls once more.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Facial Dysmorphia

Hawai‘i began experiencing facial dysmorphia around the 1840s, which only worsened with time. In the present day, she’s still struggling to come to terms with it. Her perception of her face is warped; she fixates on so-called “flaws” in her eyes, nose, lips, and skin tone—features others might find striking or beautiful, but which she herself can hardly look at without discomfort.

Her dysmorphia got much worse as the Native Hawaiian population declined and foreign presence surged. By the mid-19th century, particularly between the 1850s and 1880s, the demographic makeup of the islands shifted dramatically. As more Asian immigrants arrived and began to outnumber Native Hawaiians, Hawai‘i's appearance began to shift too: her eyes took on a monolid shape, her hair darkened to an inky near-black. Each change pulled her further from the image she remembered of herself as a younger woman, and it scared her and made her obsessively look for flaws.

Desperate for some sense of control, she cycles through outfits and hairstyles constantly, hoping—sometimes irrationally—that one might finally bring her reflection closer to what she longs to see. But it never quite works. 

She avoids photographs of herself whenever possible. When she does appear in a picture, she often crops herself out, keeping only the images of her children and friends. In her eyes, they are beautiful—whole and unblemished in ways she believes she’ll never be. 

C-PTSD

Autism

Hawai‘i is autistic, though she lacked the language to name it for a long time, due to the historical time period she lived in. She was diagnosed in 2017, and keeps said diagnosis a secret from the public due to her own perceptions as well as public opinions of queer and neurodivergent women of colour.

Her autism influences the way she experiences the world—she tends to interpret her surroundings through patterns, routines, and sensory details. She finds comfort in structure and repetition, often stimming vocally through soft humming, melodic sounds, or rhythmic tapping. These stims are especially noticeable when she’s overwhelmed or trying to self-soothe.  

She is highly sensitive to touch, particularly on her scalp. Hawai‘i has a deep aversion to people touching her hair—any contact, even affectionate, can cause intense discomfort and distress. She likes to be touched, just not so much on the very top of her head. 

Socially, Hawai‘i definitely appears odd to most people, partially because her masking behaviours were taken from very not-normal people. She often appears airheaded to others, in her own world, but this is due to the way she processes language and emotion. She prefers to take her time constructing her thoughts, often organizing ideas internally before speaking. Though she may not always express herself conventionally, she is deeply empathetic, sometimes overly so, and can get overwhelmed with emotion quickly.

Kingdom Years

Pre Missionary Years (1795-1820)

Pre Anglo-French Recognition (1820-1845)

Kamehameaha Dynasty (1845-1873)

Kalakaua (1873-1891)

Queen Liliuokalani's Reign And Overthrow (1891-1893)

Republic Years

Territory Years

State Years

Hawaiʻi's relation with religion is complicated at best. 

When Hawaiʻi was born, the only religion in the islands was the Native Hawaiian religion, which included a sense of a caste system and kapu, which defined what could and couldn't be done. It's, for the most part, a religion that is very strict with its rules and what the place of a person in society is. Despite popular belief, most of the well known "gods" of Hawaiian mythology are actually Kupua, such as Pele and Namaka, (supernatural beings, tricksters, and demigods), were not the primary deities and were not so much worshipped as the four main gods, Kāne, Kū, Lono, and Kanaloa. As much as I'd love to get deeper into the intricacies of native Hawaiian religion, it'd take a whole book just to go over the basics. The main things that must be stated is that in-universe, Hawai'i and her family (the ahupua'a of the islands) were treated as children of gods and as such, were highly respected and had a set of rules surrounding them, just as the ali'i of Hawai'i did. 

It gave Hawai'i a sense of purpose that she was a god-child, and that her people and her were in a relationship where she tried her best to be good to them, and they would love and respect her for representing them.

In 1819, Kamehameha II and two of the highest-ranking women in Hawai'i, Ka'ahumanu (Kamehameha I's favourite wife) and Keōpūolani (Kamehameha II's mother and the highest ranking wife), broke the kapu on eating being separate between men and women. This was a major violation of Native Hawaiian religious rules, and when the gods did not punish these breakers of the rules, it led to a religious revolution within the islands. Hawai'i was confused and hurt over the loss of her religion, which brought her purpose.

Hawaii did still beleive in the old ways, it was just not so steadfast as before. This unmooring would set the stage for 1820, when Calvinists missionaries from New England began to settle in the islands. Hawai'i was skeptical of Christianity at first but basically only went because her wife was intrigued by them. 

Now, this was not her first time hearing about Christianity at all, in fact, she had learned much of it before, from Britain. The Calvinist Missionaries brought very specific ideals to Hawai'i, which would affect her life both positively and negatively:

Overview of Calvinism:

• Lives are predestined and you are either saved or damned from the moment you are born. Free Will Basically Does Not Exist in Calvinism.

• All humans are inherently sinful, incapable of doing good without divine intervention.

• Sola scriptura—Scripture alone is the ultimate guide.

• Hard work leads to good things, and every action needs to have a purpose that will go back to obeying Scripture. 

• Only the elect are atoned for, everyone else is damned.

Calvinism also depicted God (mostly called Jehovah) as a loving, but conditional divinity. Hawai'i would associate Jehovah with the figure she could best understand as being like God, Britain. Jehovah to Hawai'i was impossible to please, always watching, always evaluating, but she could be better, and she could pray that she was one of the elect chosen to be saved.

When Christianity was declared the kingdom’s official religion in 1840, Hawaiʻi felt the excitement her people felt—but she also carried a private anxiety. If her new God was anything like Britain, He demanded perfection. And she was never perfect enough. She became obsessed with studying scripture.

Hawai'i loved stories, and her favourite parts of the Bible were the stories, especially of the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the books of Esther and Ruth. 

in 1862, the church of Hawaii was established and Hawaii switched denominations to Anglicanism, which is much more lax, but many of her 

After the overthrow, Hawaii tried out Catholicism. 

In the 1960s-80s, Hawaii tested out many versions of Christianity to try to see if she could regain the spark that had ignited when she became Christian in 1840. 

In the 1990s, Hawaii considered herself non-denominational. 

In the late 90s to the modern day, Hawaii has reconnected with her old religion and practices a mixture of Christianity and the native one. 

Hawaii's family is extremely important to her.

Father

• Ancient Hawaiʻi (Hawaiʻi Kahiko) (Deceased)

Children

• Sikaiana

• Kalaupapa (Deceased)

• Polynesian Confederation (Deceased)

• American Samoa (Adopted)

• Guam (Adopted)

• Kālahui Hawaiʻi

• Principality of Aloha

• Solomon Islands (Adopted)

• Republic of Hawaii (Disowned) (Deceased)

Siblings

• 700+ Ahupua'a of Hawaiʻi Kahiko (Deceased)

• Alaska

• California

• Niʻihau

• Unorganized Territory

• Texas

• The 46 Other States 

Extended Family

• Polynesian Countries

It's Complicated

• United States

• Japan

Note: All relationships are from Hawai'i's perspective and, therefore, not consistently accurate to the reality of the situation. They are simply how Hawai'i views everything.

Living Personifications

United States

Hawai'i and America have a long and complex relationship, owing to several factors, including the illegal annexation of Hawai'i and America's oppression of Hawaiian culture and language. Their relationship in modern times is not one either of them can define. However, they are on friendly terms and do have a mutual understanding. 

Hawai'i, when she was young, was desperate for family and friendship after her father and remaining siblings died. When she originally became acquainted with America, their interactions were of stiff diplomacy, though Hawai'i tried to alleviate the tension with informalities. She was uncomfortable with being so close geographically with someone she was not really close to in relationships. 

America had opened up slightly to Hawai'i during a few of their scattered meetings. Desperate for familial connection and elated that America opened up to her, Hawai'i offered herself as a hānai sister, a sort of adoption. He (Or, more appropriately, the very excited Unorganized Territory who was fronting) had taken her offer, and Hawai'i could not be more than pleased.

As the years went by and America allowed her to be closer to him, Hawai'i rooted herself in her relationship with him. His thoughts above all others began to matter more and more, especially when other relationships, such as her relationship with Britain, would start to falter. She saw him as someone she could confide in, and she hoped he saw her the same way. 

As the years went on, Hawai'i's relationship with America became one where she was on the receiving end of near-constant manipulation, and nearly suffocating closeness. She shrugged off all red flags as being a sign of brotherly affection and protectiveness, because it was the relationship she felt most at ease with. This led to her getting angry at him a few times due to her sense of independence being at war with his "protectiveness". 

This clashing would become even more apparent when America sent her a letter near the start of the Civil War that demanded her loyalty and warned her he would never forgive her if she betrayed him. Within this letter was racist language that dug at her already fragile sense of self.  Hawai'i was extremely shocked and felt hurt that he would doubt her loyalty to him, and sent an angry letter back. 

She would later feel horrible for "over reacting" to something like this and would apologize, and accepted America's apology quickly as well, and allowed him to stay in her home for a few months after the US Civil War, where she sincerely believes their relationship was at it's purest form. 

Hawai'i would eventually cede Pearl Harbor to the United States, which, to her, was the ultimate gift, as it would allow America to be so much closer and visit her more often. 

In the years leading up to the overthrow, Hawai'i found herself frustrated with the way he would act as if Americans in the kingdom weren't the problem, or he would shrug off her concerns to speak about something different. She found herself irritated with his behavior, yet tried to set aside her pride to keep up the semblance of a healthy relationship. 

During the overthrow, America was one of the few who came to visit her while she was incarcerated and by far the one she was supposed to maintain appearances for the most. Originally, America seemed to be on her side, but then in another visit, he would completely switch sides, telling her that he couldn't do anything. To her, America was not the brother she had loved anymore, and this betrayal cut her deeply.

When she became a territory, she was sure that America was going to kill her then and there, and she accepted it with open arms. She did not formally disown or stop calling him her brother in her mind until she realized she was going to have to live as a colony of the United States, and that broke her. She became angry and would lash out at him whenever she saw him, only cooling off a little with the arrival of American Samoa and the territories gained by the Spanish-American War. 

After she made quite a few mistakes involving her temper, (one of which included drugging the system) and not being able to control her fire, she felt extremely guilty and wanted to apologize to America for that, but her pride and the injustice she felt was too great to do anything of substance, and instead would separate herself entirely.

The relationship would remain tense, but cool into a mild constant annoyance during and after the First World War, even sharing drinks, as they both were alcoholics at the time. This tension would re-elevate in the early 1930s, due to the Massie Affair, which came with the threat to place Hawai'i under Martial law.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i was placed on Martial law and effectively benched for the war, and had a blind obedience to America as a result of it. It made her extremely patriotic and nationalistic for the time period, and she gladly helped with the home front in any way she could. When the martial law abated, she refused to think much about that period, and still doesn't. However, in its wake was left a slight sense of nationalism, and she saw her relationship begin to improve. 

Hawai'i, though still holding a sense of injustice, tried her best to improve her standing with America, especially while she was under suspicion during the McCarthy Era, even going so far as to advocate for statehood, and being very relieved when the bill passed. She felt as if surrendering in this sense would finally bring her peace in this relationship, though she was very mistaken. 

Their relationship in the early statehood years is odd, with Hawaii trying very hard to fit the model of what a state should be like, and quickly realizing there were no set rules. She enjoyed being around him, but often even casual discussions would devolve and become awkward. 

America's breakdown during the Cuban Missile Crisis threw her relationship with him up in the air again, as now he was suddenly admitting mistakes and trying to be better. It unsettled Hawai'i greatly and left her feelings about him in question, because to her, she had finally figured out how she belonged within the country.

The use of various substances throughout the years brought them unhealthy ways to talk through things, from alcohol to eventually marijuana, and Hawai'i finds him much easier to talk to when he's high or drunk, because she can pretend he doesn't mean a word he is saying, and that comforts her in an odd way. 

The Apology Resolution would bring America and Hawai'i's relationship to where it is today, being undefinable, but nevertheless close in some aspects. She appreciates the idea, though she is frustrated with how long it took and she does know he cares, in his own, odd way, but she would rather leave it unexplained than try to work through the hundred year old issues that plague it.

United Kingdom

France

Philippines

The Philippines and Hawai'i's relationship is very positive, and has been since the early 1900s. 

During the Philippine Revolution from 1898-1902, Hawaii often sent aid packages to him and outwardly showed her support. When he was finally captured, Hawaii was the one who started taking care of him and giving him medical treatment, as he was adverse to all others.

Both fell under American rule, and both felt as if he had betrayed them. Hawai'i and Philippines formed a close bond as a sort of safeguard against their colonizer, and would often be seen hanging around each other and the other territories. 

The Philippines was one of the only people who Hawaii felt comfortable around during a very vulnerable time period, and she still likes to speak to him about things that bother her.

In the 1930s, their paths began to look very defined, and very different. While the Philippines were eventually elevated to a Commonwealth and were promised a transition to full independence, Hawai'i was struggling to not be placed under more restrictions and martial law. Despite this, Hawai'i never outwardly showcased her jealousy, and instead tried to support him however she could.

During the 1940s, the Philippines were attacked by the Japanese Empire not too long after Pearl Harbor, and then when he was captured, Hawai'i felt like it was her duty to make sure to support the US war effort in any way she could, (Even though martial law helped a lot.) 

In August of 1945, he was captured and brought to her islands to join other Pacific refugees, and Hawai'i cared for him despite him being a puppet state. (See: Types of Mind Control) She sustained a few injuries, but never held him accountable for them.

Even after Philippines gained independence, they remained rather close, and Hawaii was especially concerned during the martial law period and would check up on him often.

To this day, Philippines really likes visiting Hawai'i and usually can make himself at home whenever he wishes to visit. 

Japan (Modern)

Texas

Hawai'i's initial impression of Texas was when she was trying to find something to cut her wings off, and he gave her some stew, having misinterpreted what she was looking for in the kitchen. It was a sweet moment that could have started off a great friendship if it was anyone but these stubborn individuals who are both extremely loyal, stubborn, hotheaded, and judgmental. When she got a chance to get to know him more, the relationship developed into a profound rivalry, as Texas was and is fiercely loyal to those he considers his family, and Wai's relationship with America had just plunged. 

Hawai'i would fight Texas, verbally and physically, many times over the course of being a territory. During one such fight, which stemmed from Texas trying to protect Alaska from her, ended in Texas gaining a concussion and Hawai'i being placed under stricter watch. Hawai'i, having lost all sense of freedom, blamed Texas along with America for the loss of even more. 

Their relationship would remain tense all the way to the 1930s, but Hawai'i would mostly ignore Texas, though she grew to find his reactions to the things she said funny and often took jabs at him. 

After the Second World War, their relationship became a little better, made of mutual respect (?), bashing of the other, and slews of vaguely racist comments. 

During the Second Red Scare, their relationship became strained once more amid allegations of homosexuality and communism.

Hawai'i earned more respect from Texas when she publicly came out as a lesbian in the 1990s, which, quote, "took guts". 

Their relationship in the modern day consists of good-natured teasing and frequent contests of strength. Their rivalry can be put aside if they both find it funny to do so or if they (rarely) agree on something. She is very happy with her place of being someone Texas can trust to keep a secret in the modern age. While there are definitely things they don't see eye to eye about, Hawai'i does trust and respect Texas and his sense of loyalty. 

California

Puerto Rico

Tonga

Unorganized Territory

Niihau

Alaska

Deceased Personifications

Japanese Empire

Note: I am using "Japan" to refer to the Empire of Japan (1868-1947) in this description, as a way to maximize flow of writing. In this description, it will only refer to that personification. Thank you.

The Empire of Japan and the Kingdom of Hawai'i met in 1870, two years after the original Gannenmono arrived in Honolulu Harbor. The Gannenmono, or "first year people" were so called because they arrived in the first year of the Meiji Restoration, and as consequence, the first year of the Empire of Japan's life.

Hawai'i liked Japan from the start, admiring her ability to be stoically quiet and, to her, look the part of a "gracefully powerful" nation. Hawai'i made it a mini-goal to make Japan smile, as she was not one to smile often, and when she succeeded, it became much easier to reach out and make friends with her. 

Hawai'i didn't know how to describe their friendship at the time, but she adored seeing Japan smile, and was very happy when she was gifted the nickname "Sakura". (桜 Sakura, or Cherry Blossom, comes from the word 咲 saku, to bloom/smile/laugh.) Hawai'i began to look at Japan as a friend, and would talk to her often throughout her time as a nation. 

In 1887, during Kalakaua, (and Hawai'i's) trip around the world, Hawai'i was estatic to be able to spend so much time with Japan, though opposing Kalakaua's idea to marry off a Hawaiian princess to a Japanese prince. 

During the overthrow and subsequent republic years, Japan was the only one of Hawai'i's self-proclaimed friends who came only to comfort her, and did not betray her during this very vulnerable time. She became very attached to Japan as a result, and saw her, along with the Philippines, as her most trusted companions during the early territory years.

Hawai'i would eventually get very angry at Japan following when Korea became a colony, as to her, that was being just like America, who had betrayed her. Not wanting to lose the friendship she had, however, she eventually let the matter go to rest, though she openly opposed all ideas of colonisation. 

In the early 1910s to late 30s, Hawai'i saw Japan as someone she could talk to, and she often used their meetings as an outlet to vent her struggles for independence, and later the idea of statehood. 

She was very hurt when Japan seemed to be "Avoiding her" as tensions between Japan and America rose before the Second World War. However, she was quickly forgiving and hopeful that once things turned to normal, then her and Japan could have a relatively peaceful relationship once more.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor shook Hawai'i's world, but she didn't have much thoughts about Japan herself besides being a faceless enemy, due to the territory being placed under Martial Law (Link). She was more focused on the war effort as a chance to prove herself and her loyalty than a direct attack against Japan in revenge. 

Hawai'i doesn't remember much of the early years of the war before the refugees arrived, but seeing so many very directly impacted by her former friend started to shape Japan more and more into being a monster. This came to a head when she learned of the horrors that happened towards some of the Japanese controlled territories that she knew well, Guam and the Philippines. 

This "monster" was a distinct entity compared to Hawai'i's "Friend", and Hawai'i only directly disowned Japan as soon as martial law on her islands was cleared, and she was able to really think about what happened. 

After Japan surrendered, Hawai'i took several different trips to Tokyo, only the first being to see Japan herself. She was expecting some twisted amalgamation of her friend and some monster, but seeing that Japan looked relatively like the one she knew broke her. She couldn't take it and ended up punching Japan in the face before telling her is so happy she's going to be a state eventually. 

She didn't grieve the day she learned Japan died.

In the current age, Hawai'i doesn't like to speak about Japan much, and if she does, it is always the nostalgic times she felt happy for, and she pushes aside all the horrible stuff at the end by simply not speaking about it often. She does this mostly for the sake of trying to keep her relationship with (Modern) Japan in a good area.

When she does mention WW2, Japan is always pushed aside.

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Yua Daigo

Reading

• Reading has always been a beloved pastime for Hawaii, with her favourite books being of the fairy tale and fantasy genres. 

  • Her favourite book is Alice In Wonderland, though it will tie with Peter Pan depending on the day. 

• A guilty pleasure of hers is romantasy books. Yes. Like the BookTok recommended ones.

• On the other hand, she does not like most plain romance books. She finds them infuriating. 

• Hawaii is an avid audiobook listener.

Surfing

• Hawaii is a damn good surfer, and has been since she was young. She fell out of practice for almost a hundred years from the 1820s to the 1910s due to shame and modesty standards, but got back into it and began doing it often since the 1950s, when bathing suits and surfing itself became more common in the isles. 

• She surfed competitively before and refuses to give what name she surfed under.

Music

• Hawai'i has a deep love for music in all forms, with her favorites being Reggae, R&B, and what she considers to be "Good Country". 

• She likes singing quite a bit, and classical vocalists would categorize her as an alto, with a pretty good head voice and a very full chest voice. 

• Hawaii can play ukulele, piano, guitar (Slack key, Steel, and acoustic), and ipu, as well as a little bit of ohe hano, a bamboo nose flute. 

  • Bow-and-string instruments (like violins) are ones she hasn't quite mastered, and brass instruments quite frankly aren't her style.

• The Hawaiian Renaissances of the 1870s as well as the 1960s were very tied to music.

• One of her human names, Mele, was a tribute to her love for music, as it means "Song".

• Hawaii is very auditory based in general, and her version of stimming is often through humming or tapping out specific beats. 

Martial Arts

Telling Stories

• Hawai'i has been a storyteller her whole life, and she loves telling myths, as well as stories from her lifetime. So when she was asked to be a part of the C.R.A.P. project, she jumped at the chance to tell stories.

• Hawaii has, in universe, been a contributor to three books on Hawaiian Mythology, one of which deals exclusively with Countryhumans. 

Former Human Names 

Hawaii does not get rid of names often and instead just adds to her base name she created in the 1850s. Denotes New Name

• 1987–Present: Emma Kakokoʻopali Paumākōʻokalauliʻiliʻi Keahi Mele Kailani Puanani Kaimana Uʻilani Kameāloha

  • Her longest name — and the one she feels the most comfortabl with.

  • Kakokoʻopali, “blood of the cliff,” connects her to the Battle of Nuʻuanu — the moment her kingdom was born in violence. It’s a reminder that her existence began in struggle. She adds it after her daughter asks about her birth.

• 1973–1987: Emma Paumākōʻokalauliʻiliʻi Keahi Mele Kailani Puanani Kaimana Uʻilani Kameāloha

  • With the rise of the Hawaiian Renaissance, she adds Kaimana (“power of the sea” or “diamond”) and Uʻilani (“heavenly beauty”). One masculine, one feminine — on purpose. She and her brother Niʻihau took names that are considered the "Opposite gender" to challenge binaries. Her language has no gender. Also, Niihau was gaining a hold on more names than her.

• 1968–1973: Emma Paumākōʻokalauliʻiliʻi Keahi Mele Kailani Puanani Kameāloha

  • Paumākōʻokalauliʻiliʻi — “mourning for the little leaf” — is her grief for Kalaupapa. Her grief for her son. Her grief for every broken thing that she never got to save. This name is long, complicated, and sad — just like her history. She wears it like a lei made of thorns.

• 1967–1968: Emma Keahi Mele Kailani Puanani Kameāloha

  • Keahi means “the fire.” It comes to her during protest, and during unrest. Hawaii finally likes her fire enough to stop resisting it and learn how to love it.

• 1965–1967: Emma Mele Kailani Puanani Kameāloha

  • She adds Mele, meaning “song.” Music has been her escape, her therapy, her connection to past and future. Singing helps her remember herself. It helps her feel alive during the confusing, lonely early days of territoryhood and this new world of being a state. She’s not royalty anymore, but she’s not lost, either.

• 1964–1965: Emma Alice Kailani Puanani Kameāloha

  • She finally sheds Washington. She reclaims Kameāloha, her father's name, and adds Puanani, meaning “beautiful flower.” It’s an apology to him. She abandoned that name for decades — hated it for what it reminded her of. But now she sees it differently. She’s ready to grow again, to bloom on her own terms. Alice stays. That part of her still belongs.

• 1959–1962: Emma Alice Kailani Washington

  • As statehood approaches, she quietly brings Kailani back into her name. It's her way of reminding herself to keep her people first. She still carries Washington.

• 1947–1959: Emma Alice Washington

  • After the war, she starts to find her footing again. Emma returns to the front, as it's a comfortable name. She’s grown into it. She even likes it now. Elizabeth is gone for good, buried with the end of the war having Britain beat British Western Pacific Territories nearly to death.

  • She’s still stuck with Washington 

• 1942–1947: Alice Rose Washington  (Adopted under the influence of martial law)

  • Martial law changes everything. She’s now Alice Rose Washington — an American citizen, whether she wants to be or not. The buzzing in her head seems to tell her she wants this, but she'll be damned if she has an English name that doesn't sound nice.

  • Alice is from Alice in Wonderland, one of her favourite books. She feels like she’s always falling, too small for some rooms, too big for others. Alice means "Of a noble Sort"

  • She still answers to Emma, but mentally, she calls herself Alice. She’s stuck in a dreamland where nothing makes sense and she's unable to understand why things are the way they are.

• 1905–1942: Emma-Elizabeth Malia Kailani Kameāloha

  • Over the next few decades, she cycles back and forth between her old names. Emma returns. Then Elizabeth again. She adds Malia after converting to Catholicism — a name for Mary, the Holy Mother. It’s a name of comfort, of silence, of surrender. She still prefers to be called Em by those close to her. It’s soft. It’s safe. She’s unsure of who she is, so she keeps a little of everything.

• 1898–1905: Mara Kailani Kameāloha

  • Then the annexation happens. She falls into despair. She renames herself Mara, quoting the line from the Book of Ruth:

    • “Call me not Naomi [Pleasant]; call me Mara [Bitter], for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.”

  • She drops her long royal-sounding name. She drops everything that once made her feel special. She wants to be close to her people, who are plain, raw, hurting. She also wants to punish herself. In her mind, she failed. Elizabeth and Emma become too heavy to carry.

• 1881–1898: Emma Kailani Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • After King Kalākaua’s world tour — and the explosive rumours that Britain might be her real father — she’s pushed by America to drop Elizabeth, as a sort of quiet cutting off of Britain completely. This is the name she will associate with her kingdom years.

• 1862–1881: Emma Elizabeth Kailani Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • The Anglican baptism gives her a new layer: Emma, in honor of her Queen. Queen Emma lost both her husband and her child, and carried on anyway. Hawai‘i names herself after her not because she feels worthy, but because she wants to offer comfort and honour by carrying her name.

• 1848–1862: Elizabeth Kailani Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • The Kingdom is trying to stabilize, and so is she. She reclaims Elizabeth and adds Kailani, a simpler Hawaiian name that humanizes her. It means something like “sea and sky.” It's gentle. It's approachable. She’s still a land spirit, still sacred, but now she’s also just… a girl, trying to make friends, trying to belong to herself as much as her people.

• 1843–1848: Naomi Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • She finally settles on Naomi because it means pleasant. Hawai‘i likes the name a lot, and it distances herself from Britain for a bit. She’s just hurting, and Naomi gives her permission to hurt quietly. It’s a retreat inward.

• 1843 (February–June): —

  • For a few uncertain months, she doesn’t really have a name — not one that feels like it belongs to her. During the Paulet Affair, everything she knew about being Hawai‘i feels ripped away. She’s been humiliated, suspended, erased. She tries on names in her head like costumes but nothing fits fully.

• 1840–1843: Elizabeth Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • After a Calvinist baptism, she chooses the name Elizabeth — mostly because she likes how it sounds. Britain had told her prior that it was a strong name, a good one. She barely knows anything about the Elizabeth in the Bible, but shrugs and says, “Good enough.”

  • Fun Fact: Elizabeth was a very common Hawaiian ali'i class name.

  • It’s her first English name, and it makes her feel a little like a stranger in her own skin, but she keeps it anyway. 

• 1820–1840: Kaleiliʻilanikamahoi Kameāloha

  • With the missionaries come paper, schools, and strange new structures — like surnames. She adds Kameāloha, which means “beloved one.” It’s a nod to her father’s favourite chosen name. It’s also her first real attempt to be understood in a Western format.

• 1795–1820: Kaleili‘ilanikamahoi

  • Her very first name meaning “The wonderful and heavenly little lei.” There’s no surname, no need for one.

Former Country Names

• 1959-Present Day: State of Hawaii/Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi

• 1898-1959: Territory of Hawaii/Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi

• 1894-1898: Republic of Hawaii/Lepupalika o Hawaiʻi

• 1795-1893: Kingdom Of Hawaii/Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi/Aupuni Moʻi ʻO Hawaiʻi

Note: During most of the 19th century, "Sandwich Islands" was also used for the Kingdom of Hawaii and later Republic/Territory, but fell out of use by the early 1900s. The Hawaiian versions of the Territory and Republic of Hawaii were rarely if ever used, and not considered official.

1824
Measles complications on her first visit to England. 

1848
Such an assortment of diseases no one knows exactly what finally killed her. Speculation is that it was smallpox complications. The running theory was a death loop where she died around 7 times from different diseases, based on her accounts. 

Various Times From 1848-1893

Various diseases, including smallpox, measles (several times), influenza, tuberculosis, chlorea, and maybe more. Her people had no immunity and thus she was unable to develop it

1893
Smoke inhalation from a house fire caused during the overthrow of the kingdom. 

Various Times From 1893-1898

A result of being "executed" for crimes.

1894

Hung for treason against the Republic of Hawaiʻi, in hopes she'd be replaced.

1900
THE BLACK PLAGUE. Refused to get medical treatment and was surprised she did not die permanently.

1918

Influenza + Phoenix Fever combination.

1937
Collecting limpets, slipped and split her head open on the reef

1942

Liver and kidney failure from bleaching her hair too often and incorrectly during martial law

1959
Let herself fall asleep on the shore of the ocean and drowned in water a foot deep. Woke up at low tide.

2012

pneumonia from complications of the Common Cold she refused to treat because she was "fine." She was not fine.

1814, 1849, 1884, 1921, 1948, 1956, 1975, 2003- Various drownings because she's an idiot who doesn't listen to her body's need for air and dives too deep.

• Hawai'i rubs her neck and tugs on her hair when she is nervous.

  • Her pinky finger will also catch fire when she's nervous or lying, and she will subconsciously put it in her mouth to put it out.

• Her hair and skin are both completely fireproof. This is a blessing and a curse. Because she is physically unable to get burned, she also doesn't see the problem with doing risky things dealing with fire.

• Hawaiʻi is absolutely terrible at drawing and painting. The best piece you will get out of her will be a stick figure with scoliosis. 

  • She is not very visual in her learning

• She has aviophobia and hates being in planes, which severely limits her travel opportunities in the modern age.

• She has an allergy to pineapple. She did not discover how bad her allergies were until the 40's, when canned pineapple was in everything under the sun.

  • A side effect of this is she has never tasted Hawaiian Pizza and does not plan to.

• She is lactose intolerant, however, she does like ice cream quite a bit. This is a problem as she also refuses to get lactose free alternatives to anything

• She avoids eye contact by habit to be respectful.

• She would describe her laugh as sounding like a hyena. She is also the type of person to hit something while laughing.

• Hawai'i has either no sense of fashion, or the best you have ever seen. She will wear socks and Crocs and think it looks great.

• She cannot sit in a chair properly for the life of her. As soon as pants were an option she ran with it, and refuses to sit in a chair the correct way anymore.

• From 1848 to 1889, Hawai'i owned horses, as they were common gifts between chiefs and such. She paid to board them with a friend. The money may have come out of the treasury of the kingdom

  • 1848-1864 Her first horse was a bay-colored mare named Lio. 

    • Lio means "horse".

  • 1855-1874 She named this horse Alekanetero, after her king, mostly to rant at him while feeding him. He was white and bay, and the son of Lio.

  • 1867-1889: Paniolo, whose name was a bastardisation of the word "Español", which came to mean "Cowboy". 

    • He was not related to Lio.

• Hawai'i saw an ostrich in real life before she saw a deer.

• Hawai'i's favourite TV series are overly dramatic Soap Operas/K-Dramas that have no coherent plot and very lighthearted cartoons. She would enjoy slice of life books. 

• Hawai'i's contacts all have pictures of animals instead of the actual people's faces. She draws comparisons to animals in order to keep things organised in her brain, leading to many nicknames relating to this

  • America, for instance, is a striped fish.

• While Hawai'i has the knowledge and skillset to sew, knit, and crochet, she is rather terrible at it, due to her being very impatient. 

• Hawai'i has been a cameo voice actor in quite a few animated shows and movies, most notably Lilo & Stitch: The Series, where she also was a canon character for one episode. She likes and is proud of her voice. 

  • She also voices narrations for a few Hawaiian mythology documentaries

• Specific Language Headcanons

  • Hawai'i had a slight English accent when speaking "formally" until the 1920s, as that was the accent of the royals. 

    • She still prefers "rubbish" instead of "trash" or "garbage". 

    • She says some words she doesn't use often anymore with an British pronunciation because of habit.

    • She can switch back and forth between accents pretty easily and does so to piss off people.

  • Hawai'i's first language being Hawaiian makes certain words in English harder for her to say. This has alleviated a bit when her official language became English in 1959, but for the time before that, English words that aren't used in basic conversation trip over her tongue and don't work well with her. 

    • Her trouble sounds are mostly digraphs (sh, ch, br, sp, ect.) and foreign consonant sounds. 

      • She will avoid words with them in it in normal speech to this day because she didn't like the way it sounded.

  • Hawai'i's extent of knowing French is limited to insults, curses, and whatever French Polynesia and Enana were able to impart on her. This is completely her choice, as she once was quite fluent in French and read voraciously some books that were only available in french during the time period.

  • Hawai'i is a polyglot and enjoys learning new languages, though it doesn't come as easily for her anymore due to now having official languages.

• Specific Texting Headcanons:

  • Hawai'i is the type of person who uses an absurd emoji to text ratio. 

  • She doesn't do very long texts, very short answers with little to no grammar at all

• Specific Writing Headcanons

  • She signs her name as Hawai'i Nei by habit, despite it making no sense. (Hawai'i Nei means "Our [own] Hawai'i" and it's what the people call it.)

  • When signing her human name, she writes K.E.M.K instead of signing the full name

• Specific Social Media Headcanons

  • Hawai'i has been active on Twitter (Not X) for quite a while and her posts consist of:

    • Arguments with others (This includes politicians, other states, countries, out of touch people)

    • Vague Posts about the newest state shenanigan she has to witness or be a part of. 

      • E.G. "Love it when certain people I know have several licenses and degrees and have lived upwards of 200 years and yet CAN'T OPEN CHILD SAFETY LOCKS <3"

    • Breakdowns over slang because let's face it: one of her children is a Gen Alpha and another is a millennial. She is an ULTRA BOOMER. She is using it like Google and is very concerned as to what in the world a skibidi sigma gyatt is

    • "Happy 'Insert day'" posts with a million emojis/kaomoji

    • Replies to horrendous takes about her because it's funny as hell

    • Something short and sweet like "Happy Pride!!🌈🌈"

    • A text limit defying argument of stupid irrelavent topics like "Snow Cone vs. Shave Ice".

  • She also has a YouTube channel that talks about the Hawaiian language and posts covers of songs.

  • It's extremely hard to find any posts/videos with her face in it. She just doesn't like it. Principality of Aloha (her daughter) is very artsy and computer-y and draws her doodles to go over videos.

  • Hawai'i has become sort of an internet meme when she does post, though it's slowed a bit in the modern day

    • Back when the "Obama wasn't born in Honolulu" conspiracy was at its peak, Hawai'i made a joke post on Twitter with the caption: "What are you talking about? I was there at Obama's birth lmao 🤣" which sparked mass chaos and an influx of memes on her circle of the internet.

  • There are several conspiracy theories involving Hawaii, a famous one in universe being that she was replaced in the Second World War. 

    • Hawai'i follows those accounts because she thinks they're funny

HEADCANONS ANGEL STOLE AND IS GIVING CREDIT NOW:

• Hawai'i is a space hog and will not share. [Aili: Socials On Home]

• Hawai'i's wings are based on a pheasant and as such, she is unable to really fly [Aili: Socials on Home]

• Because of how close she was to Britain, she can do a pretty darn good impression of his voice and mannerisms. She does so often when either bored or when someone is acting a bit pretentious. [Z: Socials on Home]