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ego-meliorem-esse · 5 months
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Am i normal about nations being depicted in old photographs? Unquestionably not, good Lord...
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marquise-sv · 2 years
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i’m still in 2012
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russiantapo4ek · 1 month
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According to Moscow statistics for 2022-2023 24% of Australians often visit Russia
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lieutkenny · 2 months
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Bluey has been influencing a lot of my stuff lately-
I’m so excited to be contributing to @hws-anthology Check it out and go support the artists and writers who were apart of it. It was an mammoth of a project to be apart of!
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cookieshower · 10 months
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stirringwinds · 3 months
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Your thoughts on Alfreds similarity to Arthur, their dynamic and their father-son relationshio is incredible and so very enjoyable! The way Arthur sees Alfred; his hyperindependent son who rejects his fathers ideas and uplifts his own ambitions, not understanding that while his own ambition and view of the world is not completely identical to his fathers, it's a mirror image in scale and vigour. It is the same old tale of the prince beheading the king, taking the crown and vowing to never become his father, only to come full circle and have his enemies tell him "you're just like him."
Alfred may be the "black sheep" of the family, but not even Arthur can hide his favoritism for the lad. His firstborn is more like him than anyone of his children, and that bears pride, yet fear as well.
Im just trying to say that if you had a million fans, I am one of them, if you had one fan, its me, if you had zero fans im dead. <3
thank you so much! (: in return, i have to say how much i love your art, especially of the pacific siblings + the old man. you bring them to life really beautifully.
and yes! i just love the excellent contradictions that come out when digging into arthur and alfred as a father-and-son dynamic. i enjoy putting a twist on the usual tropes of the 'black sheep' and 'golden boy/crown prince', where it's often two different siblings. here, out of the 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿 siblings, alfred is the black sheep and the crown prince. he is the estranged eldest brother who seemingly does whatever the hell he wants. he overshadows them all even in his absence. like, for Jack and Zee especially, it's not a flattering picture of Alfred they get from Arthur. Ungrateful wretch, fool of a lad, hotheaded and arrogant, a flash in the pan...etc etc. but even quite young, before WWI or WWII, they realise that Alfred is the only one of them Arthur truly sees as anything close to an equal. that contrast is sharpened by how Arthur treats Matt—who was the 'older brother' they actually knew: the otherwise competent shocktroop of empire and first dominion shouldering various responsibilities. to defy Arthur is to earn his enmity, but also the only way to earn his respect.
like most other nations who become empires—Arthur doesn't truly believe in heirs: the sun never sets on the british empire, no? and when you are an eldritch being given life by the power of human ideas, immortality is a possibility they can't help aspiring to, no matter how much history is littered with the rise and fall of nations once arrogant enough to believe themselves invincible. and Arthur, at the height of British power, allows himself to believe that. for all his shrewdness and study of history, he's not immune to being seduced by that possibility. why shouldn't his empire be different? driven by the power of industrial civilisation that Rome could never dream of. Arthur never wanted Alfred to be his heir because he would never relinquish power willingly (just as the British Empire did not give itself up until the combined weight of world war two, anti-colonial movements and bankruptcy broke its back), but with his defiance, Alfred is the only kind of heir he would respect.
It is the same old tale of the prince beheading the king, taking the crown and vowing to never become his father, only to come full circle and have his enemies tell him "you're just like him."
indeed! i always see a real Titanomachy theme between Arthur and Alfred for that reason; the British and American empires certainly loved to perceive themselves as heirs to classical antiquity after all. the Greek story of the war between the younger generation of Olympian gods and Titans to determine who would have dominion over the universe. Zeus, with his siblings, overthrows his father Cronus— in a manner of speaking, that is what happens with WWII. Alfred is both Arthur's deliverance (lend lease, d-day...) and the one who usurps him: America replacing Britain's prime role in the Pacific, reshaping and redefining alliances with Australia, New Zealand and Canada. in the eyes of many of the Old World nations, Alfred is his father's heir. to end off, here's a short snippet from a WIP i'm working on set during the American Civil War:
Arthur laughs. “Do I make you do anything anymore, Alfred? Didn't you throw away my name almost a century ago? Did you not loudly announce yourself as a maritime power? That huge uproar you created in the Far East? Bragging to me how you’d done what I failed, dragging another Old World nation out of isolation to rejoin the international community on the threat of war and glories of foreign commerce?” Alfred opens his mouth—to say something self-righteous and hypocritical, Arthur is certain—but then he lifts his chin coolly. “As opposed to the actual war you started in China? If anything, with the Treaty of Kanagawa, I proved how one could secure foreign trading interests with both firmness but far more civilisation. You and I," Alfred sneers, “are not the same.” “An unequal treaty is an unequal treaty— that I will not deny even if I will not give up its benefits. This world is not for soft men or women, and the old warlord that Yao is—he knows that well.” Arthur smiles sharply. “Do you hate the fact that when the other Old World nations look at you, they see my blood running in your veins?"
Arthur imo, is definitely that father who plays favourites. Alfred is his greatest disappointment but also the one he loves the most—in the dysfunctional way that a man who is an empire comes closest to loving the son who mirrors him the most in his pitiless ambition and cunning. Alfred sees himself as a genuine idealist, as someone struggling to be free of his father and all his bad traits, but when Alfred rises to power, Arthur believes he's the only one who truly understands him the most. It's almost the possessive element of 'I gave you life, I named you and made you what you are, and no matter how much you scorn my name, my influence will define you forever.' Father and son, king and crown prince, regicide and patricide—but also creator and his creation made in his image.
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hockeyambassador · 10 months
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saw that barbie meme and immediately thought of Them
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thirdlotusprince3 · 7 months
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goldenstarprincesses · 3 months
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Alfred's gift giving habits at Christmas time fall into two categories
He was so busy that forget about Christmas until 48hrs before when his Google alert reminded him. He tossed his black card at some terrified intern with a "ya know...just get whatever you think the former British empire would want". So everyone gets a summer sausage/Wisconsin cheese gifts basket that costs more then what the average person makes in a month
Everyone gets very heartfelt gift that he specifically picked out for them based on one 10 minute conversation they had 5 years ago. Every time this happens everyone is thrown for a loop because honestly, everyone in the family assumes there is always only a 45-55% chance Alfred is actually paying attention to them when they are talking to him. When in reality he is always listening to them and its just that its rare he actually dose anything with the information he has collected
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sunnylolli · 1 year
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Alfred and Jack (Aus) I feel like both have an affinity for strange and funky plants and bugs.
Like I imagine they like to nerd out about cool bugs they've found recently, and Alfred might be terrified of most australian spiders but he'll "test his courage" and have Jack put them on him whenever he's visiting.
Jack definitely has a little collection of carnivorous plants and leaf/stick bugs and Alfred has a pet iguana lizard. I don't know how to explain it, but it just seems very in character of Alfred to own a lizard.
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classic-oi-oi · 6 months
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Constitutional Crisis
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1975 - Prime Minister Gough Whitlam has been dismissed by the Governor General of Australia, John Kerr, on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Many Australians are outraged that a democratically elected leader has been cast out in this way; a controversy known as the 'Constitutional Crisis of 1975'. Addressing the Australian public, Whitlam (Australia in the comic) makes his iconic speech:
"Well may we say, 'God save the Queen'... Because nothing will save the Governor General."
Legislation would eventually be passed by future Governments restricting the influence of the Head of State over the Executive Government (PM's office).
Whitlam was a progressive leader whose term lasted just under 3 years. Despite this short time, he made many sweeping changes within the country, pulling it away from a narrow focus on Europe (particularly, Great Britain) and expanding it to the rest of the world. He was an avid believer in Australia's sovereignty and unique character, counter to British or US influence (many today believing this to be the motive for his dismissal).
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ego-meliorem-esse · 1 month
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I have so many prompts to draw yet I am here, sitting in my chair, iPad in hand, drawing my comfort babies: ANZAC.
Pathetic.
If something's wrong with the anatomy don't tell me ill cry I've been drawing and looking at this for the past 3 h its warping and bending and im gonna puke
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permanently thinking about Arthur teaching his kids to shoot a bow, they're so tiny the bow is too big even if it's smaller than a normal one but "you have to start early if you want their hand eye coordination to be as good as possible!"; and of course he let Alfred or Jack try to draw his longbow when it was still twice as tall as them and he laughed when they weren't able to do it... yet. And of course Eleanor could hit a dozen bullseyes in a row when she could barely read, and he picked her up and told her with a laugh that the French armies were shaking in their boots. And of course after Matthieu came to live with him his first try at trying to bond was "the frog ever teach you to shoot a bow?" and hmmmmmm
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askcardsuits · 3 months
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Are Hutt and Wy Aussie's children or are they his siblings?
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lieutkenny · 2 years
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Enjoying the summer weather ☠️
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I like them a lot. Wish we got to see them more.
(I totally headcannon NZ having a tone of freckles. He looks like such a guy)
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