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[Fanart] Canada, In Flanders Fields
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Title: In Flanders Fields
Author/Artist: sukaijeiku/fighting_wotsit/me
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Canada
Rating: PG-T
Warnings: Barbed wire, use of WW1 symbolic figures, slight amount of blood, hints of mass death.
Summary: A take onJohn McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' pertaining to the loss of Canadian men in WW1
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' In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.'
- John McCrae, May 1915
I've always had a thing about WW1 - It fascinates me. Upon a school trip last November to Belgium in study of the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and the appearance of Trench Warfare we visited Vimy Ridge (preserved Canadian and German trenches with a beautiful memorial) and passed Flanders Fields. Needless to say the famous poem quoted above was all but drilled into our brains over the three days we were there. It was written by a Canadian physician who was in Belgium at the time attempting to heal the fallen soldiers around him. As you (should) know WW1 gave birth to many a death and in Belgium you can see patches of graveland all around, as soldiers were buried were the battles they fell in took place. There is also a very large graveyard with rows upon rows of fallen men. Many bodies were not found to be buried, but they earnt a white plaque like all others.
The German graveyards are very different. Smaller, Mass graves, Black and with the plaques laying down. They are also less methodically cleaned/neatened and so there are plenty of leaves. Personally I found that the German graveyards were the more beautiful and peaceful...
Either way, to stop rambling, the idea for this image has been tumbling in my head for about a week now. I decided to let it breathe. I give you this and hope that I have done well in conveying the hurt Canada (the character and country) must have felt upon losing so many men in battle.
-Wotsit
Title: In Flanders Fields
Author/Artist: sukaijeiku/fighting_wotsit/me
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Canada
Rating: PG-T
Warnings: Barbed wire, use of WW1 symbolic figures, slight amount of blood, hints of mass death.
Summary: A take onJohn McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' pertaining to the loss of Canadian men in WW1
Click the Preview for art.
' In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.'
- John McCrae, May 1915
I've always had a thing about WW1 - It fascinates me. Upon a school trip last November to Belgium in study of the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and the appearance of Trench Warfare we visited Vimy Ridge (preserved Canadian and German trenches with a beautiful memorial) and passed Flanders Fields. Needless to say the famous poem quoted above was all but drilled into our brains over the three days we were there. It was written by a Canadian physician who was in Belgium at the time attempting to heal the fallen soldiers around him. As you (should) know WW1 gave birth to many a death and in Belgium you can see patches of graveland all around, as soldiers were buried were the battles they fell in took place. There is also a very large graveyard with rows upon rows of fallen men. Many bodies were not found to be buried, but they earnt a white plaque like all others.
The German graveyards are very different. Smaller, Mass graves, Black and with the plaques laying down. They are also less methodically cleaned/neatened and so there are plenty of leaves. Personally I found that the German graveyards were the more beautiful and peaceful...
Either way, to stop rambling, the idea for this image has been tumbling in my head for about a week now. I decided to let it breathe. I give you this and hope that I have done well in conveying the hurt Canada (the character and country) must have felt upon losing so many men in battle.
-Wotsit
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