[Fanart] Various Joke Doodles

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Title: assorted sketches
Author/Artist: me
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Sealand, Belarus, Russia, Canada, Iceland, America, Turkey, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, England, Japan, China, Korea, George Frederick Handel, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine, Latvia
Rating: PG
Warnings: rough sketches, some work without references, one instance of language warning
Summary: assorted (hopefully funny) sketches, jokes with historical, scientific, or political base
Notes: These are all sketch quality as opposed to finished quality.



I would be very surprised if no one has tried to make this pun yet.


Everyone is entitled to one Twilight joke. What is it with girls named Bela and obsessive relationships?


Admittedly Iceland is a little small to rule the world. And a little dead inside. But the climate models say that agricultural production will shift toward the poles, putting Russia and Canada, at least, sitting pretty while the rest of the world starves. ^^;


I was reading this news article and this was the mental image I got. I was really careless about drawing it, though, so forgive the quality. But seriously, an issue of Spiderman with Obama in it? That's something that would make being president worthwhile.


The permafrost is melting. When the foundation under the trees goes out, the trees get all lopsided. Scientists aptly use the term 'drunk' when describing this phenomenon. I can only blame vodka.


This is what Turkey's mask always makes me think of.


I hope this is legible. During the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Crusaders raided Constantinople instead of attacking the Muslims in the Holy Land. I don't know how they managed such an enormous misunderstanding. (Whenever I draw Byzantine stuff, I usually just assume that it's a very tiny Greece. They called it the Greek empire at the time, after all, at least some of the time. My pet theory is that Rome was probably Greece's dad, and that tiny Greece was the Byzantine empire until it fell to the Ottomans, but that's just me. The crusader is a very, very tiny France.)


Young Viking Denmark and Young Viking Norway picking on an even Younger England, because that's just what they do.


Apparently meteors hit Russia every once in a while. I'm not sure exactly which event my teacher was talking about, but both work, and both are doodlable during lectures.


A volcano blew up in Indonesia, causing blacked out skies and freezing temperatures all over the Northern Hemisphere, which is something like what had happened in 1783 Iceland, only worse and not in Iceland, so don't blame him.


The tectonic plate with America on it is smashing into and getting subducted under the plate with Russia on it, causing active volcanoes around the Pacific rim and an enormous trench off the coast of Alaska. So eventually, we really will be one with Russia. Oh the irony. (Please ignore the poor quality, I drew it very tiny and very quickly.)


(Forgive me, I had no references for Korea.) During the 1880s, Japan had a pretty poor opinion of the mainland, because they considered them backward and did not want the West to put them in the same category. A guy named Fukuzawa Yukichi wrote a really interesting, racist essay about it in 1885, which I had to read for my history class. This was the main point.


One of the reasons the Ottoman Empire was successful in conquering the city of Constantinople and defeating the Byzantine empire was because they'd gotten some really massive cannons from Hungary and Italy. My textbook mentioned it and I felt like drawing it. I know that the outfit Turkey is wearing is anachronistic, but it's just a doodle.


George Frederick Handel, a baroque composer, did a lot of work, including The Messiah, in English, even though his first language was German. He was generally really good at English, although there were a few instances in which he may have misinterpreted the lyrics. Here, rather than suggesting that we have all gone astray, he instead suggested that all of us like sheep.


The newspaper I was reading that day had a big long article (that I didn't get to finish, unfortunately) about the economic troubles of Eastern Europe. It said that the Eastern countries (notably Hungary) were looking for financial help, but the Western countries (notably Germany) put their foot down. I wish I knew more about it, but this was what I got from it.


According to the same newspaper, Ukraine is apparently one of the newer people to sit on this bench. In the words of the New York Times, "A small country like Latvia or Iceland is one thing, but a collapse in Ukraine could wreck what little investor confidence is left in Eastern Europe..." The way the times simply brushed the first two aside was something I considered both funny and offensive, but apparently not so offensive that I won't poke fun at it myself.

All of these can by found at DeviantArt, although they're almost all in scraps, so they'll be a little hard to find, if anyone cares.

Any and all criticism is welcome. ^-^

Comments

[kainoliero.livejournal.com]

Aw little England being bullied. :D That's soooo precious. XD

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^__^ Bullying builds character.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of it until I went on Wikipedia looking for what my teacher had been talking about, but it's really interesting!

Thanks! ^-^

[clover-magic.livejournal.com]

Russia's expression and the meteor made me lol real hard. As well as the "One with Russia? ♥" subduction.

Oh heck. All of these made me lol. Learning is fun with hetalia, thanks!

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

The 'oh god we're gonna die' face? XD

Thanks! ^_____^ Learning is awesome.

[astro_knight.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, the Economic Fail Bench.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

It's probably going to have to get a lot longer in the upcoming years. ^^;

[drunensis.livejournal.com]

Oh Ukraine, at least Latvia and Iceland are nice?

I like Norway with a stick.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she could be stuck on a bench with a bunch of jerks. XD

*poke*

[ca-manzanita.livejournal.com]

Russia vs. Meteor is too cute!

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^_______^

[droopingwillow.livejournal.com]

My family's hometown is on your map of China! lol So thrilling...
Yeah, I had to read that essay too.

I've always felt that Kiku stopped thinking of himself as an Asian nation.During the Meiji period, he started absorbing Western culture in an attempt to join the ranks of the Western nations.

And we know what happened next...

An interesting survey on identity
http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20031027_inoguchi_does/index.html

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool! Where is it?

Yeah, or at least he tried.

That's a very interesting essay. I don't generally tend to notice stuff like national identity, so it's really informative to read an essay about it. ^-^ So much stuff I don't know.

[droopingwillow.livejournal.com]

I found that essay very interesting. I'm not surprised at all by the Chinese results given the general way Chinese minds work.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

The only mindset I'm very familiar with is American, unfortunately. ^^; And Canadian and English, to an extent, but not enough to sufficiently count.

[kundze-melna.livejournal.com]

I liked them all, but the "subduction" part made me happier than ever. =)
But don't worry, you'll be becoming one with Russia ve-e-ery slowly. ;)

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

I wonder if people will still be around by the time we get there, though? XD

[kundze-melna.livejournal.com]

Who knows about people? =)
But the spirit of Hetalia will be there XDD

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. XD

[kuromitsu.livejournal.com]

Heh, Denmark, Norway and poor little!England... England really had a rough childhood, no wonder he turned out like this. :D;;

As for the Fourth Crusade and the attack on Constantinople, it was anything but a misunderstanding. Basically, the Muslims were too strong, and nobody really wanted to fight them again, only to fail - again. So, even though the Pope commissioned Venice to construct ships for a huge army, which Venice accomplished by suspending business for a year, only a fraction of the expected number came and paid. Venice demanded recompensation, the leaders of the Crusade didn't have money (and/or didn't want to pay), so they agreed that as a form of payment, the crusaders would invade Zara, a Christian town that used to be under Venice's rule but rebelled a short while ago. (Note that many crusaders didn't agree with this and left, and the Pope excommunicated everyone involved, including Venice. For the time being, anyway.)

Meanwhile, there was a power struggle in Byzantine Empire, and the son of the overthrown emperor, sensing that this was his chance, pretty much offered everything but the sun and the moon for the leader of the Crusade and the Pope in return for putting him back on the throne. Seeing that the relationship between Byzantian Empire and Roman Catholic Europe was rather hostile at the time, and the Crusade was so far a financial failure, the leaders of the Crusade decided to "accept" the prince's offer, for great justice - only, they didn't bother to tell him that they would pillage Constantinople and other towns in the process. (Note again that many crusaders didn't agree with this either and left the project. Not all of them were as vicious and immoral as they're often depicted. The Pope, who'd never thought the Crusade he had launched would turn out like this, was immensely disappointed.)

Er, sorry for rambling on like this. ^^;; It's just that I often see people wondering what exactly the Fourth Crusade was about and why they attacked Constantinople, so... ^^;;

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

No, rambling is cool! My history class mentioned it really offhandedly, so I never got any details. This is really neat! I love learning things, so thank you very much for explaining it all out! ^_____^

[lisaee.livejournal.com]

I never made the Pokémon connection before. Why betray me, childhood memories? D:<

Loving the Economic Fail Bench. I fear it'll be overcrowded before we know it, though.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

All of the America Fuck Yeah stuff always makes me think of Fuck Yeah Seaking, so yeah. ^^; Childhood memories like to do that sometimes.

They'll just have to build it longer, maybe. ^^; Hope not, though.

[maggiestarr.livejournal.com]

Poor Latvia, Iceland and Ukraine :<

I saw a graph of Latvia gdp... it went so far down so fast omg...crazy D:

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Every once in a while I run across these articles describing something going wrong in Latvia, and it just makes me so sympathetic and sad. ^^; Poor things.

[mithrigil.livejournal.com]

SO CUTE. Love the Handel one especially, because it's true, his prosody leaves much to be desired...

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's his second language, though, so he has a pretty good excuse.

[spankpig.livejournal.com]

PFFFT SEA-KUN

You are my hero.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

XD Thanks!

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Oh 4chan memes. XD

[mitsukirox101.livejournal.com]

the becoming one with russia thing is so ironic it makes me laugh XD

what was the pokemon's name again? and please make more of these i like learning about the world now XDD

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

It makes me happy in a really weird, silly sort of way. ^______^

Oh, that's a Seaking! :D It's a weird meme from 4chan, I think. And so long as my lectures remain amusing, the doodling shall continue. XD

[dmajor7th.livejournal.com]

Eee! Loving the economic fail bench. Not to mention the rest. :3

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^_____^

[pinksharksqualo.livejournal.com]

ehh don't even mention my country (Hungary) begging for money all the time, it's so embarrassing /sobsob ;A;

otherwise, really cute drawings <3

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

It's not begging, it's just help. ^^; Everybody needs help.

Thanks.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

^______^ Thanks!

The Tunguska event sounds really interesting, though. The only details I know are from Wikipedia. ^^;

[kuraddohikari.livejournal.com]

Lulz One day we'll all collide and be back to Pangaea-orgy, but its new name shall be 'Russia'. ;D
Y/Y?

"My pet theory is that Rome was probably Greece's dad, and that tiny Greece was the Byzantine empire until it fell to the Ottomans, but that's just me."
I really wonder... This could get weird, actually. I'd think Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece gave birth to Roman Empire so er..
Ancient Rome x Ancient Greece = Roman Empire
Roman Empire killed his parents (since both ceased to exist with the Roman Empire)
Roman Empire starts facing trouble and divides himself in half (<-how would Hetalia show divisions..? Perhaps a baby?) and Byzantine Empire is born. Roman Empire's dying.. so I guess baby Byzantine Empire should be sad because his father's dying...
Er.. I can't think of what happens next.. o.o;;; Maybe Holy Roman Empire comes in around here? So then.. Roman Empire has a child with... -someone- and gives birth to Chibitalia right before he dies. Then HRE wants to help Chibitalia become like Roman Empire.
And for Byzantine... I think I stopped paying attention during this part of history. Maybe Roman Empire dies when the church splits due to whether there should be worship of icons, and that's when Byzantine Empire stops being acquainted with that area (he nu like Chibitalia, 'cause Chibitalia nu like icons D: ) (I'm not sure exactly when the end of the Roman Empire would be...)
Then Byzantine Empire builds lots of churches (I forgot that major one... ironically I think it's turned into a Muslim dome? idk. @_@) and they go up to Ukraine and tell her to convert. Byzantine Empire marries Ukraine and er.. maybe they should have a baby Russia?
Then a bunch of crap happens between Byzantine and Turkey(Ottoman Empire) and finally in the 1800s (February 3rd) there's the London Protocol and he becomes Greece. So er... Ottoman takes over Byzantine and Byzantine fights for independence, and in love and respect for his.. grandpa? he names himself Greece again.

^This is so complicated. x'D Any ideas or corrections are appreciated.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

That would be very interesting, although I don't know how well it would work. I'm pretty sure ancient Rome and the Roman Empire would be the same person, since the culture didn't really substantially change between the two, right? There was a republic and an empire, but they were still both Rome.

I know that Rome was Italy's grandpa, and I know that Ukraine is Russia's sister, so I don't know how well the relationship thing would work, either.

I also know that the Holy Roman Empire wasn't formed until about 400 years after the Roman Empire fell, and doesn't have very much to do with the real Roman Empire, so I don't know where he'd come in.

This is a really neat idea, though. Maybe not working in Hetalia so well? But a neat idea.

[kuraddohikari.livejournal.com]

*head/desk* I completely forgot the Hetalia relationships. @_@

And yeah, you're right, Ancient Rome and Roman Empire probably would probably be the same person. ><; So probably like, when Ancient Rome met Ancient Greece, he became more like the Roman Empire.
Hmm.. well as far as Byzantine-chan goes, he's definitely chibi Greece like you said. >w< He's just er.. confused... due to a harsh childhood, until he wins his independence from Ottoman-chan. After that he understands his borders, name, culture etc.

[fabledquill.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh Ottomans and their big-ass cannons. They took, like, 7 days to prepare, though.
The thing with the 4th Crusade was that the crusaders attacked Zara to pay off their debts to the Venetians. The pope, of course, did not approve of this non-holy sacking, and excommunicated the lot of them. The party then decided that, since they were all going to hell anyway, they would go raid Constantinople and get rich.
~~THE MORE YOU KNOW~~

your chibis are super cute. xD I laughed really hard at the first one.

[omicheese.livejournal.com]

Bigass canons are awesome. XD

XD Poor Constantinople.

Thanks! ^______^

[fabledquill.livejournal.com]

for seriousss

I know right?
~welcome c: