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Published: 2011-03-22 02:21:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 21796; Favourites: 934; Downloads: 283
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Description KM - 'General Winter fighting alongside Canada'

The Battle of Quebec in 1775, in which American soldiers and the Canadian regiment they'd raised attempted to take on the larger and much more warmly dressed Canadian militia and British regulars during a snowstorm. Undeterred by the subsequent massacre, they then tried to siege the town while a General Winter and Smallpox tagteam made its rounds through the camps. Yep, that probably wasn't a good idea.

Headcanon says Canada would be physically around 13-14 at the time. He's wearing a mix between the Quebec militia uniform, the regular's cap and torque, and a makeshift cloak many of the really ill-equipped American fighters (and their Canadian supporters) had to resort to wearing. Talk about conflicted.

It made no sense for General Winter to wear a Russian uniform that won't exist for another half a century or so, so he gets a British grenadier's uniform. You do not screw with someone wearing a foot-tall bearskin cap.

EDIT: The process steps can now be found here for the curious.
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freefallcrash In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 19:27:21 +0000 UTC]

I bet he saves the badassery for special occasions, such as war, hockey, and competitive pancake making XD

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miyakosuou In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-23 04:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, this is most likely the case. *nods*

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Leopard-Gryphon In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 15:19:16 +0000 UTC]

This is both scary by scene, and gorgeous by artistic~
You've done such a great job!

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freefallcrash In reply to Leopard-Gryphon [2011-03-22 19:26:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Funny how it turned out that way...

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digging-4-more In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 14:19:09 +0000 UTC]

this. O____________O
can't take eyes awaaaaaaay...

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freefallcrash In reply to digging-4-more [2011-03-22 19:25:51 +0000 UTC]

*waves hand in front of eyes* Thanks!

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Kohane-hime In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 13:08:20 +0000 UTC]

WOW! It's awesome!

I'm interested in seeing the process!!!

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freefallcrash In reply to Kohane-hime [2011-03-22 19:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! You can find it here .

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Kohane-hime In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-23 12:02:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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KitakLaw In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 12:02:17 +0000 UTC]

This looks amazing! I very, VERY rarely see a Hetalia depiction of this event, and I'm really glad you did it.

I love your head-canon on Matthew's age and what he's wearing...talk about conflicted, indeed! And that's just the part of the population that actually fought, since a lot of people also tried to stay neutral.

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freefallcrash In reply to KitakLaw [2011-03-22 19:25:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I don't think I've ever seen fanworks of the battle, but then again, I haven't been in this fandom for long.

I don't think Matt truly starts to grow until 1812 and the Confederation, and finally maturing with Balfour and WW1 (damn, it's kinda sad how such a peaceful country had its national identity made from war OTL). And yeah, he has a history of getting dragged in others' messes.

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KitakLaw In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-22 19:43:13 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that makes sense. Personally, in my head-canon, he's a bit younger still (like more around 11 or 12 years old), but otherwise, it agrees with your idea. And man, do I know about how he has a history of being dragged into conflicts - I suppose that's part of what comes with being a colony, but...yeah.

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freefallcrash In reply to KitakLaw [2011-03-22 20:28:10 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I had considered making him younger like in your headcanon, but I thought the invasion would force him to grow up enough to at least be able to hold a rifle. He can't really put up much of a fight when his weapon's taller than he is.

Yeah, reading about Canadian history was practically a series of 'Okay, what did America, France or Britain do THIS time? OTL'

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KitakLaw In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-22 21:14:14 +0000 UTC]

lol - I'm actually writing a story about this point in Canada's history, and...I have a way to work around that issue which I won't disclose here since I haven't gotten to the battle itself yet.

Yeah...or, as I put it to some of my friends, "Canada's the rich man's kid everyone wants to hold for ransom." Because when I was looking at first the Seven Years' War, then the American Revolution and the War of 1812, the predominant thing I noticed was that when Canada's attacked, it's more an strike aimed at whoever it's a colony of, if that makes any sense.

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freefallcrash In reply to KitakLaw [2011-03-23 04:12:06 +0000 UTC]

I'd be interested to see how you worked that out.

I like that analogy XD That and well, Canada was technically part of and is obliged to officially support the attacker's enemy, so it does make sense OTL But daaaamn does it suck.

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KitakLaw In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-23 04:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Well, what's done of it is posted here and on fanfiction.net. In my gallery, it's under the "Sous la Rose" folder, if you're interested.

And, well...we got over it after a while *is proudly Canadian*

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freefallcrash In reply to KitakLaw [2011-03-23 04:55:31 +0000 UTC]

Will do, once I take care of school first. "Under the Rose"? So I take it it's mostly set during the British rule then?

Might explain why Canada is very much into diplomacy and peacekeeping. A quick look at bilateral relationships pretty much concluded that practically everyone loves the country XD

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KitakLaw In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-23 05:05:44 +0000 UTC]

Yep. Starts from the Plains of Abraham and continues on from there.

And am I glad they do! Because I think Mattie can use a break from being the world's punching bag.

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vvorlock In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 04:12:34 +0000 UTC]

*breaks favorite button*

hehe. oops.

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freefallcrash In reply to vvorlock [2011-03-22 19:20:21 +0000 UTC]

*sends you replacement*

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vvorlock In reply to freefallcrash [2011-03-23 01:49:26 +0000 UTC]

*breaks it as well*

maybe I should just stop now :T

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Nikolicious In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 03:16:39 +0000 UTC]

Amazong coloring! D:

I read your description on LJ, it was quite the hard times then. I cant believe Matt would have been that young in here ;n;

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freefallcrash In reply to Nikolicious [2011-03-22 19:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it. Yeah, at that time, I think he was under-developed in both his national identity and economy compared to Al. Although being underestimated worked well in his favour in case.

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taylorphantom In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 02:51:54 +0000 UTC]

DAAAAAAAAAMN this is so cool!!! (uncertain intention of pun)

Love the cold colours and the way GW seems to be coming off of Canada like a thick steam~

ASDFGHJKL WIN

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freefallcrash In reply to taylorphantom [2011-03-22 19:17:21 +0000 UTC]

XD

It seemed like a good idea to depict GW as some kind of mythical spirit of sorts.

Thank you!

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taylorphantom In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 02:50:14 +0000 UTC]

DAAAAAAAAAAAMN this is so cool~

Love the cold colours and the way GW seems to be coming off of Canada like a shadow or something~

*flails incoherantly*

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Kitsunekon13 In reply to ??? [2011-03-22 02:40:53 +0000 UTC]

THIS.
IS.
FFFFING
AWESOME!!!!

I wanna see the process

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freefallcrash In reply to Kitsunekon13 [2011-03-22 19:16:09 +0000 UTC]

GLAD.
TO.
HEAR.
SOOOOO!

Psst, over here .

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