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Uh oh.

SO, England and France started tearing each other apart around the late seventeenth century, and eventually they brought it to the American frontier. (However since I was an idiot and drew the two in mid-eighteenth-century uniforms, the moment in this comic is probably anacronistic. Sorry.) Naturally, that means that they call on their colonies for help.

This is an exciting time for the English colonists. They've been fighting a lot of wars now, pretty much against the natives, and they've gotten pretty good at it, too. They know so many tricks of warfare and they've got lots of experience with guns, etc. etc. Who cares if they're militiamen? They're damn good at what they do! And now, they have a chance to show off their warfare skill to their British motherland counterparts!

The problem is, the British officers don't really take the colonial warfare tactics seriously, seeing them as cowardly and barbaric (hiding behind trees and things like that). Likewise, the colonists didn't know what was up with the European custom of meeting up on a big open field to be sitting ducks for each other.

Both tactics are perfectly valid, given their origins. The colonists fight the way they do (known famously in middle-school history as "Guerilla") because they've learned warfare from natives, who use nature to their advantage. Warfare with natives has no respect, no hesitation, just hatred and fear and either you eradicate them or they eradicate you; win or die. The European way, to arrange a meeting in a large open field and opening fire, was developed because of Europe's constant warfare; it's the kind of war that doesn't fight to kill, but fights to determine superiority, in a world where your worst enemy today could possibly be your best friend tomorrow, and battles are a test of skill and brainwork more than anything else, like a game of chess.

Or, if the above paragraph was tl;dr for you: American warfare = brawn. European warfare = brains.

This dissonance between the definition of war from these two groups, who are supposed to be the same nationality serving under the same crown, would have caused enough problems already. However, the problem was aggravated by a refusal from the British officials to ever take colonial advice, even if their ideas would have been more useful (e.g. surprising the Frenchmen) or wiser (e.g. fighting against natives). At least, not until toward the end of the wars.

Finally, the colonists and the mainland-British start to realize: the colonies have grown. They haven't relied on England for a long time, and they've gotten used to taking care of themselves; in fact, they've started to expect to take care of themselves.

It's probably hard to tell because of the colourless shading style, but England's coat is red. xD;; Just something I guess might have been important to know. Colonial America isn't wearing a uniform so much as dressed-up-for-war, but I kitted him out in militia-style clothes.

Of course, as always, if there's something I've gotten wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me. If you want to ramble or rant, I'd be even happier. I'm not here to teach, I'm here to learn!

Characters (c) by the adorkable Hidekaz Himaruya.
I am not making money off this work. Heck, I'm barely making pageviews off this work. So please don't sue me.

P.S. If there's anyone out there reading this who's played Fire Emblem before. . . the way I draw America keeps looking more and more like some other rascally character , doesn't it? @_@;;

Description
Uh oh.

SO, England and France started tearing each other apart around the late seventeenth century, and eventually they brought it to the American frontier. (However since I was an idiot and drew the two in mid-eighteenth-century uniforms, the moment in this comic is probably anacronistic. Sorry.) Naturally, that means that they call on their colonies for help.

This is an exciting time for the English colonists. They've been fighting a lot of wars now, pretty much against the natives, and they've gotten pretty good at it, too. They know so many tricks of warfare and they've got lots of experience with guns, etc. etc. Who cares if they're militiamen? They're damn good at what they do! And now, they have a chance to show off their warfare skill to their British motherland counterparts!

The problem is, the British officers don't really take the colonial warfare tactics seriously, seeing them as cowardly and barbaric (hiding behind trees and things like that). Likewise, the colonists didn't know what was up with the European custom of meeting up on a big open field to be sitting ducks for each other.

Both tactics are perfectly valid, given their origins. The colonists fight the way they do (known famously in middle-school history as "Guerilla") because they've learned warfare from natives, who use nature to their advantage. Warfare with natives has no respect, no hesitation, just hatred and fear and either you eradicate them or they eradicate you; win or die. The European way, to arrange a meeting in a large open field and opening fire, was developed because of Europe's constant warfare; it's the kind of war that doesn't fight to kill, but fights to determine superiority, in a world where your worst enemy today could possibly be your best friend tomorrow, and battles are a test of skill and brainwork more than anything else, like a game of chess.

Or, if the above paragraph was tl;dr for you: American warfare = brawn. European warfare = brains.

This dissonance between the definition of war from these two groups, who are supposed to be the same nationality serving under the same crown, would have caused enough problems already. However, the problem was aggravated by a refusal from the British officials to ever take colonial advice, even if their ideas would have been more useful (e.g. surprising the Frenchmen) or wiser (e.g. fighting against natives). At least, not until toward the end of the wars.

Finally, the colonists and the mainland-British start to realize: the colonies have grown. They haven't relied on England for a long time, and they've gotten used to taking care of themselves; in fact, they've started to expect to take care of themselves.

It's probably hard to tell because of the colourless shading style, but England's coat is red. xD;; Just something I guess might have been important to know. Colonial America isn't wearing a uniform so much as dressed-up-for-war, but I kitted him out in militia-style clothes.

Of course, as always, if there's something I've gotten wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me. If you want to ramble or rant, I'd be even happier. I'm not here to teach, I'm here to learn!

Characters (c) by the adorkable Hidekaz Himaruya.
I am not making money off this work. Heck, I'm barely making pageviews off this work. So please don't sue me.

P.S. If there's anyone out there reading this who's played Fire Emblem before. . . the way I draw America keeps looking more and more like some other rascally character , doesn't it? @_@;;