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[blood_winged]

At first, I was going to draw Arthur smoking opium. Then, after a little research, I found that opium (contrary to what Victorian literature would have us believe) was far more common in America... owo

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[phoenixdown7.livejournal.com]

yeah, I'd always heard that the most popular use of Opium during the Victorian era in England was in "medicines" that babysitters used to "calm children down". Really they just drugged toddlers and put them in a room alone to stare at a wall. Pretty deadly...and stupid. It literally made the kids stupid too...they developed a lot of learning disabilities.

And in the US, doctors prescribed it for "women's problems" aka mentrual cramps. So most Opium addicts were women.

And the British used Opium to single-handedly take down the Chinese government during the Opium wars. A lot of Chinese became addicted all so that the Brits could get some tea and silver. One could argue that this led to the later Boxer Rebellion and the rise of the Communist Party in modern China.

Ah, Opium! hahaha.

This is an awesome picture by the way, I love the open shirt and the relaxed smile. Alfred's so devious!

[blood-winged.livejournal.com]

Yeah I found out about this in my small amount of research. I was refering to pure recreational use - British Victorian literature would have you believe that London was a churning cesspool of opium dens when in fact only a handful of Chinese actually lived in the city and it was barely a problem at all. It was far more commonly used in New York.

Bahaha. Devious Alfred >w<;

[phoenixdown7.livejournal.com]

Haha...yeah, so hilarious. At least coz he's a nation, he probably can't become an addict. Lucky him!!!!! XDDD