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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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[amael-elen.livejournal.com]

Ooh, was it really? Interesting~

Aaaaaand, I already told you I liked it~ ♥

[chiisana00.livejournal.com]

Half-open shirt *-*

Am expecting to see Arthur next time~

[kasumicc.livejournal.com]

Eeeek! Bad Alfred, throw that thing away òwo

*xD good drawing!*

[colourbine.livejournal.com]

ORLY? I was of the same mindframe xD

Awesome drawing, foo. You never cease to amaze me with your awesome skills =D

o.O -stares at pipe- is that what they used to smoke it?

[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!

[lemiru.livejournal.com]

The smug grin is the best! =D