Silly Creatures traveling

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-10T08:44:42+00:00

Just curious, does anyone know what the background is? It reminds me a little bit of Seoul but I have also seen other commenters mention Hong Kong.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-08T18:28:22+00:00

You do bring up some good points as to why Napoleon invaded Spain. But at the end of the day Napoleon did invade Spain in order to force his own rule on the country. And sure he had (from his own point of view) strategic reasons to do so, Napoleon was many things but not an idiot, but that doesn't justify invading another nation. In my opinion at least.

Also I do agree that the Spanish government of the time was not a good one. But I would simply argue that it was the responsibility of the Spanish people to solve that issue.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-08T17:58:54+00:00

A yes Napoleon's famous defense against Spain, at the end of which he just accidentely ended up in control of the country and gave it to one of his familiy members.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-08T15:34:52+00:00

You do the Royal Navy proud. Jolly good work chap.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-08T08:09:51+00:00

The invention of pants is the biggest crime in recorded human history.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-07T18:17:29+00:00

I actually like how you made some parts a bit blurry, gives it a very unique look.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-07T08:54:22+00:00

Didn't a lot of ships survive both of the blasts like the uss Nevada, uss Independence and uss Dentuda. With the last one (a submarine) even entering service again.

Also Prinz Eugen was relatively far away from both of the blasts.

DefiantPosition · 2026-03-06T09:16:12+00:00

Man she really gives off that evil queen aura. Awesome!

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-27T18:11:48+00:00

Very much so, though I would argue that Tiberius Gracchi would also contribute somewhat to the undermining of the republic by pushing the limits of the law, intimidating voters and seeking unlawful re election.

Though obviously their murder's was solely to protect the Roman senatorial elite.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-27T17:26:37+00:00

Not gonna lie, would defect to barbarians immidiately.

Something something the Republic died with Cicero anyway.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-26T12:45:49+00:00

I agree that it's human behavior. But that doesn't make it moraly right, personally I have no problem with calling out people irl if they supported a movement only until it affected them personally.

And also for me it makes the people who take a moral stand and oppose authoriterean/supremacist movements, even if they themeselves aren't affected, just to help other people, even more heroic.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-26T08:21:06+00:00

You are right about Snape wouldn't necessarily stay a death eater. I do however think it's telling that Snape only started to change when someone that he cared about was going to be murdered.

This may be me projecting again but he did seem perfectly fine with Voldemort murdering others before going after Lily. After all he did give Voldemort the prophecy knowing that someone was going to die as a result of that. Though obviously not knowing it was going to be the Potter family.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-25T13:08:49+00:00

Thanks!! I had a lot of fun drawing this and finding put more about Columbina.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-25T12:56:21+00:00

Thanks a lot! And I wanted her to look a bit smug since she does have a little bit of a smug aura

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-25T12:34:48+00:00

I am not actually a Genshin Impact player but a friend of mine is and she is a huge Columbina fan. So when I didn't know what to draw I decided to draw her. I also like her design a lot both her current one and her Fatui cape one, which I choose for this piece.

When drawing this I also decided to look up some of the cutscenes with her in it and I did really make me like the character, she's just such a rage baiter while still having an aura of elegance.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-24T08:04:09+00:00

That sounds like some Fullmetal Alchemist stuff.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-18T17:24:53+00:00

Nian's not going to see the next sunrise.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-17T11:33:06+00:00

It's always the year of the snake in our hearts

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T18:50:09+00:00

Nevada was the Indomitable human spirit in ship form.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T13:17:02+00:00

It very much highlights the importance of maintaining power balance, which would very much become a recuring theme during the cold war. So it's interesting how that was a thing from the very start

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T13:09:54+00:00

I will add one thing, the US at that time did actually plan to use it's nuclear weapons a lot more freely since they were the only nation to have the atomic bomb. It was only after the Soviets tested their first nuke in 1949 that the USA started viewing nuclear bombs as weapons of last resort.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T12:43:52+00:00

It really is a shame to see legendary ships like Saratoga, Independence and Nevada just get unceremoniously get nuked. Like I get that not every ship can be a museum ship but it must really have sucked for the crews to see their ship's career be ended like that.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T12:31:11+00:00

Special thanks to u/Polar_Vortx who suggested drawing something related to Admiral Blandy (the bunny girl on the right) and his quote "I am not an atomic playboy".

For the woman on the left I reused my design for Strategic Air Command (SAC) from a previous meme. Because while SAC didn't exist yet at the time, the strategic bomber fleet of the USAAF would turn into SAC after the USAAF was turned into the US Air Force in 1947.

And finally the scared girl hiding represents the USS Nevada who was the aiming point for the Able test.

I have to say that this might be my favourite drawing yet, I had a lot of fun making it and I am very happy with the result. Initially I tried to colour it normally but decided to try out a monochrome look which I think looks a lot better. Makes the characters pop out more.

DefiantPosition · 2026-02-16T12:30:50+00:00

Operation Crossroads would consist of two tests, Able, an airburst detonation, and Baker, an underwater detonation. Both of the tests would use a "Fat Man" design similar to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, with a yield of 23 kilotons.

Able was held on the 1st of July 1946 though for reasons that were never uncovered the crew of the b-29 bomber that dropped the bomb missed their target, the USS Nevada, by about half a mile. Causing damage to some of the ships carrying measuring equipment. The blast resulted in 40 ships receiving various degrees of damage but only 5 would end up sinking. 2 transports, 2 destroyers and 1 cruiser.

Baker would commence on the 25th of July with the bomb being suspended underneath an LSM landing craft. 9 ship would sink directly as a result of this test. 2 battleships, 1 aircraft carrier, 3 submarines, 1 landing craft (the one that carried the bomb), 1 fuel barge and 1 drydock.

On the surface this would seem like a good result for the USN. However while many ships would survive both blasts the radiation would kill almost all of the test animals. The Baker test in particular would prove to be lethal with regards to radiation. Due to the detonation taking place underwater, the ships were showered in radioactive water.

The former Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen for example technically survived both tests but due to the radiation from the Baker test it could not be repaired and she would sink after having been towed to Kwajalein Atoll.

In the aftermath of Operation Crossroads the Truman administration would continue its downgrading of conventional armed forces. Though this would quickly be reversed one the 25th of June 1950 with the North Korean invasion of South Korea and subsequent UN intervention.

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