#allbeendonebefore

Étienne M Maisonneuve, because I'm basic.

Big inspiration from @allbeendonebefore. The design for Ionia/Miletus was based from her work.

Ok, let's get down to business 🎶to defeat the Huns.🎶 Two months ago, a greek movie called "Smyrni mou agapimeni" (english translation: "Smyrna, my beloved") circulated in theatres and it had to do with (as you probably have guessed) the great catastrophe of Smyrna back in 1922.

As someone who lives in a town that was founded by immigrants from Asia Minor and since a century has passed from that event, I was intrigued and I immediately started a draft, but due to exams, I didn't finished it until much later.

Inspired by this, I took Hapo's character, Ionia/Miletus and had her star in the poster of the movie. And yes, I know that Ionia is the personification of Miletus, but technically speaking, Miletus is located in Asia Minor, so it makes sense.

We will start first with a historical note to help foreigns understand. I should advise you that I'm no historian, so it's gonna be oversimplified and it would be much more preferable to search the Internet. Here are some links: link 1, link 2. And as always, you can help me add more stuff or correct me for the things I was wrong.

It all started way back in the 19th century, after Greece was freed from the Ottoman Empire. Back then, a plan named "Great Idea" was formed, where we would try to retrieve the terrains that were originally inhabited by Ancient Greeks (namely, South Balkan and Ionia).

This "Great Idea" was finally realised in 1919, with the help of Eleftherios Venizelos and of Entente. At first, the Greek army came victorious and we penetrated even further to the Turkish land.

So, what went wrong? Well, in 1920 Venizelos loses the elections and King Constantine comes to power. This disgruntled many army officers in Asia Minor who were in favour of Venizelos, as well as with the Entente, who never really liked Constantine (since Constantine didn't hide his admiration for Germany's militaristic discipline). All this, combined with the rise of Mustafa Kemal turned the tides in favor of the Turkish army and the Greek army started to back off.

The saddest moment has to be the catastrophe of Smyrna. Smyrna for Greeks was an important city, as the Greek spirit/element was prominent there (more than half of its inhabitants were Greeks). The Smyrnians, as well as other Greeks from Asia Minor, came to mainland Greece as immigrants, desperately looking for a new home and support…

Now, on an critical note: while I don't hate this piece, I don't think that it's one of my best works either. I would prefer a font that it's exactly like the one of the poster, but I couldn't find it on ibis paint. In case you're wondering, this is the poster:

Also, in case you're wondering, NO, we don't want to retrieve Asia Minor anymore. We're passed that.

Hey y’all

Guess what I’m not dead!

I know I’ve been super quiet on this blog. That’s because grad school/thesis writing/job hunting didn’t leave much time for fun stuff. But I’m really hoping with my thesis finished to do more fun stuff !

This picture here is a belated birthday present for the lovey @randomoranges of her OC and our mutual friends OC @allbeendonebefore . Sadly we didn’t get to have our romantic afternoon in the swan paddle boats. But atleast Étienne and Edward did!

Oh my god, I'm glad to hear you're okay and hope you get better soon!

Thank you Kay!! I’m slowly starting to be able to stay awake longer, I’ve been sleeping most of the time since the accident. Never have I felt so much as a cat. I still don’t feel completely 100% okay, but at least things are starting to feel normal again.

16. Do you draw more today than you did in the past, or do you draw less? Hahha, I’d say waaaaaaaay less. When I first got into drawing a lot in Middle school I practically lived and breathed with a pencil in my hand. That pretty much stayed consistent through highschool and most of undergrad. It’s p much grinded to a halt since I’ve gotten to the thesis writing portion of grad school but I really want to get back into it esp now that I have a huge screen tablet that I never use.

im answering these for étienne 38. Do they celebrate Christmas? What’s their favorite Christmas decoration? yes he celebrates christmas. as for his fave christmas deco, most likely something someone got him. he would cherish ornaments from friends and such. or something Symbolic/from a special event and such

90. For a million dollars, would they punch their best friend in the nose? Either way, have the character defend their answer. yes. i feel like both best friends would be very annoyed at him if he didnt. best friend one would argue the point of all the things on sale he can get afterwards. best friend 2 will think about all the outings and cool things ét can do with her/get for her with the money. both best friends will obvi expect a cut of the funds in one way or another.

ét would do it so long as best friend is fine with the plan and aware lol

(plus, who said the punch had to be hard, ha)

41. Do they keep a diary? What is the biggest secret in it? i dont think so. however, ét will scribble thoughts and ideas in his many sketchbooks. if anyone was to bother deciphering them, they would find out that ét has a giant crush on a certain someone

Note: the series was inspired by @athensandspartaadventures by Hapo (@allbeendonebefore ) and has no intention to insult you, rather to entertain you. Without further ado, enjoy!

Big inspiration from @allbeendonebefore . The designs for Corinth based from her work!

So, a few notes to better understand the humor in this page:

Euro (€) is the currency we use. For non-European readers (and Europeans who belong in the European Union, but don't use €), 1€ = 1,08$.

Quite many Greek series and movies often depict us Greeks selling souvenirs to foreign tourists (we understand they're not from Greece from the fact they speak English) in a ridiculous high price. The reason for that, you may ask? Well, foreign tourists (especially the ones from North Europe and North America) are rich and we Greeks are currently dealing with an economic crisis, so we need their money. If you want a lower price, show some respect for Greek culture, maybe try to say a few Greek sentences (in Modern Greek, not Ancient, there's a key difference). It will still be a bit expensive, but not that expensive. And if you want that souvenir in it's original price, try becoming friends with the shop owner. Once they like you, they'll be open towards you (thankfully, we Greeks pride ourselves as being warm and friendly people and we strive to live to that positive stereotype).

For @athensandspartaadventures readers, I imagine Corinth still being into a merchant job or something, so that's why I had her working as a shop runner.

If I was wrong about something or confused you, plz tell me and I will keep that in my mind or help you.