@silverwinghere has been drawing me a lot of gift art lately and I love each and every photo but sadly I just can’t keep up! I gotta reblog them on Ask-JetStream and here but till then I wanted to draw something back.
Silver is super interested in Filipino history (from the Philippine-American war to the later social/political issues that continued though the 80s and 90s) and has been teaching me a lot about it! In response I wanted to share a part of history I enjoy studying which is the Vietnam War. I saw Silver drew her sona in an old Calvary uniform based off the song “I Wanna be in The Calvary” by Corb Lund and it reminded me of how the Calvary was used in Vietnam- the Air Cav. So I drew her sona wearing a First Cav jacket and the standard issued M1 helmet with its camo fabric cover. I didn’t want to draw Silver happy because of how horrible the war was to both the Vietnamese and Americans alike. Maybe Silver was drafted and didn’t want t be there? Maybe she doesn’t believe in this war. Maybe she is hearing word of the protests getting worse and worse. I also decided to add an orange smoke to the background for what I hope is an obvious reason.
I hope this makes up a bit for all the awesome art Silver! And I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!














