#iamp: nova scotia

[acetechne]

Condensed Milk - A Dirty Money Comic pt 16

[part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] [part 5] [part 6] [part 7] [part 8] [part 9] [part 10] epilogue: [ part 11 ] [ part 12 ] [ part 13 ] [part 14] [ part 15 ] [ x ] [ part 17 ]

will this comic Ever end???

I was blocked on this for the longest time but Justin's resignation kind of reminded me of the spirit of the thing again and I realized, wait, we haven't really explored what pushed Bertie to board that plane and show up like a wet r*t on the doorstep. Any excuse to draw more prairie bros :)

(and you know, not that this comic takes place in the present day any longer with how slowly I've been adding to it, but you just Know bertie is one of Those Guys who bases his entire personality around hating Justin... even after he's gone...)

some notes and explanations where I think of them

sorry sask i can pick on you because we Both have annoying premiers, ours is just louder (although this flashback represents [groan] simpler times)

back at u of t when wexit was big in the news, the western canadian contingent of my cohort formed a group chat called wexit and "let's wexit on out of here" became a common phrase during our trip to ottawa, so it's stuck with me lol. Fond memories of showing our Ontarian classmates our shitty Alberta health cards at their bougie rest stops.

BC isn't real. would a person who's definitely not hiding in BC say that? Maybe.

I did try to think of spicier insults than "liberal" but the only one i could think of that wasn't gross was hypocrite and that didn't fit contextually, sigh sigh. but it remains an enormous insult in alberta at least ahaha

i feel bad for putting mani through this but in a short time from this comic he will have a premier everyone is jealous of. hang in there, mani...

obligatory reference to bert's og bio where he gets drunk and sleeps it off at 24 hour tims

the flashbacks include bertie kissing the cod / getting screeched in, playing hockey with ben and the rupert fam, skiijoring in banff, regatta day in st. johns, checking out borealopelta at the royal tyrell, and a quilting bee with the atlantic coasters

HE DID MAKE THE SHORTBREAD WITH HIS OWN HANDS!! i think bert is the guy who doesn't know how to cook rice BUT he can do shortbread/pie crust really well. Trust me.

something something i spend enough time torturing bertie i need to remember him happy so that i can also remember to be happy in these Trying Times

[surfingthesealand]

So I tried to create IAMP Nova Scotia in the style of a CGI character on an AI image generator, and the results were... somewhat accurate?

I used NightCafé to generate these images.

[allbeendonebefore]

i meant to do this ages ago but you know, stuck in BC, work, tragedy, etc etc. but today i'm home alone and can cheer myself up by doing this :) I did a couple of takes, second one is a little weepier, and that's my unedited voice on laptop mic because it's been So Long.

it's hard to voice bert normally because a lot of the energy i summon for him involves speaking tersely/more monotone but omg crying AND drunk bert? who's this

thank you @nakamopapina for this scene that i think about constantly and always cheers me up <3

I made an animation thingy! This one has no audio though, that is because I have no way to add audio to them. Thus the subtitles.

This is a little party the Provinces are attending. (Owen and Joel no longer trust the punch)

Also, enjoy a lil bit of the dirty moneys.

[funofcanada]

joel and marie are doing something crazy

(although marie is not fully immune to spiciness, these extreme stuff is tolerable)

[theidiotsarchive]

At some point before I fall out of my brief five-year regular revisit of IAMP, I wanna just make a list of what I think of all the characters, but rn I'll tell ya idk what it is about Joel, he isn't even my fave, but i have never experienced such mother henning towards any fictional character. If he asked me to kill a man for him i would, it's just like

[allbeendonebefore]

IAMP Characters

A long overdue reference list for tumblr for ctcsherry's provinces and territories, around which we based the YouTube I Am Matthewian Project (2009-2013) and which subsequently inspired @project-canada (2013-2017).

Please note: not all the characters received human names while the project was active. Please see my post on human name explanations (and the notes for a couple of characters I missed), I have included the fanon names that I am aware of.)

While I did not create these characters, I was part of the cast/crew of IAMP from the fall of 2009 until the end, so I'm happy to clarify whatever I (or anyone else who was around!) can remember or dig up. I also just want everyone to keep in mind that the Hetalia fandom was a very different place in 2009, and a lot of characterizations do rely on tongue-in-cheek stereotypes. They have been interpreted a lot over the past 15+ years by different people. Take it with a grain of salt!

Rather than link to the IAMP wiki, which has been edited by non-cast/crew members and thus has dubious or non-canon information, I'll link to Sherry's (ctcsherry) original bios for each province. While the 2009 LJ post in Hetanada still exists, the images are not retrievable from there even with the WayBack machine.

Alberta - Ralph Campbell (172cm - 5'8")

British Columbia - Victoria "Van" Cheung (160cm - 5'3")

Manitoba - [ see above post ] (168cm - 5'6")

New Brunswick - Marie McCain (170cm - 5'7")

Newfoundland (and Labrador) - Benjamin O'Reilly (178cm - 5'10" as an adult)

Northwest Territories - [ see above post ]

Nova Scotia - Joel McKenzie (178 cm - 5'10")

Nunavut - Nanook Puqiqnak (~70cm - 2'4")

Ontario - Oliver Stanley (173 cm - 5'8")

Prince Edward Island - Annie Montgomery (145cm - 4'9")

Quebec - Jean Tremblay (175cm - 5'9")

Saskatchewan - [ see above post ] (176cm - 5'9")

Yukon - Kate Sahneuti (158cm - 5'2")

Some other bits:

I don't know if Sherry's height chart still exists anywhere online currently, but I'll put it here for reference as well.

[iamp-nova-scotia-appreciation]

Happy Easter! 🥚🐣🐰🐇

[acetechne]

For the palette challenge: Joel in Circus Act?

pov: guy who didn't notice you get whacked with his club as he swung around asks what you're doing down there

[surfingthesealand]

Lest we forget. 🌹

[maryeve-the-bitch]

Awwwww...

NL: I haven’t a clue what a “fear bag” is, but as long as Ferg is happy…

M!A: extended until I get all these asks done lol

4/?

[nakamopapina]

Here are some Nyotalia doodles with Sask and Newfoundland (plus a bonus Nova Scotia, and a very little Nunavut)

The spicy snacks is a reference to @funofcanada ‘s headcanon that Nova Scotia is pretty much unaffected by spiciness. (Sask can handle spiciness, but can’t handle anything spicier than Habanero peppers)

The top right pic is more or less because @acetechne ‘s condensed milk comic still lives rent free in my brain, and I still revisit it once in a while (sorry, not sorry)

My personal favourites are the one where Newfoundland is cutting a fish, while wearing an apron that says ‘both fish and women want me’, and Nunavut looking grumpy because his big brother has the audacity to leave him with his stupid girlfriend for like 5 minutes, so he’s purposely acting like a gremlin.

[funofcanada]

owen & joel

[quatschmachen]

Here’s part two of this War comic I feel compelled to draw.

Part 1 |  Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

I apologize for my terrible writing of the Newfoundland accent which I have profound love and respect for.

I attempted to draw Ben handsome, but I don’t know how to do that so please accept my feeble attempts.

Joel is wearing something that brings out his eyes, he is tired of Gender and Gendered clothing, so he’s just wearing whatever, and that includes tiny hat. He is also Ben’s eternal wing man lol. Also knowing at least a piece of the issues from that time and why Ben is in a Mood.

[roniebuttercups]

Red heads!~ also Matt and Kuma.

[allbeendonebefore]

rhinocio replied to your post: “Is Nova Scotia's middle name really Alexander? Because whenever I draw...”:

THIS IS CORRECT I chose it after Alexander Keith, beer man

SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT

[labitchette]

Nova Scotia: Ye wanna know why the confederation bridge isn't straight?

Québec: *sighs* not really, but I don't think I have a choice.

Nova Scotia: I got drunk one night and I hit it with my lobster boat.