yay for canon divergence and hopefully comforting hugs.
It's the utter pointlessness of that war that gets to me. Again, Blackadder, for a comedy, made some salient points, incuding the comment taht the war happened because it was easier to let it happen than to stop it. And the absolute, vile horror of 19th century tactics with 20th century weaponry, and so many people died in so short a time for so little reason.
My great grandfather, who I never knew terribly well, was gassed on the fields of France in that war. Mainly I remember he had one of those tubes in his throat so he could breathe and talk, a consequence of the mustard gas. My grandfather fought in New Guinea in WWII. My dad was in the RAAF and was sent to Vietnam for one tour. My brothers are the first in four generations who were not *required* to go to war. I am profoundly and unspeakably grateful for this fact.
See. I said I should go away and sit quietly for a while. Your story is excellent so far, and I'm looking forward to more, even if it makes me existentially sad.
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Date: 2012-05-29 04:39 am (UTC)It's the utter pointlessness of that war that gets to me. Again, Blackadder, for a comedy, made some salient points, incuding the comment taht the war happened because it was easier to let it happen than to stop it. And the absolute, vile horror of 19th century tactics with 20th century weaponry, and so many people died in so short a time for so little reason.
My great grandfather, who I never knew terribly well, was gassed on the fields of France in that war. Mainly I remember he had one of those tubes in his throat so he could breathe and talk, a consequence of the mustard gas. My grandfather fought in New Guinea in WWII. My dad was in the RAAF and was sent to Vietnam for one tour. My brothers are the first in four generations who were not *required* to go to war. I am profoundly and unspeakably grateful for this fact.
See. I said I should go away and sit quietly for a while. Your story is excellent so far, and I'm looking forward to more, even if it makes me existentially sad.