takeitslow: ([Apathy])
Peter Maximoff ([personal profile] takeitslow) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_log 2016-04-18 04:11 am (UTC)

It’s freaky, but like I said, you’ll get used to it. [He shrugs.] If you keep rejecting it, you’ll just drive yourself crazy.

[There were patriotic types still running around in his time, but Vietnam had changed the idea of war. The news reels showed something more than national spirit, the returning soldiers came back with more than metals. The draft, forcing teenagers away from families, made those left behind bitter instead of proud. He was nearly 18, months away from his name being on lists when he’d been brought here.]

Just because they volunteer doesn’t make it right. Did they really know what they were signing up for? [Had Wanda and Pietro when they took the plunge to protect their people?] Does war make it okay to forget people are involved?

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