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38 - The World In His Eyes

Nov 07, 2009 17:04

Title: The World In His Eyes
Characters: England, America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: December 25, 1950 - Holy shit, you guys, America went crazy in 1950. Also, a very Commonwealth Christmas! The Korean War! NSC-68! CONTAINMENT! And we finally find out who's to blame for, well, the Cold War.BONUS: Poll questions at ( Read more... )

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xphosphorous November 7 2009, 13:15:38 UTC

I can't even think of anything to say about this fdslja

America is just radiating conflicted... ness. It feels like he's gotten to that point of Russia!denial, believing his own lies (except they're not really lies, but it's definitely not the truth, either).

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:10:28 UTC

Yeah, pretty much. They've both lost touch with reality in a pretty dangerous way, and so, well, nukes.

xphosphorous November 7 2009, 14:38:17 UTC

Nukes are not the answer to everything, guys!

Also, the MST idea = hilarious and awesome. :D

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 18:29:49 UTC

Nukes are not the answer to everything, guys!

HERESY

x_haphazard_x November 7 2009, 13:56:10 UTC

I think it's bad that all I could think throughout this chapter was England and, "...I got a rock ._." xD

I enjoyed this, and maybe this is because I've been gone for so long, but why is America batshit again? ._.'

Oh yes. And my icon is a subliminal message. And you must must MUST do MK-ULTRA.

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:05:02 UTC

I think it's bad that all I could think throughout this chapter was England and, "...I got a rock ._." xD

Dude, we wrote like a thousand words of a Commonwealth Christmas just to set that moment up. And it's totally besides the point and I don't even care.

why is America batshit again? ._.'

I think America does very badly with ambiguity. It's way stressful for him. He can't resolve the cognitive dissonance. And Russia's been keeping him ambiguously on ice since...what...well, always? But it's been worse than usual ever since the end of WW2. He just keeps having these bigger and bigger breakdowns, which more or less boil down to "SO DO YOU HATE ME OR NOT," and Russia's like, "Yes," and America's taking a liiittle sanity break until he can cope with this shit some more.

Oh yes. And my icon is a subliminal message.

The Suez Canal Crisis did not make the cut into our timeline, I'm afraid. =/

And you must must MUST do MK-ULTRA.

Oh, shit, I totally forgot about MK-ULTRA ( ... )

x_haphazard_x November 7 2009, 14:15:25 UTC

Dude, we wrote like a thousand words of a Commonwealth Christmas just to set that moment up. And it's totally besides the point and I don't even care.

I think I love you.

I think America does very badly with ambiguity. It's way stressful for him. He can't resolve the cognitive dissonance. And Russia's been keeping him ambiguously on ice since...what...well, always? But it's been worse than usual ever since the end of WW2. He just keeps having these bigger and bigger breakdowns, which more or less boil down to "SO DO YOU HATE ME OR NOT," and Russia's like, "Yes," and America's taking a liiittle sanity break until he can cope with this shit some more.

It seems like, "And this is why you don't date the crazies in high school," almost.

The Suez Canal Crisis did not make the cut into our timeline, I'm afraid. =/

Actually, I was more talking about dams because Egypt really likes his dams.

SHOW OF HANDS FOR WHO WANTS TO SEE YANDERE!AMERICA DRUGGING RUSSIA TO TRY TO GET THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS FEELINGS OUT OF HIM?Either that or America/ ( ... )

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:19:05 UTC

It seems like, "And this is why you don't date the crazies in high school," almost.

America: BUT I CAN FIX HIM!

Actually, I was more talking about dams because Egypt really likes his dams.

...Oohh...I didn't know about this! We'll see if it fits when we get up to the mid-fifties for sure!

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abceza123 November 7 2009, 14:08:41 UTC

England totally ships RussiAmerica in this chapter.

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:09:51 UTC

I think England ships America not losing his fucking mind in this chapter, in preference to whatever his own romantic agenda might be. XD

lady_oneiros November 7 2009, 14:15:27 UTC

Russia and America during the Cold War is exactly why children should not be allowed to play with guns.

Excellent work portraying America's state of being one fry short of a Happy Meal, especially by use of England's point of view. America may try to rationalize his thoughts, and by God he's good at being convincing, but in placing the story from England's point of view, there is no chance of making this picture pretty.

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:21:35 UTC

Yeah, I really like using other characters for moments like this, because, like, if this were a Russia and America chapter, this might just make sense, you know? The two of them are both operating in this alternate reality where facts can be selectively ignored or obsessed over depending on what they need to be true at any given moment. So they let a lot of crazy slide with each other.

But England can see something like this and go, "Oh...balls. My ally has snapped and is threatening to kill people and there's nothing I can do about it."

Welcome to Nato, kids. =D

loliconvict November 7 2009, 14:24:16 UTC

Every time I've tried to write a reasonable review, I've screwed up and it sounds wrong, so I'll just say this is just perfect for all the characters involve.

pyrrhiccomedy November 7 2009, 14:28:01 UTC

You know, it's not like we're grading you guys. XD

Thank you! We really enjoy England turning up now and then, because he's the only one who's provided a long-term outside perspective on Russia and America's relationship. And now he's kind of changing from an antagonist and romantic rival, into a...well, a helpless bystander, really, like everyone else on Earth.