explosivecombat: (Someone needs to listen more carefully)
Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2014-04-08 08:35 pm

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[...and it seems it's time for another round of Horribly Inappropriate Questions, with your host: This Asshole.]

You know, a while ago I posited to the network that this world is based around battle culture – admittedly a softer, watered-down version of it, but battle culture nonetheless. One's power is assumed based on the strength of their personal army; one's social status is determined by how many gym leaders they've managed to defeat, or how easily they can crush those who stand in the way of what they want. It's interesting to me that such a society should likewise be based around a message of love, peace and tolerance; one would think that for the sheer amount of destruction that everyone's carrying around within arm's distance, this place would have dissolved into anarchy long ago.

Equally interesting is the stance on war that most seem to have taken here; even the locals seem opposed to it, overall. I have to wonder why – what it is about this place in particular that makes the idea of war and conflict so abhorrent to all within it.

Ah, but it's entirely likely that it's a matter of points of view, isn't it? I'm from a militaristic society, personally, so war and conflict seem to be the natural state of things – are most nations generally pacifistic like this? Or is this abnormal even by your standards as one of the..."foreigners", I believe they like to call us?

I'm interested in answers, though I can take or leave identities; answer anonymously if you wish, but even if you don't, you know what they say about glass houses.


[...You know, there are some things that never change. Yes, Kimblee, everyone here probably does get mad about genocide; either way, happy birthday, you crazy son of a bitch. If this is how you're going to spend this evening, you are more than welcome to do so.]
ossifragant: (⊗ and you claim)

[personal profile] ossifragant 2014-04-19 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
The one who told you information about the "you" from my world is a pointy military man named Archer, isn't he?

[Good job telling a homunculus that information, Winry. A+

And added very quickly, just so there isn't a misunderstanding:]


You have my word that I won't raise a finger against him.
ossifragant: (⊗ love the pearls)

[personal profile] ossifragant 2014-04-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Of course not.

That would only prove to make things very ugly and cause unnecessary tension.
ossifragant: (⊗ love the pearls)

[personal profile] ossifragant 2014-04-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunate that I don't lie.

But since I'm not going to lay a hand on him and you answered my question, you're free to ask me more of my world. If I know the answer, I'll be happy to explain.

There's only one subject that's off limits but we'll cross that when we get to it.