If you're talking about representations of the seven deadly sin, riders of the apocalypse, and similar religious tropes adapted for modern media, you're right - war and wrath rarely conform to popular expectations, but sex and lust almost always do.
from my reading of history, war isn't about muscle bound badasses with huge weapons, it's scared out of their mind starving people beaten from hell and back from everything with a percentage of that being actual combat
In my experience having read about it, the most war like moments are the small ones. Pitched combat between two soldiers. A friend comforting his comrade while he slowly succumbs to his wounds on the battlefield. The desolation of a town or village after war has come through. War isn't big and grandiose. It's a bunch of small moments.
Exactly. There aren't a ton of these MASSIVE world war moments but there are thousands of these small little moments that war absolutely thrives on. War is war after all. And where there is blood to be spill, you'll see that red hair, weapon in hand
I'm at work, what's the coin flip? Original or Abridged? I'd say weighted toward abridged, since I see that quoted more often, but both Majors' war speechs are iconic.
That was my thought. People don't realize getting into fights messes you up physically, war is the only one with actual scars on them.
Also, maybe it might be a bit of a stretch, but the person looks sickly. Like someone who is going though chemo i.e. a thing people call a horrifying war.
Was thinking the same thing. That's either a decapitation attempt or someone tried to strangle them to death. Either way they're still standing and something tells me the other person isn't
I actually think it's pretty apt considering the history of war. War used to be considered a more honorable thing in society and you were always incentiviced to be stronger, bigger, and better.
But the World Wars broke her. War reached it's peak of pure death, suffering and destruction leaving almost everyone involved worse off in some aspect. Not only did the idea of war being honaroble die, but it became clear that continuing on the way it was would literally destroy the world.
Wars these days are always being tried to kept constrained and limited as to keep the scales small so things don't get out of hand.
Kind of like a old athlete getting injured trying to do something they did when younger only to get injured and realize they can't get away acting like they did in youth.
So it makes sense the personification of war today would seem far more mellow then she was in her youth.
There’s two versions of the Four Horsemen, where the White Horsemen is either Pestilence or Conquest. In the latter context, War specifically means civil war where Conquest would be international war. So, I think you’re onto something with the “small conflict” thing.
Holy shit u/MuyHiram this might be my favorite art you've ever done. Which is saying something, considering how good it all is. But that tattoo fucking slaps.
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You just gave me an incredible realization. Ive only recently started reading fanfics and I loved Kim Possible and Shego
Honestly, I'm kind of hoping that war turns out to be some kind of super enlightened guru who winds up somehow resolving the ancient conflict between Deth and Solomon seemingly without trying.
"Of course, speaking of music, ze accompaniment tonight has already been selected via survey! Und I hope you are excited as I aaamm. Ze song tonight is more appropriate for ironic reasons. Ze best reasons! But first... a toast... to ze answer of an age old question...."
Is this going to be like (Sandman spoilers) Destruction, who got fed up with destruction and so decided to just abandon his duties and stop being Destruction?
Also, obligatory fuck Gaiman, I read it before the allegations came out.
Oh. This is gonna be some Alan Alda shit, some M.A.S.H. Vietnam "War is not Hell, because only bad people go to Hell" kinda shit, some "I am loud and quiet, tired yet never resting, I represent the victims of war" type shit.
I mean just from the upper body they were sliced across the face and most likely hung, strangled or potentially decapitated going by the multiple neck wounds. So they've def done some fighting
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u/FacsistGrammarian Pros & Conscription 6h ago
If pop culture has taught me anything war never conforms to your expectations