World Wars in the Media, Tuesday

[chose_humanity]

"War," Mitchell started, once everyone had pooled into the class. "This week, we're not going to get to any of the good bits just yet, so buckle up. Rather, we're going to talk about the First World War, or as it was known in the early 20th century, the Great War, which began the cycle of conflicts that ravaged the century. It started rather

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[chose_humanity]

As Mitchell talks. And talks. And talks.

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[awakestheghosts]

Chloe was taking a lot of notes as Mitchell talked.

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[solo_sword]

Jaina couldn't be bothered with notes. She'd rather just pay attention. And it was sad that she could listen and completely understand how something like this could start without even having to try.

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[vanillajello]

...That was a lot of stuff.

Still, Kate took notes and tried to keep up. If she only had three classes per week, she might as well make some effort to actually learn something.

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[blondecanary]

Dinah kind of wished she had a chess board or Lego pieces to keep track of the players here, even though she understood the underlying idea pretty well.

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[heartflames]

Yes, Eleanor was taking lots of notes. She knew a few people back home might be curious about these insights into the war.

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[a_demosthenes]

Ah. World War I. Valentine took notes, but it was mostly just for show. Her brain was more occupied with the wry, sarcastic, depressed amusement involved in the fact that in the twenty-second century, Demosthenes predicted something an awful lot like this, only instead of an archduke being shot, it was an alien race being obliterated.

And "he" was right...

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[ashockingbitch]

Ah, the memories. Jenny listened, looking almost nostalgic.

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[anarchist_queen]

Again Leda was reminded of one of the more messy gang wars Bordertown had seen.