Comments | no_gray: [written] Rorschach's Journal: July 9, 2010

no_gray

[written] Rorschach's Journal: July 9, 2010

Jul 09, 2010 22:39

[As much as Rorschach hates making these general announcements, there's something that he wants to know.]

For the people here whose worlds have been through the Cold War: who won?

what if, plain curiosity, take that veidt, written

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[Written] kakeravoyager July 10 2010, 02:43:33 UTC

[The Cold War. Well she herself never went through it but she has seen realities that have.]

Before I answer, is this the same Cold War that occurred after the end of the Second World War?

[Written] no_gray July 10 2010, 03:22:46 UTC

The one between America and the Soviet Union, yes.

[Written] kakeravoyager July 10 2010, 03:44:54 UTC

There are no real winners in my personal look on it, but at the end the Soviet Union is abolished.

[Written] no_gray July 11 2010, 12:57:23 UTC

I see. Good. What threats to the stability of the world exist afterwards, outside of terrorists?

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derek_bliss July 10 2010, 14:22:36 UTC

No one, really. But the Soviet Union fell apart during the beginning of the '90s. A couple of civil wars happened when some of it's countries declared independence. Russia itself was one of the ones that denounced membership in the USSR. The official announcement of the dissolution came in December of '91

[Written] no_gray July 11 2010, 13:05:56 UTC

Communists collapsed due to their own instability... Veidt not as smart as he claimed, then. Said total nuclear warfare unavoidable by nineties. Suppose your world didn't have same conditions as mine, but still good to hear.

[Voice] antisilent July 10 2010, 22:24:08 UTC

Everyone and no one. On the plus side, no one was nuked.

[Written] no_gray July 11 2010, 13:00:11 UTC

Better than where I came from.

[Voice] antisilent July 12 2010, 00:38:22 UTC

Sorry to hear that.

[Written] no_gray July 12 2010, 00:42:18 UTC

Don't be. If I'm lucky, I can reveal the truth when I return. Veidt's false peace wouldn't last anyways; in time, politicians would return to old habits.

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captain_in_you July 11 2010, 04:40:13 UTC

Looks like you got a couple answers already. But yeah, no real "winner" there. Don't know how else they expected that one to come out, honestly... I guess everyone could have blown everyone else up in the end too.

no_gray July 11 2010, 13:31:01 UTC

In my world, someone took a third option. Faked an alien invasion, sacrificed millions needlessly in the vague hope that it would unite both countries. Won't work out in the end.

captain_in_you July 12 2010, 21:59:43 UTC

That's... an option I'd never thought of. Faked an invasion, you said?

justicereigns July 11 2010, 08:49:05 UTC

Not that I was in it as you know, but I thought the idea was that it wasn't winnable?

no_gray July 11 2010, 12:58:44 UTC

Someone would have to win, or it would have remained in stalemate all these years. Otherwise, both sides would have been completely destroyed, and no one would be here.

justicereigns July 12 2010, 03:09:27 UTC

Unless one country dissolved into civil wars and had to reassess its priorities.