I Won’t Leave Without Her
Whoo! Made it before the power went out!
Yeah, we’re all basically in panic mode up here in New England. I tend to think it’s been overblown by the media, but we were really burned by some unexpected weather last year, so I guess it’s understandable that everyone be a bit gunshy when it comes to Nor’easters these days. All the transit has been shut down and we’re basically taking up a siege posture. We’re all anticipating a big mess starting sometime in the morning. I’m quite glad that I live on high ground, up on the rock promontory here, as it’s sparing me from the evacuations. All this, of course plays right into the paws of my cat’s master plan: she’s been searching for years for an effective way to keep me in the house for days on end, so she has someone to sink her claws into when she feels the need.
Anyhow. The page! Yes. My mind is so much on the storm that I have little to say about it.
So I guess for now, I’ll just leave it at that. All the best, folks. God willing, we’ll be back next week!
AH, now I get it. Its not the UNA they expect to strafe and bomb civilians, its the Royalists. There really is not conflict more savage and bitter than that of a civil war. What is it about fighting your own countrymen that brings out so much unremitting hatred and savagry?
In part, it may be the modern expectation that in a conventional war, both parties will continue to exist when the dust has settled and history will judge them for their actions. In a civil war, each side is fighting to completely destroy the other.
A conflict *between* nations is usually over a scrap of land or the like. A conflict *within* a nation is over the destiny of that entire nation. The stakes are much, much bigger. People are more desperate, so if you’re not with us, you’re against us, and every one of those Bolshevik bastards as good as killed my poor Katya etc.
I’m English, so I know all about that. We fought two civil wars in the span of less than ten years, killed our king and handed power to what ammounted to a military dictatorship. It left a long and indellible mark on my country’s history and culture, which is why, to this day in this country we are deeply suspicious of any kind of martial law or religious fundimentalists of any kind
Ah so it were one o them *rhetorical questions*
I never learned how to speak Rhetorical, only French and English.
–M
Could be a bladt from the past. A even taking place several years before the incidents depicted so far?
Alternative title: The [Stupid] Things We [I] Do For Love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE34cSvZCd8
He just can’t handle it.
–M
Ah. Still love these blues. And I like that the last panel still manages to have some intensity despite the color calm scheme.
And best of luck with the storm? I’m a bit in the cold about what it is I guess, but you’re not allowed to die. Cheers!
Didn’t die, but I did lose power and a week of work. Which was a bummer. I’m trying to make up for lost time, but no guarantees for this week, as cleanup and reorganization have to take precedence. I’ll do my best though!
–M
No worries. Sometimes real life has to take precedence.
Sad to hear you lost a week’s worth of work though. If there is anything I despise it is having to redo work. Best of luck!
We see Japan and China squabbling over several very small, uninhabited islands right now in our own world. Has been escalating. Didn’t the UK fight Argentina over some islands back in the 1980’s?
The Falkland Islands… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War
The Falklands War is still a bit of an open sore, so I think we’d best let it alone, for the sake of international understanding.
–M
That would be best
Especially when a regular commenter is British and had family who fought in that conflict
My point exactly. I know several Britons who were involved in the naval action. And I happen to know that there are several Argentine readers with strong feelings about it as well, and we want everyone to feel welcome here.
–M
So your cat orchestrated the weather, nefarious.
Stay safe and I hope your promontory isn’t too exposed to the winds.
It was her doing all along, I know it. She always tries to keep me from leaving the apartment in the morning – she’d rather I just stay in one place, and deploy string for her to play with when she demands it.
–M
Hope you’re staying dry and safe up there, great start to the new chapter so far.
Thanks, man! I made it all right, though there’s been a lot of damage up here on the coast. Thankfully, I was on high ground, so no flooding. But being without power for most of the week was a bummer.
–M
I’m rather confused: If the FSR has existed for long enough to possess the ability to go toe-to-toe with the UNA, why do the Royalists pose such a substantial threat? Where’d they get all of this power to begin with?
And, by Royalists, do you mean people loyal to the Tsar?
Historical context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War
I do wonder, too. That’s why suspect this season might be [or might start with] a blast from the past taking place before the events of season one. One could also wonder why the city hasn’t taken any damage from the atomic war…
And why the troops we’ve seen earlier wear no power-armor suits.
I’d assumed this was an opportunistic revolt within the FSR after the nuclear exchange. Someone declared themselves Tsar and there was enough popular support and here we are?
… assuming there is something left to revolt over.
The FSR crushed the last attempt by UNA-backed royalists sometime back in 1970ties. I doubt there are any left. Or enough to try again – especially since the FSR no controls all of Europe.
Even weakened by the devastation the FSR is nothing you pick on on your own and even the UNA isn’t powerful enough to actually try. Even if so one could wonder how? They have no continental foothold and after the events so far it’s save to assume they don’t have any larger fleet assets anymore (with them being strategic targets).
Only time can tell.
My money is on the blast from the past and that those events are somehow connected to what happened in the Kongolese DMZ in 1997.
That’s a good call with the lack of power armour, I think you’re right in regards to the blast from the past. That being said, if they were able to quash a Royalist insurrection, how’d they manage to get their hands on such serious hardware?
Also those fighter jets look rather old-fashioned in comparison to the UNA and FSR fighter planes we saw so far. Also the T-whatever tank from last week has a smooth-borne canon and NOT the triangular-shaped railgun all previous FSR vehicles had (including even lowly APCs).
Mmmmmm, yeah, I think you’re right there.
😀
Love the discussion and the various lines of reasoning, but no comment from me either way!
–M
Damn you! 😉
I love the facial expression on the 2nd panel!!!