LETTERS FROM LANCELOT. And maybe he can talk about the rain and the sun and the constant smell of clove cigarettes and his shitty cramped lodgings and how he has become accustomed to the constant noise outside his window, and there are food spatters on the letters sometimes, which he draws an arrow pointing to and writes "fish sauce, tasty with glutinous rice" AND LIKE, the atrocities committed by both siiiiiiiides. The houses burnt and the people pulled off buses and beaten, the graffiti scrawled on walls and benches. He has friends who were raped and friends who were sent to labor camps. He has friends who have been shot and thrown in mass graves. He has learned how to use a machete and hopes he never has to use it. One time he called Gwen just to hear her voice, thirsty for the English language, but there were lags and crackles on the line, which made the conversation awkward and frustrating.
It is a strange thing to see -- Indonesia grows stronger, but the very thing that makes her stronger will also be the weapon used to destroy her. If you're interested, "Terlena" is a documentary about the communist purges of the 60s in Indonesia. made me cryyyyyyyy. Communism is practically nonexistent in Indonesia, in name. I mean, the administration actually has a lot of technically socialist tendencies, but the word 'communist' itself is like, a dirty word.
Yeah, Ahmadinejad denied its existence in Iran, but then when the election protests broke out, homosexuality magically appeared again. He was like, "It's those bothersome gays/Israeli spies/Americanized youth! Not REAL Iranians." Maybe Uther also becomes an international laughingstock, with this magic thing. Seriously, does Uther/Ahmadinejad have no PR team? And how strict is Uther's anti-magic/superstition thing. Is he against, like, good luck charms? Rabbit feet and such?
Maybe I'm overthinking the communism=magic thing, but what's stopping magic-users from calling upon mystical creatures and forces to quash non-magic-users? Will there be the magical equivalent of the Cold War? OF THE BERLIN WALL? MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS ENCHANTMENT.
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It is a strange thing to see -- Indonesia grows stronger, but the very thing that makes her stronger will also be the weapon used to destroy her. If you're interested, "Terlena" is a documentary about the communist purges of the 60s in Indonesia. made me cryyyyyyyy. Communism is practically nonexistent in Indonesia, in name. I mean, the administration actually has a lot of technically socialist tendencies, but the word 'communist' itself is like, a dirty word.
Yeah, Ahmadinejad denied its existence in Iran, but then when the election protests broke out, homosexuality magically appeared again. He was like, "It's those bothersome gays/Israeli spies/Americanized youth! Not REAL Iranians." Maybe Uther also becomes an international laughingstock, with this magic thing. Seriously, does Uther/Ahmadinejad have no PR team? And how strict is Uther's anti-magic/superstition thing. Is he against, like, good luck charms? Rabbit feet and such?
Maybe I'm overthinking the communism=magic thing, but what's stopping magic-users from calling upon mystical creatures and forces to quash non-magic-users? Will there be the magical equivalent of the Cold War? OF THE BERLIN WALL? MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS ENCHANTMENT.