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Peggy Carter (offthepeg) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-11-11 19:33:00

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!open, jake sully, ~peggy carter

95 years ago, the guns stopped and peace was declared. I wish this was the end of the story, I truly do. I wish I could have told you that the 16 million lives lost in The Great War put a stop to all warfare. I wish I could have told you that the 20 million wounded and injured were enough to put an end to it. I wish I could say a lot of things but I fought alongside the best and brightest in another war that saw even more loss.

Remembrance Day isn’t just about The Great War or remembering those lives sacrificed, or the losses they endured. To me, Remembrance Day was always and will always be thanking the brave who fought and tried towards a better future. There’s not a lot I wouldn’t do to save my family or my friends and I saw a lot of battle blasts and shell shock. Don’t forget the human element behind the propaganda because black and white photos will never tell the whole story.

If you’re asking what good it did, there’s only one thing I can proffer; hopefully for you a world without war and a life full of colour. We can all hope.

Thank you.

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	brotherofdemons 2013-11-11 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	War seems to be part of the human condition alas. ~~I won't comment on the merits of their sacrifice~~ "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	It does, but so is compassion, love, and bravery. It's all we can do to fight with hope that they'll still exist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brotherofdemons 2013-11-11 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	I can't argue against that, let us all hope they endure in the future. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	And I. All the best to you and yours. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	your_caretaker 2013-11-12 09:56 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I like that poem, ma'am....! And the one that started this post, too of course... I mean, I think I like the latter one better, just because it's a little more - i dunno- I suppose the word is "hopeful" ~~as if I remember what that is!~~ I guess.... I dunno... sorry for interrupting your reminiscences... And Happy Armistice Day to all you soldiers.... (Reply to this) (Parent)

smasher_of_laws
2013-11-11 04:15 pm UTC (link)

Indeed? There was a - Great War, was there? I am sorry to hear that... And of all the lives lost.... I mean, it is all after mine own time, apparently - which is still rather strange to think of - makes me feverish in my brain, in fact! I mean...

Sorry, mademoiselle; I merely wished to state that I think that you are most brave to deal with all that impacts those war-wounded...

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	offthepeg 2013-11-11 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, it was called that in my time. I think they call it the First World War now, on account of the one I fought in I suppose. I'm not brave. I did my part as any would. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-11-11 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	Indeed, Mademoiselle? I mean... there was a second World War, as you put it? I mean.... Oh my G_d, I think.... Pardonnez-moi, mademoiselle, but... If you happen to see my friend Razumikhin anywhere about this town.... Send him home to me, пожалуйста? Because... I need him now.... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know anyone by that name, I'm sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-11-11 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Ah! What of - Amelie Reed-Garcia, I think her name is...? I need her home, if Razumikhin is not here... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Nor her. Good luck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-11-11 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Merci, mademoiselle....! I am very sorry to be such a bother to you - and on Armistice Day, too.... ~~And I'm a poet and didn't even know it...!~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	borrowed_finery 2013-11-11 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	What on earth is the matter? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-11-11 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	I... feel so faint, Razumikhin...! I am sorry, but... I think I collapsed for a few moments, there.... And then, I managed to pick myself up, so.... Perhaps i am fine on mine own, after all... Yes, yes, I am fine on my own! Apologies, Razumikhin, my old friend... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	borrowed_finery 2013-11-11 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, no, you must not be apologising. I will return. Do you want some thing brought? I will come at once yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-11-11 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ну, Разумихин! honestly, you deserve to have some time apart from me and my ridiculous fits! I will be just fine rather! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	anotherhellhole 2013-11-11 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	There was a third. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not surprised, sadly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anotherhellhole 2013-11-11 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	Nobody was. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gatz 2013-11-11 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	95 years? Really, so long? I fought in the Great War myself, it only came to an end about four years ago for me. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	In this universe, in this time... it's been 95 years. I was born during that war. I can't believe it's been so long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	It certainly does make one feel rather- far from home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	It does, doesn't it? Old, too. I should be in my 90s. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Quite dead, in my case. How morbid. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Probably in my case too. All the more reason to live, I suppose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	Certainly, we would do best to treat it as a fortunate opportunity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	I thank every day that I came here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. I do try to, except that I do terribly miss my friend- although, that is most silly of me, because I would be missing him terribly if I were in the grave anyway, I suppose. Or at least, he me. I don't know that you do much thinking when you're- ah, I'm getting off track. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry you lose your friend but I lost my partner too back home, but he's here now. Maybe your friend will come to you again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, quite right. Hope is certainly a very powerful remedy. Thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-11-11 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	One of the most powerful. Keep your hope, my friend. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-11-11 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	I will. Thank you, you are most kind. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	your_caretaker 2013-11-12 10:05 am UTC (link)
	As do I, ma'am....! I mean, I wasn't dead by a war per se, but... well. I most certainly was dead before I arrived here! (Reply to this) (Parent)