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Extradimensional Alien


28-year old fanfiction writer from Russia.

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  • 267 weeks
    No updates for more than a year, oh my...

    Erm... I live?

    *sees glares*

    OK, I am sorry. Really.

    So here is the stuff:

    1) I have found to my displeasure that I need to go back to drawing board for the Western Wastelands arc in the "Fallout: Equestria Girls" story. I can churn out a chapter or two without doing that, and then I will have to rethink a number of things.

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    17 comments · 1,507 views
  • 294 weeks
    Going on a vacation for 2 weeks

    Internet reception is not likely to be good, so I am basically offline; if I do happen to come around, it's not for long.

    Sorry everyone, was not able to update anything in time.

    1 comments · 460 views
  • 316 weeks
    Whelp

    I haven't seen "Forgotten Friendship" in full yet, but from what bits I saw on YouTube, my own headcanon got screwed (namely, that Sunset never got back to Equestria and never saw Princess Twilight and Princess Celestia until the events of Fallout: Equestria Girls).

    Expect some retcon. There won't be much, but Chapter 31 at least will have to be re-written a bit.

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    10 comments · 817 views
  • 328 weeks
    Bad news, people...

    No, I am not cancelling any of my WIP stories. It's other things.

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    13 comments · 1,089 views
  • 333 weeks
    It's my birthday, yeaaaaaaah!

    I am twenty-four now! :pinkiehappy:

    18 comments · 485 views
Aug
6th
2015

In the memory of victims of 70 years ago: remembering the past and worrying over the future · 7:24pm Aug 6th, 2015

I wish my first blog post here did not have to be on a somber note, but the events that transpired long ago on this day tie into the atmosphere of Fallout game series (and my Fallout: Equestria Girls story).

(Photo image found by Google here)

Seventy years ago on this day, nuclear bomb was used for the first time in the history of warfare. Its victim was the city of Hiroshima.

On this day, the world witnessed the destructive power held by uranium-235.

On this day, the epilogue of one era and the prologue of another began. The World War II raced to its conclusion, its formal end signed on the board of USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945; but this day did not bring everlasting peace. Instead, it ushered the Cold War between two superpowers - USSR and the USA.

Today, in many parts of the world, people remember those who had either perished momentarily in atomic flames, or died while suffering from inhumane pain. And debates on whether the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were actually necessary flare once again.

I believe that both sides of this argument are in the right, and at the same time, in the wrong. The truth, the ever-elusive truth, hides somewhere in the middle.

At the risk of sounding like devil's advocate, I can somewhat understand the desire to end the war like this. US soldiers were fighting against Japanese soldiers for four years, and took massive casualties. I can hardly imagine that a common American (or the government) would feel merciful towards Japanese people under such circumstances. I know that quite a number of Soviet soldiers or citizens did not feel merciful towards Germans after the atrocities committed by the Nazis; I don't think Americans would be fundamentally different from Soviets in that regard.

(Feel free to correct me if my logic is wrong.)

And yet, I can't help but ask - was it really necessary to level the city with prevailing civilian population instead of a military installation? To repeat what in essence was the bombing of Dresden (or Tokyo), with massive civilian casualties and questionable military gain? I don't have the answers for these questions myself.

History is written by the victors. And United States of America, along with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Great Britain, wrote history (no matter how controversial) back then, using their rights as the victors. We all have to live with it now.

To the victims of those attacks, I can only say "May you rest in peace". To those who still live on, I wish: "Live long and prosper, and remind everyone how horrible nuclear bomb is".


Alas, the possibility of repetition of those attacks did not go away. Too bad (so sad) that instead of peace and friendship between the victors, an iron curtain (to quote Winston Churchill) came down between them. The blame, as usually, never lies on one side. Soviet Union had vast spy networks abroad, which were revealed by traitor Igor Gouzenko (naturally allies took offense to that) and remained ideologically antagonistic towards the West; in turn, one may remember that certain Brits and Americans thought contemptuously of Russians as barbarians (no one likes that too) and that after war, US and UK were hiding Nazi war criminals like Klaus Barbie from justice even from other allies, or remind of Munich Appeasement of 1938, which is thought of as an attempt to turn Hitler's aggression against USSR (and which caused Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in turn)...

The arguement can go on endlessly.

Still, with all the tension, Soviet and Western leaders alike were careful enough to avoid all-out nuclear war. Even during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when events were spiralling out of control and the slightest spark could set the world aflame, Khrushchev and Kennedy still found a peaceful solution, even though both of them came under fire from "hawks" after this.

Nowadays, geopolitical situation is now again tense. "Hawks" screech everywhere once again. And I can't help but be alarmed at this turn of events. Because if it goes too far (and I am not convinced otherwise) we may not have another Khrushchev and Kenndy on our hands this time.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first cities to suffer nuclear wrath. Will they be the last? Will fear of mutually assured destruction and voices of reason among politicians prevail? Or will the world be turned into the global Wastelands? I sure hope not. Let's keep Fallout away from real life.

War never changes. Can people change for the better?

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