I must admit, I thought it ironic that this came up so quickly..
You might be able to perceive a connection between this story, and why I had the effects of the Trinity Test on my mind when I was replying to your comments on the Ask America thread. XD
Finally, the comparison with the old and the new. How this new, deadly technology has so many things in common with the old, and how it isn't the rest of the world shaping the future and the legends any more its America.
Definitely, that's really going to keep washing over him for a while. And I honestly think it scares him as much as it awes him. Because, I mean, when was the last time international politics changed, really changed in a big and lasting way, like it does after the invention of the atomic bomb? He's just sort of come psychologically untethered. Not unhinged--I don't think this had a negative effect on his sanity, or anything--just, he really doesn't have anything to lean on, anymore.
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You might be able to perceive a connection between this story, and why I had the effects of the Trinity Test on my mind when I was replying to your comments on the Ask America thread. XD
Finally, the comparison with the old and the new. How this new, deadly technology has so many things in common with the old, and how it isn't the rest of the world shaping the future and the legends any more its America.
Definitely, that's really going to keep washing over him for a while. And I honestly think it scares him as much as it awes him. Because, I mean, when was the last time international politics changed, really changed in a big and lasting way, like it does after the invention of the atomic bomb? He's just sort of come psychologically untethered. Not unhinged--I don't think this had a negative effect on his sanity, or anything--just, he really doesn't have anything to lean on, anymore.