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[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

[Edward's hotel room looks something like a tornado struck it. On the table, the dresser and the floor are piles of books. Between the piles of books are pages of notes, scattered here and there. On the bed are newspapers, piled up and spread out, the pages yellowed, so they aren't recent. Ed is lying on his back on the bed, across the width, scanning through a paper.

He looks up after a moment and tilts his head.]

I have a question for you guys. How accurate is your news reported in your world? How accurate are your history books?

[He turns a page.] Fuck, it's like they think we're stupid...

Comments

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

History is always rewritten by those in charge.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

Why? Nobody's going to believe every Fuhrer from four hundred years ago until now was a stand up, charismatic guy. History here even omits things, places for crying out loud.

[urbandev.livejournal.com]

But people do believe that, Ed. They want to believe that.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

How can they possibly? Knowing that more then once we've been at war on two boarders, how can they possibly think anyone is diplomatic at all! I mean, they barely believe Xerxes existed. How can you just erase people from history like that. It's unethical!

[red-army-btrfly.livejournal.com]

Well, the Empire insists that the entire world apart from the Empire is a barren wasteland populated by invisible bloodsucking ghosts. I think you can judge for yourself from there.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a load of crap. And a lot like our government.

[red-army-btrfly.livejournal.com]

That first part I was aware of. Especially since there is actually someone else from my world on the community now.

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[sotobas-lot.livejournal.com]

Personal disgust fueling this research binge, or studying for college entrance exams?

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

A little of both. I started out just studying but I always go...

[Ed looks around the room] A tiny bit overboard. But then I got to thinking which meant I had to get more books from the library...

[He pouts] Do you know they limit you at a hundred? Only a hundred!

[sotobas-lot.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty generous number, I think.

You seemed unsure about the whole college thing. Have you considered going right into the work force or an apprenticeship and using your funds to start your own personal library? It sounds like you're more interested in that than traditional academia.

[crackpotcrocker.livejournal.com]

As far as how 'accurate' news is reported my own, somewhat true. The reporters are correct as far as having the headline for Friday the 13th a Day of Bad Luck. ^{However, they fail to say why}
But I know why. It's because of those - FAIRIES! ^{Not that they're listen to me on that} but that's besides the point.

History, is another matter for all the years, I've taught history, I can't say I was there personally when the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence but I can say for the events I have been around for they're recorded - ACCURATELY!

But in a world where magic and fairies actually exist. WHO CARES ABOUT HISTORY?! Why... If they wanted too fairies could chance history.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

I know the events I've witnessed were reported very inaccurately.

I don't know about these fairies, but I have to learn this boring stuff so I can go to university.

[crackpotcrocker.livejournal.com]

Well, that's your world. ^{Considering, I can say without a doubt, Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon and spoke those famous words.}
There's that and our old leader President Nixon and the Watergate scandal. WHICH HAPPENED! I was a teenager.
Recorded in history textbooks, at least what's known of it.

...Really? There's three zomming around this 'blogsite'

Well.. It's not all bad to learn your history. However, you should value your education. Why if it hadn't been for my education, I wouldn't been able to build any of my gadgets.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

You should really clean that.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

[Ed blinks.]

I'm researching.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

Doesn't excuse you making such a mess.

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

Your room is a mess.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

An organized mess, yes.

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

I don't believe you.

[hismothersson.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who's a reporter, and he works very hard to get his stories, so I think the news around here is pretty accurate.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

You think so? Even if it's terrible and horrifying?

[hismothersson.livejournal.com]

I don't have any reason to think they're lying. Beauchamp is an okay kind of guy. There's a war on. Everyone knows that, so it's no big secret.

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[shadow_spread]

It really depends on who's writing it and what they're writing about.

[cyberelric.livejournal.com]

Well some of these are the official grade school textbooks on the subject of Amestrian history. It's pretty much nonsense and fairy tales, in my opinion.

[shadow_spread]

Books like that tend to be pretty simplistic and get caught up in nationalism, I think.