masked_god: (mask - unimpressed)
Karakael ([personal profile] masked_god) wrote in [community profile] dramadramaduck2014-06-26 12:26 pm

Ratios

Well, call me impressed, community. According to my calculations worlds connecting here use child-soldiers at a rate of 4:1.

That's four worlds that have child-soldiers as their heroes to one against.

The next time anyone accuses me of being a monster, I'll take that into consideration.

- Karakael
aquaticrush: Retasu cowering in some corner or another. ([r] you hate me don't you ._.)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-26 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
How are you defining child soldiers, though?
aquaticrush: Retasu has no idea what's going on. ([r] paniiiiiic)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-27 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
But-- but we were never drafted by any army, not really, we got to live our lives for the most part -- it's not like Lt. Clostermann!
aquaticrush: Retasu sulking. ([r] my life hates me)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-28 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure we could have said no if we really wanted to...

*You are not getting this win. "Kid Hero = Child Soldier" is a disgusting and ~edgy~ frame of mind, and self-esteem or not, she glares at the camera.*
aquaticrush: Retasu drops a plate. ([r] two left fins)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
A child soldier is a bad thing. Forced, trapped, taken from anything happy. It's not the same. Being chosen or made to fight for the future of the world is hard sometimes and scary, but it's good in the end for everyone, even yourself!
aquaticrush: Retasu's face shadowed, expressionless. ([r] one of these days i'll snap)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I was afraid at first and hated everything. They helped.
aquaticrush: Little Retasu with a fish tail being shy. ([r] .3.)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I, um. I agree that a lot of it comes down to ideas, especially since to a lot of people, we aren't "real". The idea of the "kid hero" is wish fulfillment for a child. The idea of the "child soldier" is nightmare fuel for an adult. If somebody wrote us with one idea or the other, then the two are naturally not the same, right?

*gulp*

A-and even if your life was bad at the time, you shouldn't be forced or coerced into something terrible. It's like how people who run away from home might do it because they need to get away, but they don't find anything better on the street.
aquaticrush: Chibi Retasu worrying. ([r] but i fail at things)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Some people do always like trying to make things dark...

Of course not! But I also wouldn't destroy their chances at happiness and a normal life!
aquaticrush: Retasu protesting. ([r] learned to stand up for myself)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Your world may sound horrible, but I'm sure there's a way to make things better without hurting anyone.
aquaticrush: Retasu having been pushed to the ground. ([r] don't hurt me)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
My fight's over, a-and I'm not thirteen anymore. And I know I've made mistakes, horrible ones.

*Like the whole "almost destroying the universe because she listened to the wrong people" thing.*

But the will of the planet was to live. For everyone to live. That's why...
aquaticrush: Retasu sad. ([r] do i have enough emo icons?)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you use them, then?
aquaticrush: Retasu happy but embarrassed with books. ([r] is this a good idea)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
There has to be something better than what's happened to your world.
aquaticrush: Retasu having been pushed to the ground. ([r] don't hurt me)

[personal profile] aquaticrush 2014-06-29 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
These things happen in happy worlds, too.
archerartemis: (I like my secrets where they are)

[personal profile] archerartemis 2014-07-01 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Who's using anyone? Some of us decide to fight on our own.

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