“Feel free to say no. This is probably insane and it would just require a lot of training and, I mean, like, a lot of training, like, more than you’ve probably ever done before, and you also know this place, I mean, it’s a fucking hellhole, and why would you want to be here, but-” | THE BEAR SEASON TWO
When a Westerner asks you, “so this coup happens because the rebels are against the war, right?”, how do you explain that the “rebels” are just another fascist psychopaths angry that other fascist psychopaths are not good enough at killing Ukrainians? How do you explain to a sane, unexposed to the “russian world” individual that putin’s “opposition” isn’t against the war, but demands more effective genocide?
Okay so correct me if I’m wrong but is the way the chips work now that they retain their personalities and memories and selves but that in the moment it’s activated it’s sort of like. Just automatic. But it doesn’t exactly stay on. And they’re left not entirely sure why they followed the order but unaware that it was not their choice. So for many of them their mind is trying to make sense of that disparity in retrospect and smoothing out the inconsistency the same way we sometimes subconsciously edit our memories when we review them. And because they were conditioned to follow orders there’s room to think well. I guess following orders without question really is ingrained. Really is who I am deep down
why did rex send hardcase of all people on a stealth mission
Rex, battle-hardened warrior and experienced leader: I think I’ll send my two most talkative and enthusiastic troopers on a stealth mission. Together. Where they’ll most likely rebound off each other and make even more of a commotion. Yeah sounds good :)
