>> ... Ah, jeez. I'd hug Kim Van, but I get the distinct impression she wouldn't like that at all. *bows respectfully in her general direction instead* <<
She's timid rather than touch-avoidant. I suspect that she gets more relaxed around people she knows.
>> Why do I have the nagging suspicion that both she and her little brother, he of the physical disability (damn chemical weapons) are destined for more than obscurity? <<
It's possible. Certainly the centaurs will become widely known as a group, and Kim Van really stands out.
>> Or maybe that's wishful thinking... which may get turned into a prompt or two here. Yes, I think it will. <<
Go for it! :D
>>Ah. 'Bui doi' is the term I know. I learned it via song lyrics, so the translation I had of the phrase may well have caught a case of rhyme-itis the better to scan in English. <<
Okay.
>> My read on it has always been more 'pity the poor kids their horrible origins' and less derogatory, which *is* clearly wrong. My error. <<
It may vary somewhat. But the Vietnamese are often downright vicious to the children of soldiers, and their mothers -- and now, years later, their children. Many of them were murdered, some by their own families, some by strangers. It's a complete disgrace.
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Re: Thank you! TW for wartime atrocities
Date: 2019-03-02 03:52 am (UTC)She's timid rather than touch-avoidant. I suspect that she gets more relaxed around people she knows.
>> Why do I have the nagging suspicion that both she and her little brother, he of the physical disability (damn chemical weapons) are destined for more than obscurity? <<
It's possible. Certainly the centaurs will become widely known as a group, and Kim Van really stands out.
>> Or maybe that's wishful thinking... which may get turned into a prompt or two here. Yes, I think it will. <<
Go for it! :D
>>Ah. 'Bui doi' is the term I know. I learned it via song lyrics, so the translation I had of the phrase may well have caught a case of rhyme-itis the better to scan in English. <<
Okay.
>> My read on it has always been more 'pity the poor kids their horrible origins' and less derogatory, which *is* clearly wrong. My error. <<
It may vary somewhat. But the Vietnamese are often downright vicious to the children of soldiers, and their mothers -- and now, years later, their children. Many of them were murdered, some by their own families, some by strangers. It's a complete disgrace.