#what’s happening in burma

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

Nope, today’s not a public holiday. The people of Myanmar are taking part in a “silent strike” by staying home between 10am and 3pm as a show of solidarity with the movement to restore civilian rule to the country.

#ourcityourrules

#whatshappeninginmyanmar

#hearthevoicesofmyanmar

Humans of Myanmar

Full bellies for life

#myanmar #burma #coup #what’s happening in myanmar #whatshappeninginmyanmar #burmese #protest #se asia #dictatorship #military #junta

[humanrightsconnected]

Find out from Insider Inc. how to support the anti-coup protesters in Myanmar! For more information, click here.

#myanmar #burma #myanmar coup #what's happening in myanmar #save myanmar #hear the voice of myanmar #pray for myanmar #stand with myanmar #justice for myanmar #help myanmar #fight for democracy #we need democracy #civil disobedience movement #reject_the_military #reject the military #respect our votes

[shamelessislamreligionhorse]

True worship can end the cycle of birth and death.

Take refuge in Spiritual leader Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj to attain salvation, eternal peace and happiness.

#what’s happening in myanmar #myanmar protest #myanmar today #myanmar to import russian oil #santrampaljimaharaj #godkabir #mission of burma #burma #myanmar

[polyglot-thought]

[Burmese->English] @thet_mar_phyo August 4th 2022 Instagram Post - Color Coded Translation

Content Warning: War, Death

PDF (KALAY) Battalion 6

၀၃-၀၈-၂ဝ၂၂ ရက် ကလေးမြို့

0 3- 0 8- 2 w 2 2 raat kalayy myahoet

သာယာကုန်းရွာ တိုက်ပွဲတွင် ကျဆုံးသွား

saryarkone rwar titepwal twin kya soneswarr

သော ရဲဘော် ဝေမင်းသော

saw rellbhaw way mainn saw

—

PDF (KALAY) Battalion 6

On 03-08-2022, Brother-in-arms Wai Min Thaw, has fallen in the battle of Tharyakone Village, Kalay City

—

Literal Translation:

PDF (KALAY) Battalion 6

03-08-2022/Day/Kalay/City/Tharyakone/Village/battle/in/fall/passed away/that/comrade/Wai Min Thaw

POST DESCRIPTION:

Wai Min Thaw, a 19-year-old comrade from Battalion-6 of Kalay PDF, was killed by artillery shelling during fighting between local defense forces & junta troops in TharyarKone village, Sagaing's Kalay tsp. #2022Aug4Coup #Whats HappeningInMyanmar

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Rest In Peace Wai Min Thaw

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Please correct me if I made a mistake

#myanmar #what’s happening in myanmar #whatshappeninginmyanmar #burmese #Burmese to English #English to Burmese #myanmar junta #myanmar protest march #myanmar spring revolution #myanmar prisoners #Myanmar pdf #Peoples Defense Force #Burma #myanmar death sentences #war news #military junta #learn Burmese #color coded translation #burmese language #minority language #minority languages #Burmese langblr #PDF myanmar #study burmese #Burmese revolution #military coup #myanmar military coup #polyglot thought translation

[ndcgalitzine]

WHITE COLLAR | 2.12 "What Happens in Burma"

#Neal Caffrey in a white tank top appreciation (2/?)

#White Collar #whitecollaredit #tvedit #mattbomeredit #nealcaffreyedit #Neal Caffrey #Matt Bomer #mancandykings #* #ncwtta

[dostoyevsky-official]

as long as you choose to never actually express your stance on Israel (though I can guess what it is seeing that you're an American Jew) I don't take you seriously

hurriedly running after people talking about a certain issue, what do you think of this other issue on the other side of the world? interrogating reporters covering burma, i've noticed you haven't said a word about massacres in ethiopia. getting kicked out from assuredly guilt-ridden revisionist academic panels on the mediterranean migration crisis for demanding their stance on what's happening in kashmir. you have the attention span of a flea, the self-satisfaction of a leech, and the endearing presence of both

#i don't need anyone here‚ the baby fandom website i largely despise‚ to take me seriously #not jewish and least of all an 'American Jew' #this is the russia‚ former soviet union‚ and nyc blog you little psycho #blocked for good measure - good to see the follower count go down by 1 #for context this nut sent me an endless stream of what is your stance on israel asks

[noneedtoamputate]

It's Christmas, and I'm reading "Masters of the Air," so it's not surprising that I've been thinking about my grandpa today. He was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He served as a radio operator on cargo planes flying The Hump between India, Burma, and China.

On September 16, 1940, the first peacetime draft in U.S. history was enacted, and his name came up. He went to Fort Knox for training, and on a day off, he went to Mammoth Cave. When he came out after the tour, he found out Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

He went to flight school and did well. He had a test flight on a day with terrible weather and failed. He was the final flight that went out that day. The rest of the exams were cancelled because of the conditions. But you didn't get a second chance. I think he always felt a little bad about that, but maybe that rainstorm saved his life.

He dated a girl who worked on the training base. All his friends were getting assigned overseas, and he was still stuck in North Dakota. He found out she had been putting his name on the bottom of the pile so he could stay longer. (No, this was not my grandma.)

He told me a story about all the college kids who ended up in his unit. Him and the other guys would ask, "What did you major in?" And a lot of times the answer was engineering. "That's great," they would say. "Go engineer that broom over there." (Doesn't that sound like something the rest of Easy would say to Webster if he had studied engineering?)

He was one of the last GIs sent home in 1946, because it was uncertain whether there would be a war with China. The first thing he did when he got back to Indiana was buy a car. My mom's friend's mom said all the girls in town were a little bit in love with him when he came home. He must have had fun, because he didn't start dating my grandma for another three years.

He lived a long and happy life, but there are times now that I am older, that I've had things happen to me, that I wish he were here and we could talk. He said he would never have chosen to go to war, but he was glad he had the experience.

#wwii #ww2 #ww2 history #personal #wwii history

[thebreakfastgenie]

The Burma Shave Signs

In order to understand the significance of the Burma Shave signs, we need to understand Hawkeye's emotional state when he returns to the 4077th. The jeep driver is chatty, and Hawkeye basically ignores him. He tells Sidney he's uneasy about going back, which makes perfect sense; who would want to go back to a MASH unit close to the front? Besides, we know he's anxious about performing surgery again. But Hawkeye has another reason, too.

He's anxious about not being accepted back by his friends and colleagues. This, too, is a perfectly reasonable fear; the contact he's had with them since being hospitalized has been awkward and uncomfortable at best. Potter, Mulcahy, Margaret, and BJ were all more or less disastrous on the phone, and even Klinger, who handled it better than the rest, didn't get a joyful reaction out of Hawkeye. Then BJ visited him in person, and that went even worse. Hawkeye is very understandably afraid that everyone is going to look at him differently, a fear that's proven largely correct. It's uncomfortable knowing the people you're close to have seen you at your worst, and that happened to him very recently. His breakdown and involuntary hospitalization were very public.

There is also the nature of his breakdown to consider. He made a scene in O.R. and very nearly harmed a patient, then drove a vehicle through a building. People at the 4077th who witnessed that might be afraid of him now. They might be angry with him, too, because he destroyed the Officers' Club, which was one of the few places they had to socialize and relax.

So all of this is going through Hawkeye's mind while this enlisted man who doesn't particularly seem to care is trying to make small talk. And then he sees the message:

HAWK WAS GONE NOW HE'S HERE DANCE 'TIL DAWN AND GIVE A CHEER Burma Shave

The driver reads them and clearly thinks they're nice. And Hawkeye, Hawkeye smiles.

This is one of the first times we see him smile in this entire episode, apart from the flashbacks. He smiles when he thinks he's going home, and then here. This one is different. It's soft and understated--not a manic grin--and very genuine.

He smiles because for all his fear and worry and anxiety about going back, he's just been given a welcome back. Not just any welcome, either, it's personalized. It rhymes. It's a pop culture reference. It's joyful. It's thoroughly Hawkeye. I think the red paint is most likely a reference to the color scheme on classic Burma Shave signs, but if you want to add an extra layer, you can consider it a callback to the red party. It's a nice touch, too, that there is no reference to them later, so we never find out who was responsible for them. It emphasizes, as the goodbye dinner scene does, that the entire camp is close, not just the characters we usually focus on.

The message here is We're glad you're back. We missed you. We love you. There is no promise it won't be awkward, but there is a clear, unwavering acceptance, which is exactly what Hawkeye needs.

And then this happens:

Of course Hawkeye can't have nice things, but it's more than that. As I've just established, the signs are a symbol of the love Hawkeye's friends have for him. We know what the bus symbolizes. It's all throughout the first hour. "A bus, huh?" "Again with the bus? Why don't you subscribe to Arizona Highways and leave me alone?"

The bus is what happened. The bus is the trauma. The bus is the horrors of war. The bus is why Hawkeye had an ugly public breakdown and was committed to a hospital in the first place. The bus comes up from behind.

In this scene, his friends' love for him is flattened by his trauma, which has followed him all the way back to the 4077th.

I've never quite been able to figure out if it is indeed the same bus that Hawkeye finally boards after that shot where he hesitates and looks about a million years old, but this bus was approaching the 4077th for triage.

Potter says "Why don't you start on the bus?" the same thing Sidney asked him to do. He can't escape the bus. It follows him; he gets back on it. Because the war still isn't over.

The message on the Burma Shave signs still matters. He still got to read it. He still knows how they feel. And we him socialize among them and be loved and accepted, even as we also see him hanging back. The bus doesn't permanently destroy all hope, it just shocks him by barging in on a happier moment. We see throughout the second hour that though he's been released from the hospital, Hawkeye is still recovering, and the bus is a reminder of that. It's just an absolute gut punch of a moment to see it destroy those welcome signs.

Maybe it's not just about Hawkeye, either. If the bus is the war, maybe it's a reminder that any moment of joy or niceness will be interrupted by the war reasserting its iron grip on everyone's attention. Like all the way back in Bulletin Board, or the end of Movie Tonight, or Dear Sis. You can have nice things in a war, but only for a moment. But unlike in those other episodes, by the end of this one the war is actually over.

#i need everyone to be as insane about these as i am #this is nothing i haven't said before but i made it nicer #mash #m*a*s*h #hawkeye pierce #mashposting #original mash content

[maxwell-grant]

whats the deal with Doc Savage?

"He's a doctor, okay, but what's so savage about him? That he goes in public without a shirt? Y'know, he's got a caveman in his group and everything, and that guy is a chemist who runs around doing monkey flips and beating bad guys with his bare hands. Why don't they call him Doc Savage? He’s doing more to deserve the name.”

“Everytime it’s something weird and horrifying happening that only he is able to solve. And it's always some guy running a con at the end. Everytime Savage rolls into town, it's like opposite world when it's the doctor who has to save people from being scammed, instead of the other way around.

"I'm just saying, nobody's that perfect. He goes around with guns shooting people with what he calls "mercy bullets" that only put bad guys to sleep. Yeah, they go to sleep allright, and if that fails, I'm sure the compassion grenades do the trick.

"You're saying they rejected your application for the Fabulous Five? That's nuts." "Blew me out the front door, I tell you! Total insanity. Newman was there, he saw the whole thing." "No, what's insane is that you thought you had a shot in the first place. Nobody "joins" the Fabulous Five, it's like the most elite group in the country. What did you think you were adding there?" "Jerry, how hard can it be to play sidekick to that guy? He does everything they do better, I'd just have to sit around playing cheerleader and wait for him to save the day, I already do the first part all day around you. It's the perfect job! What, you think you're too good for it?" "No, but I have a little something called self-esteem. It's the Fabulous Five, George, not the Fabulous Plus Extra. They already made room for that girl cousin of his, they're not making extra for you." "Maybe, shmaybe. Unless I got that Tom guy fired. I mean, he looks like he's on his way out the door as is. "Electrical wizard", pssht, I could do that." "Sure you could. I mean hey, why don't you ask Elaine to set up you two? She got to meet Doc himself last weekend." "No way." "I'm serious! Apparently Doc saved Peterman's life during a mission in Burma and they'd kept in touch since then, and she got some kind of date with him out of it."

"He was a no show?" "Oh, he is all show allright." "So you two -" "No! I mean, I got to see him in action a couple of times and, yeah, I tried. But every date with him was a wash, he always needs to cut things off halfway to go fight some supervillain, and then he never calls back. He barely even looks at me when we're IN the date." "Well he's Doc Savage. He's like Superman, y'know, he's got places to be and people to save. "Yeah, and who's gonna save me? I swear Jerry, it's like he's never even seen a woman before. Him and those five morons around him, bunch of misogynists. Whatever, he's hot, but I'm over him. Miss Savage no more." "I'll bet. Hey, what's this?" "Oh it's from the fitness spa I'd been going near work. There's this girl I'd been talking to lately ever since Peterman assigned me the Hidalgo Trading Company catalogue, she's been giving me the skinny on Doc and his frat boy clubhouse "Oh?" "Yeah she's big, like, really big, really smart too. She's got a yacht, even. Apparently she does a lot of traveling. Anyway, she's this fitness freak with a great tan and bronze hair and, big muscles, and she's got these beautiful gold eyes and-" "And you're saying all that because you think I'd be into her?" "Huh? You? Oh, pfft, no, she's way too much for you." "I'll bet. And, uh, what's her name again?" "Oh everyone at the club just calls her Pat. Mystery lady. I'm meeting her down at her yacht next week." "Yeah. Miss Savage no more, huh."

(SLAM) (audience cheers)

"Hey, how did things go at the Crime College?" "Oh it-it-it was a NIGHTMARE! It-itya it's like waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay, Jerry! Way less fun than it sounds!! I'd heard the name on the street and signed up to learn how to fight crime, nobody told me what it was actually about! "What happened?" "Well, at first it was kinda nice, actually. You sign up at the Hidalgo Trading Company lobby, and they ask you to submit your criminal record. I figured, hey, safest place to leave it, right? You meet some of his assistants and everything, and when they hooked the eletrodes to my brain I thought hey, *click* free brain massage along with crimefighting lessons for free!" "Wait Kramer back up, electrodes?"

----

"Allright so if I get this straight: You signed up for a program Doc Savage's running that nobody knows about called the Crime College, thinking it was gonna teach how to fight crime. You get in there and it's some kind of nuthouse where Doc Savage tries to pry open your brain with a drill." "A-yup." "And he's lobotomozing criminals all over town because he's running a program where he, what, carves their brain to make them stop being evil and gives them new identities outside of town." "Ye-yup." "And they never remember who they used to be? They never come back, not ever, they just become model citizens as far away from here as possible? Are you 100% sure it actually works?" "So they said, yeah." "...Hey pass me the phone for a minute, will ya-"

"Hey Newman, I heard from Elaine that the Hidalgo Trading Company is hiring now."

#replies tag #pulp heroes #pulp fiction #doc savage #lester dent #seinfeld #shitpost

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

From Humans of Myanmar:

Today, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her 78th birthday, which unfortunately also marks her third consecutive birthday spent in detention following the military coup in 2021.

To honor her on this day, a #flowerstrike took place in the country, and a banner expressing the sentiment "We Miss You" was displayed from a bridge located in Yangon.

Additionally, it has been reported that the military council has been arresting individuals who choose to adorn their hair with flowers as a symbol of solidarity.

Let us continue to stand united, work towards justice, and strive for the day when she is released and can contribute to the progress and prosperity of Myanmar once again. 🇲🇲

#myanmar #Burma #Burmese #aung san suu kyi #se asia #dictatorship #coup #military #junta #whatshappeninginmyanmar #what’s happening in myanmar #strike #protest #humans of myanmar

[humanrightsconnected]

Last week, as the junta released hundreds of political prisoners in Myanmar, the United Nations Human Rights Office called for the release of the thousands of others who remain in detention for opposing military rule. To learn more, read an article by UN News. 

➡️ https://bit.ly/3QnJit6 

📸 by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

#myanmar #burma #myanmar coup #what's happening in myanmar #save myanmar #hear the voice of myanmar #pray for myanmar #stand with myanmar #justice for myanmar #help myanmar #fight for democracy #we need democracy #civil disobedience movement #reject_the_military #respect our votes

[oneshortdamnfuse]

Please don’t compare what’s happening in Gaza to the holocaust. You don’t know enough about history to make such a brazen comparison.

These trained responses from Zionists are so ridiculous.

The comparison being made, for reference:

Many survivors of the Nazi Death Camps suffered from such severe (intentional) starvation that many were not able to recover and eventually died during the refeeding process. This phenomenon is called refeeding syndrome.

Many Gazans are now suffering from severe (intentional) starvation, and we know from historical events (i.e. The Holocaust) that people who are (intentionally) starved may die in the refeeding process from refeeding syndrome.

The only historical knowledge you need to make this comparison is that survivors of Nazi Death Camps suffered from refeeding syndrome. The only knowledge of current events you need to know is that Gazans are facing (intentional) starvation.

A very simple understanding of history and the impact of starvation on the human body lead to a very logical conclusion: Gazans facing (intentional) starvation may die from refeeding syndrome just like victims of the Holocaust.

Being able to talk about historical events and compare them is a valuable skill within the field. I should know, as I've been co-teaching history for the past 10 years. I also have a background in anthropology.

Not only that, but I've taken courses on The Holocaust - specifically how to teach about The Holocaust, and how The Holocaust can be used as a teaching tool to understand genocides occurring across history.

Not only that, but I've spent the past 12 years working closely with diaspora communities that have currently or historically faced genocides including but not limited to people from Sudan, Congo, Burma, Bhutan, and so on.

Zionists continue to use this talking point because they think everyone is as committed to ignorance as they are. You're intentionally not smart. It should not be wildly inappropriate to say that historically we know how intentional starvation works.

Go be ignorant somewhere else.

#genocide cw #asks

[canichangemyblogname]

Ugh. The BBC (derogatory) 😠.

During the World News Hour, they were covering South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel. And rather than tell the audience what South Africa had to say, they interviewed an Israeli official to gather Israel’s “thoughts” on this.

What??? Hello? That’s not coverage of this ICJ case? We’ll get to hear Israel’s case and Israel’s “thoughts” on the case on Friday when they present their defense. What did South Africa present? Tell me about South Africa’s case. WHAT DID SOUTH AFRICA SAY?

And the official’s main arguments— and if these are Israel’s arguments before the ICJ, they’re screwed— were essentially, “We have enough fire power to kill them all in one day, but we dragged this out instead. That makes us merciful and means we care about civilians,” “South Africa is a Hamas apologist,” “Hamas wants to genocide, so we have to kill people,” and “This is war and this is what happens during war. People die. It could not possibly be genocide because it’s war.”

Now, that last point is so, so insidious. Because it’s literally just genocide revisionism. Most genocides in modern history have happened during a war or were inspired by armed conflict. IREL scholars and lawyers point to the fact genocide often happens within the context of war as a reason for international inefficacy in prosecuting and preventing genocide. Because war oft obfuscates what happens and provides (a thin) rhetorical justification for the perpetrators of genocide: “It’s not genocide; it’s war, and civilians die in war.”

The Srebrenica Massacre happened during the Bosnian War.

The Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar (Burma) has been happening during a Civil War (following a Military coup), and during ethnic insurgencies.

the Darfur genocide happened during a Sudanese Civil War and has been reignited during the current war between the SAF and RSF.

The Hutu Massacre occurred during the First Congo War.

The Effacer le tableau happened during the Second Congo War

The Rwandan Genocide began on the heels of a Civil War and a re-ignition of the Civil War ended the genocide.

The 1912-1913 Balkan Wars inspired the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, which continued during the Turkish War of Independence.

The Iraqi Turkmen genocide and Yazidi genocide happened during an ISIS invasion and occupation of Iraq; the 2014 Northern Iraq Offensive and 2013-2017 Iraq War.

The Isaaq genocide, orchestrated by the Somali Democratic Republic, happened during the Somaliland War of Independence.

The Anfal Campaign Genocide against Iraqi Kurds happened during the Iraqi-Kurdish Conflict and the end of the Iran-Iraq War.

The Cambodian Genocide happened during the Cold War and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, began with the Cambodian Civil War, and ended with the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

^The above is not an exhaustive list.

War plays a large part in the orchestration of genocides. The mass violence and instability of war help provide the conditions and vulnerabilities that make genocide and genocidal mass violence possible. And the excuse of war often obscures the intent of genocide.

#genocide

[ndcgalitzine]

WHITE COLLAR | 2.12 "What Happens in Burma"

(this is solely a 🍑 appreciation and nothing else)

#White Collar #whitecollaredit #tvedit #mattbomeredit #nealcaffreyedit #Neal Caffrey #Matt Bomer #*

[eoinmcgonigal]

Aaand more!

Eoin McGonigal (Ep 1, part 2)

The next scene with Eoin is the gorgeously intimate little bit in the tent, shot and framed so well that it looks like they're alone in their own little world. The netting makes it seem so private, but it's not - and that's something about absolutely every interaction Eoin shares with Paddy. There is ALWAYS someone else around. The only time they're alone and Paddy can take his hand is when Eoin is dead.

Anyway, I digress.

So, we see the most adorable entrace in Eoin's second scene. The little jump out of the back of the jeep with a 'hyuup!' and "cheers lads!" before he hums and tosses his cap, meandering to bed in a good mood. We don't know where he was, but you can bet it was something social. He was not waiting for Paddy. He was doing his own thing. I'll put money on Eoin being a lot more outgoing than is let on. We only see him with Paddy, so the richness of his world outside of Paddy is missing. I just think he chooses to spend time alone with Paddy, rather than it being his natural inclination. He strikes me as someone who is very comfortable having lots of friends, and who is good at being arond people. That makes his closeness to Paddy so much more meaningful. It's not his default, it's not out of necessity. He chooses that man. He knows exactly what he's opting into, despairs a bit, yes, but he's happy making that choice.

Which is why what unfolds hits harder than anyone might realise at first glance.

Eoin, in a good mood, comes back to find Paddy in bed, reading poetry. The netting around their beds opens to each other. Nice detail. And it means that Eoin can eagerly ask Paddy what happened, keen to hear. His body language, the way he leans forward, the way he watches Paddy. He's invested.

So, when you watch it again, look at the way Eoin's happiness collapses when he hears Paddy say that he's going to the Far East. The smile hangs there like the facade of a building that's just had the interior obliterated. His damaged question of: "You are?"

Now, this is definitely the Paddy-and-Eoin-come-as-a-pair bit. Because Eoin, firmly rooted on the ground, patient with Paddy, knowing him, understanding him, being trusted by him... hasn't heard anything about the Far East yet. A huge piece of something is missing. And he wonders who the men are that Paddy went to meet. He doesn't know. And in that moment it's not about broken trust, it's about Eoin realising that he's on the outside of something in Paddy's life, and doesn't have all the facts. Stirling and Lewes weren't important details before, but now they've come to the forefront of everything. Paddy told them about Burma before talking to Eoin. For perhaps the first time, Eoin feels insecure in his relationship with Paddy.

But his reaction isn't one of jealousy. It's one of concern, even though he's hurt. He listens to Paddy talk about these men. The "but you don't dismiss them" is double-edged. Eoin takes Paddy seriously, understands the way he speaks and what he says by not saying it. He doesn't let Paddy's toffs joke placate him or dismiss his concern either. He does value Paddy's opinion because, even if he might not share it, he needs to know it to understand what's going on. Eoin also, however, questions these men by saying/asking that. Like, Paddy has just said all those things. Is he right not to dismiss them too? He's trying to invite the question: Why don't you dismiss them, then?

Which Paddy answers. And Eoin doesn't laugh along with the 'because they're dead men, just awaiting confirmation... [laugh] like me'. Eoin falls back on what he was doing - undressing - and looks away when Paddy says that. The hurt and pain he's feeling is just awful. His lovely, happy evening has been torn down to nothing within the space of a few heartbeats. And how Paddy sees himself, that laughing at death, not valuing what he has in life... You can't tell me Eoin isn't wounded by that, that it doesn't hurt him to watch someone he cares about so deeply and choose to be with act like that. And the Far East thing. Paddy not having confided in him, just springing this news on Eoin, announcing that he's leaving, going away somewhere far, far away, leaving Eoin. And it is leaving Eoin, because this is something Paddy's decided on his own, and hasn't shared. Eoin's not a part of it.

When he lies down, Eoin's pose is carefully composed. When Paddy starts talking about how it'll be a grand show, Eoin looks up to the ceiling. His breathing is that of someone trying to steady themselves. He moves his hand to rub at his chest in a self-soothing way. He is really, really lost in the wake of this blow.

Now, Paddy. Paddy's silence. The pause and hesitation before his question: "Here, do you want to come as well?" That's truly, I believe, a moment where Paddy is so out of his depth. He's been thinking about Burma. It's a thing he's set on. But he has no idea how to ask Eoin. Asking means Eoin might say 'no'. It makes him vulnerable in a way Paddy isn't used to, or at ease with. He doesn't know how to deal with it. So his 'want to come as well?' is the best way he can ask, in that moment, for Eoin to stay with him. It's not elegant. It's not graceful, tacking it on like an afterthought, and it's certainly not indicative of any great social skills.

But Eoin immediately understands that.

Even before he answers, he seems at peace again. Settled. And his "yeah." Paddy is even looking at him, away from the poetry he's been hiding in, using as a shield as he tries to navigate the conversation. And Eoin shifting, turning towards Paddy. "Fuck it. Why not?" There's softness and joy and gentleness in that. His entire being becomes more relaxed: his body, his voice, his gaze.

And it's because of more than Paddy tacking on that seemingly off-hand 'wanna?'. It's because of it. Because Eoin realises that Paddy really did want to ask, but just didn't know how to. Eoin's own insecurity is easy to put in place and then set aside because Paddy clearly did want to talk to him about this, but just hadn't worked out how. For all his love of words, Paddy is pretty fucking bad at using them to express what he truly wants. Matters of the heart are closely, closely guarded.

That look they share, the way they're both happy... They're such different people, with different ways of communicating and being, but they make it work. Or, Eoin knows how to make it work, and Paddy trusts him and tries. Eoin didn't demand to know 'why didn't you tell me?' when he hears about the Far East. He asks 'you are?', and lets Paddy explain in his own way. Just the same as the 'for having no ID?'. Even when he was hurt, Eoin didn't react rashly, didn't lash out verbally. He just tried to understand.

[Eoin meta] [Part 1]

#sas rogue heroes #sas: rogue heroes #eoin mcgonigal #paddy mayne #sas rogue heroes meta #document type: intelligence report #eoin meta #or am i just rambling about him because i love him

[abihastastybeans]

1, 9, 14 and 16 for the ask game!

Hiiii niyati, I'm answering the ask as promised xD

1. Favourite place in your country

I haven't travelled to a lot of places😭 But for the sake of this ask, I really liked that one Airbnb we stayed in when we went to Coorg. Very pretty :)

9. Which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

I said this long back but I'd like to visit those South-East Asian countries like Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc etc! Because I want to know if there really was Tamil influence in those places or if it's just stories xD

14. Do you enjoy your country's cinema and/or TV?

I hardly consume Indian media :p so no comments. Everything I know about it has been learnt through osmosis

16. Which stereotype about your country do you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

Hate - that we're always singing/dancing/*doing that one Bhangra step*😭😭 No bro it's very rare, atleast in my family

Agree - we've spoken about this before😂 the fact that Indians will click any video/smth with the word "India" on it. Idk why that happens and why it works on me sometimes as well what the hell But hey, it's not as bad, atleast we're contributing to that video getting more views :p

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