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Forum Name: Our Witches at War/Gallian Gothic
Topic ID: 118
Message ID: 9
#9, RE: OWaW 21a: A Day at Crone Rock
Posted by drakensis on Dec-17-20 at 04:40 AM
In response to message #8
>>>"You go ahead and short-circuit that, and hoooly crap, that's gonna
>>>piss some people off."
>>>
>>
>>I hadn't considered this angle until now. In part because everyone you
>>see in the canon Witches materials, at least the animated ones
>>I've found, seems to nearly revere the witches.
>
>That's true, but--especially toward the end of the first
>series--there's always an undercurrent there. It shows in the way
>non-witch officers act when it looks like there won't be any need for
>their services any longer. As soon as it even looks like the
>WARLOCK is going to work, there's an instant turn against the
>witches by the brass. All at once, they go from being treated as
>valued and privileged military assets to irrelevant annoyances. That,
>to me, says a lot about how sincere that valuation really was in a lot
>of cases.
>
>Mind you, the fact that it all went horribly wrong and the 501st saved
>the day in spite of their superiors may have counted for something,
>but it speaks of a societal attitude that isn't going to change
>overnight. (Viz. the fact that the same Allied high command turned
>around and pulled almost the same stunt at the climax of the Venezia
>campaign.) Of course, the writers of the actual show may have had
>none of this subtext actually in mind! It's hard to say, given how
>all-over-the-radar the tone of the show is. Maybe it's all in my
>head! But then, so is OWaW. :)
>
>Anyway, it's also entirely possible that Marisa is overestimating how
>many people will take that attitude. She's almost certainly right
>that some wil--probably quite a few--but I think she's being
>pessimistic if she envisions it being a general reaction across the
>board.

There's also the issue that a number of the ranking witches are very young as a result of them not really being able to stay ranking, so there's a lot of turn around.

But now that won't happen, and while that'll surge witch numbers, it also means slower career progression once that settles out. Squadron leaders and so forth won't lose their magic after a year or two. I suspect some younger witches who expected to be leaders within, if not necessarily of, their squadrons will suddenly find that this isn't naturally the case.

Which may not be a bad thing, but I suspect a few may find their plans for the future if not derailed then at least slowed down.

"I was thinking I'd be squadron leader by 18, retired by 20 and married by 21. But now I'll be in service _forever_!?"

And other teenage drama.