▲ 0 ▼ This is what people call “having a normal one” (hexbear.net) submitted 4 years ago* by NomadicWarMachine@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments Link
[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 0 points 4 years ago (1 child) ...did it never occur to you that Amestris was Germany circa 1910's? You're really pushing a WW2 allegory I just don't think is there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 point 4 years ago It's not a 1 to 1, but the two core elements of the story are the industrial extermination of an entire ethnicity, and the use of science to build super weapons. The techlevel is late interwar or WWII, best shown by the tank, which is clearly inspired by WWII tanks, not WWI era tanks. The main cast are all officers in the fascist military dictatorship that carried out a war using super weapons against civilians. It's not really subtle. https://fma.fandom.com/wiki/Briggs_Tank permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 point 4 years ago It's not a 1 to 1, but the two core elements of the story are the industrial extermination of an entire ethnicity, and the use of science to build super weapons. The techlevel is late interwar or WWII, best shown by the tank, which is clearly inspired by WWII tanks, not WWI era tanks. The main cast are all officers in the fascist military dictatorship that carried out a war using super weapons against civilians. It's not really subtle. https://fma.fandom.com/wiki/Briggs_Tank permalink fedilink source parent
