#hbo generation kill

[bowdre]

Generation Kill OC

i. Basics

•Name•

Juliet Reign Hawthorne

•Nickname•

Julie, Jules

•Age•

23 •Birthday•

January 18th, 1980

•Gender•

Female

•Sexuality•

Straight

•Zodiac•

Capricorn

•Height•

5'5"

•Occupation•

Rolling Stone journalist

ii.Relationship Status

Marries Corporal Josh Ray Person in 2005.

Ray wasn't the typical guy Juliet would usually seek out. In fact, she found him quite repulsive when they first met. His arrogance and immaturity was too much for the reporter to handle. Brad Colbert often had to break up banter between the two. But opposites attract, and Juliet soon found herself becoming physically attracted to Ray.

Being a reporter in the middle of a war wasn't quite what Juliet signed up for, and Ray could tell as the weeks went on. Juliet could tell serving in the Marines was heavily affecting Ray, too. With their mutual struggle, the two slowly started warming up to each other. Night after night, the two would stay up talking, then kissing, then promising to spend their lives together.

When it was time for Juliet to go back to the States with Evan, the two exchanged phone numbers and addresses. Juliet promised to wait for him and Ray promised to come home alive.

iii. Appearance

•Hair colour•

Light brunette

•Hair length•

Waist

•Eye colour•

Baby blue

•Skin tone•

Pale

iv. Personality

•Good traits•

Genuine, ambitious, charismatic

•Bad traits•

Squeamish, panicky, all around the wrong person to have in the middle of a war

•Strengths•

Determined to fulfill her dreams and pursue her career

•Weaknesses•

Has always been considered 'boring'

•Likes•

Rainy days, ginger tea, the color pink in any regard

•Dislikes•

Ray for the longest time, the immense nausea that came with being pregnant

•Habits•

Spinning her pen/pencil between her fingers

•Talents/skills•

Writing in cursive, cooking

v. Relationships

•Mother•

Monica Hawthorne (deceased)

•Father•

Warren Hawthorne

•Siblings•

Sophia Hawthorne (1975)

•Lover(s)•

Ray Person

•Friends•

Evan Wright, Nate Fick, Brad Colbert, Antonio Espera, James Trombley, Walt Hasser, Rudy Reyes

•Close friends•

Doc Bryan

vi. Backstory

Juliet was born and raised in Queens, New York. She was raised in a middle class family, and lived an ultimately normal life until her mothers death when she was 14. Juliet's mother, Monica was killed in a tragic car accident on a snowy night in December. This changed Juliet forever. The once bright and happy young girl became very reserved and closed off.

She remained that way throughout high school and college, and was eventually dubbed as being boring. Juliet was a smart girl, but she lacked the knowledge of how to cope with trauma.

Juliet worked closely with Evan, he was her mentor during her time at Rolling Stone. When the opportunity arose to be in the middle of a warzone for the sake of a book, Juliet saw this as her chance to get out of her shell and prove she was not boring.

[evalinathegreat]

feel like this applies to hbo war with the target audience vs the fandom lmao

[hesbuckcompton-baby]

Being a fan of war media is all fun and games until you want to see two women have a conversation

[askarsjustsoswedish]

GENERATION KILL - Chain of Command, and Team Info. (All rights HBO)

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[bossboudicca]

how many shitty movies have y'all watched just to catch a glimpse of your favorite HBO war actors

[z-ppy]

generation kill bootcamp: wow! what a workout! man these marines are inspiring!

band of brothers bootcamp: they had never been so miserable in their little actor lives

[sidsledge]

thinking about how both band of brothers and generation kill end with the soldiers playing a sport together and how entirely different those two scenes are.

in bob the baseball game is meant to symbolize the unity that has come to pass between the men — they all have gone through something so specific together, a bond is created — and it's all about their war ending. the scene is nicely lit, it's the focus of those few minutes, the men are joking around and being at ease with each other (they're enjoying themselves), the officers watch on delighted and even hopeful. it's the middle of the day and the sun is shining. the descriptions of the soldiers' lives after the war do not leave room for despair (if one of them had hard times afterwards and separated himself from this idea of 'brotherhood,' it's mentioned very briefly and given no consequence). the officers announce the war is over and the joy goes on. it's, by all possible means, a happy ending.

in generation kill, it's not like that at all. there's uncontrollable rage in the football game. officers and enlisted soldiers alike playing against each other, both of their attitudes violent. it's a display of pure aggressive masculinity with muscles, multiple insults thrown around, unhinged bravado, and a lot of anger. the sun is setting. there's two moments where a genuine fight breaks out: one between officers and another between fellow soldiers; there's no sense of unity, of 'brotherhood' — these are men who are angry at the world, themselves, the people they're fighting against, the war, and even their teammates. the scene is also cut and mixed with the moment wright leaves, watching wounded men be taken out along with him. it ends with rudy and ray's fight: it's an effort to gather all of that learned & lived violence and take it out on someone else — ray calls rudy something along the lines of 'ptsd psycho' when he's clearly the one breaking down, leaving the game. overall, it's a rabid scene, and it ends in pure despair.

in band of brothers the last words spoken in the baseball scene (and the whole show if you don't count interviews/internal dialogue) are "war is over." according to the scene, the war is over so they should get to celebrate, live in the sunny day and be able to find company in each other. in gen kill, their war is also over but their game doesn't feel like a celebration, nor it shouldn't. after ray's outburst someone says, "maybe we shouldn't play a football game," while some are enjoying the fight. ray leaves the scene almost crying after taunting rudy for his lack of masculinity throughout the whole thing. it's not a comfort at all.

both shows are fundamentally different, yes. but I think these scenes, which are both near the very end of their respective show, demonstrate exactly the message/themes of each production and you can make these comparisons precisely because of how dissimilar they are. it's a stark contrast, and the scenes convey the shows' spirit extremely well.

[atomicradiogirl]

generation kill | rotten apple

[leckiestrikes]

my favorite brand of ship is little guy who tops a lanky dude

[srfiv]

colour study - generation kill ep2 "the cradle of civilization"

[sgt-colbert-is-wings-level]

[atomicradiogirl]

Generation Kill & The "Truth" We Tell About War

guess what’s finally UPPPPPPPPPP (my labor of love for generation kill)

[strangethings-everywhere]

finally got around to watching generation kill and ray person i would die for your stupid ass

[theweirdgoodbyes]

nightmare HBO war blunt rotation: George Luz, Snafu Shelton, Ray Person, B U C K Y E G A N. imagine being high as fuck listening to these assholes yap away

[bitter-post-millennial]

If we’re considering HBOWar to be a spectrum the pacific is gay, generation kill is straight, and band of brothers is lesbian. I don’t know why it just makes sense in my head. I should sleep

[bossboudicca]