in honor of the fact that 3 Pathologic is already coming out today and who knows what will be there, I made a reference to our with Mori (@m0r1r3)
au captain longin
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Captain Nikolai Longin is described as «a stalwart officer, a heart burning with passion», «a loyal watchdog», a pure flame in a captain's uniform. A hot-tempered, proud, somewhat self-confident young man who, according to Captain Ravel, would go through hell for the general Blok.
Nikolai grew up in the shadow of his legendary father, the previous commander of the 4th Division, without receiving either approval or simple warmth from him. Alexander Blok, Longin Sr.'s former adjutant and successor, became a true mentor and elder brother to Nikolai; in turn, Longin with a fierce, devoted flame, turning himself into the perfect captain — talented, daring, fearless. However, despite all his efforts, somewhere inside the loyal soldier there was still a desperate need to prove to his father, Blok, and himself that he was worthy of at least something.
The mutiny in The Town turned out to be his fateful, idiotic attempt to become a hero. Nikolai wanted to save Blok at the cost of his honor and career, to commit a sacrificial act that would finally redeem everything and prove everything. He wanted to control fate, which had its own plans; he wanted to do everything possible, not knowing that the act of his suicidal arbitrariness was already written into the game of The Powers That Be...
Text from Mori (@m0r1r3)
