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* [[Band of Brothers]] |
* [[Band of Brothers]] The group is formed by a shared dangerous circumstance, normally military. |
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* [[Blood Brothers]] |
* [[Blood Brothers]] The group is formed by some pact, oath or ritual, occasionally as a tradition in response to someone saving your life. |
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* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] |
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] People who specifically didn't care for each other but form a bond after a conflict forces them to work together. |
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Compare [[The Power of Friendship]], [[A Friend in Need]], [[Close-Knit Community]]. Contrast [[Enemy Mine]], [[A House Divided]], [[We ARE Struggling Together!]], and occasionally [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]. |
Compare [[The Power of Friendship]], [[A Friend in Need]], [[Close-Knit Community]]. Contrast [[Enemy Mine]], [[A House Divided]], [[We ARE Struggling Together!]], and occasionally [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]. |
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** It's not as glamorous, but in film/tv/theater it's happening to the crew too. Because you are all sweating blood towards the same goal, you're small parts working together to become one smooth machine, one that produces a TV show, a short or movie, and it's pretty powerful. You see this over a lifetime as well, especially in the smaller East Coast part of the industry because you keep running into the same damned people over and over again. (After his first job, this troper has literally never worked on a set where he didn't know at least one person already.) Eventually you've been working with the same people for so long you can communicate "Get me a swivel cheseboro and three sandbags" with a glance. It helps a lot that the American film industry is brutal (you work 16 or 17 hour days on average - not a typo) and if you want to work in the industry it doesn't give you a lot of time to have things like wives and kids. |
** It's not as glamorous, but in film/tv/theater it's happening to the crew too. Because you are all sweating blood towards the same goal, you're small parts working together to become one smooth machine, one that produces a TV show, a short or movie, and it's pretty powerful. You see this over a lifetime as well, especially in the smaller East Coast part of the industry because you keep running into the same damned people over and over again. (After his first job, this troper has literally never worked on a set where he didn't know at least one person already.) Eventually you've been working with the same people for so long you can communicate "Get me a swivel cheseboro and three sandbags" with a glance. It helps a lot that the American film industry is brutal (you work 16 or 17 hour days on average - not a typo) and if you want to work in the industry it doesn't give you a lot of time to have things like wives and kids. |
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* ''Liberté, Égalité,'' '''Fraternité''': Revolutionary France's Motto is basically the idea that the French Republic is supposed to be a nation of True Companions. This being [[Real Life]], and French people being very diverse in every senses of the term, it is subverted more often that not, but it is nonetheless a great motto. This is emphasized by the law which says that there is no French ethnicity, being French is being a French citizen and ''wanting to be a part of the Nation''. I.e, you're French if you want to be true companions. Sadly so much subverted, including by those who are supposed to implement this. Everyone always forgets the second, most important bit of the famous quote: |
* ''Liberté, Égalité,'' '''Fraternité''': Revolutionary France's Motto is basically the idea that the French Republic is supposed to be a nation of True Companions. This being [[Real Life]], and French people being very diverse in every senses of the term, it is subverted more often that not, but it is nonetheless a great motto. This is emphasized by the law which says that there is no French ethnicity, being French is being a French citizen and ''wanting to be a part of the Nation''. I.e, you're French if you want to be true companions. Sadly so much subverted, including by those who are supposed to implement this. Everyone always forgets the second, most important bit of the famous quote: |
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{{quote|''We are born alone, [[I Work Alone|we live alone]], and [[Dying Alone|we die alone]]'' |
{{quote|''We are born alone, [[I Work Alone|we live alone]], and [[Dying Alone|we die alone]]'' |
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''Only by our friends and relationships can we create for a moment the illusion that [[You Are Not Alone|we are not alone]].'' }} |
''Only by our friends and relationships can we create for a moment the illusion that [[You Are Not Alone|we are not alone]].'' }} |
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* The Irish leaders during the Irish War of Independence were very close (many of them having fought together during the Easter Rising, and all of them sharing the hardships of the war). This makes the Irish Civil War, in which they split into two opposing factions and many killed each other, especially tragic. |
* The Irish leaders during the Irish War of Independence were very close (many of them having fought together during the Easter Rising, and all of them sharing the hardships of the war). This makes the Irish Civil War, in which they split into two opposing factions and many killed each other, especially tragic. |
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