Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27966940-20161222004112/@comment-26397825-20170317041646

I have a question about his shirt; "Keep calm and Atlas shot first."

It's like you've meshed two memes from our world together - "Keep calm and carry on", one of the propaganda England started in one of the World Wars to keep it's citizens from panicking over the war and moving on with their lives,  and "Han Solo Shot First", the Star Wars meme that came out after the digitally remastered versions of the original trilogy came out. The first makes sense in universe as it sounds like some sort of propaganda that would be passed aound due to the Grimm, and the second could be any movie involving guns so it's not too out of place.

My problem comes with the subject matter and the composition. Firstly, "Keep Calm" memes should have a verb as the followup; Keep calm and dance, Keep calm and do this or that or something. Atlas shot first is a statement and not something you can do. It is an opinion. It doesn't mesh well with the Keep Calm Meme.

And secondly, Atlas shot first? What are you trying to reference here outside Star Wars? What in-universe is this meant to reference? Because as far as we know, Atlas has never been involved in a skirmish that had an unclear beginning. Mistral has, as the riot betwen Mistral and Vale is what started the Great War properly, but not Atlas.