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	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The product of prolific illustrator and cartoonist Nell Brinkley, "Golden Eyes" and Her Hero "Bill" is a serial comic that concerns the adventures of a girl known as Golden Eyes during World War I. Running from March 1918 through February 1919, the serial was published in the form of 21 full-color, one-page illustrations for the cover of The American Weekly (a popular Sunday newspaper supplement). The series was renamed "Golden Eyes" and Her Hero "Bill" Over There after only a handful of installments (to reflect that the narrative had shifted to France) and would keep the new name for the remaining 15 covers.As the serial begins, heroine "Golden Eyes" must bid her sweetheart Bill farewell when he is deployed to France to fight the Germans. He leaves his faithful dog "Uncle Sam" in her care, and while girl and dog try to do their part for the allies from home they're spurred into action by the discovery of a German spy in Golden Eyes' own backyard. Golden Eyes, with Uncle Sam at her side, enlists as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross, and they are briefly reunited with Bill in France before duty separates them again. The three are reunited and separated several times throughout the course of the war, and end up rescuing each other from capture and injury alike as they fight for the allies - and for their future.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The serial is notable for its proactive heroine, patriotic underpinnings, and distinct Brinkley art style (which blended elements of Art Deco and Art Nouveau into elegant, sumptuous illustrations that embodied the ideals of feminine beauty in the 1910s).The narrative portion can be read here in its entirety, with a mostly accurate transcription of the text beneath each cover. (Installment #3, which was a full-page advertisement for Liberty Bonds featuring Golden Eyes and Uncle Sam, is missing from the gallery but easily searchable through the web.)Unmarked spoilers below!
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/ int_15070c2b	comment	Timmy in a Well: Might just come with the Heroic Dog territory, but when Golden Eyes is captured by a German officer, Uncle Sam runs off with her Red Cross brassard and treks across an active war zone to find Bill and deliver it to him. Bill is able to infer that Golden Eyes has been captured, and he makes preparations to rescue her. In the mean time Uncle Sam then proceeds to: return to the German field camp where Golden Eyes has been taken while carrying a secret message for her; knock out the same German officer who captured Golden Eyes; sneak out of the German field camp while transporting stolen intelligence to the American forces; and finally lead an American offensive to the Germans' position in time for a Big Damn Heroes rescue of Golden Eyes.
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/ int_170cf4b6	type	Heroes Love Dogs
/ int_170cf4b6	comment	The serial's heroine is a beautiful, kindhearted, all-American girl who who enlists as an ambulance driver to follow her sweetheart Bill. For his part Bill is a noble, handsome soldier who fights because it's his patriotic duty to do so. The heroine and hero even have a Heroic Dog, "Uncle Sam," who aids them on their adventures.
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/ int_187228e0	type	Bridal Carry
/ int_187228e0	comment	Bridal Carry: Happens immediately after Bill rescues Golden Eyes from the German field camp:
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/ int_1c26120d	type	New Season, New Name
/ int_1c26120d	comment	New Season, New Name: The name of the serial changed from "Golden Eyes" and Her Hero "Bill" to "Golden Eyes" and Her Hero "Bill" Over There after a handful of installments to reflect that Golden Eyes had enlisted - it would retain the new title for the remainder of publication.
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/ int_1c6dc230	type	Dad the Veteran
/ int_1c6dc230	comment	Dad the Veteran: Bill becomes one at the end of the story, once he and Golden Eyes have settled down and had a child - and a decorated veteran, nonetheless. Golden Eyes is the Rare Female Example of this trope, as she is also a decorated veteran.
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/ int_21af4dc3	type	Heroic Dog
/ int_21af4dc3	comment	Heroic Dog: Uncle Sam - he sniffs out a German spy even before he has the chance to enlist. Once he and Golden Eyes make it to France, he proceeds to knock out an enemy officer, assist with the transport of captured German intelligence, and work to find wounded soldiers after battles.
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/ int_225d4412	type	PlayedStraight
/ int_225d4412	comment	Played Straight (and perhaps Exaggerated) again at the end of the series, when the joyous occasion of Bill and Golden Eyes' Wartime Wedding prompts their fellow American soldiers to think back on the girls they left behind.
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/ int_23be181a	type	Patriotic Fervor
/ int_23be181a	comment	Patriotic Fervor: By the nature of the serial being a Propaganda Piece, Golden Eyes falls into these now and again. They lead her to do things like enlist as an ambulance driver and sing the star spangled banner in a field full of wounded soldiers.
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/ int_2b49eaf	type	Damsel out of Distress
/ int_2b49eaf	comment	Damsel out of Distress: Golden Eyes gets a brief stint as the un-distressed damsel when her jailor Hugo Von Schwatzenburg gets knocked out trying to make a grab at her. She takes the opportunity to rifle through his pockets for the official German communiques he's carrying, sending them off to Bill and the allies via Uncle Sam. But she falls back into the Damsel in Distress trope right afterwards; she can't sneak out of the German camp, she can't outrun her captors like Uncle Sam, and she isn't willing to kill Hugo Von Schwatzenburg while he's unconscious and defenseless. As soon as Von Schwatzenburg wakes up and realizes what she's done, he drags her to the frontlines and makes ready to shoot her in front of the advancing American forces.
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/ int_303b78d8	type	Animal Espionage
/ int_303b78d8	comment	Animal Espionage: Uncle Sam — after Golden Eyes pilfers secret communiques off of Hugo Von Schwatzenburg's unconscious body, Uncle Sam ferries the intelligence across the front lines to the allied forces. He also accompanies Golden Eyes when she discovers that Germans are planning a sneak attack on the American side.
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/ int_315a122	type	Hospital Hottie
/ int_315a122	comment	Hospital Hottie: Golden Eyes is a cutie, especially in her nurse uniforms (she gets more than one!). Author/ artist Brinkley manages to make field hospitals look like Paris fashion week with Golden Eyes' slim figure and tendency towards encountering Dramatic Wind wherever she goes. Although she spends more installments wearing her ambulance driver's uniform than the white nurse's smock, Golden Eyes looks good in anything.
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/ int_33b4e7f	type	Helmets Are Hardly Heroic
/ int_33b4e7f	comment	Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Bill, an actual soldier, is only ever depicted in his helmet once throughout the series' run, and that's when he's storming the German trenches to rescue Golden Eyes. Other members of the allied force are intermittently depicted in their helmets (usually as the backdrop to Golden Eyes and Bill), while the villainous German officer who captures Golden Eyes is introduced wearing a prominent pickelhaube and wears a hat for the majority of his other appearances.
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/ int_3936d715	type	Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry
/ int_3936d715	comment	Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: The illustrations of Golden Eyes trapped in the German officer's personal quarters show her dripping with pearls once she changes into her outfit for their Captive Date. Justified, as the officer is trying to invoke Distracted by the Luxury to seduce her.
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/ int_3b38cdbc	type	Keep the Home Fires Burning
/ int_3b38cdbc	comment	Keep the Home Fires Burning: The first three installments could count as this, as Golden Eyes fills the role of My Girl Back Home and takes to selling war bonds and knitting socks for Bill while he's away. But by the time she discovers a German spy in her garden she's ready to ship out and serve overseas.
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/ int_3ba92954	type	Stock Costume Traits
/ int_3ba92954	comment	Stock Costume Traits: While she spends more time in her practical ambulance driver's uniform (which included trousers, sturdy boots, leg wrappings, and a decidedly androgynous belted jacket), Golden Eyes does wear the iconic white smock and cap of the red cross nurse on several occasions.
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/ int_3bd384bf	type	Parasol of Prettiness
/ int_3bd384bf	comment	The floral dress she wears while detaining a German spy in her garden, complete with a Parasol of Prettiness.
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/ int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
/ int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: The ambulance Golden Eyes is driving gets hit by shellfire, at which point she's captured by a German patrol and falls into clutches of the dastardly Hugo Von Schwatzenburg. Golden Eyes is able to send a covert message to Bill when she's taken prisoner, but she has no recourse to free herself and can only hold out hope that Bill or the allies can mount before her captors harm her. Until she briefly becomes a Damsel out of Distress...
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/ int_4c095112	type	Call to Adventure
/ int_4c095112	comment	Call to Adventure: Golden Eyes sees the discovery of a German spy in her own garden as a wake-up call, after which she enlists to serve overseas.
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/ int_5a22609e	type	Creator Thumbprint
/ int_5a22609e	comment	Creator Thumbprint: Let's see... Female protagonist with ridiculously voluminous curly hair, huge eyes, and spindly limbs? Check. Male love interest with short, slicked-back black hair and a trim mustache? Check. Billowing fabric/costumes/drapery in nearly every illustration, whether it makes sense for there to be billowing fabric in the scene or not? Check. All trademarks of Brinkley's style.
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/ int_6977c45e	type	Purple Prose
/ int_6977c45e	comment	Purple Prose: Exuberantly so. A Justified Trope, in that it was the style back then. Though even the chapter told from the point of view of a dog is told eloquently:
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/ int_6d9bc945	type	Babies Ever After
/ int_6d9bc945	comment	Babies Ever After: The last installment skips a few years ahead to show Golden Eyes and Bill with their son, who is just learning to walk.
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/ int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
/ int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: The German spy in Golden Eyes' garden is easily identified because he's wearing an Iron Cross under his coat. This is a man whose job is to disguise himself and collect intelligence covertly, and he's openly wearing a military medal from the nation that the United States is actively fighting a war against.
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/ int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
/ int_729c69f3	comment	The only named German, Hugo Von Schwatzenburg, is a raging misogynist who takes Golden Eyes prisoner and pulls a combo Go-Go Enslavement/ Captive Date/ I Have You Now, My Pretty — and when Golden Eyes rejects his advances and steals his military intelligence, he tries to shoot her in front of the onrushing American troops to demoralize them.
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/ int_7a3aa8ea	type	You Must Be Cold
/ int_7a3aa8ea	comment	You Must Be Cold: When Bill rescues Golden Eyes from the German camp, she's wearing a flimsy evening gown and nothing more. As he carries her out of the trenches, the text notes that he's tied his "blouse" about her shoulders to keep her warm.
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/ int_7b6f0622	type	Curtains Match the Window
/ int_7b6f0622	comment	Curtains Match the Window: Golden Eyes has bright blond hair that matches her eyes.
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/ int_7b7f1657	type	Canine Companion
/ int_7b7f1657	comment	Canine Companion: Uncle Sam the collie. Bill sends him to keep Golden Eyes safe while he's away at war. Uncle Sam "enlists" with Golden Eyes as an ambulance driver, and even tracks her down and protects her when she's captured by a German officer.
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/ int_7f64efd5	type	Enforced Plug
/ int_7f64efd5	comment	Enforced Plug: The serial was a Propaganda Piece written during World War I, and nowhere is that more evident than in Installment #3. The illustration depicts the beautiful Golden Eyes and faithful Uncle Sam hawking war bonds to support their beloved Bill and the American war effort overseas, while a the cherubic personification of her love and devotion looks on, wearing a Montana peaked-style Campaign hat and playing a set of military drums. The accompanying text speaks directly to readers and encourages to open their pocketbooks and contribute:
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/ int_80a247a9	type	Breather Episode
/ int_80a247a9	comment	Breather Episode: Installment ten after the rename, when Golden Eyes spends a week away from the front lines- at an Orphanage of Love that she bankrolls with money she got from selling the jewelry Hugo Von Schwatzenburg loaded her up with during her Go-Go Enslavement in the previous arc.
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/ int_816c63d4	type	Dramatic Wind
/ int_816c63d4	comment	Dramatic Wind: Whenever Golden Eyes is outdoors, it seems. Things that get blown about include but are not limited to: her hair, her scarfs, Uncle Sam's fur, her hair, any coat or cape she's wearing, American flags, and her hair.
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/ int_8a336276	type	Propaganda Piece
/ int_8a336276	comment	Propaganda Piece: The comic was written during World War I, and was explicitly conceived and deployed as a propaganda piece to engender and promote domestic support for the war effort overseas. Enlisting the talents of the incredibly popular illustrator Nell Brinkley and utilizing the "adventure-serial" format, the piece works on a number of levels to valorize American forces, demonize the opposition, and legitimize American involvement in the conflict across the sea. America didn't officially enter the conflict until 1917. Keep in mind that when the war broke out in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would maintain a policy of nonintervention. Many Americans supported this position — America had no vital interests at stake and no part in the web of political alliances that kicked off the conflict. The attitude that the conflict was a "European problem" for European powers to sort out was fairly entrenched; it was only the sinking of a passenger ship with American citizens onboard by a German submarine and the alliance Germany proposed to Mexico that spurred that United States into joining the conflict three years after it had begun. The serial's heroine is a beautiful, kindhearted, all-American girl who who enlists as an ambulance driver to follow her sweetheart Bill. For his part Bill is a noble, handsome soldier who fights because it's his patriotic duty to do so. The heroine and hero even have a Heroic Dog, "Uncle Sam," who aids them on their adventures. In contrast, their opposition are the self-serving, corrupt, and cartoonishly evil forces from Germany. The only named German, Hugo Von Schwatzenburg, is a raging misogynist who takes Golden Eyes prisoner and pulls a combo Go-Go Enslavement/ Captive Date/ I Have You Now, My Pretty — and when Golden Eyes rejects his advances and steals his military intelligence, he tries to shoot her in front of the onrushing American troops to demoralize them. Even the German spy that shows up at the beginning of the story attempts to force himself on Golden Eyes. Any time the German forces are brought up, they're more likely to be referred to as "the boche" or "the Huns" than they are by their country's name. The mission of the Allied forces is explicitly written out as "wiping the Hun-stain from the earth." Illustrations of Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam were used to sell war bonds to the domestic audience. Even the chapter narrated by the dog expounds on the contrast between the American forces and the German opposition:
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/ int_90839b9d	type	Ripping Off the String of Pearls
/ int_90839b9d	comment	Ripping Off the String of Pearls: The trope is set up in Installment 6◊ post re-name, when Golden Eyes is made to dress herself in stolen French finery after her capture by Hugo Von Schwatzenburg — the new outfit includes several long strands of pearls (which are given special mention by the text that accompanies the artwork). The trope is out in full force by Installment 7◊, when Von Schwatzenburg is knocked unconscious while trying to force himself on Golden Eyes. Her clothes are torn up in the scuffle, and the illustration shows her necklaces have been similarly damaged, scattering loose pearls at her feet and across Von Schwatzenburg's unconscious form.
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/ int_90c018ac	type	Justified Trope
/ int_90c018ac	comment	A Justified Trope, in that it was the style back then.
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/ int_9c8701b5	type	A Day in the Limelight
/ int_9c8701b5	comment	Though even the chapter told from the point of view of a dog is told eloquently:
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/ int_a0ce7213	type	My Girl Back Home
/ int_a0ce7213	comment	My Girl Back Home: Played Straight with Golden Eyes at first when Bill goes off to war, leaving her behind to care for his dog and Keep the Home Fires Burning. Subverted when Golden Eyes joins the Red Cross a few installments later. She ships out to Europe to work as a medic on the frontlines of the war, winding up in just as much danger as Bill when the Germans shell her ambulance. She even runs nighttime search-and-rescue missions in No Man's Land (under active rocket fire, nonetheless) to recover wounded soldiers. Played Straight (and perhaps Exaggerated) again at the end of the series, when the joyous occasion of Bill and Golden Eyes' Wartime Wedding prompts their fellow American soldiers to think back on the girls they left behind.
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/ int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
/ int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Bill's reason for wanting to Settle It Without Weapons when he gets his hands on Hugo Von Schwatzenburg - he just watched Hugo drag Golden Eyes to the top of the trenches with the intent to shoot her in front of the oncoming American forces. Von Schwatzenburg was fortunate to make it out of the trenches alive after Bill and Uncle Sam ganged up on him.
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/ int_a0f6ab07	type	Nicknaming the Enemy
/ int_a0f6ab07	comment	Any time the German forces are brought up, they're more likely to be referred to as "the boche" or "the Huns" than they are by their country's name. The mission of the Allied forces is explicitly written out as "wiping the Hun-stain from the earth."
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/ int_a36e5a46	type	Love Goddess
/ int_a36e5a46	comment	Love God: The personification of love, who appears as a towheaded cherub that follows Golden Eyes in her travels, is alternately referred to as Love, "LOVE," or "The God of Love."
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/ int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
/ int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Golden Eyes' real name is never mentioned.
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/ int_a839608e	type	Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
/ int_a839608e	comment	Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: When Golden Eyes is captured by Hugo Von Schwatzenburg, he takes her back to the German field camp (though the camp is remarked to be within sight of the front line). She realizes she has to way to escape without being recaptured or killed in the attempt. Even when her captor gets knocked out she has no way to make it back to the allied side, and her only hope for rescue is to hope the allies can capture the German field camp before Von Schwatzenburg wakes up.
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/ int_ab47997e	type	Demonization
/ int_ab47997e	comment	Demonization: Brinkley painted the Germans as generally prideful, vicious, cruel, and underhanded among other unflattering traits - the only named German character in the serial is a raging misogynist, as detailed under Politically Incorrect Villain below.
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/ int_adf84dea	type	What Beautiful Eyes!
/ int_adf84dea	comment	What Beautiful Eyes!: The heroine - so much so that Brinkley seems to have forgotten to give her a name besides Golden Eyes.
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/ int_ba7c307f	type	Captive Date
/ int_ba7c307f	comment	Captive Date: Golden Eyes' dinner with German officer Hugo Von Schwatzenburg, as a prelude to his I Have You Now, My Pretty advances once the champagne starts flowing - doubles as Go-Go Enslavement (what with the evening wear she's been dolled up in).
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/ int_bb69f413	type	Medals for Everyone
/ int_bb69f413	comment	Medals for Everyone: After their climactic battle with the forces of Hugo Von Schwatzenberg (and a Breather Episode wherein Golden Eyes gets to visit and Orphanage of Love in the French countryside), the trio of Golden Eyes, Bill, and Uncle Sam are decorated for their service in a ceremony held by allied French, British, and American forces:
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/ int_bc80725e	type	Wedding Finale
/ int_bc80725e	comment	Wedding Finale: The penultimate installment covers the joyous wedding of Golden Eyes and Bill as the war ends.
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/ int_bfad4265	type	I Have You Now, My Pretty
/ int_bfad4265	comment	I Have You Now, My Pretty: Hugo Von Schwatzenburg, the German officer who captures Golden Eyes, has her dressed up in looted French evening wear before "inviting" her for dinner and champagne - after which he wrenches the table aside and tries to make a move on Golden Eyes. Fortunately, his advances are stopped by the timely intervention of Uncle Sam, who tackles the officer and knocks him out.
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/ int_cf7fafbb	type	Orphanage of Love
/ int_cf7fafbb	comment	Orphanage of Love: After selling off the jewelry and gifts the French have given her, Golden Eyes finds she has "enough and more in [her] small fist to provide for around hundred French babies—orphaned by War!" The next paragraph sees her at a "beautiful chateau," far from the front lines, surrounded by happy children who call her "petite maman." It's unclear whether or not Golden Eyes founded the orphanage or if she's just a generous benefactor, as the war orphans are never mentioned again in the story.
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/ int_d77d719d	type	Distracted by the Luxury
/ int_d77d719d	comment	Distracted by the Luxury: Hugo Von Schwatzenburg plies Golden Eyes with looted French gowns, jewelry, and champagne in the hope that it will make her fall madly in love with him. Needless to say, it doesn't work out as he planned.
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/ int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
/ int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Golden Eyes, Bill, and Uncle Sam - between the three of them, one or more has ended up: in an ambulance on the wrong end of a shelling; captured by German soldiers; Go-Go-Enslaved by said Germans; shot at; nearly executed for espionage; shot in the leg; missing in no-man's land; nearly freezing to death; and nearly freezing to death after being shot in the leg and having gone missing in no-man's land. But it's all okay, because by the last installment they've all three settled down in a beautiful cottage in France with a healthy dose of Babies Ever After to top it off.
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