Not quite the same kind of thing as you're talking about - they were both civilians who happened to be living either side of the divide - but illustrative that where conflict is involved, certain tensions/memories/emotions can always be near the surface.
No, that's a lot of what it was here, too - and sometimes still is. In the period after the war, starting in 1865, but growing after the economic collapse of 1873, a large number of people left the south because of the destitution the war wrought - and the inability to rebuild economically afterwards. Many of them came West. The scene in "The Trial" with Sheriff Stains is one that was probably rather common in the period after the war. I suspect there would be a lot of possible problems between and amongst the seven, especially if they had fought and watched friends and relatives die - and die in horrible ways.
There's a level at which I think that sort of 'agree to disagree' concept is elemental to Mag 7 though; the boys do come from different pasts and different backgrounds and they have some intrinsic differences of opinion. Ezra is the one we see that most clearly with, but I think it's at the heart of almost all the characters. That's part of what makes it so wonderful- they do, consciously at times, agree to disagree, which means more than just 'not talking about it'. It means not making smart remarks at times, not alluding to differences, not forgetting that there are ways in which they do not agree and bringing them back up all the time. It's part of why the little things, like BUck handing Vin his horse's reins at the end of "Manhunt", and Nathan going after Ezra in "Chinatown", and Ezra loaning Nathan the money to start with in "Chinatown" are big deals - they do things that are against their principles for the sake of the friendships, they're playing in areas of 'grey' where the friendship means more. It's a hard thing to do sometimes.
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No, that's a lot of what it was here, too - and sometimes still is. In the period after the war, starting in 1865, but growing after the economic collapse of 1873, a large number of people left the south because of the destitution the war wrought - and the inability to rebuild economically afterwards. Many of them came West. The scene in "The Trial" with Sheriff Stains is one that was probably rather common in the period after the war. I suspect there would be a lot of possible problems between and amongst the seven, especially if they had fought and watched friends and relatives die - and die in horrible ways.
There's a level at which I think that sort of 'agree to disagree' concept is elemental to Mag 7 though; the boys do come from different pasts and different backgrounds and they have some intrinsic differences of opinion. Ezra is the one we see that most clearly with, but I think it's at the heart of almost all the characters. That's part of what makes it so wonderful- they do, consciously at times, agree to disagree, which means more than just 'not talking about it'. It means not making smart remarks at times, not alluding to differences, not forgetting that there are ways in which they do not agree and bringing them back up all the time. It's part of why the little things, like BUck handing Vin his horse's reins at the end of "Manhunt", and Nathan going after Ezra in "Chinatown", and Ezra loaning Nathan the money to start with in "Chinatown" are big deals - they do things that are against their principles for the sake of the friendships, they're playing in areas of 'grey' where the friendship means more. It's a hard thing to do sometimes.