Mostly just to explain the setting behind yesterdays propaganda poster 🙂 hopefully that clears up some things.

During the Second Korean War, American and U.N. forces were dispatched to hold the 38th Parallel. Then the 36th. Then the 40th. 37th. The conflict unfolded as a grim echo of the first, as the warfront swung wildly from North to South and back again, leaving destruction in its wake.

America lost a lot of good men. But mostly to their own side. After the war had ended.

In the peace that followed, as Korea looked to rebuild, it needed soldiers far less than it needed mothers and wives. The Worldwide Outreach for Male Births was founded to incentivize U.N. servicemen to hang up their weapons and put down roots in the country they'd fought for. In return, they'd be rewarded with a quiet, comfortable life of maternal bliss. After the trauma of battle, it had an appeal to some men. But uptake was still understandably slow.

Sergeant Daniel Rourke was the all-American Marine whose photogenic face had graced U.S. recruitment posters during the war. His courageous evacuation of civilians during the brutal winter offensive had made him an icon among his fellow soldiers.

Fifteen million dollars, Korea offered him, for the sexual reassignment alone. Another million per child. The state would provide a dashing husband and a life of luxury. All they asked for in return was absolute access to turn him into a propaganda piece. The first K-Pregnancy Idol. The wedding, the marital bliss, even the birth would be broadcast; filmed and edited to perfection by a production team.

He considered it long and hard. As a poster boy, he'd led a million men into hell. Where was the harm in leading them to heaven?

Daniel's fake breasts were still tender as Seung-ho lovingly stripped away the wedding dress. Daniel found himself unable to look his new husband in the eye, nor at the film crew in the corner of the bedroom, as Seung-ho thrust inside his very real, grafted womanhood.