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no one forced them to kill, Veil actually snapped and killed the guy who killed that kids mother in front of her. Metal accidently killed the pilot of the mech (not knowing there were piolts in them)

they didn't send them into fight, they sent them into act as evac, Tigra hates that they had to do it, but knows that all the "adults" are busy fighting the Serpent and the citizens still needed help. They were actin as search and rescue. the Problem is the Nazis (in any generation really) do not discern combatants from non combatants.

i am alittle passionate about this (more than i thought i would be) becaue oif the use of the word Child Soldiers. it calls up very harsh images. X-Men are a comepletely differnet story, they have fought thier entire lives because they are feared and hated... But in this case, no, the Academy kids are not child soldiers. They were sent in with the sole purpose of saving civilians, and were forced, by the circumstances, to defend themselves and thier charges.

Tigra acknowledges that it sucks balls that they put the kids through this... my problem is she expressed it to herself and not to the kids themselves who SHOULD have been the ones to benifite from this.

they taught them to control thier powers, but they did not teach them that when you fight, people get hurt, sometimes they die.... (honestly that should have been one of the things they taught them from day one and i am not sure they have).

But yeah, they are not child soldiers... they are kids who were put in an impossible situation by an impossible situation and both sucked. they were not handed guns, or weapons and told, Go Kill. they were told, go save lives, protect yourselves.