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maskormenace2016-08-03 10:14 pm
wizzardly) wrote in maskormenace2016-08-03 10:14 pm
Entry tags:
- fuu hououji | zephyr,
- jonathan crane | scarecrow,
- † april ludgate | janet snakehole,
- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † darlene | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † james patrick march | the master,
- † jeff winger | wingman,
- † ken kaneki | one eyed king,
- † klarion bleak | n/a,
- † leonard snart | captain cold,
- † lucifer | n/a,
- † mabel pines | n/a,
- † mark vorkosigan | peter michael kane,
- † mr. gold | rumpelstiltskin,
- † richard gansey | raven king,
- † rincewind | n/a,
- † sally mckenna | hypodermic sally,
- † sasha blouse | n/a,
- † sunset shimmer | n/a
video; open to action for Hotel Castile residents
This - !
[is an angry wizard, actually, in a lovely little hotel room. A wizard who is only on his second glass of wine. But he seems to be referencing the movie he's waving angrily at his communicator.
It's "The Wizard of Oz".]
- This is terrible! An absolute mockery, is what it is! I've had so many people bringing this up, and I think to watch it for myself, and I find - I find - right, so, the wizard is a fake. Let's address that first of all, shall we? They all go on this big quest to get to the wizard, and he's fake, but how did the people not realize that in the first place, that's what I want to know.
He doesn't even have a pointy hat.
[Rincewind waves a hand.]
It's all a bad message, is what it is! Making wizards look bad! And look, the whole thing about witches being green - I mean honestly, witches are scary enough on their own without all that. That's obviously added. And the flying monkeys -
[he shudders. Never mind, not addressing those. Those were terrifying.]
But I've certainly never heard anything about them melting with a bit of water. Even trained hydrophobes don't do that. Bloody ridiculous.
The whole thing is ridiculous, is what I'm really getting at. We're supposed to believe a scarecrow which can talk and walk about is brainless? Or what about it trying to get everyone to buy that the strange man with ribbons in his hair is "a lion"? And ignoring that whole bit about how this Dorothy person could have just clicked her heels the whole time, enchanted shoes aren't what they're cracked up to be in the first place, the University can tell you. Half of her would have probably been teleported back to Kansas faster than the other half, and that would have certainly been a bloody mess. Very gruesome.
Anyway, it was hideous and I don't understand why so many of you reference it in the first place.
[two thumbs down, says newly self-appointed movie critic Rincewind; only one and a half poorly-sequined stars.]
[is an angry wizard, actually, in a lovely little hotel room. A wizard who is only on his second glass of wine. But he seems to be referencing the movie he's waving angrily at his communicator.
It's "The Wizard of Oz".]
- This is terrible! An absolute mockery, is what it is! I've had so many people bringing this up, and I think to watch it for myself, and I find - I find - right, so, the wizard is a fake. Let's address that first of all, shall we? They all go on this big quest to get to the wizard, and he's fake, but how did the people not realize that in the first place, that's what I want to know.
He doesn't even have a pointy hat.
[Rincewind waves a hand.]
It's all a bad message, is what it is! Making wizards look bad! And look, the whole thing about witches being green - I mean honestly, witches are scary enough on their own without all that. That's obviously added. And the flying monkeys -
[he shudders. Never mind, not addressing those. Those were terrifying.]
But I've certainly never heard anything about them melting with a bit of water. Even trained hydrophobes don't do that. Bloody ridiculous.
The whole thing is ridiculous, is what I'm really getting at. We're supposed to believe a scarecrow which can talk and walk about is brainless? Or what about it trying to get everyone to buy that the strange man with ribbons in his hair is "a lion"? And ignoring that whole bit about how this Dorothy person could have just clicked her heels the whole time, enchanted shoes aren't what they're cracked up to be in the first place, the University can tell you. Half of her would have probably been teleported back to Kansas faster than the other half, and that would have certainly been a bloody mess. Very gruesome.
Anyway, it was hideous and I don't understand why so many of you reference it in the first place.
[two thumbs down, says newly self-appointed movie critic Rincewind; only one and a half poorly-sequined stars.]
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[although to be fair, Rincewind has met more than his share of 'brainless' politicians. As he understands it, they tend to be easier to control by the people actually in charge.
Which is a brand of factual cynicism Rincewind loves to express, often over a pint, but which he.... doesn't often hear from others. That's kind of interesting.]
...You know, I can't help but detect a hint of bitterness. [not that he disapproves.]
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[which is in of itself, bitter, so. good guess.]
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i barely give a shit about the government
deep seeded capitalistic control is the shit i don't like
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And perhaps I'd best let you explain exactly what you mean by that.
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why be afraid of what's basically a puppet show run by syndicates, sponsors, and shareholders? lobbiests are kept on retainer to ensure that the loudest voice belongs to the asshole with the deepest pockets while all the little munchkins of the world get ground up under gold bootheels and dorothy gets the fuck out of dodge, never to look back
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That's how things have always been. If it weren't money it would be who can swing a club the hardest. That's how people are at the end of the day. Nearly everyone's willing to kick someone else around if it means they don't get the boot themselves.
I'm not sure how you think you could stop that. ...If that's even the point of this.
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a chance for some actual goddamn freedom
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that's the kind of enslavement where they leave the door of the cage open but it leads to, yep you guessed it, another cage. which you have to pay for.
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