#look it up
w modern warfare ( for a value of ‘modern" that incl von clausewitz , who i guess is no longer studied by warmongering politicians any more than sun tzu ….)
“GO TELL THE EPHEBIANS –WHAT TOOK YOU SO BLOODY LONG?”
so discworld & ergo the del toro verse had thermopylae before frank millar started swiping from STARGATE to make his unhistorical machofied version of THE PERSIANS
except mary renault had it first w the YA LION IN THE GATEWAY
& renaults version of THE GOLDEN BOUGH has been part of british sf & english lang pop culture & the us teenage education system since the 1970s & WATERSHIP DOWN
& it is no coincidence that the nac mac feegles , like hobbits , are so often equated w rabbits
but i get ahead of myself
altho getting ahead of oneself is part of the monomyth
bc cyclicality & retcon & time loops are there from the start of the multiverse
its in PYRAMIDS
& so is the royal assassin who is his own evil twin & saves the realm by parkour
which is how the bondverse reboot team got 007 as jamie lannister & moneypenny as the E-V & M as the red queen AND the sacrificial stag king in the scottish highlands too
& all of it a satirical retake on dame judis 1st outing as M
bc corn kings & king sacrifice & priestly substitution & tanists & GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING from the “good parts” story are there in PYRAMIDS
along w the frustrated romance btwn two heroes who turn out to be siblings of the DNA sort & this isnt wagner nor lensmen nor ancient times any more
so the bastard princess ends up , possibly , w the smuggler-who-Q-ships-pyrates
or poss , bc she is The Elizabeth as well , she chooses not to end up w anyone if she cannot have her 1st choice , we are never told –
& there is a long old linkage btwn discworld book fandom & the trodden stage
even if it isnt hardly known at all in the usa
so theres the likeliest line of alliance btwn sam mendes & kenneth branagh & sir terry , assuming it didnt go via comics 1st thru guillermo working on B2 which is also a likely ave of connection
but it is def there & all the mirroring of HB1 & 2 in SKYFALL are deliberate ( & even the name “mallory” has a sergio leone /eastwood & thus a DEVILS BACKBONE cx as well as an alistair maclean-&-so-gregory-peck connex , before ralph fiennes played him as an allusion to SHARPES RIFLES & used the bulldog icon from MUMMY 3 as a symbol of the stasis of the old kingdom prevailing….
bc PYRAMIDS is as much abt the pointlessness of the english monarchy as it is abt religious hypocrisy faced w the realities of belief ( & includes in the process an overt shoutout to narnia & THE LAST BATTLE in the form of hat the vulture god )
& crocodiles as the embodiment of devouring time -& devouring theocracy too , bc PYRAMIDS sets up all the serves for SMALL GODS & the omnian quisition to come–
equally a shoutout to those twin pillars of english fantasy jm barrie & lewis carroll
& yet by INTERESTING TIMES & reconfirmed in LAST HERO we also have the crocodile-god as one of the wisest of the great gods of dunmanifestin-the elder god who has learned most from humanity , who hates sad endings & doesnt burden his worshippers unduly , staying popular by only anathemetizing the bitter….
its complicated & im sure im missing more of the pieces of the mosaic than ive got & some of them are in the wrong place , or upside down
but PACIFIC RIM-as-the-latest-in-a-series-of-discworld-fics-that-have-become-a-round-robin-@-some-point-before-2008/9-&-UNSEEN ACADEMICALS
makes all my greatest confusions into logical necessities by laws if narrative causality
oh & there are invisible trains in PYRAMIDS & INTERESTING TIMES
& engineers , & bridges
( yes i now know why sah ridley mocked HOGFATHER & the watch both in PROMETHEUS , & why his next own-goal is set in fantasy-myffic egypt – im not sure why he thinks its going to go better than his last bit of spellcasting , tho ! ! !)
Do drugs online
There’s something of the masked vigilante about this lifestyle. Unless you’re deep in Camden Town, you’re probably not able to go out into the world with a leash in hand or a collar around your neck. You’re probably not able to use all the words you’d normally use, or act exactly as you might want to act. You’ve got to put on a costume, face the world with a mask of normalcy to keep your extraordinary nature a secret.
When I put it like that, we’re the anti-heroes, superhuman behind closed doors, where we can properly let loose and be who we are. The Clark Kent of Kink, except we’re not just using a pair of glasses to keep things secret. We don’t have to worry about someone connecting the dots between two lives, we have to worry about someone finding out about the second life in the first place. Keep it secret, keep it safe.
More than that, it’s just about the common courtesy not to degrade and objectify, no matter how much fun it might be behind closed doors. I might call you a slut to get you pulsing between your legs, but in public that’s forcing it out into the open, where anyone can see. And they might not enjoy that all that much. It’s couples kissing in the park, blown up to a huge magnitude. And no one likes couples kissing in the park, unless you’re already attached, and already in the park, kissing the one you’re attached to.
Post link
Just a little reminder:
Mercedes-BenzandMel Brooks entered the world on the same day.
fave trope where side characters get mad on behalf of their sunshine protagonist
“..Anyway! Wanna go grab some ABC?”
