Stark:
It’s not that easy.
The Avengers broke up.
We’re toast.
Banner:
Broke up..?!
Like a band?
Like the Beatles?
Banner:
Tony, listen to me —
Thor is gone.
Thanos is coming —
It doesn’t matter who you’re talking to or not.
Monday, 7 May 2018
The Cactus
“I asked Mel to present this award for me for a reason.
When I couldn’t get sober, he told me not to give up hope and encouraged me to find my faith.
It didn’t have to be his or anyone else’s as long as it was rooted in forgiveness.
And I couldn’t get hired, so he cast me in the lead of a movie that was actually developed for him.
He kept a roof over my head and food on the table and most importantly he said if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoing and embraced that part of my soul that was ugly — hugging the cactus he calls it — he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough, I’d become A Man of some substance.
So, I did, and it worked.
All he asked in return was that someday I help The Next Guy in some small way.
...it’s reasonable to assume at the time he didn’t imagine the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight.
So anyway on this special occasion and in light of the recent holidays, including Columbus Day, I would ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin in which case you picked the wrong f—ing industry, in forgiving my friend his trespasses and offering him the same clean slate you have me, allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame.
He’s hugged the cactus long enough.”
Yes, You Do Care
"I DON'T CAAAARRRE....!!"
- Screamed at Me Everyone in My Life at One Point of Another
" KAAAAAAAAAHN !!!! KHAAAAAAAN !!! "
- Admiral James Tiberius Kirk
Possessed by The Great Spirit of Vengeance :
[ In the full Heat of Battle, Hawkeye frowns in recognition of the fact that the person opposite him who is about to bash his head in is a New Person ]
Clint Barton
Ex-Agent of SHIELD
Codename : HAWKEYE :
We haven't met yet.
[ Holsters Weapon. ]
I'm Clint.
King T'Challa of Wakanda
The Black Panther,
consumed w.loss
Possessed by The Great Spirit of Vengeance :
I Don't Care.
Yes, You Do Care — You've Just Momentarily Forgotten How.
Pick Up The Damn Phone, Tony
Two men walk into a bar.
The First Man orders a scotch and soda.
The Second Man remembers something he'd forgotten, and it doubles him over with pain.
He falls to the floor shaking.... and then through the floor and into the Earth.
He looks back up at the first man, but he doesn't call out to him.
They're not that close.
• I Love You
• I'm Sorry and
• You Were Right.
so with that in mind, and that said, lets first hear from the person who won the arguement :
Tony,
I'm glad you're back at the compound. I don't like the idea of you rattling around a mansion by yourself.
[ I
We all need family. The Avengers are yours. Maybe more so than mine.
I've been on my own since I was 18. I never really fit in anywhere, even in the army.
My faith's in people, I guess. Individuals.
And I'm happy to say that, for the most part, they haven't let me down.
Which is why I can't let them down either.
Locks can be replaced, but maybe they shouldn't be.
I know I hurt you, Tony.
[ Two crucial
I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you, but I can see now that I was really sparing myself, and I'm sorry.
Hopefully one day you can understand.
I wish we agreed on the Accords, I really do.
I know you're doing what you believe in, and that's all any of us can do.
That's all any of us should.
So no matter what, I promise you, if you need us, if you need me,
I'll be there.
"I Love You."
"I'm Sorry."
Gods That Walk Upon The Earth
YOU are Becoming Gods.
- Baxter
Augustus as Jove, holding scepter and orb (first half of 1st century AD).
The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified Roman emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State.
The official offer of cultus to a living emperor acknowledged his office and rule as divinely approved and constitutional: his Principate should therefore demonstrate pious respect for traditional Republican deities and mores.
Many of the rites, practices and status distinctions that characterized the cult to emperors were perpetuated in the theology and politics of the Christianized Empire.
The whole of the Roman Empire, and the civilisation supporting and underlying it was established on the proposition, that had been agreed, as a Truth universally acknowledged, that
The Emperor of Rome was a God.
( and if you refused to acknowledge The Truth, then they would kill you )
But they took a vote on it.
"It is for the good of Rome that Caesar has stayed so long in Egypt.
In his absence, The People have come to worship him as a god.
Why should he return, to show himself as mortal as the rest?"
Cicero
" The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.
There be three principal [comparisons] that illustrate the state of monarchy: one taken out of the word of God, and the two other out of the grounds of policy and philosophy.
In the Scriptures kings are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to the Divine power.
Kings are also compared to fathers of families; for a king is truly parens patriae [parent of the country], the politic father of his people.
And lastly, kings are compared to the head of this microcosm of the body of man. "
The Senate had debated the matter of the divinity (or not) of the late Julius Ceaser ( who they had just killed ), voted on the question, and the consensus that resulted from this was, that they had just put to death one of The Gods, and were being punished (or warned, at any rate) of the gravity of their trespass to as a means to force them to recognise the truth of the matter.
So the late, lamented Gaius Julius Cesar was declared to be (by simple majority vote and popular acclamation), a God, as was (by extension), his appointed heir Augustus.
These were each a God, occupying an earthly throne within dynasty of Gods.
A living God, who walked The Earth and took on human form to rule on Earth. This was decided, and had been the finding of the Senate and The People (but mostly The Senate) of Rome
That he was not what was extras
This is Why I Can't Go Out
Dr. Sam Weizak :
Hello, John. May I come in?
John The Dreamer :
How did you find me? My father?
Sam :
Stopped off to see him.
He said you moved to a new town.
He's worried about you.
And so am I.
John the Dreamer :
Don't worry. I'm taking care of myself. It's about time.
I'm still your doctor. You're still under my care. We have to... well, stay in touch. Well-- How's the, uh-- All healed up now?
John the Dreamer :
The bullet... went right through me. -
[ Like he wasn't even there. ]
It's nothing.
Sam
Good. Nice place you have here.
John the Dreamer :
It's home.
Those headaches are getting worse, aren't they?
John the Dreamer :
Three, four times a day sometimes. I brought you some new medication.
John the Dreamer :
No! No more pills.
It takes time to recover. The healing process is slow.
John the Dreamer :
I'm not getting better. I'm getting worse. Isn't that right?
Sam :
All right. Now listen. I've done some research into the area of psychic phenomena. Several cases, such as yours, have been documented. I was surprised to discover. And the pattern is always the same. As the spells, the visions, grow stronger and more powerful, the body weakens. I don't need any research or documentation to see this thing is sucking the life out of you. One look tells me that.
John the Dreamer :
You mean I'm going to die? How long?
Sam :
I think we can arrest the process, reverse it even.
John the Dreamer :
- How? -
Sam :
Come back with me.
John the Dreamer :
- Where? -
To the clinic.
John the Dreamer :
No. Absolutely no.
John, please. You must!
John the Dreamer :
So you can study me?
Sam :
No. So I can protect you.
You need to be in a controlled environment, John.
John the Dreamer :
I want to show you something.
Come with me.
Cards and letters keep pouring in.
Sam :
What is all this?
John the Dreamer :
It's People
People, with lost dogs, lost children, lost lives.
Sam :
You haven't even opened them.
John the Dreamer :
I don't have to.
They all want reassurance, help, love... things I can't give them.
Father sends it. I let it pile up.
Why do you keep it?
John the Dreamer :
This is why I can't go out...
live my life, why I stay locked up here.
I'm already living in a controlled environment, Sam.
Nothing can touch me here.
I'm alone.
I'm safe.
Sorry about that.
Well, let's go see
Chris.
Chris. This is Johnny.
Remember I said he was coming?
I'll leave you alone to get acquainted.
He Leaves - Johnny takes in his surroundings.
The kid continues to draw quietly, without looking up.
Johnny crosses over to the room and begins examining a particularly large, unused Train Set - as he does, he speaks softly in an almost off-hand manner.
John the Dreamer :
Your father wants me to bring you out of your shell.
I don't know what to do.
Chris :
You don't have to do anything.
My dad lives in a shell, not me.
Most Things Don't Matter
Stark:
It’s not that easy.
The Avengers broke up.
We’re toast.
Banner:
Broke up..?!
Like a band?
Like the Beatles?
Banner:
Tony, listen to me —
Thor is gone.
Thanos is coming —
It doesn’t matter who you’re talking to or not.
Tony,
I'm glad you're back at the compound. I don't like the idea of you rattling around a mansion by yourself.
We all need family. The Avengers are yours. Maybe more so than mine.
I've been on my own since I was 18. I never really fit in anywhere, even in the army.
My faith's in people, I guess.
Individuals. And I'm happy to say that, for the most part, they haven't let me down.
Which is why I can't let them down either.
Locks can be replaced, but maybe they shouldn't.
I know I hurt you, Tony.
I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you, but I can see now that I was really sparing myself, and I'm sorry.
Hopefully one day you can understand. I wish we agreed on the Accords, I really do.
I know you're doing what you believe in, and that's all any of us can do.
That's all any of us should.
So no matter what, I promise you, if you need us, if you need me —
I'll be there.
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