Coming up on the 20th Anniversary of the release, more relevant each year unfortunately.
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This is another adaptation where the comic is much more nuanced and a way better take than the movie.
The movie whitewashes the hell out of V, in the graphic novel he's actually a fucking psychopath.
Well, I mean they tortured the shit out of him. I have no problem with someone tortured by a corrupt and fascist government going full psychopath and killing a bunch of nazi wannabes.
Well, he's lionizing a Christian terrorist, so that tracks.
Kind of. His target was James VI/I, who seeded the Troubles in Ireland, burned Catholics at the stake, dissolved parliament, and more.
Fawkes was Christian and was a terrorist by conventional measures, and the Catholic monarchs prior were also brutal, but we should be careful not to apotheosise James.
Men who were Catholic were guilty of treason rather than heresy, and thus were generally hanged, drawn, and quartered. Legate and Wightman were nontrinitarian and technically protestant.
The best kind of protestant...
The best kind of protestants are Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879 adherents.
Fuck yeah, it's been too long since I've watched Emo clips, thanks for the reminder!
I would hazard a guess that he wasn't a fan of the parliament, considering where he was found. That said, I do understand those ruling the country at the time were pretty horrible. I still don't agree with his and his compatriots' methods, nor do I trust that their rule, had they succeeded, would have been benevolent rather than the same, but bad for Protestants instead.
I'm glad we have both the comic and the movie. I'm glad the movie led me to the comic. I love them both.