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Yes, I did borrow Proverbs31teen‘s theme. Heehee. I promise I’ll put it back when I’m done with it. ;-P
Well, if I may, I shall direct you to a certain evening in Stuttgart…
The point I am hoping to make with this, other than Why in Midgard is Loki speaking English in Germany?! Why not just German with English subtitles!?, is the quote “In the end, you will always kneel.” and the old man’s response, “Not to men such as you.” It’s a brilliant piece of dialogue, if you think about it.
As David Foster Wallace noted in his “Kenyon Commencement Speech,” everyone has to worship something, be it power or kindness or wealth or in the context of religion. All we have to choose is what to worship, since we have no choice but to define what is important in our lives. In the end, we will always kneel. The question is, to what? Wallace goes on to state that choosing religion is a fair choice, since “pretty much everything else will eat you alive.” I say that that’s because being worshiped is for God only, and when things don’t follow the natural order, they tend to become twisted and perverted.
(This is why I love Captain America: )
And look what happens later in the movie! Loki tries to take over as a self-proclaimed god.
And… gets himself whopped.
I don’t know about you, but God uses men as his tools, so I think that’s pretty much a divine intervention. 😛
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😀 OHMIGRAVY IT’S BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s so nice to fangirl over a Superhero Sunday post written by somebody else…
😛 Thank you! 😛 And I’m glad you liked it! 😀
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I may do my own Superhero Sunday post later, but honestly… ❤
Awesome post!
Those are some of the best scenes ever 😉
Are you getting my e-mails? It’s been rather quiet over here…
I finally got to see Despicable Me 2 last night. 🙂
What, only just? Did you notice the blatant AotC ripoff?
I didn’t. At least, I’m not sure if I did. I have tried to blank out my mind of everything concerning AotC except for Obi-Wan’s scenes because teenage Anakin was mentally scarring.
Teenage LOVELORN Anakin! Gah! Stupid comment reply.
I thought it was kinda cute… and the scene in q. (in AotC) did involve Obi-Wan. Mostly it’s the shape of the ship and the situation that looks ripped-off.
And just wait until you see RotS. Whew. Firestorm.
Oh. Anakin was cute until he tried to flirt. Then things got annoying… *snowballs Anakin and sits on him*
I’m not sure if I remember… :-S
Like I said… RotS goes pretty heavy on Anakin/Padme. But most of it’s sad, not annoying.
Ahh… I’m still waiting to watch it. I can wait, I suppose. I’ve got the rest of my life.
What ripoff? I was a bit preoccupied by vanishing and evil purple minions. O_O
(I’ve only seen it once. In a cinema full of screaming little kids.) The bit where Gru and that random open-sided ship of his are swooping down to rescue the girl. Just the way that scene was done looks pretty similar to immediately after the battle of Geonosis, when Anakin’s trying to save Padme. Again.
Is this Despicable Me or Despicable Me 2? And Gru does way more awesome than Anakin. Just sayin’.
DM2. Personally… I think I’m beginning to see where the Anakin fangirls are coming from…
Okay…?
I mean, you’ve said in the past, Anakin’s a pest, he’s annoying. While I still agree, I’m beginning to see his good points too. And the sheer devastating tragedy of RotS.
Right. It’s sort of adorable when he’s all protective.
Evil purple minions!
I’ve been trying, but I have had to work as well. 😦 Stupid life. And stupid college. And the mall will be closing an hour later each day until after New Year’s. At least I don’t have to worry about after Christmas shopping, at the rate I’m going–I’ll miss clean out on it. Hello exhaustion. 😦
That’s great! 😀 What did you think? 😉
Understandable.
Loved it!! Margo!!! Agnes!! THE MINIONS!!!!!! DX
Ninja Edith!!! X-D
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This is awesome.
Thanks! 🙂
That was pretty cool stuff right there…I think I like Ironman.
Thanks. 🙂 And Iron Man can be obnoxious. 😛 But normally funny. When he’s not picking on everyone…
Perfect assessment.
Thank you. 😛
Great assessment. The next question is do we listen so that God can use us?
Right. I was going to do the next one on free will, so that fits right in! 😉
Sorry God I was too busy to hear you.
Free will is a gift and a curse.
Yes. I’ve never been able to understand how some people seem to think that free will means that there is no right or wrong. (If there was no right or wrong, there’d be no ‘stupid’ either, because there’d be no reason to HAVE free will!)
(In the mind palace, sometimes I like to rub Loki’s nose in things… definitely not a fangirl.)