isn't he just gorgeous?
well, he's quite handsome, i'm sure. after five (bloody rocker, five) years of hero worship and unending adoration for the comic book, the movie, the message, and crazed fanart, i finally gained the face of the masked man i've dreamed of all these years.
a few days back, mom wanted to encourage me after seeing my face grow more and more depressed each day. she saw me watching V for Vendetta again, for the report i had yesterday, and long story short, her desire to cheer me up led her to buying a Guy Fawkes mask for me over eBay, which dad and i picked up today.
most will say you can never trust these online people--especially when it comes to meet-ups. however we've been on a rather good roll of decent sellers of great stuff, among these include the previous owners of 90% of Ei's Transformers collection, as well as previous owners of my Rorschach toy, Abe toy, V toy (yes, V toy--that also talks!), my black & white Neopan 400s (gruelling stuff to search for--don't ask) and now this mask.
most will say you can never trust these online people--especially when it comes to meet-ups. however we've been on a rather good roll of decent sellers of great stuff, among these include the previous owners of 90% of Ei's Transformers collection, as well as previous owners of my Rorschach toy, Abe toy, V toy (yes, V toy--that also talks!), my black & white Neopan 400s (gruelling stuff to search for--don't ask) and now this mask.
and the guy we met up with was rather nice, actually. young guy, kind of seemed to know what he was doing, and surely as the stars above, seemed to like comic books a lot. name's Dan, and after dad and i met with him in TriNoma, we got to chat for a couple of minutes. fascinating how he was also into graphic design and comic books! the illusion of coincidence rings truer than true.
it made me rather happy to receive this mask, indeed. it won for me a new friend, and became more than simply a centerpiece in my room.
i look at that face, and i remember how that's the top-selling mask on Amazon, how that face became the symbol for freedom in numerous demonstrations and social protests, how underneath that face belonged the husk of a man who dared to be an idea. and by doing so, became even bigger than himself.
well in all honesty, it just felt grand--truly grand--to share in the ownership of this face. i did try the ever-so obvious, million-dollar Guy Fawkes mask selfie featuring the V toy...
it made me rather happy to receive this mask, indeed. it won for me a new friend, and became more than simply a centerpiece in my room.
i look at that face, and i remember how that's the top-selling mask on Amazon, how that face became the symbol for freedom in numerous demonstrations and social protests, how underneath that face belonged the husk of a man who dared to be an idea. and by doing so, became even bigger than himself.
well in all honesty, it just felt grand--truly grand--to share in the ownership of this face. i did try the ever-so obvious, million-dollar Guy Fawkes mask selfie featuring the V toy...
then again, maybe it's far creepier than i'd hoped for...
but somehow, in all that possession and impenetrable joy, you just feel greater than who you really are, simply hiding behind a mask. you feel powerful, almost--as though you can do anything.
only downside to this product is when you face reality without the mask to fight with you. and sometimes that's how i feel each day, simply living in this world, in this room.
and all the world and its unbearable, bedraggling sentences of suffering spiral down 'til my soul aches for fear to abandon me...
and while i see my own face beset in the terror that consumes all the while,
the frozen mask stares back and smiles.