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Truth Warrior
07-01-2008, 09:32 AM
V's hijacked television broadcast speech:

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Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security, the familiar, the tranquility, repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the annunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance, and depression. And where once you had the freedom to object, think, and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.

Truth Warrior
07-01-2008, 11:17 AM
I really like his intro too. Very clever. <IMHO> ;)

V: [Evey pulls out her mace] I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond: Who? Who are you?
V: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.

VoilĂ ! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [carves a V into a propaganda poster on the wall]
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. [giggles]
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond: Are you like a crazy person?
V: I'm quite sure they will say so.

AZ Libertarian
07-01-2008, 11:27 AM
V
You were born in a prison, Evey. I
didn't put you there. I just
showed you the bars. You've been
in a prison so long, you no longer
believe there's an outside world.

She wheels away from him, covering her ears, trying to get
away from his voice.

EVEY
Shut up! You're mad! I don't want
to hear it!

V
That's because you're afraid, Evey.
You're afraid because you can feel
freedom closing in on you. You're
afraid because freedom is
terrifying.

Evey falls, stumbling through the labyrinth of the Shadow
Gallery.

EVEY
I can't feel anything! There's
nothing left to feel! Don't you
understand?

V
Don't back away from it, Evey.
Part of you understands the truth
even as part pretends not to.

She collapses, head pounding.

V
Woman, this is the most important
moment in your life. Don't run
from it.

EVEY
I don't know what -- Oh god -- I
can't breathe --

V couches next to her.

V
Good. You're almost there. Go
closer. Feel the shape of it.

EVEY
What are you doing to me? I can't
breathe --

V
You were in a cell. They offered
you a choice between the death of
your principles and the death of
your body.

He cradles her as she hyperventilates, tears streaming down
her face.

EVEY
I feel -- I feel like I'm going to
burst.

V
You said you'd rather die. You
faced the fear of your own death
and you were calm. Try to feel now
what you felt then.

EVEY
Oh god -- I felt --

The mask hovers over her.

EVEY
Like an angel --

Truth Warrior
07-01-2008, 11:38 AM
:cool: Thanks!

Where'd ya get it?

I assume it's the graphic novel version dialogue. ;)