[MV] The Super Wizard From Space #50: Memento Mori

[Andrew Perron]

More Super Wizard! MORE EFFIN' SUPER WIZARD THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST THING. :D I LOVE SUPER WIZARD SO MUCH

*ahem*

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 2:43:36 PM UTC-5, Wil Alambre wrote:
> His ancient race long ago unravelled the laws of physics, and they then
> learned how to redefine them. They harvest fusion fire to sustain themselves,
> and they hollow out suns to build their private strongholds. They are
> guardians of the spaces they know and explorers of the spaces they don't.
> They strive to live in harmony with the entire cosmos. 
> 	Such is the thinking of all _parasites_.

:o Jeez, narrator, *harsh*. I mean, it's only a little imperiali... *thinks about the implications of the Red Hand* ...hmmm.

> Its an enclosed world made of stark contrasts, of blinding whites and
> featureless blacks, with near-absent transitions.

This is unsubtle and I love it. <3 Basically the series summed up.

> 	Its wrong to think of the Cosmic Crowns as weapons. It isn't how they
> started out and it wasn't what they were intended to be. There are _stories_
> within them. There are _histories_ within them. They were meant to be
> _discovered_ and _engaged_ and... but that would require a far deeper
> examination, something their wielders were incapable of.

Seriously, try some close reading, *nerds*. (aaaaaa this is so cool)
> 	Distance is meaningless here. He's made this his place. Nothing is out
> of reach if he doesn't want it to be. This could all stop, regardless of
> anything already declared or previously believed. All it would take is a
> change in character.
> 	But he remains.

nuuuuu ;.; poor guy, also poor galaxy

> 	Sharkasaurus Rex, rabid and dead. He thought he could make the universe
> a better place. He paid a heavy price for his efforts. His school of phantoms
> are left aimless. They'll likely never find another teacher.

;;;.;;; poor fishies

> 	Emperor M, melancholic and dead. He couldn't let go of something he
> didn't really have in the first place. His religion was brought low, his
> government devastated, and his planet left scarred. There will be
> ramifications.

;;;;;.;;;;; parts of this really don't seem so bad

> 	Brody Dharma and his monks, divided, quite _literally_. They've been
> left with a idealogical hostility that might turn insurmountably violent.
> There's so much potential there, and its so likely to be wasted.

;;;;;;;.;;;;;;; i find it interesting that he's focusing exclusively on the negative repercussions, despite the opportunities for growth in all three of these situations

> 	And finally, the betrayal of an old friend. The worst of all. Neither of them understood the fault nor all the poisonous consequences. 

oh noooooooo ;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;

> 	And if the Super Wizard wins... what next? So much has been leading up to her that its been impossible to to see _past_ her.

I know, right? I'm hella excited!

> 	But right now, his own Cosmic Crown still weighs on him. He clutches
> his head as blunt contrivances and foreign compulsions squeeze into his
> skull.

PRESSURE~! (rip David Bowie)

> 	And I will wait.
> 	The last of seven. Just one more to go.
> 	Before I burn them _all_ out.

OH SNAP, NARRATOR. WELL PLAYED.

Drew "get a max heart" Perron