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⌈ Secret Post #2236 ⌋

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[Inda series]

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[Les Miserables and Discworld]

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[Three Kingdoms 2010, Legend of Chu and Han]

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[DBSK]

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[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Shivering Isles)]

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[ ----- SPOILERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

09. [SPOILERS for ]

[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]

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10. [SPOILERS for Supernatural]

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[ ----- TRIGGERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

11. [WARNING for rape]

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12. [possible warning for sexual assault (as I'm sure the thread will contain discussion of it)]

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13. [WARNING for abuse]

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14. [WARNING for rape, abuse, etc]

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15. [WARNING for suicide]

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16. [WARNING for eating disorders]

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17. [WARNING for rape/non-con]

[Homestuck]

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02. http://i.imgur.com/49j4pHU.jpg
[Les Miserables and Discworld]

Good grief, you don’t just pile stuff up, for gods’ sake! A barricade is something you construct!

Yeah, that looks a little more like a junk pile than a barricade.

That is exactly what I wanted to say in the cinema.

This.

Heeee! Yes!

Edited 2013-02-16 02:25 (UTC)

+10000 for the Vimes quote :D

Yes, it's unfortunate, but musicals tend to be rather bad at actually teaching revolutionary tactics.

This. Anon, your comment just made my day. <3 OP, your secret is awesome.

I only know a little bit about Sam Vimes, but wouldn't he normal hang out with Javert?

...And now you have me thinking about Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler running around with the Thenardiers. Thanks, OP.

Yep! There's even a quote made here (Night Watch spoilers in link) about it. :)

"Javert, the policeman in LM, is concerned only with justice, which he defines as the punishment of the guilty. Vimes, the policeman in NW, is equally obsessed by justice, but he defines it as the protection of the innocent."

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yeahscience - 2013-02-16 00:30 (UTC) - Expand

Vimes is far too human to be comparable to Javert. He would look at him as a weirdo, I think

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(Anonymous) - 2013-02-16 02:54 (UTC) - Expand

Read Night Watch! Seriously, it's really good.

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This secret is awesome and you are awesome for making it OP! ♥

My thoughts as well. :)

I am beyond glad I'm not the only one.

I had to google barricades, I couldn't help it.

1830, frankly hilarious etching of a barricade being charged, with chairs and chests flying everywhere. http://lettres.ac-rouen.fr/romantisme/peinture/barricade.jpg

1871, Commune de Paris. Now, that's a barricade! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Commune_de_Paris_barricade_rue_d'Allemagne.jpg

1968, http://www.parisenimages.fr/Export450/1000/259-12.jpg

Since then, Paris has covered some of its paved roads with macadam... They were getting tired of barricades.

At first I read this as his disapproving of the rebellion itself and I was like, "Possibly read Night Watch though." But now that I read the comments and realize you probably meant the barricade itself... true story.

Edited 2013-02-16 00:32 (UTC)

The barricade definitely, but I think possibly also the Rebellion as well? The events of Night Watch I think more closely resemble the July Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution) of 1830, the 'Three Glorious Days', rather than the 1832 rebellion that Les Miserables deals with. Well, at least politically, what with Winder falling and Snapcase replacing him, with an actual change of power (if not one for the better, but they didn't know that yet). The rebellion in Les Mis would be the equivalent of Reg and the others realising two years later that Snapcase is as nuts, and trying to rise against him as they did against Winder. Which, all things considered, I'm not sure Vimes would have approved of.

Vimes' barricades went up to create islands of calm in a city that had already erupted in an attempt to overthrow a corrupt leader. The Republic of Treacle Mine Road was formed largely in an attempt to keep the peace. The Les Mis barricades, conversely, went up specifically to cause disorder and rebellion to spread, in order to reverse the tentative peace caused by the previous change of power. Possibly justifiably, yes, but I'm wondering if Vimes wouldn't have considered that just a breach of the peace with very little to gain, and a lot of people in the crossfire waiting to get hurt?

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Did I make this secret in my sleep? Because this is what I was thinking during the movie.

This is the best secret in forever.

It's funny because it's true!

Perfect observation is perfect! :)

Funny, I saw Rincewind being dragged into the whole thing and being like "Don't you understand that this will end badly?"

"You only have one life, but you can pick up another five causes on any street corner."
"How can you live with a philosophy like that?"
"Continuously!"

Made somewhat less convincing by the fact that he then did, in fact, actually fight in the rebellion, but at least he tried.

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Oh god yes. I also constantly thought of Reg whenever I saw Enjorlas. Constantly.

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