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But who was V?

>> No.17780424

phone

>> No.17780425

A thread died for this

>> No.17780431

>>17780421
V is a cool book but i prefer the sequel V2 (gravity's rainbow)

>> No.17780442

>>17780431
I'm partial to the prequel IV

>> No.17780450

>>17780421
The personification of the decline/entropy of the west, a choice presenter to humanity at every moment of violence in early 20c, a person becoming more inanimate with every appearance, a myth. Maybe a myth.

>> No.17780456

>>17780450
Choice presented to humanity in every time of violence*

>> No.17780466

>>17777777

>> No.17781136
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>> No.17781147

>>17780450
>>17780456
Most concise and best answer in the thread

>> No.17781227

>>17780421
V was all the friends Profane made along the way uwu

>> No.17781260

>>17781227
>But sincerely

>> No.17781261

>>17781147
Its the only answer in the thread

>> No.17781761

>>17781261
Its the only answer period

>> No.17781807

>>17780421
(you), the reader

>> No.17781824

>>17781807
No the reader is stencil

>> No.17781850

>>17781824
stencil is all of us

>> No.17781939

>>17781850
Based

>> No.17782384

>>17781850
I'm more like the rat-obsessed priest type of guy but I appreciate the sentiment

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>>17780450
He really likes taking old pulp adventure characters and destroying them with machines.
>>17780431
God dammit Pynchon