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[Anonymous No.5800209]

MARATHE?

[Anonymous No.5800409]

>>5800209
go on...

[Anonymous No.5800420]

>>5800209
>that's a big wheelchair
>for you

[Anonymous No.5800446]

>>5800420
>it's time to throw the towel in

[Anonymous No.5800447]

i dont get it

[Anonymous No.5800453]

>>5800447
I don't either.

_|¯|O

[Anonymous No.5800531]

>>5800447
>>5800453

THESE GENTLEMEN ARE NOT BANEPOSTERS

[Anonymous No.5802760]

>>5800447
>>5800453
infinite bane

[Anonymous No.5802891]

HEY GUYS If you don't get it it's because its a reference to the novel INFINITE JEST in which this MARATHE is part of some Quebecois Terrorist group.

Hope I could help

[Bucephalus No.5805072]

>>5802891

now the elitist inside joke edge is gone......why live?

[Anonymous No.5805082]

>>5800447
u must be jesting

[Anonymous No.5805087]

>>5802891
thats slothrop you dummy

[Anonymous No.5805088]

If we save your wife, will you comply?

[Bucephalus No.5805105]

>>5805088

yes, but only because boneless heads in boxes turns me on

[Anonymous No.5805383]

spoilahs spoilahs

So do people really think the AFR KILLED John NR Wayne? They obviously crippled him as punishment for coming into Canada/aiding the USA.

[Anonymous No.5806164]

>>5805383
is that said explicitly? i forget

[Anonymous No.5806169]

>>5800447
get yourself to the library and step on it

[Bucephalus No.5806203]

>>5806169

just make sure you don't eat cheese first

[Anonymous No.5807636]

>>5806164

Well there's the parallel to Marathe: double crosser whose loyalty is even numbered. Wayne's has relations involved with the AFR's crippling ritual. Wayne is wearing a mask as a disguise of some sort, indicating he is either disguised, or maybe a homage to the mask-wearing AFR in Enfield, but most likely referring to Hal's dialogue with Mario about liars who wear masks who never give anything away. The best evidence I have (I've never heard anybody mention this) is that Wayne's last appearance in the book (technically his first) Wallace states that he was STANDING guard, but then was unable to compete in tennis. It's one of the last sentences of the story so it's likely that Wallace used that word to indicate Wayne was crippled by the AFR

[Anonymous No.5807767]

>>5807636

also Wayne was discovered by JOI as the subject of his film 'Homo Duplex' meaning 'divided human.' Don't most of the kids and instructors refer to Wayne as 'not human' or 'a machine?' does this indicate a major change for Wayne at the end of the story? He was divided between his country and friendship with Hal? Why would a double agent for AFR want to help stop their plot? Something to do with his being kicked out of Canada?

[Anonymous No.5809132]

>>5800209
DR INCANDENZA, I'M USOUS

[Anonymous No.5809164]

>>5800209
>tfw someone saved and reposted my pic

I'm glad to know that Jestposting is still alive and well.

In all seriousness, Hardy and Gillen would be perfect for Marathe and Steeply in an adaptation of IJ.

[Anonymous No.5809348]

[Anonymous No.5809383]

>>5807767
in my personal opinion John Wayne is one of the weakest aspects of the story. He's just been shoe-horned into the story to represent the reserved and somewhat destructive american ideal of "manifest destiny" but he never really serves his point.
Whether he was killed or crippled it doesnt really matter. The real question is why they needed him to dig up Hal's father in the first place. If he's a double agent against the AFR why is his goal so unclear? Why would Hal, Gately and Joelle invite him along? Sure, we know it serves as revenge for his father but he doesnt appear to be emotional at all(at least when he's not on drugs)

I suspect he's not "supposed" to fit and he's mainly just in there to make you think about double-binds and how it relates to american ideals or some shit

[Anonymous No.5809665]

>represent the reserved and somewhat destructive american ideal of "manifest destiny"
>John Wayne

wut?