#recitative

[balu8]

R. Kikuo Johnson

"Recitative." Comic strip adapted from the poem by A.E. Stallings

[thehauntedmarionnette]

He is fighting a war. Just got his arms back. Has been fighting for his life so intensely that even we as the audience are unaware of the passage of time. And still has time to fanboy.

[chongoblog]

People who have spent the last few years crying about how “THE WOKE IS INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS” are incredibly funny in a country with the Pledge of Allegiance

[itreallyrains]

when the siblings go shopping

[incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly]

Tim: not enough people use their unreasonably good memories for chaos

Tim: I just spent a whole mission reciting the Bee movie, flawlessly, word for word, while also hacking into a computer

Tim: Babs was ready to let me die

[owieow]

If they could hug, I know they would hug so tightly....

I initially didn't like how it turned out and made a simpler version but then didn't like it either but eh, it's not bad, have both

[thequraanfm]

[annamationsart]

everyone loves talking about little jon in correlation to mr. spider but no one ever talks about how insufferable this kid was. i wouldn’t wish sitting next to him in class upon my worst enemy

[shawsimmer]

spring is coming to an end ☀️

[joja-co-official]

In order to fight illiteracy, Joja Cola now contains food preservatives for every single letter of the alphabet and more! 💙📖

[doc-anders]

Cassandra: “Sir, Superman is on line one.”

[vaperarmand]

[panthermouthh]

Slowly working out what the creature looks like. Gotta find the balance between handsome and creepy

[itreallyrains]

do you truly forgive yourself?

[ssalballoon]

bold words from god's favourite princess

context: my favorite interview

[arthursfuckinghat]

So, I was nosing around the gang's tents and I thought that it was honestly so sweet that so many of them have photographs of themselves or of family right?

Little baby Charles with his parents, a young Susan, young Hosea and Bessie, but then I found something interesting in that pile of junk down the cliff just behind Arthur's tent-

Dutch actually writes notes for his famous camp speeches.

And if you've seen the speech that these notes are referring to, Dutch seemed to simplify it a lot when he recited it, almost dumbing it down for the gang entirely?

Writing notes for an important speech isn't the strange part, but the fact he dumbs them down and that these notes are hidden/thrown away out of sight is really strange to me. It makes me think that this is possibly a rough draft or early version of what he wanted the speech to be, sort of implying that Dutch practices and revises his speeches.

Which, if he ultimately dumbs them down for the gang, then what is the point?

The likely answer is that he holds himself to a higher standard because he feels he's above the gang members, in a way. He's the visionary, the leader, the man in charge, the one who reads philosophy books almost exclusively, to say that Dutch didn't think highly of himself would be a lie. And because the gang is 'below' him, he simplifies his speeches for them - despite majority of the gang being well educated and understanding. He doesn't think that the gang is as intellectual as him.

I made a post previously talking about Dutch and his Evelyn Miller philosophies and how he argues with gang members that don't agree or understand. It's especially interesting how Lenny, also an avid reader, disagrees so strongly with Miller's writings when that's what most of Dutch's philosophies are based on.

It solidifies that Dutch was manipulative from the beginning, and probably long before too.