Post by The Nihilists on Oct 23, 2018 22:49:21 GMT -5
~We once again witness the XHF Network feed cut to static and fade to black. As it fades in we are in an unusual location for a Nihilists promo. There is bright light around everywhere. No shadows to speak of. The camera turns around and we are in a hospital room in San Francisco, since there is no XHF Medic room at Alcatraz the Nihilists are getting patched up in a real medical room after their brutal match involving brick walls and a nine-foot armored robotic bear. They are both sitting up on their beds as if ready to check out and get back on the road.~
”Well that went about as we expected. ~he cracks his neck~ Remind me again why we were forced to fight a giant mechanical monster? There is nothing like this in AWF. Truly the greater XHF Network is an unusual place. Did you know a big once held the X*Crown title?”
”Could be worse, there is that bear over in GUNS. Pretty sure he literally disarmed an XHF legend once. And he ruined the tag title match for the fans. What a match, those teams sure know how to put on a show. … I eagerly anticipate taking out all four men. It is the only step left for us.”
”We still have a final annihilation to bring about. Did you see who won the other match? I was being resuscitated after all the bricks and the giant robot landed on me in the last moments of the match.”
”It was a truly heroic fight you put up to end the match and assure our victory. You gutted it out and you out maneuvered the Borgs expertly. I am in awe. As for our opponents … it is quite hard to show my usual respect for them when one of them ended the match on a literal brown note.”
”When you say brown note …”
”Team Viper. And yes … Jeffrey literally defecated in his shorts. It presents us with a conundrum. It is never our ilk to look past any foes and this certainly shows us what we need to know. Dylan overcame his father’s ineptitude and … whatever he called his wrestling style … and took control against a seasoned tag team who has been fighting together in SSS for quite some time. A team that defeated Maverick and his partner whom we tangled with once before. These were not joke competitors. It’s unusual … they have this complete lack of synergy and they work actively against themselves and their own interests and yet … yet somehow it has proven effective. Jeffrey fancies himself the hero of the federation, someone to be worshipped and respected without backing that up. And because of his bravado and foolishness Dylan ends up playing the hero and rescuing their chances. And somehow Jeffrey always seems to come back out of nowhere and out of pure shock factor in the deciding moment. It really strains my ability to fathom their strategies when they seem to almost rely on chaos. He is clearly a blowhard, a bag of hot air, with no redeeming qualities. He is vulgar, unfocused, disgusting, repulsive, untalented, lacking in all decorum in and out of the ring … and yet somehow he gets enough under Dylan’s skin to drive him to great heights. Greater than he ever showed in matches with his partner Dackle.”
”One must never take a former tag champion lightly no matter who he works with. They may not operate as one but they still seem to cobble together a united front at the exact moments they need to. But worry not Esmur, we know how to deal with this type of personality. I think I understand where it comes from. It is not an unusual trait to find in the wrestling industry and it takes many forms. But Jeffrey said it himself in this video they just played on the TV behind your head.”
~Sure enough Esmur turns and the monitor behind him and up on the wall was on the XHF Network and was airing Jeffrey Viper’s little heroic monologue. ~
”It’s all about the glory and the spotlight for them. They desire to be worshipped as heroes and idols. Not an entirely unfamiliar mindset to many of the men we have fought so far in the ring. It is a misguided set of priorities to think one so important that others should fall to their knees and bask in your glory. How arrogant must a man be to think they are so far above the average person that others should just treat them better for simply existing.”
”What really makes a hero anyway Gebin? The Russian mutant sure gives an inspiring way of deciding if someone with super powers is a hero … and there is something to that message. It is not the entirety of one’s existence that defines you as a hero to others is it? It’s just a few major moments, the occasional lucky opportunity when life presents us with a chance to stand up against our baser nature and do something extraordinary. But what these films and stories always entail is some people who are already extraordinary doing something that make everyone take notice of how extraordinary they are. Someone with invulnerability taking some damage to stop an attacker. Someone with super strength lifting a heavy object to remove it from someone trapped. Someone with super speed beating the clock to complete a task. Someone with the ability to fly retrieving something from some high out of reach place. But that is not what makes you a hero. There is no risk to yourself if you fail. You cannot be harmed by the attack, you can lift and support that heavy weight without strain, you can outrun the catastrophe, and you cannot fall to your doom. SO then what makes that so memorable. Sure that helps others for sure but there are other ways to help that don’t get recognized and are much bigger feats worthy of being called heroism.”
”The woman who never sees the inside of a gym who lifts the car pinning her child … the man who runs into a burning building to save someone trapped with no mask or protection … the soldier who dives on a grenade to spare the rest of his regiment … make no mistake what we do in that ring is not heroic. I stood up to a robot that could punch through brick walls but it was never going to kill me, this is entertainment not warfare after all. And as we stated, there is a statistical zero percent chance the Borgs are anything more than a show to amuse the fans. Fighting your way out of a cage while carrying your fat slob of a father … with a trouserload of feces … is a feat to be amazed by but not heroic. And nothing about the way Jeffrey Viper carries himself or acts is anything close to heroic. There are no heroes to be found here Team Viper. And you can psych yourself up all you want, play us up to be the big bad wolf and you the valiant red riding hood but it won’t change the facts that we are two teams of entertainers out to entertain and maybe send a message. And what did you hope to achieve by being heroes? Heroes are heroes because they act without regard to anything coming back their way because of their actions.”
”But Dylan … you have shown time and again what fuels you is that feeling of victory, that fame and fortune that comes from being idolized. The kids who buy your merch and the adults who go out of their way to cheer and jeer you. It’s all about the positive reinforcement, the feeling of being more than a petty child trying to impress his mommy. A child who couldn’t be the hero when he risked his own mother’s … um … loins … to prove a point to a horrible excuse for humanity. A boy who couldn’t step up like a normal man and put his foot down. A man who couldn’t be put out to call the cops on a stalker or to ask his mom if she even needed his input. So willing to bind her future to his own success that he never even considered that his success wasn’t guaranteed. A boy who regressed his friend’s mind back to a point of raw violence and insanity just to try and prove a point to the two old men and their naked bear. Who almost set a dangerous person on the loose just to get the glory that comes with the shiny belt straps. Tell me, which hero class taught you that lesson? Save the children, stop the madman, … and sell out my friend and mother and who knows who else to get the attention.”
~They both stand up and begin to head out of the hospital as they have signed their release forms and seem to be all ready to leave the country and wrestle overseas for the first time for XHF.~
”How did all that work out for you Dylan Bl…sorry Viper? Arrogance, selfishness, pettiness … they don’t lead to heroes that people look up to. At best they lead to pain and sorrow and at worst they lead to villains. Does your mother still look you in the eye and treat you like a man after you sold her out like a piece of meat to the lowest common denominator? Speaking of the windbag, this is a man who worships fame and money and thinks people should worship him for existing. A glorified janitor. How did he even get that position? Who hires the walking HR case? Who thinks it prudent to take in a man who treats XHF Legends with such disrespect, who treats XHF Superstars with such bile and vitriol? A man who honestly thought the two women in a SANCTIONED MATCH against him would just give up and have relations with him on national television because they were women and he was there. Someone didn’t learn the lesson from the movie Hancock. Heroes are forged from the trials and tribulations of a life worth living. They are birthed out of a deed or deeds that goes far beyond the calling of a normal person in the situation they are placed in. And most people crumble under that weight … almost like a man trying to abandon his son and then voiding his bowels in front of 4000 screaming fans in the audience and millions watching on the network. Everything about you is designed to offend. The sight of you, the sound of you, the smell of you, the actions, the bravado, the attitude … it’s almost poetic how horrible you are. It is a good thing you were not asked to save the world.”
”That’s not how the XHF Archives see it. He was outclassed as a hero by a being dedicated to bringing about a dystopian future. A monster to the eyes and formerly on his inside, turned around and saved everything and this waste of humanity almost handed the world away … for show I can only assume. No Jeffrey Viper only wants attention, fame, and women. And none of them want anything to do with him.”
~They exit the hospital and head toward a rental car. After all leaving the Midwest has had them go from Waterbury, CT to San Francisco, CA and now … victory has taken them to Ireland. They stop at the car~
”It’s unhealthy all this hero worship and idolatry. It distracts from the necessities of living a life worthy of the time you have here. After all, the void does not care if a person is a hero, a villain, a bear with his genitalia on display, a man who thinks he’s a bear zombie, a borg, a tron, a nihilist … or a waste of space. In the end the darkness will claim us all and it is up to us to do what we can with this time. Any time you waste fawning over public figures, doting on celebrities, worshipping “heroes” is a waste of time and energy and is time you could have spent with a loved one, teaching a child, saving an abandoned pet, et cetera. The world has lost its focus. Instead of looking into ourselves for strength and meaning, we look to the millions of subscribers on youtube, the millions of cheering or booing fans, the army of internet followers on social media. We look to become the next big thing, even if it ends up being a flash in the pan. Our message and our purpose … is much more long-lasting and purpose-driven. The glory, the fame, the adoration … it is mere pomp and side benefits to the message we bring to you all. All your heroes amount to nothing. One day they will all be gone, returned to the void. No heroes to save them, none to stand up to the abyss. Most would sell their soul if the buyer paid handsomely enough. There is a reason most religions explicitly speak against false idols. Even if the end result is wrong the message is a good one. After this Sunday … there will be no more heroes … just annihilation … and the men strong enough to stand among the inevitable … and embrace it.”
~They slam the doors and drive off towards the airport~
”Well that went about as we expected. ~he cracks his neck~ Remind me again why we were forced to fight a giant mechanical monster? There is nothing like this in AWF. Truly the greater XHF Network is an unusual place. Did you know a big once held the X*Crown title?”
”Could be worse, there is that bear over in GUNS. Pretty sure he literally disarmed an XHF legend once. And he ruined the tag title match for the fans. What a match, those teams sure know how to put on a show. … I eagerly anticipate taking out all four men. It is the only step left for us.”
”We still have a final annihilation to bring about. Did you see who won the other match? I was being resuscitated after all the bricks and the giant robot landed on me in the last moments of the match.”
”It was a truly heroic fight you put up to end the match and assure our victory. You gutted it out and you out maneuvered the Borgs expertly. I am in awe. As for our opponents … it is quite hard to show my usual respect for them when one of them ended the match on a literal brown note.”
”When you say brown note …”
”Team Viper. And yes … Jeffrey literally defecated in his shorts. It presents us with a conundrum. It is never our ilk to look past any foes and this certainly shows us what we need to know. Dylan overcame his father’s ineptitude and … whatever he called his wrestling style … and took control against a seasoned tag team who has been fighting together in SSS for quite some time. A team that defeated Maverick and his partner whom we tangled with once before. These were not joke competitors. It’s unusual … they have this complete lack of synergy and they work actively against themselves and their own interests and yet … yet somehow it has proven effective. Jeffrey fancies himself the hero of the federation, someone to be worshipped and respected without backing that up. And because of his bravado and foolishness Dylan ends up playing the hero and rescuing their chances. And somehow Jeffrey always seems to come back out of nowhere and out of pure shock factor in the deciding moment. It really strains my ability to fathom their strategies when they seem to almost rely on chaos. He is clearly a blowhard, a bag of hot air, with no redeeming qualities. He is vulgar, unfocused, disgusting, repulsive, untalented, lacking in all decorum in and out of the ring … and yet somehow he gets enough under Dylan’s skin to drive him to great heights. Greater than he ever showed in matches with his partner Dackle.”
”One must never take a former tag champion lightly no matter who he works with. They may not operate as one but they still seem to cobble together a united front at the exact moments they need to. But worry not Esmur, we know how to deal with this type of personality. I think I understand where it comes from. It is not an unusual trait to find in the wrestling industry and it takes many forms. But Jeffrey said it himself in this video they just played on the TV behind your head.”
~Sure enough Esmur turns and the monitor behind him and up on the wall was on the XHF Network and was airing Jeffrey Viper’s little heroic monologue. ~
”It’s all about the glory and the spotlight for them. They desire to be worshipped as heroes and idols. Not an entirely unfamiliar mindset to many of the men we have fought so far in the ring. It is a misguided set of priorities to think one so important that others should fall to their knees and bask in your glory. How arrogant must a man be to think they are so far above the average person that others should just treat them better for simply existing.”
”What really makes a hero anyway Gebin? The Russian mutant sure gives an inspiring way of deciding if someone with super powers is a hero … and there is something to that message. It is not the entirety of one’s existence that defines you as a hero to others is it? It’s just a few major moments, the occasional lucky opportunity when life presents us with a chance to stand up against our baser nature and do something extraordinary. But what these films and stories always entail is some people who are already extraordinary doing something that make everyone take notice of how extraordinary they are. Someone with invulnerability taking some damage to stop an attacker. Someone with super strength lifting a heavy object to remove it from someone trapped. Someone with super speed beating the clock to complete a task. Someone with the ability to fly retrieving something from some high out of reach place. But that is not what makes you a hero. There is no risk to yourself if you fail. You cannot be harmed by the attack, you can lift and support that heavy weight without strain, you can outrun the catastrophe, and you cannot fall to your doom. SO then what makes that so memorable. Sure that helps others for sure but there are other ways to help that don’t get recognized and are much bigger feats worthy of being called heroism.”
”The woman who never sees the inside of a gym who lifts the car pinning her child … the man who runs into a burning building to save someone trapped with no mask or protection … the soldier who dives on a grenade to spare the rest of his regiment … make no mistake what we do in that ring is not heroic. I stood up to a robot that could punch through brick walls but it was never going to kill me, this is entertainment not warfare after all. And as we stated, there is a statistical zero percent chance the Borgs are anything more than a show to amuse the fans. Fighting your way out of a cage while carrying your fat slob of a father … with a trouserload of feces … is a feat to be amazed by but not heroic. And nothing about the way Jeffrey Viper carries himself or acts is anything close to heroic. There are no heroes to be found here Team Viper. And you can psych yourself up all you want, play us up to be the big bad wolf and you the valiant red riding hood but it won’t change the facts that we are two teams of entertainers out to entertain and maybe send a message. And what did you hope to achieve by being heroes? Heroes are heroes because they act without regard to anything coming back their way because of their actions.”
”But Dylan … you have shown time and again what fuels you is that feeling of victory, that fame and fortune that comes from being idolized. The kids who buy your merch and the adults who go out of their way to cheer and jeer you. It’s all about the positive reinforcement, the feeling of being more than a petty child trying to impress his mommy. A child who couldn’t be the hero when he risked his own mother’s … um … loins … to prove a point to a horrible excuse for humanity. A boy who couldn’t step up like a normal man and put his foot down. A man who couldn’t be put out to call the cops on a stalker or to ask his mom if she even needed his input. So willing to bind her future to his own success that he never even considered that his success wasn’t guaranteed. A boy who regressed his friend’s mind back to a point of raw violence and insanity just to try and prove a point to the two old men and their naked bear. Who almost set a dangerous person on the loose just to get the glory that comes with the shiny belt straps. Tell me, which hero class taught you that lesson? Save the children, stop the madman, … and sell out my friend and mother and who knows who else to get the attention.”
~They both stand up and begin to head out of the hospital as they have signed their release forms and seem to be all ready to leave the country and wrestle overseas for the first time for XHF.~
”How did all that work out for you Dylan Bl…sorry Viper? Arrogance, selfishness, pettiness … they don’t lead to heroes that people look up to. At best they lead to pain and sorrow and at worst they lead to villains. Does your mother still look you in the eye and treat you like a man after you sold her out like a piece of meat to the lowest common denominator? Speaking of the windbag, this is a man who worships fame and money and thinks people should worship him for existing. A glorified janitor. How did he even get that position? Who hires the walking HR case? Who thinks it prudent to take in a man who treats XHF Legends with such disrespect, who treats XHF Superstars with such bile and vitriol? A man who honestly thought the two women in a SANCTIONED MATCH against him would just give up and have relations with him on national television because they were women and he was there. Someone didn’t learn the lesson from the movie Hancock. Heroes are forged from the trials and tribulations of a life worth living. They are birthed out of a deed or deeds that goes far beyond the calling of a normal person in the situation they are placed in. And most people crumble under that weight … almost like a man trying to abandon his son and then voiding his bowels in front of 4000 screaming fans in the audience and millions watching on the network. Everything about you is designed to offend. The sight of you, the sound of you, the smell of you, the actions, the bravado, the attitude … it’s almost poetic how horrible you are. It is a good thing you were not asked to save the world.”
”That’s not how the XHF Archives see it. He was outclassed as a hero by a being dedicated to bringing about a dystopian future. A monster to the eyes and formerly on his inside, turned around and saved everything and this waste of humanity almost handed the world away … for show I can only assume. No Jeffrey Viper only wants attention, fame, and women. And none of them want anything to do with him.”
~They exit the hospital and head toward a rental car. After all leaving the Midwest has had them go from Waterbury, CT to San Francisco, CA and now … victory has taken them to Ireland. They stop at the car~
”It’s unhealthy all this hero worship and idolatry. It distracts from the necessities of living a life worthy of the time you have here. After all, the void does not care if a person is a hero, a villain, a bear with his genitalia on display, a man who thinks he’s a bear zombie, a borg, a tron, a nihilist … or a waste of space. In the end the darkness will claim us all and it is up to us to do what we can with this time. Any time you waste fawning over public figures, doting on celebrities, worshipping “heroes” is a waste of time and energy and is time you could have spent with a loved one, teaching a child, saving an abandoned pet, et cetera. The world has lost its focus. Instead of looking into ourselves for strength and meaning, we look to the millions of subscribers on youtube, the millions of cheering or booing fans, the army of internet followers on social media. We look to become the next big thing, even if it ends up being a flash in the pan. Our message and our purpose … is much more long-lasting and purpose-driven. The glory, the fame, the adoration … it is mere pomp and side benefits to the message we bring to you all. All your heroes amount to nothing. One day they will all be gone, returned to the void. No heroes to save them, none to stand up to the abyss. Most would sell their soul if the buyer paid handsomely enough. There is a reason most religions explicitly speak against false idols. Even if the end result is wrong the message is a good one. After this Sunday … there will be no more heroes … just annihilation … and the men strong enough to stand among the inevitable … and embrace it.”
~They slam the doors and drive off towards the airport~
