Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2023 22:48:48 GMT -5
"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight."
Hanari walked down the steps of his villa, dressed to the nine's, as usual. He spoke casually into the camera, as if he was narrating a documentary.
"Movies have always been a big part of my life. Growing up in the Dominican, we had to watch them far later than you all got to in the US, and often times they weren't the best quality, but we watched them. All of us would get together after a long day in the heat, a long day of playing fĂștbol and riding our bikes down to the water. We would all pile into the community theater, those old rickety and rusty chairs, most of us still sweaty from the activities from the day. The projector would click on, and the room would light up. Many of the movies we watched had a hero and a villain, were a story between bad and evil and the struggle for power between the two entities. Some of us rooted for the good guys, some of us rooted for the bad guys. I didn't root for either. Having one lane, that was boring to me. I always rooted for the heroes who many people looked at as villains. My favorite was Batman. The man who kept the city safe, but the man who fought for the city and do what is right no matter what the personal cost. Someone that stood up to the city's criminal element without corruption. Batman epitomized those ideals. He was willing to crawl around rooftops at night fighting crime at the cost of his own health and relationships. However in order to stop crime he breaks a lot of laws.
By breaking a lot of laws, does that really make him "good"?
The fact that the city didn't appreciate his methods, but begged for his results. That is what I liked. The fact that Harvey Dent was supposed to be the guy who could do it all, the one that could stop crime legally without resorting to anything questionable or seedy. The one they "wanted" on the outside but didn't fully trust on the inside.
Harvey wasn't able to live up to that standard. It seems that Batman is as close as anyone will come, but Harvey had already proven himself to the public, so the image of what everyone thought Harvey was is what Gotham "needs right now".
Hanari walks through the house, and out onto the porch. Sitting down on a comfortable chair on the porch, pulling out a cigar and a torch lighter. He lights the end until it is crispy, and then brings the butt to his mouth. He takes a few puffs, the continues.
"We read a lot of comic books, too. They were easy to get our hands on and usually were pretty cheap. Imagine our joy when those comics also became movies. Man if I only would have known then what I know now."
*puffs*
"You see, Batman, in my mind, was really a villain. Crazy, right? Well, maybe not. You see, Batman was by no means a super villan, but he was villainous in his own right.
Super villains killed people. It was their M.O, it is what drove them. Batman never killed anyone. Every time he took someone down, he sent them the prison. They ALWAYS escaped. He knew they would escape, as did all of us. It kept the hamster ball rolling. Knock em down, send em to Arkham, watch them escape, knock em down again. It was rinse and repeat, really. He sees these mass murders and he keeps them safe from the police and from other criminals until they're ready to kill again. Batman is responsible for all of these deaths because he makes sure that the other super villains can strike again."
*puffs*
"Why does Batman do it, because he wants to? No. It's because he needs to."
"Batman needs to have challenging opponents to take down. Batman needs there to be a constant threat by major villains on Gotham, and so he ensures that there will always be someone plotting destruction by never actually eliminating them."
*puffs, but this time blows smoke rings out, watching them fade into the night sky.*
"Throughout my time watching these movies on that little theater in Santa Domingo, I became aware of something pretty obvious. Batman's main foe and most murderous tool is The Joker. But if Joker is the foe of a villain, what does that make him?
Well, isn't that the 64 thousand dollar question?
Joker has said more times than Gilly has bragged about his dick length that all he wants Batman to do is kill him. That's all, its a simple request, no? Batman's means of villainy is a refusal to kill, what the Joker is trying to do is convert Batman into a hero. If Batman crosses the line and chooses to start killing bad guys, he would be the hero that he thinks he is.
The Joker is a man who commits unspeakable evil in order to do ultimate good - he wants Gotham to have a hero. And Batman is a man who commits heroic deeds to cause unspeakable evil.
*Another puff, more rings. Hanari stares into the camera, his casual demeanor hasn't changed*
"You probably wonder where I fit into all of this. That is a simple answer as well. I keep kicking ass, but I haven't yet went in for the kill. Is it because I can't? No, believe me, I could. I haven't slain the dragons here because I need dragons to keep me on my toes. But I want to change the landscape, I want to break the barriers.......
I am a little of Joker and a little of Batman. I want OCW to have their true hero, but I know what that takes. I know the unspeakable atrocities needed to accomplish such a feat. I also want XWF to stay competitive, I always want that goal, that target, that foe at the top. I want a reason to come to work everyday, while wanting to cleanse the OCW of the bad guys.
Batman is seen through the eyes of many as a hero, but take away the cape and noble purpose and he's actually a terrorâsomeone capable of causing as much damage as he prevents. And seen through the lens of the 21st century, a time when it's understood that vigilante justice is dangerous, Bruce Wayne's actions don't look much more safe or sane than the Joker's.
My actions in that ring, they are much the same. I am doing this for all of you because I am the hero that you all deserve, but I haven't yet been the hero that you need.
Starting with Justin York and climbing to the top, I will purge the OCW of the poison coursing through its veins. I will hogtie the bad guys, and banish them to a land far away. I may not be the good guy, but I am sure as hell not the bad guy. When I step into that ring Saturday Night, what I am....heh, well, I'll let you decide."
*Hanari ashes his cigar and gets up from the porch chair, entering the villa from the sliding glass door and shutting it behind him.*
...you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
"Sometimes, you have to be your own hero. We are the hero of our own story. What is your story, Chivato?
Honestly, I am asking because I don't know who the hell you are.
But, what is your story? Where do you fit in the OCW story? I'm assuming somewhere in the first few chapters. Somewhere that when your character dies, the reader has forgotten about you before they even reach the middle. Perhaps the first page, even. Maybe you're the intro kill. Justin York is a name that when the card is released, everyone in the collective OCW--well any wreslting community really-- goes, "Who?"
I'll be honest mang, I have no clue who this York kid is. Am I supposed to? People have been saying all week 'Oh man, you got Justin York!" York this and York that. Tell me, what has this York chivato ever done besides have a 10 year olds haircut and act like a schoolyard bully with a glass jaw? This is the guy Britlyn was so excited about signing? This is the guy she wasted precious air time for? I don't get it. You should feature your real talent, like the best technical wrestler in the world. Instead, she chases the clout, chases the name. She buys worse products for more money, just because someone, somewhere, told them they were good.
Chico....you ain't good. I don't care where you've been or who you've beaten, you haven't beaten me. Britlyn gave you a test on your first go-around on the flagship, and she put the stipulations right in my wheelhouse. What does that tell you? That she has so little faith in you that she is throwing you to the wolves? Or that she is SO confident she is giving you an opportunity to beat me at my own match? How assinine does the latter sound? You're new blood here, and you're being bled out in front of Dracula.
There is a big difference between being a heel, and being an asshole. You haven't mastered either. You're just a confused, frustrated little boy with anger issues who takes his ever-growing insecurities out on opponents who make the mistake of taking his baby-like face lightly.
Make no mistake, I am not taking you lightly. I take nobody lightly. I know how lucky I am to call this business my profession, and I know that anyone can beat you on any given night. Best believe chulo, you are getting Hanari's A game. Why would I do anything else? It isn't in my nature. I come to win every time I step into the ring. Justin this and Justin that. Joker to Batman. Ying and Yang.
If you want me to be brutally honest, I will. I said above I am here to cleanse to OCW of the 'bad guys'? Maybe I wasn't entirely honest. I am here to weed them out. There is only room for one bad guy with a big ego, and cholo, that man is me. Her Daddy, Your Papi, the Latin Submission Machine.
Me nombre Hanari Carnes, and at Anarchy I'll give you a proper introduction, Carribean Style."