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[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 76 points 16 hours ago

"I am your king." "Well, I didn't vote for you." "You don't vote for kings." "Well, how'd you become king, then?"

[Angelic music plays... ]

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 36 points 15 hours ago

King Charles: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that my ancestor, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."

Peasant: "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 18 points 14 hours ago

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[-] draneceusrex@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago
[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 12 hours ago

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

One of the single best lines in all of cinema IMO.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

“I had more swords than the other guy”

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Mummy gave me the crown and we have too much money for anyone to object.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 15 hours ago

The Lady of the Lake...

Forgive the Reddit link, the artist has only posted it there that I can tell.

this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
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