&& @gladofwar ( from here )
“BEEN READING MACHIAVELLI lately, Wednesday? He wrote something to that effect.” She would know: she’d been there when the printing press had churned it out, after all. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer’s favourite STARLET to push and pull and prod at like TAFFY sat prim and proud in her Easter bonnet and RUBY SLIPPERS: Judy hadn’t been able to GET HAPPY ( ! ) for years. “I would have thought him beneath you.” An edge to her voice: cold and hard as ice. TOTO ! WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE.
Respect was a hard word to fathom, stranger to put into action. Eyes narrowed: far removed from that oh-so lovable ingenue that America had called ‘ SWEETHEART ! ‘ for years. “Not so much respect for you, but I respect how desperately you hang on.” Like a COCKROACH. “--That thread must be FRAYING after a few thousand years: has MARVEL been keeping it from snapping?”











