Was that a candle?*small metropolis spoiler,maybe**nah*
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Was that a candle?*small metropolis spoiler,maybe**nah*
Its been driving me mad! What is that doing there?!

No, I'm not dead...
I've just moved to Politicaly Corect "Republic of Ireland".
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I believe the guys who made this movie may have been aware of a North American metaphor I saw used in the Wolverine #-1 comic book. Creed (who was later to become Sabretooth) puts a gun to Logan's head and tells him:
"You may be the birthday boy, but I'm the one who gets to blow out your candles."
(Logan was the center of everyone's attention in that particular story, hence the crack about his being the "birthday boy.") What we have here is a literal portrayal of a figure of speech, much as anime characters are sometimes literally floored by a remark. (Such borrowing from other sources is quite common in Japan: I've seen characters similarly floored in early American newspaper strips.)
In other words, figuratively speaking, this guy has just had his candle blown out.
"You may be the birthday boy, but I'm the one who gets to blow out your candles."
(Logan was the center of everyone's attention in that particular story, hence the crack about his being the "birthday boy.") What we have here is a literal portrayal of a figure of speech, much as anime characters are sometimes literally floored by a remark. (Such borrowing from other sources is quite common in Japan: I've seen characters similarly floored in early American newspaper strips.)
In other words, figuratively speaking, this guy has just had his candle blown out.
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Re: Was that a candle?*small metropolis spoiler,maybe**nah*
You know its surprising, seeing as its the only projected object emotion in the etire movie. Not a single enormous sweatdrop, sigh sign, or anything.....Nekoboy Sal wrote:Its been driving me mad! What is that doing there?!
hi bye