Space. It's full of monsters
These are the continuing voyages of the Flying-Brick ‘Gnome’. Its continuing mission: to seek out monsters and... run away.
Chapter 11: There be Monsters.
We have come to a telling moment. Eleven days into the lockdown over here in France, the country of my choice but not my birth. There are already rumours of extending the lockdown, and I now realise it's full import. I have promised to write a blog every day about our voyage into the plague, and I'm now fully aware that I've got to string this story out far beyond its original limits.
In medieval times monsters were believed to exist. Now, of course, we know perfectly well that they DO exist. The problem is that it is not the monsters under the bed that do harm. True man-killing monsters that sought to destroy our human race from the bottom up have long been eliminated by our own primeval ingenuity.
It is true that some slightly smaller monsters still persist, covid being just one electro-microscopic example. But no. It is the monsters at the top that we must truly fear. Those that rule us, but care only for themselves. Both Trumplethinskin and Buffoon Boris are perfect examples of this. Whether you love them or loath them is totally irrelevant. They do not give a shit about you. These are the true monsters. Monsters of indifference. Narcissists. Parasites.
The fact that so many of us vote for them is not exactly promising for our chances of future survival.
OK. I appear to be slipping back into depressing philosophy. Despite all this, just remember what the wonderful French culture says:
La vie est belle.
Talking of la belle et la bête, the monsters here (back on our trip to the UK) are to be found in the Keep of Loches. They represent mythical beasts that were believed to exist in medieval times by most who lived in those dark times.
This particular dragon however had clear copyright issues with Monsters Inc.
There was one beast there however that all others looked towards.
Not the king of beasts, not the ruler of monsters, not the Dark One. They were mentioned in the bible and many today believe them to exist and are soon to come to save the UK.
And we will discover their identity in tomorrow's exiting chapter of Gnome-Trek...
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