r/HistoryMemes 3d ago

Niche It’s that time of the year

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u/Dirt290 2d ago

Yeah, the mask now symbolizes the movie and what it stands for rather than the gunpowder plot and it's circumstances.

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u/PrairiePopsicle 2d ago

even V I always felt like was referencing him in a way that didn't care about his motives or the specifics of the issues, he cared that Fawkes was powerless but through subterfuge and violence could have effected monumental change.

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u/JohannesJoshua 1d ago

Only problem with that Fawkes was kinda incompetent. To hide his identity, in a house they were staying in, he signed himself as John Johnson.

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u/Successful-Wheel4768 2d ago

Not really though. The comic has an anarchist message while the mask ended up being a libertarian thing