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something about clones and the cycle of death and rebirth

// komaedalovemail // the venture bros. // 3001: the final odyssey / // king gizzard and the lizard wizard - life / death // 2010: the year we make contact // 2001: a space odyssey // they might be giants - replicant

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here am i still searching for my shadow in vain

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oh that's comfort of my gore character

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4/28

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some recent commissions that i still really like

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you are what you eat

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thought about all of the 2001: a space odyssey references in venture bros and how pretty much all of them unintentionally ended up playing a huge part in the show's overall narrative. for example, consider the PROBLEM and how it started out as your common hal 9000 clone to eventually evolving into something that is more akin to the monolith, an extremely advanced piece of technology that is used to alter humanity's dna in order to ensure the species' survival. however, this much reliance on advanced technology has never really gone well for anyone, and this situation is no different.

at the end of 2001, the monolith ends up absorbing a whole guy, essentially "emulating" him, destroying his physical body while retaining all his memories of his previous human life. this forces him to go through the cycle of death and rebirth, and once this process is complete he has been transformed into the star child, who at the time appears as a baby. this could apply to how jonas sr built vendata and how he invented his cloning process simultaneously, and hits harder considering both he and the monolith pulled every single string in their respective narratives, especially since jonas was trapped in the PROBLEM for 30 years. there's always some ominous rectangle at the scene of the crime.

it also causes the orange 2001 inspired spacesuits in vbros to become significantly more impactful, especially since they're worn by rusty, hank, dean, and the monarch. and all 4 of them are clones. gary is the singular outlier to this which is kind of funny. sorry man we're going to be dragging you into venture bullshit forever. bodyguard curse or whatever.

cool fact: the scene in haunted problem where jj recovers the PROBLEM from the gargantua 1 crash site parallels a scene in 3001: the final odyssey, in which the original monolith is dug up in a similar fashion in kenya.

and then there's another reference to the monolith in what goes down must come up, yet again associated with something jonas sr directly caused. this episode also comes with a bugged out supercomputer too.

not exactly sure where i'm going with this but i will say that i think this is the best possible way to utilize pop culture references instead of constantly making them surface level one off jokes. venture bros does this so much in such a rewarding way for people who recognize these references, and it does it best with space odyssey to me. this is because doc and jackson wanted to torment me specifically with their show.

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i wish i could take the pain for you

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yeah

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The Wall came in the radio today and I thought of your rusty and malcolm art <3 literally my fav works of art in this fandom YOU GET THEM

SICKOS HAHA YES. my evil plan. no one else is drawing them like this so i have to take one for the team for everyone who Gets It

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have you heard the news? the dogs are dead!

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weird bug on my wall

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guy who has one thing connecting him to reality left

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secret world - rinse & repeat

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and i can feel one of my turns coming on

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in the flesh?

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got hit with divine visions and cranked this out in a couple of hours