The Shine

Something strange in your neighborhood

One of my readers told me about an old movie called Ghostbusters. The plot is that a guy comes back from WW2 and decides that humanity needs to be wiped out because they suck. I can't totally disagree with him there and I've never been in war.

To get the end of human life going he builds a skyscraper that's designed to channel magic. The magic skyscraper is designed to open a portal to another dimension. The giant portal will give access to a giant monster will come through and kill everyone. Doesn't seem like a very effective end the world plan but I don't know how big the monster was.

The commenter thought maybe Raymond Pine was doing a Ghosterbusters like that with the diner. Seems unlikely that you could destroy the world with a diner. But that's the thing about magic, it's also VERY unlikely that I could summon a sex doll duplicate of myself but I can and do just that. Maybe the guy who wrote is was trying to warn people like me. Maybe there's a magical screenwriter out there.

Ghostbusters is an old movie though so whoever wrote it is probably dead. That doesn't seem like a reason you'd build a magic battery in the form of a diner, but it was built a couple years after WW2 and I don't have a better explanation. If you were going to make a building to channel magic for human genocide why would you make it a restaurant?

I listened to a book that took place during WW2. This woman was a lone farmer and she busted her ass working all the time. The Nazis came and put her in a labor camp where she had to work even harder. There was an accident and a bunch of people died but she saved one of the camp guards. He turned out to be the son of a bigshot Nazi so as a reward she got to leave the camp go be a maid for his Nazi mom in a fancy house.

The farm-lady and the Nazi mom become friends and the rich lady teaches farm lady how to be pretty and feminine and wear dresses instead of being a wood-chopping water-carrying workhorse. That was it, that was the book. Unless I missed something, which is 100% possible, the message was - learn how to look pretty and you'll be happy.

This was not an old book, it was written in 2018. I read it because a podcast and a bunch of websites all telling me it was a story of coming to terms with yourself and being a woman and what femininity means. I didn't get it. I never had much education so maybe there were subtleties that were lost on me.

In planning to expand my moveset, I'm thinking about doing the big splash in the corner like Sting used to do. I don't think anyone does that anymore. Maybe it's harder to do safely than I think. I'm also considering using the Cobra Clutch for a finish. That's another one I don't see much anymore.

Heels aren't supposed to do anything too flashy, the good guy is supposed to do all the cool moves. That's another reason no one wants to be a heel anymore, because they want to do cool shit. I think a submission finish is good for a heel, it's slow and gives people a change to try and cheer the good guy on to break free and win the day for great justice.

I thought about a Cobra Clutch suplex, but I Doug the Disco Biscuit told me not to have a finish where you have to lift your opponent. Because you won't be able or interested in lifting everyone you work. You want a move that you can use on anyone.

I was wondering if there was a way to do the corner splash into the Cobra Clutch. Seems like it would be an awkward transition. It would work if you could whip someone into the buckle front-first but I hardly ever see anyone do that. It would look weird if my opponent only did it in my match. I don't like it when someone has a move that requires their opponent to do something they never normally do. I find it very jarring when I see it.

I'm looking at you Ric Flair.   

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