This is a frivolous comparison between dialogues in two works that I have reread recently.
First, when Holger and his companions ride into the city of Tarnberg, Alianora is recognized and asked questions, including:
"'Hoy, there, swan-may, what brings you hither?'
"'Who's that knight?'" (p. 98)
Secondly, when a woman nicknamed "Fever" rides on the back of the costumed crimefighter, the Vigilante's, motorcycle, her friends respond:
"Wooooo-OO!
"Hey, new boyfriend! Is he G.I.B. Fever?
"Hey! Fever! Hubba hubba!"
- and she replies:
"Yeah, I guess so...
"...if you put a paper bag over his politics..."
-Alan Moore, Vigilante: "Father's Day" IN Moore, Across The Universe (New York, 2003), pp. 73-121 AT p. 92, panels 4-5.
OK. Diametric opposites. A medieval knightly code and late twentieth century street life. That is how much our fictional heroes differ.
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