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.
And there was medieval street life, too. Riotous apprentices...
ReplyDeleteKaor, Mr. Stirling!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the jargon of medieval street life in London or Paris could be just as crude as anything heard in our cities. IWHBD.
Ad astra! Sean