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Indeed. I'm quite sure many of today's Anons wouldn't even know that the mask is a symbol of failure in their own lore.
by efdee 9y ago
Indeed. I'm quite sure many of today's Anons wouldn't even know that the mask is a symbol of failure in their own lore.
- blincoln 9y agoCan you elaborate on this? I'm not a member of Anonymous, but I've read the graphic novel version of _V For Vendetta_ as well as seen the film, and I didn't get that impression at all.
- InitialLastName 9y agoThe mask didn't originate with V for Vendetta. It comes from a likeness of Guy Fawkes, whose 5th of November (Gunpowder) plot to blow up the British parliament and impose a Catholic theocracy was thwarted. To celebrate that failure, Brits light fireworks and burn dummies wearing that mask every 11/5.
- Nadya 9y agoYes, but the `Anonymous`/4chan usage is inspired from V for Vendetta, at least to my knowledge of chan history. It just so happens to be the Guy Fawkes mask which holds another meaning for Brits. It might change how some people, especially British people, see the mask but that isn't the intention. For example, a pink triangle means something different now than it did during the 40s and pointing to its historic usage instead of its reclaimed/new usage would be disingenuous and missing the point of how it is being used in the modern context. Pointing to Guy Fawkes instead of Vendetta for Anonymous' usage of the mask is missing the point.
- aqsalose 9y agoHowever, Alan Moore and David Lloyd did not choose that V wears Guy Fawkes mask by coincidence.
- efdee 9y agoThe use of the mask finds its roots in the Epic Fail Guy meme, a character destined to fail at anything he does. At one point EFG finds a V for Vendetta mask in a trashcan and starts wearing it.