Everyone’s a
hero in his own way, even when everybody’s seen it in way different perspectives.
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| From Steampunk Tarot |
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TOM SAWYER. We
got the treasure, didn’t we? That’s the news. That’s the headline. So, they
think we’re dead. Okay. Blessing in disguise. We are dead. The old Tom Sawyer,
Huck Finn, and Joe Harper are gone.
This is our
funeral. And a new beginning.
You’re dead,
Joe. You’re the pastor at your funeral. Eulogize yourself. Depict your legacy.
JOE HARPER. You
know, Tom. Honestly, before you got the gang together, I was all just, you
know, ... being a hermit and dying alone in this unfeeling world. But, then you
gave me the opportunity to try pirate and I can’t really see myself doing
anything else.
So, I guess
I’d just say, ‘Here lies Joe Harper, in heaven with God. Great job.’
TOM SAWYER. Good.
Good. I’ll go.
‘Well, Tom
Sawyer’s dead, is he?’
‘Yes.’
‘Here he
lies in heaven with Jesus, misunderstood in all of his glory. Someday people
will look back and they’ll say, “Wait a second... He was the best. He got the
treasure. He loved Becky. He was a hero. He just didn’t get a chance to prove
it.”
The end.
HUCKLEBERRY
FINN. Hero? Heroes are good guys. You’re not a hero. I’m not a hero. [Look at
JOE] You’re not a hero. We’re not heroes. We lie, we cheat, we steal, we hurt
people. That’s not what heroes do. People got killed, Tom. Your partner almost
got killed. Not to mention Jorge. That guy, he’s probably never gonna see his
family again. You know who’s fault that is? It’s ours.
We took an
innocent man, and we used him up.
[HUCK fight
TOM.]
TOM SAWYER.
You’re right. You’re right. You’re right about me. I care about you, Huck.
Since we were little I wanted our lives to be magic. I’m trying to make our
lives magic, and I just caught up and I get caught up and I get stuck. And I’m
sorry, and I’m... I’m sorry.
HUCKLEBERRY
FINN. Tom I need you to know that I do appreciate everything that you’ve done
for me. When we were kids, with my dad... I appreciate it. But I think me and
you... I think we gotta be done. I think we gotta go our separate ways.
TOM SAWYER.
What will you do?
HUCKLEBERRY
FINN. Well, first I gotta figure out what to do about Jorge. Can’t just leave
him.
TOM SAWYER.
Let me help you. I’ll help you do something good, and you don’t have to see me
again. You don’t have to ever see me again.
HUCKLEBERRY
FINN. Okay.
TOM SAWYER.
Goddamn it.
We’re going
to have to get the whole band back together.
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| Huck (left) and Tom (right), Band of Robbers The Movie |
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HUCKLEBERRY
FINN. Tom took the fall to get us out of there, and we did get out. Nobody ever
knew the others were involved with any of it. So, they went home with a bit
more money than they started with...
I explained
Murrel’s treasure and how whoever found it wasn’t stealing it. Figured that way,
he[Jorge]’d accept a parting gift. Something to try and make things right after
what we did.
I still
wonder what’s happened to Tom. Where he is, what he’s doing...
Nothing
would surprise me with Tom. Nothing but magic.
As for me,
I’ll keep my eyes open for something. Maybe a shot at a family someday. Find
some place where I truly belong. That’s good and that’s right. Until then, I
... I don’t know. I guess I’ll just wander on.
“
All the junkies left to cry
All the junkies wave goodbye
Laugh and cry, heavy to light.
When the earth dies, we’d wished
We’d died (long before).
”
Sandra (When The Earth Dies) - White Fence
Band of Robbers The Movie
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| A reminder from the writer |
