V for vendetta

I, Like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence.

This fantastic introspective quotation was derived from the film, V for Vendetta (based off of Alan Moores graphic Novel). This idiom posse’s inductive logic. It was originally coined in the film as a que to the spectators that, the similarities in V’s and EVE’s (The two protagonists in the film) names are not just a silly coincidence, but rather a symbolic meeting of two different people uniting in pursuit of a bigger image, and perhaps the meeting of soul mates. And for me, it’s also the way I apply this little piece of Buddha intellect: as an explanation that certain events might not make sense in the present time, but they still posses context.

This quote was presented and highlighted through spectics. Because “V” is a fictional character, clearly this thought was not derived from himself, but derived from the author’s ideas, Mr. Alan Moore. If Alan Moore, released a statement like this, on a web posting or a blog, it might facilitate creative sparks with whoever reads it, there inlies the problem. From Alan Moore this quote would be quickly forgotten. But, coming from the fictional character V- a freedom fighter from one of the higher selling graphic novels of all time, and a character from the same Blockbuster movie- this quote will be heard numerous times, and becomes something more to its viewers like me. So although this quote may be emphasized and highly marketed through a spectic crazy superhero who harnesses a Guy Fox mask (Guy Fox attempted to blow up Parliament some time ago), it still has meaning and power.

The reason that I like this quote is because it combines many different idioms, “Everything happens for a reason,” “Everyone one has there own unique path.” V’s quote is certainly not the genisis of these idioms, henceforth it they cannot be derived from V’s quote. However, because Mr. Alan More, did such a fantastic job in combining these idealistic ideas into one phrase, I do see the dice quotation as a negative derivative function, (from quotations like “everything happens for a reason,” a true base was reversely derived). Lastly to me, this quote provides hope. Given that god exists, it gives us hope that we have all have a plan and a purpose.