In a comment on "Ascending to the black star," Bill brought up a game called The Blue Prince, and so on a random whim I searched the /x/ archives for "blue prince." There was only one result:
The ladybug and the banjo caught my eye. Then I scrolled up and found the title of the thread:
Jay's routine begins with him coming onstage in pajamas and singing a bit of the song "Vehicle" by the Ides of March. Besides being yet another reference to my birthday, that's also a song that specifically came up on one of Bill's now-deleted blogs.
Bill has repeatedly mentioned seeing someone trying to steal from his refrigerator and hearing "Beware this one!" After I entered the picture, he decided that "beware" was an Ides of March reference and that the person stealing from his refrigerator was me.
Check out the top comment on the Roy Jay video:
"Roy stole a refrigerator from me back in 1985."
Is there simply no limit to how weird things can get?
8 comments:
Look up the new Benson Boone song called Electric Blue for some more sync-a-mania
I looked up Benson Boone's video per Leo's comment. I have never actually seen him. My very first reaction after seeing a few close ups of his face was "He looks just like a young Woody Harrelson!"
Not sure if many other people see it, but at least one person named Chris on X saw it as well (I don't have X or social media, but a quick Google search brought up the post):
https://x.com/ChrisPolvris/status/1866968124886487204
That routine by Roy Jay is wild by the way.
Spike , the one who had the pumpkin under his arm, was also the one who crossed the Rhode Island Red and Crystal Ball, which obviously caught my attention. The joke went:
"He's weird [meaning Spike]. I've got to tell someone about it. He cross a Rhode Island Red with a Crystal Ball. Now he's got a chicken that gets in touch with the other side of the road."
The combination a man carrying a pumpkin who crossed a Red Chicken, and a Crystal Ball is fairly remarkable, with the cross symbolically giving us a Red Ball. The Rhode is also Red in this case - Rhode Island is the Red Island. The other island named Rhodes is said to have its name possibly come from the word which means "Rose". The Red Rose Stone, which in my story is a crystal ball and would be used to communicate with the other side of the road, which in this case would be more accurately stated as the other end of the road. And not just communicate, but "get in touch", symbolically represented by a handshake, or as in Sweet Caroline, hands touching hands.
Pretty interesting. And the fact that it was a chicken is even better. I've called out a few references to chickens, with the Blue Wizard symbol having a fondness for Fried Chicken. Further, Marty McFly, whose first name points to the Red Planet, is well known in the Back to the Future movies for his dislike of being called a chicken.
I made a specific point about that in another comment on your blog, musing that perhaps this dislike came from that character's symbolic identification with Abinadi, who had been fried like Steve's Lava Chicken.
And wouldn't you know it, Back to the Future shows up in the comment on the stolen refrigerator. The commenter claims that Roy Jay stole his refrigerator in 1985. Back to the Future was released in that year, a fact that came surprisingly instantly to my mind when I saw the date.
Back to the Future also featured a time travelling DeLorean as its main "vehicle". In the past, I had remarked on the DeLoreans similar name to Lorien, a name that applies to Joseph and his home on Valinor.
I noticed that implied red crystal ball, too.
The weirdest thing to me (spook!) is that I found all this by following up on the one and only search result for “blue prince.”
Also, one random thought I am going to leave here which will tie to some broader thoughts over on your Maglodan post later.
The act of imagining potential Good Guys becoming Bad Guys, or acting as them, even if forced to, was difficult at times in 2024, particularly as I was thinking through the Pharazon story.
One character kept coming to my mind, though, as an example of ultimately a good, brave (even repentant) character who was forced to do bad things in order to ultimately help the cause of good. That was Severus Snape from Harry Potter. Snape even had to make unbreakable vows to serve evil, which ultimately led to him killing Dumbledore himself (at Dumbledore's request).
It is actually a complicated and perhaps accurate take on what ultimately may be required at times to defeat evil. In any case, though, Snape was a double agent or spy, having to work undercover for both sides.
Another word for a Spy or an undercover agent is a Spook. And Snape belonged to the House of Slytherin. Spook! Slither! is thus a phrase that realistically could link to Snape (as a symbol, of course, or character type), if one was looking for it.
As I thought of this, I remembered that there was one character in Daymon's stories that was asked to play a Snape-type role. In Words of the Faithful, Jared, his brother, Izilba, and company come across one of the Ring-Wraiths. This Wraith, however, ends up repenting, or wishing to not serve evil anymore. The B of J offers to intervene on his behalf, and ask Eru-Jesus to release him of his bonds and service to Sauron.
However, surprisingly, Eru eventually answers by saying the only way the Wraith can be cleansed is to basically double down and fully serve all of the evil commands of Sauron. Here is what Eru was reported to say:
"You shall give unto the son of Feanor, hope - yet in this thing alone: that a restoration of his spirit to flesh may yet be, and without the burning brand of that ring, in a day to behold his father, as before; to with with him, and to rest in his house. Yet nothing shall be of restoration, save this wraith serves every command of his master, being full wrought evil; only service to another may cleanse him sufficient to be handled by the music of the Ainur."
It is strange, but basically the wraith was told to be Snape - fully serve Evil, even while hoping for redemption and salvation from Jesus.
Above, the wraith is mentioned to be one of the "sons of Feanor", so this poor guy was not only now subject to the Ring as one of the wraiths, but had also in a time previous been subject to the Oath of Feanor and the Silmarils.
The name of this particular Snape-Wraith? Maglor. And you mention Maglor specifically over in your post on the Maglodan.
Also of interest is that Spook also refers to a "Ghost, Apparition, Specter", which is the exact definition for Wraith as well.
Taken together, it may be that we are seeing either a reference to or influence of Maglor, and this is what I was going to explore a little bit in a comment or two on your other post.
While I am here, though, let me share one other Harry Potter reference, since they keep coming up in my dreams. I am not sure how it ties in, but seemed relevant suddenly with Snape also coming into play.
On Friday morning, I dreamed of Aragog, the spider from Harry Potter. In the dream, Aragog yelled in a loud voice "I will seize the book!". This did not seem or feel like a good thing, at the time, but unlike you, I have a natural aversion to spiders.
He followed up this first exclamation by doing something like lunging forward while yelling a second thing "I will wear it!" I then woke up, and it was all pretty disturbing.
If I am being fully candid, the Aragog symbol made me think of you, though I am not sure entirely why. I was actually thrown off to see a male spider in my dream, since Ungoliant, a female, has been dominating spider conversation and imagery on my end.
But the way Aragog said "Seize", so specifically, reminded me that "Usurper", which I've brought up before in relation to James/ Jacob/ Jack, means "to wrongfully appropriate, to seize". It just seemed like such specific wording, I couldn't help but make the connection to you, or at least some of my guesses. Sorry.
It was also this comment on "wearing it". The idea of wearing a book sounded so strange, if by "It" he meant the book he was going to seize. We've spent quite a bit of time on Pharazon's clothing, my mind went there as well, but that is a preconceived bias and thought, so I don't know.
But it did occur to me that in my story a Book is found on a Stone, and that Stone has been compared with a Shoe. So, the idea of a Being saying they will "Wear" a Book fits within that analogy, I guess.
I suppose the dream also reminded me of that dream from a little while back where I imagined I saw you with long blond hair (whether it was actually supposed to represent you or not, I don't know - that was just my impression) saying in a slightly unhinged manner "We have found the Bookkeeper!". I guess a person who has found the one who keeps the Book, might then be in a position to seize said Book.
Aragog is also a name that can be looked at in Elvish: Ara Gog. The "Crooked Royal" perhaps. Gog itself was also a name I had, correctly or not, associated with you as "G" based on earlier dreams, with Gog as the individual mentioned in the Bible as fighting against Israel.
Mr. Mxyzptlk was also shown in that one comic that Leo pointed out as stealing, or seizing, a book that belonged to someone else.
Anyway, I am not sure of other reasons why Aragog was the spider in the dream, but just list it here given the Harry Potter reference and the fact that a Slitherin' Spook seems to points to directly to Harry Potter and Snape.
Just saw your comment - yeah that is weird on how you found it.
I should mention that I also just remembered that Snape was referred to as a Prince in the books - the Half Blood Prince. With Half Blood meaning mixed blood.
Just throwing it all out there, but this could also be a tie to the Maglodan reference. I'll go through it a bit more there, but if you remember I had thrown out the name Maglin or Maeglin as another potential connection to you. One of Maglin's claims to fame, besides pretty much causing the entire ruin of Gondolin, was that he was widely rumored to be a "half-blood". His appearance made people think he was mixed race: half elf, half orc.
The orc nature was one thing that tied into the hobgoblin/ Shrek symbolism in a different way.
Maeglin was also known as one who bred and raised spiders. THinking on this now, this could be why "you" (if that is the case) appeared in my dream as Aragog. Aragog was a spider who had been raised by Hagrid, so there is a conceptual tie there.
William,
Hmmm....No mention of the trickster
Roy Jay's greenish yellow socks, or
the many medieval arrowhead symbolism on
his PJ's ?
So by wearing pajamas is the trickster Roy Jay waking
us up, or putting us to sleep?
Keep in mind, and IMHO that if we are given
symbolic messages from our soul through
any paranormal experience including
synchronicity
it's done so for a very important purpose, not for
our entertainment.
Our ego 'handles' the entertainment part';-))
Copy and paste;
"In Norse mythology, arrowheads symbolize various
aspects of strength, protection, and warrior spirit,
often linked to Odin and his attributes.
They can represent the power of a warrior,
****the guidance of a compass****
, or even the ferocity of a dragon like Fafnir.
Arrowheads, especially when combined
with runes or other symbols, were believed
to offer protection and good fortune."
~~~~~~~
And speaking of Suzy's and Lilies and arrowheads OH MY!
Copy and paste from Microsoft Co-pilot:
"While primarily symbolizing a stylized lily flower or iris,
the fleur-de-lis has a shape that can be seen
as similar to an*** arrowhead or spear tip. ***
This resemblance has contributed to interpretations
and usage in different contexts, particularly
*****within military and scouting organizations."
~~~~~~
Isn't Joan of Arc, being French,
associated with the Fleur de lis?
Copy and paste from Microsoft Co-pilot:
"Joan of Arc is closely associated with the fleur-de-lis,
a symbol of French royalty, because she carried a banner
adorned with the ***symbol during her military campaigns***
to liberate France from English rule. The fleur-de-lis,
a stylized lily, was featured on her banner
and later incorporated into her family's coat of arms."
~~~~~~~~
Everything is connected.
Also recall I linked the 1970 song Vehicle by the Ides
of March on your blog a year or so ago.
I loved Vehicle back in the day.
Here's a re-post kick ass cover of Vehicle by
the Russian band, Leonid and Friends.
Leonid is a Boomer.
Vehicle - Leonid & Friends (The Ides of March cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX8g_JEJol8
https://www.by-the-sword.com/c-236-medieval-arrowheads.aspx
Post a Comment