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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"I am your king." "Well, I didn't vote for you." "You don't vote for kings." "Well, how'd you become king, then?"

[Angelic music plays... ]

[–] [email protected] 49 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

King Charles: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that my ancestor, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."

Peasant: "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago

One of the single best lines in all of cinema IMO.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

“I had more swords than the other guy”

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mummy gave me the crown and we have too much money for anyone to object.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

The Lady of the Lake...

Forgive the Reddit link, the artist has only posted it there that I can tell.