[FILK] Imagine all the Deadies, [FILK] Imagine all the Deadies

[Dani]

(With apologies to John Lennon)

Imagine the Church burned down
It's easy if you try
No Miho below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the ravers
Living in the day

Imagine there's no 'Wombicon
It isn't hard to do
No vamp to kill or die for
No religion too
Imagine all the factions
Living life in peace

Imagine no raver gear
I wonder if you can
No need for black or purple
A Brotherhood of Fans
Imagine all the people
Sharing the whole town

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one (Meagen and Phy)
I hope someday you'll join us
And Megatokyo will live as one

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Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Note: This was done at the instigation of Meagen and Phydeaux. All blame can be equally shared by them. <g>

[Phydeaux]

w00t! Stick it to those CoMmies! See how much better things could be without people running around, trying so hard to be stylish all the time? C'mon guys, make the dream a reality! Fight the power!

[Meagen]

(high-fives Dani)

(Watches the ensuing madness)

He he...

Meagen

[Nightwalker AK]

That was cute, Dani! I disagree on the point that we're the only problem (the others shall remain unnamed to protect the guilty), but you're probably right about bringing peace in the same sense that [insert country of choice here] could bring about world piece by wiping the rest of the world clean of all life.

Officially, I can't condone the filk, of course, and policy dictates that I mention that our peacekeeping efforts have been met with violent resistance at several points, to which we were forced to respond swiftly and decisively or risk the skirmish spreading to a large confrontation. Such a war would be an unacceptable outcome for MegaTokyo.

It was still a very good filk, though.

(my sincere apologies about that ambulance, Meagen. Desperate times and all. And really, is it such a bad thing? All the Ayanamis survived, and you got a hot bishounen out of the deal. You're complaining about this why?)

[codepoetica]

As it applies to all inter-faction disputes. I wonder if it is even possible for the strife throughout Megatokyo to see calm.

A brotherhood of fans living as one..

Really nice refilk there Dani.

[smurd]

Yes! Excellent!

...

...waaaaitaminnit.

[CountAlpicola]

Interesting...

There's something appealing about the image of the world after the fall of the Church. Images almost of a renesance, if you will.

[Nightwalker AK]

CP: I doubt it. Many have tried, none have succeeded, and I don't think the destruction of a single faction -any faction- is going to change that much. New fanboys will fill the gulf left behind by the old. It's a balanced cycle, and so it shall remain, I suspect, despite what we do to it.

Smurd-sama: Relax... think carefully about those responsible for this. And don't kill the messenger, good ones are so hard to find these days...

Alpicola: Perhaps. Or perhaps not. None can say, and I don't think anyone ever will. Perhaps there will not be a Church as it exists today, but the Ph4nz will always be there, in one form or another. You can't escape that.

[cutelildrow]

Hm.

Those in power are eternally hated by those who aren't in power... simply because they aren't.

*smirks like BGMaster-sama*

[Phydeaux]

No.. no.. I think it's because we don't like the Church. But rest assured that we lubz0r its members! *glances over at Meagen who is shaking her head* Uh, er.. that is, at least, I do.

Huggle? Or is that not stylish? *grins playfully*

[Hisui]

Ooh. Kawaii.

Those in power are eternally hated by those who aren't in power... simply because they aren't.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Which is a problem. If you're powerless.

[Izuko]

Considering that the CoM is the source of much of the creativity and style in MT, I think the fall of CoM would be somewhat disasterous.

[Phydeaux]

Creativity's thanks to the bards. As for the rest, well.. I'll tell you what I told Int-chan: "Pfffffft, stylish, smylish, it's all about random bouts of insanity."

[Dani]

This has gotten much different reactions than I had anticipated...<g> And no, I don't think the Church is the only problem, but they certainly are a big target, which makes verbal sniping fun. As does the insistance on style, which is overrated. Overkill is a much better choice in most situations.

Besides, if there were no inter-faction disputes, what would we RP about? Other than angst, of course.

[Izuko]

Anyone with enough money can pull off overkill. It takes true skill, knowlege, and artistry to pull off style. That's why I have none.

[Piro no FanGrrrl]

sorry girl but I can't concur, what would life be like without bad guy's ? Think of how boring any kind action movie would be without a villian. Hero's by their very nature need villians in order to exist they need some kind of opposing force or they would cease to be heroes.

Peace is an overrated concept.......

[Izuko]

In reply to:

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sorry girl but I can't concur, what would life be like without bad guy's ? Think of how boring any kind action movie would be without a villian. Hero's by their very nature need villians in order to exist they need some kind of opposing force or they would cease to be heroes.

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The thing is, the CoM tends to play the role of heros more often than villans.

[Caduceuskun]

Frankly, I don't think the city would survive the Church's death. Who do you think pays for the constant reconstruction? Yeah, that's right, it's mostly the Church and EM, and EM a good deal of EM's profits comes from the Church. I sure don't see the UFL or YLF making huge contributions to MT's infrastructure.

[Nightwalker AK]

It's actually sort of amusing to watch all these fanatical, stereotype addlebrained "heroes" batter themselves against the Church in their silly one-man crusades sometimes. The way I figure it, if we're really evil, then the Laws of Anime would have brought us down on their own a long time ago. Instead, I think we actually spend more time working with the city authorities on various things than we do actually being fanboys (no point in denying that we are). Or it feels like it, at very least.

I think some people confuse "anti-heroes" and "villans." Anti-heroes, I'm not questioning. They're the archetype lone-wolf badasses, and, as I don't think I need to point out, so are some of us. If you base who classifies as a "Villan" on things like aggression, wish to dominate the city/world/etc, torture, cause pain, sow chaos and panic, property damage, and that sort of thing, I would actually be inclined to think that the YLF would fit the bill the best.

I'm not going to try and deny that we took an active part in the Wars, but at least we've used the position we gained for the good of the city. EM can vouch for us that we've helped businesses grow, we've assisted the CD on a few occasions, we keep interfaction skirmishes to a minimum...

Dark != evil, folks.

I have always tried to not bias myself as far as dealing with the other factions is concerned. They exist, and to try to beat them into submission is an ultimately futile waste of resources and personnell on both sides. Resources and personnell that can be put to better use elsewhere.

We do not go around randomly attacking others simply because they are different, we do not teach that the Church is the only right way and that all others are heresy, for we know that the Church will simply not be of interest to everyone.

If an errant Kimiko or Yuki or Largo fan crosses our path, we will send them on to the appropriate group with a smile and a wish of best luck. Many of the other factions have acknowledged this, and are willing to work with us for the benefit of no single faction but MegaTokyo fandom as a whole.

My only personal regret is that there are still some who insist on trying to tear down what the rest of us are trying to build. Those individuals, I think, do not really understand what the point of being a fanboy(or girl) is. It is not to advocate yourself or your Idoru over all others, but to gather with others of like mind in the simple joy of being otaku.

I marvel at the fact that this seems so hard for some people to comprehend.

Yes, interfaction disputes will be everpresent, and occasionally, wars will happen. But in the end, aren't we all here because, when all's said and done, we're all fans of the same thing?

[cutelildrow]

I think a common misconception is to compare the Church of Miho to the Roman Catholic Church, which, in it's heyday was one of the most oppressive controllers of thought and progress there was.

The Church, for one, does NOT brainwash other people to join it. We are an organized fanbase devoted to the worship of Miho. We also just *happened* to save the city via RP several times, and through those adventures, became the most powerful faction. We drew more people to our fanbase not because of recruitment, but because of how cool Miho is. Pretty much, what we do is let other Miho fans know there IS an organized fanbase, and whether or not they join us is up to them.

Everyone in the CoM chooses to be there. And unlike a certain fanbase, we don't go shooting non-members simply because we don't worship that idol. Sorry. We're labeled as the most evil faction in the group, but I don't see how come. We don't randomly rampage whenever our Idol gets hurt. We don't force others to worship Miho. If the Church is not liked simply because it's the most powerful, most popular, most *anything* then that's too bad. We're here, like it or not, and we're what we are. Continue beating your heads against our walls, people. We'll continue watching you break your skulls against them.