I'm in ur former colony, appropriating ur holiday.*

[alexandraerin]

As an American, my first exposure to Guy Fawkes came from a fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Witch Week. It wasn't a very sympathetic portrayal... it postulated that Fawkes's failure was a multiversal constant to the point that if there was a universe wherein the plot he undertook succeeded, it would be the equivalent of a Crisis-level reality fracturing event.

It's still possibly a better portrayal than the rather unflattering portrayal that Google has chosen to put on their main page for Bonfire Day.

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*Note: Nebraska was never actually a colony.

Comments

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

They had Big Bird on there yesterday, so there must be some sort of Sesame Street anniversary going on this week. I don't think Cookie Monster is meant to relate to November 5th. :)

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

The hover text says "40th anniversary of Sesame Street". Has it really been going that long?