@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ A closing statement from the original account.
> Proto-uwu was born on July 14, after the HK police spilt blood at New Town Plaza, the local mall where I spent most of my childhood. From following the 'publicity material' closely, I somehow found myself lurking in the translation group, to not-so-lurking, to... well.
> Fast forward to Sept, when I was part of a discussion on Telegram with some fellow HKers about the state of the movement's image abroad, why it felt like we were screaming into the void, adn what we can do better. As with all things when HKers are involved, the debate got heated and w were ready to fistfight. And then -
> Fast forward to Sept, when I was part of a discussion on Telegram with some fellow HKers about the state of the movement's image abroad, why it felt like we were screaming into the void, and what we can do better. As with all things when HKers are involved, the debate got heated and we were ready to fistfight. And then -
> "I just want to be seen as human."
> The message popped up on the chat. It was from one fo the anonymous members who had been a front-liner. They went on to explain how they *really* wanted to put a cute sticker on their helmet, so that for foreign journalists who interview them, it would show there's a personality - and a *person* - underneath the black uniform and respirator. Sure, a sticker might make them more easily identifiable, but it would be worth it to have a bit of dignity.
> The message popped up on the chat. It was from one of the anonymous members who had been a front-liner. They went on to explain how they *really* wanted to put a cute sticker on their helmet, so that for foreign journalists who interview them, it would show there's a personality - and a *person* - underneath the black uniform and respirator. Sure, a sticker might make them more easily identifiable, but it would be worth it to have a bit of dignity.
> For days, I could not get that damn sticker out of my head, nor their words -
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ A closing statement from the original account.
*Jun 29, 2020, a day before the National Security Legislation went into effect.*
@ -6,31 +6,37 @@ HKers have been fighting for 3 mths, and we've seen how powerful modern myths ca
One modern myth we've gone to again and again is the Avengers. They appear here as a bit of a joke early on in mid June, after the govt unleashed tear gas because there were 'rioters'. We joked those few rioters must be superhuman to warrant such overreaction. 😂
It then gets grim. These are from July - the 1st alludes to how Dr Strange 'beats' Dormammu by losing again and again. 2nd is from Endgame - the chance of winning is infinitesimal, and if we lose... So we have to win, whatever it takes.
*Left to right, top to bottom: 6.9 1.03 million person march. 6.16 2 million person march. 6.12 Wounding of the Bauhinia. 7.1 Hong Kong people's LegCo. Hong Kongers, never defeated!*
*Caption reads: "(If) we lose this time, there is no returning. We must beat them, until 2047."*
By Aug, HKers have *become* the Avengers, because no one was coming to our aid. We're heroes assembling to take on a titan. But sense of dread pervades - note that ref to Ragnorak. Thor comes to that conclusion after deciding he had to burn down his home to save the world.
*Text at bottom reads: Continue to Fly-With-You.*
*A poster advertising a march on Aug 18 at 3 PM, from Victoria Park to Charter Road. The main slogan reads, Hong Kongers, ASSEMBLE!! as well as "Stop triad violence, limit police chaos" and "Support the Five Demands".*
*Hashtag in the corner, in Chinese: "Leaving the island but not the people?"*
*Text in the middle reads, in Chinese and English, "Hong Kongers, Assemble. We will go together."*
September, Avengers still here, especially Cap. His shield defends our frontline fighters. His words too. We've not given up, even after seeing our friends fail and fall 5 years ago. And we're here to fight. (That's a deep cut, whoever made that ‘permission' poster).
We tapped into Star Wars later. Started as a fun bit of trolling - in early Aug, HKPF arrested a student for buying laser pens, saying they're offensive weapons. 😂 From then on, laser pens (and occasionally toy lightsabers) became very much part of the protest and the art.
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