Wow, reading this VILE history is really interesting. I have two questions. First, who came up with the name VILE? And second, is there anything that Carmen and Adrianna disagreed on that almost caused a break in the organization?
One of my most prized possessions is a clay model of Venus and Adonis by Antonio Canova, created in 1787. It features the goddess Venus clutching tightly to her dead Adonis. It's very much different from the happy standing marble statues that was the end result of Canova's studies. The clay itself is falling apart, and even has the artist's thumb print.
It meant little to me as a child when I first saw it, but as I grew older the raw emotion portrayed by these two 'blobs of clay' caught my attention. Venus grips her lover from behind, her entire body supporting his lean. The artist clearly wanted to convey her pain. Adonis himself is of course dead and reclines, seemingly without worldly care.
The statue is no longer in my private collection but is on loan to a museum through a holding company. I thought it was best, as a museum would expertly keep the clay from degrading further.
Wow, reading this VILE history is really interesting. I have two questions. First, who came up with the name VILE? And second, is there anything that Carmen and Adrianna disagreed on that almost caused a break in the organization?
Yes, well, we never called ourselves VILE until some ACME Agent with a knack for anagrams wrote down 'Villains International League of Evil (V.I.L.E.)' into to the form after @Vic Fumigalli's first arrest. Vincent had refused to give a name and law enforcement with their silly forms always needed to label something.
As for your second question, the answer is yes. Like sisters, we have fought. She's very logical and I am rather emotional. But of the two of us, she is the stubborn one. Like a moth, she consistently is drawn to a flame and that is where we differ. I prefer to have my own private garden, with my own little controlled flames to play with. @Carmen needs to have elements she cannot control. I'm sure you can understand how difficult it can be to keep her out of the risks she creates. The break in this organisation is bound to happen if we are leaderless, which is something I hope she keeps in mind.
I've only had one true love, a pair of diamond chandelier earrings that once belonged to CIA Spy Grace Kelly...
Oh you mean husbands? One on paper, of course. but I do have strings of noncommittal relationships that are almost like marriages.
Oh please! You don't expect me to believe a Hollywood actress like Grace Kelly would agree to spend the rest of her life with a fat man and a casino. Back then, Monte Carlo was nothing.
I don't have siblings, darling. We're the sort of family that if I had siblings, I'd know about them, and exactly how much inheritance I'd have to share.
That sounds so threatening. “ Birdy has joined the room ”. Ah yes, these people have yet to see the sheer terror I shall release upon them. They will never see it coming! MWUAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and don't forget, may the odds be ever in your favor!
The plethora of references I have saved in my clipboard are ready for action. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Here comes Bluestar, and her mighty blueness!Hyrule is in danger! RUN!!!May the odds be ever in your favor!They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!To Isengard, to Isengard, to Isengard, to Isengard...Fire is catching, and if we burn, you burn with us!Garfield disapproves.This reminds me of a puzzle!Every puzzle has an answer!Are you, are you, coming to the tree?MEEENEEEE MIRRORRRRROrange like Effie's hair?One does not simply...Now, before you leave my castle forever, tell me...Are you a Faithful, or are you a Traitor?No, like a sunset kinda orange.You have been eliminated from The Amazing Race.The tribe has spoken. Time for you to gHHH waffle time it's waffle time, won't you have some waffles of mine? These poor people, I am so sorry for whoever gets on here next and sees all of this.
OH NO, THE ENFORCERS ARE COMING!THE STARCH KOLA IS A BIOHAZARD OF CARBONATED CHEMICALS!The blood moon rises once again. Please be careful, Link.Well, EXCUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS.
Really, @Lucy?!?! I could ask that or start asking myself, 'Where in The World is Lee Jordan?' or 'Where in The World are Zack and Ivy?' I mean no one knows where everybody us at.