The Hobgoblin

An idealistic vigilante-like American blogger is stalked by an elusive media-figure who's actually a homegrown terrorist, and this makes for some intriguing anti-capitalism terror!

I had to offer up a more homemade heroism story before I retired, since I just wrote an Unbreakable movie fan-fiction I really liked, and this final vignette was inspired by my love of urban crime-fighting and modern American diarism(!).

Thanks so much for reading,

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"Ajay Satan was an Internet-blogging self-proclaimed 'democracy-defending vigilante' who believed in capitalism ethos and the defense of American liberties. He blogged about the rights of consumers and the value of free-speech media and the circulation of pornography-dialogue as symbolic of modern values. Ajay was considered a diplomat of commercial imagination. However, did all Americans feel the same way about the modern marketplace? Ajay Satan remained very optimistic!"

"Sometimes, Ajay would dress up in Nightwing (DC Comics) superhero costumes. He'd consider himself an advocate of American imagination and therefore adopted a special superhero 'identity' for his photo-enhanced blogs about democratic defense of capitalism. As Nightwing, Ajay Satan would address the patriotism required to advocate America's renouncing of the terrorists who destroyed the World Trade Center in NYC. Ajay/Nightwing was a great underground pedestrian advocate of new age values."

"Ajay/Nightwing kept a homemade model of the iconic traditional Gimbels department store building in his Manhattan loft. He considered his little nifty Gimbels store model-toy a symbol of capitalism ethos and consumerism values. Ajay/Nightwing was a big fan of Christmastime shopping in America and sometimes ornamented his miniature Gimbels department store model toy-building with Christmas ornaments and decorations!"

"Ajay/Nightwing had a TV-actress girlfriend, an attractive European-American model named Jennifer. She appreciated Ajay's love of consumerism-values but wondered if his Nightwing blogs were a bit too 'crazy' for capitalism dialogue on the Internet! She worried for her boyfriend and wondered if all this online activity about capitalism idealism would get Ajay/Nightwing in trouble or lead to some anti-American psycho reading his blogs and deciding to stalk him or terrorize him! Jennifer was the voice-of-reason for Ajay/Nightwing."

"Ironically enough, the psycho who decided to stalk Ajay/Nightwing happened to be a major Hollywood (USA) movie-celebrity named Frank Thomas ('FT'). FT had starred in multiple high-profile films about Wall Street and American democracy but was secretly an anti-American fanatic who wrote in his journal about why Americans deserved to be scarred by 9/11! FT decided to stalk Ajay/Nightwing after reading his pro-capitalism/pro-consumerism blogs. It was ironic, since FT was such a handsome and popular media-figure on TV and in movies."

"FT decided to dress up as the Marvel Comics super-villain Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) for Halloween and began stalking Ajay/Nightwing. FT learned from one of the idealist's blogs that Ajay/Nightwing lived somewhere in Manhattan, so FT/Hobgoblin trekked to Manhattan that Halloween carrying a pumpkin with a real explosive in it! FT/Hobgoblin intended to blow up the apartment building where Ajay/Nightwing lived. This was real-life American terrorism."

"FT (Frank Thomas) discovered the Manhattan address of Ajay/Nightwing and knocked on his door dressed up as Hobgoblin. When Ajay Satan opened the door, dressed as Nightwing and wielding a small black water-pistol in one hand and a bag of Snickers chocolate in the other, offering it to the knocker whom he'd assumed was a Halloweentime trick-or-treater, FT/Hobgoblin was ashamed, realizing that Ajay/Nightwing was a real festive and optimistic Halloween 'citizen' and therefore decided not to leave the bomb in his apartment building."

AJAY: Halloween was so cool this year, love!

JENNIFER: You're lucky you weren't pranked by a psycho.
AJAY: Who would prank me, Jennifer?

JENNIFER: Some psycho who despises your overtly idealistic blogs!
AJAY: Nah, Americans appreciate good old online 'jingles.'

JENNIFER: Sure, all Americans...even Charles Manson!
AJAY: Well, I doubt even Manson would despise Halloween candy.
JENNIFER: Maybe that's true, but your blogs are too public, man!
AJAY: Don't worry, this country always honors those who praise traffic.

JENNIFER: Really, well what about John F. Kennedy who was assassinated?
AJAY: Those are just exceptions; Americans appreciate nice culture talk.
JENNIFER: What's so 'special' about Gimbels anyways, Ajay?
AJAY: Are you serious?
JENNIFER: Yeah, what makes Gimbels any more special than, say, Microsoft?
AJAY: Well, for one thing, lots of Americans remember Gimbels as a symbol of Christmas.

JENNIFER: Christmastime shopping has become rather ritual, no?
AJAY: Yeah, but American commerce will always be considered a thing of magic.

JENNIFER: Sometimes, I'm not sure if I love you because you're simply too 'innocent.'
AJAY: Would you rather date some kind of anti-American polluter?
JENNIFER: Forget it, let's go see that new Frank Thomas ('FT') movie American Disaster.
AJAY: Cool!

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