Let's keep going! Why not! I don't need the braincells Ron's killing! What happened yesterday?
...right. Soltan now has an excuse for why he's been sitting on his ASS for three hundred pages. What will he do now?
Well, Doctor Cuttysmark here tries to blackmail Soltan, incidentally confirming that Jet's friends in Spiteos are dead (OUR PROTAGONIST, boys and girls. POISONS HELPLESS STARVING MEN AND RAPE VICTIMS). How does Soltan respond (and Ron show that his protagonist now has a spine?)
He straight up murders the doctor.
OUR PROTAGONIST. MURDERS PEOPLE WHO TRY TO HELP HIM.
We also get this gem of a quote from Soltan:
Hells have no demon as full of hate as a man covertly hypnotized.
You know, I didn't think I'd get to use this so soon... |
L. Ron Hubbard. Best selling novelist. Cliche butcherer.
So now Soltan has to get his REVENGE! (Pronounce it like Megamind, and you'd have the right mentality) And also get Jet off the planet in one piece. (And Hubbard has to fix the fact that ALL THE ACTION is going to be happening with JET, and not our Narrator. DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM HERE? BECAUSE I SURE DO) HOW! WILL! HE! DO! IT!
Actually, by being smart for a change.
He goes and has a couple documents forged, as if coming from the EMPEROR HIMSELF, and then shows them to the Countess. One of them pulls Jet off front-line dangerous type stuff and sticks him on the Emperor's own staff. The other one gives the Countess a full pardon from the crimes she didn't commit, and permission to marry Space Elvis. Suddenly blissfully happy, she promises Soltan she'll get Jet moving as soon as
Why this could not be done THREE HUNDRED PAGES AGO I will never know. Also, Soltan moans some more about how terrible it was, being hypnotised by the Countess. Hey, Soltan?
Moving on...
Soltan goes and finds a stupid female clerk (I really need to stop expecting better of Ron. I really do) to tell him who the best "cellologist" on Voltan is. He's pointed to a young kid, desperate for work. He recurits this kid by disguising himself as the kid's idol and promising the kid a job with the Emperor. The kid promptly falls all over himself to do the job that Soltan wants done. Soltan has another victory! Wow! And even better...the plot is moving.
Now all he needs is the equiptment, a hosptial and some personal money. Where is he going to get that from?
Via RAMPANT MISOGYNY, of course! With a side dish of homophobia.
Oh, god guys. OOOOOOOOH God. I thought this was a few more chapters away. Soltan remembers a woman who killed her invalid husband, who he blackmailed for things, who he didn't really have to blackmail for anything because this woman would literally fuck a doorknob. As in, I'm pretty sure she does, in this book, on camera and more than once. Her name?
The Widow Tayl.
This is the second female name that I have to desperately pretend is not a direct reference to her butt. and it's a lot harder with this one.
What does he tell her about the top secret operation that will happen in her tiny hosptial room? A Lord bribed Soltan into providing operating space because he had a son that HATED women, and said son needs to be lobotomized so that said son will make babies. She agrees, of course, and then...
OH NOES! Hubbard has to write a sex scene. HUBBARD HAS TO WRITE A SEX SCENE! L RON HUBBARD IS ABOUT TO WRITE A SEX SCENE!
Tayl's robe hit the floor.
My right boot hit the far wall and fell with a thud.
A standing lamp began to reel.
A table of instruments was shaking, and every instrument on it clattered.
The lamp crashed to the floor.
The double window blew open inward with a terrific blast of wind.
The outer door looked solid. I got to it and put my hand on it to steady myself. I was totally shot.
The sybarite (The hell if I know. CW) looked like he was laughing as he sprayed out water into the pool.
Thank you, Ron. Thank you SO MUCH for that image of a cherubic statue's ejaculate. I'll treasure it always. And for once, FOR ONCE, Hubbard has a long chapter. OH MY GOD, it's more than three pages! What happens next? Well, having helped the Widow Tayl scratch an itch, he now introduces himself to Dr...
Really, Ron? Really? You're really naming a character that? For reals, this is not some crude joke you're preforming with just my copy? You, a grown-ass man, actually thought naming a character this was a good idea?
Ladies and gentlemen, meet doctor Prahd Bittlestiffender. This is not a typo. This is his name in the book. Prahd Bittlestiffender.
PRAHD BITTLESTIFFENDER.
And the kid is hungry, depserate and absolutely WORSHIPS the guy Soltan is posing as. Yadda yadda, a repeat of before. I think the new, spine-filled Soltan kicks puppies, too. Chapter closes with Soltan gleefully wringing his hands, thinking of all the fun Widow Tayl and Prahd Bittlestiffender will be having together. Because ,you know. He's Bittle. Stiff. End. 'er.
Sadly, this picture is ten times funnier than Ron can ever hope to be. |
"Prahd Bittlestiffender."
ReplyDeleteI actually like that one. It would be perfect for a Mel Brooks' movie.
Of course, Mel Brooks was a comedic genius who could make you laugh and feel guilty about it at the same time and then laugh about feeling guilty. L. Ron Hubbard is... Not.