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marthajones
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 		Any thoughts on why they pronounce "Xavier" in such a strange way - only a hint towards "x-ray"? Or is that pronunciation common in some parts of the English-speaking world Question

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marthajones wrote:
Any thoughts on why they pronounce "Xavier" in such a strange way - only a hint towards "x-ray"? Or is that pronunciation common in some parts of the English-speaking world Question


I've never been to Canada, but here in Australia "(e)X-zavier" is probably a more common pronunciation than "Zavier". (Although I live in Australia, I was not born here and my first language is Spanish - of course the name is originally spanish/basque and pronounced with a J (which sounds like a hard English H; like the Scottish pronunciation of Loch)

Now although it may have sounded unusual to the European (?US) it is not uncommon in Australia and I suspect Canada. However, they were really emphasising the "X", so as to make it a little awkward... and thereby the clue was given.

I don't think there is any further relevance to the pronunciation of the name itself, but it is interesting that he needed to have his teeth removed. I wonder what the background is...Who put the clues in his teeth? Whoever did knew that it could have been easily seen using the standard X-Ray method (you know, the one where the teeth remain in the patient... Wink ) so (in case more was needed) this is further evidence that he was an unwilling subject...lol. What was the original purpose of the symbols...
I'll go bang my head a little more while I wait for it to unfold...

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 		Thx Daeld! I really hadn't heard the name pronounced like that before.

I get the impression that Xavier was prepared to give up his teeth in the first place - just really uncomfortable with the how of it.

[SPEC]Also, just observing those symbols - they've all got two elements in common, haven't they? Their lines end either with a 90° line or a circle. Reminds me of an element in a technical drawing (circuits, perhaps? - but then again I'm pretty clueless when it comes to that subject) - or you could superimpose them over a map of some kind and they'd mark a route.[/SPEC]

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Daeld wrote:
I'll go bang my head a little more while I wait for it to unfold...


/ME Puts on some heavy metal and joins Daeld's head-banging.

I'm SO fed up with looking at pictures of writers with the initials P.W., searching for fictional journals/diaries and hours of anagramming. Screwy

Also, it seems that The True Cross was somewhat confused when he/it told us to post replies on the korszellem-site and "let them know you won't believe their lies". I couldn't find a way to post comments on tumblr-blogs. Rolling Eyes

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 		@Trillian: It might be possible on Vimeo, though - if you're registered there. Haven't done so myself (yet). Sad

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It might be possible on Vimeo, though - if you're registered there. Haven't done so myself (yet). Sad


I see AUZ has put a message saying he likes it...I assume that there was no joyful e-mail explaining the meaning of life, etc so I'm going to try to send a message saying what the True Cross has requested...perhaps I'll get something? (I doubt it). Besides, if we have a war between the Anios and the Arch, and if the true cross is the anios and the arch is the vimeo people...Am I right is assuming that the Anios is related to the Ennead recruitment (and perhaps responsible for Michael's disappearance?). I wonder if we leave a message as directed, (1) nothing might happen, (2) the Arch will reply (3) Anios will reply (4) the Society for Conservation of Brick Walls will reply.

Edit1 - OK I just posted the comment, and it is a little more polite than would have been hoped for by the Anios, but I hope it keeps the options open for any of the above 4 reply options...

**Daeld politely changes Trillian's Heavy Metal and puts on Fauré's Pavane, while gracefully banging his head against a shiny new Brick Wall*** Bang Head

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 		Red Herring I like fish, it tastes nicer than brick...
Anyway, I've just watched the Korszellemfilm Part I again, but this time with the sound off and in HD (yes, Daeld finally watched something in HD!).

The only thing I found of note (apart from a couple of anachronistic staves and swords, etc) is that there is only one picture that is seen twice: Once @ 1:04 and again (albiet briefly) @ 2:00. Above the picture are 4 symbols. The first appears to be a rounded rectangle with ?a dot in the middle (a little bit like a cell) 2nd symbol looks like an E, 3rd looks like either an O or a D, and 4th looks like a C.

As for the dude that is holding something that looks like a maraca, well, I don't know what to make of that either.

Does anyone know where the pic is from? (or any of the pics in the film for that matter?

All my attempts to make something out of it yielded nothing more than red herrings.

**Daeld bangs some of the red herrings against the wall for a while instead of his head**

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 		Could it be that this is Greek for "Theos", meaning god?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%82

The last letter doesn't really look like a sigma to me, but maybe that's the blur.

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 		The ARC and the Anios
I think I do not really understood which organization is going with which.

So here is what I understand:
- The Arc are an offshoot of an ancient order. Their goal is to establish a worldwide religious dictatorship. (seems like they are the bad ones)

- The Anios believe in technology and fight against the Arc. Seems like they are somehow not available anymore:
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From "Somewhere to begin".
"A," the ones who used to stand against them (The Arc), have disappeared. Who will fight in their place?


- DC is a hidden community. I am still not sure on which side they are.
Seems like they are connected to the Anios, but how
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from "The Company":
As everybody who followed us here from "the last place," knows, we've been sponging off of "them," for some time.

The page remains, but if you look carefully, it feels like somebody else might be in control…

They helped us to find Korzellemfilm (So it seems Korzellemfilm and DC are connected)
Quote:

From "Somewhere to begin".
But there is resistance.
find "time" and then goto the true source.

which led to Korzellemfilm

- Low Key seems for me like he is playing his own thing (at least Rorschach (DC) does not really like him)

- The True Cross: Due to the religious theme I would guess they are related to the Arc.

- Lucian, Polly and U-Turn: They are working against the Arc, maybe they are connected to the Anios.

I guess I overlooked several hints and aspects.
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Daeld wrote:
**Daeld politely changes Trillian's Heavy Metal and puts on Fauré's Pavane, while gracefully banging his head against a shiny new Brick Wall***

head-banging and classical music?? Shocked Silly I think I just discovered a new species! Wink

I'm glad everybody else is as confused about the allegiances as I am and I tend to agree with AUZ's interpretation. Just one more speculation to add: Lowkey called himself a 'whistle blower' and the korszellem-blog is signed with WB, so maybe he's the one behind korszellemfilm.

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Trillian wrote:
I'm glad everybody else is as confused about the allegiances as I am and I tend to agree with AUZ's interpretation. Just one more speculation to add: Lowkey called himself a 'whistle blower' and the korszellem-blog is signed with WB, so maybe he's the one behind korszellemfilm.

I also basically agree with what AUZ wrote. And Trillian, you could be right about the WB, but I think it may stand for "William Bird". Watch the beginning of the film, it says "A Film by William Bird" around 5-6 seconds in.

Also: I want an update. Lisa still hasn't answered my latest mail & its been over a week since the last update.
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 		Any thoughts about the clue that led to the password... (specially the bit about his name being a palindrome...)? A palindrome is a word that reads the same right to left as well as left to right, such as Glenelg.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
myname
is clearly not a palindrome.

William Bird isn't either (Drib Mailliw is not a palindrome or a semordnilap (see wikipedia Semordnilap) - I did a search with it anyway but again this did not reveal anything of interest)

A google search for palindromic names reveals nothing of note (unless you want to call your baby Alula or Rodor). So a search for palindromic full names reveals names such as Robert Trebor.

Do you think it is just another red herring from my (now) crowded fish bowl?

**Daeld is (temporarily) taken by a group of men dressed in white in a white van to a psychiatric lock-up unit with padded walls to prevent his cerebral swelling from doing him permanent frontal and temporal lobe damage as a result of almost continual head-banging ** Screwy

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 		Curious
Hi! i've never posted to one of these before, so please forgive any errors.. Embarassed ! I was wondering about the supposed "hint" from prelude to episode 6.
If i look up "running wild cbc radio 3" the first result is for a link to a music artist David Axis. It doesn't look like anything much, but I find this line curious...

We ARE RUNNING WILD . The 49th Hexagram . The curtains are parting. ...

The 49th Hexagram seems to have something to do with self-transformation.

The musician does have a song called THE ARK... maybe I'm reaching deep, but...there has to be something missed, somewhere!

I have really enjoyed reading your thread and the wiki page. If it weren't for some of you, I would have had to drop this a long time ago! I may just be in over my head... Confused

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 		Re: The Arc & The Anios
@AUZ505, I see your point.

However, is it relevant that both DC and the True Cross (TTT) both have mirrors in anioscorporation.com? Although DC leads to Krozellemfilm, it may not be associated with it in a friendly way.

I assumed that because of the mirroring, DC & TTT are sponsored by Anios Corporation. The problem with this, of course, is the major religious overtones of TTT, but the Anios is not necessarily irreligious, but also believes in scientific things being blended together with the religious (see ennead series).

So, thus far, I had assumed that we had the following associations:

The Anios
-Anios Corporation
-Historia Nova
-DC
-TTT
-Daily Muse
-BOH
-the Ennead recruiters (?Michael's abductors)

The Arc
-Krozellemfilm

(Oh yeah, and both are splinter groups from Brick Walls Inc. Bang Head )

Maybe I need to go back and have a thorough look at the timeline... Confused

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 		I simply assume that the mirroring is just because of technical reasons not because those sites are connected to Anios. But of course this is speculation.
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