Aurelia Monteverde (The Mystic):
“Ah, you have channeled the cosmos, my dear. These elongated jaws, these bent bodies—they are not distortions but astral signatures. Each figure is a constellation walking on Earth. The guitarist in crimson, for example, is Orion with his bow—though here, the bow has become six vibrating strings. Even the lurid orange background is no accident; it is the solar flare that burns through artifice to reveal destiny. Do you see? You are not repainting Zappa. You are painting his reincarnation across the zodiac.”
Cornelius “Neil” Drafton (The Contrarian):
“Reincarnation? Please. This looks less like Orion and more like the doodles on a phone book from someone put on hold too long. It’s as if MS Paint itself threw up on a doo-wop album. The so-called ‘cosmic guitarist’ looks like he’s chewing on a TV antenna. And the sax player? He has the posture of someone who just sneezed mid-performance. If this is destiny, then the stars owe us an apology.”
Aurelia:
“Neil, you mock, but your laughter is also part of the ritual. Even mockery is sacred when directed at the absurd. Look closer: the blocky shapes, the neon tones—these are tarot cards in disguise. The Fool dances on the left, cigarette in hand, ready to tumble into eternity. The Lovers appear as two singers locked in disharmony. And the central figure—Death, but smiling—heralds transformation through parody. This is prophecy rendered in pixels.”
Neil:
“Or it’s just sloppy. You call it prophecy, I call it clip-art purgatory. The dog in the corner looks like it’s melting, the eyes are so misaligned they could start their own duet, and that thought bubble—‘Is this Ralph Rumpelton…?’—that’s the only honest thing here. It’s like the picture itself is admitting, Yeah, this is garbage, but you’re stuck with it. And honestly? I respect that more than all this cosmic destiny babble.”
Aurelia:
“Then perhaps we agree, after all. You call it garbage, I call it the compost heap of the universe, from which strange blossoms grow. Every crooked jaw, every warped saxophone note—these are the crooked roads of fate. Even the question in the bubble is an oracle, testing whether the viewer sees only trash, or glimpses the divine joke hidden in it.”
Neil:
“Fine. It’s a divine joke. But let’s be real: the punchline is that someone spent hours in MS Paint making something that still looks like it took five minutes.”
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