you awaken, groggy, unsure of where you are, realize with a start that you've been tied to a chair in the middle of a room, wrists bound behind you. the room is dark, but as you try to wriggle out of the bonds a sudden light from overhead nearly blinds you.
"Do you see? Do you understand?", comes a voice, insistent.
as your eyes adjust you see a figure standing just outside the light around you, holding up a picture. at first you're not sure what you're seeing, and croak out the usually threats and demands - who are you, where am I, what are you doing, all met with silence.
"Do you see? Do you understand?" the figure repeats, in the same measured, firm tone.
you focus on the picture.... it's Blackarachnia from Beast Wars. you're more confused than scared now, and this time your question comes from bafflement rather than outrage.
"wh... what??" you ask.
the figure replaces the picture, this time it's Wuya from Xiaolin Showdown. again the question, "Do you see? Do you understand?", ever so slightly more forceful than before.
"I.... I don't know what you mean, what do you want from me?" you plead, but to no response.
again the figure pulls the picture back in the shadows, only to replace it - Kerrigan Star Craft (Brood Queen version) - and again, "Do you see? Do you understand?", an anger creeping into the voice this time.
"I'm not.... why are you-" but before you can finish, again the picture (Shego Kim Possible), and again the question, "Do you see?! Do you understand?!", now yelling it at you so that the walls echo back - "do you see? do you understand?"
"I don't-", this time Tron Bonne, and the question booming in your ears "DO YOU SEE?!", and before you can even answer, again the picture is replaced - SHODAN now - and from all around the room explodes with the sound of "DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
"YES!" you finally shout, "yes.... I see! I understand! I.... I love Evil Women!!! I love Mitochondria Eve! I love Beatrice Umineko! I love Pixie Monster Rancher...... I love them all! I think it's great when they do murders! I think they deserve to kill the heroes!", and with that bare admission you find that you're no longer bound, and looking around you realize you've been alone all this time. Finally, awakened to a wisdom you never knew you possessed, you step out into the world an enlightened being.
