History WMG / VforVendetta

''IV''... N... that which comes before ''V''!

The current state of the British Isles is like North Korea today. They pretend that everyone else is dead and that they are the only Country left.

* That's impossible. V has no magical powers, Main/AlanMoore has several.

The current state of the British Isles is like North Korea today. They pretend that everyone else is dead and that they are the only Country left.

** Seen this way, the entire story is a PerspectiveFlip on {{Batman}}.

*** The problem is that the diaries list both Valerie as a lesbian, and V as a man. It's entirely reasonable that the government would have continued to refer to a transwoman as "he", but they wouldn't then have referred to her as a lesbian. It's possible that V was a transman (who the government might have classified as a lesbian, if they had a relationship with a woman), but if they felt he was a lesbian because they refused to accept his gender, then they wouldn't then have referred to him as a 'he'.

(This is going on the movie, however. I haven't read the graphic novel.)

** So, they're both Time Lords, then, and [[NeonGenesisEvangelion working for NERV?]]

* ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' was England of the 70's, imagined from the 60's. ''VForVendetta'' was 1990's England imagined from the 80's. The latter is simply the future of the former. By the time Alex is an adult, Norsefire has arisen, replacing the British government of Alex's youth (the 1970's, as imagined from 1962). Alex develops a political conscience. After being sent to the Larkhill Resettlement Camp by the Party, Alex's old files from the Staja are discovered, his captors learn of his treatment by the old government, and decide to subject him to Delia Surridge's experiments. After Larkhill, Alex dons a Guy Fawkes mask and becomes the professional anarchist with his reservoir of horrorshow ultraviolence. Like Alex, the V persona is extremely violent, with a penchant for sophisticated tastes in music and culture. He loses the nadsat, but compensates by taking up the mannerisms of a literature professor while fighting corruption.

* This troper didn't realise until ''after'' reading that she probably wasn't supposed to see V as a [[HeroicSociopath sociopathic]] WickedCultured gay guy.

** It makes sense, both are ByronicHero, [[AntiHero Antiheroes]]of NominalHero and [[HeroicSociopath Sociopaths]].

** It makes sense, both are ByronicHero,[[AntiHero Antiheroes]]of [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]] and [[HeroicSociopath Sociopaths]].

[[WMG: V is the real Guy Fawkes]]
* Think about it V is a knowledgeable intelligent man that has an obsession with Guy Fawkes but why most people who have even so much as looked at a wiki page for Guy Fawkes will tell you that he was really nothing to look up too. Unless he actually was Guy Fawkes and saw the rise of Norsefire as a way to redeem himself thus clearing his name this would also explain why he was able to come up with a plan with centuries of pondering he was able to perfect the original plan then when Norsefire came he just modified it, it would also explain his love for old movies and books as to him there still pretty modern

(This is going on the movie however I haven't read the Graphic novel)

As long as you want to be V, you are V.

[[WMG: V is [[{{Watchmen}} Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt]]]]

[[WMG: The nuclear war responsible for wiping out much of the world was partly due to the Russians realizing that [[spoiler: the aliens from ''{{Watchmen}}'' weren't really coming.]]]]

* To elaborate on a theory from the ''{{Watchmen}}'' WMG, Dr. Manhattan didn't kill [[spoiler:Rorschach]] at the end, he merely teleported him to rural Britain, where he was eventually sent to Larkhill. This being WMG, you can guess where this one is headed.

It's Obvious!

[[WMG: V didn't die, he went to an alternate universe and became a [[TheOrderOfTheStick purple haired elf]]]]
It's Obvious!

* uh... is there any evidence at all to support this?
** I think you need to re-read the [[WMG/ProgrammeNote WMG programme note]]>

* Jossed since the film doesn't explore this seriously. In the sense that there's not even evidence to support it. Even in the comics.
** I think you're missing the whole point of WMG.

We cannot be sure that 1984 even takes place in 1984. Years after the revolution Britain would be left in chaos, and the new goverment impose an even more conformist measures on the people. [[{{Unperson}} V and the revoultion will never have been]] in the public eye, to stop any thought of any rebellion. Ever.

* Both are charismatic, have superhuman reflexes, are very intelligent. Adrian even signs his letters with a "V—" in Watchmen.