Living takes real courage
Aug 2, 2015 6:49:20 GMT -5
Post by Johnny Karma on Aug 2, 2015 6:49:20 GMT -5
We're inside the New Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium after hours, where Shintaro Majima is sat on the ring apron - still showing signs of battle from his match against Butcher
If there is one thing I do not enjoy about victory, it is that they are all too fleeting. It was just two weeks ago when I defeated Butcher to lift the curse that his interference had placed on me, and the scars from that battle are still visible, but that is not an end of anything as I now face off against a very different opponent, Terrence Tillman. And that's the thing, I have to put my victory to one side and move forward.
Majima places his hand to his head, more precisely the place where he required stitches to close the cut that Butcher left on his face
I will be walking into this match with a reminder of not just what I am capable of, but what I am capable of withstanding - which will serve as a reminder to Tillman that no matter how hard he hits, it will not be enough to stop me coming for him time and again until he can no longer stand. This is no idle threat, this is truth.
Another truth is that Tillman calls himself the Pride of Lion's Den, which sounds noble - until you see some of the other names on a Lion's Den card, and realise it is not difficult to become the Pride of Lion's Den not by your actions, but by default. And yet no matter how much the crowd loves Tillman, they will not stand in the way to protect him from having his head taken off by the Kurimuzon Kasai. They may cheer, they may chant your name, but they are not willing to die for you.
Majima leans forward a little
I said that, should I lay the curse to rest, that I would rise through Lion's Den - and for that to happen, that means you will be the first to fall.
Majima slaps the back on one hand into the palm of the other
You may think you know what I am capable of doing, but there is a fundamental difference between watching one of my matches and participating on one of them. When you watch one of my matches, you may feel sorry for the pour soul that I am breaking down one strike at a time - but when you are in a match with me, it is everybody else who feels sorry for you. You will not understand just how hard I can hit an opponent just by watching, because you do not understand the fear that my opponents have...but you will. At one point in the match you will see me raise my hand and the fear of knowing what will happen will cause you to freeze, to doubt yourself, and in that moment you will be open to my assault.
You already know what is coming, but to think of me as an obstacle is foolish. I am not an obstacle for you to overcome, I am the barrier which stops you in your tracks, and no matter how hard and how often you attempt to scale this barrier you will always find yourself falling to the ground, too proud to give up but too stupid to walk away. But when the match starts and you feel the brutality hitting home again and again, you will wish you walked away when you had the chance.
If there is one thing I do not enjoy about victory, it is that they are all too fleeting. It was just two weeks ago when I defeated Butcher to lift the curse that his interference had placed on me, and the scars from that battle are still visible, but that is not an end of anything as I now face off against a very different opponent, Terrence Tillman. And that's the thing, I have to put my victory to one side and move forward.
Majima places his hand to his head, more precisely the place where he required stitches to close the cut that Butcher left on his face
I will be walking into this match with a reminder of not just what I am capable of, but what I am capable of withstanding - which will serve as a reminder to Tillman that no matter how hard he hits, it will not be enough to stop me coming for him time and again until he can no longer stand. This is no idle threat, this is truth.
Another truth is that Tillman calls himself the Pride of Lion's Den, which sounds noble - until you see some of the other names on a Lion's Den card, and realise it is not difficult to become the Pride of Lion's Den not by your actions, but by default. And yet no matter how much the crowd loves Tillman, they will not stand in the way to protect him from having his head taken off by the Kurimuzon Kasai. They may cheer, they may chant your name, but they are not willing to die for you.
Majima leans forward a little
I said that, should I lay the curse to rest, that I would rise through Lion's Den - and for that to happen, that means you will be the first to fall.
Majima slaps the back on one hand into the palm of the other
You may think you know what I am capable of doing, but there is a fundamental difference between watching one of my matches and participating on one of them. When you watch one of my matches, you may feel sorry for the pour soul that I am breaking down one strike at a time - but when you are in a match with me, it is everybody else who feels sorry for you. You will not understand just how hard I can hit an opponent just by watching, because you do not understand the fear that my opponents have...but you will. At one point in the match you will see me raise my hand and the fear of knowing what will happen will cause you to freeze, to doubt yourself, and in that moment you will be open to my assault.
You already know what is coming, but to think of me as an obstacle is foolish. I am not an obstacle for you to overcome, I am the barrier which stops you in your tracks, and no matter how hard and how often you attempt to scale this barrier you will always find yourself falling to the ground, too proud to give up but too stupid to walk away. But when the match starts and you feel the brutality hitting home again and again, you will wish you walked away when you had the chance.
