The Meta-Author

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A would-be author trapped inside his own creation. I observe, and occasionally comment wittily. But I can't change anything.

Actor Gerard Butler playing the role of Greek king Leonidas in “300”, during the scene where he shouts ‘Tonight we dine in hell’
Wikipedia profile for band “10000 Maniacs”, showing all five members
A grey 90s hatchback car, decalled in the blue and yellow stripes often associatred with the UK police, however where a real police car would say 'POLICE' it says 'POLITE'
7. Notwithstanding all this knowledge, Wachtell proposed to fundamentally alter its arrangement with Twitter solely to secure compensation beyond the hourly-fee terms that had governed throughout the engagement. In breach of its fiduciary duties and ethical obligation to its client, and despite having failed to negotiate a written agreement for a success fee at the outset of its engagement, Wachtell pressured Twitter’s fiduciaries to sign the Closing Day Letter Agreement and agree to pay Wachtell an unsubstantiated $90 million total fee that included an unspecified but enormous success fee. 8. In other words, Wachtell sought and obtained a success fee that resulted in a total fee nearly six times its $15.6 million in invoiced hourly fees for a few months’ work, even though (1) it was not called for by any prior agreement with Twitter, and (2) the litigation in which Wachtell represented Twitter had been stayed for weeks in anticipation of dismissal following the closing.
Edited Garfield comic. Panel 1: The waitress beats a potato shouting 'Bad potato!'. Garfield thinks 'There goes her tip'. Panel 2: The waitress now addresses John, saying 'Sir, if that potato gives you any more trouble, you just let me know'. Garfield thinks 'There goes her tip'. Panel 3: As the waitress begins to leave, John advises her 'Waitress, this potato is bad'. Garfield again thinks 'There goes her tip'.
The 2021 'Dune' poster, mirrored so it reads 'enne'
A grid of famous actors and actresses’ faces against names which may be similar but actually refer to different people
A shadowy figure with wisps or smoke or possibly ink drifting off it stands in a field of grain at night.