Can We Just Get This Instead Of Velma?

Can we just get this instead of Velma?

I show you the stone in my hand,

you miss the knife at your throat

the prodigy and his master

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I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"

Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.

imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws

America Did it first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification)#/media/File:ColumbiaStahrArtwork.jpg