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Franklin Harris reveals the strange fate of the Thundercats, a kiddie cartoon from long ago now given to … well, in Harris' words, "there is so much explicit bondage and implied rape in the current Thundercats comic book that it reads like erotic fan fiction." (And speaking of erotic fan fiction: You all have seen the stories about Roy Orbison getting wrapped in clingfilm, right?)

Comments

[Michael Stack]

Ahhh, I see somebody else visits http://www.somethingawful.com!! For those not in the know, Something Awful's site features an "Awful Site of the Day", an honor which went to the "clingfilm" site yesterday, I believe.

Highly recommended.

[Jesse Walker]

Actually, a fellow Reason staffer (I'm not sure he'd want me to mention his name) forwarded me the clingfilm link a few weeks ago. Not sure where he found out about it, but maybe he and Something Awful have a source in common.

[Dirk Deppey]

I realise this is blatant self-promotion, but you can see a sample of the new Thundercats comic book here.

[Anonymous]

http://scifi.ign.com/articles/308758p1.html

http://www.claws-and-paws.com/thundercats/index.php

[Mark S.]

Makes you kind of wonder if Whillee-Kid and Whillie-Kat were getting it one when Lion-O and Panthro's back's were turned.

Also, did Lion-O ever use the "sight beyond sight" grant to him by the Sword of Omens to peek under Cheetarah's unitard.

Oh god I am such a geek.

[Michael Stack]

Jesse,

Wow, several weeks ago, eh? I figured that clingfilm site to be *so* obscure, that there could really be only one source for the link.

I guess I shouldn't be so surprised - the stories are creepy enough in of themselves, but something about the pretty-good-but-not-great translations into English really take the creep factor to a whole new level. I can see how the link could quickly propagate. There also seems to be a strange "Silence of the Lambs" element to the stories. I can hear it now: "It rubs the clingfilm on its skin, or else it gets the hose again."

Incidentally, if you go to the home page, there is quite a bit more stuff there (albeit by different authors). My favorite is "Why I hate TLC": http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/TLC.htm (Warning - vile language).

[Kevin]

Mein Gott! I'd like to think years online has inured me to many things, but the clingfilm stories have a special sort of spine-tingling sincerity. "It rubs the clingfilm on it's skin" indeed...

[Ben]

Hmmmm. Thundercats was my favorite cartoon show back in the day when I was young, but it didn't look anything like that. I must say though, I like the new look.

[esmith]

Why don't you go ahead and mention his name and really live out there on the edge?

[joe]

"What the fuck is wrong with German people?!?"

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