An Ideal (V for Vendetta)

Read V for Vendetta recently.
(The graphic novel version)
I've watched the movie b4, and after reading the graphic novel, i feel the movie is not bad. Unlike most movies made from novels, the movie actually uses does the novel justice in the sense that it shows the core idea of the story.
And the bonus was Natalie Portman. Hehe..can't help but like her^^

The core idea of the whole story is basically showing how much people can do for an ideal they are in love with.
Ideals.
If you reli think about it, everyone is in love with an ideal actually.

To me,
An Ideal = An Illusion of something perfect that you wish existed
An ideal makes you blind to the truth and to everything else.
And in your pursuit of that ideal, you might just end up giving up everything else.
And/or when that ideal dissipates, you're left with nothing but an empty shell.

There are perfect examples of what i just mentioned in the novel.

V was an ideal
Derek, the innocently murdered husband, was an ideal
Justice, was an ideal
The love of Fate, was an ideal
The Voice Of Fate, was an ideal

In real life,
The Price and the Princess, is an ideal
Happily ever after, is an ideal
The perfect one, is an ideal
The one who got away, is an ideal
Pure friendship between two sexes without awkward complications, is an ideal
RM5 for a karaoke session, is an ideal (there's always forced tidbits and tax)

For the sake of an Ideal, V willingly gave up his life
For the sake of an Ideal, Rose threw her life away
For the sake of an Ideal, Evey gave up her identity

For the sake of an Ideal, people all over the world lay weeping on their beds for undeserving twats

For the sake of an Ideal, we toil and force ourselves forward, even when we're broken and bleeding out of every pore
For the sake of an Ideal, citizens vote
but let's not get political

The fact is that Ideals exist because we do not live in a perfect world and yet we strive for perfection in all things.
This is the truth.
It's not pretty, but it's true all the same.