Quote:
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Ozymandias isn't Walt. Ozymandias is every arrogant person who thought they were the king of kings only to find out that their empire had fallen and their assumption of power was an illusion.
Don Eladio
Tucco
Gus Frang
Walt
Nazi Uncle Joe
Hank
Each of them had their time in the sun and thought it was permanent. Each let their arrogance and hubris dictate their actions. Feigned mercy which was actually based in a false feeling of security, talk of love or respect that was really all about their own ego, positions of power and titles like head of the DEA or the Heisenberg moniker itself... which were meant to impress others. It's all temporary, it all fades away and what is left is no more secure than millions of grains of sand.
