mandragora

is this a case of fantaserye gone real? i guess so. the boy from the sixth sense versus the ever-present rootcrop better known as mandrake. of course, there should be the obligatory supporting characters such as kim chiu and the old fart who sells mosquito net (mosquito net oldie if you must). fantaserye in several locations, hahaha!

it all started with kim chiu who was more than busy with maintaining his (or her?) boracay white sand complexion rather than efficiently perform as the chasers do. naturally, there were a lot of problems. so la mandragora (mandrake en ingles), a familiar demon, was called upon by the mosquito netter to join him in a single aim – to fritter skinny kim chiu away from minas tirith. kim, while being skinny and pasty, still has some kickass brawn and faculty to prevent her(him)self from being completely reduced to pulp by this combined force. kim was able to keep her (his) boney frame in the fray, albeit at a prickly distance. then, mosquito netter and mandrake found the sixth sense boy who’s also a bath away from babe’s master.

when it was revealed, i mean the plan of having sixth sense take over a sub-group, i already thought that this definitely won’t work. not only was it a clash of culture but it has the makings of a classic clash of the personas. one is deeply rooted chaser while the other one has done nothing on it. i already felt that the combined force of the mosquito net oldie and the poisonous mandrake are secretly pushing down sixth sense’s throat the idea of having him eventually take over the chaser. it was as if buying time until he’s ok (and they can get rid of kim for all its worth) with it but it didn’t happen. apart from that disconnect, mandrake has this innate penchant for making someone seem weaker or to feel less confident or impairment through venomous words. words that are deemed final, while sixth sense does not have that asian flavor of holding back or closing the shutter.

the battle between mandragora and seis ran for no more than three months, similar to your average telenovelas. in the end, the boy who could see dead people was pureed by the potency of mandrake juice. his skills just wasn’t enough to overwhelm the noxious shrieks from the rootcrop.

shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth.

– william shakespeare, romeo and juliet

would curses kill, as doth the mandrake's groan.

– william shakespeare, king henry

needless to say, the amalgamated cogency of mandrake juice and mosquito net did put the nail in seis’ corporate coffin. barbara deming said that people attack others need rationalizations for doing so. and rationalizations mandrake did. explanations, lots of it, were forwarded although not publicly given. when will the mosquito net ancient realize that this mandrake is a demoralizing figure and actually needs a good dose of her own poison?

what do i think would be a better stratagem? a battle royale… deathmatch between mandrake and mosquito net. imagine the dueling that will ensue between two monsters! one is fresh from earth’s innards and armed with fatal yelp and ultra toxic juice while the other is one dexterous, colossal ogre with whoppers for eyes and brandishing a deadly mosquito net. but will this ever happen? duda mas… mandrake enjoys curtsying to upper beings. it’s the asian thingie y’ know. mandrake’s bringing the needed moolah, which is always a good thing for the mosquito netter who also has betadined eyebags. but who knows? everything’s possible. it’s a big fantaserye after all and has the makings of an epic a la game of thrones. we’ll see.