If I were gonna do my own modernized adaptation of the story I'd make Scrooge a Gen X latchkey kid from the '80s One of those nerdy, lonely kids whose first love was his NES and his Apple IIc his neglectful parents got him to keep him out of their hair
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"I would go looking for enemies and challenges, daring the game to get harder and harder Because I knew I was smarter than the game and there was nothing they threw at me I couldn't figure out Every day I would come home, and I would win the war, and I would save the world"
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*jump to 35-year-old Scrooge* "Because that's the world we live in, Bella Maybe your parents raised you differently, maybe they sheltered you from it But it's a fucking war out there Every day's a new crisis they throw at me and there's a million people hoping for me to fail"
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"I do what I *have* to do to succeed I'm only playing the game by the rules other people wrote, and if I happen to be smarter and better and clearer-headed about it than a hundred other people trying to be me, sucks to be them I *will not* apologize for choosing to play to win"
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Bella: "...And I'm just another obstacle to your success Another one of those tests you think you need to pass The hero of the story has to choose between his sentimental, wet blanket fiancee and his next great challenge on the way to conquering the world"
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Ben: "That's not what I -- " Bella: "Yes, it is, it is what you mean and you just haven't learned the game well enough to know it I've seen the men you surround yourself with these days, you'll learn the trick in due time"
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"In war you've got to protect your weakest flank, right? And what weaker spot does a man have than his heart Well, I'm going to give you what no one else ever has, according to you I'm gonna make it easy for you, you get to pass this test without trying" *slips off ring*
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"Congratulations, you get a free win, you get to focus on your next big project with undivided attention and no ball-and-chain dragging you down, and you don't even have to be the bad guy You can tell everyone it's my fault, it'll just be another chapter in your story"
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Old Scrooge, whispering: "Why are you showing me this? Do you actually think that's the connection -- she dumped me because I played video games when I was ten years old -- "
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Christmas Past: "I don't make connections, I only observe them Humans are the ones who connect things that shouldn't be connected"
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