And now, rendered in beautiful ASCII art...
Two-thum^H^H^H^Hfingers-up Sigil
Using the standard alpha-bravo-charlie alphabet, find movies with names with
the word corresponding to the letter (preferably hilariously bad movies).
Note the release dates of the films; ensure they are all unique. Cheating is
acceptable, as long as it's blatantly nauseating! Then, subtract the earliest
release year and add one.
A sample is given below.
A Alpha 1972 #29 (Curse of the Alpha Stone)
B Bravo 1998 #55
C Charlie 2004 #61
D Delta 1997 #54
E Echo 2001 #58
F Foxtrot 1976 #33
G Golf 1987 #44 (Dorf on Golf)
H Hotel 1967 #24
I India 1984 #41 (A Passage to India)
J Juliet 1968 #25 (Romeo and Juliet)
K Kilo 2000 #57 (Kilometer Zero)
L Lima 1944 # 1 (The Climax)
M Mike 1952 # 9 (Pat and Mike)
N November 1995 #52 (The November Men)
O Oscar 1991 #48
P Papa 1999 #56 (Luna Papa)
Q Quebec 1951 # 8
R Romeo 1992 #49 (Cafe Romeo)
S Sierra 1948 # 5 (The Treasure of Sierra Madre)
T Tango 2002 #59 (Assassination Tango)
U Uniform 1993 #50 (I Love a Man in Uniform)
V Victor 1977 #34 (Victor Frankenstein)
W Whiskey 1949 # 6 (Whiskey Galore!)
X Xray 1963 #20 (X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes)
Y Yankee 1950 # 7 (The Magnificent Yankee)
Z Zulu 1964 #21
Then, arrange numerically into a 5x5 grid (the last element joins the center
of the grid):
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| L 1 | S 5 | W 6 | Y 7 | Q 8 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| M 9 | X20 | Z21 | H24 | J25 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| A29 | F33 | V/C | I41 | G44 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| O48 | R49 | U50 | N52 | D54 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| B55 | P56 | K57 | E58 | T59 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Using this to symbolize ERIS and DISCORDIA, we get these two symbols:
ERIS:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| +++-\ |
+ + | +=\ + + +
| | \ |
+ + | + \=+ + +
| | \-+++ |
+ + | + + + +
| +++\ |
+ + \=====\ + +
| \*** |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
DISCORDIA:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| +++-\ |
+ + \+=\ + + +
| \ \ |
+ + +\ \=+ + +
| +++========/+++==\+++\ |
+ +=====+ + \ +
| +++/==+++==============\*** |
+ + + + + +
| |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Notice how this Discordia symbol could be triplicated, flipped, inverted,
and flipped and inverted to yield:
_ _
\_ _/
----- -----
---=- -=---
_/ \_
Let's now overlap the edges.
_ _
\_ _/
---=*=---
_/ \_
A sudden surprise---the double-arrow of Discord! This was, actually, not
planned at all. (An Erisian miracle?)
[ed: more likely, too much cocaine]