GHAWG-- God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian-- LeoThreads Zapfic Entries 464-470
Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
β What is GHAWG?
β Zapfic Entries 471-477
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£1οΈβ£ 2024-June-02 22:55:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£2οΈβ£ 2024-June-03 00:13:15 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£3οΈβ£ 2024-June-04 00:07:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£4οΈβ£ 2024-June-08 14:10:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£5οΈβ£ 2024-June-06 00:00:36 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£6οΈβ£ 2024-June-07 00:26:12 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
Β Β 4οΈβ£7οΈβ£7οΈβ£ 2024-June-08 00:32:15 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 471-477
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£1οΈβ£ 2024-June-02 22:55:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| Traffic was halted courtesy of environmental protesters blocking the road out of Santa Fe. Then Lindsay said something to me. "See what I see?" "I've seen it about 100 times, 1st time for real. You go first, Fonzie." "OK." |
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| ποΈΒ This is a scene similar to what Our Heroes encountered when they were in Portland, Oregon, US but with some key differences. Felix Legion is riding during the day. While Lindsay Etxeberria was a far-left activist when she met David Guardia and Rhonda Bella in Portland, this time she was facing off against far-left activists. Finally, this group of riders was not going to be stopped. |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£2οΈβ£ 2024-June-03 00:13:15 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| All those viewings with Pops of The Dark Knight Rises just paid off. Lindsay had noticed an auto hauler near the blockage. Lindsay weaved her Victory through stalled traffic, hit "the nitrous," then used the sides as a ramp. |
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| ποΈΒ This is what David Guardia had seen about 100 times before. The scene had unfolded before his eyes almost exactly as in the movie he and his father had seen many times; although they lacked the firepower Batman had at his disposal, it turned out that Felix Legion would not need it. Injections of nitrous oxide into their fuel streams at key moments would be enough to get each Lion of Felix Legion to jump. |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£3οΈβ£ 2024-June-04 00:07:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| Lindsay used the auto hauler as a ramp to launch herself over the protestors blocking the road. She had plenty of clearance on the other side. Rhonda & I followed her lead on my Harley trike, and we made it through the air also. |
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| ποΈΒ Lindsay Etxeberria was the first to jump the mob. Just as daring was the jump made by David and Rhonda Bella Guardia since the Harley-Davidson tri-cycle's configuration and 2-person payload presented extra challenges. |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£4οΈβ£ 2024-June-08 14:10:27 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| Quickly we were followed in this daring display of theatricality by The Twins & Kids. Once The Kids had nailed their landing they joined us, and all our engines roared as we circled Lindsay. We gave a quick prayer of thanks. |
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| ποΈΒ This was the rest of Felix Legion jumping the mob-- The Twins (Hank Marchenko and Frank Marchenko) and The Kids (Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi). Once all were reunited on the ground, the made their motorcycles roar like lions. |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£5οΈβ£ 2024-June-06 00:00:36 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| "Father Almighty," I began, "Thank you for giving us the vision to see the situation for what it was, and for giving us the courage to act to overcome it. Amen." "AMEN!" After we circled Lindsay, we began chanting "Fonzie!" |
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| ποΈΒ What Felix Legion just accomplished was Rhonda Bella Guardia's dream the night before made manifest: 7 lions jumping and roaring at the end. All seven members of Felix Legion recognize what they had done, and all were truly grateful for succeeding in this daring display of theatricality. David Guardia led the chants of "Fonzie!" |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£6οΈβ£ 2024-June-07 00:26:12 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| "Fonzie! FONZIE! FONZIE!" "Fonzie from Happy Days?" asked Lindsay." "Fonzie jumped the shark," I said. "You jumped the mob. You earned that nickname today." "You also earned the spare room over our business," said Hank. |
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| ποΈΒ Arthur Fonzarelli-- "Fonzie"; played by Henry Winkler-- was friends with most of the main characters of the sitcom. Happy Days. By the time Season 5 arrived, the series as people had known it was almost finished: Fonzie's friends were graduating high school and either going to college or joining the army; newer characters were being introduced while others were being phsed out. Although the series would air for another 6 seasons, Peak Happy Days was reached and was running out of steam. So during Season 5, Episode 3 ("Hollywood: Part 3") Fonzie was presented with the challenge of water skiing over a shark. This is the origin of the expression "to jump the shark"; it's a signal of something entring the downhill phase of its run or life. ποΈΒ In other Fonzie-related news, he became a tenant of the Cunningham family early in the series. Over the Cunningham's garage was a spare space the family had for rent, and they rented it to Fonzie. It's why viewers saw Fonzie spend as much time at Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard)'s house as he spent at Arnold's drive-in restaurant or elsewhere. |
4οΈβ£7οΈβ£7οΈβ£ 2024-June-08 00:32:15 (Act 7 near 2024-April-12)
| Lindsay found herself overwhelmed by the show of emotion & praise. It had been years since she practiced her BMX skills; she noticed she still had it in her. Back in formation, engines roared; Felix Legion rode out of Tucumcari. |
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| ποΈΒ This is the first time we learn about Lindsay Etxeberria's history with motorcycles. BMX bikes are different from the cruisers or touring bikes the rest of Felix Legion ride. Lindsay even mentioned this to Rhonda Bella Guardia the day she received the Victory motorcycle as a gift from Rhonda. |
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Story Arc So Far
Our Heroes, recently reconfigured as the reduced and more mobile
Felix Legion, cross into Texas and reach the "midway point" of Old Route 66, but not before passing Amarillo, Texas, US along the way.
Independent journalist AnΓbal Rivera returns for a few zapfic entries as a podcast guest commenting on the daring display of theatricality pulled off by Felix Legion in Tucumcari, New Mexico, US. Other "redone" entries will be published to close out the New Mexico segment of the Old Route 66 storyline.
NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time. Act 7 is in progress, so GHAWG-U proceeds through Interlude 3.
ALSO AVAILABLE! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post (or, for that matter, any other post).
PLUS! -- GHAWG Behind the Scenes to see how elements of The GHAWG Universe take shape, from graphics to spreadsheets and other research. Included is a subseries called "Fun with Maps" showing the interesting things I find as I map out the David Guardia's ride. "Fun with Maps" is at South Bend, Indiana, US. Coming up is a series of posts showing the SEO impact of GHAWG on both the story and the inleo.io domain.
Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at InLeo.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the post GHAWGnav: Navigating The GHAWG Universe.
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