Scarlet-State

A football magic-cards set serving as father-son inheritance wisdom in the West creates a 'tale' of chess-like color(s).

A tale of capitalism-wisdom and father-son duty/ethics, inspired by Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise). 

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Amlan and his father had been more or less close in their shared lives together in America after moving from troubled Algeria and when his father Emit purchased for him a cool Strike-Force Randall Cunningham post-Eagles career team-transfer replica double-set pro-football spirits cards (Upper Deck) of Super Bowl ambitions-symbolism (Viking), an 'original' red-print edition and a replica 'silver-edition' print card, Amlan was overwhelmed by the visual/symbolic significance of the father-son (Xmas!) gift representing a capitalism-IQ 'gesture' of culture education and sportsmanship imagination reflective of Western-American sports/media 'excellence' in competition-culture consciousness (wow).

EMIT: These 'Strike-Force' cards, the original scarlet-print and the replica silver-edition, symbolize 'Americana' Ego, sonny.

AMLAN: These really are American treasures, daddy; but I prefer the 'scarlet' card for its social/capitalist 'chess' art(s).

EMIT: Alright; yes, sonny, the 'scarlet' card is simply more 'viscerally' casting of the 'physicality' imagination of ambition.

AMLAN: Red (or scarlet!) is the color of fury/ambition, right?

EMIT: Yes, sure, sonny; so remember the 'silver-edition' replica print is therefore a symbol of the 'calming-cool' of the set.

AMLAN: Aha (thanks, daddy).

Years later, after Amlan graduated college and began work as a sociology teacher (Dartmouth), he married his high-school sweetheart (Philly) and they had a son (Damian) who'd grow up to be a 10-year old 'avid-fan' of Eagles (football!) fanfare/lore and was fascinated by his father's 'cool' Strike-Force Cunningham-QB Super Bowl ambitions-symbolic Viking-QB (Upper Deck) 'magic' cards of pro-football spirit(s) and wanted to know which 'edition' his father (Amlan) would gift to him (eventually), the 'original' hot scarlet-edition print or the calming/cool 'silver-edition' replica print.

DAMIAN: I want the 'scarlet' print/card, dad.

AMLAN: That's a natural yearning, sonny; remember the 'calm-cool' silver-edition replica-print represents temperance.

DAMIAN: Kids will think I'm 'cooler' if I own the hot-fury scarlet-print, dad!

AMLAN: That may be accurate, but your girlfriend/wife (future!) may respect why you like the 'calm' silver-edition replica!

DAMIAN: Aha (alright, I have to study about it).

AMLAN: Excellence, son.

AMLAN: I got you this 'vintage' pro-football video-game for your birth-day, Damian.

DAMIAN: Wow, I can recreate Eagles-Vikings rivalry scenes, dad.

AMLAN: Cool; maybe you'll write me an essay about why the Eagles-celebrity QB Randall Cunningham moved to the Vikings.

DAMIAN: Like what those Strike-Force Cunnigham-QB team-transfer replica-set cards (Upper Deck) represent (for chess)?

AMLAN: That's right!

DAMIAN: I can guess now, dad...it's all about the clear Super Bowl purity in ambition and money-hunt, right?

AMLAN: That's right...Cunningham was considered an Eagles 'star' of hope before simply departing for the Viking-role.

DAMIAN: He wanted a Super Bowl ring which he failed to 'catch' in all the time with Philadelphia (right?).

AMLAN: That's right...and that's why those 'Strike-Force' replica-set (Upper Deck) Cunningham-QB cards are 'gold' chess.

DAMIAN: They represent American capitalism/sportsmanship media imagination about ambition and the Super Bowl?
AMLAN: Yeah...and about sportsmanship 'media' for youth-chess fantasy/storytelling (too).

DAMIAN: I still want that 'scarlet' edition of the Strike-Force Cunningham-QB pair, dad.

AMLAN: That's 'natural' to entreat ambition-shapes for personality, Damian; play the video-game (Eagles-Vikings) for study.

DAMIAN: Thanks, dad; maybe I'll 'discover' the Eagles-Vikings video-game 'scene' offers brains for competition Ego (haha).

JOURNAL: Remembering my Algerian-father (Emit) who moved us to America invokes social-media images of vigilance/chess.

In this emerged Western 'culture' of capitalism-IQ and ambition-chess storytelling so reflective of the American 'standard' of excellence, the Algerian immigrant-citizen Amlan Satan brooded about why his father (Emit) gifted him those 'Super Bowl' ambitions-symbolic Strike-Force Cunningham-QB pro-football spirits cards (Xmas), the exciting scarlet-original and the calming silver-edition replica; and he brooded about what he'd been teaching his own son (Damian) about the careful imagination-decision concerning the 'right-choice' of which edition/print was the more 'American-fortune' symbolic for personal possession fantasy.

JOURNAL: Maybe what our sons need is a 'cool' glossary-reading of some 'fortune-paranoia' comics for American chess-IQ.

For the era of post-9/11 terrorism paranoia and capitalism-securities storytelling, the Strike-Force replica-set of pro-football spirits Super Bowl ambitions-symbolic 'magic' cards, the scarlet-original and the silver-edition replica, create the 'right-stuff' in father-son wisdom/endowments in the 'knowledge' of capitalism consciousness and sportsmanship value(s) in the United States. Amlan remembered his father's gift to him (Xmas) and his anticipatory scarlet/silver 'choice' inheritance-gift to his own son (Damian) and asked his wise wife (Esmerelda) for some good life-advice.

ESMERELDA ('Ezzy'): Just enjoy this egg-curry dish for now and not worry about sports-cards magic ideas/complexity chess!

AMLAN: I know, I know I'm being 'obsessed' with this father-son gift imparting wisdom-chess consciousness, but I worry.

EZZY: You're just thinking of your own father (Emit) and what Damian needs for American sports-media entertainment-IQ!

AMLAN: You're right, Ezzy; I just want my son (Damian) to make the 'right-choice' for scarlet/silver Ego chess education.

EZZY: Enjoy the egg-curry dish I made for you two; relax and think about the 'simple' choice(s) of American Ego; no fear.

AMLAN: Yeah...fear clouds that everyday-life vision of lifestyle comforts (no?).

EZZY: That's right, honey-bee; no 'gift' is worth the sweat/blood in gold/chess paranoia.

AMLAN: Of course not...egg-curry is better than Ego shopping.

EZZY: Thank you!

DAMIAN: You got me an 'alien-invader' chess-set/toy for Xmas, dad?
AMLAN: Right; I want you to imagine intelligence-competition scenarios reflective of race-consciousness and Ego-ambition(s).

DAMIAN: You want me to imagine challenging 'alien-invader' races for Ego-value(s) --- to make the right Strike-Force choice!

AMLAN: Right; this will help you determine (by yourself!) which edition is the superior-one --- scarlet (or silver).

DAMIAN: It's a 'scarlet' Earth of 'alien' migration fury/fear Ego intrigue, dad (but alright).

AMLAN: Good, Damian.

Which edition/print of the capitalism-chess symbolic Strike-Force Cunningham-QB 'magic' cards would Damian choose as his personal gift from his father (Amlan) in the United States? How would this natural wisdom-choice be imprinted onto Damian's own 'evolution' in American society/state education and understanding of sports-media/market value(s)? Which edition, scarlet (or silver), would impart onto Damian a 'worldly' sense of capitalism-chess insight into the quality of expression concerning Western-American TV digression?

DAMIAN: Maybe my dad (Amlan) gave me this choice-study for private American examination(s).

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)