FREEDOMFOREVER

FREEDOMFOREVER is the eleventh and final episode of Season Three of the Monument Mythos.

## Overview

This episode is the culmination of various plots in the Monument Mythos Season 3, and is a direct follow-up to the ending of ARNOLDSONALONE.

### The Death of Dean

We open on the quote "I should've stayed a writer." as an image slides upwards into view. The attribution of the quote fades in, revealing it to be by Rod Serling, former director of the FBI. The image slides upwards enough to reveal that it is the cover of a book entitled "The Death of President Dean - A True Story by Rod Serling".

### FREEDOMFOREVER

The episode then cuts to the United States Department of Technology logo, which fades out to reveal the same 3D animation style used when the Department of Technology created footage in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE. A blue-glowing head is seen, the crown created when the Air Force One Angel was decapitated. The camera comes downwards to reveal the Statue of Freedom standing in front of it. The Statue of Freedom uses its hands to pull apart its face, in order to give a battle cry. Freedom raises its sword, but when it comes down, it is blocked by a tree-like hand.

The video cuts to show that Everett Arnoldson arrived to block Freedom's blow on Angel. Everett points upwards, towards the oncoming Martian Serpent but Freedom instead attempts to slash at Everett. Everett blocks every blow until Angel sends a blast of energy that eradicates Freedom's Giza Glass sword. Freedom roar while Everett aproaches and puts his hand on Angel.

The camera zooms into Freedom's "mouth" to reveal two glowing green orbs, representing Thomas and Nina Crawford, Freedom's "two inner angels." Text appears behind them reading "They haven't tried to hurt us!" followed by "We want to go where no one will hurt us."

The video cuts back to the Statue of Freedom, which approaches and outstretches a hand to Everett. Freedom's hand is taken by Everett, and they enter into the Air Force One Angel's crown. The three transform into a violet glowing being, with a head shaped like Freedom's, wings that look like Everett's arms, four arms resembling both Everett and Angel's, and legs that look like Angels, as well as eight prongs on its hips resembling the feather's on Freedom's helmet.

This new being jumps and flies away, referred to as "A more perfect union." Flying past the X-Wing Warrior that delivered Freedom to the Babylon Forest, they head upwards into space. They go past the moon where some type of facility can be seen. Finally, they approach the Martian Serpent, and upon collision they create a bright flash of white.

### Mister Manticore

The light fades into a vertical shot of a squirrel on a bicycle as a familiar Maize Movie Maker into appears, showing text stating "Mister Squirrel and Lauren Arnoldson present..."

The image changes to a constellation shaped similarly to an outline of MISTER MANTICORE's channel logo. The text now says "The new constellation known as Manticore." The constellation seemingly replies, stating "You must call me Mr. Manticore!!!" Lauren replies "Oh! My bad! XD"

A white screen appears with text asking "What are you made of?" to which the reply comes "Good people."

The image returns to the constellation. The "face" of the Manticore is circled and labelled "the men," representing the men who were transformed into the Air Force One Angel. The "body" of the Manticore is circled, with three stars representing Nina, Thomas, and Freedom. Lastly, the tail is Everett.

The text "Together" appears as a painting is shown of kids playing. This is the same painting created by Virginia Arnoldson after her second lobotomy, part of her series *The Right Life*.

Lastly, text appears reading "Goodbye Cthonaut A." as a star flies through the Mister Manticore constellation and fades away.

## Notes

### Dwight Comics Statement

-Mr. Serling and his publishers agreed that "The Death of President Dean" was a much more eye-catching title than "The Death of Vice President Dean." After all, very few people care about vice presidents!

### Trivia

* On May 5, 2023, it was announced that the Dwight Comics representative would be in the comments section to answer questions from viewers. The same post also added the clarification regarding Rod Serling's "The Death of President Dean" added to the video's description.
* There is a timeline discrepancy involving FREEDOMFOREVER and other elements of Season 3. The freeing of the Martian Serpent seen in MUSKMARS takes place in 2023, whereas the events of AFTERANGEL, ARNOLDSONALONE, and FREEDOMFOREVER seem to occur around February 22-23 2022. Despite this, the Martian Serpent appears in the sky during that time despite not having been freed yet.