Do the Gunslinger and the Man in Black Even Remember Why They’re Fighting?

'The Dark Tower' protagonists let bygones be bygones

The latest in our ongoing series of imagined dialogues.

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The Gunslinger and the Man in Black have a serious conversation. Sony Pictures Entertainment

EXT. NIGHT.

THE GUNSLINGER: It’s the end of the line, Walter. I’m here to stop you once and for all.

THE MAN IN BLACK: You don’t have the power to stop me. You never did.

THE GUNSLINGER: How long have we been battling each other?

THE MAN IN BLACK: For all eternity.

THE GUNSLINGER: It ends tonight.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Yes, it does.

THE GUNSLINGER: I don’t want to do this anymore.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Neither do I.

THE GUNSLINGER: We’ve been going at it for so long, I can’t even remember why we’re fighting.

THE MAN IN BLACK: It has something to do with a tower. I don’t know, man.

THE GUNSLINGER: Wanna hear something wild? I’m a so-called “gunslinger” and I hate guns. I hate shooting people. I hate it so much.

THE MAN IN BLACK: And I hate wearing black. Red has always been more my color.

THE GUNSLINGER: You wanna just take a breather?

THE MAN IN BLACK: Big time.

EXT. NIGHT.

THE MAN IN BLACK: So Kevin

THE GUNSLINGER: Hang on, Kevin’s the roommate from college?

THE MAN IN BLACK: No, Kyle’s my college roommate. Kevin is his friend from high school. He didn’t go to college with us, but I met Kevin through Kyle.

THE GUNSLINGER: Right, right.

THE MAN IN BLACK: So Kevin and Kyle had a big falling out after we all moved to New York.  And, like, I’ve heard both sides of it, but honestly I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, you know?

THE GUNSLINGER: Definitely.

THE MAN IN BLACK: So it’s whatever. I’m still friends with both of them.

THE GUNSLINGER: Is it weird at all because you knew Kyle first?

THE MAN IN BLACK: Eh, I mean, not really? Because college was so long ago and we’re, like, different people now.

THE GUNSLINGER: That makes sense.

THE MAN IN BLACK: But what really sucks isand I’ve talked about this with both of theminevitably they’ll bring the other one up and talk shit about them.

THE GUNSLINGER: That really sucks.

THE MAN IN BLACK: And, like, I’ve told both of them, you know, I don’t want to hear it. Because it just makes me uncomfortable. Like, it puts me in a really awkward position.

THE GUNSLINGER: Yeah for sure.

EXT. NIGHT.

THE GUNSLINGER: I mean, I don’t hate falafel or anything.

THE MAN IN BLACK: But have you had, like, really good falafel?

THE GUNSLINGER: My friend took me to a place that he said was the best falafel he’s ever had and he loves it.

THE MAN IN BLACK: That’s so weird.

THE GUNSLINGER: I think for me the issue is I have a hard time getting the toppings to go to the bottom of the pita. So I eat the top of it and then the whole other two-thirds of it is just falafel. Which isn’t the end of the world or anything. It’s just annoying.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Yeah, I mean, they give you the little toothpicks.

THE GUNSLINGER: I don’t know. I just don’t think it’s for me.

EXT. NIGHT.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Or Facebook just needs a setting where you can filter your feed by topic. Like, I don’t need to know someone I interned with eight years ago lost her phone and needs everyone to send her their contact info.

THE GUNSLINGER: God I hate those. Never once have I sent anyone my contact info off of one of those. Like if we’re close enough that you had my contact info in the first place, you’ll figure out a way to ask me for it directly. Like email or something.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Right, exactly.

THE GUNSLINGER: The worst.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Alright well I don’t have anything else to talk about. Do you?

THE GUNSLINGER: No, I don’t think so.

THE MAN IN BLACK: Listen, I enjoyed the hell out of this.

THE GUNSLINGER: Man, so did I. What took us so long?

THE MAN IN BLACK: I have no idea.

THE END

 

Do the Gunslinger and the Man in Black Even Remember Why They’re Fighting?