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		silvester23 on Jan 13, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Celebrating the timeless allure of Tintin's aesthe... I'm not sure I understand the sequence with the rhino. Is he actually killing the rhino by drilling a hole in its back and lighting a stick of dynamite inside the hole? Or am I reading this wrong? That seems pretty out there.

causi on Jan 13, 2025 | [–]

It's really not that far out, considering the backdrop of what actual Belgians were doing to actual Congolese at the time.

Vecr on Jan 13, 2025 | [–]

It would work. There are guides for obliterating (large) animals with explosives. An RPG would be safer if it's still moving.

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