Honestly it sounded more like disgust, rather than fear. Which yeah. that didn't sound terrifying that sounded fucking disgusting. Obviously i'd pick a bullet to the brain comparatively, so it does it's job either way. But i'd put money more on disgust.
@@Hearty1100 In the world of the venture bros. Villainy is a job. She’s very evil in the same way someone may be a very good programmer or cook. It’s entirely separated from the rest of their life and talked about like it is a job.
It is actually a nicer version of the Ancient Persian original, which involved not letting you lie in a tub full of milk while drenched in honey but force fed you the milk and honey to give you explosive diarrhea, then sealed you inside 2 logs or boats with your arms and legs sticking out that you filled with your diarrhea and was set adrift in a nearby lake or pond to attract bugs.
@@Irish381 What do you mean by "clean up". Would you travel in a boat, if you knew it was filled with feces, blood and maggots? Not to mention being the final "resting" place for some schmuck?
The most frightening thing about this, is that honey and milk thing was an actual execution technique used by the Persians back in the day. They called it "the boat". You were tied down in one canoe with a second canoe on top with just a hole in it so you could breathe. And for the insects and other vermin to get in to eat you alive. People used to have some really creative torture techniques in the past.
To be fair there’s no proven account of this, it’s only ever been mentioned in fiction. Plutarch mentions it and credits histories about Persia written by the Greek philosopher Ctesias, who isn’t all that credible regarding history.
I find it funny she's talking about a medieval torture device meanwhile everything she describes it is similar to another method called "Scahpism" which is basically you tie the prisoner between two tree trunks and let them sit there in a pond for days and are forced fed milk and honey. It developed diarrhea and all kinds of pests would come and fly around the cantonment that's left from the ground. It also reminds me of the threat from the Venom trailer when he eats the guys head off
@Afqwa I'd hope they'd seal it up and destroy it rather than clean the tub. Drop it in acid, a volcano, or shrink it and toss it into the sewer; just making sure it no longer exists.
His brain has been altered to not feel anything, yet it recognizes the immediate horror and pain in what she's describing, you can see his face twitching as the emotional and reasoning centers of his brain wrestle with each other trying to process what they're hearing.
I love how his eye twitches, because he can't feel the emotion of fear anymore due to what they did to his brain, but he's still afraid. His brain is at war with itself because of what he's hearing, it's a nice little detail.
One thing I do appreciate about this show is how a poorly aged bit like giving a woman character a very masculine voice as a joke is taken and played straight for so long that becomes a normal and even endearing aspect of her character, like I can't imagine her having any other voice aside from it.
You know something this episode displays very well including scenes like this is just how incredible a "professional bad guy" Sheila aka Dr. Mrs The Monarch has become. Though allured to the idea of villiany by Phantom Limb it's clear her heart wasn't really in it as either an excuse for petty revenge, violence or even thievery thus for the most part slotting for a lot of number twos and learning useful skills but never rising as a solo villain. And though going with and falling for the Monarch it's clear as much as she loved his passion and joy for arching Venture she never felt it personally and even admitted in "Return To Malice" how it didn't make much of a career. However in actually becoming a member of the Council and actually getting to flex her integllience and even intimdation under the right uses she's actually flourished and become really incredible at the job leading the Guild honestly better then the Soverign did from what we've seen. And yeah there's been challenges and issues that needed to be overcome but I think it's clear Sheila's in a much better place in seasons 6 and 7 then she was in the first 5... not so much the Monarch until the latest episode (and after that bombshell even that's debatable) but she certainly is and I like moments like this that show how well she can flex that.
@Tin Watchman The problem with Batman's "interrogations" is that they never actually show you what he says. It always pans away and ends up with the guy going "okay, okay, I'll talk!" So it's just IMPLIED intimidation, rather than showing him actually BEING intimidating. Sheila is just flat-out terrifying. And she does it with a smile on her face.
@@wumpusrat We did get an example of a Batman interrogation in the Justice League/Static Shock/Batman Beyond crossover. Sort of. Modern day Batman attempted to interrogate a punk by holding him upside-down over the edge of a roof, effectively threatening to drop him. The future Bruce disliked this, saying that "I can't believe that I was ever that green" before taking over. Unfortunately, like you pointed out, what exactly he does to interrogate the punk is left a mystery.
I like Sheila and all, but she seemed WAY too into describing the details of that torture technique. ...but I understand that she had to do it since it's part of her job.
She's a villain for a reason. To be honest she's becoming a favourite. I like her guild uniform and gold handgun. Is odd that her hair looks almost like horns in how it curves forward?
Probably part of the interrogation though too, right. If she sounds really into it then it just makes it that much more believable to the person being interrogated that she'd actually do it to him
“So you don’t want to talk, huh, punky-pal? Does a cat have your tongue? Well I am just the dog to get that cat off of your tongue! Where’s the disruptor ray, Mr. Think-You’re-Tough-Guy?!”
This was another great down low episode! You know, where nothing's really high on the stakes and it's a relatively more quiet day with some shenanigans and meta commentary? I love episodes like this :)
The first time I saw this, I was remembering the last time Dr. Mrs. The Monarch played Good Cop, but then she started describing the Tub, and I was like "That is NOT Good Cop! That is NOT Good Cop!"
"Then the Guild steps up their game. You throw a rock, they throw a knife. You throw a knife; they come to your house while you're sleeping and murder your family!". The delivery was perfect
@@Rebelcommander6 See that was what Gandhi was talking about, when he mention an eye for eye ends up the whole world blind. Thats why someone takes out your eye, kill their whole family. That way the cycle ends. When Playing Civ, Gandhi was the wises.
I feel like I should point out, that while you’ll see a lot of comments claiming this was an actual form of execution called scaphism, it’s never actually been proven as a fact. The account was likely given to Plutarch by a Greek physician and historian named Ctesias, who was known for exaggerating and making up stories. Still, given all the creative tortures and executions confirmed throughout history, it’s definitely in the realm of possibility.
I love hoe genuinely evil the villains are in this series despite the parody, it's the reason they have these giant LARP organizations and formerly new Sphinx, if these guys were doing it "for real" then the world would just be horrific.
@@bombabombom3603 One minute: I'll pay for lunch for both of us! Next minute: Scaphism! Are you taking notes, ladies and gentlemen? _This_ is how you do it.
I really like that she was calm when he asked the “if I say no”/“and if I don’t” question. Most villains loose their s-t in either a rage quit or a duche bag/a-hole tone, and honestly I always found that annoying. Just answer the d-n question, it’s not like they said anything insulting to you.
It doesn't sound bad when you're not the one facing the punishment, but the people who died from it, if they had survived, they would have given horrifying details of the experience.
Look at her choices . She got the pick of the litter. The Monarchs actual the only relationship that isn't completely dysfunctional and her Husband actually respects her.
I always thought she was the same one, but I keep forgetting before the Monarch she was a well respected supervillain that had two serial killer midgets as sidekicks.
fun fact; that a actual torture used, not the exact details but it mainly involve two boats, and yes it is the most horrific way to go, not nice, not one bit.
