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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 22m

It's possible. I kill a lot of people. Who was this love of yours? Another prince like this one… ugly, rich, and scabby?

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 1h

Hardly complimentary, Your Highness. Why loose your venom on me?

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 1h

You can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 2h

I know who you are. Your cruelty reveals everything. You're the Dread Pirate Roberts. Admit it.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 3h

Iocane. I'd bet my life on it… and there are the princess' footprints. She is alive, or was an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her... I shall be very put out.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 4h

That was a warning, Highness. The next time, my hand flies on its own. Where I come from, there are penalties when a woman lies.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 4h

I have loved more deeply… than a killer like yourself could ever dream.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 5h

Are not capable of love is what you mean.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 6h

You admit to me you do not love your fiance.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 6h

I never said he was my dearest love. And, yes, he will save me. That I know.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 7h

You think your dearest love will save you?

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 7h

I was giving you a chance. It does not matter where you take me… there is no greater hunter than Prince Humperdinck. He can track a falcon on a cloudy day. He can find you.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 8h

And what is that worth… the promise of a woman? You're very funny, Highness.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 8h

If you'll release me… whatever you ask for ransom, you'll get it. I promise you.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 9h

Someone has beaten the giant. There will be great suffering in Guilder if she dies.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 10h

They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years… building up an immunity to iocane powder.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 10h

And to think, all that time… it was your cup that was poisoned.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 11h

I am no one to be trifled with. That is all you ever need know.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 12h

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is this… "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 12h

You only think I guessed wrong. That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! You fool!

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 13h

I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink… me from my glass and you from yours.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 14h

I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 15h

I will, and I choose... What in the world can that be?

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 16h

It has worked. You've given everything away. I know where the poison is.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 17h

You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 17h

But you've also bested my Spaniard… which means you must have studied… and in studying, you must have learned that man is mortal… so you would have put the poison… as far from yourself as possible… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 18h

You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant… which means you're exceptionally strong… so you could have put the poison in your own goblet… trusting on your strength to save you… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, Australia. You must have suspected… I would have known the powder's origin… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 21h

Not remotely… because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows… and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals… and criminals are used to having people not trust them… as you are not trusted by me… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 22h

I am not a great fool… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool. You would have counted on it… so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 22h

A clever man would put the poison… into his own goblet… because he would know that only a great fool… would reach for what he was given.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 23h

But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you… are you the sort of man… who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's?

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 23h

All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide, and we both drink… and find out who is right… and who is dead.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What you do not smell is called iocane powder. It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid… and is among the more deadly poisons known to man.

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