#The Red Lion

[pidges-lost-robot]

Look I will only accept Allura being paladin of two of the lions, the Black Lion and the Red Lion

The Black Lion because I think it'd be interesting for her to go from a person just stepping into leading the team from afar to actively being their leader at a far closer proximity. For her to have an arc about sort of being a little worried about stepping into that leader role and proving something to herself about her abilities as one and I believe Keith being a right hand to Allura and them both supporting and leading together would be a good and interesting dynamic for them both and could parallel and healthier version of what went on with Alfor and Zarkon

And the Red Lion cause of my insane need for the colour scheme to work cause pink is just light red, and I think that on some level could work as visual foreshadowing

And that's IT!!

[findmeinthefallair]

Whumpcember, Day 3: Storm

♫ All this screaming isn’t who we are When we die If it’s the end Will we be forceless again? ♫ — “We Who Lament” by Earthside (ft. Keturah)

[birminghamuk49]

The Red Lion, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath. 1935,

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

🎶"JOB CHANCES SEEM VERY THIN, IT'S THE LOSING BATTLE WE MUST ALL WIN..."🎶

PIC INFO: Spotlight on UK punk/Oi! band THE BUSINESS, performing live at The Red Lion, Gravesend, UK, c. 1981 -- Rock in peace, Micky Fitz, another legend lost. 📸: John Moore.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3474918967156652033.

[105nt]

Recently had a blast in London with some lovely Strikophiles. Took lots of pictures and thought I would share here the ones where I can remember why I took them. 😂 I will add book quotes as time permits. Please correct me if you think I am wrong because it was a full day.

Five at a time, in no particular order, here we go ...

Tianfu, Macclesfield Street

Where Strike's leg gives way and he slides to the floor in TV Career of Evil*.

* Tense re-enactment prevented by piles of boxes. I was completely up for it.

The statue of Eros

Where Matthew Cunliffe proposes to Robin Ellacott.

'Shortly after midnight, her long-term boyfriend, Matthew, had proposed to her under the statue of Eros in the middle of Piccadilly Circus." The Cuckoo's Calling, Chapter 1

(There was no holding back re-enactments here ...)

The Red Lion, Duke of York Street

This is the pub where Strike asks Robin to meet him after he's seen Jasper Chiswell and accepted his case. Robin gets showered in orange juice as Sarah Shadlock looks on.

"If he had stuck out in his suit at the White House in East Ham, be was perfectly dressed for Mayfair, and two minutes later he entered the Red Lion in Duke of of York Street, a snug Victorian pub whose brass fittings and etched glass reminded him of the Tottenham." Lethal White, Chapter 10

Field at Fortnum and Mason, Piccadilly

Strike and Robin interview Oonagh Kennedy here, in Troubled Blood.

"The café was reached by a flight of stairs that placed it on a higher level than the shop floor, which it overlooked. Once he and Robin had sat down at a table for four by the window, Strike sat silently looking down into Jermyn Street ..." Troubled Blood, Chapter 24

Roja Parfums, Burlington Arcade

Where Strike shops for perfume in TV Troubled Blood.

[philoursmars]

Marseille. Un peu mélangés, la Grande Roue et le pub The Red Lion de Bonneveine, et la plage de la Pointe Rouge.

[twafordizzy]

Volg K. Schippers en dan... tasten

bron beeld: trouw.nl K. Schippers (1936-2021) is een onnavolgbare schrijver. Een PC Hooftprijs-winnaar die vast niet stukgelezen wordt. Daarvoor is zijn oeuvre (romans, gedichten, verhalen en beschouwingen) te omvangrijk en nogal complex. En dat is vreemd want zijn taalgebruik is niet moeilijk, eerder een beetje vreemd. Als lezer moet je openstaan voor zijn schrijven; hem volgen in zijn spel met…

[seatoss]

This game is childhood to me. How I miss it and it's delightful design

[the-phantom-peach]

“ayyy itz da wind waykah!” 💨🌊

[ezlo-x]

WIND WAKER ! ! !

[findmeinthefallair]

Me, dishing out short metas about the Lions in the year of our lord 2023? More likely than you think.

I revisited some scenes and fondly see some common threads as to why Red selected Alfor, Keith and Lance. The official handbook (that lines up with the era of the show before the Head of Story, Tim Hedrick, was too boxed in and disallowed from following the story bible he put together) says determination and instinct on top of skill are key traits to pilot this most temperamental, most unpredictable and most unstable out of all five Lions. She's the speed demon of the team.

Alfor followed his instincts about researching quintessence to defy Zarkon twice. We know that Keith is fine with defying anyone, even Shiro at the end of the day if he has to. In my opinion, Lance's learning point was not caring what others thought of him and stop trying to do the "cool" thing. Defying that insecurity about self and thus being able to defy others in situations: wherein he would previously not be able to make that difficult decision. In early S3 he manages to be unflustered and stable to redirect Keith towards calm leadership.

So it's about making tough calls and sticking with the consequences, something shared with being in the position of Black Paladin. In fact, Red and her pilot has had to step in to lead and redirect the leader (Black) a few times. A failsafe if you will, to step in and take the reigns if needed.

She is second-in-command but she's also the wild card Lion. While by default she is unpredictable, she is the untameable one - more so than Black, I'd say - which is in a way what's most consistent in her, and is the most predictable thing about her. She'd expect any of her pilots to also have principles strong enough to defy upper command if such an act may actually be needed for the benefit of the team.

Which is interesting because..these qualities makes her not so different from her supposed polar opposite, Yellow, who is responsible for making the team morale as unshakeable as possible - "[the Yellow Paladin's] heart must be mighty" - plus civilian search-and-rescue. A consistency in principles and morals even if it is a high price to stick to them.

(While for Blue and Green, they're opposites in the sense that Blue requires spontaneity, while Green requires meticulous observation. Where they are similar is they are crucial in gathering intel. Blue's sonar ability, Green's cloaking ability)

You may need Red for offense but also defense for the team i.e. she pushes another Lion to safety twice in the show: Keith supporting Shiro in the S1 finale, Lance sparing Allura damage in S6 (which was good, since she has her Altean healing ability for herself and also others).

I really really would've wanted to see Alfor using the Rail Gun though. I wanted to see what would piss him off enough or make him scared enough to activate it. In all his screentime he never truly lost his composure (Allura is mostly like that too, she clearly gets it from him) but that one weapon requires a huge burst of unforced passionate emotion to activate: much like how a war cry works. Fitting for the Fire element she is matched to and the guardian spirit of.

Alfor is an alchemist and more cerebral which is so different from his two successors are like. His fire burned differently but he was definitely passionate.

[hazycorvus]

And as Hyrule cried for help, the gods answered, flooding the land like under an oil spill

(Available as a print)

[manofbeskar]

caught

[the-raven-lady]

Primarchs' Canon Voices

I don't think enough of us have heard the canon voices of the Primarchs so I made a supercut of all of them from the Horus Heresy: Legions game trailers and 40k cinematics.

(might have messed up a couple but I have them solid for the most part)

[coffeenewstom]

Kaffeereise: London

London: die Queen, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, der Tower, London Eye, Buckingham Palace, schwarze Taxis, rote Doppeldeckerbusse, schlechtes Essen und gutes Frühstück – zu kaum einer anderen Stadt der Welt fallen uns spontan so viele Begriffe ein. Obwohl das mit dem schlechten Essen eher ein Vorurteil sein dürfte, schließlich gibt es ja genügend Pups mit Fish and Chips und Fingerfood, das mit dem…