#foreign legion

[surfingkaliyuga]

Desert Legion (1953)

[jhsharman]

"Policed to Meet You"

Pop Tate's new hair looks rather squiggly. Not going to Archie's buck teeth anymore. Reconsidered the amount of ice cream needed for a large party.

Archie's shoulders now bumping about, I guess.

Ming out, Manchu in. New bowtie colors. Counter to the manner things get washed out in one color-- see bridge here.

Recolor Veronica's dress.

Not coloring the soles of Archie's shoes anymore.

The soot in face leads to a reference they don't much want to keep. Though now the replacement just kind of sits non-sensically.

Puzzling question on Lodge's new front of suit color. It had not been blackened in the sooty exhaust scene.

Maybe the foreign legion reference gets dropped as a "duplicatable" appraisal? It was stuffed in anyways.

[thespliffbunker]

You’d better go now. I’m …beginning to like you.

[isaacsapphire]

Was it just me who grew up on tales of the Flying Tigers and the Lafayette Escadrille? The romance, the glory of being in the vanguard of American involvement in what became a world war? Like, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that there are Americans eager to fight for Ukraine! I was practically taught how to read on these stories.

[karagin22]

[bleublancrage]

[bookmaven]

Foreign Legion cover stories by John D. Newsom

“The Gorilla of No. 4” by J.D. Newsom (Adventure, January 1927) Cover by Remington Schuyler.

“The Foreign Legion Way” by J.D. Newsom. (Frontier Story, June 1927) Cover by Ralph Keufer.

“King Makers of the Legion” by J.D. Newsom. (Short Stories, September 25, 1929). Cover by K. Dombrowski

“The Ghost in the Bastion” by J.D. Newsom (Adventure, July 1930). Cover by John Drew.

“Lion of Morocco” by J.D. Newsom. (Argosy, February 1934) Cover by Harry Hornhorst.

“Too Much Duty” by J.D. Newsom. (Argosy, September 1934) Cover by Paul Stahr.

[tspoe-pods]

Beau Geste (1927)

Beau Geste (1927) - Lydia and Christopher head to the deserts of Africa to follow the exploits of the Geste brothers in this 1927 silent film. #PodNation #Podcast #MovieReview #SilentFilm #Podcast #BeauGeste

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[surfingkaliyuga]

“Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion” Floyd Gottfredson 1981 A painting based on Gottfredson’s earlier work from 1936, a comic strip “Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion“.

[postcard-from-the-past]

French Foreign Legion themed vintage postcard with matching stamp

[dorothydalmati1]

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies 1935 Episode 7: Buddy of the Legion

Score by Bernard B. Brown

Directed by Ben Hardaway

Animated by Bob Clampett & Chuck Jones

Voice characterizations by Jack Carr

[standwukraine]

On the front line: The dangerous life of a foreign legionnaire in Ukrain...

[mournfulroses]

Clarice Lispector, tr. by Giovanni Pontiero, from "The Foreign Legion: Stories and Chronicles,"

[bookmaven]

WIPED OUT by John D. Newsom. (New York: Dell #165, c.1947) Mapback.

Five stories of the Foreign Legion which originally appeared in Frontier Magazine in the late 20s.

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[demons]

[thecrowroad]

Trying to work out my Rook de Riva’s family history, and I’ve gotten distracted by Viago and the Antivan royal family. Who could possibly have predicted.

Previous king: King Natale. He was still ruling in 9:28. Natale had a lot of children - at least 11 legitimate enough to be in the direct line of succession, plus who knows how many bastards. Did not appear to cover himself in glory.

Known children of Natale:

Current king: King Fulgeno II. We don’t know many details about him, but he’s Viago’s father, so can be assumed to be at least in his 60s. Has been on the throne since at least 9:41. Does not appear to be covering himself in glory.

Prince Azrin and Princess Ferenna, who joined forces to work Azrin up from 11th in line for the throne to 4th through assassination of their inconvenient siblings/niblings - including possibly arranging/inducing Estefan’s assassination. Zevran was part of the mission to assassinate them both.

Prince Estefan: probably one of the older sons of Natale? Father of Rinna and apparently a lot of other bastards. His assassination for sleeping with married noblewomen was the one that was duplicated for Dante and Viago in 8 Little Talons.

Other descendants:

Rinna: was sent to the Crows, presumably on the same deal as Viago, at around about the same time. She was Zevran’s (and Taliesin’s) lover, and was assassinated by them as part of Crow Politics (ending the Rosso Noche faction that would have tried to put her forward as a legitimate successor to Natale, getting Eoman Arainai the seat of 8th Talon and reminding Zevran of his place in the House - the inciting incident for Zev taking the contract on the HoF. )

Did Viago know Rinna? They’ve got to be a similar age - was she competition? Is the aftermath of the Rosso Noche conspiracy/faction still a hinderance to his dreams of taking the throne? How unpleasant was it for him when his cousin’s ex/murderer came back as The Renegade and how much has it influenced his politics as a reformist Talon?