#heart of the lion

[jamespottersredconverse]

broooooo! I just realized Reggie is the heart of the lion right?? Well the heart of the lion owns the lion's heart!!

[friendoffrogss]

When are we gonna lean into the Regulus -Water connection, like yeah he’s a star and the heart of the lion or whatever, but he’s the water: raining hell upon his enemies, hail pelting those who get too close, a river slowly wearing away at the rocks he flows upon- course and rough, a hurricane trying his best to blow your life away,

He’s the water: ice that is so cold it burns, steam filling your lungs, the tide pulling you under the surface, drops on a comet billions of years ago

He’s the water: slow syncopated patter of rain cooling down the summer heat, snow covering the landscape and quieting up the world, a shower after a long hard day, he is deadly and harsh and vital

Regulus is water

[maddytheweird]

[lightvialamp]

You all know who I’m thinking about rn

[manofbeskar]

caught

[ladybirdvariant]

I'm sorry Jegulus just works a little too well thematically in the way it fits into canon and in astrology parallels to convince me it didn't canonically happen

[sanshiori]

Three mimir

[sfortuna-1]

Donald scolding lion Sora for trying to pounce on him.

[dogrocks]

an au where dovewing trains in the dark forest instead of ivypool....

[diaries-of-me]

HE LET THE GOOFY SLIP AGAIN!!!! 😭

i knew it i knew it i knew it i knew it i KNEW IT

the fact that it was the tongue and peace sign immediately made him my age again LOL

im so done for 😭

[thylacines-toybox]

💕 Happy Valentine's! 💕

I made some Things for you to share!

[fuumiku]

Sweet & salty can be a good mix! Idk about syrup in sandwiches though… 

It’s bicorn day!!!

[trek-tracks]

Sorry, we can't move them

Source

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 2

[marzghost]

Got inspired to draw skizz art after watching Doc's latest episode ✨️

[blasphemousclaw]

I’ve been seeing a lot of people argue that Radahn would never agree to Miquella’s plans because he loves the Golden Order and would never want to replace it… but I think there are some nuances about the current state of the Golden Order that call that assumption into question?

The first thing to know about Radahn is that he’s defined by his idealization of Godfrey and his reign as Elden Lord. His lion armor is an explicit tribute to him, and he tries to emulate the “Lord of the Battlefield’s” martial prowess and heroic, honorable nature. When looking at the iconography associated with Radahn, it is always directly tied to Godfrey alone.

But Godfrey isn’t here anymore, he was banished… and the current state of the Golden Order is now extremely culturally different than it had been under his rule. The crucible and those associated with it gradually became less and less accepted, and more and more “disdained as an impurity as civilization advanced.” Godfrey’s crucible knights used to be heroes, and it’s even implied that they were the very face of the colosseums’ ritual combat… the Ritual Sword Talisman is “patterned after swords used in ritual combat held to honor the Erdtree,” and it’s the exact same design as Crucible Knight Ordovis’s sword:

so there’s this connection between the colosseums under Godfrey’s reign and the crucible.

But, in the present day, both the crucible knights and the colosseums have fallen by the wayside: “In time, the strength shown by these knights, and even their appearance, was seen as chaotic and deserving of scorn,” and regarding ritual combat, “the practice had died out by the age of King Consort Radagon.”

We do in fact see these hallmarks of Godfrey’s reign in association with Radahn as well — from Freyja’s backstory, we know that Radahn first met her by watching her fight as a gladiator at the colosseum (probably the one in Caelid!). And there’s a boss fight at Redmane castle with a Crucible Knight and a (red-haired!) Leonine Misbegotten! It’s also worth nothing that Godfrey, his crucible knights, and Consort Radahn all share the same earth-stomp move! Another interesting point is that Godfrey is associated with lions (Beast-Regent Serosh), and of course Radahn wears lion armor inspired by this, but there is also a Lion Guardian enemy at Redmane castle that has horns:

the old crucible society of the Hornsent revered the horned lion above all…

and Radahn, the “Lord of the Battlefield’s lion,” gains horns after being resurrected in Mohg’s body… literally becoming a horned lion!

I think it means something that Radahn is associated again and again with these symbols of the OLD Golden Order and the crucible… the time when Godfrey ruled, the crucible still flourished, and glorious combat reigned supreme. Yes, Radahn is absolutely defined by nostalgia and trying to recapture the glory of an old age… but I think this is actually a reason for him to OPPOSE the current Order, because now all the things he loved and admired about it are GONE! Indeed, there’s no evidence that Radahn made any attempt to preserve the current Order during the Shattering, and Morgott considers him to be a “willful traitor” with the rest of his siblings!

Does this mean that I think Radahn planned to be where he is with Miquella at the end of the dlc? Not necessarily, and I personally am really skeptical that where he ended up was entirely of his own choosing… I just think that the logic of assuming Radahn would want to preserve the Order in its current state is flawed, because the differences between Godfrey’s reign and Radagon’s reign are quite significant!