#Richard Kennedy

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

The Capture of Bigfoot | 1979

[partydressfancy]

[wealmostaneckbeard]

The politics in Lancer the mech pilot TTRPG seems center left to me. A good way to explain what's going on in that game's universe is with this overly long metaphor:

Imagine an alternate history where Nixon somehow beat JFK Jr to the white house, and once in office he lets Kissinger go nuts setting fascists up on an accelerated schedule. That's what Union's Second Committee was like. Then Tricky Dick procedes to nuke Vietnam a couple times. That's the Hercynia Crisis and that FTL Piston weapon launch. JFK and company ride the shock and horror of approaching nuclear war into office on the promise of de-escalation and enforcing civil rights, and they deliver. That's the coup that formed Union's Third Committee. Kissinger, Nixon, and the entire pentagon/raytheon corp take over NASA in Cape Canaveral, Florida where they form a tolerated corporatocracy in exile. That's basically Harrison Armory on the planet Ras Shamra. Now a United liberal-leftist front of America is actively trying to tear down dictatorships around the world that Kissinger set up (he got assassinated at some point in this time line) and replace them with socialist democracies. That is Union's Justice/Human-Rights Department and a few other government branches. So far they've had some success although people are pointing out that it's a bit hypocritical that the liberators are using weapons from corporate conservative states where civil rights are discretely curtailed. That's what's driving political discourse in 5016u in Union's legislative body, the Central Committee and it's myriad political parties.

So yeah Lancer's political intergalactic landscape is a bit like modern day? Except also cthulhu is giving out reality-breaking tech to militant civil rights advocates and random civilians? That's what HORUS basically is, btw.

Now that I've written this out, it would make for a good american alt-history with mechs campaign in Lancer...

[gatabella]

"It's hard to describe what I consider beauty in woman consists of. None of the women I consider beautiful have perfect features. If there's one thing that moves me, it's when something unexpected happens in the face or the proportions. I do not think Grace Kelly is beautiful. I do think Audrey Hepburn is beautiful. The most beautiful woman I have ever photographed is Signora Gianni Agnelli. Long necks are always beautiful. Jackie Kennedy - very beautiful. The unexpected thing is the eyes - almost too far apart. Sophia Loren is one of the most beautiful women in the world today. Marilyn Monroe? Not the usual beautiful - merely ravishing, exciting, touching. But not really beautiful. She's a strawberry sundae… Ingrid! (among older women). Joan Crawford? She makes it difficult to see her beauty, but she has the most beautiful nose in the world. Marlene Dietrich? Beautiful, but in a dull way. Ditto Ginger Rogers. Among conventional beauties, I'd select Suzy Parker."

-photographer Richard Avedon

[cloudtain]

Happy birthday to my best actor and novelist, Mr. Richard Armitage.

You have always brought me a lot of encouragement and surprises. No matter where you are, love will not change.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

The Capture of Bigfoot | 1979

[partydressfancy]

Richard Kennedy

[emilybeemartin]

Just thinking of the mouth-acting quirks of these Peninsular dopes.

Ioan's "I'm so clever" pout

Sean's "I'm not paid enough for this shit" jaw thrust

Daragh's "This sounds like a joke but I'm actually threatening your life" smirk

Jamie's "He's my husband, your honor" BEAM.

[adreciclarte4]

John and Jackie Kennedy by Richard Avedon

[claustrophobicandexcatholic]

presidents + kissinger (rip bozo 🪦) from the past few months