#bayards

[theponydins]

Allura: Now, the Traditional Weapon of the Paladin: The Bayard.

Allura: It takes a Distinct Shape for each Paladin.

Allura: [ recalls the lack of thumbs 4 ticks too late ]

Pigeon Catcher: Ooh!

Luxfite: That Works.

Sunlit Honey: Uh-

Azure-Blue: Nice!

Azure-Blue: Aw, you got a tiny, foal-sized bayard!

Pigeon Catcher: Yeah, it IS pretty cute!

Allura: [Aside] Never mind, I guess.

[crystal-rebellion]

They're finally here!!

I finally got the samples back and I'm quite pleased how they turned out!

I'm really struggling to capture the soft details on the face and Allura's pink lace doily halo, but I do like how they turned out. 💕 smol!Crystal would have loved to have owned something like this back in the day.

(His little galaxy window is see-through - I like how that turned out, too!) Better pictures later, I'm sure!

Also up on the project block! Pixel Art Acrylic Pins! I got obsessed with making pixel art (briefly anyway) while doing some graphics for my site, so I ended up turning them into a pin suite. Behold, 7 Paladins and 7 Bayards!

(I'll be popping these into the shop soon, along with one other project I'm finishing up!)

[iressails]

Andre Braugher (1962 - 2023)

[nerdygaymormon]

[psikonauti]

Bayard Hollins (American,b.1966)

Rising Moon Bear, 2021

Acrylic on canvas

[nobrashfestivity]

Hippolyte Bayard About 1842-1843 Part of Dessins photographiques sur Papier. Recueil No. 2. [The “Bayard Album”] 1839-1855 Cyanotype 13.8 x 11.1cm (5 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

[53v3nfrn5]

Émile Bayard: Summoning the Beloved Dead (1870)

[hero-israel]

I want you to know Malcom X hated Israel along with most people during the civil rights movement

"Most people during the civil rights movement" except for Martin Luther King and his family, Bayard Rustin, A. Phillip Randolph, Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Elijah Cummings, and hundreds of others, you mean?

Basically all activists involved in the civil rights movement respected Jews and Israel. You are of course permitted to ignore them in favor of faketivists who raise awareness on OF.

As for Malcolm X, there's a lot about him if you check the comments / reblogs; basically, he was extremely antisemitic for most of his life because that was the doctrine that the Nation Of Islam cult preaches. After going to Mecca and getting a taste of non-culty Islam, he changed his mind about Jews and apologized, then NOI killed him.

[torveiglyart]

Red Paladin Lance!

It always kinda bothered me that they never switched armor colours. I understand why not in season 3-4 because switching the armor then would feel like accepting that Shiro is gone. They were convinced that the 'Changing of the Guard' was a temporary solution. But why didn't Lance and Allura swap when Shiro was back and Keith left?

Keith leaving was a conscious choice. They had one paladin too many, as Lance stated, and Keith felt he was the one who could, and should, leave. He had the Blade of Marmora to go to, whereas the other paladins would have nowhere to go.

The paladins knew generally where he was, and that he wasn't dead. So why not change armor?

Allura wore the pink as a symbol of mourning. But Shiro's back, so unless she really likes pink like her mother, she has no reason to continue wearing it. Lance has not flown, or talked to, Blue in a long while, and never does again until the season 8 conclusion. He's Red's paladin now.

It makes all the sense in the world for them to switch armor in the seasons after Keith's departure. So why didn't they? I think it's because of which paladin they are. Let me explain:

Keith is the red paladin. The Red Lion looks for someone 'hot-headed and stubborn', someone who relies more on instinct than skill. The traits of a red paladin are fiery, straightforwardness, impulsive, passionate, and self-certain. Keith tones it down a bit when leading the team in black and once he returns from the BoM, but he still has these characteristics.

Lance is the blue paladin. The Blue Lion looks for someone flexible, supportive, and creative. While we don't get to hear Allura's explanation of the Blue Lion, we can see why Blue picked Lance. He's a quick thinker, goes with the flow, and most of all, flexible. He makes what's given work, especially when it came to needing a red paladin. Not, by choice, necessarily, but he rolls with it.

Allura is not a chosen paladin. She does not have qualities that fit a specific lion quite as well as the rest do, but rather a mix. This is why she works as Blue's pilot. She has the flexibility required by Blue. So while she works as a blue paladin, she is technically not a better fit than Lance for Blue, but Lance is a much better fit in Red than Allura due to Keith in Black.

All this to say, it still annoys me they didn't change colours, but oh well.

[a-titty-ninja]

「盛りバヤール」 by リベタリカLivetarica | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

[lonvely]

fabien helped noelani set up her room, goodbye living room!!!

@kirsicca obsessed with all your cc <3

[random-brushstrokes]

Emile-Antoine Bayard - Une affaire d’honneur (1884)

[in-love-with-movies]

The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

[derangedrhythms]

Émile-Antoine Bayard

[enchantedbook]

'The Bloody Nun' from Historie de la Maggie by Emile Bayard, 1884

[psikonauti]

Bayard Hollins (American,b.1966)

The Bear, 2021

Acrylic on canvas