#ideal city

[burstfoot]

[adorablegorilla]

Final Boss of the previous Arknights event: A dear friend who has sacrificed himself to evil to save everyone. Now the only way to save him is to end his life. Even when he's transformed beyond recognition, he still tries to help us.

Final Boss of the current event: The city's architect won't stop sulking inside his Idiot Box, break it open and slap him until he stops being a self-pitying little baby

[no-vacancy-available]

[wealthyaardvarkgacha]

Arknights folks, FYI: even though Ideal City stages have closed, you can keep voting on the go-karts and recycling parts for 6000+ LMD per day until event homescreen is no longer accessible.

I expected the developers would have fixed this for the rerun but I'm pleasantly surprised.

[wonderjourneys]

Pienza - the Panorama - Tuscany Italy

Pienza Toscana Italia - Spring

Pienza - the Ideal City from the Renaissance

Pienza, Tuscany, Italy in the Spring

[snowlilly]

My main takeaway from this event is that we should run over Andoain with a car

[koredzas]

Piero della Francesca - The Ideal City. Detail. 1498

[gonewiththevoid]

Glad to see HG let Elysium have a break from being Wet and Miserable (Stultifera Navis) so he can be Wet and Stupid Drunk instead. Good for him.

[gazelle-jun]

Hi it has been awhile, i am rarely active over here but have a pink wolf for today because i got her XD

[brave-symphonia]

I like that Gavial’s role here is as a doctor, someone that’s had experience with patients not opening up. And she’s trying to let Stitch know what keeping this up will lead to, based on her experience.

[burstfoot]

Based on his EN dub, Minimalist doesn’t appear to have a strong accent (besides sounding vaguely American), but it’s mentioned that he has a different accent to surface dwellers in the story.

Conclusion: the Durin accent is Gay Voice

[potatoescanbesadtoo]

my favourite part of ideal city is when you use a homemade car with drills and built in cooler to run over drunk citizens

[ryufboi]

Deserved sweet time

[philaretey]

IDEAL CITIES: Portmeirion, Part 2

“I am not a number. I am a free man!”

Portmeirion Village provided the backdrop for the 1960's cult classic TV series, “The Prisoner,” starring Patrick McGoohan, who is seen in one of the photos with Clough Williams-Ellis.

Patrick McGoohan not only starred as Number Six, the leading role in “The Prisoner,” he was also the creator and driving force behind the 17 episode series. The series was a sequel to his previous starring vehicle, titled “Danger Man” in the UK, but famously changed to “Secret Agent Man” in the US. Johnny Rivers, memorably sang the title song written by Sloan and Barri for the American broadcast, “Secret Agent Man,” which reached number 3 on the Billboard chart.

Like Seaside in the Truman show, Portmeirion is an idyllic setting that is the de facto prison of the protagonist, in this case a former secret agent who has dared to quit, only to be imprisoned by the powers-that-be because of the dangerous knowledge he has of what really goes on. Both shows raise the question of whether we are prisoners of beauty, and whether we can only be free in the mundane world we actually inhabit. A theme later repeated in “The Matrix” movies.

“The Prisoner” was probably one of the most influential pieces of television of the 1960's not only in the UK and USA, but also in France, Australia, and many other countries. Even The Beatles were fans. Its cult status was confirmed with the establishment in the 1970's of the official Prisoner Appreciation Society, Six of One. Continued interest resulted in an updated version broadcast in 2009 - a 6 episode mini-series with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.

Personally, I still covet his Lotus Super Seven!

Johnny Rivers singing:

“Secret, AGENT man! Secret, AGENT man! They’ve given you a number, and taken ‘way your name….”

[myarchitectphil]

IDEAL CITIES: Portmeirion, Part 2

“I am not a number. I am a free man!”

Portmeirion Village provided the backdrop for the 1960's cult classic TV series, “The Prisoner,” starring Patrick McGoohan, who is seen in one of the photos with Clough Williams-Ellis.

Patrick McGoohan not only starred as Number Six, the leading role in “The Prisoner,” he was also the creator and driving force behind the 17 episode series. The series was a sequel to his previous starring vehicle, titled “Danger Man” in the UK, but famously changed to “Secret Agent Man” in the US. Johnny Rivers, memorably sang the title song written by Sloan and Barri for the American broadcast, “Secret Agent Man,” which reached number 3 on the Billboard chart.

Like Seaside in the Truman show, Portmeirion is an idyllic setting that is the de facto prison of the protagonist, in this case a former secret agent who has dared to quit, only to be imprisoned by the powers-that-be because of the dangerous knowledge he has of what really goes on. Both shows raise the question of whether we are prisoners of beauty, and whether we can only be free in the mundane world we actually inhabit. A theme later repeated in “The Matrix” movies.

“The Prisoner” was probably one of the most influential pieces of television of the 1960's not only in the UK and USA, but also in France, Australia, and many other countries. Even The Beatles were fans. Its cult status was confirmed with the establishment in the 1970's of the official Prisoner Appreciation Society, Six of One. Continued interest resulted in an updated version broadcast in 2009 - a 6 episode mini-series with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.

Personally, I still covet his Lotus Super Seven!

Johnny Rivers singing:

“Secret, AGENT man! Secret, AGENT man! They’ve given you a number, and taken ‘way your name….”