#the crusaders

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Just dramatic girl things

[dozydawn]

Randy Crawford and The Crusaders performing Street Life on Top of the Pops, September 1979.

[soupinaboot]

You know what, fuck your Henry Potter headcannons here's some of the girls headcannons that doesn't involve any of the boys + fancast

All

Played DnD together

They all knew the passwords to get into each other's dorms

Had a book club

Favorite hangout spot was by the lake

Would pull a lot of pranks, but no one ever knew it was them

After Hogwarts they all got matching tattoos

Lived close by so that they could walk to each other's houses

Many girls trips

They were called the Crusaders

Sleepovers.

Lily Evans

Working class Midlands accent

Short but slouchs so she looks shorter than she actually is

Loves romance books

Favorite author is Jane Austen

Also loves to read muggle comics

Her favorite superhero is Spider-Man

Has ADHD and OCD but didn't get diagnosed till later in life

Freckles, everywhere

Bisexual and totally had a crush on Mary when she was younger

Plus Size

Sarcastic and snarky as fuck

Amazing writer but horrible handwriting

She tried really hard to be the wingman for Marlene and Dorcas

<3 ABBA <3

Was everyone's gay awakening

Wanted to grow her own food and garden more but hated dirt

Greek Mythology nerd

Had a lot of plants but never knew how to care for them

Doesn't like to watch Quidditch but read a lot about it

Cottagecore

Favorite color is Green

Hates the cold and loves summer

Hibiscus tea lover

Fighter

Mary MacDonald

Has a lot of siblings, is the oldest

Owns a lot of cameras and loves taking photos of her friends

Bisexual and had a crush on Lily

Best class was charms

Loves doing makeup

Plans all the sleepovers

Makes jewelry

Coffee > Tea

Pink was her favorite color

Loudest and most contagious laugh

Friends with almost everyone

Plays the trumpet, I have no reason she just has the vibes of a trumpet player

Paints her nails a different color every week

Dog person

Owns a record player that is covered in stickers

Hippie fashion sense

Grew up in a poorer area

Sewed a lot of her own clothes and makes things for her friends

Best friends with her mom

Christmas is her favorite holiday

Loves to listen to Lily rant about books even when she has no idea what she's saying

<3 Fleetwood Mac <3

Favorite flower is an Iris

Sorcerer

Marlene McKinnon

Lily made her realize she was a Lesbian

Thick scottish accent

Was Minerva's favorite student

Beater for Gryffindor Quidditch team

Really good at art

Does her own piercings

Ambivert but it depends on who she's with

Tallest in the group

Doesn't like anyone touching her hair other than Dorcas

Is the only one Mary let's do her makeup

Favorite color is red

LOVES leather

Ur mom jokes

Nazareth lover

Also Stevie Nicks fan

She cut her hair the same as Stevie Nick

Loves watching horror movies with Lily

Never wears her uniform the right way

Puts hot sauce on EVERYTHING

Bass player

I'm sorry but she is a lightweight

Pins and buttons on all her clothes

Really wanted a dog growing up but they couldn't afford one

Barbarian

Dorcas Meadowes

Has a lot of crystals

Best friends with Pandora and they talk a lot about astrology

Fell in love with Marlene at first sight

Slytherin, I'm not sure if it's cannon but she just is

Quidditch chaser

Favorite weather is cloudy and rainy

Punk hippie

Taught Lily how to care for her plants

Has a nose piercing

LESBIAN!!!

Horrible flirt

Might of had a crush on Pandora at some point

New about the tunnels and used them regularly

Favorite subject was potions but sucked at them

Very mixed friend group with a lot of Ravenclaws, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Gryffindor friends

Played Quidditch with her parents when she was younger

Makes tea with Lily while they gossip

Draws with Marlene

Second tallest in the group and hates that Marlene uses it against her(secretly loves it)

Loves coconut flavored things but hates coconut

Dolly Parton fan

Owns a lot of rainbow things

Loves psychological horror books

Druid

Pandora Lovegood

Very important to me that Xenophilius took her last name

Obviously hippie

Made friendship bracelets for all her friends

Vegan

Had a lot of pets. A lot

A few consisted of three cats, four frogs, two snakes, and a bird(yes she had more)

Grew up in a small cottage with a single mother

Marlene gave her a few piercings

Trans mtf

Ravenclaw

Was really good friends with Lily

She and Lily planed out play dates for Harry and Luna while Pandora was pregnant and before Lily died

Was the one that had the idea for a book club

Flower crown enthusiast

Always wore skirts no matter the occasion

Helped the house elves clean

Painted her nails with Mary

Drove a Volkswagen Beetle that Marlene painted on

Youngest in her group

Hyperfixation on dragons

Asked the sorting hat to put her in Ravenclaw because her favorite color was blue(not to say she wasn't smart enough to be in it)

Hung out a lot with Sybill Trelawney

Lily introduced her to muggle comics and Pandora's favorite hero was Startfire

Bard

[krea2re]

ocs from a concept i made around the beginning of this year about a team of sexy aliens defending the universe from evil and their very average heighted tiny human leader they entrusted in because their previous leader was killed, inspired by old 80s anime (n_0)/💫

currently making my midterm the opening to their make believe anime series

other doodles related to the concept under the cut

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Impact Comics house ad from May 1992

[ryanwclement]

What is Art?

by Ryan Clement OF COURSE, I don’t really know the answer to this age-old question, but my very good friends, F and M, may well have come very close to an – rather than ‘the’ – answer. WE WERE CELEBRATING A VICTORY in a recent court case. We were enjoying our meal in Wembley – they had kindly made the journey South for my sole convenience. We, sorry, I had elected for an Indian meal. Had I…

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House-ad for The Crusaders (1992). Art by Dan Jurgens. 

[krispyweiss]

Rewind: The Crusaders - Crusaders 1 (1972)

Though they dropped the word Jazz from their name, the Crusaders were still immersed in the genre when they retooled and re-emerged with their abbreviated moniker and Crusaders 1 in 1972.

As much funk and soul as jazz, this 75-minute instrumental LP remains relevant 50 years and some months on. This second debut arrived 11 years after the Jazz Crusaders’ initial debut and finds the group incorporating elements of what preceded it while intuiting sounds that would come to the fore as the ’70s unfolded.

Carole King’s still-new “So Far Away” gets a complete overhaul on this one. While the band returns to the telltale theme occasionally across the 11-minute runtime, the musicians basically rewrote the thing in the Crusaders’ image; a gutsy move that pays off handsomely.

The Crusaders’ original four - Joe Sample (keys), Stix Hooper (drums) Wilton Felder (bass, sax) and Wayne Henderson (trombone) - were kings of building around the groove with the rhythm section burrowing deep in the pocket on tracks such as “That’s How I Feel” and “Three Children.” The funky guitar foreshadows disco and causes the listeners to experience sympathetic wrist pain with the sessions’ axeman - Larry Carlton, Arthur Adams and David T. Walker - even as the mind swims in sweet sound.

Despite the Crusaders’ revamped calling card and their newfound stylistic variety, this is still jazz. But unlike the fusion that would come along presently - and 1 is not that - this new-sound band trundles its way toward a new crossroads that was being constructed in studios across the a United States around this time.

Grade card: The Crusaders - Crusaders 1 - B+

2/5/23

[jacobwren]

The Crusaders - Street Life

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Ads from 1991/1992 for the Impact Comics line from DC.

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They're having a drinking contest

[littleevil0ne1]

✨️Joana Indi and the Queen of Egypt ✨️

[nightbynightfly]

An Album a Day 2024: Day 115

Apr. 24, 2024

The Crusaders - Chain Reaction (1975)

Jazz fusion, Funk, Instrumental

[vreskah]

Continuing my saga of making them in my style

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Impact Comics subscription ad from March 1992

[shyhandart]

pov you are Scootaloo's phone :D