Dispatches from the Middle Circle

Bone Eater

“What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?

I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.

The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;

Rush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king.”

What is that? Looks like a Muppet.

Some of my absolute favorite mecha in anime as a kid. The 3 vehicles in "Genesis Climber Mospeada".

- Ride Armors: A series of motorcycles capable of transforming into power suits

- Legiosses: The primary Armor-Fighters used by the Earth Liberation Forces

- AB-01 TLEAD: Notably the TLEAD stands for Transport Legioss Escort Armored Dreadnought but has also been referred to as TREAD for TRans-EArth Deployment. These machines could transform into an aircraft called an Armo-Bomber.

note - the Ride Armor can be stored in a Legioss behind the cockpict, plus the Legioss can link with the Tread using it as a reinforced booster for the purpose of increasing cruising distance and combat efficiency both inside and outside the influence of gravity

Fun fact about Bonnie Tyler is that if it hadn't been for the development of some friction in 1982 between Meat Loaf and his music partner, Jim Steinman, then Bonnie wouldn't've landed her signature ballad of "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Jim had originally intended it for Meat, but then it got passed on to Bonnie, and it ended up making her career. The absolute pinnacle of grandiose, theatrical, and passionate middle-of-the-road pop balladry, which Jim was a master at crafting, as this one managed to top the Billboard Hot 100 for four straight weeks in October of 1983, while Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All," which Jim also produced, sat right behind it for three of those weeks too.