i have been informed that the seven stars PLUS sun and moon that confused me on Aragorn's sword -- because seven stars were a common medieval theme, as they were the five visible planets plus the sun and the moon -- was in fact the seven stars of the Big Dipper (one of the only constellations for which we have a name in a spoken language -- ie not Latin -- in early medieval non-Muslim Europe*). He put Carles Wain on there I am going to riot.
*shoutout to Al-Andalus and Sicily and uhh that chunk of Muslim southern Italy, Arabic star names were going strong continue to go strong
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?: Figured it’d be a while yet.
Wyatt: Whatever you think this is, you’re wrong.
?: Uh-huh.
Wyatt: Is she okay?
?: She’ll be fine, a little strung out is all.
Wyatt: She looks kinda.. young.
?: She’s eighteen-.. too old?
Wyatt: No, no! That’s not why I’m here.
?: If you’re gonna rob the place, you’re in the wrong room.
Wyatt: Not interested.
?: So, what’s the deal?
Wyatt: I don’t know, I didn’t really think this through-.. you know the door was open, right? You could’ve left by now.
?: [scoffs] Y’think it’s that simple?
Wyatt: Yeah?
?: I’d rather have a roof over my head for the night.
Wyatt: Oh.
?: [laughs dryly] Naïve, ain’tcha?
Wyatt: It appears so.
?: You’re too nervous t’be a cop, or a john.. why’re you here?
Wyatt: I think I feel.. responsible.
?: That sounds like a you problem.
Wyatt: I suppose it is. Still, we need to get out of here before they come back.
?: I doubt that’s a wise choice.
Wyatt: I can’t help you if-…
?: If you actually want t’help, whatever the hell that means-.. leave us here; otherwise, they’ll know something’s up.
Wyatt: Right, that’s true.
?: If anything, you oughta get yourself outta here.
Wyatt: Are you sure you don’t-…
?: [scoffs] Ain’t nothin’ new under the sun t’me here, hun; just go.
Wyatt: I’ll be back-.. or I’ll figure something out, okay?
…
[Wyatt gasps upon setting foot outside, an unpleasant lump lingering at the back of his throat]
…
Brynn: That’s him.. beep!
Randy: It’s the middle of the feckin’ night, Bry-…
[BEEEEEEEP]
Wyatt: You waited for me?
Randy: Apparently.
Brynn: Don’t just stand like statue, get in!
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hello! as a celebration of me finally getting my driving license (shoutout to my instructor, he is an absolute saint and has forever changed my perspective on cars and car nerds), i thought i'd ask about your opinion on the cars my family owns — the Škoda Fabia I (the specific one we have is a combi from late 2004. slowly perishing, mainly of rust) and Kia Cee'd (2013??). is there anything remarkable about these two?
Ah, the Ceed, as Kia cowardly renamed it in 2018, in a decision I deliberately reject as I keep on referring to it as Cee apostrophe d, as Top Gear liked to call the earlier model they gave celebrities to go try to get themselves killed on tape, Tom Cruise getting the closest because of course it would be him.
Notice how nary an ounce of steering was given up whatsoever. Man was just balancing the car with the throttle in the true racing driver spirit of "If I die I die and if I don't this'll be a good time".
However, this is a bit of a sidetrack, as that's not your car - that'll be one o' deez, which whether as a 5 door...
...station wagon...
...or its bafflingly named coupe version (Pro_Cee'd????)...
...looks sharp as a goddamn tack in my books. In fact, wanna know how that's not just cheap flattery? That station wagon was actually the car I was pushing for our family to get when ours needed changing! Life didn't grace us with the opportunity, however, and so we ended up replacing our grey Citroën Picasso MPV with another (the ole' Xsara Picasso to C4 Picasso pipeline) which served us decently over a couple years before developing woes and getting passed on to family friends more willing to deal with them. Weird car, that C4 Picasso. Most of the steering wheel didn't turn.
Now, you may ask why those French folx would do that. And the answer is in the word French.
I can just imagine the designers asking feedback about the handbrake and getting all giddy as they look at them struggle to figure out where it is. Actually, go on, you try!
Wait, wait, we're once again getting sidetracked, we've still not addressed the Fabia! And that's a crime, because it was a hugely important car for Škoda: as Volkswagen's involvement with the company had turned from shareholder to owner its involvement in the cars had turned from help to codevelopment, making the Fabia a humongous departure from Škodas of old. However, for the latest Octavia, no closer to those hunksajunk, the rave reviews had been no match against Škoda's brand image, which was so terrible that even Wikipedia feels comfortable saying they were laughing stocks.
So for the Fabia, Škoda turned to marketing agency Fallon London for a very bold advertising campaign. So bold in fact that I didn't even stumble into it through my passion for cars, but through my study of marketing.
And it's so simple you could miss it.
(...it's in the lower right.)
This simple idea, and how hard they doubled down on it...
...completely turned Skoda's fortunes around, in a brand repositioning so successful that all of Fallon's Škoda-related ads received awards. Including this one.
That's not even an ad for Škoda. That's an ad for themselves.
Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question: if you liked this post, you might like those - or the blog’s Discord server, linked in the pinned post!
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