Keep moving forward!

This is an animatic I did of characters I created between 2008 and 2010.

Hopefully this will teach younger genrations that the 2000s were, to paraphrase the famous like from A Tale of Two Cities, the best of times and the worst of times.

https://vimeo.com/1075232619/

Dress with Respect

 Recently, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has called for airline passengers to "dress with respect".

I wonder if he finally found CCTV footage of me at JFK?

I have been "dressing with respect" for the last ten years. Duffy never noticed... until now, apparently.

This is me on my way to America in 2017.

This is me on a plane in 2015

Apparently there was a communication breakdown on both sides. I couldn't express what I tried to say, and the Republicans couldn't express what they wanted.

Some of my favorite characters are linked to the Spirits from 'Frozen 2'

 

Achim

In one episode of 'Brummkreisel', Achim plays Mother Hulda. Mother Hulda is a fairytale character linked with the Nixies. The spirit of water, the Nøkk, is based on the Nixies.

Lupin III

Although the Earth Giants are explicitly based on the jötunn, Ive heard it theorised that the Earth Giants are influenced by the Formorians. Since the Lupin family's name, in my opinion, is loosely related to the god Lugh, and Lugh is a quarter Formorian, it could inspire some adventure in Ireland.

Lugh was also the grandson of the Earth Goddess Danu, which ties the Lupin family to the Earth symbol further.

I don't know yet which characters I like are connected to the Fire Salamanders or the Sylphs.

Tuco Ramírez' surname is also linked with Lugh to a much lesser extent, in that his surname originates from Castile, which was once the eastern territory of the Kingdom of Léon.

Dochka

 This is Irina Vladimirovna Putina. She is from the visual novel 'My Girlfriend is the President.

Oh, the places he'll go...

Of course there have been many real life places Lupin III has been to, but also a number of fictional ones as well.

Here are suggestions for more real-life places he could see.

The Somerset Levels led to a place of spiritual significance for ancient Britons, Saint Jean de Luz contains a few intriguing mysteries, and Chester Castle once had a tower named after Hugh Lupus.

 

Beyond Seichi Junrei: The Blog Post

 These are places Lupin III fans can go to that are not yet locations in the franchise but are loosely connected either by name or by heritage.

Santiago de Compostela

This ancient city was said to have been ruled by Queen Lupa. You can find the statue of her being baptised, as well as a painting of her in the Pilgrimage Museum.

Ourense, Galicia

Near Ourense is Mount Pindo, where Queen Lupa is said to have been buried along with a treasure, although I think the greatest treasure would be visiting the mountain itself.

Musée St. Rémi, Reims

This church museum in northeast France contains many fascinating artefacts, including sculptures of the three-faced god Lugh, who Queen Lupa is said to be a female counterpart of.

A version of the Welsh god Lugus, Lugh's cult originated in Ireland, but was spread through France and Spain as well.

Zebbug, Malta

The Lupin family is distantly related, through Henriette d'Andrésy, to the Rohan family, and one notable Rohan was Emmanuel, Grand Master of the Order of St. John through the final decades of the 18th Century.

Emmanuel had an arch built in Zebbug.

If you can't get there, there is the Museum of the Order of St. John in London, England, which doesn't appear to mention Emmanuel but is all about the Knights Hospitalier.

National Archive, Paris

This was built by a Rohan family member in a Neoclassical style and with a wonderful Rococo interior. It had amazing things on display when I visited, including a letter in code from Marie Antoinette.

8 Rue Crévaux, Paris

This was Arsène Lupin's fictional residence in a couple of works, including Arsène Lupin vs. Sherlock Holmes.

Cannon Hall, Hampstead

Not open to visitors, but this is where one of Arsène Lupin's actors, Gerald du Maurier, spent his final years.

Rule 63 of what?

 I have heard of gender swapping, something I've been interested in since the alternate fantasy episode of 'Malcolm in the Middle', being referred to as "Rule 63" of something. What is it a rule of? Who made it up?