Kinda hard to see but in the first opening of shrikes room in episode one of Monkey wrench you can see a photo of shrike and I assume a group of old friends.
Makes you wonder if they'll come up, perhaps they had a falling out? We know that Shrike used to work for League of Aligned worlds aka L. A. W, specifically in the navy of L. A. W. which I find very interesting because at multiple points Shrike expresses a lot of sustain for L. A. W. Like in episode one when Beebs brought up the news of Lady kara supposedly killing another wealthy law supporter Shrike says
" Probably deserved it. Supporting Laww and all..oh and speaking of miserable!"
I don't think we can come to the conclusion that his prior career did not align with his preferences of chaos, cuz we all know shrike loves to fight and shoot a blaster. So taking all that into accountability he probably stopped for some other reason.
It could just be his somewhat easy to anger personality but in the photo he does not look happy, like at all. Though his friends look the exact opposite.
In episode two the guys actually even take a job presented to them as being from " L.A.W." well until it was proven otherwise. But at some point Beebs references something Shrike said before the job, before the start of the episode. About not trusting the job they're currently taking, agreeing with what he said and claiming he might be right. This aligns with Shrikes not so savory history with L.A.W and what he might assume or expect of the organization.
Shrike also then states the above which is interesting to mention he talks about holding a gun in relationship to L.A.W caring or not caring about you, from someone who fought in L.A.W Navy.
This shows L.A.W probably isn't afraid to get their hands dirty.
Also in episode two when they finally do apprehend the crazy scientist lady and turn her into L.A.W, one of the L.A.W workers forgets a certain line I assume you say when arresting someone in the L.A.W organization. Shrike is then there and able to repeat the whole saying where he could not. Although in a very unenthused tone of voice.
After, the blue guy offers shrike to help in the arrest, Shrike looks very disgusted at this idea and then immediately denies walking away annoyed,
" Nah Amigo, That ain't my thing no more."
Again GO WATCH MONKEY WRENCH it is amazing and beautifully animated, I know it's hard for me to get into a show when you have to track it down but Monkey wrench is available free on youtube! And you don't have to worry about the plot picking up when in their first two episodes a lot of action, comedy and world building are included!
Love how Alastor is depicted by Husk as the “King of Spades,” which, in cartomancy, refers to an individual of bad faith, or a ‘predator’ to use someone to their own end. Which, for Husk, is true in every regard.
Meanwhile, Husk is depicted as the “Jack of Diamonds”
This one is ‘the Messenger,’ or in some translations, ‘the Traitor.’ It is said to ‘take more than allowed.’ While it doesn’t fit nearly as well, I think that the latter aspect of the card does fit, as one can only be so lucky before your luck runs out. There is one particular interpretation that labels the card as an ‘irresponsible man.’
Im gonna be posting a lot of monkey wrench easter eggs over the next few days BUT I went through episode one again and as directed to us a few times by @monkey-wrench-zeurel I looked at the news segment in episode one
As we learn from episode two Shrike loves Terran cartoons being silly animated adventures set in a western cowboy like setting. Soon after the conversation gets diffused by the fact the Terran are apparently responsible for the "Galactic wide cataclysm"
But who cares! Right? I mean apparently they also invented pizza and also cartoons! They're a big part of history!
Hm. Maybe a little too big.
The biggest kicker of all would have to be something I also spotted in episode one
When the dudes get to Oberon there're quite a few featured wanted posters and if you pause and read you can see a wanted poster for actual Terran with images!
As you can see these guys are pretty hated, especially with the big red X some one has put over both of the Terran. Even listing that " if you sight anyone from the Terran species you are to report their location to the L. A. W. Enforcement immediately"
They want all of them dead so badly they're listed at 1,000,000 pixels for capture. They aren't wanted dead though, and are instead listed as being executed. From everything I've seen so far I don't really trust these L. A. W. guys who seem to have a lot of power
But obviously as you can see Terran are probably Humans.
It would make sense with the things they are related to but we can't exactly rule out that in the universe some other species didn't make certain things.
What I do find interesting, is that the cartoon shrike loves so much is called " EL BANDITO" which is spanish, as we often hear Shrike speak. So if Terrans were just humans who live on earth that would make sense.
We know that Terran have been around for a pretty long time being a big part of history and everything. As you can see in the news broadcast the year of episode one is 4029 which is about 2,026 years in the future. (not good at math)
Obviously technology is very advanced now and everything is in a Sci-fi space setting, so I find it interesting Shrike has VHS tapes when at this point that technology would be like an ancient 2nd millennia BC historical artifact.
Last thing I'll note is that the Terran both have purple gunk on then so that's a question to ask.
And if you haven't already, go watch Monkey Wrench! It's beautifully animated and it's only just a youtube show so it needs all the help it can get to do great and really get out there!
Loki literally stares directly at Mobius for almost 10 full seconds before announcing what his time slipping is really about. Sylvie is behind him the entire time and Loki only turns around to say he can rewrite the story, to tell Sylvie what he’s already decided to do. There is absolutely no doubt who Loki is referring to when he discovers what’s really driving him.
Hi it's just to let you know that the official romanization of Revaan's name is Raverne ! Also they have romanized Baul's name to Baur !
Twst coming back at us again with the least expected romanization! thank you everybody (oh god my inbox) (no it's great, I literally asked for this and the reactions have been INCREDIBLE, thank you all!)
I do like Raverne though, I think it's got a nice fancy sound to it! (I had kinda suspected it was going to be an R instead of an L, so the fact that it's SO close to Laverne except for that is hilarious to me personally.) and Dragoneye Duke is honestly probably the best translation for his title, I wasn't envying the localizers that one. :') Baur instead of Baul I was NOT expecting, but in retrospect I think his name's supposed to be a reference to the Bauru crocodile, so that actually makes way more sense!
someone else also said Meleanor has become Maleanor, which is the REALLY weird one to me, because I was so surprised it was written as Mel instead of Mal in the first place?! oh god no I can't decide which one I like better. 😭 (I wonder if they might change it to Mal...they have made romanization changes before) (like I remember House of Distraction being corrected to House of Destruction in Playful Land) (I did check and she's still Mel for now, but I dunno, they might Mal her up and some point and save me from having to make a decision about which one to use) (HECK I CAN'T DECIDE)
uhhhh thank you for letting me ramble about anime names, let's just say MONOGRAMMED SWEATERS FOR EVERYONE
I love this gay ass show with its literally life ending injuries that heal immediately, but only when convenient to the plot, and its ridiculous use of modern phrases, and its laughing in the face of historical accuracy, and its kissing the face of the fans instead of trying to outwit them, and the way everyone involved in the show seem to go 'I KNOW RIGHT! I'M EXCITED TOO!' instead of mocking the fans