My mind keeps going to Singapore's Merlion fountain statue which is the closest I got to a lion having relations with water.

Thank you. I will henceforth adopt that as my headcanon XP

It seems that the relation between lion and water is more accurately from this; in the old times Egypt and Middle Eastern areas thought of lions as sign of rain cause lions headed north during rainy season(Also Egypt's goddess of rain has a head of a lion so maybe that derives from this thought as well). This idea later carried on to the Roman Empire and specifically their architecture which is probably why they have water fountains and faucets in lion shapes. That said the merlion stuff and this all probably factors into what resulted in the default motif for Blades.

This brings back some fond childhood memories.

Saikyo no chikara

Plot twist: Desast is up to his usual slice of life Twitter moments and takes Ren along to see the trees.

Well...Damn.
This is turning into Gaim pretty fast.

I... Wouldn't actually mind that. Dezast helps Ren up on the trees and teaches him about true strength and how it's from within. I mean, he's already weirdly wise and poetic in the twitter posts.



...And then he slaps an Alter Ride book in his stomach.

Nah, I doubt Saber's going to get anywhere close to that amount of dark and edgy. Remember that this is from the writer behind Ghost and that show despite having some dark moments had a greater emphasis on the magic of friendship and the idea that justice means something different for each person. Henshinzero has been predicting Ren turning Megid for a while now and Desast has foreshadowed it, so I figured it might happen eventually.

If Kento is going to betray Ren's trust and seal Hayate, he'll need to obtain a new power to maintain his "strength is justice" philosophy. There's no incentive keeping him loyal to SOL anymore. However, while Ren is too unobservant to identify the evil behind all the lies, he has a concept of what is good, so I don't expect him to become a villain like Storious. He's being manipulated by bad people to do bad things. Some things he did on his own like almost killing Mei which was probably him at his worst, but not everything bad he did is entirely his fault. Like Primitive, maybe Ren just needs someone to talk to him and try understanding his sadness.

The problem with Ren is that there is no actual reason given for his childishness or his mindset that 'strength is justice'. Rintaro's reason for loyalty to the Guild is given, as well as Kento's newfound hellbent attitude on sealing all the sacred swords. Ren is just Ren for the sake of being Ren. All style, no substance. Which is a shame as it makes him feel even more of a living toy shill (which he is but I think my point is made).