r/TitanicHG • u/UmpquaRiver • 3d ago
Discussion Purple Lounge Cushions
Tom Lynskey’s “Steam and Splendor Network” released a video today on the remains of Titanic’s pianos. In the video, one of the speakers specifically points out that some digital recreations regarded as being “the most accurate in the world” are in fact faulty for the use of purple cushions instead of green in the first class lounge. I would pass this aside, but this seems like an intentional jab at THG (which has purple cushions) after Lynskey saying that THG wasn’t “real history” in one of his Titanic anniversary sinking live streams and other similar comments.
I harbor no hate to either THG, a first class digital museum, or Lynskey, who seems like a talented storyteller. I will say that both entities seem better since Lynskey’s split from heading the project. But I think there’s more to the story of the “amicable separation” that happened several years ago. I don’t think you’d see the antipathy towards THG if it was as smooth of a split as alluded to.