WD -- not scolding... I just nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I saw you had described it that way -- I mean, talk about contrast!
As far as the stark, powerful impact of the thing, I do have a fondness for the Blood Eagle -- but usually because it
isn't described; you just have someone with that sentence passed on them, and that's enough. It's no wonder that they'd blanch if they heard those words....