I don’t get the “Victorian” motif of the couch. They are more gay than intimidating.
Yes, I've been amused by that for some time. I suspect their interest mostly has to do with the panther carving at the center of the back. You have to wonder how they found it, though. I figure that they were probably out doing some antiquing one weekend and spotted that, and thought it was would be just *fabulous* in their HQ.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.