#no we have a german at home

[pitske]

ROTZBACKE! HAKENZAHN! OI! OI! OI!

#I know some people will disagree with me here and that is totally okay : #I grew up watching httyd and I absolutely prefer the german version over the og (which doesn't happen often) #I think it is so undeniably better in my opinion because it 1) is what I am used to #and 2) because I'm a northern german and the way they talk seems so close to home its just nice- #um's auf gut deutsch zu sagen: die hamburgern so schön /lh #of course in my family we mostly speak like that for emphasis or whatever but I JUST AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE IT SO MUCH #I can speak along with the movie in its entirety in german I just-only piece of media that had more of an impact on my life than Undertale #I will say I am sadly not a third movie enjoyer. I'm sorry I just didn't like it very much but I respect the people who do #I also have only watched it once while I've watched rtte like... idk 3 times? #also finally getting to the drawing- I LOVE SNOTLOUT AND HOOKFANG SO MUCCH #also Rotzbacke's Synchronsprecher is just so damn funny- #oh btw Planzin and Tectco watched me go through the five stages of grief when I realized the reason why angel dust sounded so familiar #in the german dub was because the voice actor is the same guy who voice acts fishlegs in german #pitske’s art #pitskederdoenerhaendler #so much shit going down guys I need to draw the entire dragon rider crew #httyd fanart #httyd #snotlout #snotlout jorgenson #hookfang #how to train your dragon

[spineless-lobster]

I am half way through all quiet on the western front why did none of you tell me that bäumer was very gay for kat? Was I just supposed to find out myself?

#what the fuck was ‘I love him; his shoulders his angular slightly sloped frame’ #and ‘we have a greater more gentle consideration for each other than I should think even lovers do’ #and ‘his gigantic distorted shadow falls across me like home’ #that goose scene was a dinner date y’all I will not hear otherwise #not that i’m complaining #this is like german in memoriam except written decades earlier by someone who actually experienced the front #anyways #all quiet on the western front

[airenyah]

no but when mhok told day to think of his plate as a clock and told him where on the clock the food was that really reminded me of one of my favorite movies from when i was in middle school which is also about blind people and where the title of the movie itself is a reference to thinking of the plate as a clock: it's called "erbsen auf halb 6" which literally translates to "peas at half past 5" (yes, "halb 6" means "half past 5", yes the numbers are different, don't worry about it)

the plot of the movie is a theater director losing his eyesight in a car accident and him being a director who kinda needs to see what's going on on stage he really doesn't take his sudden loss of vision very well. he gets assigned a helper/mentor, a lady who is blind herself and who's been blind since birth and is supposed to help him adapt to a life with disability. he ultimately runs away from her when he learns that his mother is sick to go find his mother in russia and say goodbye before she dies. his helper/mentor chases after him and they end up on a travel adventure together

it's been over a decade since i last saw the movie but i think at some point they eat and they talk about how the peas sit on the plate where it would be half past 5 on a clock?? anyway, that moment with mhok and day at the restaurant where mhok tells him the position of day's food with the help of an analog clock really reminded me of that movie

edit: i went to look for the trailer of that movie and i found the scene in question!! turns out they're at a restaurant and the helper/mentor character goes "if you imagine the plate as a clock... what numbers is the food lying on?" and the waitress is all confused going "i'm sorry?"

there are no eng subs for the trailer buuut the moment is at the very end at 2:11:

see it's a real movie i didn't just make it up kjdfkjdfk

#god i need to rewatch that movie so bad it's been so long since i last saw it #i actually thought about this movie only recently!! #bc these two italian erasmus students were asking for german movie recs and i told them about this one #and now the scene with day and mohk at the restaurant reminds me of it too and #now i just feel this strong urge to go rewatch it #i vividly remember many scenes but there is no connection between them djgdkfjkfdg #i should really rewatch it during christmas break i think we have it on dvd??? #bc my mom found it in the library and we liked the movie a lot and i think she ended up buying it #i gotta check my parent's dvd shelf when i go home for christmas in a week #airenyah plappert #last twilight #lt ep5 #adrm #no but that movie also had this feature where they had an accessible version of it for people with low/no vision!!!! #which was the first time i'd ever seen a feature like this‚ up until that point i didn't know it existed #(i was like 12 or 13 or so i think when i first watched that movie) #(and (pre-)teen me thought it was really cool)

[mildmayfoxe]

re: my post awhile back about befriending servers went out to get dinner with a friend at the german restaurant bc it’s finally getting nicer outside & they opened their side patio and charmed the server so much that she gave us free shots at the end of dinner in little boot shaped shot glasses and asked us our names & said she would be happy to see us around more often. but before that i asked her for her recc from the dessert aperitifs list & she told me i should try this zirbenz stone pine liqueur (pictured) and i was like “yes please bring me the tree” and it was extremely astringent and piney but definitely worth the try. anyway there’s nothing better than peddling my little jokes into making a server laugh especially if it gets me free stuff at the end (never my goal but always welcome)

#chatpost #photo record #we had a good time. my friend gave me ALL her potatoes & i had my own potatoes to bring home so i am rich in potato leftovers #thank you german restaurant for my potato leftovers #and also the glühwein my best friend glühwein #the best way to make friends with servers is to say something stupid (funny) and then laugh at your own joke. but this only works if you’re #funny & charming enough to pull it off i suppose #(brag about being funny & charming) #idk you just have to be willing to laugh at yourself. that’s really the secret to it all. find life amusing that’s the real trick

[oh2e]

We were discussing our favourite Christmas films at work but the only one I’d seen was the Muppet Christmas Carol. However, who needs Christmas films when you’ve got the Thanktival special on DVD?

#just remembered I’ve got the thanktival special on dvd and am v excited to watch it right now #yonderland brings me so much joy #yonderland #my own post #I’ve seen the new animated grinch film and the santa clause films but I can’t think of any others I’ve seen #oh! arthur christmas. and the short animations from angela’s ashes #I have seen a wwi xmas film with scottish french and german main characters. also most of christmas in connecticut #reading imdbs 100 top xmas films rn #I’ve seen die hard & home alone and we watched gremlins last year #I think I’ve seen a newer miracle on 34th street but I’ve no recollection of the actual story #how is Edward scissorhands a christmas film?? I have seen it but ages ago #joyeux noel that’s the one we watched in french class #I’ve seen nightmare before christmas and also most of polar express #THE SNOWMAN LOVED THAT #going to admit thoigh none of the others are particularly memorable #anywya watch the thanktival special of yonderland.

[itsagrimm]

somehow it feels like every Goth in Germany owns or has read a copy of 'Krabat'.

#accidentally bought the forth copy of krabat thinking we do not have it #apparently literally everyone of my friends has the book at home at least once #german goth essential #goth #krabat #grimmwriting #grimmreading

[mihai-florescu]

The biggest division between eastern and western europe is whether lidl is considered cool or not

#lidl back home is like the coolest supermarket you can go to. when i told my german roommate im glad we live close to a lidl he #said thats the poor people supermarket #i have noticed its not as fun here idk they dont have the special weeks:(

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

This does bring forth a question about the worth of remaining connected to the mother country or land of origin, as we understand it.

Does it matter to care about the country (as a nation) your ancestors came from when you have no stake in the game? And really, does a specific chunk of land and the governing forces on that land really matter, considering throughout history borders have shifted, governments have changed, people have migrated?

Do you believe you can uphold the legacy and culture of your ancestors regardless of the piece of land on which you stand?

#no really this is fascinating #and it seems we hold whatever ‘home land’ to be whatever the placement happened to be at the time of departure #and cling to it when you reach immigrant/displaces status #for example 6/8 great grandparents are Scandinavian #one is English one is German #the German grandmother we still debate if she should be considered German or Austrian #because… land changes. #land is land and belongs to the current conqueror #of course land does play a big part in culture #cuz many tenants come about by the land (what resources you have in any given place) #it also makes sense why I am the way I am #my ancestors lived in a northern country and were whiter than snow #I am not made for sun! I am made for cold! #I have a fair complexion. #idk us humans have a need to know who we are #where we came from #why we are how we are #but I think part of me thinks we don’t really know and can’t ever know #like. am I to assume my Scandinavian ancestors were Scandinavian from the beginning of time until they came to America? #I mean I make the assumption cuz we have to make conclusions on the little info we got #but when you consider the whole of human history and much migration has happened #… idk #I think we’d all be shocked if we really knew from the beginning of time until now

[nexus-nebulae]

so like. lately I've been feeling like there's some kind of Thing living in this house with me, like a spirit or creature or something, and i feel like it's been here a long time bc of how long things have been going missing in this house with no explanation. and i noticed when i got really badly sick i lost something and it made me like. sob uncontrollably bc it was important. and then i started Finding things in odd places. so i started thanking the mysterious entity. and now I'm finding More Stuff more often. and like i feel strange for believing in this entity bc I've always been told believing in pagan things is childish (??????) and feel awkward thanking it but also i Want To bc it's polite. anyway i wanna like. leave a little offering or something but don't know what would be appropriate bc i also dont know what entity this is

#first thought is like. house fairies #I've always thought it was something fae related i think? #but like i. don't really know a lot about real fairy folklore bc of all the Media I've consumed #i don't really know what's accurate and what isn't #like sometimes fairies are depicted as extremely powerful and like. human sized #sometimes they're just tiny little trickster guys #and also i don't know what folklore like. applies to me if that makes sense????? #im White™ and whatever culture my ancestors had was scrubbed away to force jesus in instead and i don't know how much my blood matters #I'm mostly german and welsh and was raised like. loosely catholic #and the word appropriation has been watered down so much by The Internet that i can never tell if I'm Doing That anymore #I'm just scared to do literally anything bc what if someone says i am #but also i feel very very drawn to certain myths and stories and entities and feel like letting that go would tear me apart in a way #like I'd just lose something and there'd be a hole that couldn't be filled by any other belief #I've TRIED to fit in other beliefs but they just don't click #i dunno. im scared of doing something wrong but it feels like home to me #anyway i want to leave an offering to this Entity in my house to thank it for returning some things #but dunno what i could use #do you think a fairy would appreciate lactose free vanilla coffee creamer. we dont have normal milk #i also wonder if candy would work. i have a ton of chocolate and caramel #though i also wonder if the Entity is stealing candy from the jars on my windowsill #i wouldn't mind that i don't mind sharing

[cinematicnomad]

1, 3, and 8 for the fun things to be asked

001. what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are? rather than just link you to my other answer, i will provide more (non-trauamtic) defining facets of my life: 1) my parents being almost 40 by the time they had me (38 and 39 respectively); 2) not getting my drivers license until i was 23 (follow this experience through the tag #kat learns to drive); and 3) my school in germany only having a mixed gender soccer team when i moved there in 4th grade

003. 3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of? i feel like this is more difficult to just limit myself to 3. here's 3 random ones off the top of my head: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, apollo 13, and the cutting edge.

008. any reacquiring dreams? unfortunately i don't, so i WILL be linking to my original answer here :)

ask fun questions!

#ask #alienmythologist #bc i didn't get my license until i was 23 #after college when i moved home i was v limited in the part time jobs i was looking at #which is how i ended up submitting so many applications to the university my parents lived within walking distance of #which is how i first got started working in international admissions #which is the career i am still in now 11 years later #so #also the soccer thing: #when i was in the states as a kid i was on the local girls soccer team every fall and spring #and being an active sports kid was v much a part of my identity #but when we moved to germany my school only had a mixed gender soccer team #and the little german boys took soccer WAY MORE SERIOUSLY than i did #and they were all much better players than me #so i was only the second girl on the team and the other one was another german girl who'd known them all for years and spoke fluid german #so i felt super self-conscious and intimidated by my teammates #and also that fall was when my grandmother was dying so my mom was back in the states and my dad was busy most weekends #so i missed a lot of games #and after that one fall season i stopped playing soccer for years and kind of turned away from sports in general #i still played jv basketball and softball but it wasn't the same #and sometimes i wonder who i would have been if i had been so intimidated by that team

[airenyah]

so i finally got to yank-kiss-yeet with my mom and when zo just leaves joke hanging after calling joke his boyfriend my mom (and me too actually) were already cracking up about it and then the scene continues and then the door opens and zo yanks joke inside and my mom laughs in surprise and goes "ahahah nice!!" and then they're kissing and my mom is like "that's a beautiful kissing scene. yeah, i get it now" and then zo yeets joke back out the door and we're laughing even harder and just continue to laugh all the way until the credits roll

#she's saying ''i get it now'' bc for weekes i kept mentioning how i desperately needed to watch a specific scene with her #bc it's one of the best and the absolute funniest kiss scene i've ever seen #i didn't spoil it. i just told her multiple times that it was a good and hilarious scene #and then my mom finally got to experience it and now she finally understands!!!!!! #the scene ended and my mom immediately went: ''we gotta rewatch this scene!!!!!'' #there is a REASON why i've been stuck in that hallway for the past 6 months and now my mom finally gets me #airenyah plappert #mama schaut adrm #mama schaut hidden agenda #hidden agenda #ha ep7 #adrm #(i actually have a voice recording of it bc i've been recording all our discussions just in case i ever wanna do sth with it jkkjdfg) #(she's not home rn but i might share the audio if she gives me permission to do so) #(i mean... it'll be a video bc we're speaking german and so i need to translate it) #(and that way i can also add the og scene so it's easier to see what we're reacting too kskjss) #(anyway yeah. guess i WON'T be studying for my exams in march rip)

[hurryupmerlin]

Shhhh, hörst du das? Hörst du das Gemunkel? Um dich wird es dunkel. In deinem Kopf dreh'n sich die Gedanken Bringen dich zum wanken. Geschichten um die sich Dramen ranken Nie erzählt und doch gekannt. Oh, du lauscht gebannt. Die Angst der and'ren tut dir nicht gut Doch es nährt die Glut Die das Feuer entfacht, das dich anlacht, Einladend und warm. Es nimmt dich in den Arm Und verbrennt dich mit seiner Zärtlichkeit. Dein letztes Geleit führst du selbst an. Du hast dich entschieden Und wirst kriegen Was dein Kopf dir befiehlt das richtig wäre. Es ist dir keine Lehre. Du trinkst Gift wie süßen Wein Doch dein Durst wird nie gestillt sein. Armes Kind, wer soll dich jetzt noch retten? Das Schloss für deine Ketten Wiegt schwerer noch als selbst dein Herz. Du kannst nicht mit noch ohne Schmerz.

Shhhh, do you hear that? Do you hear the murmur? It's getting dark around you. Your head is spinning with thoughts. They make you waver. Stories entwined with dramas Never told and yet known. Oh, you listen spellbound. The fear of others does you no good But it feeds the embers that kindle the fire Which laughs at you. Inviting and warm. It takes you in its arms. And burns you with its tenderness. You lead your last escort yourself. You have made your decision And will get what your head tells you is right. It is no lesson to you. You drink poison like sweet wine. But your thirst will never be quenched. Poor child, who will save you now? The lock for your chains weighs more than even your heart. You cannot live with or without pain.

#as always when i write poetry or lyrics in German it's happening in total darkness #right on my way home from walking the dog #and then i stand there for 5 minutes and write it down. #And immediately forget how the German language works afterwards. #this happens about once or twice every year and inbetween i am completely unable to write anything German thar rhymes whatsoever #chicken writes #my writing #- found out i have two tags. gotta clean that up some day #This is a poem about my how my toxic grand aunt keeps luring my mum and me in ever so often but we fall for it over and over again #we are too bound to her to fight it and her constant stories of drama #also it's about how listening to the suffering of others really can damage your own mental health #Just posting this here cos I have no place to collect my poetry yet

[alatariel-galadriel]

Woe, 1839 German bible uncovered in family attic be upon ye!

included: names/birthdays from 1892-1985, a pressed flower, a printed condolence card (1913)

not included: several locks of hair, a handmade condolence card (march 1842), 5 deitsch marriage certificates (1851-1935) lots of notes written in deitsch, and the chemise it was wrapped in

#anyways we found all this clearing out my great-great aunt’s house after her passing 6 years ago #There was a photo album too!! I think the earliest one was dated 1871 but don’t quote me on it #I might post photos of it next time I visit my hometown because it’s gorgeous #the benefit of your family never leaving 1 very small county is that there ends up being a lot of history #also it’s really fascinating because my family spoke deitsch in the home up through the forties so a lot of the notes #Written in are minor translations (deitsch is linguistically distinct but Very similar to german) #All of my great-relatives (and the handful of great-greats that I met) could/can still speak a little #Unfortunately WW1/WW2 meant that deitsch pretty much died out everywhere except Amish/mennonite communities #My grandparents still know a couple words but haven’t really spoken it since they were kids #HOWEVER I have learned that some of my/my family’s weird grammar (which I discovered was weird very late in life) is a holdover from deitsc #This has been your obscure linguistics infodump of the day thanks for listening #Whispers from the ally

[oatbugs]

i am actually terrified xoxo

#ok yk how i ended up going to sweden to a family friends house and staying in an empty w a futon in it #the family friend in question is actually a really ridiculously clever translator/linguist/author/journalist/etc #genuinely shes so smart . but also shes like . super introverted and the whole house is constantly silent i can hear someone sighing #through a closed door . and the door to my containment cube TM is in the living room and i am constanrly living in fewr #of making any noise . also forgot to take UK-EU adapter w me so i literally cpuld not study which is the entire reason #i came here . to run away from my parents constantly screaming at each other etc. anyway theyre actually lovely ppl but i am so afraid of #like . using up their food etc . that i rejected it for a while . which is dumb as fuck bc straight up rejecting to eat smns cooking #is actually rly rude in my culture . but i still feel guilty. and like im not even here w my own money (i dont have any of that left xoxo) #anyway we had a convo abt languages and i realised my persian is so shit rn its so . shameful of me. she also told me to learn german #(bc philisophy) and i told her i kind of am kind of and she said do u find it a mathematical langauge ? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN #WHAT DO U MEAN . LIKE IK ROUGHLY WHAT SHE MEANT BUT LIKE WHAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER #when i responded she just smiled and said nothing for 10 seconds i feel like my whole personality was being judged for that response #anyway @swedes ur consensus culture is actually so fascinating #empty cube** first tag #every moment i am living in fear . still 100x better than being home lmao #the way i didnt sleep for 3 days . xoxo #anyway linköping bitches r like lets do smth crazy and go to a pub at 7pm order 2 entire beers chat cordially and split the bill before 8pm #heart emoji everyone here js rly sweet

[todaviia]

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#After work we made chocolate chip cookies #and I taught my boyfriend and a friend skat #which was enormous fun even though I physically only can explain it with the German words #and we also had sirens again #and it's all like.... you're having fun you're running for your life you go back home it's completely normal #It's making everybody crazy

[prijune]

Fruit Tart~ 🍓🥝

#prijune art #traditional art #there's this German bakery that my Ma introduced me to and their fruit tarts are soooooo good! #the bakery owner recognizes us because Ma calls to ask if they have fruit tarts cause it's pretty far from home #even though it's way closer than the other bakery we go to #why everything so far I'd totally visit every day or week if I could walk there😭 #anyways she recognizes us and I'm cry cause she looks forward to seeing us and I do too #but I had a migraine and couldn't go visit yesterday AAAAAAAAAAAA #I still got fruit tarts though and ate both and felt better but now I have no tarts but thats ok because there's always next time :D #maybe I'll gift this to the owner when I go visit I know my Ma took a pic of the unfinished work to show her the next time she sees her #I'll decide later I gotta rest my back hurty #fruit tart #dessert