In german, slugs were definitely named after snails, otherwise the name couldn't be "naked snail" (Nacktschnecke). Besides that they're also just a type of snail and I definitely couldn't find the word a word for it on the old and middle high german dictionaries i looked at, which both had old words for snails.
Anyways, they're naked snails and someone named them that at some point, which was probably after the 15th century. Compared to "Schnecke" as in snail which has germanic roots, which you can kind of tell because the english and german words share similarities. Especially when the "sch" part wasn't written in german and it was "snecke" in mhg and "sneggo", "snekko" or "snecko" in ohg. Also "Schnecke" was masculine in both ohg and mhg but feminine in nhg so... transed your snails.
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So, you're telling me that the Robin Hobb that wrote this
— Kettle, Chapter 37 of Assassin's Quest
AND THIS
— Molly, Chapter 38 of Assassin's Quest
This Robin Hobb actually intended for Fitz and Molly to be end game????
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I'm not going to tag everyone individually because that would take forever, but here's a lil something for everyone I've met this year
You are all so wonderful and I love you all, and am very thankful that I accidentally came across @lottieurl 's YJ rewatch event and decided to join <3 <3 <3
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Maybe it’s bad to hyper-fixate on one actor but I am so excited for Joe Keery to have bigger roles. I think he’s so great in Fargo this season and I look forward to his upcoming 2024 and post ST slate. It’s high time he’s been cast in some big tentpole films. He leans indie in his choices, which I respect, but dude. Put him in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia. Make him a knight. Put him in a sequel to the DnD movie that came out this year. Make him a cute bartender that’s thrown into a secret plot to steal government info because he’s in the wrong place wrong time. Father son drama. Road trip movie where he falls in love. I could go on….
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I cannot get over this absolute banger of a front cover.
First we have Odasaku front and center, and then there's Dazai - split between side A and side B - right above him. There's a clear, jarring difference with Beast!Dazai's dead eyes, bruised skin, while almost drowning in bandages, compared to Main!Dazai's mischievous grin.
Their worlds are such vast contrasts to each other, and yet Odasaku remains unchaging in both, especially in appearance. Same old striped-shirt, beige-coat wearing Oda.
And then there's the cards. Someone made a really good tweet about the meaning of every card (here's the link) but basically, Beast!Dazai has cards that symbolise commitment and death - which greatly connects with the fact his main goal in the Beast world is making Odasaku stay alive, a plan that probably started way before he was fifteen - while Main!Dazai has cards that express genuine self, freedom, acceptance, and personal growth. Development that we see in the main story, nearly growing alongside him sometimes.
Now if that isn't a knife to the gut, I don't know what is.
Oh wait. I do.
The future of the Beast world. The frames that have Dazai and Oda's confrontation, where everything came crashing down until the jaw-dropping finale in Beast. I absolutely hate how I'm still not mentally, emotionally, of even physically recovered from this scene.
How can I when Oda described Dazai as a child about to cry 😭
Anyways, my parting words is that I wanna imagine the burnt page in Oda's hand signifies that because of Beast!Dazai's intervention, he "burnt a page" about the good relationship they could have had. For him to survive, Dazai made himself be the enemy in the Beast world and made something of a good world that still feels emptier than the original one.
🥲✌️
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