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Been absent for just a few days because of real life things and already ran into a racist in the reichblr tag💀

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I’ve just had a weeks holiday in Finland where it was lovely and snowy and I spent my time there writing about my favourite doomed generals.

I apologise that my other fic is really depressing and probably more so now if you read this one first. I can’t seem to be able to write fluff - I blame the emo era I grew up, we ate up this kind of stuff for breakfast.

Another cringy title - I hate giving them names - It was very nearly called Brokeback Krebsdorf 🙈

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Post appreciation of my favorite lesbian couple <3

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Burgdorf: [banging a pen on the table out of frustration] Krebs: Stop that. How would YOU feel if I banged you on the table? Burgdorf: I— Burgdorf: I don’t know the correct answer to that question.

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Krebs: Til death do us part, right, Burgdorf? Burgdorf: It's cute you think death can separate us.

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Do you have any favorite pictures of Rommel?

I do! Actually too many to decide which ones I like best, I think😅 But these are some of my favourites, I tried to kind of sort them into different categories (beware this is gonna be a long post):

Please note that the positive descriptions or "gushing" that may occur in this post refer strictly to his appearance, not his views or actions! I guess that makes sense since we're talking about pictures here, but just wanted to clarify it.

These are some of my favourite portraits of him, especially the first two are some I really like. This is probably just me talking in my own biased opinion, but I genuinely do think that he had a very beautiful face. Like, he looks so soft but still masculine at the same time? And his facial features just compliment each other very well. Somehow I also really like looking at his eyes (which is funny because I'm horrendously bad at that in real life😂), especially the first 3 pictures just have something very tender about them.

Next up, fully body photos! The second one is probably one of my favourite pictures of him ever, I don't know exactly what he's doing but he looks very funny xD But also these pictures always make me think that I can't help myself but find his body shape genuinely aesthetically appealing, and I've been trying to identify why that is. I think I just really like that he doesn't look like the "ideal" of a stereotypically masculine man, while appearing in no way less masculine because of that. Like, he wasn't built very tall or broad (I've read that he was about 1,68m, of course people were just shorter on average back then, but on photos together with others he often still looks rather small), he had a small torso and more slanted shoulders, overall just a more soft and (in my opinion) almost dainty body shape. I feel like the uniforms he typically wore just added to that, for example in the way they accented his hips quite a bit in some photos. Personally, I find this type of man with softer features like him just much more aesthetically attractive than a stereotypical dudebro/"alpha male" (I hate that word so much bruh💀) kind of guy. Plus, it also gives me an odd kind of reassurance in regard to my own gender expression. I could go on about this but I think I'll rather save that for a later post because this already got quite long.

Next a category that is very special to me🫶 Photos together with his chief of staff and best friend Fritz Bayerlein! I'd honestly love to add more of these, but they are sometimes a bit harder to find online. There are quite a few photos of them together in Bayerlein's biography, but I haven't scanned or taken pictures of most of them yet. I hope to post some of them in the future though, maybe also with some background information. I love all of these, but I especially adore how genuine and effortless Erwin's smile look in the second one. From all the things I've read about them, I like to think that he and Fritz really had a deep and trustful bond and cared a lot about each other.

I don't know how many pictures I can still fit into this post, so I'll finish it off with a few more that don't belong to a specific category:

Proud dad Rommel with little Manfred🥺 I feel like this is also a more uncommon photo where he's not wearing his usual uniform.

Young Rommel! I got to be honest, I enjoy pictures of him as a young man and I don't think he looked bad in the slightest, but I still think he's the type of person who gradually just started looking better and better as he got older. I wonder how he'd have turned out though if he got to live longer.

I just think he looks a bit funny with a Stahlhelm on😂 Not quite the way how you're used to seeing him.

I first came across this photo when I was maybe 13 or 14, and ever since I've wondered if it just had to do with the image quality and age, or if Rommel actually shaved his legs😂 Like, they look so smooth. I don't know about you, but if I was leading an army then shaving a legs would pretty much be the last thing I'd think of doing. Maybe he also simply had just very little or very light body hair though, I think it would fit in with the rest of his appearance.

I could go on for longer but I think this post is already long enough so I'll stop for now. At first I thought about making an extra category for family photos as well as for WW1 pictures of him, however I don't have a lot of them saved and was mostly using pictures here that I already had and didn't have to look up first. This was very fun though, I just love looking at all kinds of photos of him. Thanks for the ask <3

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Last weekend I came across a WW2 documentary on TV which I hadn't known before. It included this clip of an old propaganda film from 1942 (probably was part of the Wochenschau though I'm not 100% certain), which I wanted to share because you can hear Rommel speaking in it!

I don't know how many recordings of him that include sound are preserved/were made in the first place, but I feel like it's not a whole lot or at least they are hard to find. I've never seen this specific one before despite always looking for video recordings of him. I like how his Swabian dialect is always coming through a little bit :) His chief of staff (and good friend) Fritz Bayerlein has a cameo here as well, he's the officer standing behind Rommel on his right side and looking over his shoulder. Günter Halm, the young soldier who's being awarded the Knight's Cross here, was the youngest member of the Afrikakorps to receive this decoration.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROMMEL 🎉🎉 (his birthday was yesterday but I was busy watching the Paul/tyson fight 🙏)

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Erwin

For me, Rommel with Leica camera is his most iconic. He gives me an impression that he snaps a photo anywhere he goes. Already it is the 4th drawing I do for him with his Leica, and it's not even on purpose. See the previous ones here　→　◆ ◆ ◆

he wants to capture life as he goes (and yes I'm using present tense.) There's a softer, more profound gleam in his eyes when he focuses on what's in front of him, compared to the beaming glow when he recieved honor or the steely concentration when he read a map. I am drawn to him in his life more than obsessing over his death. The one I drew on his memorial day, it's somber quietude. That's all I can say.

You guys all know where the reference for this drawing originates. It is this clip-

Not the best quality, but I believe you folks could dig out its unedited footage. I would like to challenge myself to recreate these clips into animation. It is going to be a tall order.

I drew this picture on a larger canvas and then crop it down, to suit the twitter post tile format. I know, it's a silly trend. I had to do it this way to nail the realism somewhat.

I wish you beautiful Scorpions whose birthdays fall around this season a very wonderful life.

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This took me way too long but ahh at least it's done now🤧 I wanted to draw a little something for Rommel's birthday (which was already like 4 days ago but let's ignore that) and decided to redraw one photograph of him that I really like. His face isn't that easy to get right though, especially the eyes and his smile. I tried😭 (to be fair it was only like my second or third time drawing him though, and the first time I did a full illustration, I'd probably just need more practice)

But I'm also so out of practice like damnnn. Not sure if I want to continue in this kind of style, or maybe try something different for possible future drawings. When I was finally done I also started to get a bit anxious about posting this (because what if it's weird to post art of a historical figure, especially from that era) ... but now I already finished it, so I guess I might as well show it😅

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Maybe I should've chosen a different photo, his smile in this one is so sweet but sooo hard to get right😅

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I didn't say a name but you're thinking about him...

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I probably won't finish the drawing I had planned on time (I started late and I'm a hella slow artist), but of course I couldn't forget what day it is today! Happy birthday Erwin! <3

Unfortunately I can't remember where I found this photo, and don't have much background info on it other than it was taken in North Africa (but I think he looks very cute in it hehe).

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Some sketchbook stuff.

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Krebs is threatened with the Pencils of Doom

The Fall of Berlin (1950)

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Random list of my top 5 parodies by unterganger bewegungsunFISH, for no particular reason other than she was one of my favourite creators in the community and I'm sad to this day that she quit:

Hitler vs. Hogan's Heroes

Hitler's Pirate-y Adventure (3 part series)

Goebbels Reviews - Episode 1 (kinda goes hand in hand with Goebbels Writes a Play)

Hitler Meets Krebs' Fish

Lemme Smash (Downfall Edition)

There are many more I like but I'd say these are the ones that always make me laugh the most or that I've rewatched the most often :D

By the way ... her YouTube channel may have been deleted, but luckily someone was able to recover her videos and uploaded them to the internet archive, so at least they aren't entirely lost. You can just download them as a zip file here and keep them for yourself forever <3

Also here's her old channel banner, obviously all credit goes to her (I'm generally against reposting art but since her channel doesn't exist anymore it's the only way), I just wanted to include some supporting visuals in case the name rings a bell for someone but you can't quite pinpoint it. I love her style it's so cute and silly😭

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Kinda thinking about whether I should post some of my art on here should I find the time to draw again ... on one hand I think it'd be nice to share it, but on the other hand I'm worried that somehow, people who know me from my regular account will stumble across this one and recognise my art style, and I'll be called out/cancelled because they probably won't understand this community🤐

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This is a message for people in the Reichblr community. You’re platforming a known pedophile.

This is the user: hermmyhess also known as Elijah Schmidt

He was previously on Twitter but since his last account was deleted he’s moved onto Reichblr. Here is evidence of him literally admitting to his pedophilia below. (In the discord messages he refers to himself as Himmler/Göring)

What I’m about to show was provided to me by multiple sources.

He is also in possession of CSEM as a witness can confirm

He’s also a borderline Nazi and doesn’t even attempt to defend himself.

This freak should not be allowed a platform anywhere, especially in Reichblr where there are many minors. He is a danger to others.

Please do not let him escape the things he’s trying to hide.