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I think the most unintentionally pretentious part of me is I genuinely forget that most people do not have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and folklore. I literally just assume most people know at least the name of every Greek god. My mom and I were watching the Banshees of Inisherin and at the start, she asked "Do you know what a banshee is?" and I was so stunned because it would never occur to me to ask that question because I would never assume the average person doesn't know what a banshee is. The average person knows what a banshee is right. You know what a banshee is right. You know the names of the greek gods right. You know that norse myth where loki fucked the horse right. Right. RIGHT

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When I see those kinds of maps I always think of this one

Which I think is actually a quite the official one. Basically it's Berk in the middle and Dragon's Edge to the top right corner. You should be able to read the rest lol, if not, here is the link to that map (please don't mind the page being in german)

Also there was once a "game" on the Toggo website (a german kids television) where you were able to see how long a flight to all of the location (from Berk) took (i.e 36h from Berk to the Edge). I always found that extremely intresting!

Edit: I also find the thought extremely funny that Valka's shelter is literally closer to the edge than Berk is, so technically it could have been possible that they have "met" before (like bumping into each other at a market and awkwardly apologizing) or the fact that he had to fly way up north after he met Eret and basically could have made quick visit to the edge before he encountered Valka (or they were pretty close to the Edge or something, that would've been funny lol)

Also this isn't in any way meant as a correction to the op, lol :)

Playing w the worlbuilding of HTTYD <3

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Knowing almost zero about celebrities is fun because then you live in a world where movie reviews just arbitrarily say things like "that's right folks....this character was played by none other than gabooble dooble himself" "it has zippo zappo as the villain....what more do I need to say???" "Five words for you: wibbly flimflim plays a cowboy." Wow!

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But like SPD get a backbone and dont do a GroKo with Merz. Like I get that this is probably the only option but not with Merz. Make it a necessary

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sports are so stressful and for what. i’m not a gambler, i don’t know any of these people personally, why does my tummy hurt.

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:/

(Summary 1st picture: Andi and Karl are basically set as jumpers in the worldcup, as are Hille and Pius.

Translation 2nd picture: It's unclear who gets the last place in the team. It'll be either Eisei, Stephan, Luca or Felix. The decision will probably be made at the german nationals on this weekend)

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Does anybody actually watch the competition? Or are we all just chilling in the Fis live-ticker?

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Cuties <3

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I miss ski jumping :(

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Ik there is a competition rn, but xan somebody please screenrecord Naoki's insta story posts in the fis account? They are so cute ♡\(°u°)/♡

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I loathe painting landscapes and nature. The colors never turn out the way I want, clouds are ever changing, looking completely different the moment I put a brush on my paper. Nature is insidious, deceiving a painter's eye with colors, with feelings.

How can I ever hope to portray the air, tickling from electricity before the storm, as it fills my lungs while the only thing I paint are the contrasting colors of the dark, cloudy sky and the bright canola field? Will I ever be able to show everyone the vastness of the night sky after I came back home, drunk on happiness after a show at a theatre? When the stars seem to glow brighter with every passing thought of the memories I just made? Who would be able to know of the guy who complimented my french, of the book I was reading at that moment, of the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore, when all I paint is the deep green of the trees on the cliff and rays of sunlight gleam through the clouds? No one will ever be able to feel the wind twirling my hair around, when all I can draw are the bright colors of the flowers in front of the emerald green sea but even then, the colors look all wrong, too bright, too vibrant, just too much, to look realistic, even when they match the real ones just right.

How am I meant to show the adrenaline flowing through my body when I explore the forest with its giant boulders, waiting for me to climb them, to see the world around me in the way Nature itself does: ever-lasting in its continuous state of change. How am I meant to capture the vastness of the horizon, where the waves of the sea meet the sky, when all I can draw is confined in one single piece of paper?

It is so difficult to paint nature, to fill the painting with not only a landscape but instead with the feeling of that moment and the memories that lead to it and those it will lead to. It is so difficult finding the right motif, when it is inevitable to reduce the things I see so much, that it is not bursting out of the paper. Because the motif lives off of the things I have to take out. You can feel the missing pieces.

Nature is devasting because we never know what awaits us (it is there; it is waiting for us). Because all we know about it, was knowledge seen though a human's eyes and it will remain that way. How can humanity compare to Nature itself, even think that we know Nature, when we are only a part in it, in no way different than the ants crawling on the ground

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Hi, How do I improve my speaking in German? I pronouns words most of the time wrong and I'm almost done with A2. I'm great at writing and grammar. Any advice?

hello, Anon :D

I personally would recommend consuming german media (german books, audio books, movies, shows, ect.) To get a better feel for the german language and the gendered words :)

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