#Edward speaking german

[riddle-me-fear]

Soooo Riddler, you speak multiple languages?

Also solltes du das ja verstehen. Falls ja dann sag mir doch auf Deutsch was du an Jonathan so schön und toll findest.

[translation at bottom]

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Ahaha-hmm, natürlich verstehe ich dich. Glücklicherweise kann mein lieber Jonathan uns nicht verstehen, also kann ich deine Frage beantworten. Was ich an ihm so schön und toll finde, hmm...

Er kann wunderbar kochen; ich finde seine Speisen stets höchst deliziös, auch wenn es mir ein Rätsel ist, wie er richtig würzen kann ohne zu kosten, da ihm der Nikotin ja regelrecht den Geschmackssinn ruiniert hat. Auch wenn er manchmal richtig dumm sein kann, ist er doch sehr intelligent, und ich genieße unsere Diskussionen sehr. Ich finde es unglaublich herzig, wenn er sich aufregt, ahahaha!

Körperlich, ich meine, was gibt es nicht zu mögen? Ich fühle mich, wenn es um Männer geht, eher der älteren, erfahrenen Generation hingezogen. Und ja, trotz dass ich ihn oft unsanft ermahne, dass er mehr essen soll, finde ich seinen Körperbau doch sehr attraktiv.

Was er selbst nicht vor anderen zugeben möchte, ist dass er doch sehr sanft sein kann, wenn er will. Er wird zwar nicht zu einer komplett anderen Person wenn wir alleine sind, aber ist mir gegenüber, mittlerweile, um einiges authentischer geworden, und umgekehrt genauso.

Ach ja, ich denke unsere Aktivitäten im Schlafzimmer muss ich wohl kaum ansprechen. Ich möchte nur dazu sagen, dass er der Beste ist, den ich jemals hatte.

Ich denke aber das, was ich am meisten an ihm schätze, ist sein Verständnis. Er toleriert und akzeptiert... nun ja, alles an mir, auch wenn es nicht den Anschein hat. Er hilft mir meine Ängste zu bezwingen, was - ahahah! - doch regelrecht peinlich wäre, wenn jemand der sich so intensiv mit Angst beschäftigt, das nicht hinbekommen würde. Er würde es sich nie anmerken lassen, doch er ist ein sehr einfühlsamer Mensch... Er... Ich weiß nicht... Er macht mich einfach... glücklich.

Ed gazes lovingly at his partner next to him, getting lost in his eyes for a moment. Jon, on the other hand gives him a mildly annoyed look, as usual.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Lemme guess. Ye'r naht gonna translate tha question, or ANYTHIN' ya just said.

Ed returns to his sassy attitude with a grin.

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Nnnope!

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

I fuckin' hate'chu so much.

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Love you too, pumpkin. 💚

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Translation:

Question: So Riddler, you speak multiple languages? Then you should be able to understand this. If yes, tell me in German what you think is so nice and great about Jonathan.

Edward's answer:

[I took the liberty to change the wording of a couple things to basically mean the same thing even if it's not the exact translation. As with most languages, how you say things in German isn't how you'd say it in English. Especially not how Edward would word things, anyway.]

Ahaha-hmm, of course I understand you. Fortunately, my dear Jonathan can't understand us, thus, I can answer your question. What I think is so nice and great about him, hmm...

He's a wonderful cook; I find that his meals are always highly delicious, even if it leaves me puzzled, how he's able to apply correct seasoning without tasting for himself, since the nicotine downright ruined his sense of taste. Even if he can sometimes be quite dumb, he is still very intelligent, and I very much enjoy our discussions. I find that it's incredibly adorable when he gets upset, ahahaha!

Physically, I mean, what's not to like? When it comes to men, I feel rather attracted to the older, more experienced generation. And yes, despite me often harshly admonishing him that he should eat more, I still find his body build quite attractive.

What he'd never admit himself in front of others, is that he certainly can be quite gentle, when he wants to. Now, he doesn't turn into a completely different person when we are alone, but he's since become much more authentic towards me, and vice versa.

Oh, and I think I'll hardly have to mention our activities in the bedroom. To that, I'd just like to add that he's the best I've ever had.

But I think that which I appreciate most about him is his understanding. He tolerates and accepts... well, everything about me, even if it doesn't seem apparent. He helps me with conquering my fears, which - ahahaha! - would be downright embarrassing if someone, who studies fear so intensively, wouldn't be able to manage that. He'd never let it show, but he's a very empathetic person. He... I don't know... He simply makes me... happy.

[prokopetz]

I'm spinning this off of the main thread about tracing the origin of the term "d66" because it's not strictly germane to the topic – none of these examples actually use the term "d66" to describe their dice-rolling methods – but I'm going to post it anyway as a matter of general interest: following a conversation with Tumblr user @notclevr, it appears that before tabletop wargames (and, nearly concurrently, tabletop RPGs) got their hands on the mechanic, the principal (though by no means exclusive) users of the old "roll a six-sided die twice, reading one die as the 'tens' place and the other die as the 'ones' place" trick may have been tabletop American baseball simulators.

The most notable example of the type – and the only well-known example still in publication today – is J Richard Seitz' APBA Baseball, first published in either 1950 or 1951 (accounts vary). In this game, a d66 roll is cross-referenced with a card representing the active player and a "board" representing the current situation on the field:

For example, with Carlton Fisk at bat, a d66 roll of 31 would yield a result of "8". Assuming for the sake of argument that the situation on the field is a runner on first and a grade C pitcher, consulting the "Runner on First Base" board, this corresponds to an outcome of "SINGLE—line drive to left; runner to third".

(This example is, strictly speaking, incorrect, as Carlton Fisk didn't have his major league debut until 1969 and I'm using the wrong lookup tables for any year in which he played, but you get the idea!)

Interestingly, APBA Baseball is not the first game to use this setup. It's heavily derived from Clifford Van Beek's National Pastime, a game whose patent was registered in 1925, though it wasn't actually published until 1930. Even at a glance, the similarities are substantial:

Indeed, though National Pastime's lookup tables are much simpler than APBA Baseball's, where they overlap they're often word for word identical. It's generally accepted that Seitz plagiarised National Pastime without credit when creating APBA Baseball (ironically, given his own famously combative stance toward alleged imitators!), though he was within his rights to do so, as National Pastime had fallen into the public domain by the time APBA Baseball was published.

We can go back even further, though. As far as I've been able to determine, the earliest known tabletop baseball simulator to use d66 lookup tables for resolving plays is Edward K McGill's Our National Ball Game, first published in 1886:

A copy of the game's 1887 US patent application can be downloaded here. This one uses an unusual 21-entry variant of the standard d66 lookup table in which the order of the rolled digits is insignificant, with doubles being half as likely as non-doubles rolls; it's unclear whether McGill was aware of this when he laid out the table. Unlike later incarnations of the genre, there are no individual player statistics, with all at-bats being resolved via the same table.

[richtofens-hips]

Me for no reason

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Me, whenever something dramatic happens: Mein gott. Das ist nicht gut.

[twofaceforever]

GUYS GUYS I NEED EVERYONE TO SEE THIS

>be me

>be edward hyde

>check if the mf i just killed is still alive

>flash a random crowd

>steal balloons

>run away

Another proof the J&H Vienna production is the best one (even if i don’t speak a word of german)

[whencyclopedia]

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

To many historians, the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE has always been viewed as the end of the ancient world and the onset of the Middle Ages, often improperly called the Dark Ages, despite Petrarch's assertion. Since much of the west had already fallen by the middle of the 5th century CE, when a writer speaks of the fall of the empire, he or she generally refers to the fall of the city of Rome. Although historians generally agree on the year of the fall, 476 CE, and its consequences for western civilization, they often disagree on its causes. English historian Edward Gibbon, who wrote in the late 18th century CE, points to the rise of Christianity and its effect on the Roman psyche while others believe the decline and fall were due, in part, to the influx of 'barbarians' from the north and west.

Whatever the cause, whether it was religion, external attack, or the internal decay of the city itself, the debate continues to the present day; however, one significant point must be established before a discussion of the roots of the fall can continue: the decline and fall were only in the west. The eastern half - that which would eventually be called the Byzantine Empire - would continue for several centuries, and, in many ways, it retained a unique Roman identity.

External Causes

One of the most widely accepted causes - the influx of a barbarian tribes - is discounted by some who feel that mighty Rome, the eternal city, could not have so easily fallen victim to a culture that possessed little or nothing in the way of a political, social or economic foundation. They believe the fall of Rome simply came because the barbarians took advantage of difficulties already existing in Rome - problems that included a decaying city (both physically and morally), little to no tax revenue, overpopulation, poor leadership, and, most importantly, inadequate defense. To some the fall was inevitable.

Unlike the fall of earlier empires such as the Assyrian and Persian, Rome did not succumb to either war or revolution. On the last day of the empire, a barbarian member of the Germanic tribe Siri and former commander in the Roman army entered the city unopposed. The one-time military and financial power of the Mediterranean was unable to resist. Odovacar easily dethroned the sixteen-year-old emperor Romulus Augustalus, a person he viewed as posing no threat. Romulus had recently been named emperor by his father, the Roman commander Orestes, who had overthrown the western emperor Julius Nepos. With his entrance into the city, Odovacar became the head of the only part that remained of the once great west: the peninsula of Italy. By the time he entered the city, the Roman control of Britain, Spain, Gaul, and North Africa had already been lost, in the latter three cases to the Goths and Vandals. Odovacar immediately contacted the eastern emperor Zeno and informed him that he would not accept that title of emperor. Zeno could do little but accept this decision. In fact, to ensure there would be no confusion, Odovacar returned to Constantinople the imperial vestments, diadem, and purple cloak of the emperor.

Continue reading...

[bookshelfdreams]

Hey I like a lot of the takes you have regarding the pirate show so I wanted to ask for your opinion on smth that's been bothering me for a while:

I have a deep seated dislike for Hamilton. Twinkifying the fucking founding fathers, romanticizing slave abusers and overall villainizing the wrong people while others (Hamilton at the front naturally) gets sung at. Speaking of singing - I really hate it. Shipping (i want to repeat) the founding fathers, the blatant white washing bla bla bla. Anyway those are all known problems and better people have said it smarter before and that isn't really my point

It's the fact that a friend of mine recently brought up that Ofmd pretty much is the same and I shouldn't scream so loud in my glass house. Inaccurate historically speaking, the blatant ignoring of the slave owning that the real Stede and Edward did and so on and so forth. Minus the singing perhaps if we ignore Frenchies and Izzys

So. Does it make me a hypocrite to like ofmd so much but despise the mere mention of Hamilton? It's a thing I'm really stressed about lately and that kind of ruined my joy about finally getting season 2. I would love to hear your opinion. or that of your followers for that matter.

Thank you 😊

oh thank YOU because I do feel that this is an interesting thing to examine and we do not talk about it enough.

I have never seen Hamilton, or listened to the songs (except some snippets). I have never been involved in the fandom. I really, really can't speak to what the musical itself did wrong and right. But I will say this: There was a reason it got as popular and received the critical acclaim that it did. I can't speak to how it addresses the systemic injustice baked into the USA from the very beginning, and I do have a suspicion that it glosses over a lot of uncomfortable truths. But I also feel it is important that we divorce the source material from the fandom it spawns because ultimately, Miranda isn't responsible for Hatsune Miku Binder Jefferson, or the whole hivliving debacle.

Just as David Jenkins isn't responsible for the handwaving of slavery in fanworks, or the great Izzy Hands Debate, or whitewashing in fanart, or shitty, racist headcanons of the characters of colour, or whatever deranged scandal is yet to come to light. This is true for all fandoms; criticizing fandom dynamics is a very different conversation from criticizing the canon.

Let's focus on the canon here, though, because defending the fandom is pointless, and not something I want to do. Curate your experience.

The first thing to say is: If you like ofmd but don't like Hamilton, that's not hypocritical at all, that's first and foremost a matter of taste. Things are good when we like them and bad when we don't. We don't have to find objective reasons for it.

If the fact that the historical Stede Bonnet was a slaveowner, and the historical Blackbeard also participated in the slave trade, are dealbreakers for someone, that's valid. People have every right to be uncomfortable with that. The conversation could end at this point, if we want it to (I don't because I love to hear myself talk).

If we look at the historical figures a little closer the first stark difference is the cultural context in which they exist. The founding fathers seem to be extremely mythologized in the american consciousness but also, are understood to be real historical people. The founding myth is fundamental to the way in which the USA perceives itself (that is, as a beacon of freedom and democracy), and it's pretty hard to reconcile that with the bloodshed and human misery it was founded on. It's uncomfortable; and it's not just an American problem. Every western nation/former colonial power has quite literal corpses in their closets they'd rather not talk about (just so you don't think I'm getting on a high horse about the famed Erinnerungskultur here; go ask a german person about Lothar von Trotha and what he did to the Nama and Herero to receive a blank stare). The difference is, that the founding fathers are too prominent and too important to just not talk about, so instead, they are sanitized to a degree that can be straight up historical revisionism.

That's not Miranda's fault. Nor is it the fault of any one particular piece of historical fiction, biography, documentary, or what have you. But it is the context in which Hamilton exists and, from what I understand, a culture to which it contributes. Especially since it's based on a biography of the real Alexander Hamilton, and (again, to my understanding) claims to tell a more or less accurate story.

Pirates, on the other hand, are perceived completely differently. They are mythologized, but not for ideological reasons, not as state-building propaganda. Pirates are more like folk heroes; cultural icons (near) completely divorced from whatever historical figure once lived. They are "real" in the sense that they are based on real people, but engaging with them, from the start, has a layer of removal from reality that engaging with figures like the founding fathers hasn't. Blackbeard is from a saga. George Washington is from history.

ofmd, specifically, makes clear at every turn that what we are told is a fictional story that has very little to do with any real events. It's openly anachronistic, it has absurd internal logic. Life-threatening injuries are walked off. There's actual magic. Dinghies are treated like spawn points in a video game. Everything, from the costumes to the vernacular to the story beats, tells the audience that none of this is real.

You wouldn't accuse, idk, A Knight's Tale, or Mel Brooks's Men In Tights of whitewashing history. I feel like ofmd plays in a similar league; it's a comedy very vaguely based on history, and it makes sure the audience knows we are not about to be told anything true. If you watch ofmd, you know this isn't about the real, historical Stede Bonnet or Edward Teach.

So. Let's examine the actual story, yes? The story that is told here is anticolonialist, antiracist, and challenges oppressive power structures as much as is possible for a production like this. It addresses these things and condemns them, both explicitly and in its underlying message. (I'm not gonna explain all of this, enough ink has been spilled about it by people smarter than me)

I do not know what Hamilton is about at its core. I know Our Flag Means Death is about authenticity in the face of the whole world telling you there's something wrong with you. It's about resisting dehumanization and reclaiming your personhood. It's about love, in a radical, system-destroying way, about breaking the cycle of abuse, about healing, and finding joy.

Yes, the real historical figures it's based on were all horrible people. Again, if that's a dealbreaker, that's fine. I'm not trying to convince anyone who is deeply uncomfortable with that fact; it's perfectly understandable.

However, for me, personally, the story as a whole is so far removed from reality, and so firm in its message, that I feel this is forgivable.

(Oh, and a lat aside, I also feel like likening ofmd to Hamilton seldom seems to come from a place of genuine criticism. Often it seems to be more along the lines of "Hamilton is cringe, and if I say ofmd=Hamilton ppl will be too embarrassed to defend it" which yk. feels kinda disingenuous to me.)

[dross-the-fish]

Motley crew accents?

Quincey-English, posh London accent. Larry-Sounds somewhere between British and his mother's natural American accent. Watson-English, posh London. Jekyll/Hyde -Posh English when he's Henry (not his natural) Scottish when he's Edward (This is his natural accent) Adam- Kind of ambiguous, Germanic but with French influences. Generally a subtle accent as his English is very good. Theo- Irish accent Selma-Predominately Texan but has shades of Spanish, especially as she gets agitated. Erik-French. Very very heavily French though not unaffected by his 20 odd years in Persia speaking Farsi.

[dearstvckyx]

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thelunahughes michigan i fucking love you so much 🥹🩷

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_connorbedard: talented af

⟶ thelunahughes: thank you connor 💖

luca.fantilli: BABY LUNA

⟶ thelunahughes: the cutest 🥰

bradleywillsimpson: you were great!!

⟶ thelunahughes: thank youu 🥰

ashtonirwin: AMAZING

⟶ thelunahughes: told you boys they were gonna be loud!!

edwards.73: sent your brothers so many vids and pics im 99.9% sure im blocked

⟶ thelunahughes: still can’t believe you boys came to EVERY show 🥰😭

⟶ dylanduke25: well your brothers couldn’t make it so we stepped up

⟶ thelunahughes: appreciate it dyl 🩷

nicohischier: mein hübsches Mädchen ❤️

⟶ thelunahughes: mein hübscher Kerl 💗

_quinnhughes: you’re welcome btw for the baby photo 😒

⟶ thelunahughes: thank you quinny love youuu 💘

⟶ _quinnhughes: yeah yeah i love you to

Translation (i don’t speak german so these are translated from different websites):

mein hübsches Mädchen - my pretty girl

mein hübscher Kerl - my handsome guy

[sams-butt-dem0n]

The Booth

A/N: From a request I received about a week ago. The song I used is "Glue Song" by Beabadoobee.

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• You had been at the recording studio all day, working on something Edward had drafted for you and wanted you to work on it for him. • As you jotted down the lyrics flooding your mind, you couldn't help but think about your beloved husband, Carlisle Cullen. • The two of you had met in 1917, you were a nurse at the hospital for American soldiers during the First World War and he was a surgeon. Unfortunately, during one of the mobile treatments you were doing, the Germans attacked the temporary hospital and it left you near death on the side of the road, surrounded by ash and rubble. • Carlisle found you within an hour, barely hanging on to life, and he didn't think twice about turning you due to the unmatchable amount of love he felt for you. • Since then, you have been attached by the hip, inseparable.

• After a few scratches and scribbles, you were pleased with the song you had so far. You decided you were going to play it through and make the necessary changes if there were any. • "I've never known someone like you," you sing. "Tangled and lovestruck by you, from the glue." • Carlisle decided he was going to pay you a surprise visit and give you the attention you had been so deprived of lately. He entered the building, the receptionist giving him the usual friendly nod and pointing him in the direction of the booth you were in today. • He could hear your voice echoing through his ears as he approached the door. Thinking it would be rude to interrupt, he stayed and listened for a while. • "I'm not lying when I say I've been stuck by the glue onto you," you continue, a smile spreading across Carlisle's face as he silently slips through the door without you noticing. "I've been stuck by glue. Right onto you. I've been stuck by glue." • He waits for you to strum out the last few chords before he speaks. "That was beautiful, my love" • You jump a little, causing him to chuckle. "Jesus, Carlisle. How you sneak around like that I have no idea." You stand up and wrap your arms around his neck, staring into his eyes lovingly. • "I can promise you that sneaking around is the last thing I would do," he grins, placing a soft kiss on your lips.

[mjrtaurus]

Modern Au Newgate had to speak with Crocodile's teacher once because he did his "My Hero" report on Gustave.

Gustave Courbet the French painter? No.

Gustave Ludwig Hertz the German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner? Also no.

Gustave Wood the vocalist in the British punk band Young Guns. Uh-uh.

Gustave the crocodile, the over 18 foot long 2,000 pound menace from Burundi who preyed on wildebeests and hippos, cannibalized his fellow crocodilians, and ate over 300 people.

Apparently that wasn't "hero material"

Edward having to sit with the teacher and be like “Look, he’s never been as invested in his school work as he has been with this. He’s experiencing the joy of learning. He loves this crocodile more than life itself, it and Lolong both. Please let him have this one, if only for the amount of citations and time he’s invested into it. Gustave probably killed and ate a lot of potential man-eaters too, didn’t he? Probably saved a lot of livestock in the area, right? He even tied that ecological and agricultural impact into the talking points in the paper right here, see?”

He’s trying so hard for his son. Marco is excelling but poor Crocodile is flagging. He can’t set his mind to his schooling because there’s nothing engaging about it. He’s learning from it, yes, the test scores are proof enough of it. He just can’t get the busy work done. They’re working on it. They’ve got a diagnosis and everything but they’re still trying to find health insurance that’ll cover the medications he needs.

Please, he’s doing his best.

[lil-gae-disaster]

I suppose there IS a LITTLE comedy to be had in regards to the whole...*gestures vaguely towards Edward and his parents* situation

because he worked REALLY hard to make sure his kids knew absolutely NOTHING about them so...

Cathy and Joseph have no idea they're part German. The only reason they know they're part Italian is because Beatrice is Italian.

So, just this fact alone makes the Valley Forge saga all the more comical when Freddie starts speaking in German and Joseph is completely lost, just angrily trying to guess what he's saying and staring in frustration to try and "learn" the language (a language which he had no clue his father was secretly fluent in but never spoke it around the manor).

EDWARD KNOWS GERMAN?! I didn't know that lmao

Anyway, since Freddie also isn't aware about Edwards fluency in german (he guessed since Edward was a Nobleman he'd have to know at least basic french), he'd very probably mutter some insults under his breath during the boys visit in the Hayes manor, thinking that Edward didn't understand him.

I also just remembered that, recklessly, Freddie often uses terms of endearment like for example "mein Geliebter" (lit. My beloved), "Mein lieber" (lit. My dear), etc. for Jonathan when they're among people (only whispered ofc)

[riddle-me-fear]

Dear Riddler

What languages do you speak?

And do you have a doctor title or master's degree in any subject?

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Let's see, obviously English, as my mother tongue, then there's Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, German - all of which I speak fluently - I'd say mid-level Greek and Hebrew, I'm still learning those, and a little bit of Russian. Of course I know a couple words and phrases in a large variety of other languages, but those hardly count.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Tshh. Show-off.

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Nobody asked for your opinion, Jonathan.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Aight, genius, genuine question: Why do ya know so damn many languages?

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Better. Well, Latin is obvious. French I learned while working with Oswald, since he just loves to surround himself with French women and is generally obsessed with France. Quite useful after the fact, to spy on his meetings and flirt with his assistant to anger him, mh-hm-ha! Of course, I've also visited the country myself, and the locals are much friendlier when you speak to them in their language. Moving on, Spanish is obvious as well. Ah, Italian, because I took quite many trips to Italy, for multiple reasons.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Do these "reasons" by chance have anythin' to do with our local kitty cat?

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Perhaps, perhaps not. Right then, German, oh, there are just too many reasons, from the music, to the inventors, mathematicians, psychologists; To read the works of such great individuals in their original language gives a much broader understanding than to make due with a translation. That isn't just the case with German, obviously, any language I learn is to further and deepen my knowledge in any way, shape or form I can, and learn of the country's history and culture, while I'm at it. Right, Greek and Hebrew, I am learning for that very same reason, and finally, Russian because of too many run-ins with the Bratva to my liking, and I'd rather understand what they're saying to each other, while I'm being held at gunpoint.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Hm, neva had any problems with 'em.

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

Lucky you. Next question! Doctor title - nope; Master's degree - yes, two, actually. I've got a master's in Computer Forensics and Cyber Security, and another in Forensic Pathology. Initially - ahah, aaah this is hilarious thinking back on it - I was very motivated to fix the corrupt police system, and tried to achieve that from within.

Jonathan Crane | The Scarecrow

Hehehe, s'ppose that didn't last long.

Edward Nygma | The Riddler

It indeed did not. A person of my incredible intellect would quickly come to realize the GCPD is beyond salvation, something the Gordons still refuse to accept, and have to face the harsh reality thereof each and every time. But my studies were in no way for naught - Now, I have access to the vast digital space of databases the police keeps stored. Sure, they change their security system every year, but it's oh so easy to crack ahahahaha! Aaah, the dirt I have on so many officers, investigators, and what have you... The stories I could tell. If you buy them off me mh-hahaha! Oh, another thing on degrees, though; I'd have even more of them by now, as I am self-taught in quite a number of things. Unfortunately, the university isn't corrupt enough to hand out certificates to criminals. Shame. Not that I need them to prove my genius. They'd just look nice on my wall.

[pigeonofpentacles]

Thoughts on the Twilight quote “you’re like my own personal brand of heroin”

Upon initial investigation this quote seems to be nonsense as heroin is a street drug and does not operate under brand names like a medication would. Stephenie seems to have showed a lack of knowledge or understanding about drugs and drug culture in writing this line, HOWEVER, upon further thought we may have uncovered a secretly genius writing maneuver. Edward was born in 1901 and was turned into a vampire in 1918. In 1897 the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, founded in 1863, was in the middle of synthesizing multiple drugs including aspirin. Another drug synthesized by Bayer in 1897: HEROIN. Heroin was originally produced and marketed as a cure all drug that was a non addictive form of opium. It was also marketed specifically as a cough suppressant. Put a pin in that. Because of its supposed non addictive nature, heroin was promoted by many health care professionals at the time. This promotion led to the commercialization of heroin (diamorphine) which was sold by many different brands, but was trademarked under the name Heroin at Bayer specifically. In 1914, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed which controlled the sale of a certain class of drug including heroin and then in 1924 the United States banned the sale of heroin entirely. All of this to say that heroin was circulating as a brand name drug at the time that Edward would have been growing up. He was likely also exposed to heroin in a medical setting and was possibly even prescribed some since he and his mother were both dying of Spanish influenza before Carlisle saved him. A symptom of the flu? COUGH. When Bella tells Edward that he speaks like he’s from another time this is likely what she means (even though it’s still unlikely because I don’t think Bella of all people would know this sequence of facts off hand) because we can see here that Edward’s cultural touch points are outdated and a fact from his childhood, branded heroin, is still readily referenced even though it is no longer culturally relevant. In writing this we can assume that Stephenie either made a mistake that turned out to have some basis in historical fact, or this Mormon housewife has been playing 4D chess with us this entire time. She just gets to sit back and watch as us feeble minded idiots struggle to interpret her gesamtkunstverk that was beamed into her mind as a vision in the night.

[sweetdreamsjeff]

Elvis Costello: Jeff’s Dido’s lament

Elvis Costello: Jeff’s Dido’s lament “'I hope that people who liked him resist the temptation to turn his life and death into some dumb romantic fantasy--he was so much better than that. Not everyone can get up and sing something they take a liking to and make it their own, sing true to their heart and be curious about all different strains of music. Corpus Christi Carol was a completely conceived interpretation. I'd never heard the piece before and when I heard the original I realized what Jeff had done was even more amazing. He'd taken it into his own world. That's something my favorite classical musicians can do, be themselves but use all that expertise to make the music more beautiful. Jeff did that naturally. Only a handful of people are capable of that.

I was amazed when he did Meltdown. I asked him what he wanted to sing and he said he'd like to do one of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder in the original German! Absolutely fucking fearless. He was convinced he could sing it without rehearsal, just because he liked it. In the end he did a Purcell song, Dido's Lament, which is in danger of sounding incredibly poignant in retrospect: 'Remember me but forget my fate.' But he also sang Boy With the Thorn In His Side because he liked it, and Grace to show something of himself.

When he started singing Dido's Lament at the rehearsal, there were all these classical musicians who could not believe it. Here's a guy shuffling up on-stage and singing a piece of music normally thought to be the property of certain types of specifically developed voice, and he's just singing, not doing it like a party piece, but doing something with it.

My last memory of him was at the little party in the green room afterwards. There were all these people sitting round Jeff who'd never met before - Fretwork, the viol group, a classical pianist and some jazz player --all talking and laughing about music. He'd charmed everybody. I'd much rather remember that than anything.'” (Elvis Costello – MOJO Magazine, August 1997, speaking of Jeff at the Meltdown festival)

“I’d hoped to persuade Jeff Buckley to sing the Dowland song, but by the time we spoke on the phone, Jeff had already worked out his contribution to the evening. He told me he wanted to sing one of the Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler.

‘Jeff, man, some of these songs are pretty long, and they are in German. Do you speakGerman?’

‘No’, he replied. ‘But it’ll be fine.’ I knew that when he was first appearing at Café Sin-e, Jeff had performed all manner of songs, including complex qawwali pieces originally sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, which I assume Jeff learned phonetically, so I didn’t doubt for a moment that he’d be able to memorize the Mahler.

In the end, Jeff decided to perform is own song ‘Grace’, Morrisey’s ‘The Boy with a Thorn in His Side,’ Benjamin Britten’s Corpus Christi Carol and, most poignantly, ‘When I Am Laid in Earth’ from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, in what he proved to be his last appearance in London.

I first heard Jeff sing ‘Dido’s Lament’ in the front room of Catherine Edward’s house in Greenwich. Catherine was part of the Composer’s Ensemble, who were to be playing alongside the viol consort Fretwork in the Flow My Tears program. This was the only opportunity for Jeff to rehearse the piece away from the stage. Catherine began to play and Jeff started to create this extraordinary sound. It flew out of his head and up to the ceiling, but the feeling was not of the air but one of the flesh and the blood and the soul.

I looked at Catherine, attentive to the score on the music stand, and swear I saw her blush.

But then, Jeff didn’t look like anyone’s idea of an opera singer – he was kind of rumpled in his flying jacket, his T-shirt, and his motorcycle boots. I’m sure a lot of people fell in love with him in a glance.

His singing was just as rare and beautiful on the final night of the festival as it was that afternoon, but of course it was attended by both the motor drives of intrusive photographs and the curious sighs of his admirers.” (Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink)

[stawpny]

this is random 😔

I have this little hc that I’ve been thinking abt

NY— because of NYC— has many different families

like he has Chinese, Puerto Rican , Italian (+ his Ma and Grams), German, and Greek families (probably more too)

He has two separate uncles as well: One Scottish, and the other Irish

and a whole truckload of people he calls his nieces and nephews even if they aren’t related to him in any way shape or form

I feel like this idea could be kinda funny but also wholesome too

like I see York trying to learn their language but also him getting forced in their cultural clothing that clearly dont fit him

every other week there’s another wedding he has to attend. what can he say, he’s a busy man.

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during the reformation or reconstruction era (the era after the civil war, forgot what it was called) York was sent down to a handful of southern states to “help” but he ended up doing nothing and being sent back to DC by the state he was in.

anyway, he had been told by South Carolina to just sit still and he would be there to send him back, as stated in a letter to York, but York hardly could sit still, so he started walking around the streets of some random town.

this kid, I’ve named him Edward (idk if that’s historically acc but wtv), came up to him and stared at him oddly for a hot minute. York just kind of stood awkwardly, as he does, and stared back. York felt kinda self-conscious about his Yankee-ness when he looked him up and down.

Edward then took York by the sleeve and led him back to his house, which was around a half a mile walk, ignoring New York’s questions. It was like a non-hostile kidnapping.

When Edward’s father saw York he stared at his son with utter confusion.

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Edward’s dad: Who the hell is this?

Edward: He’s my new pet. I’ve named him Yank.

New York:

Edward, shrugging at his fathers blank stare: It’s short fer Yankee Doodle.

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Edward’s dad laughed at him and left. York just stood there, awkward as ever and somewhat petrified of Edward. He’s dealt with stone-cold Northeast states his whole life (and was one!!) and yet a southern child was his breaking point.

it came to dinner, and he, of course, wasn’t allowed to sit at the table.

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Edward: Yank! Boy, sit!

New York: I.. what..?

Edward: I SAID SIT, NOT SPEAK! SIT!!

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York did as told and knelt on the floor by the table, praying for South Carolina to arrive soon.

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got a bit carried away there, but it felt like something I needed to share

he also never told anyone about this and it was Southie who walked in to him kneeling by a dinner table with a glass bowl infront of him.

York said he would murder him if he said anything, so he didn’t.

the best part was Edward’s family 1) completely ignoring him and 2) using southern slang that made York want to throw himself on the floor and cry because what the actual fuck does it mean?

“happier than a pig in shit” Edward, I beg, explain

[praesparo]

POINTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MY SILLY OC, ED:

he's a 32 year old boxer that works in a rundown gym

born in germany, orphaned at a very young age (four years old)

his adoptive father disciplined him & trained him to box

they moved to america to open said gym

his father is involved with dangerous people (gangs, businesses)

said father is not present as much or at all when ed is older

ed doesn't box professionally despite his incredible skill

instead, he coaches a few regulars and maintains the worn gym

ed is abrasive & distant, also VERY hot headed otherwise

fantasy & sci fi verses available! also one where he has his powers

ed hates needles, idealists & bullies

edward flicker, born september 3rd 1992. chaotic good

ed has a light german accent, though speaks fluent english too

constantly conflicting between striving for greatness or not

king or coward themes ^^