#Lilli Herder

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2023: 100. Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination/Warning Shadows (1923) - Dir. Arthur Robison

[danganronpafan777]

*makes u read danganmon*

Alright, Anon! Just read the prologue (I’m probably not going to write x reader for this fangan, and even if I do, I’m gonna have to finish my current DRA and SDRA2 requests first)

As a heads up: I know little to nothing about Pokémon. I’m basically this guy:

So yeah, here’s my opinions so far based on just the prologue:

Kami’s design is cute. Her character feels kinda bland, but good

Zoro seems really cool! I like him so far, and his talent shows a lot of blackened potential ngl

Mari seems sweet! Ultimate Sheep herder is a new one lol

Kami: “Ah, that’s where you help sheep to their pens, right?”

Mari: “You don’t say-“  

(I lowkey wish she said that)

Juno sleepy boi-

“Ultimate Wish Granter” 

My honest reaction: :0

I want to give him head pats

Roxanne (I can’t be the only one who heard the song-) 

Her design is really cool, and idk I just really like her. Not sure what the pipe on her back is though 

(ITS A SYRINGE?!)

Okay, but she might be one of my favorites, I like her sense of humor and how she cares for Juno. I wanna say just like me fr, but there’s still the chance she might turn out to be psychotic

Lillie looks like a jellyfish, and Stella reminds me of that one girl from Yttd 

Stella’s cupcake swirl hair is so goofy I love it, but some of her sprites remind me of Celeste. I have a feeling she’s gonna die in chapter 2 or be a victim in 3, and/or turn out to be psychotic

Ultimate human subject?? Reminds me of like Mikan mixed with Kanata. Hope she doesn’t die, but she gives off first victim energy or ch3 killer

Amnesia gang ✨

Cyrus seems like a cool dude. He’s kinda like Kokoro but more expressive

I already love Flidgey, and you can’t tell me they aren’t the child of Satsuki and Haruhiko 

Reminds me so much of Kaito’s personality with Kokichi’s jokes

Fry’s hair is simple, but it just stands out to me. Maya got a cool design, but I’m kinda neutral about her. Don’t feel like I really know either of their characters enough for a solid opinion

Cyrillo’s design is easily one of the best, but I had no idea what his talent means

Wimessir is a lot like Akane, and the two of them kinda give mastermind energy 

Idk why they’re singing and dancing, but their designs are top tier

I was thinking of a surfer dude joke, but Sam is actually the Ultimate Surfer-

Looks like we found the game’s Yasuhiro /pos

(Or twist mastermind-)

Faust is kinda like Taka mixed with Teruya. (Love both of them) His face reminds me of Murder Drones. Hope he survives cuz I really like him so far

Apollo: “I have the power of the sun and anime on my side!”

Pyromancer boi seems like the antagonist, and I’m here for it

Is he flirting with Zoro??

I like his banter with Sapphire, whose design is also amazing. She reminds me of Kirumi in terms of personality and being passionate about her talent

WHY DOES CENTURY LOOK JUST LIKE THE BLUE BADGER FROM ACE ATTOURNEY?? 

Undersea lamplighter makes me think he just chills underwater while ppl use his light to look around lmao

He feels like that one guy who never knows what’s going on

Monoloin??? Of all names 😭

The design is really pretty tho and I’m all for her mastermind personality

Overall: Roxanne, Faust, Apollo, and Flidgey are my current faves

[745voiceofthepeople]

Good morning!

So I have a question. You asked me a few days ago if Serana would make an appearance in my HOTD x Skyrim crossover. I do plan on writing Rhaenyra and her companions going through the Dawnguard quest at some point in my life but I want to know your opinion. How do you think Rhaenyra will react to meeting Serana?

Do you think they’d get along? What do you think Rhaenyra would think about vampires trying to destroy the sun and take over the world?

And speaking of DLC how over it do you think she’ll be when she realizes she’s going to have to save the world a third time against Miraak? Honestly I think she’ll be most upset about Miraak coming in at the end of her dragon battles and taking her rightfully earned souls.

Hi @itspronouncedjulia !

Sorry for the long delay, I wanted to get all my thought down properly and thanks for the ask!

Regarding Seranna, I can see hers and Rhaenyra’s relationship go in several direction. Rhaenyra’s view on vampires in general would be at least in part derivative on her overall view of Daedra. Which could be from a positve or very negative standpoint. When it comes to vampires specifically, a lot this depends on how you decide Rhaenyra views immortality and the darker more daedric magics. But I can also see Rhaenyra being pissed off as well. Especially since her blood is “required” via Valerica’s trap to wake Serana.

Prior to Rhaenyra discovering the truth of how Serana became a vampire, I can see the two of them having a case of clashing ego’s. The immortal creature of night (herself the pinnacle of her species) and dragon in human form. Rhaenyra’s own views on vampires (in general) would be conflicted. On the one hand, she would be intrigued about the concept of immortality. Never dying and never aging. Though it also depends on what you decide Rhaenyra’s mindset is. She was “transported” to Tamriel after the dance of dragons. Meaning her lover(s) and most of her children are deceased. She may desire to join them sooner rather than later. Unless of course, she finds something or someone to live for in her strange new world 😉

+ I could also see Rhaenyra at least tolerating Vampiric blood magic. Since pretty much all forms of magic in GRRM world is a rehashing of blood magic. Which would Lilly include whatever the ancient Valyrians did to go from sheep herders in Essos to empire ruling dragon riders. Even the others (themselves born of the children’s/old Gods blood magic) another “undead race”. Her main disdain, would come from the need for blood as sustenance, and harm from the sun.

Valyrians of course have a special connection to dragons and Fire, with Rhaenyra in your story being a dragon in human form ;). But this does not completely translate to sun worship or anything of that ilk. However, they must still have a certain regard or respect for the celestial body of fire. I this so anyway… Rhaenyra in the show is seen carrying on certain Valyrian customs. Perhaps a respect for the sun is one of them.

Of course, the sun itself in “Mundos” isn’t a physical body like in Westeros. Instead being a whole Magnus made escaping to Atherius after he realized his powers were being drained on Nirn. Depending how you want to go with this, Rhaenyra (being someone with a regard for Valyrian customs) might consider the entire idea that the sun is not truly the sun to be blasphemous. Though Harkon’s attempts to obscure the sun’s light (and thus destroy the world) may be more blasphemous still. Or she could see the Sun being in and of itself still metaphysically the Sun and thus not offensive to her Valyrian sensibilities. In which case, she would bodily despise Harkon and his Volkihar Vampires.

Lastly, I think Rhaenyra would also feel protective over Serena. Depending on how close you want to right their relationship. Once Rhaenyra learns that Serena is a daughter of Coldharbor and more importantly about the bile ritual that her parents forced on Serana. I can see Rhaenyra

This has the potential to remind Rhaenyra of her own frustrations with her father. Which could be something she and Serana bond over. Not that Viserys I own misconduct in anywhere near Harkon’s level…

Perhaps Rhaeneys even confronts Valerica in the Soul Carn about Serana and her undergoing Molag Bal’s rape ritual. It would provide Rhaenyra with even more motivation to slay Harkon.

I can also see Rhaenyra being potentially conflicted about the fate of the Snow Elves. On the one hand, Rhaenyra descends from the Valyrians. A forgotten people with few remnants left in their native continent of Essos, and feet still in Westeros. So she might feel a certain kinship with them.

Regarding Rhaenyra and Miraak, I can very much see her being annoyed that the world is in danger a third time. Though more so in a “another day at the job” fashion than genuine anger. Where she gets genuinely angry over the Dragonborn DLC can be several fold. Though we must also keep in mind that Rhaenyra has saved Nirn at least twice at this point. Perhaps even thrice, if she does the mage quest line. She’d likely be annoyed about having to save Nirn again and again and again…

It also depends on how far the Elder Scrolls rabbit hole you wish to go. Is Rhaenyra the dreamer? Does she achieve Chim? Does she Zero sum in the end? Though I wouldn’t deal with those topics unless you want to write about existentialism. Which is its own can of worms.

(Counting in Latin below to honor the Imperial Legion 😉)

Primus : you are absolutely right about her annoyance that Miraak is stealing the dragon souls that that she has already “rightfully stolen” (to use a Princess Bride quote ;). Rhaenyra would be upset that her hard work is squandered but also Rhaenyra may be upset over Miraaks expressed laziness. Waiting for her to do all the work and then stealing what belongs to her. Which is sort of call back to her Time in Westeros and tangentially her younger half siblings for her. It doesn’t help that Miraak lives in Apocrypha. Where that air is constantly filled with noxious fumes. Fumes that are a pale yellow-green in color. Or his sword “Firstblade” which also is green in color. Which may remind Rhaenyra of other greens she has battled in the past. In which case, poor Miraak… we hardly knew ye.

Secundus: depending on how you write her view of Alduin. Rhaenyra may be pissed that Miraak hand waved his own “destiny” to slay Alduin when he was a mortal dragon priest. Which then foisted the task onto her a few thousand years later.

Tertius: Miraak is the first dragon born and Rhaenyra is “the last”. The seal of the dragon burns if you will. As such, Rhaenyra may consider to herself duty bound with Miraak. A sort of “only a dragon born can slay a dragon born” thing.

Quartus: It also depends on how you write Rhaenyra’s viewpoint of the Daedric princes. Does she like them? View them as a necessary evil? Does she dislike them in the fashion of the Vigilants of Stendarr? Or is Rhaenyra’s viewpoint more nuanced, where she has positive feelings for some and negative for others?

Quintus: If she’s negative on the Daedra overall, Rhaenyra may be more than willing to fight Miraak. As powerful as he may be, Miraak is a servant of Hermaeus Mora at the end of the day. Though Rhaenyra may be influenced by all the books and information that Mora has in Apocrypha. I could see Rhaenyra looking for spells that could either take her back to Westeros or spells that would allow to “resurrect ” her slain children. Not necromantic spells that would place them under her power, but true resurrection spells. I could also see her being annoyed at Miraak interrupting her “research”.

[sunnydaleherald]

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[farmergilesofham]

Don't you start insulting mead and funnel cakes you lilly-livered son of a goat herder!

Mead is incredible, and I won't stand for such honey drink slander.

I had to look up what some of the mayday terminology is in english and now I'm mad about how fucking 1600s this shit sounds. Like ah yes it's the eve of the first of may! Time to get fucked up on mead and funnel cakes and get arrested for climbing the statue at þe town square, and lose all the respect of the maiden I fancied! Bernhaldt, my student fellow and brother in the academia, record my feat of bravery, for I shall post it on instagram!

[seventh-victim]

still image of actress, Lilli Herder in the 1923 German expressionist film, Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (Shadows - A Nocturnal Hallucination)  a.k.a Warning Shadows

[duskwoodraven]

Okay! 👏👏 I’d say it’s time for the long after episode MWAF theory/pick apart everything! Of course this will be littered with lots of spoilers so don’t read if you haven’t finished ep 8 yet!

Now as a sort of disclaimer, I know that some people are preparing to throw the Richy is the MWAF theory out the window, which I do not blame them for by this point. The game has screamed over and over again that Richy is gone yet I can’t help but hold on to my theory to the bitter end.😅 I hope everyone has an open mind to what I have to say on the matter. Maybe there will be some points or reminders to help you find your own take on the topic as I explain my own thoughts in the process.

———

First of all, one of the things that has bothered me since the ending is that they still haven’t explained this very basic fact about the MWAF. How in the world did the MWAF know about the group’s investigations and MC’s involvement?

I touched upon this in my last couple theories where I pushed for Richy’s guiltiness by explaining that for the MWAF to know that Jessy would be out on a walk with us, or to know Richy wouldn’t be at Rogers Garage when he was marked, or even knowing we agreed to help this investigation at all, he would need access to the group chats. He would need to know basic information about the groups whereabouts and plan according to it. Not answering this basic fact would leave a gaping hole in the plot.

Micheal Hanson by what we know, left Duskwood more then a year ago, essentially a missing person in the eyes of Duskwood. The group apparently didn’t even know his name so none of them would have told him directly what they were up to. The only way he might be getting information about anything is from Phil, who was being told everything by Jessy herself. That might be plausible if you squint, but yet we know Jessy and Phil’s relationship was even worse in the beginning episodes, I highly doubt Jessy would tell Phil much about herself and the investigation and there is no saying if Phil would even think to move this information along to Michael if he was even in contact with the old bar owner at the time. Also we received a call from the MWAF the very first time we talked to Dan, waaaay in the beginning episodes, we didn’t even know who Phil was at that point, yet the MWAF knew who we were almost immediately.

Then I played with the idea that the MWAF was using an encryption like Alan was or using a spy mode like Jake is, to read everything secretly, but that idea was tossed out too. Michael was a bar owner not a hacker or police investigator, there is little reason to believe he’d know how to do something like that, nor would anyone in his life teach him how to do it either.

(Also as a bonus point for why the MWAF might be Richy, the MWAF didn’t seem to be aware that Jessy and Thomas were heading to the house at all, he still had his candles lit and “art” up so he couldn’t have prepared for their arrival and hide. He might have only noticed Thomas and Jessy where there when he saw the car. This took place after we removed Richy from the chat as well so...)

Secondly, the MWAF’s motivation, why would Michael wait 10 years to take revenge for his daughter and why is he mainly attacking the group over it? For benefit of the doubt, Michael is the few suspects who has a possible motive that makes some sort of sense, yet it’s such a drastic leap in logic for him to attack the group at all.

If Michael is the MWAF and he’s attacking people for revenge, then why would he take Hannah, who we know feels guilty over Jennifer’s death and seems to be working to find out the truth about the case, and kidnap her. She’s trying to bring justice to his daughter, so why would Jennifer’s own father try and interrupt that process? Even if Hannah somehow helped cause Jennifer’s death (reminder that Hannah would have been a child by this point) we know she wasn’t the true killer, it was a man who hit her with a car and took her body into the woods. If Michael really wanted further revenge, killing that man should have been on the top of his priorities, not Hannah.

The hostility he has towards the group is also strange, for a man who cares only for revenge, he seems oddly determined to wipe out everyone, that sounds more like a man who is afraid of being caught then a man who just wants to take down the people who hurt his daughter in the past. That doesn’t sound like the role of a grieving father to me.

And once again he has waited a long time to seek out this revenge anyway, this man was apparently a sheep herder of sorts according to Lily before he disappeared, why come back at all? A parent who lost their child will never lose the pain of that child’s absence, but you’d think the burning embers of revenge would simmer down after 10 years of time and reflection, what could have triggered him to come back? And why would he pick the most foolish spot to set up his base? He should know he was suspected in the past, setting up camp at his own house will easily connect him to the crime as Lilly had demonstrated by throwing out this theory at the end of the episode.

I think it’s more possible for someone else to use Michael Hanson’s house as a coverup to throw off suspicion of himself. Yet who knows? Maybe he is foolish enough to do that lol.

Thirdly, the inconsistency of the legend, the MWAF is not doing a good job at being consistent. He is not taking the people he marked at the first moon of the year and he is also killing them. The original book did not state the people who are taken will die, simply that they will disappear, yet the MWAF supposedly set out to kill Richy, but doesn’t kill Hannah.

And we now know Hannah is most likely alive at this moment because the MWAF stated so in the phone call he was going to kill her. I don’t think he’s lying because it would honestly benefit him more to kill Hannah and tell the group that he did to destroy the groups moral completely rather than keeping her alive.

With these inconsistencies, why should we trust the rules of the legend, they seem to be more like guidelines for the MWAF then actual facts.

Heck, when we talked to Darkness, he told us that the MWAF takes his victims to kill them, something not stated in the book at all.

From this, the book may very well be wrong and unreliable, perhaps the MWAF is following a different legend, a different version of the tale that Darkness might know about. Either way, it would be unwise to connect Micheal to the MWAF simply because of what the legend says until we know why these inconsistencies are taking place.

Basically what I am trying to say, the group is accepting Michael as guilty too fast for my taste, the only facts we have for Michael being the one who did it is that he’s 1. The father of Jennifer 2. The legend we first read was about a father taking revenge 3. We found the MWAF’s “art” inside Michaels old house. 4. Not many people know where Michael is.

That is enough evidence to have someone arrested and investigated, not to convict them of a crime.

———

So do I still think Richy is guilty? Well... somewhat.

I still firmly believe Richy has the most evidence pointed to him and would have the ability to execute the actions we have seen the MWAF take, he would have had access to group chats, his body is still missing like I figured it would be, and he has the knowledge of Duskwood’s history and landscape. He truly is a perfect fit in many ways in my own opinion except for how he fits into this legend and what his motivation could possibly be. Plus the fact that his hat was bloody when it was found, I don’t know if Richy would be capable of harming himself on purpose to make everything more convincing.

All and all, questions still need to be answered and I don’t want to be too hasty in declaring who the MWAF truly is until we can rip the mask off of his face and get him behind bars for good 😌

I’ll be interested to hear your takes on this below, and I’ll probably expand on this conversation when I think of more relevant points or to explain my idea more in-depth if anyone is confused over this post, thanks for reading til the end! 💛

[flammentanz]

“Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination” (1923)

Ein Stummfilm ohne Zwischentitel, ohne konkrete Namensbezeichnungen, ohne Orts- und Jahresangabe. Aufgrund der Kostümierung der Darsteller könnte es sich es sich um die Epoche des Empire (1804 – 1830) handeln.

Auf einer stilisierten Theaterbühne öffnet sich der der Vorhang für die Protagonisten, deren überdimensionale Schatten bereits die Thematik des Films vorausnehmen: ein wohlhabender Mann (Fritz Kortner), seine Gattin (Ruth Weyher), ein Jüngling (Gustav von Wangenheim), drei Kavaliere (Eugen Rex, Max Gülstorff und Ferdinand von Alten), zwei Diener (Fritz Rasp und Carl Platen) sowie eine Zofe (Lilly Herder) Während die Reaktionen sämtlicher Männer auf die Gattin ausgerichtet sind, ist lediglich die Zofe davon unbeeindruckt. Gemeinsam ist ihnen allen ein Agieren wie auf der Bühne, ohne das sie das Publikum beachten. Ganz im Gegensatz zu dem als Letzten erscheinenden Gaukler (Alexander Granach), der spöttisch ins Publikum grüßt. Er ist der Einzige, der aus dem Souffleurkasten heraufsteigt und damit eindeutig als der Regisseur des nun folgenden Spiels zu identifizieren.

Zu nächtlicher Stunde beobachtet der Jüngling seine Angebetete mit ihrem Gatten beim zärtlichen Tête-à-Tête an einem Fenster. Seine sehnsuchtsvollen Blicke verfolgt der Gaukler mit hämischem Grinsen. Die junge Frau ermuntert ihren Verehrer mit Koketterie, während ihr Ehemann in seinen eigenen erotischen Gedanken versinkt. Er ist seiner Gattin leidenschaftlich zugetan, ist jedoch ebenso von immenser Eifersucht auf mögliche Nebenbuhler besessen.

Sowohl der Jüngling als auch die drei Kavaliere sind inzwischen zu einer Soiree eingetroffen. Sie vergnügen sich damit, den Schatten der Dame des Hauses, die sie offensichtlich allesamt begehren, zu liebkosen. Die den Gatten plagenden Eifersuchtsvisionen werden durch das Schattenspiel, das er als Realität wahrnimmt, ebenso befeuert, wie der ständige Flirt seiner Frau mit den Gästen.

Der Gaukler bietet seine Künste als Schattenspieler an und wird nach anfänglichem Widerstreben empfangen. Das von ihm präsentierte, zunächst harmlos anmutendes chinesische Märchenspiel ändert sich grundlegend, als der Gaukler die Gesellschaft in Trance versetzt. Rasend vor Eifersucht glaubt der Gatte, seine Frau habe ihn mit dem Jüngling betrogen und sinnt auf eine entsetzliche Rache: die hilflos auf einem Tisch gefesselte junge Frau soll von ihren Galanen mit Degen durchbohrt werden. Während der Jüngling sich dem furchtbaren Treiben entzieht, ergeben sich die drei Kavaliere den gewalttätigen Drohungen des Gatten und töten die von allen Begehrte. Der nunmehr endgültig in den Wahnsinn abgedriftete Herr des Hauses wird von seinen Gästen aus dem Fenster geworfen.

Der Leichnam verschwindet vom Straßenpflaster, die versammelte Gesellschaft erwacht aus der Trance, der Gaukler setzt sein chinesisches Märchenspiel fort.

Die ihrer geheimen Obsessionen nunmehr bewusst gewordenen Gäste verlassen das Haus. Der Morgen bricht an, die Schatten weichen, das Ehepaar bleibt in Liebe vereint zurück, während der Gaukler davonzieht.

“Schatten” ist ein immens faszinierender und vielschichtiger Film. der gänzlich ohne Zwischentitel auskommt - selbst die einzelnen Akte werden durch Fingerzeige angekündigt - und daher die Phantasie des Zuschauers sehr beflügelt. Da die Unterschiede zwischen Realität und Imagination nicht exakt gekennzeichnet werden - auch die Viragierung gibt darüber nicht gänzlich Aufschluss - kann man sich niemals gänzlich sicher sein, was sich tatsächlich ereignet.

“Schatten” ist ein erotisch aufgeladener Film, der in einer Sequenz sogar sadistische Phantasien bedient. Das Zentrum der Handlung ist eindeutig die attraktive Frau, der ihr Ehemann in leidenschaftlicher Zuneigung verbunden ist, dabei jedoch ebenso von Eifersuchtsphantasien besessen ist. Während der Jüngling sich nach ihr verzehrt, wirft sie ihm zwar verheißungsvolle Blicke zu und flirtet selbst in Gegenwart ihres Gatten mit ihm, es wird jedoch nicht eindeutig thematisiert, ob die Beiden tatsächlich eine Affäre unterhalten. Mit den drei Kavalieren verhält es sich anders, da sie mit ihnen lediglich spielerisch kokettiert, und diese- von ihr unbemerkt - nur ihren Schatten liebkosen. Selbst der jüngere Diener ist von seiner Herrin weit über das schickliche Maß hinaus angetan, was ihm jedoch lediglich eine Ohrfeige einbringt.

Das Schauspielerensemble ist hervorragend: Ruth Weyher brilliert als verführerische Femme fatale, Gustav von Wangenheim als schwärmerischer Jüngling, Alexander Granach als dämonisch und zugleich komödiantisch anmutender Gaukler und Fritz Rasp als unheimlicher Diener. Fritz Kortners furiose Darstellung ist noch gänzlich seiner expressionistischen Phase verhaftet und dennoch höchst eindrucksvoll. Nur in einer einzigen Szene, in der sich mehrfach auf den Kopf schlägt, hätte ihn Regisseur Arthur Robison etwas zügeln können. Anrührenden Sequenzen, wie jene in der er das Strumpfband seiner Frau liebkost, wechseln mit Szenen erbarmungsloser Raserei und Brutalität.

Die titelgebenden Schatten beherrschen eindrucksvoll die Szenerie (Kamera: Fritz Arno Wagner / Bauten: Albin Grau), und selbst als sie dem Morgen weichen, wird der Zuschauer nicht völlig beruhigt in ein simples Happy End entlassen. Das sich zunächst einander liebevoll annähernde Ehepaar entfernt sich in der Schlussszene wieder von einander, und sein Blick ruht eher skeptisch auf ihr. Wird der leidenschaftliche Mann seiner koketten Frau von nun an wirklich vertrauen können?

[solidsnakessolidcakes]

Metal Gear Pokemon Teams

Okay I said I’d make this post like last night and didn’t so I’m doing it now.

Venom

*Chansey- Channi (f) Bellossom- Belle (f) Gothia- Lia (f) Comfey (s)- Lei (m) Bulbasaur- Mandarin (m) Scizor- Saffron (m)

Kaz

*Ninetails- Haru (m) Greninja- Shinobi (f) Mawile- Ily (f) Shaymin (sky)- Amaterasu (m) Dunsparce- Chyl (m) Shiftry- Dai (m)

Mantis

*Gardevior (s)- Devoi (f) Butterfree- Monarch (m) Volcarona- Karona (f) Delphox- Deyl (f) Scolipede- Skull (m) Rapidash- Pi (m)

Liquid

*Mimikyu- Mimi (m) Mewtwo- (---) (-) Cubone- Cyu (m) Torchic- Chi (f) Espurr (s)- Essy (f) Gyrados- Gyro (m)

Screaming Mantis

*Espeon- Bote (f) Abra- Sosten (m) Chimecho- Repicar (f) Girafarig- Jirafa (f) Wobbufett- Perrafalso (m) Exeggecute- Huevo (f)

Crying Wolf

*Glaceon- Geroep (f) Whismer- Baba (m) Dustox- Mot (m) Togetic- Lief (f) Xatu- Toekoms (f) Sunkern- Sonnig (f)

Laughing Octopus

*Sylveon- Fe (f) Skiploom- Blomst (f) Chansey- Trist (f) Yamask- Maske (m) Gengar- Smil (f) Froslass- Haevngernig (f)

Raging Raven

*Jolteon- Zappibitchi (m) Electabuzz- Bazu (m) Victreebell- Kojo (f) Beedrill- Otosannpyona (m) Zangoose- Ha (f) Tentacruel- Tsurai (f)

Snake

*Pikachu- Pipi (m) Mew- (---) (-) Herdier- Herder (m) Arcanine- Fluffy (f) Lucario- Lucy (f) Rockruff- Robby (m)

Hal

*Magearna- Maggie (-) Magneton- Ton (m) Aggron- Aaron (m) Lilligant- Lilly (f) Milotic- Milo (f) Porygon- Pory (-)

Sunny

*Dratini- Tini (f) Eevee- Vee (m) Ekans- Divad (m) Ekans (s)- Ile (f) Pichu- Chu (f) Magnemite- Mag (f)

If you’re wondering why I picked a pokemon, feel free to ask!

[apoloniaspiegelgold]

3. Klasse: Der Kleine Prinz 👍

4. Klasse: Ben liebt Anna 👎

5. Klasse: ??

6. Klasse: Damals war es Friedrich 👍

7. Klasse: Lilly unter den Linden 👎

8. Klasse: Englisch: Theo Boone 👎

9. Klasse: Andorra 👎, Englisch: Desert flower 👈

10. Klasse: Leonce und Lena 👍, Die Physiker 👎

11. Klasse: Kabale und Liebe 👍, Iphigenie auf Tauris 👈, Hiob 👈,  Herder 👈, Englisch: Death of a Salesman 👎, Brave New World 👍

12. Klasse: Die Buddenbrooks 👈, Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde 👍, Kleiner Mann - was nun? 👈, Tauben im Gras 👍👍👍, Englisch: Much ado about nothing 👈

Weil ich vorhin einen Post über Schullektüre gesehen habe... Was ich in der Schule lesen musste und wie ich es fand:

4. Klasse: ein dünnes Buch über Mobbing, Hauptcharakter hieß Arnold, hab das Buch an einem Nachmittag Zuhause durchgelesen, ein Zitat der Mutter, das für immer in meinem Gehirn lebt: "Du bist kalt wie ein Fisch." 👈

5. Klasse: Krabat 👍

6. Klasse: Als Hitler das Rosa Kaninchen stahl. 👈

7. Klasse: Keeper. 👈

8. Klasse: Kleider machen Leute 👍 und Wilhelm Tell 👍

9. Klasse: Die Bücherdiebin 👍. Englisch: The Giver 👍

10. Klasse: Elektra 👎. Englisch: It's kind of a funny story 👎

11. Klasse: Faust Teil 1 👈 und Die Verwandlung👍. Englisch: Macbeth👍

12. Klasse: Das Leben des Galilei👍 und Die Entdeckung der Currywurst👎. Englisch: The Road👍

Was durftet/musstet ihr so lesen?

[tigereyes45]

I hate how Lilly refers to James as It

Fuck her! He is a goddamn person!

[pacificaparanormal-blog]

Idaho Farms Cyclops Sheep

In the 1950s, Idaho sheep ranchers had a problem. About a quarter of their lambs were being born dead or deformed—sometimes with a single eye centered in the middle of their forehead. 

Ranchers in the area had seen these deformities on occasion for the last 50 years, but in the 1950s, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) established a lab in the West, permitting access to researchers equipped to tackle the problem. 

Eventually, the team took the sheep themselves to the grazing area to watch what they ate. With the herders’ help, the researchers were able to locate the culprit plant, western false hellebore (corn lilly), and identify the teratogenic compound. They named the chemical cyclopamine for the cyclops-like deformity it caused in developing lambs. 

Once the problem was diagnosed, the ranchers could keep their pregnant sheep away from it, and the case of Idaho’s cyclopes was closed. 

[w-o-r-d-s--f-a-i-l]

“The double standards upheld never fail to amaze me. If you were a prince with the same demeanor you would be praised, respected more even I believe. You truly know you’re backing the wrong horse when someone who has been around as long as I have finds those ideas dreadfully antiquated,” he said, shaking his head a bit. “Perhaps he was trying to gain some sort of power over me, but I believe I had the upper hand. I served him a peasants dish, commonly made by cattle herders and shepherds, a dish that otherwise he would have seen as beneath him.”

Upon being asked to help knead the dough, he nodded and wordlessly began kneading as well, working opposite of Lilly to help get it better distributed.

A and B are the heirs of their realms, but in a between them, an accident happen and they get stuck together and now have to survive - together.

(For Dracula)

Count Dracula was the royal leader of the vampires, and Lilly the respective case for humans and the two of them had sort of tangoed in a very tenuous relationship: Vampires needed to feed and to do that, they needed to murder innocent humans and humans rightfully fought back for it. The two of them met often to be sure they were each holding up their end of the agreements. Dracula was always cordial, but when the two of them became stranded due to an unexpected flash flood, he was getting antsy. Lilly couldn't swim or escape with that much water and Dracula couldn't cross running water without a bridge over it, leaving them both isolated in an almost entirely empty castle between both of their respective keeps. "I fear I don't have much in the way of human food here, though I'm sure we can find something to keep you nourished until the weather dries," Dracula said, his gaze kept out the window, despite the current situation, his voice staying even.

[visionsoflight]

Warning Shadows

Director: Arthur Robison

Director of Photography: Fritz Arno Wagner