#a bit of rambling

[marimayscarlett]

If not for the bands message, I would 100% believe he was quitting either Rammstein or both the band and music. In fact, I think last year he was going to. No doubt about it. But the support and love stopped him. Made him rethink things. There are still people, a lot of people, who want to see and hear him. Like a Phoenix from the ashes - that's what I think the end of the poem implies

I also think he lost a lot of people. In music industry and personal life. People turned their backs on him long before any verdict was issued, and that made him lose hope. It would make anyone lose hope.

But truth prevails. And those who were genuinely loyal - stayed. And for those people alone, it is worth continuing... and I don't mean just music.

Hi 👋🏻

If Rammstein's thank you-message from two days ago hadn't been posted, I would be even more worried than I already am.

Nevertheless, I try to hold onto the fact that it is hardly likely that the band would publicly announce their continuation for all fans to see, and then their lead singer would announce his departure two days later.

Yet Till had to endure incredibly much last year. He was pilloried and prejudged from all sides, while at the same time, no one gave him the opportunity or allowed him to actively defend himself. His professional environment (the band, other Rammstein employees), as well as his private environment with family (there were even articles about Nele and his mother in the German press) and friends were dragged into it, then there was vandalism and death threats against him.

That one becomes hopeless and thinks about quitting (not only in a professional sense...) is not surprising. The poem reads very personally, as if he is not necessarily (only) referring to his musical career. If you approach the matter interpretively, you can also think that he has lost a lot privately (maybe friends who turned on him, other people in his life became frosty and distant...) and had to endure a lot. However he meant his poem, it seems to be an emotional/sad vent for the emotions and grief he still actively carries and now, with the tour over, perhaps feels more than during the busy and consuming tour life.

I think it is good that he makes it clear how close it hit him - a witch hunt was carried out against him to an incredible extent. Having to endure that leaves marks that do not fade quickly. Till is not a saint and has his quirks, but he certainly did not deserve this.

He is an artist, so he naturally expresses himself in a lyrical and cryptic way. We must be patient and wait to see if and what comes next. I really hope that he has found hope and confidence again. The matter is far from over; proceedings against a podcast are ongoing, and his lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Der Spiegel. That means it will accompany him for a while, whether he wants it to or not. I hope he has a network of loyal people around him who are good for him, and that he at least somewhat finds inner peace... and strength to carry on.

[misstellerhostess]

Hiya hello~! Mind if I be real with you wonderful folks for a sec? Cool? Cool.

This is a little follow up from a previous post I that I decided to delete earlier, after some sleeping and thinking it over. I was very nervous about showing any of my fanart for my recent fandom interest, but I am getting a little bit braver. If ANY of my artwork makes you uncomfortable in a way, I really do apologize. I'm honestly enjoying what draw so far and you are welcome to ignore or block at your leisure with no fuss. I say this because there seems to be a little hypocrisy going on in said fandom, but I won't delve into it and leave it at that.

To put it simply, I'll indulge what I want to indulge, and have fun with it. It being either canon x oc, canon x canon, or straight up fanart in general. And don't worry this account is still SFW so don't expect anything completely out there.

[troolyart]

I bought groceries yesterday and got beef sticks instead of turkey sticks bc they were out of the turkey sticks.

I ate one and immediately did not like it as much as my normal ones. Objectively it has more flavor, but it tastes off to me. Eugh.

[sarahs-secrets2]

In your wildest dreams get more than 5 parts 😩✋ hold on i have to comprehend that lol

Thanks for blessing us with this au I’m so in love with your writing 🫶🏻

HAHA yes! Since I’m introducing other RE characters I want to have it 1) make sense why they’re there & 2) build some tension that I don’t think I could do without adding more parts!

It’s hard to say how much longer it’ll be now & I’ll probably just update the masterlist for it as I go but definitely more than 5 parts!

Thank you so so so much for loving this au and being patient with me as I work on it, it means the world!! 💝🥹

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery

[mozilla-firefox]

what interests you about chinese poetry?

hey queen

so let's start with the shallow stuff. it sounds cool. it's "cultured". you read a li shangyin poem and he drops four references to myths that i've never heard of in the span of four lines. i've been reading for the past like 3 years and i feel like i've only touched the very tip of the iceberg

more importantly, it's beautiful to see how people have always felt the same throughout history. everyone has sorrows, everyone has joys, everyone has anger, and seeing those written out and preserved for a thousand years or more is brilliant. so the wanyue style really resonates with me. yea

[manhattan-gamestop]

Me explaining why my grades were/are shit

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[runawaymarbles]

The thing I keep coming back to, with all the *gestures expansively* is that real life doesn't have peaceful epilogues.

Every single win has to be defended. Forever. I'm sorry. It sucks. The Nazis lost until they stopped losing. The US had abortion rights, and then 50 years later it didn't. Empires fall, and then they invade other countries again. Oppressive regimes are overthrown and replaced with other oppressive regimes. You will never finish the work etc etc etc. Which is why it's so fucking important to be able to acknowledge and celebrate progress, when it happens. The people who came before you didn't put in all that work for nothing, and you aren't, either. You can't save it all for the Ultimate Victory because there is never going to be an Ultimate Victory. There's no such thing as a time when everything is good, and ours shall not be the commune of Heaven.

[vandersprodigy18]

This episode really demonstrates why M9 won the battle royale. They really are nigh unkillable.

They are rolling like dogshit and losing spell slots left and right, have less PCs than the VM fight at the Key, have taken exhaustion points and soo much damage, and their healing is being sabotaged.

But they still managed to complete their encounter in less than 1 episode. They managed to avoid all the obstacles leading to the boss fight. They had no deaths.

This party build is legit insane. Theyre so mobile, cant pin them down. Their casters control the battlefield. Their tanks are basically immortal. They have 2 guaranteed Divine Interventions, 2 Mass Heals. They have 1 Vestige, and an unending well of tricks in Fjord and Veth. They are dripping with advantages, resistances, and rerolls.

Mighty Nein most qualified assholes for the job fr.

[columboscreens]

[lazylittledragon]

ok look i love astarion with my whole soul and this might be an unpopular opinion but post-brain, i don’t think he’s fashionable. i think he knows how to dress well and likes wearing nice clothes but i really feel like 90% of the time when he’s at home he would just want to be comfortable. i think this man wears dad slippers and owns an ungodly amount of sweaters and comfy loungewear. furthermore i would like to put forward that the person who DOES put together a fucking Look every single day of his life is wyll fucking ravengard. in this essay i will

[troolyart]

I don't think I've ever gotten into just how much Simon loves Freddie Mercury.

That man changed his life. Listening to any song by Queen inside the Parable always brightens him up because it takes him back to those bygone days of discovering how he truly feels inside, pushing that little bit of self hatred about his sexuality back into a dark corner of his mind and just. Simply be who he is. His parents wishes be damned and forgotten. After all, he's inside The Entity now, they can't touch him here.

And in here is where he can shine.

If Stanley happens to be nearby he'll just stand to the side and watch the magic unfold, his smile getting wider as Simon either sings along to the lyrics or starts dancing with the rhythm. And if Simon happens to catch him staring, he won't be embarrassed, instead he'll drag Stanley along with him and dance until the music stops.

[superman-the-secret-third-thing]

The claim that "Superman is too strong to have any meaningful conflict" is a ridiculous statement and makes the assumption that all conflict is rooted in violence.

Superman has conflicts around philosophy, societal issues, loneliness, balancing work and personal life, human empathy, rescue and yes, he does fight things. Things that are as strong as him. Just because he can move fast and punch good doesn't mean he can't have anxiety.

(This story isn't related to this post, but the art is from Superman Lost #2)

[o0kawaii0o]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING 🗣🗣🗣

[catnippackets]

ideas for casual low-stress art projects if you want to work on something creative during the new year

dream journal: you can either write down every single dream you have so you can look back on everything, or just write down the best ones and add little drawings or collages to embellish them

weather blanket/scarf: create a legend for which colour matches each temperature/weather and then knit one row every day so by the end of the year you have a little reminder of what the weather looked like this year

junk journal/scrapbook: collect misc things like labels/ads/stickers/receipts and make little collages with them in a book

everyone add on ideas