#germany-kent

[quotelr]

Your words control your life, your progress, your results, even your mental and physical health. You cannot talk like a failure and expect to be successful.

Germany Kent

[thepersonalwords]

Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.

Germany Kent

[kingoftheu]

This episode of My Adventures With Superman really shows how much has changed. Until very recently it would have been unthinkable to show such a relationship on screen. Impossible. And, TBH, it is a little disappointing they did it via a Gorillka and Brain in a Jar. But I do think we need to step back and appriciate just how amazing is that we saw such a loving portrayal of a French/German Couple.

[voguefashion]

Catherine Deneuve Vogue Covers

Vogue Paris, April 1962, by Helmut Newton Vogue Paris, October 1965, by David Bailey Vogue Paris, December 1966, by David Bailey American Vogue, April 1st 1967, by David Bailey Vogue Paris, March 1968, by David Bailey Vogue Paris, February 1969, by David Bailey Vogue Paris, August 1969, by Jeanloup Sieff American Vogue, February 1, 1971, by Just Jaeckin Vogue Paris, February 1972, by Helmut Newton Vogue Paris, November 1972, by Tony Kent Vogue Paris, September 1970, by Jeanloup Sieff Vogue Paris, October 1973, by Guy Bourdin Vogue Paris, October 1974, by Helmut Newton Vogue Paris, March 1976, by Helmut Newton Vogue Paris, November 1977, by Henry Clarke Vogue Germany, August 1981, by Tony Kent Vogue Paris, March 1984, by Albert Watson Vogue Germany, July 1984, by David Bailey Vogue Germany, August 1985, by David Bailey Vogue Paris, May 1991, by Peter Lindbergh Vogue Germany, February 1992, by Mario Testino Vogue Paris, December 2003/January 2004, by Mario Testino

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Some Glimpses from Germany for your Weekend :)

World bestselling author Deborah Harkness - exclusively for Heymann at the Kent Club (Hamburg, Germany)

At one of only two readings in Germany this year, the renowned professor of European history took to the stage of the Kent Club in Hamburg to talk about the 5th volume of her All Souls series ‘The Blackbird Oracle’. For all fans of the books and fans of the TV series ‘A Discovery of Witches’, it was a dreamlike experience. There was so much to hear about her magical lovers, the witch Diana and the vampire Matthew, and about the research and creation of her brilliant stories. Margarete von Schwarzkopf shone as a knowledgeable presenter and provided an entertaining guide through the bilingual evening.

You can find more videos in the highlight ‘DebHarkness’

[heresay]

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.

Germany Kent

[artemlegere]

"Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction." ~ Germany Kent

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[kamala-laxman]

“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” Germany Kent

[x-heesy]

Note to myself 🛟 ✅

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level. -Germany Kent

𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝝠 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 / 𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝝠 𝗧𝗥𝝠𝗣 / 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝝠𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 / 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝝝𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 / 𝗖𝗛𝝝𝝝𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗬 / 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝝠 𝗖𝝝𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 / 𝗡𝝝𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝝝 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 / 𝗬𝝝𝗨 𝝠𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝝝𝝠𝗗 /𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦𝝠𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 / 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝝝 / 𝗟𝝝𝗩𝗘 & 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗟𝝝𝗩𝗘 / 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 & 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 / 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 / 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗜𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝝠𝗟 / 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝝝 / 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧 / 𝗠𝝝𝝝𝗗 𝗕𝝝𝝠𝗥𝗗 /𝗣𝗨𝗡𝗞𝗦𝝠𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗗𝗘𝝠𝗗 ​/ 𝗡𝝝 𝗚𝝝𝗗𝗦 𝗡𝝝 𝗠𝝠𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 / 𝗣𝗥𝝝 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗙𝗭 / 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗭 𝗡𝝝𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗟(𝗟) 𝗖𝗨𝗠 / 𝗧𝝝 𝝠𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝝠 𝗟𝗨𝗩𝝠𝗭

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Soundtrack: Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin 🤘

#hope=dope

[quotelr]

Strive to be a person of action, good deeds and a willing vessel of hope.

Germany Kent, You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life

[thepersonalwords]

Strive to be a person of action, good deeds and a willing vessel of hope.

Germany Kent, You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life

[mental-mona]

Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the change, be the difference, or be the inspiration. Shine your light as an example. The world needs more of that.

― Germany Kent

[thisisjaky]

New direction.

  “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” -Germany Kent  

[k-s-morgan]

"many people insist he was in the Blitz ( I don't mean fics, I don't mind that, I mean in canon discussions) so my post was specifically for the Blitz. For the 40's bomb, that you brought up, not my post, Tom left soon after, 7 days after. And as for the '44 bombings- Tom has already killed 4 people by that time- FOUR. I think it's safe to say death and suffering of the people around him wasn't one of his concerns.

Tom's fear of death doesn't have to come from bombing. Plenty of people fear death that had never been bombed. It is stated that his fear of death is because he thinks himself above all humans, it's in relation to his power, he says this to Dumbledore at 11 BEFORE ww2 started. He already said 'mom can't have been a witch because she died'. But yes, this post was about Dumbledore not sending Tom into the Blitz, like many people say, as if Dumbledore personally delivered Tom to the Nazis."

What do you think about this argument? I've written fics of Tom witnessing the Blitz. I thought that it was canon but I have had people argue that it is not. What do you think?

Hi! That's a really interesting topic, but one I came to dislike because it feels like most people have very black-and-white takes on it. I actually got involved in one of such conversations just recently. Maybe even the one you quoted from? I don't recall at this point.

Since I prepared a lot of materials for ATLWETD before writing it, I can give you a full answer supported by the research and some news clippings. It's going to get long, though!

So, first - the Blitz. Indeed, Tom never had to face it. It lasted from September 7, 1940 to May 11, 1941, and Tom spent this period at Hogwarts. However, the Blitz was neither the start nor the end of London bombings - and bombings of the surrounding areas and UK in general.

Citing from Mark Clapson, "Air Raids in Britain, 1940–45":

"A common misconception of the Blitz in the United Kingdom is that London was the only city under attack from September 1940 until the Nazis also turned their fire on other cities and towns in mid-November. Yet even before the Blitz on London began, other urban areas in the UK had been attacked from the air.

As the Battle of Britain drew towards a defeat for Germany, the first significant raid on a major British city took place in Cardiff and Newport on 10 July when over seventy German planes attacked the South Wales docks. In July and August, Birmingham, Coventry, Hastings, Liverpool, Newcastle and Southampton were all subject to air raids, signifying that when the main Blitz on the provinces began, industrial and coastal towns and cities were going to be key targets for the Luftwaffe … As Tony Mason shows, the first raid on Coventry had been on 18 August 1940, when both industry and housing were bombed."

Most of these locations are within the 200-300 km of London. Hastings is less than a 2-hour drive away. People don't live in a bubble, so hearing and reading about the bombings getting closer had to be terrifying for a child-Tom.

Now, getting even closer to London. The timeline taken from this website:

"16 AUGUST 1940

A series of raids were leveled against Norfolk, Kent and the Greater London area with airfields as the main targets, including Manston.

London suburbs were bombed, including Wimbledon and Esher, where shops and houses were hit. Bombs on Maiden, Surrey, railway station killed staff and passengers and put both lines out of operation. To the north, Gravesend and Tilbury were attacked, and bombs fell on Harwell and Farnborough aerodromes."

Tom would have definitely experienced the impacts of these bombings at least in some ways because the sound of explosions travels miles ahead. People would be in an increased state of panic, not knowing if London was going to be the next target any other second now.

A photo of the news clipping from August 17, 1940, titled: Germans Bomb London Suburbs:

From this website:

"A still earlier, and better recorded, raid took place the night before, on 15 August. 30 bombers targeted RAF Croydon aerodrome, which was then considered part of Surrey rather than London. Several people were killed, with damage to the aerodrome and nearby housing."

The distance between Croydon aerodrome and London is just 10 miles. Again, this is something the impact of which Tom would have very likely heard personally - add to this the feeling of fear and uncertainty over when and where the next attack is coming, and you get a recipe for a serious psychological trauma. Tom was only 13 at this time.

From the same website:

"Many sources state that the first bombs to drop on London landed in the early hours of 22 August 1940, affecting Harrow and Wealdstone (technically not then in London, but within the London Civil Defence Area). These caused damage to two cinemas, a dance hall, bank and houses, but nobody was killed. A further strike on 24 August [in London] killed nine people, and prompted retaliatory attacks on Berlin."

So, by these accounts, Tom experienced the bombing of his city directly at least once and likely heard the impact of bombings from the suburbs at least twice. Could be more - there were several bombings close, and we have no idea where Tom was in those specific moments. He could be taking a walk to the West End, going to the suburbs with his orphanage, and so on.

He was lucky to miss the bombings that followed (until 1944), including the Blitz, but I really hate when people dismiss the psychological impact of seeing your city in ruins, witnessing the massive destruction, and not knowing whether the bombs are going to drop again today. It's not like the Germans announced, "Hey, the Blitz is over, you're safe now!" Of course Tom thought he might experience another bombing, and of course this thought scared him.

The summer of 1944 was terrible for London because that's when the V1 were dropped. Quoting from The Blitz Companion by Mark Clapson again:

"Yet during the summer of 1944 worse was to come, and it would manifest itself in a frightening new weapon. For some months rumours had been circulating in Britain about a flying bomb that had no pilot and which could be guided almost mysteriously through the air at great speed to attack the capital city. This was the V1, the ‘V’ standing for vengeance … The V1s killed over 5,000 people and injured 15,000."

The timeline for these attacks is here.

This one is trickier, though, because based on Harry's era, by 1944, Tom already came of age by wizarding standards. So there is an argument that he could finally use his magic and leave London. On the other hand, he was still a minor by Muggle standards, and we have no idea what Hogwarts rules and laws of his era stated - meaning that it can all be up to interpretation.

For those who prefer to imagine that Tom was there: maybe back in 1944, a wizard had to be 18 to be considered an adult, and the limit was dropped closer to Harry's era. Or there was a rule stating that Hogwarts students must continue to live in their assigned places up until they graduate, especially in a Muggle world - because if a minor disappears from Muggle care when they are still enrolled in a magical school, it could trigger the involvement of authorities, which might be something Hogwarts would want to avoid.

We can't make strong arguments here because the canon says nothing about these details. So, if someone wants to imagine that Tom missed the bombings in 1944, there are very logical reasons to support such a view, but if someone wants him to have experienced it, it's also easy to imagine.

Either way, whether Tom lived only through the bombings of 1940 or both 1940 and 1944, to deny that he was affected by the war is to reject the most basic human psychology, in my opinion. Anyone would be terrified when they are surrounded by destruction and death, when they are confronted with the idea of their own mortality and when they feel helplessly trapped. And Tom saw the war horrors every summer even when there were no bombings.

I'm a war victim myself, and I don't feel safe on the days my city is not attacked. Because I know that the situation can change every other second. The psychological effect of bombings is devastating even when you aren't physically affected.

Does Tom's trauma justify his canon actions in any way, though? Of course not. Did his war trauma cause his fear of death? I think it was definitely at least some part of it. How couldn't it be? It's exactly because he considered himself above others is that his fear could be this amplified. He probably hated sitting stuck in a dangerous zone with the people he despised, threatened by the beings he didn't consider proper humans.

Maybe the war didn't give birth to Tom's fear of death, but I think it obviously contributed to it heavily since, again, he was living in one of the very targeted places, and he lived through at least one London bombing.

Also, yes, I do think Dumbledore and Dippet were absolutely abhorrent for sending an orphan child to a war zone when it was so easy to give him shelter. They were responsible for Tom's well-fare, and this responsibility shouldn't disappear in the summer. Tom could have easily been killed - again, it's not like the Germans announced when they were going to bomb or not bomb London and other areas. Letting him stay at Hogwarts or finding some family to take him in - or an inn! - would have been beyond simple.

Dumbledore also definitely knew Tom is related to a Slytherin bloodline, so there had to be families willing to take him in for this alone. Sure, it could be dangerous in other ways for a child as self-focused as Tom, but he was still a child, and his safety had to come first.

Finally, there is an argument that Tom was moved along with other children from London since it was supposed to be mandatory. This is also something that can be looked at from different angles. The reality of people following a law always differs from the theory of it. There were many issues with evacuations at that time. About 7,736 children died in London from the Blitz alone - not everyone could evacuate, especially the poor. Maybe the Wool's lucked out, maybe not. There are claims that only children within the ages of 5 to 14 were evacuated. But also, if Tom was moved, then there is no telling if he was more or less safe there since the location is unknown. It once again depends on what a specific person wants to imagine as a part of his life.

Now, anon, as for your fics in particular: if you wrote about Tom witnessing the Blitz, it's all right - I mean, the entire universe of Harry Potter is made up. Maybe, in a world where these characters might exist, the Blitz could have happened differently - why not? We have no idea about the dates of HP canon-Blitz. The events there don't have to take place in our specific world.

So, strictly speaking - yes, it's not canon, but more in relation to our world than to the world of HP.

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Extremely rare' 3,000-year-old sword discovered in Germany is so well preserved it SHINES, archaeologists say. In 2023, The weapon, believed to be 3,000 years old, was dug up in the small town of Nordlingen last week. Experts were shocked it was so well preserved that it actually shined, despite laying in a grave of three people. The three bodies included a man, woman and teenager, with researchers left puzzled over whether they were related. 'The sword and burial still have to be examined for our archeologists to further classify this find,' said Mathias Pfeil, head of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. 'But it can already be said now that the preservation is exceptional! A find like this one is really rare.' Despite its age, the sword's zig-zag pattern is still completely visible, punctuated with studs and rivets. While experts believe it was difficult to create, they are convinced it was a real weapon, designed for sharp cuts. At the time, there were just a few European hotspots for trading these types of swords, including southern Germany, north Germany and Denmark. Swords from Nordlingen often belonged to the 'Urns' during this period- distinguished by their custom of cremation during the late Bronze era. While Urnfield culture is believed to have first appeared in northern Italy and eastern-Europe, this reached various other countries such as Germany and Ukraine. Warlike behaviour is thought to have spread through members of this community at the time, just before the Tumulus Culture era commenced. This saw a huge advancement in Bronze weaponry and armour. However, the team remain unsure where this newly-found sword was made and will be investigating further in due course. They even point to 'wandering craftsmen' and imports as a potential source of the sword. The German discovery comes just months after a 3,000-year-old toddler's shoe was found in a north Kent riverbed. Source daily mail website, written by ✍️Lauren Haughey 📸 Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments

[dcdreamblog]

So, hey, I heard a rumor that they asked Hawkman to consult on the new Yellowstone prequel series with Western Heroes. What...uh, what's up with that? I thought he was from Ancient Egypt or Outer space. Or...both? I'm not clear on this.

Anyways, why'd they ask him to consult on a show about Bat Lash and Jonah Hex?

The simple answer to your question is Reincarnation. The less simple answer is buckle the fuck up.

Ok so, the Hawkman you are referring to is Carter Hall, the WWII Hawkman. They're hard to tell apart from their alien counterparts mostly because their costumes are so similar. Easiest way to tell at a glance is that the second version of Hawkman and Hawkwoman physically have large avian wings attached to their shoulder blades (because they're aliens) while the original wear them on harnesses (because they're not...as far as we know).

The original Hawkman and Hawkgirl were "born" in Ancient Egypt as the Pharaoh Khufu and his queen Chay-ara in the Old Kingdom period's 4th dynasty. Upon discovering a crashed Thanagarian ship (the same alien race the 2nd Hawks are members of. This is assumed to be their connection, though without knowing the 2nd generations' secret IDs its impossible to say for sure. We do know that raptorial iconography is paramount in Thanagarian culture)

The ship's powerful energy to benefited Egypt in limited ways (mostly the Nth metal material they were able to chip off and reforge in small amounts. No they didn't use it to levitate the pyramids it just made their weapons way better for like a generation).

(The "Hawk Column" found buried near the Great Pyramids at Giza, the two avian figures depicted, similar in fashion to Horus and Isis are identified as markings of Khufu and Chay-ara)

Due to some kind of palace intrigue, both royals were murdered in one another's arms with an Nth metal dagger. Combined with some kind of arcane curse they are trapped in a cycle of reincarnation. Finding one another in lifetime after lifetime. Through the limited recollections he has shared with us, Carter Hall's previous lives include.

Brian Kent: A knight in Camelot who lived under the alias The Silent Knight. We've talked about him before.

(A colored carving of the Silent Knight discovered in a buried wooden church in Kent, England. Carved circa 5th century AD)

A blacksmith in 14th century Germany

A Pinkerton detective in the early 20th century

John Smith, of the Virginia colony of all people?

And, the relevant man for this discussion. Hannibal Hawkes

(Oil painting of Nighthawk and his partner Cinnamon, hanging in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City)

Precious little is known about Hawkes' personal life and history (more is known about Cinnamon but that story is slightly off topic) The obvious take away however is that he operated as the masked gunslinger (basically the same thing as mystery man in that time) Nighthawk.

The original Hawks, more or less, remember their every reincarnation from top to bottom once they're awakened to it. In short, he was asked to consult on the show because he's the only man alive in the last century who actually KNEW Bat Lash and Jonah Hex personally, not to mention what he could do for the authenticity of the design.