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[aimmyarrowshigh]

What are your top 5 Marvel movies and why?

Ughhh, this is so hard! THERE ARE SO MANY EFFING MARVEL THINGS. And there are so many that I love pretty equally but for different reasons/in different moods?

But okay. If I take the TV shows out of the equation entirely -- because my #1 Favorite Marvel Thing is WandaVision, 100% -- then I thinkkkkk arghshjsfhgsfhgjhsjfhj okay.

5. Spider-Man: No Way Home *OR* Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 4. The Marvels 3. Spider-Man: Far From Home 2. Captain America: Winter Soldier *OR* Black Widow 1. Ant-Man and the Wasp

I know, controversh list. A lot of Phase 4. A lot of post-Endgame. But I really like the movies that are character-driven, and I feel like these are the movies that all have pretty significant scenes outside of the main plot. Like there are scenes in all of these movies that are just... the heroes hanging out and being people, or delving into their past, or reconnecting with their families. ESPECIALLY reconnecting with their families/loved ones.

AMATW is literally about getting Janet back and reuniting Scott with the Pym/Van Dynes, CATWS is about getting Bucky back, Black Widow is about Natasha realizing that she "had two [families]" all along, The Marvels is about Monica and Carol reuniting, Shang-Chi is about the Xu family legacy, NWH just fucking breaks my heart with Peter and May. FFH is kind of an outlier on the family front, but it's very much an Irondad story, and Peter is the only thing that makes Tony interesting to me.

They're all movies that ask the hero to pick who they're going to live for, rather than who they're willing to die for, and they all get really... non-romantic answers (except Stucky, obviously, which is the most romantic ship that has ever existed in the history of Earth). They're also all movies that grapple with the idea of Legacy, which is such a big part of superhero stuff but rarely gets more than lip service.

I also feel like it probably says something about me that Ava, Bucky, and Antonia are all "the villains" of my Top 3 and those sweet babies are NOT VILLAINS AND HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG, EVER. SAVE THEM. GIVE THEM SOUP. AND BLANKETS. AND AUTONOMY.

And the only villain in my list who I'd say is like, Unilaterally A Bad Guy is Mysterio.

Peter successfully rehabilitates his villains in NWH, because that's who Peter is.

WenWu is just... so fucking sad and heartbroken and tragic, and like... Is WenWu's Plotline Not Just WandaVision But With Ten Rings Instead Of The Hex?

And yeah, Dar-Benn does very much attempt some genocide, but she is also trying to survive a planetary extinction and genocide, and I understand where she's coming from in her desperation, and I don't think that she's Evil. My feelings on the Kree/Skrull dichotomy in the MCU are complex and needlessly political in a way that I shan't get into because the MCU itself never will, either, so why bother.

Like, of the villains in my favorite MCU films, Ava is desperate and brainwashed, Bucky is brainwashed and desperate, Antonia is brainwashed and desperate, Dar-Benn is desperate, WenWu is desperate and brainwashed, The Sinister Six are all desperate (and some brainwashed)... the only True Baddie here is, again, Mysterio.

And like, we knew... all too well... nyuk nyuk... that Jake Gyllenhaal was bad.

IDK. These are my favorite MCU films because they have my favorite character dynamics/interactions in the MCU front and center. I love Scott and Cassie, Scott and Hope, Scott and Luis. I love Steve and Bucky, Steve and Sam, Steve and Natasha. I love Natasha and Yelena, Natasha and Alexei, Yelena and Alexei, Natasha and Milena. I love Peter and MJ, Peter and Ned (and Ned and Betty, LMAO), Peter and Tony('s legacy). I love Kamala and Carol, Carol and Monica, Monica and Kamala, and the Khan family. I love Shang-Chi and Xialing, Katy and Shang-Chi. I love Wong. I love Aunt May. I love the three Peters. I love Ned's Lola. I love Otto Octavius. I love the dynamics that boil down to "the hero loves this person enough to become a better person for them."

"The hero loves this person enough to become a hero."

They're also all kind of found family movies? Or friend-group movies, at least? IDK. I just like them.

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Yo what romance you reading? 👀 Also any recs welcome spread the good taste ✊😩

FJFKJF when i wrote that post i was definitely reading motherland: fort salem fanfiction 😅 i’ve been staying up too late reading fanfiction like some sort of 20 year old who can still do that without risking their health.

BUT i’ve been reading a lot of lesbian romance this year and i’m absolutely down to provide some recs! important disclaimer, however, i only read one (1) subgenre that’s best described as “ice queen lesbian milf office romance” ft an age gap between 21+ adults. understandably this is not everyone’s jam, but i am simply a 20something lesbian who thinks older women are really hot. what can i say

here are five recs in order of preference:

1. “truth and measure” by roslyn sinclair - the original adapted novel version of the same-titled legendary mirandy/devil wears prada fic. jules moretti is the long-suffering assistant of vivian carlisle, the CEO of a prestigious fashion magazine. then vivian gets pregnant mid divorce, with only jules by her side. and it only gets gayer from there.

listen. i genuinely could not stop reading truth and measure by roslyn sinclair. for three days, i woke up, vaguely did my adult tasks, and read for several hours in a state of what i can only call hysteria. the chemistry is insane. vivian is a hot mean loser with sad eyes and jules is insane for every choice she makes. btw i imagined the nanny!era lauren lane as vivian and current day alison scagliotti as jules. i had the time of my life. 10000/10

(also: i still highly recommend the published version to anyone who read the og fic - the story feels both brand new and wonderfully, nostalgically familiar.)

2. “the headmistress” by milena mckay - sam threadneedle, a closeted math teacher working at a conservative girls boarding school, hooks up with an insanely hot older woman at a conference in the city. three months later, that same hot older woman shows up at the school. woops, she’s the new principal and she’s there to cause problems! the prose is decent, the melodrama is fun to read, and the chemistry is zesty. solid 8/10

3. “the music and the mirror” by lola keeley - based on a supercat/supergirl fic of (i think) the same name. anna, the newest member of a prestigious ballet company, really wants to impress victoria, the former prima ballerina turned artistic director. well, she definitely does that! victoria decides that anna is going to be her company’s new star. this one has a lot of homoerotic partner dancing and really great side characters. still reads like a supercat fic, but honestly that’s another plus. 9/10

4. “the love factor” by quinn ivins - set in the 90’s, this book follows a closeted statistics professor and her TA, a very out lesbian political science phd candidate, as they expose a homophobic professor for falsifying data and fall in love. not as horny as others i’ve read, but still wildly tender and cathartic. i loved also how much empathy this book showed towards closeted lgbt folks. 7/10

5. “something to talk about” by meryl wilsner - also based on a mirandy fic, this book follows the misadventures of a hollywood showrunner and her assistant when they’re mistaken for a couple at a red carpet event. this book strained my suspension of disbelief the most—i simply don’t think everyone in emma’s life would be rooting for her to date her boss LMAO—but the chemistry is great and the pining is unreal. 7/10

[adamwatchesmovies]

Tin & Tina (2023)

If you only ace one part of your movie, make it the ending. For the most part, I was enjoying Tin & Tina but it didn't seem like anything special. After the final act, my thoughts on it changed completely - for the better. Due to that period of uncertainty, I have to be slightly conservative with my rating, but this is a movie I’ll remember down the line.

Set during the early 1980s, in Spain, Lola (Milena Smit) and Adolfo (Jaime Lorente) have just said their marriage vows when they unexpectedly lose their unborn twins in a miscarriage. Hoping to make their family whole again, the couple adopt twins Tin (Carlos González Morollón) and Tina (Anastasia Russo) from a nearby religious convent. Lola soon becomes suspicious of the children, though Adolfo insists their odd behavior stems from innocence rather than malice.

When we meet the twins, they seem needlessly creepy. They’re either albino or extremely blonde, they’ve got weird haircuts and their smiles are too big. The children are extremely religious. They've never watched TV, they quote the Bible for fun, the idea of not saying grace before a meal mortifies them. It's offputting but you can understand where that behavior comes from since they were raised by nuns. They're introduced playing the organ with a skill far beyond their years (reminded me of “The Orphan”), which is another sure sign that these kids are baaad news. Despite their appearances and strange habbits, you can see why Lola wants to adopt them, however. As a child, she lost a leg. She was also a “weird” kid and she’s specifically looking to replace the twins she lost.

Soon after arriving to their new home, Tin and Tina's actions raises some serious red flags. Not necessarily the kind that exposes them as evil but they would make any sane parent go back to the orphanage and ask the sister in charge (sor Asunción, played by Teresa Rabal) if she ever noticed anything weird from them. Less patient parents would go to the police and tell them to investigate the orphanage. Whatever those nuns are teaching the rugrats, it’s going to make them all into serial killers. Even for loving parents who really want a family, even for the place and the time period, Lola & Adolfo are way, way too cool with what happens. No one watching would tolerate some of the horror movie behavior exhibited. It’s enough to make you want these people to fall victim to whatever terrors await them once the kids turn full-on evil. I mean when you can’t read ANY of the signs, you deserve it.

Although I still feel like sometimes, Lola – and to a certain extent Adolfo too – let things that no one else, not even a saint, would let slide and that is frustrating, the ending changes all of that. This movie is much smarter than it seems. You see the creepy kids, you witness the horror-movie behavior, you think you know exactly where the plot is headed. You dismiss the characters as too stupid to live and essentially give up. What you don't realize is that you’re the one who's made the mistake. There’s something you haven’t considered while evaluating this story and probably wouldn't have in a million years: the possibility that although this is a horror film, the children aren’t actually evil. What if they’re not the problem? What if it’s Lola and Adolfo?

There are indeed subtle details that hint at the couple not being idyllic. At the orphanage, Adolfo insists that they’re only for children free from deformities. His wife wears a prosthetic leg. She has since childhood. What does this statement say about him? We find out that Lola has a bitter relationship with God. Bitter enough to make her subconsciously hate children who love Him more than anything else? Maybe. Trust me. I know not knowing if a movie is better than "just ok" for nearly 2-hours is hard, particularly with several developments that make you think "Oh come on. How many more signs do you need?!" but it all comes together so well during the conclusion you'll feel foolish for having doubted the film.

There may also be a deeper meaning to some elements of the picture, since it's set during a tumultuous period of Spain's history that I'm not familiar with. I can't say for sure. What I do know is that Tin & Tina deserves your patience. I'm still not 100% sure the characters are not a little bit dumb but that conclusion is so solid I'm more than willing to forgive it. It's scary and makes you think in the most unexpected way. (Original Spanish with English subtitles, May 28, 2023)

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mwf characters + fcs?

some characters i’d love to see are — princess zelda, lara croft, princess peach, rosalina, karlach, shadowheart, sadie adler, jill valentine, bella goth, angela + lilith pleasant, brandi broke, chun-li, kitana, milena, jacqui briggs and sonya blade. i’d also love to see haley, emily, caroline, sandy, robin, leah and maru from stardew valley or ankha, shino, coco, lily, isabelle and fauna from animal crossing. some fcs that i would love to see here are — savannah lee smith, miya horcher, zion moreno, alexandra shipp, zendaya coleman, rachel weisz, priscilla quintana, nathalie emmanuel, antonia gentry, melissa barrera, ambika mod, amita suman, taylor russell, christian serratos, ruby cruz, chase sui wonders, emma mackey, cailee spaeny, havana rose liu, olivia cooke, lola tung, anne hathaway, hande erçel and adeline rudolph.

[bellarkekomlovekru]

I don’t know if I feel worse for myself or my girls.

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okay hi, hello, i’ve been very m.i.a because work has just honestly been kicking my ass but under the cut i’ve put what happened to my charas during the earthquake ! rn i’m going to keep a few important threads from before the event but i’m going to focus on new ones too so i’ll probably post a starter/plotting call on monday ! anyway love u guys, missed u all, fingers crossed work stops killing me v soon 🥰

MILENA was at the resort, she did the wine tasting workshop ( bc of course she did ) & the argentine cooking class before going back to her room with to feed katya. she was in the lobby when the earthquake hit because she was returning from a nighttime walk to get katya to settle. tbh i don’t think she did anything, probably just sat in a chair and watched the chaos unfold and glared at anyone who dared disturb her sleeping kid. 

BEAU was in the camping group with lola, very studiously avoiding ari and biel, as usual. when everything happened he got a few cuts and scrapes, the only one worth noting is a laceration on his back that required stitches. once he got up and started moving around his priority was getting to wherever lola was, tears were shed, if time wasn’t important he probably would have just had a meltdown. instead he found biel and, albeit reluctantly, helped get him to the nearby village and then later, to the hospital. they talk during all this and while they’re not fixed they don’t want to kill each other anymore.

SALVATORE was on his way back to the resort with his hiking group when the earthquake hit, a tree fell and in his attempt to avoid it he tripped and died #ripsav broke his dominant hand. dramatic as he is, he took it as a sign and rather than travelling to tokyo, he decided to go back to italy to supervise the renovations of his new home and to maybe focus on being a good duke since gio gave him the title. ( he’ll be back, i love him too much for him to be gone forever 🥰)

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Weddings are supposed to be happy, a bright place of celebration. But the last thing Milena feels right now is happiness.

Their home stadium is filled with people, not for the usual reason, which would be a football match. No. It’s Laura and Regina’s wedding; after they looked for venues all over Buenos Aires, they decided to have the ceremony and party at their club’s stadium. Their home.

The place is filled with lights and people to the brim, with laughter drowned out by the speakers blasting music from corner to corner. It’s, arguably, the happiest she’s seen all of her teammates. The newlyweds haven’t left each other’s side since the ceremony, flashing perfect smiles for the cameras and dancing to every song. 

It’s a perfect night, really, and it makes her feel all the more guilty for not being able to let go and enjoy it.

It just so happens that tomorrow her own love is leaving, flying across the sea to play for a club in a country she doesn’t speak the language of. No wonder she feels hollow and bitter.

Laura and Regina are barely starting their own fairy tale, and hers is ending.

“Don’t say that, honey, I’m sure you two could make long distance work,” Lola tries to console her, but it’s Lola, and she’s optimistic even in the worst situations; she’s maintained a long distance relationship with Lyana for months now, visiting every other month. It’s easy for her to say that.

“You don’t know that, Lolo.” She sighs, almost rubbing her face before remembering her make-up. “It’s just—did I dream too big, thinking we could come back from the Olympics and be a happy couple? Do I have to let her go?” Her voice falters only a little, and Lola can only offer her a few pats on the back before she leaves to the dancefloor again.

Milena stares at the packed party with eyes void of emotion, waiting for a message that never comes, daydreaming about Nerea tapping on her shoulder and inviting her to dance with her. But that never happens.

She cries her make-up off in the bathroom, wishing her girlfriend wasn’t moving to half across the world by sunrise.

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✔️ skam france and druck

tysm keira!! 💜💜

✔️ favorite characters from:

skam france: i said this in another ask but lola!! i literally cannot view s6 or her objectively sorry bc i just see so much of my 16 year old self in her character and it really does hurt lmaoooo. i will literally never forgive skamfr for what they put her through and that’s a promise. like god the way she tries to be so cold and distant but she really does care so much and has so much love to give but also doesn’t believe she deserves it in return...me @ me: shut up you’re making me cry. also she’s honestly so funny but in such a dry bitter way!! “talent” and “i prefer lol” make me scream. when we see her smile and support lamifex next season...i’m honestly not ready.

also how could i forget france’s worst reviewed supermarket checkout gal <3 delusional maya s8 warriors make some noise! stay strong!

druck: it changes all the time!! i’ll say sam, david, matteo, amira and hanna are all eternal faves but rn it’s probably mia because i just re-watched the winterberg breakup scene and like. my hearts aches :( where is milena’s egot...(although obviously hate that it occurred during amira’s season and that does sour her for me a lil but that’s on the writers so).

also we haven’t met her yet so this is subject to change but nora! she ignored kiki’s facetime request! how bad can she be!

nora [handshake emoji] lola

being the superior machwitz/lecomte sibling

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Here are the top 500 German Names!

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1. Top 500 German Names

Girls Boys

Emma

Emilia

Hannah / Hanna

Mia

Sofia / Sophia

Lina

Mila

Marie

Ella

Lea

Anna

Clara / Klara

Leni

Lena

Frieda / Frida

Luisa / Louisa

Leonie

Emily / Emilie

Mathilda / Matilda

Charlotte

Ida

Johanna

Amelie

Lia / Liah / Lya

Sophie / Sofie

Lilly / Lilli

Lara

Maja / Maya

Nele / Neele

Greta

Laura

Lotta

Sarah / Sara

Juna / Yuna

Nora

Melina

Paula

Elisa

Pia

Marlene

Victoria / Viktoria

Alina

Julia

Elena

Lisa

Mara / Marah

Mira

Helena

Pauline

Tilda

Luna

Isabella

Maria

Antonia

Finja / Finnja

Anni

Eva

Thea

Elina

Romy

Luise / Louise

Isabell / Isabel / Isabelle

Zoe / Zoé

Fiona

Merle

Josephine / Josefine

Hailey

Elli / Elly

Carla / Karla

Paulina

Martha / Marta

Malia

Lucy / Lucie

Mina

Rosalie

Jana

Emely / Emelie

Milena

Valentina

Carlotta / Karlotta

Maila / Mayla

Theresa / Teresa

Katharina

Magdalena

Annika

Nina

Amalia

Elisabeth

Olivia

Jule

Luana

Liya

Lotte

Emmi / Emmy

Amy

Linda

Ronja

Amelia

Melissa

Leila / Leyla

Stella

Jasmin / Yasmin

Annabell / Annabelle

Alma

Miriam

Chiara / Kiara

Aaliyah / Aliya

Freya

Malina

Liana

Anastasia

Lene

Franziska

Liv

Milla

Ylvi / Ylvie

Alicia

Ava

Rosa

Zoey

Marleen / Marlen

Alessia

Elif

Amira

Aurelia

Lucia

Ela

Kira / Kyra

Aria / Arya

Diana

Selina

Elise

Evelyn / Evelin / Eveline

Ariana

Jette

Marla

Alea

Enna

Lynn / Linn

Helene

Livia

Mariella

Alexandra

Carolina / Karolina

Edda

Tessa

Linnea

Sina / Sinah

Vanessa

Aurora

Vivien / Vivienne

Milana

Cataleya

Talia / Thalia

Eliana

Leana

Malea

Mona

Aylin / Eileen / Aileen / Ayleen

Laila / Layla

Liliana

Alice

Jara / Yara

Jonna

Mathea / Matea

Lorena

Alisa

Carolin / Caroline / Karoline

Nela

Kaja / Kaya / Caja

Julie

Melia

Samira

Alissa / Alyssa

Daria

Giulia

Smilla

Amina

Elsa

Heidi

Lana

Valerie

Ayla

Medina

Zeynep

Henriette

Amilia

Leticia / Letizia

Malou

Annelie

Hilda

Noemi

Selma

Aleyna

Elin

Liara

Lenja / Lenya

Bella

Hedi / Hedy

Levke

Nika

Celine

Svea

Veronika

Celina

Ruby

Fenja

Hermine

Ina

Larissa

Tabea

Felicitas

Jolina / Joelina

Marina

Valeria

Azra

Michelle

Rebecca

Nisa

Annalena

Alva

Elea

Melody

Palina

Flora

Maira / Meyra

Mariam / Maryam

Natalie / Nathalie

Nala / Nahla

Alena

Cleo

Eleni

Malin

Alya

Felina

Florentine

Helen

Lou

Naila / Nayla

Nelly / Nelli

Christina

Käthe

Leona

Alia

Marlena

Tamara

Tara

Angelina

Carina / Karina

Dalia

Hedda

Leia / Leya

Meryem

Anne

Holly

Madita

Fabienne

Jella

Mailin / Maylin

Mathilde

Enya

Kate

Lilia

Sena

Joleen

Clea

Liesbeth / Lisbeth

Fine / Fiene

Lenia

Sonja

Xenia

Eleonora

Melisa

Enni / Enny

Hira

Adriana

Dana

Defne

Lola

Miray

Tamina

Nicole

Asya

Esther

Josie / Josy

Naomi

Cecilia

Claire

Dilara

Selin

Enie

Fritzi

Leonora

Melek

Miley

Wilma

Esila

Esma

Feline

Rieke

Ada

Amara

Cara

Estelle

Gerda

Lilian / Lillian

Viola

Adelina

Janne

Philine

Tiana

Ivy

Juliana

Kimberly / Kimberley

Lieselotte

Malena

Delia

Enisa

Joana / Joanna

Kim

Ellen

Evelina

Felicia

Liyana

Lilith

Liz

Amanda

Anouk

Eleanor

Samantha

Talea

Arina

Dua

Emilija

Eslem

Irma

Maike / Meike

Nike

Rita

Adele

Alisha

Iva

Josefin / Josephin

Margarete

Romina

Ylva

Elaine

Helin

Joline / Joeline

Josephina / Josefina

Madeleine

Nila

Ophelia

Philippa

Abigail

Anja

Melinda

Scarlett

Toni / Tony

Erna

Gloria

Grace

Jade

Jolie

Madlen / Madleen

Marit

Melanie

Tuana

Annemarie

Debora / Deborah

Jenna

Kiana

Liva

Minna

Shirin

Zofia

Chloe

Fatima

Felia

Friederike

Isa

Jasmina

Jolien

Leandra

Nia

Salome

Giuliana

Inga

Josefa / Josepha

Judith

Megan

Mika

Nea

Neyla

Runa

Ruth

Sunny

Tala

Abby

Alba

Amaya

Anisa

Bianca / Bianka

Eliza

Gabriela

Janna

Jessika / Jessica

Maileen / Mayleen

Natalia

Soraya

Verena

Asel

Cassandra / Kassandra

Eda

Elenor

Julina

Kayla

Lilou

Lydia

Maggy

Meva

Naemi

Penelope

Rahel

Violetta

Alara

Caitlin / Caitlyn

Elis

Ilayda

Judy

Juliane

Sila

Vera

Anita

Charlotta

Evi

Henrieke / Henrike

Jamila

Janina

Ria

Sarina

Stina

Zara

Zuzanna

Zümra

Beyza

Cosima

Ema

Florentina

Ines

Jona / Jonah

Kalea

Katerina

Klea

Masal

Milina

Nilay

Skadi

Tarja

Tina

Charlie / Charly

Franka

Hanne

Hilde

Joy

Joyce

Luzi / Luzie

Marisa

Mary

Meta

Minel

Sandra

Sienna

Vaiana

Adea

Cora

Davina

Dorothea

Erika

Femke

Freda

Hafsa

Jamie

Katja

Nova

Patricia

Philomena

Saphira

Saskia

Tiara

Yaren

Alica

Ashley

Betty

Celia

Clarissa

Dina

Elara

Elodie

Emina

Ben

Paul

Finn / Fynn

Leon

Jonas

Noah

Elias

Felix

Luis / Louis

Henry / Henri

Lukas / Lucas

Luca / Luka

Matteo

Emil

Maximilian

Theo

Oskar / Oscar

Liam

Anton

Jakob / Jacob

Max

Leo

Milan

Moritz

Julian

Alexander

David

Carl / Karl

Jona / Jonah

Samuel

Philipp

Niklas / Niclas

Tom

Mats / Mads

Erik / Eric

Linus

Jonathan

Tim

Rafael / Raphael

Leonard

Mika

Aaron

Vincent

Hannes

Levi

Johann

Lio

Jannis / Janis / Yannis

Fabian

Jan

Lennard / Lennart

Till

Benjamin

Valentin

Artur / Arthur

Simon

Johannes

Maxim / Maksim

Constantin / Konstantin

Marlon

Jannik / Yannik / Yannick / Yannic

Adrian

Joshua

Kilian

Nico / Niko

Mattis / Mathis / Matthis

Theodor

Julius

Toni / Tony

Lian

Luke / Luc

Milo / Milow

Mohammed / Muhammad

Fiete

Fritz

Nick

Bruno

Ole

Lenny

Adam

Gabriel

Matti

Phil

Daniel

Pepe

Malte

Florian

Benedikt

Lias

Nils / Niels

Dominic / Dominik

Michael

Ludwig

Lasse

Damian

Sebastian

Levin

Emilio

Carlo

Timo

Franz

Leopold

Jannes

John

Justus

Thilo / Tilo

Luan

Noel

Tobias

Joris

Oliver

Sam

Emilian

Malik

Lennox

Robin

Bennet

Frederik / Frederic

Piet

Elia / Eliah

Jayden / Jaden

Arian

Nicolas / Nikolas

Jonte

Alessio

Eddie / Eddy

Lion

Bela

Richard

Matthias

Miran

Emir

Lars

Friedrich

Enno

Ilias / Ilyas

Joel

Ferdinand

Marc / Mark

Henrik

Silas

Willi / Willy

Ali

Charlie / Charly

Christian

Bastian

Colin / Collin

Kian

Thore

Mailo

Benno

Jaron / Yaron

Jason

Hugo

Lenn

Neo

Tyler / Tayler

Jamie

Leonardo

Josef / Joseph

Michel

Gustav

Lorenz

Yasin

Jasper

Konrad

Elian

Dean

Lionell

Arne

Finnley / Finley / Finlay

Amir

Manuel

Thomas

Leano

Nikita

Nathan

Alex

Tristan

Aiden / Ayden

Marvin / Marwin

Hendrik

Maik / Meik / Mike

Aras

Curt / Kurt

Martin

Yusuf

Andreas

Hamza

Janosch

Xaver

Elija / Elijah

Lino

Connor / Conner

Leonhard

Eymen

Georg

Leandro

Victor / Viktor

Bjarne

Hanno

Marco / Marko

Marlo

Fabio

Jack

Clemens / Klemens

Diego

Magnus

Mick

Korbinian

Can

Ian

Leander

Antonio

Ömer

Titus

Roman

William

Jano

Mert

Tiago / Thiago

Claas / Klaas

Samu

Marius

Nino

Laurens / Laurenz

Sami

Wilhelm

Darian

Henning

Kalle

Keno

Edgar

Deniz

Erwin

Janne

Marten

Omar

Stefan / Stephan

Timur

Ibrahim

Patrick

Caspar

Otto

Ahmet

Albert

Ayaz

Lean

Christopher

James

Rayan

Alessandro

Dennis

Ilay

Kai / Kay

Peter

Alwin

Carlos

Marcel

Brian / Bryan

Dario

Kaan

Nevio

Robert

Ryan

Yunus

Jakub

Logan

Markus / Marcus

Bilal

Gregor

Darius

Hassan / Hasan

Leonas

Mattes

Mirac

Yigit

Danny / Denny

Eduard

Hans

Julien

Nelio

Kerem

Maurice

Rudi

Tammo

Timon

Ilja

Joscha

Junis

Laurin

Nael

Lutz

Mio

Taylor

Armin

Enes

Karim

Mustafa

Alfred

Christoph

Kevin

Mario

Tino

Valentino

Lijan

Romeo

Umut

Amin

Flynn

Ivan

Jonne

Leonidas

Louie

Mikail

Younes

Björn

Danilo

Emanuel

Giuliano

Jarno

Kjell

Mehmet

Milian

Veit

Youssef

Chris

Egon

Nikolai

Dylan

Ensar

Fred

Jon

Musa

Quentin

Ruben

Thies

Thorin

Tommi

Andre

Emin

Josua

Leif

Loris

Lucien

Miguel

Nathanael

Adriano

Alan

Berat

Devin

Jaro

Juri

Adem

Ahmad

Eren

Kiyan

Mahir

Pius

Anthony

August

Davin

Jesse

Miko

Raik

Rune

Semih

Torben / Thorben

Amar

Angelo

Antoni / Antony

Emre

Matei

Quirin

Ricardo / Riccardo

Tjark

Arvid

Aurelio

Bosse

Efe

Francesco

Hector / Hektor

Jeremy

Jesper

Kirill

Ragnar

Tamme

Vito

Damon

Heinrich

Kuzey

Mattia

Miro

Sandro

Edwin

Elio

Etienne

Jari

Jerome

Levian

Lorenzo

Pablo

Selim

Tamino

Ares

Joost / Jost

Kenan

Levent

Santiago

Tian

Tillmann

Abdullah

Andrej

Arik

Azad

Jamal

Kuno

Leno

Merlin

Alexandros

Amon

Ansgar

Arno

Benny

Berkay

Emmanuel

Isa

Iven / Yven

Junes

Mason

Taavi

Taha

Thees

Alparslan

Andrei

Aris

Casper / Kasper

Cedric / Cedrik

Dion

Elijas / Eliyas

Ilian

Issa

Jordan

Lorik

Luciano

Melvin

Pascal

Rocco

Vitus

Atilla / Attila

Dorian

Enrico

Harun

Johnny

Karam

Kasimir

Koray

Marek

Mikael

Miron

Nero

Nilas

Noar

Sascha

Vinzenz

Zayn

Dejan

Eliano

Fridolin

Jake

Lewis

Abel

Arda

Bent

Burak

Dante

Ethan

Georgios

Halil

Igor

Ioannis

Joey

Justin

Kimi

Lazar

Maddox

Marian

Milas

Paco

Angelos

Ari

Damien

Evan

Finjas

Hardy

Hussein

Jarik

Jascha

Kadir

Khaled

2. Top 10 Middle Names for girls

Phoenix

Lane

Alea

Ivory

Ceci

Joy

Doe

Ruby

Briar

June

More ideals for you: Top 500 Arabic Names

From : https://wikitopx.com/name-meanings/top-500-german-names-711969.html

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SEHNSUCHT for sickymag.com

Photography Sami Oliver Nakari Fashion Aureliano Quattrone Model Violetta Bogdanova from Brave Models Hair & Make-Up Milena Frau and Manuel Montanari Clothes Galofaro, Salvatore Santoro, Fiorucci, Seventy, Patrizia Pepe, Sarah Borghi, Bimba Y Lola, Gazel, Ottod’ame, Italo Marseglia, Pence, Iceberg, Napapijri, PierAntonioGaspari, Piazza Sempione, Iceplay, Miahatami, Rains, Alysi and Pence 1971

[burnedastra]

30 - Slaughter

  I ran as fast as I could, slaloming between the buildings. I made my way to a narrow alley, catching my breath a little. This was supposed to be a nice night. A nice night, with just my friends and I. A nice night in a nice village, a long way from our lives. It was barely dark outside when things went the wrong way. When we first heard the scratching noise of metal against the asphalt, alerting Miles who looked at the window. At first, we laughed at that strange shadow, in a foolish superior feeling. But then the silhouette actually came by our door, hitting it over and over again with the scythe. Everything happened very fast after this. I was yanked backwards by Milena, who forced us out as the man entered the apartment, smashing his blade directly in Jules’ head.

 Out of the eight of us, we were six to make it out of the rental place, Lola being close to Jules, the man killed a right after. We tried to seek help form the neighbors. We went to every single house we could find on our way. In spite of the lights coming from inside, no one opened their doors. They left us to face the man with the scythe all by ourselves. Out of the six of us, only Miles had kept his phone on him, but even with service, it wouldn’t connect to the emergency number. We had made our way to a supermarket, hiding behind the shelves, trying not to make any noise. Milena had her arm wrapped around my shoulders, in a way to reassure both of us, I presumed.

 Suddenly, there was a bang coming from the office. Another silhouette came inside, a machete in hand. The first man came by the front door, surrounding us. We all ran as fast as we could, in a panicked state. I’m not sure how many made it out of the supermarket alive. We all got separated after that. And there I was, hiding in a tight alley. I don’t know how long I stayed immobile there. Probably hours, for the sun was slowly coming up again when I left my somewhat safe spot. Each street was maculated by blood, proof of the horrendous slaughter that just took place. I faced each and every one of their bodies, catching now and then the eye of a picking neighbor through the window. Out of the eight of us, I was the only one to survive the massacre.

[barnes-107th]

Logan is the other reactor who usually joins J and M in live streams and they talk about the 100. His twitter and YouTube channel is simplereactions.

The other two girls who also join their lives are Lola and Milena, and their channel is lmreactions. The two girls stated that they cut off ties with J and M after finding out. And good on them. And they’re not even from the US!

So apparently some certain reactors got cancelled for being Trump supporters. I won’t name names but 🤭 I officially unsubbed from them. Nasty skanks.

[studypsy]

hey guys! I’ve been studying spanish for 6 months on my own and I have collected a number of resources! Here I;m sharing them with you! :)

Sites

memrise: my favourite site. you practice and learn new words and also it has mini gifs where you listen to native speakers saying some phrases!

the spanish experiment: a very cute site where you can learn grammar very easy cause it has so nice graphics and it is very organised. also you can listen to audio stories and read them! (3 little pigs, goldilocks and the 3 bear, red riding hood)

hellolingo: here you can talk in public chat rooms spanish! you can find laguage partner as well! i can say that are very willing to help you! 

duolingo: the classic duolingo we all know to practise vocabulary

lang8: write your essay and have it corrected by native speakers

italki: AWESOME site! you set the languages you want to learn, you can find a language partner very very easy. people will send you messages right away! you can write something and native speakers correct you as well!

verbix: your verb conjugator! put a verb and you it will show you how iit becomes in all tenses!

babel

busuu

mondlylanguages

Youtubers

Mariomelo: a crazy spanish girl, vlogging!

Azul mistico: spanish girl, she has gone to disneyland and work as a flight attedant she is so interesting

Jim reno: aesthetic videos!! when she speaks english she has spanish subtitles!

Yuya: latin spanish! this girl is so very cute and her videos very colourful! you will love her!

Heyitspriscila:latin girl vlogging about style she is very cute!

Maria cadepe: friend of mariomelo!

Yanes vlogs: spanish girl vlogging!

Familia carameluchi: a spanish family share their life on youtube!

Learn spanish with youtube

Maria espanol: spanish teacher where she posts videos of her lessons on skype with students. 

Culture alley: with these series of videos i first started learning grammar!

Tu escuela de espanol. learn spanish words with fun with drawing videos!

Butterfly spanish. latin spanish! spanish teacher learns spanish on a whiteboard!

Spanish is your amigo: a girl teach spanish!

Easy spanish with milena: a woman teaches spanish grammar!

Spanish made easy

Spanish with 2 year old: 2-3 videos with a 2 year old girl learning spanish from her father!

Movies

Abre los ojos (open your eyes): A man finds the love of his life but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surger.

El orfanato (the orphanage):Thriller.  A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children.Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

Lo imposible (the impossible): The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Mar adentro (The sea inside): The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

Biutiful: A thief tries to clean up his life upon learning that he has a terminal illness, all the while caring for his children and making sure their futures are as secure as possible.

La lengua de las mariposas (butterfly):Spanish civil war.The sweet  relationship between a young Spanish boy and his teacher

Series

Extra español: Series in spanish with slow spanish and spanish subtitles!very helpful for begginers!

Gran hotel: 1905. a waiter falls in love with the daughter of the owner and goes in so many adventures.

El tiempo entre costuras (the time in between): a poor dressmaker becomes a spy and rich dressmaker and goes into some several situations.

Seis hermanas: 6 sisters lose her father and try hard to keep their factory and prevent themselves from bankruptcy.

Velvet:1950. a love story of Alberto heir of Galerías Velvet one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain and Ana who works as a seamstress there.

El Ministerio del Tiempo: fantasy. time travel!

Cartoons

charlie y lola

peppa pig

caillou

Singers, songs

Enrique Iglesias (duele el corazon, súbeme la radio, bailando, el perdón)

Alvaro Soler (el mismo sol, sofia, volar, agosto)

Nicky Jam (hasta el manecer, el amante, ya me enteré)

Shakira ( la bicicleta, loca)

Maluma ( carnaval, la temperatura, sin contrato)

J Balvin ( tranquila,  sigo extrañándote, ay vamos, bobo)

La gente de Zona ( la gozadera,  algo contigo )

Prince Royce (la carretera)

Online dictionary

Spanish dict

Games

Rockalingua: these games has so beatiful graphics!

Spanish games net: 

Language gym: its so interesting and it has plenty of exercises and beautiful graphics!

Clozemaster: fun games with graphics like super mario!

Online textbooks

grammar book

spanish-english dictionary with pictures

phrases and pronunciation

student book

Online books

Harry potter y la piedra filosofal

El alquimista (“The Alchemist”)

El principito (“The Little Prince”)

audio & podcasts

Online newspapers

el mundo

el país

el periódico

20minutos

Magazines

cosmopolitan (celebrities, lifestyle etc)

national geographic 

tú (teen magazine)

artishockrevista (a corner about art and museums)

revistagadgets (gadgets and technology)

cocinafacil (recipes)

Tumblrs!

ourspanishblog

spanishahora

premedspanblr

spanishland

puroespanol

spanishskulduggery

Other masterposts

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2

Articles

how to learn spanish on your own in less than 12 months

how to learn spanish fast

I hope i helped a bit :) ~chrysi

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image of original column, courtesy of https://twitter.com/GemaNieto81/status/850398182928506880/photo/1

A FEW

Marta Sanz, or Sylvia Plath, or Mary Shelley, or Ingeborg Bachmann, or Virginia Woolf, or María Llopis, or Clara Janés, or Yolanda Castaño, or Caitlin Moran, or Virginie Despentes, or Amélie Nothomb, or Natalia Ginzburg, or Chika Sagawa, or Silvina Ocampo, or Gloria Fuertes, or Sara Mesa, or Ruth Llana, or Chantal Maillard, or Cristina Rivera Garza, or Maria Mercè Marçal, or Isla Correyero, or Emma Cline, or Anne Carson, or Yasmina Reza, or Lucy K. Shaw, or Safo, or Jenn Díaz, or JK Rowling, or Alice Munro, or Svetlana Alexievich, or Catalina Stanislav, or Carmen Laforet, or Lisa Dierbeck, or Angela Carter, or Alejandra Pizarnik, or Elena Medel, or Joyce Mansour, or Carson McCullers, or Elena Garro, or Iris Murdoch, or Joan Didion, or Simone de Beauvoir, or Belén Gopegui, or Jane Austen, or Sara Torres, or Montserrat Roig, or Elvira Lindo, or Anne Sexton, or Emilia Pardo Bazán, or Sharon Olds, or Emily Witt, or Milena Busquets, or Marie Darrieussecq, or Dorothy Parker, or María Sánchez, or Margaret Atwood, or Rosalía de Castro, or Isabel Escudero, or Luciana Peker, or Laura Fernández, or Forough Farrojhzad, or Emily Dickinson, or Gioconda Belli, or Carmen Martín Gaite, or Patti Smith, or Daniela Camacho, or Emily Berry, or Valeria Luiselli, or Ana María Matute, or Julianne Pachico, or Natalia Litvinova, or Elena Ferrante, or Fatena Al-Gurra, or Claudia Apablaza, or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, or Agatha Christie, or Dorothy M. Johnson, or Roxane Gay, or Lara Moreno, or Andrea Wulf, or Gabby Bess, or Amalia Bautista, or Delphine de Vigan, or Lucía Baskaran, or Mina Loy, or Ida Vitale, or Lola Nieto, or Alfonsina Storni, or Elvira Navarro, or Susan Sontag, or Diana di Prima, or Tálata Rodríguez, or Anaïs Nin, or Nina Yargekov, or Sara Herrera Peralta, or Donna Tartt, or Selva Almada, or Valérie Mréjen, or Lila Azam, or Tracy K. Smith . . . or whatever you want, say it. But when you talk about literature, quote a woman from time to time, ok? Thanks.

by Luna Miguel, translated from the original Spanish by Jeremy Spencer in Real Pants

[portfoliow]

Costume Design in Early Films: History, Icons, Transformation, and Magic (Part 2) by Paola C. Quintero

The 1920’s period, right after the end of World War II, brought a sense of greater freedom, optimism, and prosperity in the United States. American women finally gained their right to vote in 1920, but even if “the great expectations for it were not realized, since few female candidates ran for political office and no separate women’s vote developed”, societal norms towards women were changing.

During this decade, some women started to dress more comfortably by wearing pants and less constrictive fabrics. Jersey was introduced, a “soft, stretchable knitted fabric first used in the late 19th century for sportswear and outerwear. In the 1920’s, pioneered by Chanel, it was made into dresses and two-piece suits and became the most fashionable fabric of the period. It can be made of cotton, nylon, rayon, wool or synthetic fabrics”.

In Buster Keaton’s silent comedies of the 1920’s the female characters have very simple construction. In the short silent film titled One Week, Keaton’s wife’s dresses have a slender, casual silhouette while the skirt usually goes down to mid-calf, a length of dress that would not have been seen in the early 1900’s.

Another one of Keaton’s early Films, Neighbors, actress Virginia Fox also wears modest and conservative costume designs, which seem very modern for those days. The dress that she wears in court in front of the judge could easily be worn today (with a minor adjustment of length). Other women in the house party wear long flow-y dresses, and it is obvious by looking at these styles that the crinoline, corset, and bustle are long gone. Another sign of modernity is Ms. Fox’s haircut, the modern and trendy short bob; very popular style in the 1920’s. The women in Keaton’s seem used to wearing these clothes, as they move freely and look comfortable in them.

At the end of 20’s decade, in Flesh and the Devil, Greta Garbo, wears a wardrobe by Andre-Ani, a costume designer who worked at MGM from 1925 to 1928. In this film, Ms. Garbo plays Felicitas, an elegant upper class countess. Felicitas is a young, beautiful seductress and an unfaithful wife. She becomes the object of desire that finds herself in the middle of a love triangle.

Andre-Ani mirroring her character, dresses Garbo in luxurious and shiny fabrics that at times frame her beautiful face. She wears short fitted jackets, a modern V-neck blouse showing cleavage, hats with veils, and loose skirts below the knee, finishing off the look with low-heeled black pumps. In another sexy look in the film Ms. Garbo wears an ultra- fitted sleeveless dress that shows off her body. The fabric is soft, lightweight, and sheer. This sensual dress perfectly enhances her vamp character.

In 1930 Marlene Dietrich appeared as Lola Lola in the The Blue Angel, stealing the show in her role of cabaret showgirl. The Marlene Dietrich from the early movies of her career is very different from the Marlene of her later movies. She was one of those actresses that kept reinventing herself, but even as she turned into a fashion icon, her style remained constant throughout her film career.

Wearing playful cabaret dances costumes in The Blue Angel, Dietrich steals a philistine professor’s heart with her coquettish singing and dancing, ultimately destroying him. Early on Marlene displayed the star quality and glamour that she would later become famous for. Her costumes were spectacular and served their proper purpose, since she was not a breathtaking knockout in this movie, prior to her transformation into Hollywood star.

The character was even a bit overweight and wore simple dresses with rolled-up sleeves when not working at the cabaret. Yet Lola Lola in her charming ensembles enchants the audience with her sense of humor, eroticism, but most of all the confidence in herself. It is later, when she moves to Hollywood that her transformation takes place.

Edith Head was an important accomplice in the glamorous Hollywood transformation of Marlene Dietrich. “Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will- like an instinct...but Dietrich was born knowing,” said Edith Head of Dietrich in her autobiography. Dietrich’s values reflected her professional attitude towards acting, “the prerequisites for her career were: discipline, loyalty, self-control, duty and work. ‘And a love of duty. A love of work while doing it. And a love of the constant responsibility’.”

It takes a lot of work to become a legend, it seems. Dietrich was a collaborator with Ms. Head in the creation of the characters’ costumes and came to the fittings prepared to work. Edith writes, “Symbol of glamour? You should see her at 6:30am, without make- up, freshly scrubbed and crackling with energy.”

In “The Blue Angel” we get to see the very beginning of Dietrich’s acting career. Towards the end of the movie the roles reversed: the professor’s downfall is represented by the clown costume he wears on stage. In contrast, we witness Lola Lola’s rise, perfectly symbolized by her clothes, foreshadowing her rise as a Hollywood star.

She is no longer a “cheap chorus girl in a tacky outfit who displays her charms to everyone who dares to puff at her ever-so-naughty skirt feathers,” instead she wears a costume and hat that was put together by Dietrich herself, representing the freedom and of the tradition of the road.

Edith Head was one such designer that used the magic of clothes to transform and transport audiences and actors alike. She is the creator of hundreds of looks during her long career in a male-dominated Hollywood. In the early days of her career as costume designer at Paramount, Edith was unsure on whether she could or should continue working in that field. She had started without any formal experience in fashion design or art. Her background was as a schoolteacher teaching French to girls, after receiving a master’s in French Literature from Stanford University.

Looking for a summer job she replied to a want ad posted by Howard Greer, who was looking for a sketch artist. She showed up at the interview with a portfolio of sketches made by artist school mates- not by her- and was hired on the spot. On the first day of work the truth about her drawing skills was revealed but instead of firing her, Howard Greer thought the incident was amusing and started teaching her how to draw. Edith Head designed costumes for many years at Paramount using the language of fashion to express her creativity, to develop personalities, and to enchant movie audiences.

The fascination with fashion, costume and transformation will continue to go on. Designers for film such as Colleen Atwood, Milena Canonero, and Jean Paul Gaultier will hopefully keep designing costumes that will magically advance film narrative and enhance character development. Today, audiences will continue to be entranced by the on-screen and off-screen transformation of entertainers like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Victoria Beckham, Cate Blanchet, Drew Barrymore, Meryl Streep, and the starlet of the moment: Megan Fox.

What will they do next? Where will the inspiration come from? Which well known or obscure designer will collaborate? Which fashion trend will be spread next thanks to this movie star? How much work and discipline will it take to control and create an image? It will be interesting to see the contribution of costume design to the world of fashion, and how women’s dress and the standards of beauty keep evolving.

Schneir, xi

O��Hara Callan, 140

One Week. Dir. Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, DVD, Passport International

Productions of California, Inc., 1920.

Neighbors. Dir. Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, DVD, Passport International Productions of California, Inc., 1920.

Flesh and the Devil. dir. Clarence Brown, VHS, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1927. Leese, 23

The Blue Angel. dir. Joseph Von Sternberg. Universum Film, 1931. Head, 6

Sudendorf, 132 Sudendorf, 142

Costume Designer of Paramount Studios during Golden Age of American Cinema. He was replaced by Travis Banton.