#saverne

[famousinuniverse]

Saverne, Alsace, France: Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km northwest of Strasbourg. In 2018, the commune of Saverne had a population of 11,289, and its urban area, of 18,740. Wikipedia

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La saison est ouverte !

#licorne #noel #winachtsbier #biereDeNoel #biereDeSaison #saverne #elsassBier #sgelt #hoplagram #alsace #basRhin #elsass #unicorn #hopla #biere #malt #brasserie #houblon #bier #brasseur #instabeer #beer #jusDeHoublon #brewery #frenchBeer #beerstagram #avent #christmasBeer

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Grand Geroldseck castle - only a cat of different coat

Close to impressive Haut-Barr castle, a one-hour hike from Saverne, sit two more ruins. All of these castles were built around the same time, late 10th to early 11th century, but despite being so close, they weren't owned by the same people.

While Haut-Barr was under the control of the Bishop of Strasbourg, the two Geroldseck castles, the Petit and the Grand, were built by the Geroldseck family, in charge of protecting the lands of the Abbey of Marmoutier. At the time, Alsace was part of the Holy Roman Empire and divided into many largely independent pieces, so these castles facing each other were on a border of sorts. However, the male Geroldseck line went extinct at the end of the 12th century, and the land was co-owned by so many people that no-one was maintaining the castle. The last stand came in 1471, when a group of disgruntled knights used it as their base. The Imperial bailiff laid siege, won and the castle was left as a ruin after that.

While Haut-Barr castle gets a lot of visitors, owing to the possibility of driving there, the Grand Geroldseck is worth the extra walk and brief climb from its neighbour. As well as the dungeon, lots of walls and rooms are still present, making it an interesting place to explore. The remaining walls continue to receive restoration work - there seem to be a few differences between my first visit with @teamroquette and my second this summer, for example, I don't remember seeing the little garden a few years ago.

All that's left to say is: "OI YOU!... YES, YOU! Have a good time."

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Bridge of the Château de Hohbarr, Saverne, Alsace region of France

French vintage postcard

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ZABERN - now SAVERNE / ALSACE / FRANCE

[viajero2000]

Alsacia: Saverne

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ZABERN in ELSASS - now SAVERNE in FRANCE / Alsace.

[secteurcgtstrasbourg]

MANIFESTATIONS DU SAMEDI 11 MARS 2023

Heure et lieu de départ des manifestations du samedi 11 mars 2023

[224terminal]

⋆｡𖦹 °✩ 𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒.

𓇼 tiamore is a great white shark merman living in captivity at an oceanarium for marine creatures and hybrids. his coloration is mostly varying shades of grey, and he has the messiest black hair ever! unlike the white sclera in human eyes, his are black and he's got the brightest blue eyes you'll ever see. he's also littered in scars and scrapes from various fights in the ocean. a ship propeller injured his dorsal fin, which left him unable to properly swim and stabilize himself in the water, and so he was captured and brought in for rehabilitation purposes. the oceanarium soon realizes it can capitalize on the novelty of an elusive shark merman, so the priority shifts from undercover scientific study to covert priming for entertainment purposes; it's decided he'll be kept there indefinitely).

𓇼 you work there as one of the trainers and your primary area of work deals with sea lions and, on occasion, penguins. they transfer you to his enclosure after he nearly drowned his previous trainer, assuming that you might boast different results because you have a way with animals. you doubt this; sea lions and penguins are not the same as a half-fish, half-human creature who's so much bigger than you and can crush your skull like an egg if he so pleases.

𓇼 tiamore has such a vicious hatred for humans, but can he really be blamed? he's been stuck in captivity for many years now. they're not sure of his exact age, but they estimate he's somewhere in his late twenties. tiamore doesn't bother to provide the humans with any answers or information to their questions, and they don't dare get close enough to ask twice. he's brutal and cutthroat, and yet he let his trainer live (albeit in a very poor, near-death state).

𓇼 you're not very hopeful, but you're the oceanarium's only hope (or so your boss tells you). but this is a lie because your coworker savern is the real animal whisperer. the dolphins love him, especially the mers; he's practically best friends with all of them. they fight over him sometimes, eager for his attention. you envy his ability to effortlessly, authentically charm.

𓇼 unsurprisingly, tiamore hates you the minute he meets you. and you hate him, too, because he has quite the mouth on him and he's so unwilling to compromise with you in any way (although you suppose you wouldn't be willing either if you were in his shoes fins). he's foul and rude and cruel, cutting into you with all manner of insults he's picked up from sailors and scientists over the years. most of your "job" is simply bickering back and forth now as you try (and fail) to coerce him into friendly relations. you're supposed to get him ready for his display exhibit (which is stuck in coming soon limbo because they have no clue when or if he'll ever be ready to be put on display), and tiamore fights this reality with everything he's got.

𓇼 you spend the first month gradually learning to tolerate him and his intelligent, disobedient mouth. he learns you're a recurring pest in his life, but you come to feed him every day and so he can't hate that part of this routine. what he does hate is everything else. you bring stimulating items for him, which are never put to use because he's popped all of the beach balls and snapped all of the diving rings in his frigid disinterest. still, you try. and still he impedes your progress.

𓇼 tiamore is, however, interested in your phone and the pictures you show him after you learn it's the only thing that can shut him up. he's fascinated by photos of butterflies. they're his favorite animal, so you promise to show him more if he starts acting less hostile towards you. tiamore weighs these options: be kind and see butterfly or be hateful and see no butterfly. begrudgingly, he chooses the former. and he slowly warms up to the meals you've started preparing for him on the mornings before your shifts. you're not the best cook (which he notes every time you serve him something that's more burnt than it is cooked, and you threaten to cook him), but he eats it because it's different and new. part of him hopes it'll poison him and he'll never have to live in captivity again because then he'll be dead. alas.

𓇼 you're not sure if this is progress, but it's significantly better than before. now he only calls you stupid idiot, bipedal dumbass, tasteless blood-bag, and lunch three or five times within the span of an hour (insults like those were numbered in the double-digits before). savern certainly thinks it's a step in the right direction when he visits you on your lunch breaks to check in. he's started doing that often, and you're not complaining because he's been your work crush for a while now. tiamore hates him. hates him so, so, so much with the most livid passion. savern is too sunny, too sweet, too smart. savern reads tiamore like a book whenever he's lurking on the surface of the water and scowling at the two of you from the depths of his pool. he refuses to prove savern right, but then he also refuses to dive back under and leave you alone with another human, especially when said human is male.

𓇼 so he swims laps, cutting through the water methodically. his dorsal fin has healed considerably and now swimming isn't as much of a struggle as it was before. he's still left with the scars, though.

𓇼 tiamore considers you something of a companion, so it hurts when you flinch away from him when he compares his large, webbed hand to your smaller one or when he curiously touches your ankles when you stray close to the edge of his pool. you still don't trust him, which isn't so surprising because he did threaten you with death nearly every day, at every hour, during your shifts (and he's such a big, strong predator from the sea). so you have every right to be afraid. that, and he did nearly kill his previous trainer. so it's completely fair for you to fear him, but it's this fear that has you turning to savern for advice. why is he so touchy-feely with you all of a sudden? why is he suddenly interested in your anatomy? why isn't he hissing death threats? what happened to the real tiamore?!

𓇼 not funny because tiamore doesn't truly hate you anymore. you're the best thing to come out of this hellish captivity, so he doesn't mind your presence in his life anymore. he actually (much to his own chagrin) eagerly anticipates seeing you each morning, waiting dutifully in hopes that you'll show up early. he can't believe he actually cares about a human. it's too late to make good on his promise to kill you; he likes you too much to stain the water crimson with your blood and organs. but savern... now that's another story, and he fondly contemplates tearing that man to shreds. it would sadden you, though, so he contents himself with fantasies instead.

𓇼 he's aloof and awkward as he navigates these new feelings. before captivity, he traveled alone in the ocean and he's never had a mate. he's never felt the need for one. he likes being alone and free, two things he no longer has now that he's here in the oceanarium. but you cure his loneliness. you make him happy, even though he'll die before he admits that outright. you make him daydream about freedom, about a future beyond these walls, in which the two of you can be together without the divide of land and sea. maybe it's not possible. maybe it's a wishy-washy, unobtainable dream. that doesn't stop him from thinking about it, though.

𓇼 the oceanarium is filled with all kinds of unique marine hybrids. one of them has recently escaped its exhibit and the staff have exhausted every effort in an attempt to find and catch it. tiamore hears it fluttering in the rafters at night, a sly thing with wings. he hopes it'll fall into his tank so he can get rid of it once and for all and put your worries to rest. tiamore hates it when you worry because your mind is clouded and you don't have the energy or the focus to reserve for your little bantering sessions. he must fix this.

𓇼 his tank is deep enough. you might never know where these problems will go. savern can sit in pieces at the bottom and so can the other noisy distraction. he'll fashion their bones into a little heart and gift it to you one day, and you'll never know.

𓇼 until then he greets you with affectionate insults, watching your human legs carry you up and down the stairs to the platform where the top of his pool waits. this is good enough for now.

[renaissancefailmarriage]

gay sex in the chateau des rohan could have prevented world war i

[mediocreanomaly]

NESTING? PLS 😭 like ARE WE CONNECTED SOMEHOW this is so good

i have drowsy knives purring himself to sleep stuck in my head now--THIS IS LITERAL GOLD 😭 it would take a v special s/o to pick up the slight nuances of his emotions too n he'd be head over heels 🥺

but nesting instincts 🥺 please for the love of everything knives elaborate i i i wanna know all there is to know ab this man 🥺👉👈

n maybe vashy seperately too?? 🥴

Authors Note: Turned this into a full post because I'm procrastinating my drabbles anyways lmao this is going to give away a teeny tiny bit of my uncanny Vash post I'm making but I love talking about the Twins and their less than human instincts

Savern Twins Nesting HC's

Knives

•Knives is surprisingly the less embarrassed of the twins about nesting instincts, this is solely based on the fact that he doesn't see his plant qualities to be anything to be ashamed about, it's just another thing that sets him apart from humans

•Although, no one (besides you) knows about Knives nest. You may wonder how the two points can co-exist but that because a Plant's nest is supposed to be somewhere secure and safe. So while he's not embarrassed that he has a nest, he's not going to openly talk about it and risk giving away someone trying to get a peek of it (not that he really openly talks about anything)

•Knives nest is big, he had a bed custom made that's larger than a kings but circular and with plush raised walls so it feels not secure and less in the open. He's collected various blankets and pillows that fill the empty space so that he can bundle up under them, all of it is white because he refuses to let his nest look ugly or disorganized

•He's a perfectionist too so he spends a lot of time organizing and reorganizing his nest. Every time he gets a new blanket or pillow to add he has to redo the whole thing to make sure it's in the perfect spot or else he refuses to sleep in it

•Now Knives doesn't have to sleep much like he doesn't have to eat, but sleeping is something enjoys. He stresses about his plans a lot even if he doesn't show it outwardly. What better way to destress than napping in his nest?

•Whenever he decides to officially make you his mate (yes he calls it that, what else is he supposed to call it? Everything else sounds too human) all his instincts will scream at him to burrow into his nest

•For awhile you'll actually be hard pressed to even be allowed out of the nest, because why would you want to leave? As your mate Knives needs to keep you safe, and where's the safest place in the world? His safest place in the world, so please stop trying to leave the nest- you're hungry? fine he'll bring you food that you can eat in the nest

•I honestly don't think Independents hold body heat because their sisters live in water, which is one of many reasons they nest. It's also why Nai will drag you in with him when he wants to sleep so he can bum off your body heat. That's when when you learn he can purr (yeah thats right Plants purr propaganda) naps like this are the best. It's hard to stay awake when he's got you cuddled under blankets, gentle rumbles lulling you asleep

•After awhile you'll be allowed out so long as you are by his side or being escorted by Legato, or atleast unless you get pregnant

•If Knives manages to get you pregnant...you are banished to the nest again. It's not so bad though, besides he likes you like this. All round and full of his child, surrounded by plush comforters and pillows that cradle your form. At this point he won't leave your side unless he has to, if his instincts were bad before then they are haywire now, he stays curled up with you because theres no way you'd be able to defend yourself in a state like this, it's his job as your mate to keep you and his unborn child safe and sound, tucked away from the rest of the world

•When the baby is born it's where you'll spend most your time too, I mean...c'mon think about it. Your little one all tucked against you and Nai curled protectively around both of you, gentle purrs from both him and your baby as both their plant markings glow ever so slightly? If there's such thing as heaven this is it

•Knives has purposely made his nest large enough to hold his growing family, so no matter how many children you have you'll all get to curl up in the nest to find comfort or just to sleep.

•I think unfortunately once the children hit a certain age they are kicked out of the nest lol, it's more reserved for a Plants mate and young ones, so starting at maybe teen age it's time for them to make their own nest

•This isn't to say they aren't ever allowed in at all though. If Knives children are in any sort of distress his instincts kick in telling him to make sure their safe so in times like that they are still allowed in, the purpose of the nest is to provide him and his family with safety and comfort so no matter what it's there waiting for you

Vash

•Vash is admittedly a bit more embarrassed about the fact that he nest

•He tries his best to blend in with humans and thinks that people might find it weird that his instincts are constantly telling him to grab every soft thing he can find and hunker down

•Not that it really matters because he's always on the run anyways, he doesn't have time to stop and nest in the first place which makes it an easy an excuse to not nest at all, so Vash doesn't have a nest...right?

•Wrong. Like I said it's instinct and even Vash can't help but begin to nest in whatever shitty motel room he's in, especially if he's had a really rough day and just wants to sleep.

•Vash's nest is...admittedly a bit more pitiful than Knives. Knives has the advantage of staying in one spot, Vash does not, so he doesn't have a single nest but more so a hastily made one consisting of anything soft he can find. old blankets, pillows, clothes, rags, and even his own coat all make up his haphazard resting place.

•When he meets you though oh boy does it make it harder to resist the urge to stay and make a nice big nest for the two of you to hide away in

•It takes awhile for you to learn of Vash's little habit because he tries really hard to hide it away. He doesn't want you to think he's weird so when he does show it to you and you don't react negativly he's shyly asking, "do you...want to get in it?"

•Please say yes, his heart can't take any other answer. After that Vash is more keen on nesting even though the two of you travel, you even buy him a couple blankets that you pack up and bring so that he has something more consistant to nest with. The two of you will arrive at the motel for the night and you sit on the bed watching as Vash sleepily mulls over the blankets, pillows, and clothes he's choosen and organses it in a satisfactory way before he weakily pulls you in with him, purring as he cuddles up to you

•If you run your hand through his hair you'll be rewarded with more purrs and him nuzzling into your hand, but don't comment on it or he'll get embarrassed and hide his face into the blankets while he pulls away

•Vash wouldn't try to get you pregnant unless it was after he dealt with his brother and at that point I think he'd have a more permanent nest. Whether that's on Ship 3 or your own little home he's finally got a spot that he knows is always there, perfect to keep you in while you grow your baby!

•Vash loves spending time in the nest, it's from a mixture of putting off his instincts so long when he was on the run and the fact he actually has a place of comfort for once that does it, so if you can't find your partner...he's most likely buried in the nest

•It's super cute though, you'll walk in the room and softly call "Vash?" and his head will peak out of the mountain of blankets eyes still half lidded with sleep and hair all messy as he says a soft "hmm?"

•This nest is still a bit more messy and it's one of those "it looks disorganized but Vash know exactly where everything is" situations, he doesn't really care about colors or anything, infact it's proably mostly blankets that other people have gifted him over the years, he feels like it tells a story

•Unlike Knives, you'll have to be the one to eventually kick the kids out of the nest once they get older because "what do you mean they can't stay in here with us? Their still our baby!" "Vash their 20" "and?"

•Vash's plant marks always appear when he's in the nest, he can't help it! It's so comforting, besides he has you here warming him up and your kids cuddled in the covers- oop he's crying, don't worry they're happy tears

After note: I hope you liked it!!! I wanted to add more stuff about you being able to read Knives but it didn't really fit so that might have to be saved for another list I'm a firm "the boys do weird but cute animal things" believer and it's my job to infect people with that propaganda

[vickysaurus]

A theropod skeleton I encountered painted under a bridge near Saverne.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu in Egypt

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1901 to Saverne, France

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Château des Rohan à Saverne

[paladin-of-nerd-fandom65]

Got some more if that’s ok? :)

1: what’s their opinion on anti-heroes? Both fictional & real like the punisher & Jake’s uncle red hood.

2: when they play wrestle, do they use theme songs from their phones? Either a wrestlers theme or a song they like.

3: do Jon & mar’i use wrestling moves, like wrestling shows, & use theme songs too? Also, what’s their reaction to the rikishi question in the previous post?

4: you mention in a post from earlier that they can use their powers as a shield & explosive wave from dbz, besides that what else can they do that wasn’t mention before?

5: what’s your favorite headcanon for the both of them if somebody ask about them, your all time favorite?

6: let’s say they see a bully acting like a bully, on a scale of 1-10 what would they do? 1 being telling a teacher & 10 being kick his butt

Happy Turkey Day @gothicghost2000

Since now I finally have free time to get to these…

1. Fictional Anti heroes, not necessarily the Duo’s favorite characters to latch onto but they’re respectful of their peers and colleagues like them. Now as for the ones in universe, that’s a lot more complicated. The Duo are strict adherents to the One Rule of not utilizing lethal force when dealing with super villains and henchmen but at the same time they know if they are left with no choice but to partner with an anti hero during a mission or few, they can only ensure to capture the villain and bring them to Justice before the anti hero does their thing but that’s it really since they know also they scant really force an anti hero to give up their lethal ways, said anti hero has to make that choice themselves. This especially gets awkward regarding Red Hood as while Jake still loves his Uncle for everything else and he genuinely does, even Jason realizes he has to drop his MO more often whenever his nephew is nearby despite how tricky it can be since he’s so used to it.

2. Oh Yes they will. I like to imagine them with the following themes

Chris - “Fighter” (Dan Savern) by Jim Johnston

I only heard of this theme as of recently but not I sure wish I heard it sooner because unlike most themes that attempt being bad*ss, this one can legit be called that while also being simple and to the point. I can see Chris playing this to reflect a no nonsense approach to his fighting style

Jake -

See, he’s a Kid who has a tiny amount of Class to him. As a Prince of Tamaran, he knows from his experiences entering the Royal Court on some occasions with his Mother and Sister that entering the room should have music that announces royalty arriving and gets the folks’ attention. Hence only one of favorite wrestlers (about #3 place overall) has the theme to back that regal nature up. Bonus points if Meredith can play as his ‘Manager’ and he does the classic “OOOOOHHHH YEEEEAAAAHH”.

3. I can see those two take in some wrassling themselves as well, both in playfulness in connecting to their siblings better but also in real combat against criminals if the opportunity arises.

Jon - Since move set wise primarily being what you can call a High Flyer, His Finisher of Choice would be A Flying Elbow Drop aka ‘Bombs Away’ as codified by Randy Savage

Ironically though for his theme song of choice, I see Jon playing the theme song used by Savage’s Best Frival (Friend and Arch Rival), Terry ‘Hulk Hogan’ Bollea. He just thinks it’s catchy and he likes it’s guitar riffs

Mar’i - I see her mixing up styles which emphasize both her agility and acrobatics but also precision and using her opponent’s own strength against them; therefore she’s tripartite blend of High Flyer, Flipper and Technical wrestling which the first two are merely slip out of dangerous grapples while the latter builds into how she takes down opponents via submission rather than full take downs like her brother. Hence her finisher of choice can be a submission, The Figure Eight Leg Lock as done by Charlotte Flair

As for her theme song, I can picture her playing the following for her theme song. While not an official wrestler’s theme per say (that we know of), she feels it fits her more boisterous and modern days woman warrior aesthetics and tone

Plus I can also her playing this song for Auntie Blackfire whenever she walks into the Grayson apartment because it suits her too lol

4. Hmmm, Well…

Chris can also discuss with the souls of previous bearers of the Nightwing entity throughout Krypton’s history, both ancient and fairly recent for advise and guidance or for first hand accounts of what they had done in their past lives as said bearers and what their actions led to. Basically think of it akin to when Aang and Korea from Avatar are able to communicate with their past lives for advise, guidance or even assistance in times of distress. It’s that ability only rather being a reincarnation of each other, this talk between them works via The Nightwing Entity themself being able to access the afterlife and bringing the souls to the current bearer for short periods of time.

Oh, and Jake currently practices an ancient technique from the True Master (the kindly old woman who trained his Father in the classic Teen Titans episode “The Quest”) which should he be trapped at a precarious position, including for example literally being buried alive, but he cannot contact his allies via his communicators, he can have his own soul temporarily leave his body and wander until he finds the ally he knows can help and enter their conscience, even temporarily possessing it if he has to. Yes, the True Master has indeed met with longstanding undead hero Boston Brand aka Deadman who has indeed seen this technique in action before. So in case Jake or Dick wind up being buried alive and no access to their utility belt, they use this technique and Boston will be there to help them get the hand of being a temporary ghost.

5. That will probably forever remain this one, an entire climatic story arc with General Zod leading an all out invasion of the Earth, Chris defeating him but his birth father leaves word that reach into Chris’ very soul that he’ll never truly belong to this planet he calls home and that all the destruction caused was ultimately his fault as he was the doorway to the Phantom Zone in the first place. He runs away, fists traveling across the globe for any sort of solace though he still does secret hero work before finally arriving at the Graysons’ place where Jake lets him in and he stays until the time is right to reconcile with the Kents. Even after he sees them once more, it takes Clark having a father to son talk with him on the Moon’s surface that finally gets Chris out of his malaise and accept his words that indeed the Kents are his family, the Earth is his home and that he belongs there. 

Also, I love that Chris, Mar’i and Jon are right there at bedside when Jake awakes in the hospital right immediately after his fateful duel with Victor Zsasz, calm him when he does wake up thanks a bad nightmare, and overall are a comforting presence after such a harrowing night, sharing a massive group hug with Jake happily sandwiched between his Big Sis and his best friend. Sure he hasn’t fully gotten over his trauma, in fact that emotional trauma that’ll plague him for many years to come has only just begun, but this little thing here does help very slightly.

6. Chris - 5. Unlike his brother, Chris is more likely to responsibly inform the school counselors about what’s going on if there’s one nearby, stepping in if he can’t and at first asking firmly yet politely if the bully would cut out his behavior. Should said bully refuses and even attack him instead, then Chris fights back

Jake - 6. Similarly he too would first trying finding a senior official first before stepping in. Unlike Chris though, he demands the bully stop at first. Should the bully refuse and comes towards him, Jake would engage in a tense stare down in hopes his mini glare would be enough for drive the bully away. Should that fail, he waits for the bully to make the first strike to which he immediately counters with one of his own, which has a 95% success rate at taking down a bully on their tracks