#video game playing in berlin

[tituslinde]

Story driven Music Game, playing in the 80ties ♥

Testversion is online on Steam =D

[hardcockcafe]

personal post again but my 14yo cousin and I have been emailing and they are SO CUTE. I’m your gent!!!

[stars-and-the-min]

☆ the wrong way to hard launch (16) | OP81

summary : oscar's girlfriend is a walking pr problem for literally everyone (including herself) social media au

pairing : oscar piastri x zhou!fem!singer!oc

a/n the isms of a long-distance, working couple i'm back!!! this was supposed to be published in july my bad y'all i got busy :)

masterlist | last part | part 16 | next part

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selinabui

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selinabui happy birthday to the best cousin i could've asked for. thanks for being some racing-obsessed weirdo, for playing video games with me across the world and most of all for once punching some guy in the face for me. love from: the more talented, overall better, most adorable cousin you could've asked for <3 (you'll always be the coolest older brother!) tagged: zhouguanyu24

zhouguanyu24 Being nice to me 🤨 ↳ selinabui @.zhouguanyu24 just respecting the elderly

linasgirl4 THEEEEE best cousin duo

emptybottlos they're very dear to me actually

MESSAGES

from the phone of oscar piastri

TWITTER

piaa⁸¹ @papayaeightyone · 8h IT'S RACE WEEEEEEEEEEK ↳ piaa⁸¹ @papayaeightyone · 8h 2024 CANADIAN GP FIRST OSCAR WIN MANIFESTING MANIFESTINGGGGGGGG

liv is SEEING EB LIVE!! @olivielina · 4h berlin empty bottles fans, did lina sound stuffy live? in the videos i've seen she looks sick ↳ kayla @luna_apocolypse · 3h heard from oomf that cami said lina had a bit of a cold :(

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chrisyamada 🎵 | Chris Yamada · Pins and Needles (ft. Selina Bui from Empty Bottles)

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chrisyamada Surprise drop? @.selinabui and I are pleased to present, to our humble fans, a little collab we recorded back in April. Without further ado, enjoy 'Pins and Needles' tagged: selinabui

selinabui fyi the electric guitar solo is ME bc as if he could ever shred that cool ↳ chrisyamada @.selinabui i totally could

linasgirl4 yall... what in tarnation why have you been sitting on this for 2 months 😭😭😭

lukaszhang ok but when's the mv dropping 🤨 ↳ moonbeamlina @lukaszhang there's... there's a music video 🥹

ceciliapham omfg it sounds so good oooohh it's a slow song ahhh her voice is angelic fr June 7

selinabui Paris, France

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selinabui "are you happy to be in paris?" OUI!

pastry81 close enough, welcome back oscalina!!! ↳ selinabui @.pastry81 oscar pastryyyy 🥺

tina_kim SO NOT OVER PINS AND NEEDLES I'M STARVED FOR NEW MUSIC

oscarpiastri hey there ↳ selinabui @.oscarpiastri oh hi 🥰

aidan_ebass Never ever going to watch a show with you again. Please learn to shut up 🫶 June 9

TWITTER

kay ♡ @ blackcatluna · 1h it genuinely feels like there's an EB show every second night, do these people even sleep 😭😭😭

president linami @.linaminami · 43m is it just me or is the european leg really really busy? ↳ president linami @.linaminami · 42m the band barely has any time to breathe because they keep hoping to countries with like a day or two leeway ↳ president linami @.linaminami · 42m berlin to paris had a four day gap which is one of the longest gap between shows

kayla @luna_apocolypse · 1h tbh it's not super surprising that lina got sick; it's still cold in the northern parts and she wears mini dresses and short skirts for two hours in the evening; plus she's probably exhausted and burning out

lina bui x2 grammy winner @urdaisea · 12m three back to back paris shows... i'm a little worried for lina's health

MESSAGES

from the phone of selina bui

TWITTER

pookie piastri @.op81ln4 · 9h got blessed with cat energy oscar video from mclaren thank you lord 🙏

lina !!! @EB_selina · 4h can i physically afford to watch this race; send advice (i'm sick lmao) ↳ Aidan Park @EB_Aidan · 4h Selina, you have a 40 degree fever get off your phone ↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 4h wdym... i'm not on my phone 🥸 ↳ Oscar Piastri @.OscarPiastri · 1h Hey... what did you mean by 40 degree fever 🤨

piaa⁸¹ @.papayaeightyone · 12m uh wtf happened to charles??? ↳ lanaaaaa @.sharlleglrg · 8m that's the monaco curse oversleeping

MESSAGES

from the phone of selina bui

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selinabui_news 📱Screencaps of Lina from the Empty Bottles instagram live. Get well soon baby 🥺 tagged: selinabui

piastri_lina how does she still look better than me on the brink of death????

amelia_belrose i hope she feels better soon :( but did you see her face when kas panned the camera over 😭 i thought i was about to witness a murder

marie_h.sb she's been going on stage every night like that 😧 June 11

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TMD Tour News @EB-TMDTour · 56m Lina was talking to a fan during the encore, asked for his name and got flustered when he said "Oscar" #TMDWorldTour ↳ piaa⁸¹ @ papayaeightyone · 32m help i think she broke why did it take her 15 seconds to say something 😭😭😭 ↳ president linami @ linaminami · 49m actually wheezing at kas' face, he seriously can't believe she's that down bad oml

oscalina real ?! @emptyginbottles · 40m i'm eating gooooooood tonight

pookie piastri @.op81ln4 · 23m somewhere on earth oscar piastri is kicking his legs and giggling at that clip of his gf's brain shutting down at the mention of his name

camilina gfs fr @ drummergf · 11m this is unironically the antithesis of that sabrina moment with a fan named joshua like 😭 similar reaction of disbelief and surprise but the context could not be more different

MESSAGES

from the phone of oscar piastri

TWITTER

lina !!! @EB_selina · 4h this is actually really mortifying and i'd appreciate if we all collectively wiped it from memory ↳ Oscar Piastri @.OscarPiastri · 3h It's actually my new ringtone for you ↳ lina !!! @EB_selina · 3h count ur lucky stars we're not in the same country right now

cami yang @EB_Cami · 38m what if i said i'm also feeling a little messy 🤔

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

taglist @ririyulife @ashy-kit @fionaschicken @namgification @cherry-piee @urfavsgf @eiaaasamantha @sp1rl @destinyg237 @iloveyou3000morgan

[riverashifts]

@ RiVERASH1FTS ᰔᩚ . ݁ 🎀 ͘ ࣭ 🎱 ⸰

⌗ 제이's GiRL : this is my enhypen dr aka my favourite and main desired reality! you'll find that i post mostly about this dr over on my tiktok account

˳ ׄ ⟡ ◌ ⃘ rivera rose jones quinn, better known by her stage name river ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ｡‏‏‎ 𓏸𓈒 is the only female member of the south korean idol group enhypen 𖦹 ˚   ⊹   ♡ she is known for her exceptional vocals, incredible songwriting and producing abilities, and stunning visuals

⊹﹒MY PROFILE

NAME 𓈒 Rivera Rose Jones Quinn

NICKNAMES 𓈒 Riv, Rosie, RJ

STAGE NAME 𓈒 리버 River

BIRTHDAY 𓈒 July 4, 2001

ZODIAC SIGN 𓈒 Cancer

CHINESE ZODIAC 𓈒 Snake

BIRTHPLACE 𓈒 Toronto, ON, Canada

OTHER RESIDENCES 𓈒 Seattle, USA; Shanghai, China; Toulouse, France; Yorkshire, England; Berlin, Germany; London, England

CURRENT RESIDENCE 𓈒 Seoul, South Korea

MOTHER TONGUE 𓈒 French

SECOND LANGUAGE 𓈒 English

FLUENT LANGUAGES 𓈒 Korean, German, ASL, Mandarin

NON-FLUENT LANGUAGES 𓈒 Cantonese, Italian, Spanish

⊹﹒PERSONALITY

MBTI TYPE 𓈒 INFJ

IQ LEVEL 𓈒 147

ANGEL NUMBER 𓈒 555

TRAITS 𓈒 introverted, caring, creative, stubborn, passionate, ambitious, understanding, loyal, super funny and awesome and amazing and wonderful and cool and never seen before aura 'cause i'm just so amazing

HOBBIES 𓈒 reading, songwriting, dancing, playing guitar, drawing & painting, cooking & baking, playing video games

LIKES 𓈒 cats, yellow, lakes & rivers, books, my members, vie & rei, pillows, stuffed animals, funky hats, homemade accessories, late night talks, sleeping in

DISLIKES 𓈒 crowds, loud noises, surprises, being ignored, keeping secrets, liars

⊹﹒APPEARANCE

REP. CLAIM 𓈒 ningning from aespa

HAIR 𓈒 curly (3B), dark brown with red highlights

EYES 𓈒 almond-shaped, blue-green with slight heterochromia (one eye is more green than the other)

LIPS 𓈒 heart-shaped, dark pink

HEIGHT 𓈒 170 cm (5'6")

PIERCINGS 𓈒 lobe, rook, conch, contraconch, helix, navel

TATTOOS 𓈒 will make a post about these

⊹﹒DR POSTS

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ river's details ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my backstory ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ hwang-quinn family ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my friends ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my pets ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my loverboy ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ about enhypen ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ the members ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my idol profile ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ our discography ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ my solo songs ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ into the i-land ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ hybe super group ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ the drama : introducing resa ]

. ۫ ꣑ৎ ݁ 𓈒 ๑ [ enhypen dr posts ]

[wisteriagoesvroom]

playing pinterest roulette and seeing what AUs i can make up based on the pics (part 2 of ???)

landoscar AU where oscar's a chess prodigy, best that the game has seen in generations, and lando is one of the world's most in-demand DJs.

oscar is as introverted as they come. determined to draw him out of his shell, oscar's friends drag him out for a new year's eve rave in berlin, one of the rare weeks that he has off. oscar, a little too drunk and maybe a bit socially anxious, nitpicks the BPMs on a song transition that Lando is trying out that night. people spot both of them standing at the DJ booth, yelling at each across the music.

they almost end up fighting, but after the countdown they end up making out in a bathroom stall and going semi-viral on social media instead. oscar panics about the implications but his PR manager tells him it's probably a good thing because it makes oscar seem more relatable. lando's PR manager sends a shrug emoji, being the person who blasted the video out in the first place.

oscar and lando decide they might as well lean into it. they end up hanging out the day after for pizza. which then rolls into another weekend, then more texts, an insane connection neither of them can't quite give a name to, and a promise to keep in touch when the holiday's over (which doesn't quite happen because they're young guns on the come-up, with the busy schedules that entails).

they don't end up meeting again in berlin, until three years later. at the pizza place where they'd hit it off. the pizza's still good. and the company, more so.

oscar opens with: "it can't be true that you wrote a damn song about me."

lando only smiles at him across the table. "and i heard the FIDE wondered why you named your new move the Norris."

[anim-ttrpgs]

Songs for Eureka Sessions: Unarmed Combat

Masterpost of Eureka song lists & how to choose good music for any TTRPG session.

Brawlin - LISA

Gun’s & Roses – Baccano

Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Turf – El Huervo

Musikk Per Automatikk – Elliot Berlin

Hydrogen – Hotline Miami

Shoo-shoo Bandits – L.A. Noire

Paris – Hotline Miami

Inner Animal – Hotline Miami

Decade Dance – Jasper Byrne

Voyager – Jasper Byrne

Fahkeet – Light Club

Vengeance – The Guest

Pepperman Strikes – Pizza Tower

Online Menu – Castle Crashers

Boss 2 – Nightmare Creatures

Chase 07 – L.A. Noire

Boss 4 – Nightmare Creatures

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A Far Out Look at Gaby Teller's Costumes in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The fashion in this movie is amazing, let's talk about specifically what Gaby is wearing and what it tells us about her character.

We meet Gaby working as a mechanic in East Berlin. So obviously the this the least put-together we ever see her. I couldn't get a good picture of her jumpsuit but it seems pretty standard. The scarf in her hair is rather fashionable, hinting at what is to come.

Female representation: 10/10��It looks mostly like what a real mechanic would wear, with nothing to emphasize that she is a female mechanic (other than her nice scarf).

Practicality: 10/10 Presumably the most practical thing we see anyone wear in this movie

This is one of the dresses she tries on while getting under cover. I wish we had gotten more of a montage of her different outfits but this one is pretty fun. It is a vast improvement over the one Solo had her wear first. The orange coordinates with what she wears in the climax, which is fun. And perhaps a nod to the fact that she is playing a part here as much as she will be then.

The dresses she wears going forward are all of the same style, chosen to be both 60s and modern. Watch this video by Cinema Cities for more on the choices made for the costuming. As is discussed there, the choices for Gaby are young and fresh, with bright colors. Geometric patterns, mod shape, an emphasis on legs instead of the hourglass. She stands out from the other leading lady, whose costuming is very complex - doing the most with her hair, make-up, accessories. Gaby, on the other hand, tends to wear earrings and a ring or a bracelet.

Female representation: 10/10 She looks fantastic, even for this short scene in the boutique, and is a spy being outfitted to go undercover. This scene establishes what her style is without deciding to ogle her at any point.

Practicality: 9/10 Compared to the jumpsuit, it's obviously less practical but it's pretty great in general.

Now undercover in Rome, Gaby wears a white dress with an overcoat that we also see worn with the other dresses. Both are very stylish and fit the silhouette that was popular in the 60s. As far as being fully white goes, that makes sense for a scene in which she is out for a walk with her assigned fiancé, making sure that their cover is convincing (even when they are mugged). White emphasizes her status as a pawn in the game right now (as does the shape of the outfit), as well as implying a woman in need of rescue. It is effective way to trick both their marks and her fellow spies into considering her to be helpless.

Female representation: 10/10 Still fantastic, gonna break my rating system. She looks good but is not eye-candy despite her role in the film.

Practicality: 9/10 The coat doesn't seem especially warm but the ensemble is certainly practical for what she is doing.

She wears this dress to the races, including a large hat, to meet with Uncle Rudi as well as Alexander Vinciguerra. It is her first job as a spy and this dress reflects that. Instead of pure white, most of it is green, a color generally associated with duplicity (like a snake). The scene includes Gaby doing quite a bit of angling to move the mission forward, which involves playing up what Solo and Kuryakin believe she is there to do as well as her own agenda, so while she isn't exactly a double agent, she is certainly deep in the plot.

Female representation: 10/10 These are all great, what can I say?

Practicality: 9/10 As above, perhaps not as useful as her jumpsuit, especially considering she does work on a car in this scene. But it certainly serves her purposes.

I couldn't find a photo, but I couldn't leave out her charming pajamas. She wears these in two scenes with Illya Kuryakin, when they are hanging out in their hotel room. The first night, she insists he dance with her and the second night she appears to betray him. So the outfit itself is mostly grey, since we can't be sure what her motivation is (until later in the movie). Plus they look like great pajamas, especially for being undercover and having to share a room with a stranger.

Female representation: 10/10 Some of the best pajamas I've seen a lady wear on film, especially for a spy movie.

Practicality: 10/10 They seem to be very practical, especially for wrestling.

And here is the showstopper. Gaby wears this for the climax of the film, through a lot of twists and turns. It is the same silhouette as the others, though the neckline is a bit more formal. Following the theme of the last dress, she started in white and now appears to have added a lot of cover on top of the white. The pattern is also reminiscent of camouflage. This makes sense because now is when her status as an agent all along is revealed, as she appears to betray first Kuryakin and Solo and then deceives the Vinciguerras along with her father. Again, she has minimal accessories in contrast to Victoria and she sets herself apart from everyone else in this outfit as she does so in the movie as well.

Female representation: 10/10 For a double-agent and/or damsel in distress, she is very well dressed indeed

Practicality: 9/10 It works well enough but I'm sure she wishes she had something else to wear when they are going off road through the rain.

The final shot, where the team is now put all together. The show features just the gentlemen and it's great to have her be at the center (the lack of a sequel is devastating). She is back to wearing a white dress, now that her true role in the story has been revealed and she made a significant contribution to the cause in the process.

Female representation: 10/10 Again, it is fantastic, especially for the female member of the spy team

Practicality: 9/10 Same as the others, I daresay

Want to hear more of my thoughts about female characters and fashion? Check out my other costume reviews or my YouTube channel (episode on Gaby out now!)

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Artschool Dropout

I made a thread about how and why I became an artschool dropout, and want to share it here too. Storytime! It's mainly a highlight of parts I despite in the art worlds; capitalism and superiority. My experience was affected by the environment, and hell was a bad environment

Back in the distance year of 2019 I went to an(community) art college in like the *fancy* part of my area. I lived across the lake on the countryside, so I was not prepared for this environment. Rich people cosplaying poor is the best description. Fancy clothing made to look dirty and no-one wore shoes. It was very networking-vibe, with "omg we HAVE to talk more later" but never doing so. Like nurses energy. To be fair I became more and more non-approachable as time went on.

A good note is that Swedish education is normally free, even uni degrees, but this one cost money. It was that was never addressed or mentioned when I applied; that's on me maybe, but the few friends I had didn't know either. A lot was beaten around the bush when it came to expenses. A big draw for the school was a trip they made to Berlin during a film festival. Once the time came around they mentioned the cost for the trip (which was not mentioned before, I thought it was included) and kinda of shamed people if they wouldn't pay and go. Saying how its a highlight of the education and the few staying behind just watch movies for a week. In addition, the film festival wasn't included in the price, and we would have to pay extra to go. It was supposed to be a week, but two days was for travelling by train.

The price was something I would rather use for a private Berlin trip. It wasn't a lot, but I refused to do it, mainly for how indirect they were with everything. A friend and I said we wouldn't go and a staff complained how they would have to keep the school open just for us.

My classmates weren't an issue, it was the teachers and system, which all just felt like a money laundering scheme. One day we travelled to Stockholm, and we were tasked to go four hours alone, sit and stare at an object and think what it made is feel. Those were the instructions.

Four hours. Alone. Then home.

I and one other instead went to grab a coffee and trash talk. Once the time was up, I just made up on the spot "what it made me feel" and he gave me a job well done. I understand the assignment, but the execution from the teacher was all wrong.

It wasn't my crowd tho, I came from a gaming development High school while these people were like, social studies. I'm used to a nerdy crowd, is what I'm trying to say.

I have two funny examples:

I was talking to some guy during a break the ice get together with the whole school (very small school) and I explained I studied video game development before, and he said "omg that's so cool!!" And I answered, "yeah! Do you play?" And he said "yes, the piano :)"

And other time we were talking about painters, and when they asked me who my favourite was, I thought I would joke and said "oh, donatello :) because I love purple" and NO ONE got my tmnt ref and instead thought some Italian Renaissance was my favourite artist.

But back to the main issue, it was the school: First day our teacher handed us supplies from a closet and I was like "wow! Thank you! When these run out (BECAUSE WE'RE FKN ARTISTS) can we grab new ones in the closet?" And she said "no :) this is for the two years you are here" Like eight different hardness pens and a block of paper.

My worse experience was that every Tuesday was lecture day (although we didn't have grades nor exams) and all students gathered in a dark room to look at a PowerPoint about culture and people.

Fun in theory, but again executed so badly. My last lecture one teacher said "oh, and we gotten complaint not everyone can take notes during the presentation, so we thought one from each class could take notes and share with everyone else later :)! Any volunteer?"

Like ??? What? I raised my hand and said "you have a PowerPoint there? Why can't just share the presentation with everyone if they want to go back later?" AND SHE ANSWERED "that is a great idea, but unfortunately that would take weeks. So this is a better alternative:)"

TO THIS DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT

Smaller details ; expensive lunch, creepy teacher keeping images of women's privates on screen (and I'm an artist I don't mind nudity) pointless activities and little progression. I can't give it a fair judgement, I only lasted three weeks but jumped in the opportunity to leave.

Cherry on top was I had communicated in private with my mentor about quitting and the day it was decided I had to go back to get my stuff and have one last day and the teacher (not my mentor) exclaimed in the shadiest way "Sophie? I thought you quit" I hadn't told my friends yet.

Last day I replaced all my supplies with new from the fancy closet, and me and my friends stole coffee from the cafeteria during lunch (it was only included if you bought food) to celebrate my time. We all hated the system of the school, but all of us loved art.

My experience is mainly the environment the school was located in; upper-class pretending not to be. The people were alright and i got a few friends before quitting. It was also traditional, general art when I prefer digital art. The school, system, and teacher were hell, which is a shame because it took something I loved and turned it into all the things I hate. i don't regret going and I don't regret quitting when I did. Best thing to come out of it was my literal label Artschool Dropout

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

Article on Rammstein/Flake - Berliner Zeitung 2023-03-18

author:Martin Schuler

attempt at translation

A spoonful of sugar in the goulash: Rammstein and Flake's special role in the band

Why are Rammstein the most misunderstood band in the country? What does their music actually want and what is the special part keyboardist Flake plays?

There is no band in this country over which German article-writers have broken their pen with such force as Rammstein. Shortly after the band was founded in 1994, journalists shot poisoned darts at the targets they had identified. Since then, their chain of arguments has been as follows: the sextet not only uses National Socialist stylistics, but also stands accordingly in the intellectual tradition of fascism.

Aesthetic parallels were found in abundance: On the one hand, there was the mechanical opulence of the stage design. Secondly, there is the pathos that shakes marrow and bones that accompanies it. Other points in the indictment list authoritative poses, hypermasculine behavior and singer Till Lindemann's frenetically rolled "R". His band colleague and keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz once told the music magazine Rolling Stone that the people in the GDR had taken the mentality with them to the unified Germany to take bad criticism from the press as recognition: "As long as media like 'Stern' or 'Spiegel ' hate us, the world is okay."

Rammstein never really understood the discourses about supposedly right-wing tendencies. The basic attitude of the band was that they grew up as punks and goths; on the other hand, with Nazis there were fights in their youth. In fact, Rammstein made decisions in the past that were grist to the mill of their primarily West German opponents. For example, a music video for the cover song "Stripped" released in 1998 contained material by Leni Riefenstahl - the director who once staged Hitler's ideology with her propaganda films. Rammstein admitted their mistake.

Pleasure in provocation: Rammstein and right-wing extremism

They wanted to put an end to the media accusations shortly after the turn of the millennium. On the piece "Links 2 3 4" published in 2001 it says frankly: "You want my heart in the right place / But then I look down / It beats to the left / Left, two, three, four". The refrain missed the desired signal effect. To this day, a wide variety of newspapers print comments on their culture pages that declare Rammstein to be 'undesirable formation'. It must not be forgotten that those mechanisms have always been helpful to the band's outrageous success.

The Rammstein musicians enjoy the provocation, and anyone who sows an affront will reap indignation. It's all part of the game, Rammstein are aware of that. But there is an essential difference, whether the writing guild calls the group a fright of the citizens or declares it to be a right-wing extremist. Anyone who postulates the latter should be really sure and otherwise remain quiet. The roots of Rammstein's theatrical style and larger-than-life staging can be traced back to the 1930s. That is indisputable. What many journalists all too often overlook, on the other hand, is the deliberately caricaturing portrayal of brute nationalism. Perhaps because people in Germany can't stand the satirization of their own dark history, they overlook the deliberate exaggeration stumbles over false floors and misjudges breaks in the martial performance. At this point it should be mentioned that in other parts of the world people have far fewer problems recognizing Rammstein's staged acts as such.

Counterpoint within Rammstein: the keyboard player Flake

Rammstein keyboardist Flake Lorenz also embodies a counterweight to the rock-solid male figures. His slim stature and glasses give him a certain fragility, they ironically contrast the rest of the band. In his role as an oddball, it's up to him to relax the robot-like choreography with bizarre interludes. The keyboarder has been rowing a rubber boat over the audience since the late 1990s. Also, as a comic character on the show, he has already stewed in a saucepan and been doused with molten metal in a bathtub.

Long before all this circus, there was Feeling B. In 1994, Rammstein emerged from that East Berlin fun punk group, only Flake Lorenz took his time with his "conversion" to Rammstein. The riffs were too blunt for him, the aura was too severe. According to Rammstein guitarist Paul Landers, it took a lot of convincing, but the young band didn't get tired of getting on their knees. They needed a person who countered them: "If Rammstein is goulash, then you have to put a spoonful of sugar in it so that the goulash tastes good," said Landers at the end of the nineties.

Diabolical but democratic: the East Berlin band Rammstein

To stay with the image: the metaphorical sugar as a counterpart to the acidity of the tomato did not fail to have an effect, the recipe tasted good on all continents. Only a few years after their founding, Rammstein were about to bring the 'Neue Deutsche Härte' genre they had cultivated into the world. The basic musical plan: Fast, American and distorted heavy metal guitars, the drums thrash a Teutonic four-four time. Flake Lorenz's playing on the keyboard loosens up the seemingly diabolical and, in itself, simple sound construction. In the production, he is also responsible for the samples, the choirs and strings, thus transporting Rammstein into the world of pop - just think of "Engel", one of their most prominent songs.

Incidentally, Rammstein make each of their decisions after a democratic majority vote, all votes carry the same weight. Even Lindemann's lyrics are up for debate within the band before each album. Drummer Christoph Schneider once described his band as a creature that can only grow up when all six members are together. The musicians are divided, especially with regard to the question of how much circus a rock band can actually take. For Lindemann, sparkles and flames are an essential part, others sometimes see the music pushed too far into the background.

Calculated taboo breaking: Rammstein and the evil topics

Throughout their career, Rammstein has broken countless social taboos: BDSM, incest, abuse, drug use, pyromania, necrophilia, cannibalism, voyeurism and sex tourism. They have negotiated all these topics on their eight studio albums in almost three decades. The fact that Lindemann mostly writes in the first person gives his stories a frontal immediacy. Of course that polarizes and it's obviously too much for some people. In March 2019, Rammstein released the single "Deutschland". According to old practice, they shocked in advance with a thirty-second snippet.

It shows the band members disguised as concentration camp inmates being led to the gallows - the spiral of outrage continued as usual. Finally, the nine-minute monument from a music video appeared, and with it the treatise on the atrocities of German history. Rammstein didn't heroize, they bluntly flaunted this country's DNA. The lines cannot – they must ��� be read as an unmistakable positioning: “Germany! Your love is a curse and a blessing! Germany! I can't give you my love.” Here lies the heart of the matter: Rammstein have always revealed the destructive power inherent in our German nature. Let's learn to keep the demons at bay!

[footytea]

Since I have seen some assumptions about different girls and who’s box their are seated in, I thought I try to clear this up with some inside information: (before you ask how I know this: Toni Kroos has a podcast with his brother Felix where this was mentioned; more info about that at the end)

Real Madrid (or more accurately the Santiago Bernabéu) does not have specific players boxes. They however have two different VIP sections,

1. the “normal” VIP section for which you could technically also purchase tickets as a fan (if you’ve got the money). This is probably the area where the people invited by the club (Rafael Nadal, Tom Brady maybe, etc.) sit as well, if they are not in the “president lounge” as I like to call it.

2. the so called “VIP familiar” where families and friends of the players sit. It’s a section of the stadium I assume you can only get in via direct invite from someone inside the club (players, coaches, etc.). During the podcast episode Felix mentiones seeing some kids and wifes (Joselu and Modric if I remember correctly) but also Denise Bellingham (Jude’s mother) walking by.

This doesn’t mean that players can’t get their friends/hookups/girls tickets for normal fan seats in the stadium. Felix Kroos himself has been given tickets to the media/press section, the “normal” VIP and the VIP familiar, as well as the normal seats. All of Felix’s visits to the Bernabéu were organised by Toni himself.

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More info about the podcast: it’s weekly published in german. Felix Kroos is a retired football player himself, who played for german clubs like Union Berlin and Werder Bremen. Nowadays he mostly works as a (very likeable) TV pundit. In the normal episodes they mostly talk about football (or the Dallas Mavericks since they are both huge fans) but also invite guests (David Alaba, Dirk Nowitzki or Julian Nagelsmann just to name a few) and answer fan questions about literally everything (from ‘gossip on the bench during a game’ to ‘planning on keeping turtles as pets in my spacy backyard if it’s ever finished and not a construction side forever’ (aka the worries of Toni Kroos))

Sometimes there are special episodes, where Felix and Tobi (their producer and good friend) attend “special” Real Madrid games. For example the Derby Madrileño or UCL games, especially the ones in Germany vs Union Berlin and RB Leipzig, but also the City game in Manchester.

Felix and Tobi however were also at the Santiago Bernabéu for the home clasico this season (23/24) where they were seated in the VIP familiar for the first time and made the observations mentioned above. For anyone interested the episode is called “Luppen in Tour: Die große Toni Kroos Post-El-Calsico Home Story (mit Hut)”. Disclaimer: it’s in german!

For everyone else you can find some video extracts from the podcast (also in german, without subtitles) and some very funny videos of Toni on @luppentv on Instagram.

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Regardless I personally still think that if these guys (the Real Madrid players) are serious about a girl they are gonna seat her in the “VIP familiar” section, if it’s simply a hook up it’s at most probably gonna be the “public” VIP section if not just regular game tickets (although Felix mentioned in past episodes that when they had regular seats, they were higher up with a perfect view of the pitch (unlike Laura for example)).

Hope this is some kind of valuable input, and I wish all of you a lovely day 💕

thank you for the info!

[siryouarebeingmocked]

So, according to The Act Man’s latest video, the Starfield pronoun controversy is basically like the Doom Eternal “mortally challenged” controversy. Because both are over nothing.

I disagree.

The “mortally challenged” joke was satire. Specifically, of how corporations try to look good while they’re doing bad things. Often by latching on to trends and buzzwords.

It also continues the theme from Doom 2016, where the running gag was “this corporation is a bunch of stereotypical evil cultists, but also a stereotypical corporation”.

The Starfield thing is just using trends and buzzwords unironically.*

The only people who should be offended at the Doom joke are the exact target audience of such corporate newspeak. Like this article on GameRevolution that seethes about the “alt-right” because the writer doesn’t like the idea that anyone ostensibly progressive could be wrong.

A more sensible progressive would say “heh, yeah, companies totally do that.”

Haven’t lots of pro-LGBT people been complaining about “rainbow capitalism” for the past few Pride months?

Also:

Imagine being so wrong that a vocally pro-SocJus subreddit disagrees with you.

Also, from Googling, I gather the impression that a lot of pro-SocJus folks went “nobody’s mad! Nobody’s mad! This “outage” is just manufactured by the conservatives!”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/241065-doom-eternal/78526435?page=2

https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/9gfwwv/id_software_when_the_mortally_challenged_joke/

Which sounds an awful lot like what happened with Hogwarts Legacy. Bunch of progressive randos (mostly) got a bit tilted, then a bunch of people on the same political team tried to downplay the outrage, while some other progressives went “stop it, you idiots! This isn’t helping!”

Also, please note that HeelVsBabyFace’s video in the tweet is saying “bullying people because they play a crimethink game is wrong” (which is correct!). IIRC, his personal stance on Starfield was that he, personally, wasn’t playing it. He wasn’t remotely saying harassment is a good idea. 

The “hypocrisy” is just...complaining.

* Personally, I think we’ve reached a point where using pronouns makes someone trans less likely to pass, especially if they also have a trans flag in their bio and/or avatar. Pronouns now serve as a marker of ingroup status more than their stated purpose, and I’m not sure they were good at that in the first place.

Similarly, COD Black Ops Cold War also did the pronoun thing, and complete strangers would somehow use the correct they/them pronouns for an undercover CIA agent. In Berlin in the 80s. Not exactly progressive. Not exactly low-key.

Not exactly logical.

[earlgreytea68]

It's me butterfly kisses (GINASFS) anon again, with too much time on my hands! now that more show videos from EU/UK leg have surfaced, I've done the final tally on the Butterfly kisses line and it's head canon for me now.

Patrick sang 'butterfly kisses' SIX out of SEVEN times. They played it at 7 shows and the ONLY show he went with the 'photo proofed' line was the last show in Berlin.

There's just something I love so much about it, there's always lots of talk about him singing the friction in his/your jeans line, but I rarely catch that swap in live performances. This one he does way more frequently than the actual documented lyric. I think previously you had wondered how it sounds in the album version, and it's pretty clearly the 'photo-proofed' line on the album.

I love that it seems like almost a permanent change (maybe it's head canon for patrick too haha) its a much sweeter lyrics that fits the song better.

Okay, first of all, this is the kind of data I am here for, thank you for your service.

And this data is important and interesting data! Clearly Patrick's got the "butterfly kisses" thing stuck in his head and that does seem to indicate that he really, really thinks that's how the song should go for some reason. It's also interesting to me that the only show he got it right for was the last show. Did someone (Pete?) finally tell him he's been getting it wrong???? Like, why the correction so late in the game??

Finally, I would welcome any date on the your/his jeans thing, although it seems to me like Patrick more often slurs the line so you can hear it either way. In the way that Pete is an expert at putting multiple interpretations into a written phrase, Patrick is an expert at putting multiple interpretations in a sung phrase lol.

[bucktoothymzkr]

love my stasi agent

hello! i recently got around to playing reverse 1999 and immediately got hooked with bkornblume's character, so here i made a fanfic about her. mostly about her stories and ideals, and the terrible life that surrounded her as she lived in east berlin. + i think she's cute

Chrysanthemums - Leigh096 - 重返未来：1999 | Reverse: 1999 (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

[lykegenia]

15 questions for 15 friends

@pushingsian tagged me - thank you!

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: My mother's best friend growing up, but that name happened to coincide with my grandmother's middle name, so it woked out. My middle name is my great-grandma's.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: Two days ago, thinking about an angsty scene in a fic I haven't written yet. That happens a lot.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: Dear gods no. I have never wanted them and have less than zero parental instincts so that's probably for the best. I'm of the opinion that unless you are 110% eager to be a parent it's something you should skip because no child deserves to be unwanted.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: I used to row at a pretty high level, which wrecked my back, and rugby, which wrecked one of my ankles, so now I enjoy bouldering and wing chun because they're both good exercise while also being a mental workout too.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: Sarcasm is my native language.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: Mostly how tall they are, I guess. I'm oblivious to most things.

WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: A weird mix of green, grey, and hazel depending on the light.

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: I'm terrible with scary movies, my imagination runs away with me, so I choose happy endings.

ANY TALENTS?: When I was a kid I was uncannily good at spotting money on the pavement, and I'm pretty good at spotting and identifying birds. Apart from that, Id call myself a good cook and a good writer.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Berlin.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?: Does wishing I didn't have to work count? If I didn't have to work, I'd spend all my time gardening, cooking, writing, reading, and playing video games. Also DnD now!

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: I don't, and I keep going back and forth on whether I want dogs.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 5'7.5" (the .5 is important)

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: It's easier to say that Music was my least favourite because it was my worst subject, but I enjoyed Art, English, and Latin.

DREAM JOB?: I'd like garden design if not for the need to budget and follow idiotic briefs, or maybe a kept artist, or something in wildlife conservation. I used to want to be a smallholder but I've realised I don't really have the energy for that.

Passing this on to, no pressure! @gingerbreton @serenpedac @briannasroger @lalizah @mutantenfisch @choccy-zefirka @theluckywizard @hervissa @librarianoftheclayr @leafthi3f @bluekaddis @naiatabris @agentnatesewell @pepperpatrol @molliehaswords

[mrs-gauche]

Hello~ o/

Only one more week until DA4's release, to me it still feels unreal! 🤯 But we're almost there ✨️

Since we talked about it before, I hope you don't mind me asking: Do you happen to have any new insights regarding the German voicecast? I still couldn't find any news on it and can't help but be a bit worried now 😥

I think I tried everything in my possibilities to find a snippet through Google but who knows...

Hii! OHH you and me both, my friend! 😭❤️ I've been looking at forums and even websites of different German recording studios since like June and there seems to be absolutely no info on neither the German or the French voice cast, just nothing at all. :( But we know that there definitely IS one, because it says so on the Steam page. 😅 I wonder if marketing just doesn't bother because they think no one cares, but I've actually seen quite a few people now asking about it on their official accounts? I've even heard of people sending e-mails to EA Germany and threads on their forums asking about the VAs, but no response so far. :/

It's really a bummer because thinking back, I remember there was so much stuff shown in the lead up to Inquisition, they even showed some behind the scenes stuff at the studio in Berlin and videos of the different VAs and remember these cool contests where fans got a chance to voice NPCs in the game, even in Germany? Like, comparing the marketing of DAI to Veilguard's is really.. interesting, but then again, that was ten years ago.

DAI was localized by GlobaLoc and I think there's a good chance they're doing Veilguard too, they've done a ton of EA games and also Anthem (btw, I just looked it up, and it seems like Anthem also only had a single German trailer? 🤔), which would make it more likely for DAI's VAs to return? And now that the launch trailer is out (I haven't seen it because spoilers, but apparently it has new voice lines), I wonder if we'll get a little ad for German media or even TV or something and maybe that's when we'll get to hear them finally? 🥲 Aside from old VAs returning, I am dying to know who voices Rook and the companions of course. 😭

As a side note, I recently looked up the website of Solas' VA with a list of all his work, which he seems to update quite frequently and while it doesn't list Veilguard (yet?), I've noticed that he hasn't had as many projects this year as in any other. Localization is usually one of the last things being done in development, it took them about a year to localize DAI and I even remember how he made a post back then talking about how huge of a project it was, so I really hope he returns for Veilguard and maybe he was busy doing voice work for it this past year. 😁

But, you know, even if we don't get any info until release, the good thing is we only have to wait one more week to find out. :D Like, we'll just start playing and it'll be a great surprise.... *nervous laughter*

And as soon as we get to hear those voices, I recommend checking out this forum, where voice obsessed nerds like me will channel their inner detective and figure these VAs out before the credits roll. lol

[limitedunderdog]

Howdy there, got any fun and cool headcanons about how Ben is in creepypasta fam and stuff he does with them for fun?

YES!

i don’t think i’ve talked about my au on here, so a little explanation of it. in my au, it’s berlin in 2011. the creeps have all gathered there bcuz of their mutual connection with slenderman. essentially, they’re trying to cut their ties with him before they go insane or die

ok headcanons below the cut ^-^

- his best friend is jeff. they got stuck together and just ended up becoming inseparable (more on that if u guys want it..,,,) they have a very sibling-like relationship, with ben seeing jeff like an older brother to him

- he loves to hang out with nina and watch her get ready. not in a creepy way, but she’s scene and spends a lot of time getting her look just right, and ben loves that. he secretly wants her to do his makeup

- ben is a fan of raves. jeff introduced them to him and told him that they’re the best, so ben just took to it and follows jeff to whatever he goes to. honestly, ben’s just there for music

- he really doesn’t know toby too well since he tends to keep to himself, but when they do see each other (usually through hangouts arranged via nina) ben loves to mess around with him. toby is naturally a little jumpy, and ben takes full advantage of that

- he obviously likes to play video games with everyone. something he likes to do is watch them play a very non-scary game and then possess it and add in his own jumpscares. he gets jeff everytime, but jeff will always deny it

- since ben doesnt remember his past life, he takes to others pretty quickly (especially if it’s familial bonds). he also does this to ej, and pesters him like a younger brother. it’s always a little hard, since ej really doesn’t use tech very often, but ben loves when he can try to scare ej

- nina was the first person to pierce ben, and it was an ear piercing. ben’s super sensitive, so he was so anxious and screamed when he got it. but that didn’t stop him from wanting more. hell get stoned with jeff and then let jeff do more piercings. they always end up infected or rejecting

- he doesn’t know the others very well, like clockwork and kate, because they’re so elusive