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oh this is super cool and there is no way i’m going to cover everything in this ask but i’ll try. also a lot of it might just be me rambling about language quirks that everyone can pick up on.

- first off: matteo. i’ve said this a lot but i absolutely love the way he talks and it adds a LOT to his character imo. he mumbles, which would usually be annoying and maybe it’s me and my rose-tinted glasses but it’s just super charming with him. it fits his vibe. he sounds cool, chill, awkward and quiet all at once.

- you know how in the early, awkward flirting stage matteo lights up like christmas tree when he talks to david? you can hear it too. i made a post here about matteos voice getting higher (that still makes me laugh every time), another clip where it’s pretty noticeable is the “kranker turn-up” one. when he invites david to his party, he sounds a lot perkier, his voice is slightly higher and he’s generally more enthusiastic. still mumbles tho.

- when matteo is nervous, he slurs his words even more, and he gets quieter, and sometimes his voice is a little higher. you can heart it when he compliments david on his drawings, when he greets the boys in his coming out scene, when he explains to sam how to measure a dick and in the “arschloch der stufe” clip where he apologizes to sara. that last one is especially bad, he sounds so apathetic and monotone and his words are a lot more slurred than usual.

- special shout-out to the “kann ich mir jetzt was wünschen?” (“can I wish for something now?”) line. i don’t know if you can hear it but the way he says it….. it’s all in the tone of his voice: the neediness, the vulnerability, the softness. he also kiiind of sounds like that in the coming out clip with jonas. it’s just…. in these scenes his voice carries the vulnerability of his character and it’s INCREDIBLE.

- now that we’ve discussed matteo being baby, here’s a thing people often forget: he’s also a bastard. and i don’t mean his general brattiness. he’s a softie but he has a bit of an edge to him that I think probably get’s lost in translation. some of his remarks, especially with the boys are downright mean, but not in a way that sounds intentional. it’s just that his tone sometimes misses the mark of friendly teasing and he ends up sounding like a bit of an ass lmao. it’s fine tho, we love him and forgive him.

- okay now david: lukas is someone who doesn’t slur his words at all and he speaks very clearly. this is especially obvious because most of his scenes are with michi who is the opposite. it might be the fact that he’s from hamburg (northern varieties of german are said to be closer to the ‘perfect’ hochdeutsch) or it’s just lukas being lukas

- you want to know what my first impression of david was when he and matteo first talked? this boy is afraid to speak up. if i look back at that clip now, i can barely believe it’s david. he is VERY quiet, his voice is very monotone and he just sounds… totally different, he even slurs his words in that clip. he warms up around matteo a little bit, but still in that entire clip his voice is a lot less melodic and he just sounds a lot less… alive than he usually does.

- the line that carries the most emotion in that scene is not “best music city ever” it is “what would you have wished for?”. when he said that he sounded a lot more like the david we know: kind, gentle and very clearly giving in to matteo.

- in the joints and sandwiches clip, david is a whole other person. i know you can see it but you hear it in his voice too. it’s seriously crazy, the way he talks is a lot more enthusiastic and not reserved at all

- the shy, monotone voice comes back a couple times in school, when he doesn’t seem to be entirely comfortable. i think it’s (again) most evident in the “kranker turn-up” clip when he gets his beanie back. he’s obviously trying to stay cool, calm and collected.

-  again, special shout-out to two lines: “aber manchmal ist das anders” (“but sometimes that’s different” in his coming out scene) and “und unten weiß ich nicht” (“but bottom i don’t know” in the morning after clip). i don’t know what it is about these lines, but he says them in exactly the same way and it’s a tone/voice we don’t hear any other time. he sounds kind of… choked up, a little like he’s about to cry (even though he isn’t). he just sounds especially vulnerable when he says it, but it’s not like matteo who’s vulnerability sounds hopeful, desperate and kind of begging for love, for david it’s quiet, still holding back and like he’s afraid to get hurt. yes, i am most definitely reading too much into this, you’re welcome.

- i don’t know if we have successfully conveyed that “na?” is the stupidest conversation starter that could possibly exist. you could just as well say “hello i want this conversation to go nowhere”

- speaking of, their first conversation cracks me tf up because the whole “krass” “geht” exchange is SO awkward. david is actively working against having a proper conversation. god bless.

- the award for “character that is most lost in translation” will go to carlos. you know he’s funny but you don’t know HOW funny he is. people say germans have no sense of humor and they’re right. but i’ve found that very often, we’re funny not when we make actual jokes but when the way we say things are funny. it’s hard to explain but a particular choice of words can make a statement hilarious and i think i only ever laugh at german comedy when it’s that kind of funny. instead of “hey it’ll be cool if you could fix things with kiki” carlos says “das wär echt ‘n feiner, korrekter zug, wenn du mal die wogen ausbügeln würdest”; instead of “i’m not that ugly” jonas says “als wär ich so’n krasses gesichtsgulasch” and instead of “it matter how you say it” Kiki says “der ton macht die musik, ne?” (i’m quoting this from memory btw). so yeah. carlos is very funny and the way he talks is just… very unique to him.

- anselm is one of the best actors in druck. his lines always sound 100% natural and he makes jonas just… sound really cool.

- everyone has an accent. your mama, your cousin, you, me, everyone. but i know the question is if any of the cast have noticeable regional accents and the answer is no. they all speak a variety of german that is called “hochdeutsch” aka standard german. i’ve heard some mixed opinion on whether or not you can hear where everyone is from but the consensus is probably that it’s hard to tell. in my opinion, anselm and michi have the most noticeable accents, but if i just met them randomly i would never be able to tell that they’re from berlin.

- fun fact: out of the girl squad, the person who uses the most slang and gets closest to boysquad levels of dumbassery is…. amira!! actually, don’t quote me on this but i definitely feel like she says “digga” the most and she’s just generally… more slang-y idk. it makes her vibe a little more chill and less “proper”.

- OVERALL: i don’t think there are any character traits that get completely lost in translation but i think there is some stuff that just… enhances the characters and gives them a tiny bit more nuance if you understand the language. oh and a lot of the humor gets lost.

The very first clip dropping at 00:00 on Saturday. 

Matteo being done with heterosexuality in the first clip already.

“Kiki ist doch keine Hypothenuse!”

“Sorry, I was in the bathtub with the guys.”

Linn “I want to make pancakes but there are no pans and I also don’t know how to make pancakes” Shira.

Matteo’s wallet being thrown against his head. (Shoutout to Mile and her love of this gif, which is iconic in itself.)

That first stare between Matteo and David.

Matteo offering Amira a blowjob in return for the weed.

“Willst du … mit mir … einen Film schauen?”

“Du hattest da einfach nur eine Wimper.”

“No, I think that’s someone else.” (Yes, sure, Matteo.)

Hans kissing Matteo on the cheek and calling him his butterfly.

“Na, alles klar?”

David leaving immediately whenever a girl shows up.

Leonie and Matteo having the same taste in guys. (Same, though.)

“Ich hab Rouladen gemacht!” “Linn hat Rouladen gemacht! Sollen wir sie essen?”

Kiki being done with Sara. 

The twirl.

“Und in dem anderen Bus ist dann auch der gleiche Monat?” (I think this is the exact moment where I sold my soul to David Schreibner. Oh no, wait, that was when he showed up in the last episode of season 2.) 

Matteo genuinely smiling for the first time around David.

“Das nennt man Collage.” 

Sandwiches with whipped cream.

Matteo’s shrugs when Sara does anything.

Matteo wearing David’s beanie around the flat. 

Hans’ Wurst.

All the headcanons about Jonas introducing David to Matteo only for Jonas to not remember who David is. 

Sara shoving Matteo against the lockers. (This might have been her most glorious moment.)

David reaching into his locker for nothing because talking to Matteo makes him flustered. 

Matteo rolling his eyes at least once per episode. 

Matteo being jealous whenever he sees David with a girl when he is the one with a girlfriend.

Matteo almost crying when he finds out that Laura is David’s sister when he is the one with a girlfriend. 

“Du siehst gut aus heute.”

The almost kiss. (It still gives me chills every time I watch it.)

Matteo throwing Hans a pair of shoes when he asks for help with cleaning.

Matteo smiling and cleaning because of a two-word text from David.

Matteo thinking about what to text David for over a minute before sending him a stupid meme. 

“You’re half Italian.” “I’m writing Spanish.”

Matteo cheating on his Abi and actually getting away with it.

Amira’s snaps whenever Matteo zooms out.

“Hast du Bock abzuhauen?” “Okay.”

Underwater kiss with no water.

The fact that their first kiss happened in broad daylight and when they were both 100% sober. 

“Gewonnen.”

Matteo and David holding hands three weeks after making fun of hand-holding.

“Don’t know where you start and where I begin.” (Probably the most iconic Druck lyric.)

“Du hast gewonnen. Wir bleiben hier.”

Pasta à la Luigi.

Matteo taking David’s hand and making him facepalm himself.

“I don’t know if you know this” *plays Hozier*

The opening shot of episode 6. 

Carlos “the vibes weren’t right” Schmidt.

Sara’s petty Instagram post. 

The school nurse talk happening with Matteo’s drug dealer.

Matteo’s drug dealer looking like an older version of himself.

Ibiza.

Rentier in general. 

Kiki trying to teach Carlos ballet.

It’s not you, it’s me.

“Gesichts-Gulasch”

“schön”

Easter Sunday baking with Matteo and Hans.

Hans and Matteo having a talk about being gay and coming out and wanking in a church on Easter Sunday.

Amira having a very, very hard time apologising (but doing it anyways because she cares about Matteo). 

“Hauptsache ist doch, dass wir irgendwen lieben.”

That shot with rainbow light over Matteo’s face. 

Matteo joking about being gay three days after having come out to his friends. 

Pizza with sauce Hollandaise.

The boy squad and Mia and Hanna hiding on the stairs after Matteo threw them out.

That hug.

Druck making David canonically trans and having him come out to Matteo on his own terms. The most iconic thing Druck ever did.

“Ich bin ein Junge. Ich muss mich nur mehr dafür anstrengen.”

Druck overtaking Avengers Endgame and trending at #1 after this. 

Linn searching for a hobby in Hans’ instagram stories.

Linn hugging random objects around the flat to overcome her fear of people.

Matteo making fun of Abdi for being all smiley after Sam talked to him as though he doesn’t turn into the biggest mess around David. 

“Gleitgel ist der Schlüssel zum Glück.”

That adorable video they took on the day they first kissed. 

“Liebe Mama, ich hab mich verliebt. Er heißt David.”

Everyone sneaking into the flat while Matteo is listening to Take Me to Church.

Take Me to Church being used a total of 4 times during the season. (They really said “let’s give this back to the gays.”)

Everyone passing around the pasta as if it’s their one braincell.

Those voice messages between Matteo and David.

Amira’s motivational speech.

21:21 happening when everyone least expected it and being about the boy squad, because Matteo’s season is about him building bridges to everyone around him. 

That shot of Matteo walking up the stairs to the church.

“Willst du mich verarschen?”

David screaming out everything he’s feeling and Matteo listening and acknowledging that while also telling David that he’s here for him and that things will be different now.

“weil ich dich liebe”

“I won’t say it again” *immediately says it again*

Episode 9 beginning with the acoustic version of Take Me to Church and ending with the studio version in all its glory.

Samstag 20:55.

Every. Second. Of. It.

Honorable mentions: “PsShT yOuR sIsTeR”; “Ich bin aufgeregt” “Ich auch”; Matteo kissing David’s stomach, then his binder and then his mouth; that kiss at the end; For The Last Time playing. 

The kissing noises.

David talking about his experiences. 

“Du bist gut so wie du bist.”

Laura dancing and singing along to Je Ne Regrette Rien, making the entire fandom fall in love with her.

“Also ich würd mit dir schlafen.” “Wirklich?” “Ne, aber ich dachte, dann fühlst du dich vielleicht besser.” 

“Wenn Abdi und ich die letzten Menschen auf dieser Welt wären, wen würdest du wählen von uns, so zum ficken?” “Jonas.”

“Ich hab Abdi verstanden.”

“Ich mach meinen Penis nicht in die Pfanne.” 

Matteo and David being that couple after only a few days. 

“All I ever wanted was to find you.” 

Those looks between Alex and Carlos. 

Sam having smoked all of Carlos’ weed. 

“Das Leben ist doch jetzt. Mit euch.”