teile.des.ganzen - my multitudes are awesome

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black and white morality wherein anyone who doesn’t believe/think/live exactly as I do is a dirty sinner Problematic and probably a predatory monster

everyone is a sinner Problematic but true believers people who activist the right way according to my worldview are still better than everyone else, and I will act in accordance to this belief in my own superiority to let everyone else know I’m better than them because I found Jesus am the most woke

casual and fucking omnipresent equations of womanhood with softness/goodness/purity/nurturing to remind every woman who isn’t/doesn’t want to be any of those things that they’re doing it wrong

aggressive desexualization (particularly of women’s sexuality, to the point where it may as well not exist at all) accompanied by pastels [not a criticism directed ace ppl having a right to sex-free content and spaces but specifically targeted at a wider problem resulting from the previous point]

YOU’RE VALID AND JESUS LOVES YOU and neither of these platitudes achieves a goddamn thing

historical context is for people who care about nuance and we don’t have time for either (see: black and white morality)

lots of slogans and quotes and nice little soundbites to memorize but does anybody actually study the source material with a critical eye to make their own informed analysis

the answer is no

I’ve been to bible study groups don’t @ me I know what the fuck I’m talking about

Good Christians™ Nice Gays™ don’t fraternize with/let themselves be influenced by non-Christians those terrible queers

all the media one consumes must be ideologically pure or it will surely harm the children

it is Our Sacred Duty to protect the children from Everything, thus ensuring their innocence/purity/etc until such time as they are idk probably 25 years old

literally just “think of the children” moral panic y’all can fuckin miss me with that

people who don’t conform to the dominant thinking WILL be excommunicated/driven from the social group, and any wrong treatment they suffer will be seen as a justified consequence of their wrong thinking

Life has just dealt Danielle Solomon a gut-wrenching curveball, but new joys are ahead.

“For weeks I’ve been wanting to ask you out but I haven’t because this is who I am right now and you don’t deserve all this anger and pain.” “Oh, my gosh, you ridiculous person.” Clara took both her hands in hers. “I know you feel like that inside but that’s not how it comes out on the outside.” Danielle looked at her through tear-streaked eyelashes. “Are you willing to hang out and do stuff even if I don’t smile the whole time except if we see a dog on a skateboard or something?” “Yes!” Clara nodded enthusiastically. Danielle squeezed her hands, and Clara knew that was what Danielle felt like doing instead of smiling. “I’m so glad we met.”

Scenes from Sansûkh at Dragoncon!  We had an absolutely incredible time wearing these and shooting together, and we were very lucky to have @richandstrangephotography​ as our photographer!  The response we got from people thrilled to see a troop of bearded and beautiful dwarf women walking around was amazing, even though we weren’t characters they knew. <3

(Captions are on each photo if you click on them!  Individual shots to come later.)

Gimris- Me (Avallone Cosplay) Baris- @the-dragongirl​ Bani- @houkakyou​ (Houkakyou Cosplay and Photography) Mizim is @flukeoffate​  (Flukeoffate Cosplay) Bomfris is @jedi-goldberry-with-the-force​ (Riverdaughter Designs) Dis is @balinisballin​

also ofc it’s das Nutella and die Schorle, you animals. I’m torn on butter because I say die, but parts of my family say der, so I’m okay with that as long as you don’t say das

and if we’re on the topic already, will the rest of Germany PLEASE finally accept that it’s die Breze (or Brez’n if you’re feeling fancy) and NOT BrezeL. We invented the damn things so we get to PICK THE FUCKING NAME jfc

Like … what are you even talking about here with your Berliner and Pfannkuchen and Schmalzkuchen and Krapfen and Eierkuchen and… what? There are Krapfen and there are Palatschinken, and those two things are nothing like each other, what is even going on in Germany?

Also I have no idea why people say Guten Morgen when it’s clearly just Moin.

And as much as I love my adopted home Berlin I’d like to kindly remind all Berliners that the TV is not ausgeschalten it is ausgeschaltet.

A Berliner is a (usually) jam-filled doughnut thing, a Pfannkuchen is a pancake (and it should be as big as your plate because it’s made in a big pan).

Also, das Brötchen and die Brezel.

And 11:45 is Viertel vor Zwölf, and 11:15 is Viertel nach Elf. Everything else is just confusing. Except completely sensible constructions like “fünf vor halb Elf” (= 10:25).

Also, Moin is used day-round because it doesn’t mean Morgen (morning) but Guten (good). If you want to use more letters, you can always say Moinsen instead.

And the words Kirche and Kirsche are pronounced “Kiache” und “Kiasche” not “Körche” and “Körsche.”

Across from the the crustacean tank was a small octopus tank. This little fucker squeezed out of a tiny hole at the top of his tank, walk across the hall, and get into the crustacean tank. He would then hunt and eat. After he was done, he crawled back out and get back in his tank

Octopus Escapes from Tank to Prowl on its Neighbors

Octopus Escape — 600-pound (272-kilogram) octopus wriggles through a passageway the size of a quarter

Legging It: Evasive Octopus Has Been Allowed to Look for Love