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Love and Longing - Poems to South Africa - Blessing (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1473455259-love-and-longing-poems-to-south-africa-blessing?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1 A collection of poems and thoughts

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There is no such thing as "European culture"

There is no such thing as a unified European, Western or White culture. As there is no unified Eastern or Asian culture. I get what they meant - puritan protestant English culture, predominantly sexist, classist and racist. The kind of Europe that bred the modern US which is perceived as the "Western culture" today. But that's not European. It's industrial period English. There is also a point to make for Athenean culture (not Greek or Ancient Greek, as Athen was more or less it's on country back then, even if it had some influence over the rest of what's now Greek - similar to how protestant English and Dutch views shaped huge parts of middle and northern Europe and extremist-catholic views shaped the Southeast). But then there is a French tradition, a German one, a Swedish, a Swiss, a Polish, an Italian, a Spanish etc. Europe is and will be a hodgepodge and that's surely one of the reasons why the EU as a political system is pretty useless (as of now, who knows how it will evolve). We all learned our diffrent lessons from history, from somewhat diffrent histories even. Have a look at the middle ages or the early modern times, look at how extremly diffrent we've progressed (especially England, Austria and France, a little bit later Germany). And then look at how we in Europe almost collectivley scratch our head about the US. It's diffrent. In a lot of ways. And we're proudly diffrent from each other as well. That's why Europe is rife with racism, but in a diffrent form than rascism happening in the US. That's why some problems don't seem to concern us (as much). Because we have our own typical problems which we should take care of first. And my, we have A LOT of them, even if we exclude things like colonialism and the major World Wars from the list. Does America even know that there's a 3000-year history between diffrent European contries and their cultures? Also: Disney stole European fairytales and made them into distinctive US-versions. The dwarfs had neither names nor personality, but the huntsman was a major character. Cinderella is an amalgamation of diffrent similar tales from middle and eastern Europe. And what the heck is this Rapunzel-story? (Don't get me wrong, I like Tangled a lot. But it's not the German tale anymore. And Frozen is an abomination of the original Andersen-story, as is The little Mermaid). The white US entertainment industry "steals" from all of us and makes it their own. So maybe we should come together instead of trying to hate on each other. This only empowers the wrong people.

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I need to bring this up again, as I had the most random Gin-no-Saji-related dream about a sheep and a tractor and a group of agro-science students ever. And I haven't even thought of the series recently ...

Fandoms

I will list some of the fandoms I am willing to participate in. But don’t except me to be to involved, especially with fanarts and -fics. I am very bad a drawing and have to write tons for university and a living, so, no, not for hobby, too ^^

I like thinking and discussing about things and I love making AMVs, from which I sadly can only show so few, because at some points there will always be a copyright claim on either the song or the scenes (well, at least about the songs I finally can do something beforehand, with the scenes it’s far more complicated …). But ok, I will liszt now (well, that was a bad one, I know ^^)

- 91 Days - Arslan Senki - Banana Fish - B’t X - Bungo Stray Dogs - ClassicaLoid - Chronos Ruler (Still have to read the original, thou) - Time-Space Prisoners (aka Bloodivores) - Saint Seiya (all of it, except Saintia Sho which I still haven’t read and Episode G, which I still have to finish) - Yasha (Akimi Yoshida) - M3 - Mayoiga - Ouran Highschool Host Club - Trickster - Vatican Kiseki Chousakan - Thunderbolt Fantasy - Dr. House - The Elder Scrolls - Monkey Island - My Boss, my Hero - Orange - Stein’s;Gate - The ancient magus’ bride - Shojo Shumatsu Ryoko - Gin no Saji - Hetalia - Enzai - Digimon - Pokémon (but more like the games and the films, I don’t watch the series anymore) - Harvest Moon - Shingeki no Bahamut - Shingeko no Kyojin - Warau Salesman

So now, feel free to talk to me, send me asks or some nice prompts ^^

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Okay, it's children time

So I work as a tutor for one and a half year now, teaching children of all ages, from elementary to high school. And while most of this is rather unimpressive work, sometimes the little ones are gems. Really rough gems. Like two days ago one second grader asked me, if I've seen the match Portugal vs. Czech Republic (European championship; soccer/ football). I said: "No. I just followed the live ticker because I was with my friends that evening." He looked me dead in the eye and answerd, as dry as a desert: "But you don't have any friends." I chuckled. "Why do you think so?" He: "Because you're older than me." So apparently friendship comes with a "Best Before" ...

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Okay folks: I’m working on a presentation about accessibility at zoos for an upcoming meeting.

One thing I’m touching on is the importance of supporting and welcoming real service dog teams. People sneaking their pets in / pretending ESAs are service dogs is becoming a real problem, and the general reflex I’m seeing in the industry is to just make it harder for anyone with a dog, so I want to ask the audience to think about that a little and consider other approaches to solving the problem.

I’d like to include a collage of photos of well-behaved service dogs at zoos and aquariums to help reinforce the point. Which means it’s photo request time! If you’ve got a photo of you / your service dog clearly at a zoo, aquarium, or other similar facility and would be willing to let me use it in this presentation, please chat/ask/email me (whyanimalsdothething @ gmail). I’m happy to block out human faces.

TIA. ❤️ 🦮🐕‍🦺

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Still the coolest fish on earth. They are just there. Not more. Not less. Just there. Love'm

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Tsuru-gumi - Ikko (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1381918717-tsuru-gumi-ikko?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=1uIefgbR83Fg3V4UUs4VYhFel9dnKCndcgamtrvSnUP4%2BtNA1JvC9P5jovjITh75Y8cWHlaApW64%2BHuikpq1XgYq1BmbxU8xdV9ezgoC2QUGCvEguEyEONvZkn7biUz0 Ikko Tsuru, Sohn eines Yakuza-Bosses, soll nach seinem Uni-Abschluss den Clan übernehmen. Doch Ikko hat eine völlig andere Vorstellung vom Leben. Angefangen bei seinem zukünftigen Studienfach. Aber viel gravierender ist die Wahl seines Partners, ausgerechnet der junge Kassierer im nahen Konbini. Und als ob die Geheimnisse Ikkos nicht schon schwer genug wiegen würden, droht auch noch ein Bandenkrieg auszubrechen.

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Gentleman's Game - Ein lebender Toter (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1377466287-gentleman%27s-game-ein-lebender-toter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=raOU7OZPJdGUk8QSuqza5RwEmlnnW4PHdZA%2BWim2ZXRmxmwzQOericHzSFqqIP%2F51nzuom2nH0fh0sAXN%2FrPAiJoPLZx39XFZfBB%2Fen1zBvvxO7oTNoTCcBrcmQ8AXG2 Alan Madbell ist der ungeliebte Sohn eines Londoner Emporkömmlings. Immer im Schatten seines Stiefbruders ist er bereit, alles zu tun, um seinem Vater zu gefallen. Doch gleichzeitig hegt er ein Geheimnis, dass ihn und die Ambitionen seines Vaters in Gefahr bringen kann. Als schließlich ein junger Anwalt in einem Mordfall ermittelt und Alans Vater in den Kreis der Verdächtigen gerät, droht eben jenes Geheimnis, ans Licht zu kommen. Ein bittersüßer Thriller im früh-viktorianischen London.

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Gentleman's Game - Rosabel (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1362501700-gentleman%27s-game-rosabel?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=o1xpGfCDP0RssRyT44Xq0G0YM14dDfGj%2FUtFCUJH32cbcwNlo3UDU3VUNUTW3n9WmViQslkUXv4JoRuqRuMByk4hqVos9U9kFnk6AqeRFIVOE8PUyxcSwoKOILXSJinH London, 1842. Der junge Hafenarbeiter Tom Griffiths versucht alles, um sich und seinen Vater vor den Schlägern des Hafengangsters Docks zu schützen. Als letzten Ausweg schließt er sich ihm an, um einen reichen Geschäftsmann auszurauben, doch der Überfall läuft schief. Anstatt mit Taschen voller Geld stehen beide Burschen mit gefesselten Händen vor einem Richter. Toms Anwalt Shembossom und Detective Montgomery von Scotland Yard stolpern während ihrer Arbeit über Ungereimtheiten, schnell wird beiden klar, dass Tom unschuldig ist. Doch ihnen bleibt nur ein halbes Jahr, das zu beweisen, ehe Tom und Docks nach Australien gebracht werden. Und ein mächtiger Gegner tut alles, um sie von der Wahrheit abzubringen.

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Gentleman's Game - Montgomerys Plan (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1356398309-gentleman%27s-game-montgomerys-plan?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=U7ZUlhQDQEBmyASAhp6b%2FdoJc9KqWAdpT1QEAOMweCbtxXTg4xbdjvgHa%2F7PD8udmEyrcQDKwfLXTJ0tQyU25DhyYwoANEXYACygP1Opm2yUiC7hHleMQyLh1HDBuA%2Bh London, 1842. Der junge Hafenarbeiter Tom Griffiths versucht alles, um sich und seinen Vater vor den Schlägern des Hafengangsters Docks zu schützen. Als letzten Ausweg schließt er sich ihm an, um einen reichen Geschäftsmann auszurauben, doch der Überfall läuft schief. Anstatt mit Taschen voller Geld stehen beide Burschen mit gefesselten Händen vor einem Richter. Toms Anwalt Shembossom und Detective Montgomery von Scotland Yard stolpern während ihrer Arbeit über Ungereimtheiten, schnell wird beiden klar, dass Tom unschuldig ist. Doch ihnen bleibt nur ein halbes Jahr, das zu beweisen, ehe Tom und Docks nach Australien gebracht werden. Und ein mächtiger Gegner tut alles, um sie von der Wahrheit abzubringen.

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Gentleman's Game - Das Shore (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1354106993-gentleman%27s-game-das-shore?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=G4cC9asRt7S52Sxr8wou7UKFS4dgrXo%2BIjVQv4JI1U3qatvmshASk%2Fbox5vBjLQuCynQAZFoqbtaDDlgtz2Vzmfi1wMIimoZEpPzI79cNx%2F8X4v%2FnKfTmxurCsQ8dMF%2B London, 1842. Der junge Hafenarbeiter Tom Griffiths versucht alles, um sich und seinen Vater vor den Schlägern des Hafengangsters Docks zu schützen. Als letzten Ausweg schließt er sich ihm an, um einen reichen Geschäftsmann auszurauben, doch der Überfall läuft schief. Anstatt mit Taschen voller Geld stehen beide Burschen mit gefesselten Händen vor einem Richter. Toms Anwalt Shembossom und Detective Montgomery von Scotland Yard stolpern während ihrer Arbeit über Ungereimtheiten, schnell wird beiden klar, dass Tom unschuldig ist. Doch ihnen bleibt nur ein halbes Jahr, das zu beweisen, ehe Tom und Docks nach Australien gebracht werden. Und ein mächtiger Gegner tut alles, um sie von der Wahrheit abzubringen.

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Das Orakel - Erster Traum (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1348215887-das-orakel-erster-traum?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=BmJyDYxAosIb98%2FMEXhE6sDRTRoAWCfPjS19TBZDYUWIl1EwwIysCcFg7ShaI78kRJVEnk0M2UC0revNFtdQ41zD7XD5WoTPfD%2B6XzSKq%2B4ZEN46KrS6TcwAecSMA7BO Ein Streit zwischen alten Göttern bringt die Menschen in Gefahr. Nisha, die Herrin des Lebens, will sich dem Werben des Todesgottes Kalmoo entziehen. Doch so einfach gibt er nicht auf. Der junge Prinz Keut, abenteuerlustig und unerfahren, gerät zwischen die beiden Götter. Kann er den drohenden Untergang aufhalten? Und welche Rolle spielt Eha, eine junge Mutter, in alldem?

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Knights of the Zodiac - The Movie

Watched it yesterday on it's premier day (and probably only scrreening day in Germany) and WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS? It's not the worst iteration for sure (this award goes to the Netflix-Season of the computeranimated show), but WTF? Who came up with the script and who thought this was a good idea? The movie is one confusing mess. It looks nice, the characters are decently funny. But the story? I don't think I would've understand any of it, if I wasn't into the series already.

And what did they do to Ikki/ Nero? Why is he behaving like Jabu of all characters? I didn't recognize him at all before they dropped his name HALFWAY INTO THE MOVIE.

And the character arcs of all mains where like "Oh, the script demands it". "I hate you, because, script. Now I love you, because, script." "You can't do this. Now you can, because, script." The script is atrocious. If it was funnier it would maybe have been good. So it's jsut good enough that I didn't feel betrayed. But than again, I watched with low expectations to begin with.

Did someone else watch it already?

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No prejudice Hetalia

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When I was at Cape Point a year ago, my inner compass was so well adjusted, that I directly turned southwards to point to antarctica - even so I life on the norther hemisphere, so I couldn't relay on the sun for directions (it was around noon with the sun high in the northern sky). I realized it a moment later that the sun was in my back, while I looked south and was astonished by myself. Guess doing geological fieldwork for far to long in my student years finally paid off.

My friend just. Didn't know where north was???

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Totes Blut [Leseprobe] - Phineas' Pläne (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1325843209-totes-blut-leseprobe-phineas%27-pl%C3%A4ne?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=qUmD5LAROA%2Fe3OqjuyVWe47kYfO9TvnZry8ITf32yx%2B6PnKogjwc9mLIP4AZIlkaK%2BGg4AnfHyXV2kFTaMMpcvB2ZqxB%2B%2Buo9CTf%2FLrWhMesRtGoKFgn4h9YpnN%2B498p Newmarket in England ist ein friedliches Städtchen mit einem düsteren Geheimnis. Neil Cohen, Biochemiker in Cambridge, kennt die Vampire der Stadt lange und gut. Umso mehr verwundert es ihn, als die Presse von Leichen berichtet, die bereits vor ihrer Ermordung tot zu sein schienen. Gemeinsam mit Suchbaatar Khan, einem Neuling in der Stadt, macht er sich daran, die Fälle aufzuklären, um die Vampire zu schützen. Er ahnt nicht, dass er mehr mit den angeblichen Morden zu tun hat, als er zugeben möchte.

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Baroque - Der ewige Tag (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1335803360-baroque-der-ewige-tag?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=SarahSander1&wp_originator=iETXgdBrJ%2FeNAjIcuiDBcwVx3moRhagmt2AU6Rar3vFLyaEKN5lm6d%2FNFKz9FLZMkW8si7%2FcjI1I6UQ1NPD9Rkrci4NXhcd7j0EI2%2FEGvAin8CN9%2Ff3JBSKwJgwchnjm Für Pierre und Eugene, zwei Novizen an Bord der Baroque, geht ein Taum in Erfüllung. Der neue Pontifé Alban wählt ausgerechnet sie als seine neuen Estelles aus, die ihn im Dienste der Sonne auf das Gestein begleiten dürfen. Doch aus der Freude über die neue Aufgabe wachsen bald Zweifel, als Alban sie auf die Jagd nach dem abtrünnigen Mönch Georges in die Wildnis schickt. Während Eugene in seinem Glauben an das System festhält, droht Pierre, sich von den schönen Worten Georges' gefangen nehmen zu lassen - und damit die Baroque zu verraten.