#barth

[allthingseurope]

Barth, Germany 

[kirain]

Just wondering why you said Gale is insecure instead of arrogant, 'cause imo that's definitely his worst trait? And why do you think Karlach is irresponsible?

If you're talking about my most recent post, I was going to put Gale down as arrogant (even made the gif for it), but upon reflection I realised insecurity is the root cause of his arrogance. That's why you have to convince him he's good enough without ascending. Most of his arrogance is just him hyping himself up because he's insecure about his place in the world. After all, his greatest fear is that his death would benefit Faerûn.

As for Karlach, she says a lot of really irresponsible things throughout the game, especially to Mattis. I understand why, but encouraging him to con people is erroneous. Most people probably didn't see it, but in Act 1 Meli can actually get slapped by Barth for stealing his locket. As we all know, there's worse people than Barth out there, meaning her advice could easily get Mattis killed. Even considering the need to steal for survival, there's a difference between stealing food and slipping away undetected, versus openly conning people face to face. It's dangerous, especially for a child.

You also need to talk her down at several points, sometimes requiring a persuasion check. Like when you meet Gortash up close, for example. Attacking him head on would've caused a lot of problems, including potentially getting Duke Ravengard killed.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love her (she's my second favourite companion), but since she was a teen when she was enslaved and immediately thrust into war, I don't think she ever had a chance to mentally mature or develop a proper sense of responsibility. Everything became about survival. About the here and now. She doesn't plan ahead or consider the consequences, unless someone points them out to her. But it's a very understandable and human flaw. Or ... well, you know what I mean. 😅

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Today I learned the great theologian Karl Barth once met Billy Graham.

He liked Graham…until he heard him preach.

[Via David Dark]

[benkaden]

Ansichtskarte

Barth – Dammtor.

Reichenbach (Vogtl): BILD UND HEIMAT REICHENBACH (VOGTL) (A 1/B 92/79 IV-14-483 0601 03 656).

1979

[philosophybitmaps]

[followpp]

[recapxdump]

Hafen Barth - Ostsee, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

[saimincoatl]

Old height chart from 2020 that I’m still fond of!

[kazieka]

HABBUM BIRTHA

IT PORTHBAY

[detournementsmineurs]

“Still Life with Shrimp Plate” by Paul Basilius Barth, 1948.

[silverwolfdesign]

🡒 ✨ 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 & 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰 • 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘦 & 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

[pastorhogg]

Knocking on Heaven's Door

“If Bach is not in Heaven, I am not going,” William F. Buckley, the iconic conservative writer, political commentator, and host of the talk show Firing Line once said. Is there a more quintessentially Buckleian paradox than this? William Frank Buckley, a devout Catholic, beatifying Johann Sebastian Bach, a dyed-in-the-wool Lutheran? “It may be that when the angels go about their task praising…

[fe-smashorpass]

[benkaden]

Ansichtskarte

BARTH (Kr. Ribnitz-Damgarten). Markt. Reichenbach (Vogtl): BILD UND HEIMAT REICHENBACH (VOGTL) (A 1/B 24/82 iV-14-483 02 01 03 023).

1982

[philosophybitmaps]

“The enemy you flee is not exterior to yourself.” – John Barth, The Floating Opera