#die 13 1/2 leben des käptn blaubär

[moon--meadow]

Shoutout to each and every person that loves Zamonia/Zamonien books on this site omg. I want to talk about them!! Especially if you’re german (sorry to the English speakers but I read them in German bc it’s my native language so all the character names, made up words etc. are more familiar to me in the language!)!! Hmu if you’d like, Rumo is literally my favorite book of all time so I love talking about that one in particular but all of them are fantastic.

[optimisticrunawaygalaxy]

whole species of colorful bears living peacefully in a forest? heh . lets just say.

*gigantic hallucination inducing spider*

whole species of colorful bears living peacefully at the shore? heh . lets just say.

*Enslaved forever on gigantic ship that thinks on its own and makes you forget who you were in Oven Hell*

[its-tea-time-darling]

Get to know me!

thanks for the tag @ulfrsmal <3

Nickname: tea

Height: Tall™ (adapted this from u alskdjjfdkas)

The last thing I googled: double checked if libra was my star sign by googling the german translation asdklfj

Amount of sleep: 8 or 9+ hours, sometimes up to 11 or 12

Dream job: i like the one i have now! 🥰 for privacy reasons however i cant tell yall what it is alsdkfjsajkldajf. i can say i studied a STEM subject

Favorite song: tough one!! ill say Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince by... you can guess who alsdkfjaklsjfdjkla.

Movie/Book that Summarises Me: ohhhhhhhhhh fancy ask. hm. i wanna say Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käptn Blaubärs by Walter Moers

Favorite instrument: uhhhhhhh. ill say recorder bc i played it for a long time and rly liked the music

Aesthetic: ?????????....................... i have no idea. maybe ill be basic and say cottagecore? idk, books tea nature fireplaces fall winter and so on i think

Favorite authors: Sally Rooney, Walter Moers, Casey McQuiston, Alice Oseman, my best friend whose name i cant say for privacy reasons but <3333 her work, Kim de l'Horizon, Simone Meier

(walter my dude you can be proud to be the one man in that list 😂😂😂)

Random fun fact: i've lived north of the polar circle for a total of... 1.5 years in my life

tagging: @ivesterrarium @moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom @pathsofoak @scrapsofinspiration (I REMEMBERED YOUR URL LOOK AT ME, living and learning 🌱!!!!!!) @impossiblebird (idk how much ur on tumblr these days alice but hii if you are lsdk<3) @hoesaekyoongi (take it away shaaaaaaa<33333) @swanfloatieknight

[bibliophilecats]

Deus X. Machina, a rescue dinosaur who saves people at the last possible second.

[itsyveinthesky]

He gave me a look of mingled anticipation, curiosity, and compassion, like a cat with a captive bird in its claws

Walter Moers, The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

[mythenmetzsche-abschweifung]

Eines Tages klopfte es an Ysons Tür. Er öffnete. Draußen stand der Tod. „Hör mal zu, Yson“, sagte der Tod, „du kannst dich auf den Kopf stellen, aber wann gestorben wird bestimme immer noch ich. Ich habe nichts gegen dich persönlich, und wenn du lieber heute als in fünfzig Jahren sterben willst, ist mir das eigentlich zimelich egal. Aber wenn ich es bei einem durchgehen lasse, wollen es nachher alle, und das ganze System kommt durcheinander. Dann kann ich  meine Sense an den Nagel hängen. Merk dir eins: ich bin überall da, wo du mich nicht erwartest, aber niemals da, wo du mich suchst.“

Walter Moers – Die 13 ½ Leben des Käptn Blaubär

[sprachgefuehle]

hast du Buchempfehlungen mit originalsprache deutsch? find ich immer schwer zu finden...

Hier kommt eine lange (aber nicht vollständige) Liste von deutschsprachigen Büchern, die ich sehr mochte (fügt gerne eure eigenen Empfehlungen hinzu!)

Kinder- & Jugendliteratur:

Tintenherz - Cornelia Funke

Die 13 1/2  Leben des Käptn Blaubär - Walter Moers

Momo - Michael Ende

General Fiction:

Schwarzer Peter - Peter Henisch

Das Parfüm - Patrick Süskind

Genre Fiction (Sci-Fi, Fantasy etc.):

Corpus Delicti - Juli Zeh

Der Schwarm - Frank Schätzing (meinte mein Freund)

Alles von Bernhard Hennen (meinte mein Freund)

Klassiker:

Draußen vor der Tür - Wolfgang Borchert

Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse

Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke

Gedichte von Joachim Ringelnatz

Sachbücher:

Das Integrationsparadox - Aladdin El-Mafalaani

Gottlos glücklich: Warum wir ohne Religion besser dran wären - Philipp Möller (trotz des Titels dreht sich viel vor allem darum, wie in Deutschland Kirche und Staat noch nicht getrennt sind)

Keine Ahnung wie das einzuordnen ist, aber mein All Time Fave sind die Känguru-Chroniken von Marc-Uwe Kling

[its-tea-time-darling]

saw this post and felt like doing a thorough journaling round on tumblr so here we go

‘ do you miss anyone? ’

yes. @go-catch-a-chickn . desperately. we only get to see each other once every few months. this time it was for longer than usual and it was just so, so nice.

‘ how are you doing? ’

good! enjoying holidays:)

‘ do you believe in ghosts? ’

no

‘ what makes you laugh? ’ 

my friends

‘ list your top three bands or singers. ’ 

taylor swift

?

?

‘ how many blankets do you sleep with? ’

one

‘ does your name hold any special meaning to you? ’

uhmm. not really. it's just my name.

‘ gum, cake, pie or ice cream? ’

ice cream

‘ favorite book? ’

Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käptn Blaubär

‘ are you a good person? ’

i try to be. but there have sure been times when i've failed.

‘ describe love. ’

uhmm. when someone or something makes you happy? and then the joy you feel, that's love, kinda?

‘ have you ever taken part in an uprising? ‘

uhmm you mean strikes and protests? yes

‘ favorite song? ’

?

‘ name a guilty pleasure. ’

i have no guilty pleasures, i revel in guilt :)

‘ the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you today? ’

today? uh. ah, i got one! met my next door neighbor for the first time while taking the elevator to do laundry and accordingly clad xD (yk just rags you throw over when you do laundry)

‘ tell me one truth and one lie. ’

uh.. this is boring but i suck at comi bc up with lies so

i have been bitten by a dog before

i have been bitten by a cat before

‘ do you like people? ’

yes

‘ what motivates you? ’

you should ask what *doesn't* motivate me alkjfd.

‘ describe the perfect weekend. ’

last weekend :')

‘ any pet peeves? ’

ppl publishing long fics to tumblr without adding read more breaks

‘ do you need a hug? ’

always, i love hugs

‘ would you like to have kids? ’

yes

‘ do you haveany tattoos? ’

no

‘ classical, oldies, punk, hip hop or country? ’

i suck at genres idk

‘ when was the last time you cried? ’

last weekend while rereading loveless

‘ are you religious? ’

no

[its-tea-time-darling]

Tag game.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN POST IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, TOO

thank you for the tag @monkey-d-momo <3 (sorry momo i somehow delved into german language stuff and politics alksdjflkasdfkfdsakjklsd)

Fav color: green

Currently reading: a novel abt eleanor roosevelt (fictionalized, wlw), i forget the title. i found at my library.

Last song: message in a bottle

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory

Currently working on: christmas presents, staying on top of excruciatingly boring real life admin stuff

Traditional or modern: ?

Fav writer: imma do this for german authors for a change!

so, definitely walter moers. (die 13 1/2 leben des käptn blaubärs, rumo und die wunder im dunkeln, die stadt der träumenden bücher, etcetc)

then i really like the swiss author corinne rufli, she has a book where different women who love women older than 70 talk about themselves and their life stories! huuuge rec!!!

the second book she's co-written is about swiss sapphic top sportswomen! i'll link it if anyone wants me to!

AND MY BEST FRIEND :D she just got her first book published some weeks ago!!!!!!

Fav dessert: this time of the year i'd say vermicelle

Fav rapper: to stay with the german thing, i'm going to name the one rapper i've ever listened to in my life: sookee

she's a german, anti fascist queer rapper and her songs SLAP. i've also met her several times when she's come to switzerland ONE TIME SHE NOTICED I'D CUT MY HAIR SINCE THE LAST TIME SHE SAW ME ALSKDJFLKJF

there's loads of songs i love by her (PLEASE COME TALK TO ME IF YOU LIKE HER, TOO), but i think the easiest gateway drug is 'queere tiere':

Fav soccer/hockey/tennis player: none.

though i will tell you a funny anecdote where an acquaintance of mine + other climate activists played tennis in the entrance hall of a swiss bank (credit suisse) for whom roger federer (famous swiss tennis player) makes advertisements to draw public attention to the bank making climate damaging investments.

they had to go before court, but were not found guilty, the judge said this was an appropriate measurement for drawing attention to very urgend climate problems! :D

i found an article on it:

Color of your bedroom: white? idk if the walls is what's asked here

Fav politician: my roomate :D

Loyalty or lust: in fic? lust over and over and over *praying hands emoji*

Pizza or pasta: pasta

Fav time period: /corny voice/ right now

Love or hate: in fic? BOTH.

Last series watched: see apple tv

Fairy or dragon: fairy

GOT or LOTR: game of thrones <3

PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN POST IF YOU WANT TO DO IT TOO