Easter with König
It's another holiday, which means I'm going to make my favorite fictional Austrian go through the holidays as well. First was Fasching, now it's Easter! If I have to celebrate it, then so does König, except he gets to have a better time doing it!
I wouldn’t be surprised if you’d meet his family during Easter. It’s a tradition of his to go to his parents’ home during that time for a visit and a chat, he only sees them maybe twice a year, so he can appreciate having a small get together with them. He normally gets along well with his parents, but he’s lost most of the contact he had with them ever since he hit his mid 20’s, but he does look forward to seeing them. Naturally, he’d take you along for the ride, regardless of whether you actually know German or not. He can play interpreter for you, it’s not a problem for him. But if you know German already? All the better, that way his parents and you can just talk to each other with no problems. He does hope that you’ll get along with them, they did play an important part in his life when he was younger.
König genuinely hopes that you will like the traditional Osterjause*, though. He’s loved Easter for that reason, and for the freshly baked lambs, but mostly for the best Brettljause*. In fact, he’s probably called his mother two weeks before his visit to let her know what kind of meat and sausages to get for him and you as well so that there shall be plenty to go around. If you’re not from around, then you likely don’t know what a “Gsöchts”* or “Schweinsbratn”* is, but he will assure you that it’s something delicious. König could rave on and on about that one farmer’s “Hauswiaschtl”. In fact, if he can, he’d love to go to the farmer’s market on Friday with you just so he can get you something to eat. Not above grabbing some Bauernbrot* and Krenn* either while he’s at it. Mans needs his Krenn when eating his Osterjause. Although it will have been a while since he’s seen everyone, he will introduce you to all the farmers there since he knows a good chunk of them growing up.
Naturally, he’ll be drinking a few beers here and there as well. He’s Austrian, it’s in his blood. Will have you try everything off the plate, from the Nuss* to the low-fat Karree*. Loves having you with him and will actively try to involve you in any conversation there may be so that you get to talk as well. Again, it might be a bit awkward if you don’t know any German, especially since he’s not the most reliable translator, but you’ll get by somehow. His parents have been curious about you for a while now anyway and have been wanting to meet you.
Although he claims to be far too old for that sort of thing, he wouldn’t mind looking for an “Osterkerberl”* with you. It’s a nice tradition that he used to love as a child and he wants you to experience Austrian Easter with him, so he likely asked his mother to hide one for you somewhere around the yard so you can go find it. She won’t give you any clues as to where it could be found. It’s childish, but it’s a lot of fun. In fact, if König were to ask her to prepare a Kerberl* for you, then chances are she prepared one for him as well, for old time’s sake. And then the both of you, two fully grown adults, will run around the yard, looking for the basket. Once you found it, you had to admit it was rather cute, filled with a few hand painted eggs, some colorful chocolate, a baked lamb and some crafted chicks and bunnies. Clearly, his mother put in a lot of thought into what goes into such a small basket. In fact, even the “grass” was made of edible paper, it seemed.
König would feel somewhat stupid, looking for a basket of all things during Easter, but it did remind him of his childhood, so he wouldn’t outwardly complain. Besides, you walking up to him, all happy with your little basket, does something to him. The sight was just too adorable, so he’d likely ask you, the master sleuth, to assist him in his hunt. Once you’ve both found them, you’d return back to his parents’ apartment and continue just chatting while occasionally eating a bit of the Jause*.
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Osterjause - Food that’s been prepared for Easter. It usually consists of meat, sausage, cheese, tomatoes and horseradish.
Brettljause - Same as Osterjause except it can be eaten at any point during the year.
Gsöchts - Geselchtes - Salted and smoked meat.
Schweinsbratn - Schweinebraten - Specifically prepared roast pork, eaten cold in this context.
Hauswiaschtl - Hauswürstel - A hard sausage.
Bauernbrot - A special type of bread.
Krenn - Horseradish.
Nuss, Karree - Types of meat
Osterkerberl - Osterkörbchen - Easter basket, a basket filled with easter themed food. Sometimes has a gift in it as well, mostly for children.
Kerberl - Körbchen - A basket
Jause - In this context it refers to the Osterjause.
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Gonna hijack the end of this because that last bit about Marisol. Like honestly I’m more concerned how much longer she’s gonna be around at this point lol. With her actress now following and being followed by Shannon’s actress, adding JLH, Brenna, and JCC to her follow and followed by on top of Ryan as well, and her now adding Ravi’s actor to her latest follows also joining Kenny, and Oliver, she seems to be making all sorts of connections with the cast and crew for someone who’s supposedly not long term and disliked.
Hey Nonnie
I would prepare yourself to see her around until the end of the season at the very least I'm afraid. She isn't long term and she isn't meant to be - they aren't going to change that - she has a narrative purpose - which she will serve and then be gone - I've made other posts about it so I won't go into it here, but i do get the impression that they have maybe adjusted timelines a bit - in order to give story arcs the proper time to breathe - in light of getting an early s8 renewal - which I am very much here for - but that does mean that it is likely that we won't be seeing Eddies queer narrative in relation to his catholic guilt in a full way until s8 - they will lay the foundations of it definitely, but I think this seasons Eddie arc will focus more on the Shannon side of his Catholic guilt before moving on to the queer side of it later on.
Its just a vibe I'm getting and I've been wring before! What I do know is that form everything we've seen - both on screen and in bts just reaffirms her position in the narrative - that she's a representation of catholicism and also being placed in the role of babysitter (kind of like Ana ended up being too - only this is more obvious!!). She is also being very loudly contrasted to Buck so even if we have to deal with her for longer than we'd like - we know she won't be around for more than a few scenes that help move Eddies narrative along and then she'll be gone!
As for the following on instagram of various people involved with the show - I really wouldn't read anything into it - shes a jobbing actress networking - she's just trying to establish connections in case she can get more work out of it down the line - she is also allowed to make friends with people - maybe she hit it off with them - it really doesn't have to be that deep - I follow people connected to my job all the time incase its useful down the line as its a n easy way to reach out to someone - doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to go and work with or for them in anyway - its just actors etc are more visible when they do the same thing!
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