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I was watching 1899 with a friend the other night. She's a casual as one can be, can watch anything and get nothing, but her comments about things are always hilarious. She understood zero of what's going on, but at least I got to laugh on:

- Maura and Krester being in love (talk about knowing how to read the room. Though, she definitely beat my best friend's "theory" of Virginia being Ada's mother)

- Maura and Eyk's first meeting on the deck - "Oh, he's gonna f*ck her. He is! I saw black hair in her vision!" (Only she did not use the word "f*ck exactly, she used something way funnier that can't be translated to English)

- Eyk in his cabin drinking - "Ah, a drunkard"

- On Daniel - "He's the brother! I know he is! Shut up!"

- Also about Daniel - "He's gonna fuck something up."

- Maura says she's going back to the Prometheus with Eyk - "Ah, in love, forever together!"

- "Why is he only calling for one daughter when he has three?"

- Virginia is a pimp

And a lot of other things I can't even remember now.

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Poor little meow meow little spoon sad miserable sea captain babygirl ❤️

The energy:

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Everyone who knows me in this fandom knows that I'm a sucker for mauraeyk and that they are the most important part of the show to me. Besides them, I also love Clémence and Jéromé, I've mentioned that before, too. These two ships, connections, are quite obvious. They are so obvious that it's impossible not to see them, even if you're not right in the head.

But, there are two characters whose subtle connection I love so much. It's barely noticeable until you see their last scene, but then you watch again and see it's always been right there. Tove and Franz. The two of them are also my favorite characters right after the main trio. I think they are way too underrated, especially Franz. Franz doesn't get the hype he deserves, but he's definitely one of the best characters in the show. He's too overlooked.

Anyway, I've seen a few people talk about these two, but definitely not enough. Many people, myself included, needed that last scene to realize the two have a very obvious connection, and I'm dying to know what kind of connection that is. When you re-watch the show and actually pay attention to their interactions, you realize it's always been there. I mean, look at Franz. Throughout the entire season, he's shown as a violent and cruel man. His very first scene is beating someone up. He has a bloody face all the time and is never nice to anyone. He questions Eyk's orders and decisions multiple times, unafraid of the consequences. He organizes a mutiny, as stated, punishable by death, yet he doesn't care. He believes he's doing the right thing, not from any selfish desire, but for the good of everyone on the ship. But who is the only person he's never been rude to? The only person he's ever been nice to and considerate with? Tove, of course.

You'd think, okay, maybe because she's pregnant. But I don't think so. I mean, it's not like he showed any politeness to children. His mutineers threw Elliot overboard. He didn't bet an eye, let alone try and stop it. He even encouraged it. He beat her brother and threw him down the stairs, calling him a rat or something like that. He's been violent and rude to everyone but her. Never her. She's a woman? It's not that either. Maura's a woman too, he didn't care.

When they find Ada's body, and they examine it in the morgue, Maura says she's met her: "There's a pregnant girl downstairs, this is her sister." In that very moment, the camera is on Franz, and it's obvious he has a certain reaction to Maura's words. But up until this moment, him and Tove haven't crossed paths if I'm not mistaken. No interaction between them yet. Why does he react like that at the mention of her? After that, when he decides he's had enough of Eyk's shit, he goes to the third class not going to Anker or Iben, or Krester. He goes to Tove. He takes her to Ada, all the while acting like a kicked puppy in her presence. As if he was afraid of her judgment. He offers her his help, and when she dismisses him, he acts like a kicked puppy even more. That is his last straw that drives him to riot. You can compare that scene and his scene with any other person on the ship. It would look like he was a different person.

When the mutiny starts, she's one of the first he gives a shotgun to, without hesitation. He doesn't think her fragile or incapable. When everyone starts jumping during the calling, the two of them tie each other up, together, and he helps her and Anker stop Iben from jumping. When the storm begins and Eyk and Sebastian are gone, Franz takes over, and they all split up in order to keep the ship afloat. The French stay together, Angel and Ramiro stay together, Ling Yi doesn't want to leave Olek, and Tove's first instinct is to go with Franz. I mean, she leaves her parents there while they're giving up on life because her father chooses to die with her mother over living with her. Yet, Franz doesn't hesitate for a second to take her with him when she asks. Which ultimately cost him his life. Would he have done it if she hadn't been there with him? Maybe, we don't know. But he commits the ultimate sacrifice in order to save her. You don't get further than that. Giving your life for someone, someone you've supposedly met just a few days ago.

"Promise me you'll live" is the last thing he says to her. He might have done it for the sake of everyone else on the ship, but he had done it first and foremost for her.

Up until that moment, Tove's always been the one keeping her family in check, in spite of being someone who actually needed them and their support. She was the one keeping them together in spite of everything that happened to her. Her father kept choosing her mother over his children, while everyone else was falling apart. But then she got to experience what it was like when someone put her first. Franz did that, and he did by giving his life for hers.

Now, I'm not sure how their connection feels to me, whether it is romantic or platonic. Honestly, I wouldn't mind either of those. The SanSan shipper in me kind of feels like it could be romantic (my fellow SanSan shippers would understand). The one thing that was weird to me is the age they're supposed to be. I refuse to believe Krester is older than Tove. That is simply impossible. And there is about twenty years of age difference between them if those articles were right, so it may seem weird to people.

Anyway, I love their story either way, and I would give blood to know what it was all about.

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My siblings and I got lost one evening in Vienna a few years back. Tried to ask for directions, literally no one I asked spoke English, mostly older people, until, an hour of wandering around, we ran into a guy our age who helped us.

Vienna is mostly dead at night, except for tourists, so it wasn't that fun. 😆

sometimes when i'm watching 1899 i cover the subtitles with my hand and try to put myself in the mind of the characters. i report that this is confusing and scary and i want to go home now

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1899 characters as cat memes I borrowed from Pinterest, part 2:

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1899 characters as cat memes I borrowed from Pinterest, part 1:

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without further ado, i present: 1899 as vines

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I did not need to see this again!

Every time, they make the same mistakes. And every time, they die. Because they can’t get rid of their emotions. But that’s what makes them weak. It’s human nature’s ultimate flaw. One shouldn’t base a choice on love, anger, hate. They’re just silly feelings that cloud the mind. — 1899, (fuck you netflix)

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Tagged by @lanistas

List 5 topics you can talk about for an hour without preparing any material.

1. History (political and military history mostly, WW2, 3rd Reich and 20th century in general)

2. Romanovs

3. 1899

4. aSoIaF

5. Old ocean liners

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I'm a huge F1 fan. It's been my favorite sport since I was ten years old. My idol has always been Fernando Alonso, and he still is, to this day. I honestly don't know what I will do once he retires for good, cause I stopped watching when he did it last time.

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I used to write poetry during my teenage years. Right now I don't write that often, only when inspiration truly hits.

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I wanna talk about "The Calling"

That episode is pretty much my favorite, but there is something that's been bugging me a lot. Something I haven't really thought about much earlier, and that is the reaction certain characters have to it that differs from everyone else. Those characters are Maura, Eyk, Angel, Krester, and, believe it or not, Wilhelm (mustached German Adam Driver). So, correct me if I'm wrong:

Yes, we have all the characters that survived the calling and seemed to be unaffected, but most of them knew what was going on, and as soon as everyone started jumping off the ship, they started locking themselves up or tying up their own hands in an attempt to control themselves from doing the same. Well, everyone except Iben, who was affected like everyone else, but stopped by Anker, Tove and Franz.

We don't count Daniel, Elliot and Sebastian cause they're insiders and wouldn't be affected in any case. But that very fact makes Maura and Eyk's reactions weirder. Also, Wilhelm's partially.

Maura and Eyk don't react to it at all. Yes, they are scared of what is happening and weirded out by people jumping overboard, but the calling has zero effect on them. They don't lock or tie themselves like the others. They look for each other while it's happening. They find each other and end up in Eyk's cabin. Maura is explaining everything she's been hiding from Eyk while they just casually watch through the portholes as the bodies fall into the water. So, why aren't they at least affected like everyone else who was immune to it, but still doubted their own actions?

Wilhelm seems unaffected, too. He looks scared shitless watching people just drop, but unlike the rest of the crew, he's not hearing the tik-tok, and he is aware of everything. Until Sebastian deactivates him. There was no reason for him to turn Wilhelm off at all unless he knew he would question things and realize something others couldn't. We knew Franz was a lot more than an unimportant crew member, but Wilhelm seems to be of more importance, too.

Then we have Krester. Yes, Krester jumped off, but I think a lot of people noticed that he actually did it on purpose and was aware of what he was doing, unlike everyone else. It was like he simply gave up and used the chance to die when no one questions it. Was it cause he couldn't face everything that was going on in his life anymore? Or was it something else?

And maybe the most interesting case, Angel. He looks affected by it, just like everyone else who jumped, but he seems to be the only one who actually fights it. He hears the calling and he knows what it is, so he goes to his room, sits on the floor, covers his ears, and starts singing a children's song in order to fight the noise away. Like a child afraid of the dark. This is completely opposite of Krester, who surrenders to his weakness in spite of being able to escape it.

I don't know what all this means, but it's very interesting to try and analyze it.

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I swear to god Bo and Jantje were not kidding when they created him. They put him in a heavy, long, black coat, gave him facial scars, that perfect hair, the white patch in his beard (don't touch me I'm on my knees because of that since November 17th 2022), haunting from his past, tortured dilf vibe. And, of course, had Andreas play him. We never stood a fucking chance. They did it for the history books.

Every inch the imperious Captain, aren't we?

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Do it. I'd love to see it. The show is perfect for those, a gold mine. I wanna do them myself.

Maybe i should make some more of those 1899 incorrect quotes i used to do. no worrying about whether they're in character or not just vibes

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Looking at each other's EYES respectfully

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Please, look me in the eyes and I will be yours...