Klaineship2

I am the elder of the geriatric ward..... Much too old to be a fangirl, but a fangirl nonetheless; especially Glee, Chris Colfer and Darren Criss; I read fanfic, I don't write it but I translate it. My translations are only on AO3 and Fanfiktion, because I am too much of a Computer-dummy (and probably too old) to understand the tumblr mechanics and intricacies.

[remanence-of-love]

[tanhands]

So this part in I Am Unicorn where Blaine starts off talking in a pretty low register but as he clocks Kurt's concerns about him vs Kurt being seen as more of a 'traditional' masculine lead, he lightens up his voice and talks more like McKinley Blaine rather than Warbler Blaine -- interesting to think about in terms of that shift in personality from S2 to beyond. Blaine's an obvious people-pleaser and code-switcher and while I don't think people (necessarily) required him to change in order to fit in and make them happy, I think he did that anyhow for better or worse.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Honestly, as a German I can not quite understand the obsession of the English speaking world with the question whether a word exists or not. If you have to express something for which there is no word, you have to make a new one, preferably by combining well-known words, and in the very same moment it starts to exist. Agree?

[latveriansnailmail]

Deutsche Freunde, could you please create for me a word for the extreme depression I feel when I bend down to pick up a piece of litter and discover two more pieces of litter?

[thatswhywelovegermany]

um = around

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

die Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung = …

[serhumfreysbrokencollarbone]

This is a german compound on the spot master class and I am LIVING

[thatswhywelovegermany]

#my german is still too basic for this but I desperately want a compound word for how much these compound words piss me off

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Groll = grudge, anger, malice, rancor

der Monsterwortgroll = …

[linguistikforum]

Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Bildung = formation

die Imitation = imitation

un- = un-, in-

fähig = able

-keit = -ility

die Unfähigkeit = inability

der Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll = anger about the inability to imitate the formation of monster words

[wildflower182]

Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Linguistik = linguistics

die Fehde = feud

der Handschuh = glove

der Fehdehandschuh = gauntlet

der Wurf = throw

der Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf = throwing down the linguistic gauntlet

[shiplocks-of-love]

*slowly backs in fear*

[meetinginsamarra]

@shiplocks-of-love, @thatswhywelovegermany

Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke

Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation

unfähigkeit (s)=incabability  // angst=anxiety

verzweiflung(s)=desperation  // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner

=the corner in which you retreat when you´re desperate because of your fear when being unable to form monster words

[shiplocks-of-love]

*eye twitch*

But what I want to see now is two germans arguing over the construction of one of these monster words.

[melmey]

@shiplocks-of-love I don’t think that will happen. The words make perfect sense. I think if German is your mother tongue you get a feeling for combining words, like a 

Monsterwortbildungsgespür

Monster = monster 

Wort = word 

Bildung(s) = formation

Gespür = intuition

;-)

[a-german-learning-clown]

🤡

[dewdropbonnet]

Sprachirrgartenbelustigungsbeitrag

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Sprache = language

• irren = to become lost (also: to err, to be mistaken; to wander, to stray)

• der Garten = garden

der Irrgarten = maze, knot garden

• be- = prefix with a variety of functions: ¹as part of a compound word, it denotes a processing or change of state; ²as part of a compound word, it denotes a touch; ³as part of a compound word, it denotes a more intensive preoccupation with or thematization of something; ⁴it forms from a noun an adjective with a pseudo-participle form because the corresponding verb does not exist; ⁵as a prefix, it forms a transitive verb from a previously intransitive verb; ⁶as a prefix of a verb, it shifts the focus and thus changes the sentence structure

• lustig = funny

• -ung = suffix turning an adjective/adverb into a noun

die Belustigung = amusement, entertainment, merriment

der Beitrag = contribution, article in a newspaper or magazine, posting on social media, input to a discussion

[linguistness]

Bloody love this language <3<3<3

[randomgerman]

The thing is, since in German you have to decline/conjugate many words in relation to the noun they are refering to those monster words actually serve a purpose of making the language simpler. A common example is a (as in any) red wine (ein roter Wein) as compaired to the compound a red wine (ein Rotwein). If rot is an adjective it has to be conjugated: der rote Wein - des roten Weins - die roten Weine - and many more. But it if rot is part of the noun you only have to decline Wein: der Rotwein - des Rotweins - die Rotweine. So, die Verzweiflung über die Vermüllung der Umwelt is way longer than Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung and you would have to know three grammatical genders and the words’ respective declinations. Whereas for Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung you only need to know that Verzweiflung is grammatically feminine (die) and its deklinations.

[ericvilas]

English could have monsterwordforming if it weren’t a fucking coward

(you could totally have a monsterwordformationlinguisticgauntletthrowdown in English but you tend to separate the clunky words out with spaces or at the very least dashes so it would be monsterword-formation linguistic gauntlet-throwdown)

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Also note that the paraphrase die Verzweiflung über die Vermüllung der Umwelt needs a preposition. And all of this, the need for prepositions, articles and finally declension, makes Germans feel hacking a concept into many small words more awkward than naming it in one big composite word.

[nox-in-a-box]

@trench-foot

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Thank you @trench-foot for the great new monster word.

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Eifer = fervor

die Sucht = obsession

-> die Eifersucht = jealousy, envy

die Monsterworteifersucht = jealousy that the English language doesn’t allow for such delightful linguistic fuckery

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DARREN CRISS - MIAC Live at Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center | November 13, 2025 | 🎥 bwaybb_ | 1-10 | 11-16 | Download

1. Somewhere Only We Know 2. Cough Syrup 3. Hopelessly Devoted To You 4. Suddenly Seymour 5. The Way That It Has to Be 6. A Sentimental Person 7. Walk of Shame 8. Part of Your World 9. Human 10. I Dreamed A Dream 11. Granger Danger 12. The Luckiest 13. Teenage Dream 14. For A Night Like This 15-16. The Day That the Dance Is Over / Circle of Life

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[beanarie]

ok this is the best thing i've ever ever ever seen everyone watch immediately

[manapeer]

[butwhatisit]

I had to look this up; the kid's name is Olly Pearson, and he's from Wales! He is 11 (!) years old and was on Britain's Got Talent this year. (He finished fourth.) He's on YouTube as Guitar Olly.

The lead singer is Mickey Callisto (he took his stage last name from one of the moons of Jupiter), who was also on BGT. (He made it to the semi-finals.) He's from Sunderland in the UK.

The trio in the window are DDKN, a group from France. I can't add fun facts here because duckduckgo gave me nothing. Rude honestly.

The flashmob video on youtube is mostly the same as the tiktok but it's still fun to watch bigger.

And now you know. the rest. of the story.

[vrabia]

the silmarillion is wild because you read it and you're like huh okay, and then you read lotr and it turns out everyone's just going around doing their own thing while the surviving elves are living through the final chapters of a post-apocalyptic horror story

[vrabia]

rivendell's a pretty chill place, right? everyone gets along splendidly. dream retirement home et cetera. solid chance the guy you're having afternoon tea with has either survived or personally committed war crimes. also the reason it's so chill is elrond has this magic ring that makes it so the whole place exists slightly outside normal time

galadriel's been around since the beginning, like, for pretty much all of middle-earth's history you understand, she has Seen it all and despite what you may have been led to believe is at all times this close to snapping. also the reason lothlorien is so chill is she has this magic ring that makes it so the whole place exists slightly outside normal time

i can't emphasize enough how much of a post-apocalyptic horror story thranduil lives in. homeland destroyed and half his people massacred. has fucken sauron in his backyard and the spawn of the primordial beast that eats light puttering about on his lawn. a dragon lives next door. does NOT have a magic ring and is therefore obliged to rule over his murderforest in normal time

just so we're all on the same page here, legolas' day job before joining the fellowship was to hunt the spawn of the primordial beast that eats light and it's not like, a big deal or anything. he just has to do it. he's used to it.

'elves are leaving middle-earth and it's so sad :(' they have ptsd samwise.

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

Places that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien: Part II

Fangorn: probably inspired by Puzzlewood, Gloucestershire Orthanc: probably inspired by Faringdon’s Folly, Berkshire Anduin: may have been influenced by the Danube, Germany Rohan: probably based on Mercia, West Midlands White Mountains: inspired by the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire Helm’s Deep: inspired by Cheddar Gorge, Somerset Mordor: based on the Black Country, Birmingham Minas Tirith: based on Ravenna, Italy

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

— Éowyn, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Paintings by Matthew Stewart, Nick Robles, Chris Rahn, Çağlayan Kaya Göksoy, Craig Spearing, and Stephen Graham Walsh

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

Places that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien: Part I

The Shire: inspired by the English countryside  Old Forest: probably inspired by Moseley Bog, Birmingham Barrow Downs: probably influenced by Maiden Castle, Dorset Bree: probably influenced by Brill, Buckinghamshire Rivendell: inspired by Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland Misty Mountains: inspired by the Bernese Alps, Switzerland Doors of Durin: may have been influenced by St. Edward’s Church, Cotswolds Mirrormere: may have been influenced by the Lake District, Cumbria

[spaceorphan18]

You know what happens after the 21st of September? The 22nd of September. Do you know what the 22nd of September is?

Bilbo Baggins's Birthday

Happy Birthday Bilbo! I aspire to some day be just like you.

[chasoc]

It has been saved—but not for me. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

[lotrcolors]

The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. What? Gandalf? See what? White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (2003)

[omarmix]

Pride (2014)

[d-criss-news]

maybehappyending: Fireflies!! Get an inside look at the stage directions from the Tony-winning script of Maybe Happy Ending ✨

#maybehappyending #darrencriss #helenjshen #broadway #musicaltheatre #maybehappyending🤖

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Blaine Anderson + hair

[darrencrissdaily]

DARREN CRISS - The casting vs The Scene

[thememedaddy]