#winnetou 1

[homovulcanensis]

Today, I read about secular acceleration in historical populations. It a bit complicated, but the short story is that the people in the past matured slower than we do today, due to nutrition and diseases.

Apparently, it was not unusual for males in the mid-19th century to get their voice break at 17 or 18 years old. OS being a child from a poor family would certainly have had a bad nutritional status, and therefore would mature rather slowly as well.

So at the beginning of Winnetou 1, you have to imagine him having his voice break. This is somehow an incredibly entertaining picture. (Luckily for Winnetou, he is two years older than Old Shatterhand, but would have been affected similarly).

[winnetou-oldshatterhand]

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Winnetou - Karl May Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Old Shatterhand & Winnetou (Winnetou) Characters: Winnetou (Winnetou), Sam Hawkens (Winnetou), Old Shatterhand (Winnetou) Additional Tags: There are some other characters mentioned but not really important, Winnetou 1 (book), Friendship, Getting to Know Each Other, but it's not straight up angst nor hurt and comfort, best I can describe it is, Melancholy, Canon Compliant, Songfic, as in Old Shatterhand is singing but the lyrics are in there, choir boy Old Shatterhand, This is set during the second half of Winnetou 1 with some time skips, so canon deaths are mentioned and probably move this to more of a sad tone Summary:

The first time Winnetou listens to Old Shatterhand singing - and some other times Scharlih sang the same song.

Hey @karlmaystuffandthings I finally got around to writing that one shot as a thank you for my (still awesome) profile pic. Hope you like it!

[incorrectwinnetouquotes]

Charlie: Hello, nice day.

Winnetou: *turns around* Sorry, that's my sister.

[homovulcanensis]

Weird thought: Is Klekih-Petra one of the Grimm Brothers?

[homovulcanensis]

I've been listening to ABBA lately and I found that almost all of the songs fit to one of Karl May's stories one way or another. Most are just based of vibes, but then Lay All Your Love On Me came up.

You know, the one that has the lines

You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

and

A little small talk, a smile, and baby I was stuck

also don't forget

I used to think I was sensible

It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

last, but by no means least

Now every woman I see is a potential threat

I'll be damned if this isn't a near perfect POV for OS after meeting Winnetou for the first time in Winnetou 1. I mean, OS literally writes that smoking is his only vice. It also implies a bit of internalized homophobia, as there are now other "vices". The second line I pointed out refers to love at first sight, which does appear in the book. The third goes in the same direction, astonishment at oneself for ones emotions. The last line made me think of how uncomfortable OS became when he was told about Ribanna.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[incorrectwinnetouquotes]

Winnetou: I don't like white people.

Charlie: *punches him*

Winnetou: I like one white person.

[incorrectwinnetouquotes]

What do I have in my pocket?

Old Shatterhand (intending to reveal the proof that he saved Winnetou)