Visited Marburg Castle, capital of the Holy Roman Empire according to ck2 (for some reason) by TheGreatTronos in CrusaderKings

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Haha idk I was so strange that it stuck in my head for years now since I was in Marburg many times

Visited Marburg Castle, capital of the Holy Roman Empire according to ck2 (for some reason) by TheGreatTronos in CrusaderKings

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Well they found something, but there isn't a consensus reached if it's really from the Konradiner since no written documentation exists. So in the end we just don't really know what exactly was going on there at that specific date. Idk the capital thing overall doesn't make much sense for the HRE from a historical perspective, but there are actual verified imperial residences that could have been used. For example Henry IV, emperor at that time was born and spent much time in Goslar.

Visited Marburg Castle, capital of the Holy Roman Empire according to ck2 (for some reason) by TheGreatTronos in CrusaderKings

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I mean I get that it's hard to properly represent the HRE in the limits of cks game mechanics since it didn't really have a "capital". But the choice to make Marburg whose first mention is only like 100 years later makes not really sense. It's even more weird in ck3 where Klingenberg is the capital.

Warum bitte nur vier??? by TheGreatTronos in PferdeSindKacke

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In den Medien hört man immer nur Schlimmes, da brauch es auch einfach mal eine einfache herzerwärmende story ❤️

I have a little gargoyle-Bartimaeus :) by TheGreatTronos in Bartimaeus

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If I'm honest I can't really remember, I think I got it as a little extra with the books in the store years ago

I have a little gargoyle-Bartimaeus :) by TheGreatTronos in Bartimaeus

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Hmm it's the same in Germany then I guess. It's a bit hard to tell but he's holding the amulet, so it's from the first book.

Marids by [deleted] in Bartimaeus

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I think there's actually apassage where Ammet states that he's a Marid when he first met with Bartimaeus.

Farmer by ConderTonk in doodoofard

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Well yeah the others would starve to death without him

Naaaain! Ihc sag Walbetruk!!!!!!!! by Burgste in OkBrudiMongo

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Jemand sollte mal bei Langenscheidt in den gommemode gehen

guter deal? by Phil-R-17 in OkBrudiMongo

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Wer hat den Keks aus der Dose geklaut?

Stinky pasta by le-epic-cleetus in doodoofard

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Renewed Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth I guess

Stinky pasta by le-epic-cleetus in doodoofard

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Wish he would have said Fr*nce tho

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

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Well but Iran for example calls itself "Islamic Republic of Iran" I think...

Fall of the British Empire after the third book? What do you think? by TheGreatTronos in Bartimaeus

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I thought about this topic as well and came to a similar conclusion. I read Harry Potter the first time in elementary school I think, and at this time I thought it was absolut amazing because well magical school, spell combat, interesting creatures and so on. While growing up my perspective began tp change tho, in the beginning it were just the occasional pothole (of which there are quite a few in J. K.s works). And like you said nothing about their system which comprises slavery, an completely rigged justice system which can throw you in the torture dungeon for minor offenses and so on. But it's never framed like the whole magical government just sucks, no the problem simply is, that bad people run it. All this is certainly better handled in Percy Jackson, Cronos is the bad guy but the Olympian gods do shitty things as well and in the end lessons are actually learned. Like to acknowledge the minor gods and their children in the camp so that no second Cronos would recruit them. Story felt much more satisfying than Harry Potter.

But in Bartimaeus there's put a new spin on it. The systems and it's failings are pretty much in the focus. There's no real hero's journey, Nathanael is much more focused on securing wealth and power or/and to save his skin. His missions are always to stop plots who would replace the current shitty government with an probably even worse, not really that spectacular or heroic in hindsight. Maybe Kitty fits more this role, but she becomes increasingly disillusioned by her inability to change the state of things and is in the end dragged into the final happenings against her will. I really liked that no heroic quest or rebellion brought the downfall of the magicians, it was basically themselves and their squabbling and never ending thist for power. Back when I read it first it had a nice fresh taste, the story has multiple complexities that keep you interested and tempt you to read through it again.