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[greaseonmymouth]

Who’s to say he doesn’t live in Ballerup or Frederikssund though? Or Solrød Strand? 😂

i am perhaps several years (and books*) late to this but I've been wondering where the hell does Carl live. I put him in Brøndby in my latest fic** based on nothing but the vibes of his terraced house as seen in the films - a common type of house in suburbs of Copenhagen and considering the colour of the wood and bricks inside the house it's probably one of those solidly built mid-century brick houses rather than a modern one with cement and cladding - and for some reason I couldn't put my finger on, this particular one gave me a Vestegnen vibe rather than a, say, Amager vibe or Nordsjælland vibe idk. so I went with Brøndby

and now I think? I might have been right??

I was rewatching Kvinden i Buret again, as you do, and at the start of he film as the intro credits roll, we see Carl commute in on the S-train. as the train pulls away we see it's a Linje B train (that green square on the back of the train is the Linje B marker). (Copenhagen central station, KBH H, is a mere 6 minute walk from politigården.)

the interior view of the train, which I do not have a screenshot of because I kept getting a black screen for some stupid reason, shows the stops in the background but it's too blurry to make out where on the line he is so he could be coming in from the north rather than the west, but I'm choosing to believe he came from the west. he could be as far out as Albertslund but I think Brøndby is a better fit for like...his general vibe. he just doesn't seem like somebody who'd enjoy living in a snobby area, lol.

depending on where he lives in Brøndby his stop would either be Glostrup, Brøndbyøster (both Linje B) or Brøndby Strand (Linje A), but since he came in on Linje B and not Linje A (blue) and since Brøndby Strand is more of a villakvarter type area I think somewhere along the west end of Linje B makes sense. i mean he could also have been dissociating on the platform for long enough that his Linje A train has left and the next Linje B train has pulled in instead, but I don't think that's very likely

*haven't read them

**for those who don't know: Assad's argument that it's easier to get to work from Nørrebro is absolute garbage, or at least it was up until 2019! the s-train commute from Glostrup to KBH H is like 20 minutes direct but from Nørrebro you had to take 1-2 buses to get into KBH H and either way it would take you at least 30 minutes. unless you cycle, in which case you can make it in like 15 minutes, but neither Carl nor Assad strike me as cycle commuters so moot point, and driving to work when you live and work that centrally is just fucking stupid, neither of them seems to have a car either (the car they are using in the film seems to be a 'company car' even though it doesn't have yellow plates). in September 2019 the new Metro ring (Cityringen) opened which does have a direct line through Nørrebro and into KBH H and also takes about 20 minutes. in-fic by the time Assad makes that argument, I am reckoning the timeline of him convincing Carl to move in with him is in the second half of 2019, so he's right, but he also had to time his argument very very carefully lmao

#I think a solid argument can be made for Solrød Strand actually #I have a couple of old schoolmates from there and their parents houses look exactly like Carl’s #afdeling q

[greaseonmymouth]

MAPPA finally cancelled the Yuri on Ice film after allegedly being in production for what, 7 years???

With 4 different release window pushbacks?

what godawful handling.

#yuri on ice #oh no :(

[greaseonmymouth]

I decided to come back to this because something about that short moment on the S-train platform has been bugging me for months and I finally figured it out!! and also! it's proof that Carl lives somewhere on the western ends of either the A, B or E lines!

the background is a bit too blurry that one can be one hundred per cent certain which direction you're looking along the platform - I feel like it's towards the train station based on simple gut feeling because, well, I lived in Copenhagen ten years, I have lost count of how many times I've been through this station with the S-train. but the one thing that I think really cinches it is that the train pulls away from the camera POV and when Carl finally looks up and starts moving, he moves towards the camera. now that could just be a cinematic choice....however:

there is no good reason for Carl to exit the platform by going through the train station - the fastest way to get to Politigården is by taking the stairs to the bridge over the tracks (circled in blue) and following the yellow line I drew on this google maps screenshot. He might have been dissociating on that platform for a bit but once he gets moving? Efficient. and since the B train visible on the platform is moving in the other direction? Carl is standing on the platform with all the north-bound S-trains. If he'd really come in on the A line from Allerød, he'd be standing on a different platform and the trains on that platform would also be moving towards the camera.

So anyway I still think Carl lives in Brøndby.

i am perhaps several years (and books*) late to this but I've been wondering where the hell does Carl live. I put him in Brøndby in my latest fic** based on nothing but the vibes of his terraced house as seen in the films - a common type of house in suburbs of Copenhagen and considering the colour of the wood and bricks inside the house it's probably one of those solidly built mid-century brick houses rather than a modern one with cement and cladding - and for some reason I couldn't put my finger on, this particular one gave me a Vestegnen vibe rather than a, say, Amager vibe or Nordsjælland vibe idk. so I went with Brøndby

and now I think? I might have been right??

I was rewatching Kvinden i Buret again, as you do, and at the start of he film as the intro credits roll, we see Carl commute in on the S-train. as the train pulls away we see it's a Linje B train (that green square on the back of the train is the Linje B marker). (Copenhagen central station, KBH H, is a mere 6 minute walk from politigården.)

the interior view of the train, which I do not have a screenshot of because I kept getting a black screen for some stupid reason, shows the stops in the background but it's too blurry to make out where on the line he is so he could be coming in from the north rather than the west, but I'm choosing to believe he came from the west. he could be as far out as Albertslund but I think Brøndby is a better fit for like...his general vibe. he just doesn't seem like somebody who'd enjoy living in a snobby area, lol.

depending on where he lives in Brøndby his stop would either be Glostrup, Brøndbyøster (both Linje B) or Brøndby Strand (Linje A), but since he came in on Linje B and not Linje A (blue) and since Brøndby Strand is more of a villakvarter type area I think somewhere along the west end of Linje B makes sense. i mean he could also have been dissociating on the platform for long enough that his Linje A train has left and the next Linje B train has pulled in instead, but I don't think that's very likely

*haven't read them

**for those who don't know: Assad's argument that it's easier to get to work from Nørrebro is absolute garbage, or at least it was up until 2019! the s-train commute from Glostrup to KBH H is like 20 minutes direct but from Nørrebro you had to take 1-2 buses to get into KBH H and either way it would take you at least 30 minutes. unless you cycle, in which case you can make it in like 15 minutes, but neither Carl nor Assad strike me as cycle commuters so moot point, and driving to work when you live and work that centrally is just fucking stupid, neither of them seems to have a car either (the car they are using in the film seems to be a 'company car' even though it doesn't have yellow plates). in September 2019 the new Metro ring (Cityringen) opened which does have a direct line through Nørrebro and into KBH H and also takes about 20 minutes. in-fic by the time Assad makes that argument, I am reckoning the timeline of him convincing Carl to move in with him is in the second half of 2019, so he's right, but he also had to time his argument very very carefully lmao

#why am I over-analysing about five seconds of a ten year old film #it's not even important I've just committed to Carl living in Brøndby now #afdeling q

[greaseonmymouth]

Population: 50,488

#unfortunately no but I’d love to go sometime

[greaseonmymouth]

You can’t cut soft cheese in thin slices or wedges because it just gets squished, but you can with hard cheese, cause the protein holds it together. Casein point:

#get out

[greaseonmymouth]

Was the internet a thing throughout your whole life?

Yes

No

#kinda? #I started using it in 1996 #when I was 9

[greaseonmymouth]

#le tired

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16161 ord 🫠

#jeg er langtfra færdig hjælp #jeg går i seng nu #hvis nogen gider sende mig forslag til titler kan det være jeg poster kapitel 1 i weekenden #afdeling q

[greaseonmymouth]

ppl are always writing characters doing dumb shit like roasting a fresh-caught rabbit over an open flame instead of making a stew with that thing. great now you’re letting all the fat drip down into the fire as it cooks, wasting calories and flavor as well as causing the flame to flare up = inconsistent heat source,… when you could be maximizing the nutritional value of small game by making a soup or stew. Come on

#especially with rabbits that have very little fat to begin with #or was that hares? #I have eaten neither

[greaseonmymouth]

Growth capitalism is a deranged fantasy for lunatics.

Year 1, your business makes a million dollars in profit. Great start!

Year 2, you make another million. Oh no! Your business is failing because you didn't make more than last year!

Okay, say year 2 you make $2 mil. Now you're profitable!

Then year 3 you make $3 mil. Oh no! Your business is failing! But wait, you made more money than last year right? Sure, but you didn't make ENOUGH more than last year so actually your business is actively tanking! Time to sell off shares and dismantle it for parts! You should have made $4 mil in profit to be profitable, you fool!

If you're not making more money every year by an ever-increasing exponent, the business is failing!

Absolute degenerate LUNACY

#this #I hate the growth mindset so much #the company I work for keeps telling us we need to sell x % more every year than the year before #meaning that this year my team specifically is struggling to make the projected forecast because the market hasn’t changed #it fucking sucks because all the extra sales for pennies the rest of the team is making in an effort to scrape more money into the budget #means my workload has doubled #but because our profit margin isn’t where it ‘should’ be #there’s no money to hire more help or anything #like Jesus fucking Christ just let us sell the same amount as last year for the love of good.

[greaseonmymouth]

[the intimate scene in the fanfiction where my lover kisses each of my scars as I whisper what each is from]

"Fell down the stairs. Mosquito bite I scratched too much. Cardboard box cut. Burned on a tiki-themed appetizer tray. Mosquito bite I scratched too much. Oven rack. Mosquito bite I scratched too much. Mosquito bite I scratched too much. Mosquito b - "

#TRULY THOUGH #I do not have traumatic scars I have dumbass scars #also pox scars

[greaseonmymouth]

cemeteries aren’t creepy they’re actually devoted to memory and rest and love and humanity

[greaseonmymouth]

#evening shower #esp if I’m washing my hair #if I’m not washing my hair morning is fine

[greaseonmymouth]

"We call it vff," said the alien. "It's - it's hard to describe to a species without vffsense. Imagine trying to describe light to a species that never evolved eyes. But there are forms of life that are only perceptible with vffsense, and they've visited Earth and fed on life as long as it's existed here."

There was a pause.

Then the human said, "That's the worst thing you've ever said."

"Don't worry about it."

"I think I have to, now."

"No, because - well - you have a species of spider which pretends to be an ant, correct? It's not capable of understanding the fact that it's mimicking an ant, but it instinctually mimics an ant in order to deter predators."

"Sure?"

"Humans produce a vff to mimic varths, predators only perceptible through vffsense. The organisms that would like to feed on you are terrified of varths, and so they leave you alone. You aren't aware you do it, you don't have the capacity to understand you're doing it, but you evolved to instinctually do it to deter predators you can't see."

There was a pause.

Then the human said in a very soft and thoughtful voice, "And are there varths on Earth?"

"Yes," said the alien. "Everywhere. But don't worry about it."

#humans in space

[greaseonmymouth]

I was about to be irritated at a shitty "kids' education" website on 1770s clothing but then I learned that there's a staymaker buried at King's Chapel and now I'm just delighted to know the gravesite of a clothing worker from that era and I want to take him flowers

[greaseonmymouth]

Remember to look both ways before crossing the street

#smart kitty

[greaseonmymouth]

Some pics of the Department Q shoot on Portobello Beach courtesy of Emma O'Connor on FB (thank you for sharing 🙏🙏).

I recognise that tall frame 😆

#me: is that portobello? #reads the caption #ah yes #guess who was actually looking at ads for flats in portobello yesterday for a potential new job & move #anyway #department q netflix