Welcome to GateWorld Forum! If this is your first visit, we hope you'll sign up and join our Stargate community. If you have questions, start with the FAQ. We've been going strong since 2004, are we are glad you are here.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Nikola Tesla/Jonathon Young Thunk/Discussion/Appreciation
FromOutside, glad you did well on your test & Glitch33, sorry to hear you don't think you did so well.
Hopefully the holidays went well for everybody otherwise.
I've always wondered about why Tesla used the name Heinrich in 'Sleepers' & if it was because Henry came to his mind. Because it was one of his more regular names for him & I always thought that he was more impressed with Henry's skill then he let on.
I honestly think it did have something to do with Henry even though he didn't know Henry as well when Sleepers occurred, then again I think it was completely unrelated to Henry period
On the edge of breaking down
sigpic
Banner made by me
I've always wondered about why Tesla used the name Heinrich in 'Sleepers' & if it was because Henry came to his mind. Because it was one of his more regular names for him & I always thought that he was more impressed with Henry's skill then he let on.
I wonder why he calls Henry Heinrich. I know it is a cognate of Henry and some other names but why Heinrich? It is a funny word to say but is that the whole reason?
The only way I can link werewolves and Heinrich is Heinrich Himmler's Unternehmen Werwolf (Operation Werewolf). As the names hint, it was a Nazi operation/organization during WWII, and doesn't seem to click. I think there was also a serial killer who was dubbed as werewolf of something, and who had Heinrich somewhere in his name, but memory doesn't serve further. Doesn't seem to click either.
Heinrich Baumslager is decidedly German, a language the real Tesla could speak. (Not so sure about J/Y though) and at one point or another in history Germany has been on the brink of some new technology or medical breakthrough. He calls Henry 'Heinrich' for the same reason he calls Will 'Vilhelm' it's just his native tongue. He slips from one language to another quite quickly and easily.
sigpic
Wonderful Signature made by the increadible Nikola
I knew that I wish he actually did though like what we have him do in our rps. I think it would've been funny to see Nikola get so ticked off at one point that he just starts shouting away in Serbian but that would've taken Jon a long time to learn what to say.
Not sure if I can post this pic, but I will, if I can't I'll take it down. Just thought you girls would enjoy it *hides*
On the edge of breaking down
sigpic
Banner made by me
My new years eve was nice. I dressed in a top that showed the most tasteful amount of cleavage (read: I had two-sided adhesive tape with me so that the top wouldn't reveal something I'd rather not to reveal in public). We had fireworks (the most impressive of which was the stick used to lit them up), and of course, punch (that wasn't very tasty and didn't contain nearly enough celebration spirit imho). So, far from epic, but nice
Btw I hope your hand(?) is feeling ok now. It is surprising how small needles can make skin hurt after the needle is long gone
Comment