For Round II of 2025's Adventiade...

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Deutsch im Anschluß…

I don't look like Lisbeth Salander (or how I imagine her to be). And that's the first mistake others make.

I'm sixty. No tattoos (unfortunately). No piercings. No visible provocation. Anyone who thinks rebellion has to be worn on your sleeve has never lived it. Mine runs deeper.

I used to ride a motorbike. Not as a pose, but as a decision. Speed is not a means of escape, but a filter. What is unimportant falls away. What remains carries weight. I could really be alone on my bike, even when surrounded by people... Fear is not one of my criteria. It was never reliable.

Lisbeth Salander doesn't fight to be understood. She fights to survive. To defend her boundaries. I recognise myself in that. I don't explain myself. I don't give in. When something is important to me, I achieve it. Not elegantly. Not kindly. But effectively.

I have learned that consistency is rarely understood. That's no reason to deviate from it – anyone who lives long enough eventually learns that conformity costs more energy than determined self-assertion! I do not waste my loyalty. It belongs to few. Those who have it know it. Those who squander it are finished. Without drama.

I do not need external signs of toughness. Sixty years of life are enough. My body knows what it has endured. My eyes know what they have seen. My decisions are not loud, but they are final.

The biggest difference between me and Lisbeth Salander? Probably age. And yet that is precisely my strength. I no longer need provocation to be independent. I AM independent. Objective. Persistent. Non-negotiable. She is young and certainly still has to prove herself. I don't. I am not an alternative. I am the result. And for that, I don't need permission and I don't have to bend myself out of shape.

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Stieg Larsson: "The Millennium Trilogy" ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" / "The Girl Who Played with Fire" / "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"

Stieg Larsson: "Die Millenium-Trilogie" ("Verblendung" / "Verdammnis" / "Vergebung")

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Deutsche Version:

Ich sehe nicht aus wie Lisbeth Salander (oder wie ich sie mir vorstelle). Und das ist der erste Irrtum der anderen.

Ich bin sechzig. Keine Tattoos (leider). Keine Piercings. Keine sichtbare Provokation. Wer glaubt, Rebellion müsse man vor sich her tragen, hat sie nie gelebt. Meine sitzt tiefer.

Früher fuhr ich Motorrad. Nicht als Pose, sondern als Entscheidung. Geschwindigkeit ist kein Fluchtmittel, sondern ein Filter. Was unwichtig ist, fällt ab. Was bleibt, trägt. Ich konnte auf dem Bike wirklich allein sein mitten unter Menschen… Angst gehört nicht zu meinen Kriterien. Sie war nie verläßlich.

Lisbeth Salander kämpft nicht, um verstanden zu werden. Sie kämpft, um zu überleben. Um ihre Grenzen zu verteidigen. Darin erkenne ich mich. Ich erkläre mich nicht. Ich gebe mich nicht weich. Wenn mir etwas wichtig ist, erreiche ich es. Nicht elegant. Nicht freundlich. Sondern wirksam.

Ich habe gelernt, daß Konsequenz selten verstanden wird. Das ist kein Grund, davon abzuweichen – wer alt genug wird, lernt irgendwann: Anpassung kostet mehr Kraft als entschlossene Selbstbehauptung! Meine Loyalität vergeude ich nicht. Sie gehört wenigen. Wer sie hat, weiß es. Wer sie verspielt, ist erledigt. Ohne Drama.

Ich brauche keine äußeren Zeichen von Härte. Sechzig Lebensjahre reichen. Mein Körper weiß, was er ausgehalten hat. Mein Blick weiß, was er gesehen hat. Meine Entscheidungen sind nicht laut, aber endgültig.

Der größte Unterschied zwischen mir und Lisbeth Salander? Vermutlich das Alter. Und doch ist genau das meine Stärke. Ich brauche keine Provokation mehr, um unabhängig zu sein. Ich BIN es. Sachlich. Beharrlich. Unverhandelbar. Sie ist jung und muß sich gewiß noch beweisen. Ich nicht. Ich bin kein Gegenentwurf. Ich bin das Endergebnis. Und dafür brauche ich keine Erlaubnis und mich nicht zu verbiegen.

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introspective....., I will say.

Looks like you are not just embracing your identity but also owning it, it's cool.

I think experiences,strength, and resilience speak louder than any external symbol of rebellion. I can only imagine the much experiences 60 must has accumulated

I could have done without some of them... But – as is usually the case – it's the unpleasant experiences that help you grow. So, all is well with life.

it's the unpleasant experiences that help you grow

Yup! That's true. However, I want to continue my growth...but if there is a way I can cut down the unpleasant experiences in life i'll be more than grateful.

it's the unpleasant experiences that help you grow

Yup! That's true. However, I want to continue my growth...but if there is a way I can cut down the unpleasant experiences in life i'll be more than grateful.

Lisbeth Salander could use your experiences to write more about the spirit of someone who fights for their ideals, but who, at the same time, can recognize when they're wrong. Adulthood turns out to be ideal when we dare to do what we've always wanted to do.

Gracias por el apoyo. Me siento feliz de recibirlo.

I do not waste my loyalty. It belongs to few. Those who have it know it. Those who squander it are finished.

Reading this quote, sounds like all those heroine in a movie. I just love how you are living your age so gracefully. Unchained , unbowed and unbroken

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