i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.
most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.
it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.
and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).
i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.
grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.
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shane madej’s fears:
avocado pits
being injected with heroin
falling into an empty elevator shaft like Wile E. Coyote
anyone under the age of 23
being squashed
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They all do each others' makeup and dye job. They're all weirdos. Freaks. Sickos even <3
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So I wanted to practice character design and. I couldn't be happier with how they turned out!!!! I love how pretty they all look, and I really like their freaky looks!!!! I feel like each of the trios' styles match their personalities really well! (<- I love saying shit like this when there's barely any canon basis) I don't stick to fanon usually but there's obvs bits and bobs u can recognise in there teehee :3
specific headcanons:
Albino enj means a lot to me bc he needs to look fucking weird. Washed out. He needs to stand out in the dark room of the Musain in a ghostly kind of way. He's also a hardcore MCR fan (wolfi what have u done to me /lh) I'm pretty happy with his huge ass forehead haha
Ferre looks like garfield so much!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Peak Combeferre to me. Imagine you are Marius and you get absolutely destroyed by this fucking guy. Icon legend king behaviour. I rlly like Desi (not exclusively) Ferre, usually I draw him with a turban (bc Sikh combeferre is awesome) but I wanted to draw inspiration from my Indian classmates from primary school, and I thought he turned out really cool in here!!
Courfeyrac looks so nicies!!!!!!!! So heartwarming so gentle so approachable!!!!! Im so happy with this design :3 nothing much to say except his double eyelids are based off mine haha
Jehan!!! He's so funky in here. Redhead Jehan is such a cool fanon design but I always thought he dyed it himself. Giving him a big face and bushy beard bc I rarely see it on Jehan especially which is a pity, considering he's pretty hippie. I don't think he should look trustworthy so I gave him the funkiest of eye shapes and it does so much for his character!!!! I love him :D
FEUILLY MY DARLING MY BOY!!!!!! Ofc he has blue hair and pronouns ajsbakdhf. Has central heterochromia based off my cousin!! He needs a beard and dark tan for that ✨labour worker swag✨ he's vietnamese (not exclusively) and always will be in my heart :3
Bahorel !!!!!!!! 💥💥💥💥 I remember the site exploding about Hobie Brown and I was just like the Sickos yes yes YES !!!! meme. Old punk and afropunk are such beautiful aesthetics that are slept on!!!! Og punk eye makeup is. ITS SO PRETTY !!!!!! I also got a soft spot for afropunk and Bahorel definitely feels like the type to have the most intricate outfits!! The gold contacts are bc he likes to fuck with ppl haha. Also he's a he/him lesbian because butchez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joly my darling!!!!!!!!! I love East Asian Joly but I don't want her to look like a kpop star lmao. She reminds a lot of my piano teacher from childhood (who was of east asian decent) and she has that awkward smile which is ^_^ !!!!!!!!!! Her purple makeup is a nod to my middle-aged parents and my aunt (same age) who still act like 5 year olds. They're obsessed with legos, they squabble over pizza, they tease and tickle each other all the time, I love them!!!!!!!!! I think Joly applies colourful lipstick with childhood whimsy and joy ^_^ she's is literally the moment btw. She has braces as an adult bc of the Global South swag 😎 also she deserves a lil braid it's neat it's organised but also kinda bitchy it's so her!!!!!!!
Okay so I didn't go fucking crazy with Bossuet unlike the others HOWEVER Bossuet with yellow eyeliner has always been in mind since forever 💛💛💛
Grantaire!!!!! I have her design NAILED DOWN after doodling her 50 times while studying (they're all saved in a folder haha). She's so gorgeous in here, she would DEFINITELY match her lipstick with her red waistcoat at the barrière scene. Probably some mix of Arab/West Asian descent in there. The beanie is ESSENTIAL to her character btw. Trans femme >:]
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i am so fuckinf sick of people saying transphobia against trans mascs doesnt exist! yes it motherfucking does !! i have experienced it first fucking hand, as have many other people!!!!!
in fact, i’ve experienced multiple kinda of transphobia! people cant tell “which way” i am transitioning (im just growing) so i am assumed to be transmasculine abt 45% of the time & assumed to be transfeminine like 45% of the time and the other 10% people clock me as something other than binary and run with thats. it all exists! trans mascs experience a specific brand of transphobia, so do transfems and so do those who are outside that and theres overlap in all!
its very dull old discourse to trot out and im so so very over it ugh
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recognizing t//erf red flags on posts is a gift i am burdened with bc i do not want to go into my mutuals' asks every time to be like "that poll you reblogged said 'males' so i went to op's blog and sure enough she's ranting about how her 'sister' is trans now so is 'allegedly her brother'" bc ultimately it's usually on some inane fucking post and i don't want to be that annoying but like
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anyways..... if u see anyone making posts using only the term "male" instead of men 9/10 times just go to their blog and bam! t//erf. this is usually fool-proof.
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