#the elegance of the hedgehog

[found-family-tournament]

Found Family Tournament Round 1 Part 30 Group 148

Propaganda and further images under the cut

Yorozuya: Kagura, Sadaharu, Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, Terada Ayano/Otose, Tama, Catherine

Lonely Souls: Paloma Josse, Renée Michel

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Yorozuya:

They are the most random found family ever. One is a traumatized war veteran who is now an alcoholic with a business that will do anything you ask for, one is an alien girl from a clan of murderous killers mercenaries that love fighting and who refuses to be the same as the rest of her clan, next one is a dog that is a god, then a thief that was famous thought the whole universe that got caught stealing from the rest of found family and then joined them after they've been kind to her, next a granny who is in charge of a snack bar and who is one of the leaders of the whole city district, one more a robot girl and last one is just a normal average guy. They love each other so much, they help each other every single time they have problems, they save each other lives on constant basics and bicker constantly while they live with each other. Gintoki literally describes Shimpachi and Kagura as the ones who gave his life new meaning, Kagura calls Gintoki her brother in her conversation with her biological brother and sometimes thinks of him as dad. Shimpachi refers to Gintoki multiple times as his brother and even though Gintoki likes teasing him, he has unshaken faith in him. Sadaharu is just a very good doggo that they all love very much and who they treat as part of their family. Otose literally took them all in and she picked up Gintoki when he was at his lowest point and literally strawing to death in the cold. Catherine was thief who wanted to steal from them but got found-familied by Otose and now is working for her and is like a daughter to her, which is even openly stated in the show itself. And Tama is a robot that was saved by Gintoki, Shimpachi and Kagura and who earned what emotions are and who also works under Otose. Otose is like a mother to all of them! Grumpy, sarcastic, gruff mother slash grandma! They constantly bicker with each other, they fight and insult each other but they would go to hell and back for each other. I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!

Lonely Souls:

Paloma's neglected by her family and feels lonely and misunderstood until she meets with Renee, the guardian of the pricey building Paloma's family lives in, who feels just as lonely. They share various interests and give the other the will to live their life instead of suffering it

#tumblr polls #poll #polls #tournament poll #found family #found family tournament 2023 #tumblr tournament #tournament #Gintama #Yorozuya #Kagura #Sadaharu #Sakata Gintoki #Shimura Shinpachi #Terada Ayano #Otose #Tama #Catherine #The Elegance of the Hedgehog #The Lonely Souls #Paloma Josse #Renée Michel

[helenaredamancy]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

thank you for this question! hmmm i think i'll have to do a top 5 because a top 10 would be wayyy too long and i'll do my best NOT put down 'i relate to them' as a reason for why i love them! the characters aren't in any particular order or rank :)

enjolras from les miserables [book].. this character has been rattling around in my brain for years. he's the revolution incarnate, but his driving force is love. he's described as impossibly beautiful but that's the least memorable part of his character. he can seem cold and terrifying but he's still so obviously young (literally getting compared to a flower by his executioners), relies on and respects his friends, and is so deeply affected by what he has to do. 'the marble lover of liberty' is such a perfect encapsulation of him- fighting, living, and dying for a future he knows he won't ever get to see because of this love is nuts to me. he'll stain himself by committing acts that he knows sentences him to death and punishment even if he'd survived, all for a better future. him telling his fellow revolutionaries and friends that 'he who dies here dies in the radiance of the future, and we are entering a tomb all flooded with the dawn' kind of did something to my brain (keeping in mind he's said the future belongs to love).

marvin and jason from falsettos [musical] :)) there's no way to mention one without the other, and so i've just put them together. i love them because of their dynamic to each other- for context, they're father/son marvin is jason's father, and initially, he's neurotic, self-obsessed, immature, and egotistical. he's incredibly sympathetic the entire way through somehow. he loves his family, he hates that he wants his family to love him, he loves his son, he feels sorry his son resembles him. he tells jason he never wanted to love him. he loves him. his character arc is essentially him growing to become the father jason deserves. for most of the show, jason is disgusted by his father, and he feels that his resemblance to his father is to blame for every negative aspect about him. he's terrified of becoming his father. he says he hates the world but loves his father, he loves the things he never had. marvin thinks jason hates and adores him. but as his father matures and holds himself responsible, by the end of the show, jason is proud that he looks like marvin. i've tried (badly) to explain kinda briefly w/o spoiling the show's plot but essentially! super complex, flawed, but lovable characters who answer the show's initial question of what this family would do for each other even if they wouldn't admit it

paloma from the elegance of the hedgehog [book]! the very distinct and sharp but still childish voice is so delightful and poignant to read.. she's an incredibly intelligent and sarcastic girl, she thinks a lot about the world and she thinks she knows everything there is to know. but no matter how cynical she seems, she is ultimately still a child who craves and responds to kindness, love, and beauty

eurydice (and NYTW hadestown's orpheus too but this post isn't about him) (specifically, eurydice from ruhl's play) ! basically every iteration of orpheus and eurydice all put together has made me adore them. i'm obsessed with the idea that no matter which version of the myth you read, the reason for orpheus turning around is out of love one way or another, with his love compelling him to turn. but ruhl's eurydice is special to me bc i find eurydice's characterization so interesting. classically, orpheus's big act of love is that entire journey to try and bring her back- but eurydice's act of love is more elusive. she's the beloved in their story, but ruhl's eurydice flips the roles and it's genuinely moving to see how much love is held in their one myth.

i'm sorry this writeup is super messy! there are so many characters i adore so much but these are some of my favorite and the ones that popped into my mind when i saw this question.

#musicals #musical theatre #musical theater #broadway #literature #les miserables #falsettos #the elegance of the hedgehog #eurydice #orpheus and eurydice #greek mythology

[cynthiabertelsen]

The Dying of the French Concierge

Last Days of an Iconic French Cultural Figure The Concierge (Photo by Robert Doisneau) This photo hangs on a wall in my kitchen. It sums up the stereotypical essence of traditional concierges of the past. I stayed once in a garret in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis for a month. Unlike the woman in Robert Doisneau’s iconic photo, the building’s concierge hid in her loge mostly, so I rarely saw…

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#Concierges #Confessions of a Concierge #France #Muriel Barbery #Paris #Robert Doisneau #The Elegance of the Hedgehog

[stijlw]

currently reading in storms of steel by ernst jünger and l'élégance du hérisson by muriel barbery

#currently reading #SCAN #upload #ernst jünger #muriel barbery #storm of steel #the elegance of the hedgehog #limited edition 2 for the price of 1 scan

[brianafrance17]

"The body is no longer a prison, your spirit roams the clouds, you possess the power, happy days are in store, in this new birth."

Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (233)

#muriel barbery #the elegance of the hedgehog

[croutonbynight]

"I have finally concluded, maybe that's what life is about: a lot of despair, but also the odd moment where time is no longer the same. It's as if those strains of music created a sort of interlude in time, something suspended, an elsewhere that had come to us, an always within never. Yes, that's it, an always within never."

-Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

#books #muriel barbery #the elegance of the hedgehog #book quotes #literature #hopeful #inspiration

[bookzlovers]

Let us just say that the idea of struggling to make my way in a world of privileged, affluent people exhausted me before I even tried: I was the child of nothing, I had neither beauty not charm, neither past nor ambition; I had not the slightest savoir-fare or sparkle. There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demands upon my person, so that for a few moments each day I might be allowed to assuage my hunger.

Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

#muriel barbery #muriel barbery the elegance of the hedgehog #The Elegance of the Hedgehog #book quotes #bookworn #bookshelf #books #bookworld #philosophy #life quotes #poverty #rich life

[litandlifequotes]

I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

#muriel barbery #the elegance of the hedgehog #book #book quote #quote #words #reading

[a-stone-in-flight]

life's beautiful fragility

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong / Evening Landscape with Two Men, Caspar David Friedrich / The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery / Bouquet of Roses, Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong / The Fall of Icarus, Bernard Picart / The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

#parallels #web weaving #on life #on humanity #on beauty #ocean vuong #on earth we're briefly gorgeous #the elegance of the hedgehog #muriel barbery #words #art

[literaturoved]

Мюриель Барбери, Элегантность ёжика

“В такие дни, когда на алтаре нашей природной сути гибнут все романтические, политические, моральные, интеллектуальные и метафизические идеалы, которые упорно внушались нам многолетним воспитанием и образованием, с ними вместе и вся общественная конструкция с ее делением на зоны и иерархическими ступенями рушится и погружается в лишенное смысла Ничто. Нет больше бедных и богатых, философов и ученых, повелителей и рабов, добрых и злых, практиков и теоретиков, синдикалистов и индивидуалистов, революционеров и консерваторов – все они лишь рядовые гоминиды, и их гримасы и улыбки, манеры и украшения, языковой и разные другие коды обусловлены генотипом среднего примата и расшифровываются очень просто: отстоять свое место или умереть. 

В такие дни становится особенно острой потребность в искусстве. Мы жаждем вернуть иллюзию духовности, страшно хотим, чтобы что-нибудь спасло нас от биологического рока и чтобы не исчезли из нашего мира величие и поэзия. Тогда надо выпить чашку чаю или же посмотреть фильм Одзу[9] – это поможет вырваться из круговерти сражений и соревнований, которая составляет удел нашего доминирующего на планете вида, и облагородить этот жалкий фарс печатью Искусства в высших его проявлениях.”

#The Elegance of the Hedgehog #Мюриель Барбери #Элегантность ёжика #Barberi Mjuriel #Quotes #Цитаты

[claar-bookdragonwitch]

"Let us just say that the idea of struggling to make my way in a world of privileged, affluent people exhausted me before I even tried: I was the child of nothing, I had neither beauty not charm, neither past nor ambition; I had not the slightest savoir-fare or sparkle. There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demands upon my person, so that for a few moments each day I might be allowed to assuage my hunger."

— Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

#books #book covers #favorite books #the elegance of the hedgehog #muriel barbery #my collage #bookish stuff

[beanbagstab]

Blazamy for day 10 of Shipmas 💜🩷❄️

Nervous yet stylish gfs

#blazamy #blaze x amy #blaze the cat #amy rose #Blazamy fanart #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic fandom #sonic #amy rose fanart #blaze the cat fanart #I forgot to post here I’m sorry #I tried to give blaze a more elegant style and Amy a cute style #beanbagstab 12 days of shipmas 2023

[pocketscribbs]

All interior artwork must be approved by the editors and Silver

context below bthe break

#only the most elegant pictures for his Blaze #for the record I liked the silly expression #an unnecessary change imo but complaining about it is just as unnecessary #silver the hedgehog #blaze the cat #idw sonic #my doodles

[montydrawsstuff]

Season 2 outfits

#espio the chameleon #sonic #my art #sonic the hedgehog #sth #team chaotix detective agency #Finally sharing these since everyone will forget them by the time it's out #my fave should be obvious #that masquerade fit #its giving very im an elegant and not unhinged liz #but also tge coat is nice #very preppy

[https-b0nb0n]

Alright, I know I said I'm too lazy to make Tikal's forms, but here it is! Grand Princess mode Cure Tikal

#But sadly Glitter Cure doesn't have the mode elegant skirts which is pretty sucks #Well that's I only form I choose #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic #sonic adventure #tikal the echidna #tikal #go! princess precure #pretty cure #precure #cure flora #sonicure #sonic cure #sonic precure #Sonicure RE-Vamp!

[brianafrance17]

"My life is a model of banality"

Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (224)

#muriel barbery #the elegance of the hedgehog