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kedreeva · 3 months
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Runt vs normal sized littermate
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ff2-soda-pop · 1 year
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fuck you team wisdom people i just played against in tricolor
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crevicedwelling · 5 months
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the calico phenotype in Porcellio scaber is only expressed in female isopods; males with the mutation appear solid gray for some reason. females have a mottled appearance of gray and orange patches, which can vary considerably in different individuals.
when combined with the large white patches from the dalmatian gene, the result is a lovely tricolor isopod!
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the original “Dalmatian” line should not to my knowledge produce calicos, and these are from a cross of “Orange Dalmatian” to my local P. scaber among which calico is a very common trait
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canisalbus · 5 months
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Based off a previous ask, I'd love to see what Machete's coat would look like if he didn't have albinism! You said his parents and siblings were mostly shades of black and brown so would he have had a Doberman like coloration?
I'm pretty sure I'm deliberately going to leave it undecided, he was born all white so that's the correct and true design for him. His hypothetical non-albinistic colors don't really matter.
He and his extended family aren't purebred so there's quite a bit of visual variation, but many are something along the lines of of grizzle, sable or tricolor. In the end these are fictional dogs so their markings and genetics aren't going to be entirely realistic.
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hab-a-nice-day · 1 month
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—The Montreal Canadiens boys and their pick-up lines to promote Tricolore Sports' game day pick-up 🥰💙😂
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mortdeheros · 1 month
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Saw Les Miserables US Tour Today. Feeling very Not Normal about Kyle Adams as Grantaire. His dynamic with Gavroche literally restarted my Les Mis unwellness. If you’ve been following me since my blog started (unlikely but I was live-in-tricolor) You know how Special Grantaire is to me and he just GOT it.
He has a way of moving and acting in a very, it was all in his body for real. His line in Drink with Me has so much anger ugh 10/10 understanding of a cynic who joins a revolution for the privilege of sitting next to someone who Only believes in the revolution.
His reaction to Gav’s death? Killer.
Now I have to also give my flowers to Haley Dortch’s Fantine she was mind blowing but this ain’t about her but it should be.
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revolutionarywig · 3 months
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I finally finished watching Napoléon (1927)! Here are more shaky phone camera stills of the film
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Oh yeah um apparently the ghosts of Robespierre, Saint-Just, Danton and Marat give Napoleon the approval to rule France and start an expansionist war.
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And of course, the most famous triptych! It is honestly impressive how well most of the footage line up.
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And f course in the end it tinted into the tricolor French flag.
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Here is the ending sequence in triptych format (note: flashing imagery)
There is a single camera version of the ending, and contrary to just footage being pulled from the three cameras, it is actually shot almost entirely differently (I can't put another video so it will be in another post)
It is certainly not a film of historical accuracies, but it is quite an astonishing piece for cinematic history and the amount of symbolisms.
Also in the extras content, here are some restoration comparisons and making of footage of this film.
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ah yes backwards bicycle my kind of dolly.
Also spot the director 20th century time traveler:
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puzzled-pegasus · 1 month
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Fun WoF character design thingies for if you want to make an OC
Tusks for IceWings, MudWings, or SandWings.
Brightly colored fins for reef SeaWings.
Silver freckles for NightWings.
Stripes, patches, points.
Faint leopard patterns for SandWings.
LeafWings with wings shaped like the leaf of your favorite plant.
Curly SandWing frills.
SeaWing fins that are so long they flop over.
MudWing horns that curve forward like a bull's.
MudWings with a snout that is lighter than their body, reminiscent of an American black bear.
SandWings inspired by your favorite snake--stripes, scale patterns, bright colored underbellies. You could also use a lizard species. Go nuts!
Scale colors or patterns inspired by your favorite dog coat color/pattern. Merles, tricolors, socks, patches. This would work especially well for SilkWings.
Additionally, SilkWing fuzz in any place you want. Tail tufts, chest puffs, fuzzy manes, puffs on the legs like a poodle, neck collars.
Horse face markings---stripes, blazes, snips, stars, diamonds.
Additionally, dark striped legs, dorsal lines, or dark frills on SandWings, reminiscent of mustang horses. Darker snouts and ears as well.
SeaWings that are light colored and splotched with darker blue and/or green, like a domestic koi fish.
LeafWings with a flower-like growth(s) somewhere on their body. Can be any color and help with camouflage.
Irregular, knotted horns for LeafWings, like branches.
Metallic silver or blue IceWings that reflect nearly all light with a dazzling mirror effect.
Long, thin RainWings that are very flexible.
Conversely: large, solid, muscular RainWings. Uncommon, but possible. Very good at lifting rocks for other RainWings so they can collect bugs to eat.
RainWings with hooks on their wings that help them climb.
HiveWings that shimmer iridescently like beetles.
Pink HiveWings.
SilkWings with exceptionally long antennae. Half as long as their body or more. Bonus if they're feathery.
HiveWing horns that jut out in front like insect mandibles.
Transparent winged SilkWings.
Chimera SilkWings----one wing set that is one color patten, and the other is completely different.
Swallowtailed SilkWings.
Albino HiveWings.
Scorpion-barbed HiveWings. Double tailed HiveWings.
Open ocean SeaWings that are silver like a schooling fish.
SeaWings OR MudWings that are patterned like a lake fish.
NightWings (or hybrids) with gold or coppery stars.
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commodorez · 11 months
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PDP-8 ASCII Art Photo Booth – David Gesswein - VCF East XVIII
People really liked this one, which hasn't been seen for a few years. This PDP-8/E was setup to take portraits using a vidicon tube camera in black and white, which would then be digitized slowly (as fast as the PDP-8/E can go), line by line vertically. The image is then available either as an ASCII art printout on a large chain drive line printer, or in tricolor separation, which could then be emailed to you after the show. I went for the monochrome portrait printout. The PDP-8/E in question was having some difficulties on the first day, and needed to be debugged at the show before it was ready to run, but once it was running again, it was a hit!
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kedreeva · 8 months
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Lilac splash and tricolor mice
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jibunbosh · 8 months
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okay, let's try to identify all of the new gear in anon's brand-new-spanking signal chain, and see how much her total comes out to. values will be in both USD and JPY - not via direct currency conversion, but by prices I find online at american and japanese retailers respectively. (note that american retailers do not include tax in prices, but japanese retailers do. prices may also differ due to import/export costs.)
also thanks to @absolute-total-nonsense for helping me ID a bunch of these
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the gray pedal at the top right is very clearly a tuner, displaying note information and pitch accuracy. it very clearly resembles the peterson line of StroboStomp pedal tuners, but is closest to the Peterson StroboStomp HD Pedal Tuner (MSRP $149.00 USD / ¥28,444 JPY).
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the black pedal with green text, is, thankfully, clearly labeled. it is a Seymour Duncan Andromeda Dynamic Digital Delay pedal. there's a lot going on here! it clocks in at MSRP $299.99 USD / ¥44,000 JPY.
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the next pedal to the right is similarly labeled with a distinct design, and is a Boot-Leg HZM 2.0 Quattro Valvole Distortion Pedal. it's our first Japanese-manufactured pedal in the signal chain, and doesn't have an official USD MSRP, but can be found for $135.00 USD, and is sold domestically for ¥21,120 JPY.
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the next pedal was a bit hard for me to make out until I got a higher-quality screencap of the pedalboard and could actually read the label, but it's a Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Distortion/Overdrive Pedal. in the states, it clocks in at $101.60 USD. I couldn't find an exact MSRP for the pedal in JPY (perhaps due to it not being formally exported, speculatively), but I found it online for ¥16,088 JPY.
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the text is a bit hard to read in the screencap for the next pedal, but the tricolor design and the seymour duncan logo is plain as day. it's the Seymour Duncan Forza (tm) Overdrive. it clocks in at MSRP $179.00 USD / ¥28,600 JPY.
the next few components that tie the signal chain are all Free The Tone products.
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the large box is a Free the Tone ARC-3 Audio Routing Controller. it seems to be discontinued, but had a MSRP of approximately $599.00 USD / ¥63,800 JPY.
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the input to the pedalboard is a Free the Tone Signal Junction Box JB-41S, priced at $159.09 USD / ¥18,000 JPY.
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finally, the power supply is a Free the Tone Power Supply PT-5D, priced at MSRP ¥30,800 JPY, and seems to be resold for $309.99 USD.
so, not including any instrument cables, ac adapters, or the physical case for the pedalboard itself, anon's brand-new pedalboard is priced at a budget of a whopping $1932.67 USD + tax, or ¥250,852 JPY! damn, girl! do you really need that many different overdrive/distortion pedals!
BONUS:
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anon's mini practice amp appears to closely resemble a Danelectro Honeytone N-10 Guitar Mini Amp, though the Honeytone text is ommitted and I don't believe it's ever been manufactured in pink. it's priced at $24.99 USD / ¥5,720 JPY.
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fjordfolk · 1 year
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Sables come in a wide range! Genetic pure-for-sables like Niklas will generally be lighter with little or no black banding, while those secretly harbouring a bi/tricolor gene will generally be darker. Though I've noticed that Euro line shelties tend to lean lighter overall compared to US ones - and it's rarer for us to get into those deep mahoganies.
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dailyanimatronics · 5 months
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[ID: a drawing of ernest the dude from disney's country bear jamboree. he has vitiligo. he has heart shaped sunglasses on. he's wearing a striped pink turtleneck and a white coat with hot pink fur lining and pink parts on the sleeves with hearts on them. he has dark blue shorts with cloud patterns on them and a darker belt with a heart shaped buckle. he has tricolor pink socks and shoes. the shoes have hearts on them. /end ID]
outfit from this! thank you to my friend @angel-blitz who suggested this outfit :o)
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gnomefreak · 8 months
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Splatfest Blues
Frye looks across the open lobby. The Splatfest is bustling, bubbling and boiling, all words indicating a successful Splatfest. Out of the corner of her eye she spots Shiver, in a tense Tableturf battle. Frye squints, trying to clear the ink from the last Tricolor Battle out of her eyes to better see her bandmate.
Wait a second. Is she looking at that kid’s cards?
No, it can’t be. Shiver is a talented Tableturf player, she wouldn’t cheat-
“Is Shiver looking at that kids cards?” A deep voice booms behind Frye. The aquatic version of Judd stands tall behind her. Despite Big Man’s massive presence, Frye knows not to fear his size or volume, he is a gentle nonjudgemental giant.
“Oh my judge, she is looking at that kid’s cards!” Big Man maneuvers his way past Frye to the table covered in cards. Frye can’t believe her eyes. It’s almost as if her eyes feel… wet? She blinks hard, thinking there might be some ink still in her eyes.
“It’s not cheating, it’s knowing the rules, and sleight of hand-“
“Shiver I saw you looking at his cards. Frye saw it too.”
A cold chill rattles Shiver’s metaphysical bones, her ears ringing loud as she turns to meet Frye’s line of sight.
Frye knows that look. It’s a look she’s seen Shiver use to get out of sticky situations. Frye has taken that as a sign before to evacuate Shiver from the premises. But a Tableturf battle? That is ridiculous.
Shiver holds her look at Frye, her eyes staying wide, the shining of her eyes begging and pleading for Frye to help her out of this spot. For a brief moment, Frye can feel Shiver’s panic.
Frye blinks hard, and looks away. Why do her eyes feel like this? It feels as if her world is shaking around her.
“Frye? You saw right? I would never cheat!”
Liar.
“I don’t play with cheaters.”
Frye looks back to Shiver. Her expression has completely changed, a mortified look paints her face. Her mouth hangs open and it looks like she’s trying to think of something to say, but no words come out of Shiver’s fanged jaws.
“Frye lets calm down… it’s just a game.” Big Man whispers to Frye.
“It’s not just a game!” Frye fires back. Her iconic loud recognizable voice carries through the room. The lobby goes silent and the crowd waits to listen to their favorite Frye speak. If a pin were to drop in someone’s locker, you could hear it over the low hum of the speakers in between songs. There does seem to be a collision glitch happening in someone’s locker, but that’s a typical and tangential observation. The octoling sitting across from Shiver sits unspeaking, a polka face Shiver still can’t read through. Why hasn’t he said anything?
Everyone is looking.
Shiver is visibly chilled. Big Man’s eyes dart around the room. “Let’s wrap this up, okay?” He says to Shiver and the other octoling at the table. Shiver nods and she silently rises from her seat, quickly shuffling to the green room. Big Man comes towards Frye, mumbling something Frye assumes is to calm her down, but right now she refuses to hear any of it.
Frye makes a break for the green room. She enters to see Shiver sitting on a padded chair, still shaking.
“What was that?”
“Frye, listen, I can explain-“
“No! There is no reason to do what you just did!”
Big Man squeezes himself through the green room’s door. They’ve gotta make that thing bigger. “Guys, lets just calm down first-“
“No! You disrespected me! You disrespected my family! My grandfather taught us everything we know about Tableturf and told us to always play fairly! He said if you just believe in the heart of the cards you would never have to cheat!”
“Frye, we’re thieves.” Shiver states, unable to deny she was caught red handed.
“Yeah, we steal TREASURE, not wins from kids in Tableturf during the Splatfest!” Frye’s fingers curl into fists.
“Big deal. You tried to fame-bomb me! You know how bad that would be for my image? And during the Splatfest?” Shiver sits with a wide posture, holding onto the arms of the chair as if it were her throne.
“Fame bomb you? Fame didn’t even win last Splatfest, and it’s all gone to your head!” Frye wiggles her finger at Shiver as if it were one of her eels, a dangerous move, considering Shiver’s tendency in the past to bite people’s fingers off. Shiver snarls and her teeth poke out from her lips, her hands tightly gripping the arms of the chair, her jaw clenched tight, refusing to take the literal bait.
“Guys…” Big Man tries to get the attention of his band members, his voice shaking timidly. The two ignore him.
“You know what? I’m starting to see how it is. You’re all obsessed with this money and power! Then you have all these people that adore you and you won’t even respect your own friends!” Frye slinks closer to where her seated duelist stares. Shiver shakes, the emotions changing the color of the ink keeping her hydrated, flashing red and white, an ancient warning telling Frye to back off. Shiver bares her pearly white megalodon teeth at Frye, shivering in rage. Anyone else would have had their head bitten off by now. It’s not like Frye couldn’t cook Shiver alive, she thinks back to the last annual Fry-cook game, and how Shiver didn’t stand a chance. This situation is getting hotter, and Frye knows the heat like the back of her hand.
“Frye… slow down… let’s not superjump to conclusions…” Big Man manages to interject.
Frye snaps her head to meet Big Man’s line of sight with her eyebrow furrowed, frustrated at him using puns at a time like this, then her gaze softens as she realizes his distress.
“This is just like what happened during the Callie and Marie Splatfest so long ago… I told you guys this was an awful idea…”
“Listen we don’t make the Splatfests we just announce em, okay?” Shiver says to him, hoping to avoid some blame. Frye’s anger heats up in her chest, wondering how Shiver who she thought was her friend could say something so heartless, and before Frye can think of the nastiest thing to say…
“Well… what are they trying to do then? Break up our band?”
The green room goes silent. Frye unclenches her fists, and Shiver’s grip on the arms of her throne loosen. The sound of the Splatfest current outside is low, only the bass from the speakers barely leaks into the space. Big Man is gazing down at the floor, avoiding eye contact with his bandmates. He’s missing the look of heartbreak on both of their faces. The love that they won so long ago. Shiver’s ink stops flashing colors, her tone returning to her usual deep purple and her eyes gloss over. A shining in her eyes so bright only Toni Kensa could see through.
“Maybe Big Man was right. Maybe… love was more important.” Shiver says quietly, her tone sheepish. She wonders what a sheep is, and why she sees white spirals in her vision.
“Did you just admit you were wrong?” Big Man bellows.
Shiver’s face flushes. “M-maybe! I said maybe!” She sputters in response. The corners of Frye’s lips curl up into a smile, and she can hear Big Man let out an aquatic purr.
“I’m sorry, Frye. I shouldn’t have cheated. You and your grandfather taught me the game well. I was having doubts… I stopped believing in myself… and I forgot what was important. Please, let me redeem myself.”
Shiver looks up to make eye contact with Frye. Instead of the look Frye’s seen Shiver use to manipulate her way out of situations, she sees true shame. The sparkle in Shiver’s eye beats with the heart in her chest. Frye feels her eyes are wet again, the feeling similar to falling into the water during battle, and she’s losing, hard.
“Frye? Are you okay?” Big Man gazes in Frye’s direction.
“Yeah, yeah, I just got something in my eye.”
“Yeah, I can see it.” Big Man swims over to her. “The whites of your eyes are like, red?”
“Red?” Shiver stands from her throne, now just any other empty chair, and walks to the aide of her partner. “Hopefully you don’t have conjunction-itis.” She cups Frye’s cheek with her hand and uses the other to push the tentacles out of Frye’s face to clearly look into her eyes. Shiver smiles, and Frye can’t help but smile back. Through the shines in their eyes, Frye knows Shiver truly meant what she said.
In an instant, Frye shoots forward, arms wide open, before latching onto Shiver. “Oh, I can’t stay mad at you!” Shiver laughs, and hugs her friend back tight. She looks to Big Man and smiles. He lets out a big sigh of big relief. Crisis averted, once again, Big Man thinks to himself. Splatfest is almost over, and no matter who wins, he knows none of them are truly in charge.
Theres a knock at the door. Before any of the three can answer, the door opens. The door to the green room usually stays locked, but in the frenzy of the moment, it was left unlocked behind them. Before any of them can sweat if they are in any danger, Big Man steps up to plate. “Be not afraid.” the visitor says, his blank expression unchanging. Shiver swears she hears bells, but there is no where they could be coming from. She wonders if Frye can hear bells too.
Though Big Man might not be a Judd traditionally, he retained the ability of being a good judge of character. He takes a look at the stranger, and knows they are in no danger. “Uh, can we help you?”
At the door stands the octoling Shiver was just dueling in Tableturf. He wears a Big Man Splatfest shirt and a pair of Grizzco shades from several seasons ago. Frye can’t help but notice he’s wearing the freshest kicks out of Crush Station. “I hope so. You promise not to freak out?” Shiver notices his voice… is missing something. He doesn’t sound like a kid, his voice is… dry… or no, horse? Shiver doesn’t know what a horse is, but she envisions it’s similar to a Reef Slider, or maybe even her Meg.
Shiver smirks. “They call me Shiver for a reason. I ride sharks without fear.” Her previous opponent grins at her, not caring about her attempt at cheating in Tableturf.
“Good. Then maybe you can help me.”
He takes off his Grizzco glasses, his pupils stare back at the trio in slits like a cat, and fuzzy ooze pours from his eye sockets.
Shiver shrieks in terror so loud, the world shakes with her.
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colorfuldream · 5 months
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Since we've calmed down after the last Splatfest, I can finally bitch about some Shiver fans' takes.
My God she did NOT try to "change the subject and try to make Frye comfortable".
Shiver SUCKS. She's greedy, she brags when she wins, she'll say anything she has to to get vote. That's WHY SHE'S FUN! Every member of Deep Cut Kinda Sucks. That is the point!
Big Man does get a little carried away and sometimes gets worked up (though he's still being nice) during the fests announcements. Frye barely even tries to make an argument (her job!) because she's too busy being silly.
None of them give a damn about the results. They're here to party and have fun. Sure, they like to win but they don't care if they lose. Almost every single time, the winner says something along the lines of "all three options are nice though" or "let's do all three!"
Shiver did exactly what she did for the Nessie vs Aliens vs Bigfoot festival: lie her ass off. This time, instead of lying about seeing Nessie, she pretended that her choice was better because she legit doesn't know how to do a fist bump. It's silly! It's endearing! She's a loser! Girlfailure! She doesn't care if it's embarrassing, she came clean because it's no big deal and she won! She won eight fucking times in a row, she gets to brag if she pleases.
It's fine for your fav to not be perfect. You don't need to go out of your way to mischaracterize an entire dialogue because you need to defend her from the "haters". And quite frankly, wouldn't it be worse if she was babying the other members (or singling Frye out) because they didn't win for months? Don't you think it would be condescending? Her lines were implied to be prewritten. None of them have a problem with what they have to say. They might even write them themselves for all we know!
Deep Cut are all good friends. That's why they don't give a single flying into space fuck about who wins, the things said to win, or the things said after they won.
And, finally, ofc it also goes for Frye and Big Man fans. Neither care if they lose. Frye doesn't even try (ie: she had less than 10% of the bite for Team Fame and had no reaction, especially when she could have made great arguments for it since it logically beat the other two teams (sorry for breaking Splatfest law guys, it needed to be said)), Big Man is just happy to be there (though he probably really wanted Love to win... But alas capitalism triumphs all). I'd LOVE it if Nintendo finally wrote them some spicy dialogue instead of the bland and boring "eh gg" we've been getting for over a year. I'd LOVE the acknowledgement that Frye is incredibly unpopular and has gotten brutal loses. They did it in Splat1 and 2. I want my girl to go on a rampage or for Big Man to impose himself. But it's not that big of a deal. We ain't getting angst. Deep Cut is too busy sharing their one braincell to decide what meal they're gonna have to care.
It's not that deep. It doesn't matter in the end. What fucking matter iS TO STOP KILLING YOUR TEAMMATES DURING TRICOLOR WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SHOOTING AT ME WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER—
#text#ondina's text posts!#big man splatoon#shiver splatoon#frye splatoon#splatoon 3#splatoon#shiver hohojiro#frye onaga#big man#i know it's like twitter discourse but it's so annoying#they're silly singing squids just chill#let frye wear something sexy tho like i've seen someone comment that they didn't know she had hips and it took me out#she may be silly but she can be silly and slaying! let shiver wear something silly while frye is for the thristy hoes for once#so sad that shiver isn't also a silly jester for frostyfest... but she got an almost new model/outfit so good for her#free frye from her baggy pants for once her outfits are low-key similar#but we aren't talking enough about big man... so cute. so silly. he's sparkly. a litte star. the glitter is so satisfying#anyway bye I'll bitch once the theme is announced or we get more Shiver discourse#i don't even care that much; what i care about is the shitty big run stages we've been getting; the boss that wasn't adapted for it debuting#debuting there and somehow getting the worst weapons on top of ut#*it. at least the rewards system is better but i wish i could actually play. because yeah the connection was terrible. the server was#macfucking dying. it also sucks that my teammates were bad#use your specials!!! throw the eggs to the basket or in its direction! i am begging you!! i was there waiting because my weapon sucked!#i played for two days and barely got bronze#i hope we can get the rewards later because i wanted it so much
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dolphin1812 · 7 months
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Gillenormand is back . . . Yay . . .
I almost feel sorry for him because of how depressed he is without Marius, but unfortunately for him, I find this line very funny:
“The Revolution of July had not exasperated him for more than six months”
His depression just takes the form of not being as cruel to those around him and being less “ultra” than usual. His depression is sympathetic, but Gillenormand overall is still so awful.
I think it’s hilarious that Théodule basically gives up on the inheritance and that Gillenormand can't stand him because of the tricolor and differences in gender norms. In some ways, their superficiality makes them more similar (although Gillenormand is more aggressive and has strong principles of a sort), but the generational difference is too much. 
And Marius appears!
Gillenormand could be sympathetic here, but as usual, he’s just frustrating? It makes sense that he wouldn’t notice Marius’ poverty if he’s mostly happy to see him, but I winced when he said that he was the one who was poor because of old age. He’s too absorbed in himself to really inspire a lot of compassion. And while he loves Marius, that love requires his submission, too; he won’t show Marius any of the care he feels unless he does exactly what he wants, which is cruel. 
And Marius’ solution is marriage! He really should have asked Cosette.
Gillenormand is cruel in his rejection, although he is right that marriage would be difficult if neither of them have any money. But seeing him open up so much after being called “father” actually is sad. What he says is callous towards Cosette and is of course unacceptable to Marius, but unlike before, he’s not trying to hurt him? He’s wrong, but he doesn’t know why he’s wrong, and in that sense he inspires a bit of pity.
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