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elaine moira charmant is back in business hell yeah 🔥🔥 winters nigh and summer o'er

Hadestown.. Save me.. Hadestown..

AHHHH I JUST LOVE THE MUSIC AND THE PLOT AND I LOVE MY FREINDS SO I DREW THEIR OC AND DAROGA AS HADES AND PERSEPHONE! Enjoy this sketch and colored sketch,

featuring @ereyies oc Elaine and Daroga.

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Best Friends!

hi guys it's me elaine ♡ no i didn't forget about this place, i just literally hadn't drawn anything for ages and yk what, it shows.

sketch of me and victor frankenstein to get back into drawing because i have like 50 billion art trades i need to finish.

i mostly made this as a redraw of the 'get along shirt' gag hehehe

+ this doodle from my philosophy class notes

how times have changed... i went from victor frankenstein slander, to thinking it would be funny if we were friends but he hated me, to being friends fr!! love and peace guys 🫶

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after two years of the same Stewart png being used over and over again.. we finally have our new confrontation photo.. he’s free from the curse.. not only that he’s holding valjeans hand

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even the top gets called a faggot

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Of mice and men art dump‼️🥳

I made these not too long ago and plan to make more soon, but my Chromebook I use to draw on keeps blacking out whenever I put an atom of pressure on the screen and it won't work😭😓

But anyways!!

Trust I have A LOT more drawings, but they include my OMAM OC-Insert, Martín, which I'll probably info dump abt later since his lore isn't exactly finished 😪

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HELLOHELLO SORRY FOR ASKING THIS INCASE YOU HAVE STATED IT ELSEWHERE, BUT DO YOU DO COMMISSIONS? :D

HELLO HELLO HELLO!! <33

no, unfortunately!! i have considered it in the last year or so, but currently at the moment i do not take commissions 😢😢 for a multitude of reasons really.

i'm in my final year of college and busy preparing for exams and coursework constantly, as well as having no idea to how approach pricing or even how to receive the money, as well as also believing my style is far too inconsistent to guarantee the highest level of quality in my work.

but!!

i'll have a look on how to start up commissions by the end of the week and see what i can do from there because i really really really would like to start at some point and provide people drawings of their favourite characters and more <33

thank you for your lovely ask!! i hope you have a wonderful day wherever you are 🫶🫶

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My interpretation of George from mice and men.

Since Ive seen a lack of mice and men content I wanted to just drop this

I've read the book and watched the movie(1992 one) and took inspiration from the movie versions and others

I could go on a whole rant

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DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE OF MICE AND MEN HEADCANONS? I LOVE THEMMM , ALSO LOVE UR ART SO SO MUCHHH!!

HELLO!!

thank you for your lovely ask!! your kindness is very much appreciated, i'm very happy you like the art, it's made with lots of love and only ever with my friends and followers in mind who are the reason i continue to make art and fan content <33

mm as for headcanons, at this current moment i would say no, i don't have any other headcanons in mind for now, though most other headcanons i may have primarily apply to only george (i think about him an unhealthy amount. my sweet angel. my baby cakes.)

but!! if more come to me in the near future i will certainly make a follow-up post!! thank you again for your ask, have a lovely day wherever you are <33

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hi, sorry, this is very random but i saw one of your posts on tiktok and i just found you here and i want to say, i think your of mice and men oc is so, so cool. i’ve been really awkward about making ocs for existing media - especially the classic books i like because, well, they’re classics - but genuinely you’ve made me actually want to make one !! also your art is just, really wonderful

OMG HELLO!! <33

first of all, there is absolutely no need to apologise whatsoever i absolutely LOVE receiving asks and reception on my posts!! secondly, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH 😭😭💓💓 this is the kindest thing anyone has said to me all day and i really needed to hear some kindness and positivity <33

i get so happy when people tell me that they like my ocs everytime i make one for the fandoms i'm in, especially when the fandoms are niche/unconventional. i mean, who would have thought of mice and men would have a passionate fanbase?? i used to feel so silly and ashamed for having such 'weird' interests, even for extremely popular books such as omam!! but thanks to asks like these and wonderful friends and followers, i've learned that cringe is dead, and so long as it is what makes you happy, then that's all that matters. such a simple lesson but one that took me so long to learn.

you absolutely should make ocs for existing media, don't feel ashamed!! it's such a fun way to engage with the source material and expand on it, and it's great to understand and interact with the setting and characters!! i LOVE reading all about people's insert ocs because everyone has such a unique take on how to approach their own inclusions, it's a show of extreme creativity and passion and love for the original source media!!

thank you once again for your kind ask and im glad you love the art and my oc!! i have more posts going about her character and story on my profile that is far more in depth than my condensed tiktok about her!!

have a wonderful day wherever you are!! your kindness is a blessed thing 🫶🫶

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Everybody tryin' to get a ticket to go but Those who go they don't come back They goin' way down Hadestown Way down under the ground

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Guys erik is so misunderstood

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hi guys it's me elaine im eating lunch right now

who wants an outrageously long post discussing why i think the education system in most countries (particularly the us) fails to correctly understand and teach of mice and men by john steinbeck to students??

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Burps

you're not invited to my birthday party

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okay haiii these are my omam headcanons that i wrote a couple months ago and completely forgot about and found them on my ipad so uhh enjoy

Of Mice and Men character headcanons:

George suffers from Misophonia

George also had BPD and takes medication for it

Curley's wife's name is Sally. idk why but she's always been a Sally to me...

Despite all his apparent charm, Slim can’t flirt for the life of him and ends up just standing like 🧍‍♂️and somehow it always works

Whitt sleepwalks regularly. Slim gets up multiple times a week every night just to drag Whitt back to bed

Lennie has full blown conversations in his sleep. very loudly.

Crooks’s favourite food is liquorice or something 😭 old man food,,,

Candy will randomly just tell the most absurd, very obviously untrue facts every with a completely straight face just to see how gullible ppl one the ranch are. “yeah did you fellas know that there's a chance if you sneeze while you’re fulla whiskey your gut will burst? ‘ts true! saw it happen to a poor guy here on this very ranch!!”

Carlson has a bunch of weirdly specific and random skills that serve no practical use in his life whatsoever. stuff like he’s really good at ventriloquism, or knows an absurd amount of dances from around the world, or he’s an expert of handwriting analysis, or he can ride a unicycle. absolutely useless but mildly impressive talents.

Curley hurts himself in his outburst as much as he hurts others. not intentionally or because of his opponent, he just gets so mad he'll start bashing his head or something

+ Bronwyn and Curley headcanons

(For those who don't know, Bronwyn is my omam oc, you can find information about her here and here, but all you need to know for this is that she's Curley's younger sister.)

⚠️ CW for mention of neglect, abuse, and suicide ⚠️

Bronwyn walks very silently. Very conscious of her footsteps.

She suffers from undiagnosed psychosis (hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thinking, tangential thinking), attachment issues, occasionally seizures, anxiety issues, etc.

Inherited all her mental disorders from her mother's side. Her mother also suffered from various undiagnosed mental disorders and killed herself as a result of her condition rapidly worsening with no treatment

Bronwyn still thinks so highly of Curley despite how awfully he treats her as she only ever remembers when they were younger and when they were each other's best friends. When someone speaks badly about Curley, she'll always defend him. Curley believes that Bronwyn is a worthless burden who brings down his image and the reputation of the family, making him feel embarrassed and that he's weaker somehow for having a mentally ill sister.

Curley blames Bronwyn for their mother's death, believing that Bronwyn was born sick and that their mother 'caught' her illness.

Their mother was emotionally abusive, and their father, the boss of the ranch, is quite neglectful of them both. Neither Curley nor Bronwyn realise just how awful their mother treated them both, yet neither talk about her.

Curley secretly adored his mother. Bronwyn secretly resents her but can't put a finger on why. She tried to draw her mother once and the paper she used was just covered in nothing but dark scribbles.

When she and Curley get into fights they often get physical and violent. Bronwyn only learnt to fight from Curley because in the middle of fighting he'd be so pissed off that she couldn't fight properly and be like 'that's not how you throw a punch. quit embarrassing yourself, I'll show you how it's done. now you try.' and accidentally ended up teaching her to fight at his level.

When the boss would intervene with their fights, he'd observe and blame whoever caused the most damage. Curley often got the blame the most because he'd let his anger get the best of him.

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@estelle-skully HII HELLO hi i saw a few hours ago that you made an of mice and men oc and quickly made this!!

aspen and bronwyn getting along!! sorry it's extremely messy i was in a bit of a rush 🤕🤕 but!! hope you like it regardless <33

who knows, maybe this will be a repeat of the eebyverse (dear lord i hope not (any eebyverse members reading this im sorry im just joking))

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YOU ASKED AND SO I SHALL DELIVER!!

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I was discussing with a few friends how Of Mice and Men keeps being removed from American school curriculums and banned by various school administrations throughout the states for ‘vulgar language, using the lord's name in vain’ and so on, but primarily about how it was banned for containing ‘racism, misogynistic, and potentially offensive to those with mental disabilities’.

But that's the most fundamental point of the entire book. To show the prejudices that the characters on the ranch experienced and the importance of companionship. I found a whole list online about it, it’s super fascinating seeing just how harshly it is challenged. You can find it here, but I'll post screenshots of the list below:

When I say that the misogynistic and especially racist themes are ‘there for a reason’, that’s not to say that I believe it should be completely brushed over because it is still a fundamental part of the novel that shows a lot regarding the historical and social context which it was written in and about life of Americans during the Great Depression beyond just white able-bodied men and how it should be handled in modern society rather than completely brushed under the rug

It’s awful seeing these painful but important parts of black American history and the treatment of black people in the past being completely glossed over and ignored just because people are ‘uncomfortable’ to discuss it when it’s so important to acknowledge it so we can learn from the last the same way that is done with white history.

Books such as Of Mice and Men are lumped in with hatred-driven racist/misogynistic/ableist drivel when its incredibly important to the time period it was written and should serve as an example of what not to repeat

A wonderful friend of mine said this which is definitely worth contributing:

'Something I remember is the very blatant connection between Lennie and the ranch dog. The ranch dog had nothing more to give after it reached its elderly years and it was suggested that he was to be shot. For the ranch, it had nothing of value to give once its strength was gone. Lennie, who had been compared to a dog a chapter (or more? it's been a while) prior to making it a little more obvious would eventually be the same because jobs in that time period did not accommodate disabilities, particularly Lennie's intellectual disability. They make it very clear that that's the climate they had been working with when they discussed putting the dog down. '

“I ought to have shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t have let no stranger shoot my dog.”

Lennie’s parallel with Candy's dog was so clever because it was wrong. Yes, it was foreshadowing what was going to happen to Lennie, yes it was setting up how George was to be the one who shot him because he didn’t want Lennie to die at the hands of a stranger scared and alone potentially like Candy’s dog was. Yes, Candy’s dog had nothing to offer the ranch anymore as it was so old and was ‘no good to himself’ and that’s why it was proposed to shoot him as a mercy.

But Lennie did have something to offer, he was strong and worked hard and efficiently. But he was just assumed to be useless to others because of his intellectual disability. Everyone just kept underestimating him and making incorrect assumptions about him and what he was capable of which Steinbeck intentionally included because he DOES show that the assumptions made are incorrect. Lennie was truly so much more than what other characters believed him to be.

That’s why the harsh banning of it was so ironic and disappointing. The boards of education who read it and still chose to ban it for ‘ableism and offending those with mental disabilities’ are the ones who are assuming that Lennie is just as incapable as every other character assumes him to be. Children could learn a lot from this book and the writing of it's characters, but instead it’s brushed over because it makes people ‘uncomfortable’ when really it’s something so important that should be discussed and if there really is a ‘problem’ with it, then instead of banning it, school boards should instead focus on how the sensitive subjects should be actually taught and addressed than ignoring it or banning it entirely.

Crooks’s identity as a black man is so fundamental to his whole character and the way he is taught about in schools is extremely reductive, completely disregarding the way he’s treated which is bewildering since he’s just as fascinating and fleshed out as every other character in the novel - He’s got personality expressed through how he communicates with Lennie and even more so his room, he has dreams even if he pretends otherwise and longs for companionship, and yet schools just gloss over him as a character and swap out the n word and pretends like the way he’s addressed is just mildly unfortunate because it was written when racism towards black people was ‘the norm’ which again is extremely reductive and children do not truly learn anything from it.

Every major character can be sympathised with one way or another, they’re all so incredibly fleshed out especially for the time it was written even if there are aspects that aren’t socially acceptable today, it contributes to the discussions we NEED to have about WHY we feel this way about the book, how far we have come since it's writing, acknowledging the past and how it’s handled in the modern day. There is SO much to be learnt beyond the story not only looking at language and story, but also the racial, biographical, historical and social context of the novel!!

all the characters are reduced SO MUCH in an educational setting. ‘Lennie is the dumb one. George is the smart one. Curley is the angry one. Curley’s wife is the slut. Slim is the handsome one. Crooks is the black one. Candy is the old one.’

It's SO much more than just ‘Steinbeck wrote a racist, misogynistic, ableist book.’ NO. He wrote a story about migrant workers trying to find work during the great depression. He wrote a story about an intellectually disabled man in an ableist environment. he wrote a story about a woman in a misogynistic environment. He wrote a story about a black man in a racist environment. He wrote about how that environment failed and abandoned them. He wrote about how this environment embodies the whole world of the time it was written. Regardless, they all have a uniting factor: they have a dream. The American Dream specifically. Each one of them hears Lennie and George's dream and they all want the same thing and all band together until it all falls apart. It’s about how the American Dream fails and excludes marginalised groups. But it also is about the importance of companionship and how devastating isolation can be to a person. Candy is alone. Curley’s wife is alone. Crooks is alone. But George had Lennie and Lennie had George until the end when it all falls apart and they’re alone again.

“I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick”

Again and again the need for companionship and togetherness is brought up:

“Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody—to be near him”

“A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.”

To conclude, Of Mice and Men is more than what people keep reducing it to. So many different messages and lessons can be extracted from this brilliant work of American literature. Dialogue about it will help to educate on American history of the treatment for people with mental disabilities, physically disabled people, the elderly, black people, and women. This will do more good than banning it.

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okay VERY sorry for how long this is but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING IF YOU'VE MADE IT TO THIS POINT <33

sorry if I ended up repeating words a whole bunch or if it's confusing 😰😰 these are mostly edited messages that i copied and pasted from a discussion i had on discord last month that i have been ITCHING to share. love you all so very much, thank you for indulging me <33

please don't be afraid to add any points you think i've missed or correct any mistakes i've made but this was mostly a ramble i wished to share because i feel it's important, at least to me. have a lovely day wherever you are <33

hi guys it's me elaine im eating lunch right now

who wants an outrageously long post discussing why i think the education system in most countries (particularly the us) fails to correctly understand and teach of mice and men by john steinbeck to students??