#-of switching to whichever language has the best words and connotations and grammatical structure for its intended purpose

[crwbannwen]

For the two people who care about trilingual fic, I need to talk about the hair. Because when I was translating, it was something I didn't remember doing that really surprised me.

Okay so each of the Wicker's hair is symbolic of their characters but especially Joel's character arc (which I'm working on a conclusion for because it never got that far initially)

So Joel's whole thing is he's incredibly aggressive to people outside of his family because he pretty much blames them for why Jocelyn left (and also why Jacob briefly left). He also is desperate for Jacob's approval because Jacob is his father figure. His family are his only connections and he is desperate to keep them. Now Joel is the only one who doesn't have blonde hair. It was blonde when he was younger but it got darker. So now he bleaches it to try and fit in with his family. But since he has absolutely no interest in hair and beauty it's completely fried and dead and often grown out. He's clinging to a family identity at the expense of his individual identity and when I was translating and realised I'd embedded that into what his hair looked like I deeply questioned why a brain so tried it couldn't stick to one language could write better symbolism than it does fully conscious.