(tags from @neathyingenue @zeebreezin)
hang on have I not mentioned this enough- Hi! Yes! Vincent is Catalan, from Barcelona! I usually talk about them as being/using Spanish but that's honestly just because I know that's what most people would recognise/understand, compared to how relatively niche Catalan is unfortunately. A lot of the time it's more important in the moment to connect somewhat even if it's not entirely accurate "^^ (and they do use Spanish, it's just their second language instead).
Being Catalan specifically is a key part of Vin as a character because, well... I'm projecting, honestly! I live in Barcelona! I may be British, but I've lived here for most of my life now and it's an equally important part of me as a person. Writing about Vin is an excuse to write about the experience of immigrating (though admittedly in reverse of my own) as well as Catalan language, culture, politics, history...
One day I'll sit down and write out some of this stuff and approximately nobody will know the cultural/historical context <3
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i am becoming increasingly sure as time goes on that my gender is Not Cis but its like. not enough for me to do anything like god forbid tell my parents. not bc they wouldn't be ACCEPTING but because i don't feel like they'd UNDERSTAND and trying to explain it to them would be too much work when i A) barely even know how to describe it to MYSELF and B) feel comfortable enough being described as a woman/girl/female/whatever. like if im fine enough being called a girl and im comfortable in my body and don't yet feel a need to use pronouns other than she/her then what's the point of trying to explain to my mom that i find the concept of gender pretty much inapplicable to myself/kind of confining and i feel more like an amorphous forest creature than a Girl and i wouldnt mind being perceived more masculine sometimes by society at large and gender questions on forms make me uncomfortable because i'm never totally sure what to answer.
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note: “69” is the word “rock” written in goroawase (substitution of letters for homophonic numbers) so it’s not uncommon to see him called 69 by jp users…
“the young lady” = lumina. (the “he” saying interesting things is rock. the other “he” is an insertion…)
taelwoo = they wrote teilou and this got auto translated funny
i wanted to spotlight these posts by twitter user wl_mihaya who has consistently neat writings regarding wonderful life’s characters
somehow i read this as Wada and Matsuyama showed the writing team the reference sheet again like “Look at this irredeemable debauchee. This spoilt summer child, this pampered prodigal prince who has tasted not the bitterness of life. This libertine, this chaud lapin. Coasting on the coattails of his well-to-do family in his obnoxiously baggy clothes. Disgusting. Good-for-nothing worthless son. Into the Romance Scenarios with him.”
AnWL’s NPC to tumblrsexyman conversion pipeline scenario writing department: “ok got it boss🫡(ohhhhhh what a tragic little meow meow 🥺 are you guys even seeing this. isn’t he just the most heartachingly aware of how pathetic he is yet utterly determined to carry on this pretense of confidence. let’s secretly make him wet and pathetic and impossibly stupid and so very Adopted)”
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@weird-ecologies tagged me to name my Top 4 movies from the year I was born, which means I get to expose myself as someone who does not actually watch that many movies AND as a devotee of one particular very questionable movie (Doctor Who TV Movie my beloved, and also a staple of my high school years, for better or for worse)
Including the Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet is sort of a questionable call here because I've only ever seen part of it, but I truly did not have another strong contender for my fourth film and also I respect the concept of weird maximalist Shakespeare on a deep personal level, so I feel like it's allowed to stay.
Tagging @marypsue @howsyourweirdbrotherdoing @thesixthstar @fishdetective @wild-west-wind and @chaumas-deactivated20230115 to join in if you want, though like with all tag memes it is of course totally optional
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“...It was 2 o’clock in the morning and we’d been working pretty hard. Mickie Most behind the desk, looking like a fresh-faced high school kid, wasn’t ready to give up. As long as the band wanted to record, he’d be there, pencil in the mouth, sitting in the producer’s chair, feet up on the console. Relaxed. Over the intercom, into the main room, he spoke. It was the voice of God, the producer. ‘OK, if you guys feel you’ve got something else to come up with, we need a B side for the new single. Have you got anything? In the middle of the room AP sat behind the red-topped Vox Continental, his feet nervously tapping out a fast gospel-type rhythm, his fingers skating up and down the keyboard surrounded by baffling and studio blankets.
He was playing fast, uptempo, hot and nasty gospel. I was in the isolation booth, headphones clamped on my head. Pricey opened, swirling through the changes.” - Eric Burdon, I Used to Be an Animal, but I’m All Right Now, 1986 (p. 132).
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Hirmi: acanthus, aloe, begonia Bodrum: heliotrope, hydrangea, magnolia
I like how you threw a little bodrum in there, just to spice it up lol.
HIRMI:
acanthus - is your muse deceptive , or willing to lie or deceive to achieve certain means ? why or why not ?
Certainly not! I think he is a bad liar. It is also against the elf code of conduct to be deceitful, and if he lied he wouldn't get a good grade in elf practice. He's already failing so I don't know why that matters to him. He can at least fail with dignity I guess.
aloe - how does your muse handle grief ?
So far in canon he has:
1. Run away to the forest to live alone for 5+ years.
2. Developed OCPD. AND scrupulously.
3. Returned to a toxic environment.
4. Formed a codependent relationship. With a lemur.
So I think it's safe to say he handles it badly!
begonia - how cautious is your muse ? are they prone to noticing red flags , or paranoid to the point of not trusting most everyone ? why or why not ?
I can't say he's a cautious person either! Not that he's reckless like some of my other characters are, but I do think he has a tendency to go all-in and get hurt later as far as relationships go. He is trusting, and wants to believe people have good intentions.
BODRUM:
heliotrope - does your muse believe in soulmates ?
He does! He is a hopeless romantic at heart. He would believe in soulmates for every quadrant.
hydrangea - how much does your muse value communication in their relationships with others ? are they prone to being misunderstood ?
In the beginning, not so much. He has an entitled "my way or the highway" attitude, mostly from being raised as a highblood. He later finds out that surprise! When you act like that people don't really want to be around you. So he makes a better effort to communicate going forward.
magnolia - describe your muse’s relationship with nature & the natural world .
He loves nature! Technology is very scary to him. Nature is calming and safe and inspiring. Maybe that's another reason why he's so drawn to Amytis - she embodies that. He doesn't have to worry about looking dumb for being behind on the times when he's with her. She's not very techy herself, either.
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