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Do you write music with the view of being politically active and delivering a message or does it just happen and the rest follows? 

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hi-waisted | 🩳

yeah, it’s not like sims are actually different heights or anything, but all my IRL jeans and shorts are always super high waisted on me always because i’m super short. so now my sims (and yours too !!!) can suffer and have absurdly high shorts for no reason…

3 pairs of shorts

a bunch of swatches tbh

female frames

base game compatible

umm you can’t rly see in the preview but the waist is flared a lil’

fits best with tucked in or accessory shirts !!!

credits: caelhinn for some of the swatches & me hehe

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DenUmm pt. 2 | 👖

I'll never stop making high waist jeans and that's that. So it's a bunch of denim related bottoms for your sims' tushies.

What's included:

Dido Denim - is a set of cuffed straight, flared, and baggy jeans

Halima - is a long below the knee length skirt

Pippa shorts - is a pair of raw edge, low & high denim shorts

Dida Denim - is a pair of mid-rise denim with an elastic tie-band

for a grand total of eight items all together !!!

Details:

5 jeans, 2 shorts, 1 skirt

female frames

teen-elder

disabled for random

all lods 'n stuff

credits: caelhinn for the cotton jar palette

❗ Notes: In the preview picture above, the "Halima" skirt for some reason has a weird dark spot at the bottom which I assume is a shadow, rest assured it doesn't look that in-CAS/live mode but if there are problems let me know !!! ❗

Download 📂- [Patreon], freebs of course! - alt: [sfs]

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Blue Blood Jeans

Stylish 2YK inspired baggy boyfriend jeans in a lot of fun colours and ombres. Coming in high waisted and low waisted versions. 👖

custom thumbnail

30 swatches

base game compatible

in-game photos here

edited EA mesh by me

please read and respect my TOU

you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi if you want

➤ DOWNLOAD HERE (Patreon, Early Access)

Public release: 6th May, 2023

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Ayaka Hair

Loosely inspired by Ayaka’s skin from Genshin Impact

BGC

Hat Compatible

24 EA Colors

Custom Thumbnails

Flowers for the hair can be found in hats; 30 Swatches

Terms Of Use

Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Twitch

Download (free on Patreon)

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Ayaka Hair

Loosely inspired by Ayaka’s skin from Genshin Impact

BGC

Hat Compatible

24 EA Colors

Custom Thumbnails

Flowers for the hair can be found in hats; 30 Swatches

Terms Of Use

Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Twitch

Download (free on Patreon)

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Blue Blood Jeans

Stylish 2YK inspired baggy boyfriend jeans in a lot of fun colours and ombres. Coming in high waisted and low waisted versions. 👖

custom thumbnail

30 swatches

base game compatible

in-game photos here

edited EA mesh by me

please read and respect my TOU

you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi if you want

➤ DOWNLOAD HERE (Patreon, Early Access)

Public release: 6th May, 2023

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Heart Surgery Scar

2 swatches

disabled for random

bgc

skin detail category

📁DL

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Some Enjoltaire scenes from the 2019 staged concert

Ok, so this is during Red and Black. Look how Grantaire is focused on Enjolras during his whole speech. Then Enjolras says ... do we fight for the right to the night at the opera now, and Grantaire laughs with the most affectionate look on his face. He's 100% buying everything Enjolras says. He even loves his dumb little jokes.

But then!!! Enjolras goes after him specifically with, Is it simply a game for rich young boys to play? And Grantaire isn't even angry for this. I think he's more like - of course you're right Enjolras. I'm useless. For a moment I was so lost in your words I thought I was as brave as you all, but I'm not.

And then!!!

Exactly at the moment Marius sings breathless delight, Grantaire bursts with laughter and comes over to TOUCH ENJOLRAS' NECK AND PULL HIM INTO AN EMBRACE. And I'm sure he's saying something along the lines - You see, I told you the same before. Won't you forget your stupid plans for a moment, just like Marius did?

Enjolras obviously has other ideas but he doesn't look like he's. Shocked or offended by Grantaire's excessive familiarity. He even looks at him fondly at the beginning and leans into his embrace.

And then, Drink with me. So Enjolras was sitting in the back while the other guys were singin, but when he hears Grantaire being distressed, he comes over to try and comfort him :(. He specifically gets up only to come to Grantaire.

And he whispers something to him. Probably telling him to stop drinking for now, as he takes his bottle to raise a toast with others. And Grantaire doesn't even care 🙃.

All in all, I really love how these little scenes show their relationship. They seem to be genuine friends! I specifically love how Enjolras clearly cares about Grantaire even though the two of them may argue and don't agree on many things. But he doesn't look down on Grantaire with disgust, he's more like trying to make Grantaire to get himself together.

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Moodboard: Enjolras, the Leader

His nature was at once scholarly and warlike, and this is rare in an adolescent. He was both thinker and man of action, a solider of democracy in the short term at and the same time a priest of the ideal rising above the contemporary movement.

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Steven Hall maybe have the most heartbreaking portrayal of Grantaire I’ve ever seen. He created such a complex character that felt so much more alive and like an actual person than just someone playing a character in a theatre.

He started off in red and black with the most drunken behaviour ever. He was constantly falling of chairs and climbing on peoples laps. Poor Marius was sat on like five times, it was almost amusing especially on the line “Grantaire put the bottle down” when he was snuggling into marius’ shoulder while sitting across his lap and hugging his wine bottle. He also climbed on the tables and made it everyone’s problems, yet still maintained the feeling that he didn’t quite fit in with his friends even though they were laughing. He constantly stood off to the side and collapsed against the wall. Alongside this, he was almost always with Gavroche and acted like a big brother (all though he did make Gav take a shot of alcohol at one point). He also conveyed the enjoyment of annoying Enjolras and kept giving him shiteating grins and almost pouty expressions. Enjolras, as well as being annoyed with Grantaire also maintain the feeling that he enjoyed Grantaire’s presence throughout the whole show which towards the end evolved into concern and worry for him. Grantaire’s connection with Marius was also really interesting, it felt like they were more friends (which I thought was better) than Enjolras and Marius.

At the start of the Barricade scenes he still maintain the drunken confidence that mirrored his friends actual confidence, with lines like “let’s give them a screwing they’ll never forget” that were delivered in cheerful drunken agression. That confidence quickly changed when he realised the reality of the situation and that they were all going to die. Enjolras and him exited the stage after the first load of fighting but Grantaire came back before Enjolras, who someone went and got when Eponine was dying. The horror at seeing Eponine’s death (which I think he was the first one to properly realise after Marius) felt so real, he looked like his mind was driving him insane but he was unable to move, instead frozen to the spot. It planted a seed in my mind that kept making me think “this is so unfair, why do people have to die so they do not suffer?”.

For the rest of the barricade he radiated pain. There were times when he looked almost wild with this unfathomable desperation from the fact he couldn’t stop/control what was happening around him. He acted like it was almost too painful to even watch what was happening at the barricade, almost as if he didn’t want to be a part of the Revolution because he didn’t want his friends too die and be left alone.

Steven Hall’s acting was phenomenal, the emotions that his facial expressions conveyed were masterful (by far the best acting performance of anyone that night). During drink with me, he tried to shove Marius out of frustration on the lines “will the world remember you when you fall?” and Enjolras had to hold him to stop him from hurting Marius. He then sang the lines “Could it be your death means nothing at all? Is your life just one more lie?” directly at Enjolras and tapped his Es chest on “nothing at all?” with a transfer from aggression to mournful frustration.

During the second attack, after drink with me, he clutched Gavroche like the sky was collapsing and the world crumbling around him. It came across as both fear and mental exhaustion, everyone else was fighting on the barricade and Grantaire was breaking down and Gavroche was holding him up off to the side.

I have never seen such raw emotion on stage, which was present across his whole performance. The way he shouted Gavroche’s name when he realised he had gone was gut wrenching. And when Gavroche fell into Enjolras’ arms after he was shot, Enjolras look so pained by it and concerned for Grantaire as he passed Gavs body to him. By this point I was properly crying, and Grantaire looked so lost, like he had been through so much emotional and mental pain and he’d finally reached the point of numbness as he held Gavs body.

Just before the climax of the final attack, Enjolras mouthed to Grantaire “are you okay? Your going to be okay.” as he was slumped against the wall. During the final attack, R stood in the middle of the fighting as everything happened around him. When Marius fell after getting hurt, R was immediately there and then the normal Enjoltaire hug happened which was heart breaking, before Enjolras returned to the barricade. Grantaire died last after running to get to the place Enjolras fell from the barricade.

Throughout the show he also had such amazing intricate body language. A few examples were when Eponine was dying his hands where fidgeting like he didn’t know what to do with them and digging his fingers into his palms like he was trying to physicalise the pain. He also was playing with his cuffs throughout the barricade scenes. Even in red and black he was moving his hands. They never stopped moving. Every part of his body language and posture were immaculate, where other people were standing completely still (which I’m not criticising) Grantaire felt more realistic and had an unrest-less energy about him - but only if you paid attention to him - which furthered his disconnect from the rest of the amis as no one noticed except maybe Feuilly [the actor (Harry Chandler) who is cover Enjolras. He radiate Enjolras energy without even being him so now I’m going to have to try and see him as Enjolras cause his vocals were also amazing] at the beginning and Enjolras at the end.

There was never a moment when Grantaire wasn’t wild with emotion whether drunken rowdiness or heart wrenching desperation. There was also a sensitivity to Grantaire that felt so young but not naive, that was just perfection. I think it’s safe to say that Steven Hall has mastered the character of R and is insanely talented at acting. While other actors have also nailed the character of Grantaire, I’ve never come across one who had so much underlying jittery energy and was so mentally taxed by the end. I would love to see Steven Hall play Enjolras in the future, as the character is completely different from R and it would be cool to see how he’d portray him especially because I believe he is an extremely talented vocalist and actor.

Also, shout out to Noah Morgan as Gavroche. The kid was so extremely talent and was the definition of Gavroche throughout.

Les Misérables Uk Tour Norwich 09/09/22

[Grantaire - Steven Hall, Enjolras - Samuel Wyn-Morris, Feuilly - Harry Chandler, Gavroche - Noah Morgan]

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oh to be at an irish pub right now

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the triumvirate

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"I don't know who you are, and neither do you."

(This is part of an AU I have where percy and jason get trapped in a shared dream after hera steals them from their camps)

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the guide, the chief, the center

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I saw the Les Misérables UK Tour (in Liverpool, with Matthew Dale on as 1st cover Grantaire and Samuel Wyn-Morris as Enjolras) today, here's some very important Enjoltaire changes that I noticed:

- When Enjolras and Marius are singing in 'Look Down', there are two women sat on the floor trying to grab at the feet (like they're "kissing their feet", as Madame Thénardier says about Éponine) and Marius is looking at them and holding their hands while Enjolras is ignoring them completely, pushing them off him to go back to his podium.

- When Marius comes into the room for 'Red & Black', Grantaire doesn't look up until someone mentions that he is late. He instantly turns to Enjolras to get his attention.

- During 'Building the Barricade', these lines usually sung by the other Amis students are sung by Enjoltaire only.

Enjolras: Now the people will fight.

Grantaire: (to Enjolras, grabbing his attention and staring directly at him) and so they might, dogs will bark, fleas will bite.

Enjolras: (to Grantaire, raising his hand up to his shoulder) they will do what is right.

- When Éponine is shot, Grantaire and Enjolras aren't on stage. Grantaire stumbles in as she dies and a woman runs to grab Enjolras. Enjolras runs on stage as she takes her last breath and looks so pained by the loss. Grantaire is just staring at Enjolras.

- During the hug in 'Drink with Me', it isn't Grantaire that lingers on the hug, it's Enjolras and when Grantaire walks away he holds his hand out after him. Grantaire and Enjolras both go to different corners and CRY. Not kidding. This Enjolras showed emotion!

- At the Barricade, after Enjolras tells children and women to leave, Grantaire walks Gavroche to the side of the barricade and pushes him away - telling him to get to safety. And Gavroche sneaks back in.

- When Gavroche is shot, Enjolras breaks down on the barricade as Grantaire holds Gavroche's body. I've never seen that happen before. He literally sits and cries before standing up and composing himself.

- When one of the Amis is shot, Grantaire runs to his aid. Enjolras does the same but places his hand on Grantaire's, who is crying. Then Enjolras pulls him into a hug.

- When Enjolras is shot, you can audibly hear Grantaire screaming his name. He runs up to the barricade and scrambles to the top so he's with Enjolras. Bearing in mind he had been struggling to climb the barricade before because he was so drunk. He literally dies shouting for the man he loves.