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ruvieracd · 4 years ago

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Do the Rochambeau Guys Look Identical?

Okay so we’ve gotten a few questions about faces. Namely, how do the Rochambeau guys look alike and not question it. This is up to the reader, really, but realistically, they wouldn’t look alike. To them, they don’t look alike. We picture them all as Lin b/c that’s what we’re used to as viewers. The more I write these characters, the less I see them as Lin which sort of helps b/c then my brain isn’t constantly thinking “CLONES” or something. I’m going to kind of talk about how I envision them and if you have a particular faceclaim for one or more of them, we’d love for you to reblog and add it to this post because we’re curious as to what you guys see-even if it’s Lin at different ages. Remember, whatever YOU envision is correct. That’s all that matters. I just decided since we were asked three times to kind of give an idea of what I see when I’m writing, but LOVE to know your ideas :)

Alexander: So Alex being the oldest, I get this sense of maturity and looking older than the rest of them (not necessarily Lee). I do see a lot of Lin b/c you can’t have Hamilton and not think of Lin. @break-so-beautifully has really molded him into this seasoned veteran wise badass that I adore and the more I tried to to think of a face for him, the harder it was b/c I see Lin but also just this handsome, suave guy who’s going to do whatever it takes to protect his new family. Definitely older Lin vibes.

Physical Description: On the shorter side-no taller than 5′8, and this is important to me because I’ve never been a fan of guys trying to make themselves bigger b/c height is something you can’t help anyway, and a short man that owns his height and is unapologetic about it is a plus in my book. Alex definitely owns his height. He’s lean and fit and has short hair (he’ll grow it out back to Ham style later) and is very Lin in those soulful kind of eyes and has a mild New York accent. No scars due to his condition.

Usnavi: I definitely get young Lin vibes from Usnavi, but I picture Usnavi being on the thin side-like he’s extremely lanky and is probably still ID’d out at bars. He’s on the darker side of skin shade (being Dominican) and has thick hair (you just can’t tell b/c it’s under a hat) which he keeps short. He has braces (didn’t get them until he was an adult) and looks younger than he is.

Physical Description: Lanky, average height. Thick hair and soulful eyes, but definitely tired looking with dark circles under them most of the time. Has the darkest shade of skin out of all the guys. Little scars here and there just from life. Braces. Almost always wears his hat.

Not exactly, but I have this kind of look about him in my head (the hair, thick eyebrows, facial hair, and thin boyish look about him)

Ruben: *sighs* Here we go-my baby. So...Ruben is also on the darker side of skin tone. He has that sweet, soulful-eyes Lin look to him, but his hair is curly. Like, when his hair gets long enough you can put that shit in a ponytail in no time. He has marks all over his body from his traumatic experience in Jamaica-burn marks, scars from being hit with an extension cord and a belt, a stab wound scar in his abdomen from an accidental stabbing, and Ian’s name branded into his chest from a hot coat hanger (check out RACD to really delve into this). On his face, he only has one visible scar near his jawline

Physical Description: Average height. Scars all over (wears long sleeves all the time and mostly sweaters and collar shirts), curly hair that can get absolutely out of control if he doesn’t tame it, big soulful eyes, soft spoken, stutters a lot-and the stuttering is extremely important. This isn’t stutters once in a while. This is a more frequent than not kind of thing. Even in regular conversation, he can be trying to push one word out for several seconds (don’t worry-none of the boys call attention to it). Second darkest shade of skin out of the guys.

Scar looks like this:

Luckily I have a faceclaim for Ruben and his cute face and curly hair.

The hair: level unbrushed and untamed

Alvie: The baby of the group (unless you’re counting Lyra). Alvie is the smallest, definitely on the thin side and has just this boyish, scrufy look about him. I picture him having kind of a really soft voice with a slightly raspy texture sometimes (plays in well to his power involves sleep so he might sound tired a lot). I have a faceclaim for him for sure. In my headcanon, Alvie’s half white and it sort of worked with him struggling to fit in growing up. My face claim for him is Alexander O’conner (Rex Orange County). He has the right boyish look to him.

Physical Description: The smallest of the guys (but also the youngest) and def still looks like a teenager almost. He’s half white and looks more white than Hispanic (but he does tan in the sun). He has a gap between his front teeth and doesn’t grow facial hair as well as the rest of them. He has self-harm scars on his wrists (from his teenage years) and a small scar on his left temple from a botched ETC session at Rochambeau. He has thick, straight sticky-up y hair. He doesn’t particularly know how to (or care to) to tame it and in Rochambeau they kept his hair short for ETC treatment so it would have gone from this:

to this:

Lee Scoresby: He kind of ties with Alex on the Lin faceclaim only he’s not short. Lee is definitely the tallest of the bunch. I think b/c he’s the newest character I can’t picture anyone but Lin, but he definitely screams ‘tallest’ in my head.

Physical Description: The tallest of the guys with a mustache and thick hair quiff. He’s right on the level of fit with Alexander only he does have scars-just cuts and nicks here and there. It’s important to me that he’s tall b/c he can tote Lyra around when she’s hurt or tired like a mother koala bear.

Lawless: Honestly since he’s not a Lin, I did not have to struggle with him. He’s just Leslie Odom Jr. I picture him almost exclusively always in a suit. Even when he goes to bed. Even when he showers.

Pippa: Same. She’s just Phillipa Soo.

Lyra: Dafne Keen only slightly younger Dafne Keen b/c she’s eleven in this story and I feel she’s small and can fit in tight places to hide and spy and she has those little kid long toothpick legs that are not in proportion to her body yet. More legs than torso.

#Lyra Belacqua #lee scoresby #Alexander Hamilton #usnavi de la vega #Ruben Marcado #Juan Alvarez #Rochambeau stuff #Rochambeau asks #Hamilton #His Dark Materials #House MD

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