Does max have a silk press or is it a wig or is that his hair texture I need to know
He has a SILK PRESS!!!!!!!! His natural hair texture is type 4a-4b, it’s a little inconsistent in texture because his moms hair is a loose wavy texture and his dads is 4c
Here is…. My diagram….. I have a whole thing in my head about his psyche in connection to his hair, hes very particular about it.
Even when he wore it natural as a kid he always preferred it to be heavily styled, he has a big control complex so if he can have somethung done in a meticulous way where nothing will be out of place or unpredictable he WILL do it, which is why around middleschool he was big on braids [still occasionally wears braids as an adult but back then it was his go-to]
BUT unfortunately coupled with that control complex is also his self imposed deranged complex surrounding conformity [despite what it may seem, given his flare for the eccentric] imagine like American psycho levels of Someone desiring to fit into basically the American ideal of people who are “#1” in society, but instead of already being a white cis male like Bateman hes essentially the antithesis of that ideal. and yet he still chases that ideal. So as you can imagine he is a deeply deeply insecure individual [he would never admit this, hes Mr bigshot confidence after all] and it essentially drives everything he does subconsciously. Which leads to him starting to straighten his hair when he starts highschool which he never stops doing [he occasionally rocks other styles, hes not totally against his natural texture but he doesn’t prefer jt ^ points back at the insecurities framed by the ideals of a racist society]. Hes essentially raised incredibly spoiled and privileged with everything he could want handed to him on a silver platter, and yet it will never be enough simply because he was born who he is. Afro-Latino, very obviously queer, very obviously mentally ill. He is a transman but he doesn’t realize this until he has like a mental break in senior year of hs and only “accepts” that and transitions in his mid 20s, and even then thats not something he really talks about outwardly, so being born and raised and living a lot of his life as a black woman also contributes to all of that, and is essential to his life experience a aswell
Sorry I went off on a crazy tangent, but all this to say YES….. IT IS A SILK PRESS…….
Small edit: I FORGOT TO SAY, THE FLY AWAYS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HIS DESIGN because they sort of symbolize that entire futile chase. He’s never able to get it to sit right and perfect and controlled like he wants nomatter how hard he tries
⬇️ here’s an old timeline of his hairstyles
I hope any of this makes sense it’s 6am LOLLLLLLLLL
