The Guy Who Laughs

Colin. Classic lit nut. General bibliophile. Classic film fiend. Scarred 20-something. Introvert extraordinaire. Lifelong Man Who Laughs/ L'homme qui rit enthusiast.

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Anons, please go get therapy. I’m not here to fulfill your scar fetish. 

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I don’t want to be seen. I want to be experienced.

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BODIES ARE PERFORMATIVE.

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I couldn’t say anything before because Edith Magazine just published their August issue today. And I am now officially… a centerfold?!?! Strange tastes in faces, my friends, but it is indeed the way of things. (It was a six-page feature!) And even more delightful, “The Man Who Laughs” is my feature’s title which only continues to enable my (very likely unhealthy) penchant for the story. All the props to my friend Christopher of Alexander Photography who made me look so much edgier and badass than the major nerd I am. My Covid fluffiness is apparent (I go to hell if I’m not dancing apparently), but small fry in the overall scheme of things. 

Several notes: 1) I don’t hate these. At all. 2) Arms are weird. 3) I might think it more weird if I didn’t have arms but only because I’m not used to it. 4) I never thought I would ask if my scars were prominent enough.

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Victor Hugo but make it FASHION It’s been a year. I’m still intensely proud of this.

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Have some Gene Kelly this morning. 

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I couldn’t say anything before because Edith Magazine just published their August issue today. And I am now officially... a centerfold?!?! Strange tastes in faces, my friends, but it is indeed the way of things. (It was a six-page feature!) And even more delightful, “The Man Who Laughs” is my feature’s title which only continues to enable my (very likely unhealthy) penchant for the story. All the props to my friend Christopher of Alexander Photography who made me look so much edgier and badass than the major nerd I am. My Covid fluffiness is apparent (I go to hell if I’m not dancing apparently), but small fry in the overall scheme of things. 

Several notes: 1) I don’t hate these. At all. 2) Arms are weird. 3) I might think it more weird if I didn’t have arms but only because I’m not used to it. 4) I never thought I would ask if my scars were prominent enough.

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Philandros on the bed with me this morning. He’s such a good pup.

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WANTED: a young man with a mutilated face to harmonize on That Part of beauty and the beast (from the grinning man) with me. must be a tenor. i will ONLY be taking men with cut faces. HOWEVER, if you are not disfigured and are willing to pay an extra scythe fee, i can slash your face myself. i am now accepting applicants.

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sending my resume now

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I have scars and dark curling hair (as required by @phantom-of-notre-dame-7​ -- another casting director perhaps?). I sing a bit...? I definitely think of myself as a dancer first.

I would like to know more particulars of the project. Union/ non-union? Compensation? 

Full body shot attached. :D

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Life is strange. I tutor at a college (which I haven’t been doing, thanks to Covid, but still keeping some Zoom appointments for those students still working online) and some time ago, a student asked if I would let them take photographs of me. 

I have let him do it a few times now and he’s become REALLY GOOD. I just got notified that some of our work is now getting published by Edith Magazine. I just... I don’t get it. But I’m a little excited, I admit. 

I’ll post some of the images when the magazine releases the contract (they have exclusive right to publish until some time in September). 

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people are still patriotic in 2020? grow up? do not ask for what you can do for your country but what human rights violations they are currently committing and why you should hate them. 

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My rage is indescribable. It burns more ferociously every day.

The two people I love most in this world, who adopted me into their family, who have given me nothing but love, kindness, and acceptance from Day One -- they are targets because of the color of their skin. I fear for them every day and I would lay my life on the line for them in every situation, but why the hell is this something we need to contemplate in this day and age?! 

RACISM IS VIOLENCE.

BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM THAT UPHOLDS IT.

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i’m in bad drawing state so i wanted to get out of my comfort zone and do something new?? idek, i always wanted to make somehow-disney-ish character designs and when i thought about L'Homme qui rit 

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If you’re hungry, solve poverty by EATING THE RICH.

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“When her kiss transforms the Beast, she is furious. “You should have warned me! Here I was smitten by an exceptional being, and all of a sudden, my fiance becomes an ordinary distinguished young man!””

— the 1909 play Beauty and the Beast:  Fantasy in Two Acts by Fernand Noziere, the very first published version of the story where the Beauty is disappointed when the Beast transforms into a human at the end.

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Costume Drama Couples: Gwynplaine portrayed by Marc-André Grondin and Déa portrayed by Christa Theret

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@friska-freak

Ech, I’m sorry to hear about the jobs. The whole situation is incredibly... surreal, at best? For my part, I’m doing relatively okay, but I can’t risk going to work either on account of my mom. I got lucky that we’re working from home though, so the worst I’m suffering is being sad that Ramadan will spent without our family and friends. Are you gonna be okay though?

Ramadan Kareem!

I am sorry that you’re away from your family and friends right now, but I keep being reminded that this distancing and isolation is an act of love. I am glad to hear that you can work from home though and keep your mom safe. 

There are a LOT of people I know who have been hit by this and a few of my family’s coworkers and minor acquaintances have passed from the virus. Our area is a hotbed but we, as a nuclear unit, have been okay. If this were ten+ years ago when I was living out of my car, I would be much more concerned for myself but right now, it’s just inconvenience and personal (but not very close) loss. 

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Just wishing you a hello, if that's a thing to wish! It's nice seeing you on my dash again!

That’s incredibly kind of you. I think you’re the only one who noticed (which is okay; I’m not here for popularity or validation), that or everyone thought I had abandoned my social media once and for all. The shelter-in-place and subsequent closure of most of my jobs have given me more time than I am accustomed to having. I hope that all is well with you?