Rabbit Cater because I have a vision and the world needs to know:
Rabbit Cater with his big floppy ears and his emerald green eyes just staring at you from across the room. His fluffy tail peaking out from his waistband, soft as a cloud.
Rabbit Cater whose toothy grins seem to be directed to you, most of the time. Whenever you enter his sights, there’s always a certain spring in his step as he makes his way towards you. Sometimes, if he’s feeling a little ambitious that day, he might just pull off a twist or two in mid air.
You were watching, right? Right? Right?
Wasn’t he so cool?
Aw, come on, you just know you wanna’ praise ol’ Cay Cay, don’t you?
He’s going to pester you all the way to class until you say he’s cool, so just obige him, won’t you? Of course, if you don’t, he does have a concrete excuse to hang out with you for the entire day… so Cater’s fine either way.
He always seems to find himself slotted right beside you, head on your shoulder. Nuzzling into the crook of your neck as discreetly as he can, the fur of his ears caressing your cheek tenderly. However, sometimes if your attention strays too far from him, expect a light nip or two. He blows into your ear sometimes too, the sudden gust of wind making you yelp in surprise.
Hey, Cater’s right here, Y’know?
Spend some of that attention on him, yeah?
Sometimes when both of you hang out together, Cater’s just flopped on the ground. Stretched out on the floor, a somewhat more… relaxed look on his face. Times like this, he doesn’t feel the pressure to put on the whole “friendly approachable upperclassman Cay Cay” show. It’s just you and him, isn’t it? Even then, he still doesn’t stray too far. He’ll cuddle up next to you, head bumping into you lightly whenever he wants to show you something on his phone.
Times like this are truly precious for him. There’s just something about relaxing next to someone you trust… someone you love, even if both of you aren’t doing much of anything at all.
Cater doesn’t believe in happily ever afters.
But he could spend the rest of his lazy days with you by his side…
He’ll be content for life.
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We need to talk about Tartt’s character descriptions
More Donna Tartt praise.
She writes human physical descriptions in the most genuine and true-to-life ways. I didn’t even realize how many books do not go into the actual nuance of human appearances until I read TSH and Goldfinch.
I think most books kind of categorize people as pretty, ugly, or plain then lean into what generally makes people pretty, ugly, or plain plus hair and eye colors. I love how Tartt’s books make characters appear how the majority of people really do: an assortment of specific details. There’s Boris’s bitten nails and how Henry is big and square but does not carry himself as if he is. Bunny is a once-muscled guy (now more chubby) whose naturally good looks are starting to get a little sloppy. His nose is also a bit small/sharp for his face shape. Camilla is pretty, and we hear about her thick ankles and the way her curls rest at her temples. Francis is nice-looking because he carries and styles himself well, but we hear that those things compensate for his kind of beaky nose and boney angles.
Pippa is another great example! Theo describes her looks as tender and precious. She comes across as very cute in a homely way. But we hear that her eyes look “naked” because her lashes are so pale (I can imagine this so well!) and that her nose is long. Her cheeks are thin. Theo notes these things, and thinks she’s pretty anyway; he assumes he must have some personal affinity for her and is given a wake-up call when Everett also finds these traits cute.
OH actually let me squeeze in Mr. Barbour here. Because lol???
His eyes were a queer unstable gray and his hair was pure white, which made him seem older than he was until you noticed that his face was young and pink — boyish, even. His ruddy cheeks and his long, old-fashioned nose, in combination with the prematurely white hair, gave him the amiable look of a lesser founding father, some minor member of the Continental Congress teleported to the twenty-first century.
This is so specific and so easy to see. It stuck out to me when I read it, and my mom mentioned it to me when she read it. She said she was really hit by Andy’s dad’s description and thought it was funny but did a really good job delivering an image.
It’s just so real and gets at how normal people actually are: not always pretty in a “safe” way. Tartt has the guts to give you a description of an actual unique, textured person and say “This is nice.” Or, in Bunny’s case, give someone who is basically handsome but not necessarily pleasant-looking. Theres so much nuance, and it’s honest.
It kind of made me rethink how I write human descriptions. There are “safe” things to point out that become a little insubstantial if you combine too many of them: “The pretty girl has glossy hair and curves and bright blue eyes.” And then there’s going into actual shapes and the way people carry themselves and how some features look against others. It honestly just makes the characters really pop and they’re easy to envision.
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This is a good luck charm -
勇氣 be brave
相信自己 remember your power
不要逃避 don’t run away from pain
接受改變 embrace change
對自己溫柔 be gentle with your heart
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