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[theuniverseleads]

[written in slow, neat handwriting, like someone is trying very hard to make it not look messy:]

Does anyone else here think that colors are weird?

Just wondering! Since no one has said anything about it! And it's been two weeks and everything still makes my eyes hurt.

Comments

[unheiring]

Consider...
eyewear.
You're welcome.

[eidxiety]

[in the curliest, i's-dotted-with-hearts, gayest handwriting a man can muster:]

I think colours are pretty ^^

[amethystic]

do you not have color where you're from?

[theuniverseleads]

Is that a thing? Glasses for colors? [too bad they don't have like. the correct facial structure to support any kind of eyewear. haha.]

But anyway, that beside the point! Most people here aren't even wearing glasses, so is this just normal for all of you?

[theuniverseleads]

I guess so? Some of them. I don't know the names. There's a lot!

[theuniverseleads]

Not really! Is that weird?

[unheiring]

Y....es? I am sure the head alchemist back home could create something like that.
And yes, we do typically see color. It is very rare to see no color at all, from my understanding. Slightly more common to see muddled versions of colors. Beyond that I am unsure.

[eidxiety]

If you buy a box of crayons, they tell you what the colours are. I think Mr. Shopkeeper has some.

[theuniverseleads]

Really! So you just look at this stuff all the time? Isn't that overwhelming? I guess not, if you're used to it being that way.

Where I'm from, scholars only recently started theorizing about colors. They haven't existed for a loooooong time. Probably hundreds or thousands of years!

[unheiring]

I suppose it makes sense for you to be overwhelmed. I would find myself underwhelmed, were the situation reversed.

... How has your head fared? The extra visual information seems like it might be a headache.

[amethystic]

my gut instinct is yes but like thats speaking as someone who's had color all her life and works with it regularly. so. DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE!!!

but its very jarring to me and i cant imagine a life without it :(

[theuniverseleads]

Oh! That makes sense! I'll do that!

[...

...

... but talking to people in person is hard, so. later!!]

Do you have favourites? Is that still a thing?

[theuniverseleads]

Oh, it's awful!! Makes me want to gouge my own eyes out! But seeing nothing would be worse than this, so I won't, teehee!

[unheiring]

[Wow, damn. Fucked up.]

I would... imagine that to be the case, yes. Besides, there are far too many threats lurking in the woods. Better to be able to fully process what is coming toward you, don't you think?

[eidxiety]

"Still a thing"? You haven't been around people ever, have you?

[Ain you've been part of humankind for five fucking years SHUT up]

My favourite colours are green, gold, black, white, blue, purple, and red.

[This is like half the rainbow]

I kind of like orange, but I wouldn't wear it, and wearing only gold or yellow looks ugly too. I'd never wear red either, but someone I like has red hair. ^^

[theuniverseleads]

It does! [literally! depends on your perspective!] Although, if everyone else thinks it's normal, I'm inclined to say my world might be the weird one.

But there are so many nice shades! Colors are interesting, but are they really that big of a deal?

[amethystic]

i'm an artist so i miiiiiiiight be a biased person to ask. but yes! they're identifiers, they're a form of self-expression, they set moods and tones, its all very important!!

[leggierissimo]

Did you live in the world of a 1920s movie? Like, genuinely.

[theuniverseleads]

I mean, there are artists where I'm from too? People don't seem to have any trouble expressing themselves with shades. You don't need colors to give something a mood or a tone.

[... do you???]

Are there moods you can ONLY make with colors?

[theuniverseleads]

What's a movie?

[amethystic]

black and white work exists here but the impact is largely different, as are the aesthetics. i feel like monotone suggests a more serious tone as well personally but it does largely depend on the work

( she's now going to go on a large ramble about color theory. i

do not have the energy to do this though. she's thorough though? )

[theuniverseleads]

Oh yes, absolutely! Don't worry about me, I'll manage to survive with it somehow. It'd be pretty pathetic to let a few blinding colors get the best of me.

At least some concepts are still universal! Too bad it has to be monsters.

[theuniverseleads]

[Wow! So many words that mean nothing to them!!!!

But wait,]

Orange is a color? Like the fruit?

[unheiring]

I would argue that it is more than colors, it's an entire shift in world view but... I will not tarnish your optimism.

You, too then?
When I arrived here, I had thought my world was simply unlucky. It's a shame that is not the case.

[eidxiety]

Uh-huh. Orange the fruit is the same colour as orange the... the colour, haha.

See, that one is easy. ^^