hirsute sev

Son of Witz · 02 Nov 2008, 19:24 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 11:24:13 -0800
Subject: (urth) hirsute sev
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Ha.
I almost had started a new thread with this title. but I wasn't sure I  
remembered the definition of hirsute properly. so when I googled it,  
it was all hairy porn links.

yeah, Sev's a paie whiteboy by the text,
as well as by the meta logic you've pointed out.
I hate drawing body hair anyway.
"skinny" though. he says he's muscular, so I figure he's at least very  
athletic looking. strapping young lad material.

and Adam, thanks for your hairy perspective.
~witz


On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Marc Aramini wrote:

> The description of Sev is one of paleness punctuated by dark head  
> hair - Thecla says he must stay out of the sun or his pale skin will  
> burn terribly.  This does not seem to jive in my mind with someone  
> who has excessive body hair that would take away this paleness and  
> cover him from the sun - and it is the veins on the back of his  
> hands that make him a man, not his hairy chest.
>
> But I have no chest hair and it is certainly possible I am  
> projecting a narcissistic image upon him that has no basis in the  
> text.
>
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On Nov 1, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Adam Thornton wrote:
>
> On Nov 1, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
>
>> But I have no chest hair and it is certainly possible I am  
>> projecting a narcissistic image upon him that has no basis in the  
>> text.
>
> If it helps, I'm quite hairy, and I've always imagined Severian as a  
> body-hairless metrosexual skinny white boy.
>
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