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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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Red = British
Blue = French
Yellow = Spanish
Grey (in my opinion) is a bit more of a German color and Green is Russian, so some of the characters look a bit weird if they're too grey or Green.
For some reason, Red and Yellow stripes makes me think of Papal Guards [link]
But if red is not your thing I liked the green and black garb in row 2 (perhaps maybe even trying one lighter a shade to make it stand out more against the black perhaps?) The green is a strong color, noble, in the time period reds blues green and purples were 'royal' colors after all, cause to get the jeweled tones in the fabric was extremely expensive which is why pirates stole those most, it was a mockery near to those higher classes. Green would also add to a villainous side but not be as sharp as the red, make him more cunning and sly one to think before he attacks where red would make me thing immediately of a rampaging bloke.
And my third favorite would be the very last one at the bottom of yellow and black its a caution sign, not to mess with him. Its also a color scheme I find rarely used. <shrug>
And now that I have rattled off here I am going to go back and hide in my geeky corner.
louis and santiago both threaten the commodore, but they do it in very different ways. louis is a false threat--the commodore perceives him as threatening even though the only reason they aren't allies is that the commodore won't allow it. if a person identifies with a stereotype, they feel that their very identity is threatened when they come across someone who defies it. but someone who breaks a stereotype doesn't do it to hurt someone who doesn't. they do it because the stereotype just isn't true for them.
i think that's a message that needs to get out, because backlash against stereotype-breakers is stupid, horrible, and way too common.
santiago is great for that because he can show the commodore (and the audience) the difference between a false threat and a true one. also, he shows that to overcome threats, people who are very different from each other should work together. the best way to get people to quit sniping at each other is to force them to work together.
I'm thinking that Louis was a threat to Santiago with his chaotic "do as I want" nature, which in his case also exemplifies the embrace of femininity within a masculine structure which is not at all kosher in his black & white world of extreme macho strict regulation & order..
Sure with the commodore Louis could be a threat to his identity (and self portraits) but for Santiago the threat is broader than that like a virus that could plague his entire world.(this compounds when James & Louis team up) Especially in the pocket book area when Louis came from money turning away from it (giving a spoiled brat opinion) to live only on what he and his crew need while I see Santiago having to work his way up & his insatiable thirst to acquire massive wealth and possibly be surrounded with others who are just as easily paid off to do as he wants.
Perhaps it's too cliche' but that's what I came up with having so much focus put on Louis.