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Longlegs was very fun and contained some of my favorite songs and lyrical references (what can I say, I'm a sucker for glam rock).
So I learned Cobble's code and the Vigenère cipher, and transcribed some of my favorite lyrics that fit, both for the time in which the movie was set and thematically.
All of this was encoded by hand in a notebook, then double-checked with multiple online resources and typed out.
I hope y'all like these! It's been really satisfying to learn a new skill; I haven't felt so inspired in a long time. I've even been thinking of making physical or digital versions as well.
If you want to decode them yourself (or learn to encode), I've linked to some helpful resources below. (Shoutout to all the rad folks on Reddit who first figured out the type of cipher used, and decoded the Longlegs alphabet.)
Learn how to encode/decode by hand here.
To encode/decode digitally, go here.
If you want to convert your message into symbols, u/GlowingGhouls made a handy Longlegs Decoder for that.
(Please note that to encode messages correctly, rather than direct spelling-out with the corresponding alphabet, you'll need to encode them with an actual Vigenère cipher first, and then input the encoded text into the converter. Likewise, decoding is done by matching symbols to letters, then unraveling with the cipher. You won't be able to encode/decode with the Longlegs Decoder App alone.)
The LONGLEGS alphabet is as follows:
A B C D E F
• // V ⊂ — ᒕ
G H I J K L
\\ Ո : ⊓ ⅂ Ↄ
M N O P Q R
ꇓ ⊥ L ⨪ /// Ω
S T U V W X
ᘰ ⨀ ⏁ ⊘ ⊔ ⨲
Y Z
∴ ＋