I’ll stop goncharov posting soon but can I just say how fascinating it is to me that the genre we picked was cold war mafia movie? because if you had asked the internet a month ago what kind of film tumblr would invent, if tumblr were to invent a film, the answers would have been way more woke. a queer coming of age romance or a sexy heist with a super diverse cast or live action infinity train or whatever.
instead, the hive mind, the collective, latched on to something with much narrower boundaries, with stricter rules. no cold war mafia movie would have “good gay rep” or “a happy ending”, like you might expect tumblr to want. we want, we made, something rife with hidden truths, deception and manipulation, suppressed and sublimated emotions. it’s a movie rife with symbolism and suggestion, a text that needs to be unpicked and puzzled over, not one that spoonfeeds us a morally pure protagonist.
the website famous for our shithouse reading comprehension made this complex metatext about methods of interpreting an ambiguous artwork and that’s given me more hope for humanity than I’ve gotten from the internet in a long goddamn time
You who flows through veins as heat and healing there is none who understands blood like You, who understands inside and out all we keep sealed, anger and agonies, everything we keep consumed.
You who is the Mother keeping watchful eye, decisive of right and wrong, who draws the line, who sees us chase righteous purpose and who drives and pushes us with breath-deep stirrings to those signs.
You know what it is to feel the overwhelming tide, You, Protectress Of Order Most Divine, You tell us, come drink or drought, which urge is right, You stand at our side and bring a strength like fire.
You who heals the sick: Bless the physicians who bring cure. You, destroying injustice: Bless those who weather storms. You most powerful of heart: May we reap what we deserve. You who awakens and inspires: May we make something out of hurt.
There is nothing more painful in this world than to be in love with something that can never be.
-Laura Chouette
Dracula Daily except you just get emailed scenes from Goncharov in chronological order
I loved that finale gives my stance on innies/outies even more solid ground.
They are the same people and even without memories they are making the same choices. Mark S and Mark Scout both utterly and completely love-driven. They do crazy, over-the-top, unbelievable shit for love, they both are willing to give up everything for love.
He makes the same choice twice, it's just the person he loves that is different.
Nikita Gill, from Your Heart is the Sea: Poems; "The Difference Between Alone and Lonely,"
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Isn't Hannibal problematic...
no, but i understand the confusion! it's a common misconception, but serial murder and cannibalism are okay in real life.
I love that Rosie knows LGBT+ sexualities, but Alastor is too "old-skool" to probably care
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)