verysharpteeth:

hiddlesblog:

Show me where

Ok, so this moment was such an A+ gothic romance fantasy. You’ve got your two love interests, both the “angel” and the “demon” willing to die and more importantly work together to protect the woman they love. One ends up stabbed and the other ends up dead in the end, but they succeed in allowing her to save herself. If this isn’t the most swoonworthy gothic fangirl thing that would have a Bronte writing fanfiction about it, I don’t know what is. Well done Del Toro. Ann Radcliffe would be PROUD (and a bit angry she didn’t think of it).

zombeesknees:

#the
trick is not falling into the trap of thinking del Toro’s love of
monsters means ‘super nice good folks who look monstrous’  #listening to the director’s commentary on CP and the monsters in this aren’t only the nice ghosts  #thomas and lucille straight up murder people  #and he still loves them as embodying the concept of the monstrous  #and it’s not about a syrupy victorian super-happy redemption when edith realises she really does love thomas  #even after she KNOWS he facilitated her attempted murder  #and the actual murder of several others  #it’s not about forgiveness or changing or absolving – it’s just love  #like when he says in interviews love is not about changing someone it’s about accepting someone  #which – hi most gothic fiction – can make love horrific and melancholy as well as beautiful  #(as opposed to solely being healing and healthy)  #sometimes love is monstrous  #lucille’s love and thomas’ love AND edith’s love  #del Toro’s love of monsters isn’t just hellboy and that nice fishman  #he loves the kaiju that killed mako’s parents and he loves the sharpes  #and whatsmore he loves that edith loves thomas when it’s (in his words) ‘too late’  #the
point of this is i worry about the current love-fest from the united
states re: guillermo del toro turning sour the way it usually does  #like ‘we liked u when by monster u meant the ugly duckling’  #‘but now that u actually mean monsters like ‘horrifying behaviour’ we need to throw u on the trashpile’  #i mean like and dislike whatever you want but GdT’s thing is right there on the label and he’s not shy about it  #idk i can see him being accused of being a Rochester Apologist after his next gothic romance and like can we pre-emptively Not

zombeesknees:

elizabetbennet:

Costume series ◆ Thomas Sharpe
(requested by anonymous)

#once again high five to the CP fandom on my dash for not once showing me thomas sharpe discourse  #not even once  #i have literally never had to scroll past americans arguing if he’s pure rolled cinnamon or toxic medical waste  #no arguments for or against  #no smug tea-sipping gifs  #no aghast outrage with all the fervour of a 6th century debate about the divinity of christ  #because someone somewhere saw the same character and enjoyed it differently  #everyone just seems to be chill about the concept of gothic extremes! golf clap everyone!  #no point in an endless call-out circle jerk of ‘actually sarah i think you’ll find he’s gross’  #when it already says ‘GROSS’ on the label  #and we can all just settle in and enjoy some moth-themed decorations  #and velvet everything  #and sticky murder  #and isolationist psychological terror  #and great embroidery  #and collarbones  #and huge sweeping romantic dresses  #romantic as in swoon and Romantic as in ‘fuck me on this open grave’

greenjimkirk:

She married a Vulcan and came to live on his world where her human-woman emotions had no place. She has accepted every bit of the unemotionalism Vulcan could dish out with no loss of her own warmth and human caring…but it has had to be buried inside, in deference to her husband’s customs and world.

D.C. Fontana in the script for “Journey to Babel”

heygofuckadog:

You, dragonborn: becomes archmage in three days, cant even use magic, screams at a dragon killing it instantly. Eat only the finest cheeses and picture of health. Everyone loves you

Me, nerevarine: riddled with disease, drinking swill and rat piss lost in a blight storm near a volcano while a disgraced god whispers into my brain, constantly assailed by cliff racers and ash ghouls, just to find and kneecap a mages guild member that wont pay his dues. Not even sure if im an actual member or just a thug for them. sometimes using magic makes me faint. Everyone hates me and many actively are trying to kill me

captain-seahorse:

luidilovins:

thecosmicjackalope:

mamacitaserena:

Can you believe we live in a society where people are kissing Elsa’s ass and viewing her as a great big sister despite neglecting Anna through their whole ass childhood just cause she has the ability to make fucking freezer ice cubes while Nani, a dedicated brown woman who despite lost her parents by a lethal storm had to push her grief aside because Lilo was now her main priority, took care of her, fed her, probably paid money for her hula classes, busted her ass at her job to financially support Lilo, busted her ass to emotionally support Lilo, supported Lilo’s photography talent even though Lilo’s theme was a little weird, got her a dog and even during moments where Nani hit was hitting rock bottom (ex: getting fired but didn’t put her frustration out on Lilo) she did whatever it took to keep her little sister from being taken away, and wanted nothing but happiness and safety for her.

I think about Nani sometimes and I realize she’s the kind of woman I want to be – strong, determined, hardworking and loyal to her family and friends no matter how scary things get in life.

She. Was. Only. Ninteen.

And a detail often missed is that she gave up being a pro surfer to care for Lilo.