#the framing of these poses kills me every time #his hands are up technically in surrender or supplication but they’re in her space #and they’re covered in blood #and she’s BRANDISHING A PEN AS A WEAPON #so his hands are in her space and hers are in his and they’re pivoting around their bloody hands like dancing #(and that pen is not ~accidentally symbolic AT ALL) #(GdT explicitly says the pen represents her power through her writing) #(which she stops doing when she gets to allerdale hall) #(and is only seen writing again by writing her name just before she fights back) #(yah so i’ve been listening to the commentary and getting emo about gothic archetypes how’s your night going)
#crimson peak#edith cushing#thomas sharpe#edithxthomas#movies#period drama#horror#tom hiddleston#essay in the tags#i’m not well versed in specifically gothic archetypes in the slightest#and i haven’t watched the movie with commentary#but i still have so many feelings about this#i absolutely love the observation about their hands#and how they are in each other’s space#in great part because thomas having his hands in edith’s space#is in no way incongruent with the idea of surrender and supplication#i would actually say the opposite is true#because surrender is not only about taking a step back#and laying down your weapons in fear as one does when dealing with a stranger#the surrender here is personal#he had given himself to edith as a lover earlier on in the movie#and now the truth is out in the open#now edith has seen him for the monster that he is#the man who had been complicit with so much evil#and he is surrendering that darkness to her as well#and edith is subconsciously taking the monster as she had the lover#i mean let’s not forget that this moment comes right before thomas confronts lucille#and ends up killed by her because she doesn’t own him anymore#and not long before edith’s love and forgiveness allow his soul to move on#blood cw
Goldnwulf 