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My illustration for a Ukrainian charity art book, centered around vampire original characters

“the arts and sciences are completely separate fields that should be pitted against each other” the overlap of the arts and sciences make up our entire perceivable reality they r fucking on the couch

it's funny how most men have associated rationality with being 'superior' because they believe that logic is incompatible with silly things like feelings and emotion. and then you have bella baxter in poor things who approaches the world, and discovers her own mind, with the same logical mindset she saw in godwin, but whose rational conclusions never lead astray from her core beliefs in empathy and compassion... you know.almost like they're trying to tell us something there

THE PATH FEATURED IN EDGE MAGAZINE

Possession (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski

before sunrise (1995)

"Now you listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method… is love. I love you Sheriff Truman."

-Albert Rosenfield

Such an incredibly good quote/monologue. One of my favourites in any media.

Sightseer - Mia Bergeron

American, b. 1979   -

30 x 40 in.

Amy Pond + Holly Warburton

The Mathematician, 1994.

Anne Zahalka.

Doctor Who is about the human condition, it’s about silly outfits, it’s about the power ordinary people can wield, it’s about ridiculous haircuts, it’s about the abiding love for humanity, it’s about one alien weirdo and their jealous girlfriend of a time machine, it’s about helping the most vulnerable, it’s about christmas-cracker-level puns, it’s about protecting the innocent, it’s about a butch Australian lesbian flirting with her alien scientist roommate, it’s about how good will always triumph over evil, it’s about two platonic besties passing their shared brain cell back and forth, it’s about kindness and the intrinsic power of hope, it’s about a sapphic alien making heart-eyes whenever her bestie talks about reversing the polarity-

Chelsea Wolfe.They’ll Clap When You’re Gone/Anis Mojgai. For Those Who Can Ride in an Airplane For The First Time/ Simone Weil

Riches and Wonders by The Mountain Goats // Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio

(love is a mirror. in it you see nothing except your reflection. you see nothing except your real face)

hannibal - nbc // wuthering heights - emily bronte //  mirror traps - hera lindsay bird  //  the selected plays - helene cixous   // two children in a motel - ethel cain   // my cousin rachel - daphne du maurier  

When babygirl is absolutely fucking batshit insane <3 this is for fight club girlies

Charles-Auguste Lebourg (French, 1829-1906) La Prêtresse d'Eleusis, 1874 Musée d'Arts de Nantes

The idea of an “academia aesthetic” is interesting to me. I get a kick out of humanities majors posting pics of their laptops in charming coffee houses, and gothic architecture, and romantically lit libraries and stuff, when:

L + ratio + you reduce the complex nuanced art of female musicians to “sad girl music” and think that being a fan of theirs equates to having mental illness

The Letter

Dear Will,

We have all found a new life, but our old lives hover in the shadows like incipient madness. Soon enough I fear Jack Crawford will come knocking. I would encourage you, as a friend, not to step back through the door he holds open. It’s dark on the other side, and madness is waiting.

                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                              Hannibal Lecter                     

Well, this must be bad. You know something is truly amiss in the world of the show when Hannibal begins operating as its voice of reason. Hannibal wants to see Will again. He wants to see Will again so badly that he surrendered himself into FBI custody to secure this future for them both. We as an audience also know that through his pursuit of the Tooth Fairy, Will is all but guaranteed to seek out Hannibal again. Will knows this, too. He knows it from the moment he sees Jack on his doorstep – this dreadful but inevitable eventuality hovers over Will’s decision to join the Tooth Fairy investigation, just as surely as the presence of Hannibal’s letter in his bureau hovers over Will. 

It isn’t only madness waiting for Will beyond the door Jack holds open for him. Hannibal is waiting, too. But rather than encourage the inevitable, Hannibal speaks out against it. 

On the one hand, Hannibal’s actions belie his words. He encloses with his concerned missive a lovingly clipped newspaper article documenting the Tooth Fairy’s murders. It’s about as sly a piece of manipulation as Jack waving around photos of the murdered families on Will’s front porch (in other words, not very sly at all – just drop an anvil on Will’s head why dontcha). “Don’t look through the door,” Hannibal warns Will, “but here’s a sneak preview of what you’ll find when you do!” Is Hannibal writing the letter as a way of inciting Will to join the investigation? If so, it’s reverse psychology of the lowest sort. I think that’s too obvious a manipulation for Hannibal. He isn’t one for saying the opposite of what he means. There is always a grain of truth to his pronouncements. I think he’s writing this letter as Will’s friend, just as he claims. His warning is real.

The tenor of Hannibal’s letter is very reminiscent of the tone he took with Will as his therapist, and “as a friend,” in S1. In his office Hannibal often insinuated that the work Will did for Jack was destroying his sanity (when in actual fact encephalitis, and Hannibal himself, were the chief culprits). Hannibal liked positioning himself as a differing opinion to Jack: the angel on Will’s shoulder in opposition to Jack’s devil. It was a way for Hannibal to set himself up as a trusted confidante for Will, and a way of slowly straining the bonds that connected Will to law enforcement. Hannibal is doing the same thing now; in writing the letter he is undermining Will’s relationship with Jack. Jack doesn’t want what’s best for Will, but Hannibal does. Hannibal remains Will’s true friend, not Jack. Sure, Hannibal didn’t respect Will’s stated wishes when he gave himself up to the FBI, but at least he’s not actively pushing Will back into the darkness. For Hannibal, this is caring. This is love. “I want to see you so badly, but I won’t force you to see me. Not until you really want to. Not until it’s the right time, and it’s on your terms.”

The Tooth Fairy investigation isn’t the right time. It isn’t Will or Hannibal’s terms. Dr. Chilton observed that the Tooth Fairy instills within Hannibal a competitive vanity, but that vanity isn’t strictly professional; it’s personal too. Hannibal doesn’t want to share Will with the Tooth Fairy. He doesn’t want Will to get into the mind of another killer, especially not this particular killer, a killer that has surmounted Hannibal in the world’s eyes. Will might not be thinking about Hannibal anymore, but the last thing Hannibal wants is for Will to replace that thinking with thoughts bent into the design of another killer. Hannibal wants Will to return to him because of Will’s interest in Hannibal himself, not because of Will’s interest in the Tooth Fairy. 

And finally, let’s talk about Hannibal’s warning concerning madness. Note that in the written version of the letter, Hannibal references madness not once but twice. Madness is incipient, madness is waiting. This is a return to S1 rhetoric: there Will feared that the ultimate fate awaiting him was not becoming a cold and calculated killer, but losing control completely. Losing his mind. Will has rejected the path of becoming a killer. He doesn’t have the appetite. But the other path remains open to Will, the path of self-destruction, the path of insanity. And this time Hannibal is trying to prevent Will from walking down it.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Younger LUCRETIA

shut the fuck up why did i never realize that the heart tableau was held up by three swords. like the three of swords tarot card that represents heartbreak, sorrow, and betrayal. WOW

i think its also notable that when the three of swords is reversed (which is how it technically looks in the tableau), it represents optimism, forgiveness, and healing.

"In the reversed case, those three swords now point up, with their tips intertwined like they were poles holding up a tent. The heart has still been pierced, but the swords seem to have stopped the heart’s fall. And best of all, the dark clouds of the upright card are now pillowy and soft ground that is much safer." (x) — in mizumono, the betrayal was revealed and reciprocated, which would be represented by an upright three of swords (not to mention the clouds and rain in the background of the card, like when hannibal left everyone for dead, walking out into the rain). in primavera, hannibal displays the heart tableau — the reversed three of swords — for will. it says "you broke my heart, but i still forgive you (represented by the reversed three of swords), like i said. i can move past this. can you?" we are reminded of what he said in mizumono: "i forgive you, will. will you forgive me?" yes. will finds him in the catacombs and tells him: "i forgive you." and despite the betrayal and heartbreak, they move past the events of mizumono. and betrayal has reversed to become forgiveness, once again.

abigail hobbs + mercy, yves olade

i always thought will looked distraught in this scene bc it brought up memories of his mother’s absence, but it’s that & SO much more. to start, there is an octopus plush in the photo. octopuses are referred to as the “Mother Teresa of the sea. Octopuses symbolize generosity, selflessness, and self-sacrifice.”

the idea of motherhood/self-sacrifice is further explored when jack asks why all of the victims have defensive wounds except for mrs. turner. will answers, “there’s forgiveness.” again, he’s confronted by the selflessness of motherhood - how mothers perform the ultimate sacrifice by giving birth. will himself yearns for the warmth of a mother’s love and can’t understand the children who abandoned it. in the eyes of a child, mother is god, and these kids are defying/rejecting god.

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” - William Makepeace Thackeray

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