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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“Ethel Cain’s “Preacher’s Daughter” is a concept album — A story told by a girl that exists in an afterlife reflecting on her former life after she was violently murdered and cannibalized by one of her lovers. It’s a coming-of-age, queer story where religious trauma inflicts the main character and results in her ultimate death.” - Daniela Garofalo on Preacher’s Daughter.
Album moodboard for Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain (2022)
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
remember when hugh dancy was like "its about the feeling of being seen in a world where you don't feel seen" about hannibal and i was just expected to continue on with my day as normal
Marie Antoinette (2006)
dir. Sofia Coppola
“No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his own rage.”
(1.08 / 3.05 / 2.13 / 3.07 / 3.13)
(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
not a girl, not a boy, but one of those pitiful things sometimes born in hospitals. they feed it, keep it warm, but they don't put it on the machines. they let it die. but he doesn't die. he looks normal and nobody can tell what he is.
concept art for fight club by michael kaplan (costume designer for fight club)