[cheerfully] I've Been In Self-made Hells Worse Than This

Deva Cassel as ANGELICA SEDARA IL GATTOPARDO (THE LEOPARD) — 2025

❛ Looks  like  we're  stuck  together.  ❜

with  a  subtle  ᵇᵃʳᵉˡʸ  ⁿᵒᵗᶦᶜᵉᵃᵇˡᵉ  tilt  of  her  head,  the  witch’s  gaze  grew  sharp  and  focused  as  she  studied  the  smug  looking  woman  before  her.

❝  stuck,  huh?  ❞

her  voice  was  calm,  but  there  was  an  edge  of  intrigue  buried  beneath  the  coolness.  emilia  had  seen  enough  of  the  world  to  recognize  that  nothing  was  ever  truly  random.  not  with  people  who  carried  themselves  the  way  her  self  proclaimed  ally  did.

❝  you  wanted  this.  ❞  Emilia’s  eyes  lingered  on  the stranger,  assessing,  as  if  trying  to  unravel  a  hidden  layer  beneath  her  exterior  before  she  continued.  ❝  did  you  not?  ❞  her  posture  remained  controlled,  wary,  but  there  was  an  undercurrent  of  something  deeper  —  something  like  …  ᴵᴺᵀᴱᴿᴱˢᵀ.

 You  break  the  rules  and  become  a  hero.  I  do  it,  and  I  become  the  enemy.  

 That                doesn’t                seem                fair.

I’m not afraid of you anymore. Because I’m holding the axe.

Mustang (2015)

“Hecate was perfumed with dark spices and unending remorselessness.”

— Lola Ridge, from To the Many; Collected Poems of Lola Ridge; “Hellish,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

Byzantine silver cross pendant, 10-11th century.