Gone Rogue

Delta (She/Her), under 18. pretty into Great Comet right now. Might write a little bit, might draw a little bit. esl, so if you need clarification feel free to ask me things!

[lovetornnatasha]

i think im funny

[princesskuragina]

bastard alignment chart

[helenekuragina]

i feel like people still give dave malloy far too much credit for his portrayal of hélène and it truly does just come off as fake girlboss feminism and completely erases the complexity of her character? i'll never stop being angry about the "hélène is a slut" line and i saw some people trying to claim it was meant to be ironic and a commentary of how she's treated/viewed but? malloy himself said that he meant it as her "Reclaiming" it when that's just so antithetical to her character and also shows a complete lack of knowledge about the time period. continuously in the book it's shown that she changes herself to be acceptable in society, she needs to be seen as agreeable and pleasant to survive. it's the early nineteenth century. and also like? natasha was "ruined" because of one mistake relating to her relationship with men, how are you going to show how that affects natasha and then assume it has no consequences for hélène, someone who has been in the public eye her entire life. the two of them are set up to be compared and the point is that hélène knows how to operate in that society while natasha doesn't. erasing hélène's tact is such a disservice to her character. turning her into a brazen femme fatale goes against what makes her character more complex and interesting than the same misogynistic archetype we've seen a million times before

[dolokhoded]

leo tolstoy really managed to kill two birds with one stone when he said that not only did sonya never look happier than when she was dressed as a man, which is,,,,, definitely cisgender behavior, but also nikolai saw her dressed as a man and suddenly all his doubts were gone and it was just crystal clear to him that he must marry her, which is,,, definitely heterosexual behavior.

[officialleotolstoy]

“I can’t believe my wife wants a divorce” my brother in Christ you threw a marble table at her

[thebellekeys]

literary movements/eras made easy for you <3

medieval: jesus and dragons

renaissance: but what if we were greek and naked together? not even the pope could stop us then

enlightenment: screw the church and eat the rich

baroque: depression, but with windmills

romanticism: cottagecore and feelings

modernism: romanticism, but less christian and more cynical

russian golden age: depression, but colder

gothic: horror books but for sexy and smart people

realism: everything sucks and you guys also suck for forgetting this

[comradebezukhov]

[turtlecactus]

bitches have impostor syndrome while Pierre is out there thinking he can kill Napoleon

[bwaywingdingsnthings]

Pierre Bezhukov after trying to solve his problems with alcohol:

[princesskuragina]

Pride and crime and war and punishment and sense and peace and prejudice and sensibility

[lesbians4ippolit]

is helene kuragina a nice person? no. does she take advantage of, for example, natasha? yes. does she deserve to burn in hell forever because she cheated on the husband who saw her as a pair of tits instead of a person & threw a fucking table at her head because of the SUGGESTION that she was cheating? absolutely the fuck not.

“but tolstoy wrote her as an evil stupid whore and andrew davies showed her fucking her brother on screen and dave malloy made it clear she’s a rude slut” well how do i put this. that’s misogyny luv innit

[not-groped-by-an-angel]

Literally everyone singing about Pierre: Just one of a hundred sad old men, living out their final days in Moscow :(

Pierre:

[cr8zygoodshot]

he’s a 10 but he killed the shah’s brother, and all the moscow ladies are mad about him

[knightskaii]

I think the real genius of War and Peace is that it’s such a long, sweeping story that by the end of the novel you completely forget that Pierre and Anatole tied a cop to a bear then pushed them both into a river

[helenekuragina]

i know i’ve talked about this before but god… the missed opportunity of dressing hélène in purple instead of green in the great comet. like tolstoy actually paints such an interesting contrast here like? natasha in her bodice and hélène coming in wearing this thick, purple dress. it signifies so many interesting things

hélène isn’t only drawing in natasha with her words and her praise, but with this extravagant display of her wealth and her status. she’s inviting her in, showing off what she has to both show her power and influence over natasha, but to urge to “join her side,” essentially. there’s an implication that hélène is making that if natasha goes to her and to anatole, she can share in all their power and beauty and wealth. she presents herself as someone that natasha wants to impress and be accepted by. she’s wearing expensive fabric in an expensive color that represents wealth, royalty.

of course, the great comet does have it’s own symbolism in hélène’s coat, but, god, i just wish it was as heavy-handed as in the novel. green feels like such an easy color to put her in, like yeah okay it represents greed, etc etc. it’s much more interesting to put her in colors like purple, etc, that show you her status and give you that feeling of why natasha is as enamored with her as she is with anatole.

[deltasrogue]

W&P Characters of debated moral character that I would love to chat with in real life

1. Anatole Kuragin

Do I support Anatole’s decisions? No. Would I scream at him constantly? Yes. But you CANNOT tell me he would not be a good time to hang out with for a night if you did not already know of his shittiness or knew consequences would hit him in time. Dude does not give a fuck what people think of him, and is here for a good time, not a long time. 

2. Andrei Bolkonsky

Listen. He seems really smart, first of all. And everyone needs one really cynical and sarcastic friend that begrudgingly comes to large events. Plus, imagine how special Pierre feels when this man who hates everyone and everything shows up and is so excited to see you. 10/10 for confidence boost

3. Balaga

The stories, man. He is so mysterious. Nobody actually knows anything about him. I wonder if he would avoid questions, or if everyone was just scared to ask. He gives off the “Oh, yeah, when I went ice fishing in Antarctica-” “You what?” “Oh, yeah, I thought I would’ve mentioned that” energy. I feel like talking to Balaga would be eye-opening. 

[shittinggold]

So I was thinking about Evil Women, as one does, and I think I've cracked the code. There's a taxonomy here, and they all fit into it somewhere.

I present to you: The Axis of Female Murderers: