༺۝let them shit post۝༻

lina ❃ she/her ❃ eng/bel/rus ❃ multifandom

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🦢🩰they walked so nina sayers could run. movies + “fucked up ballerina” trope🩰🦢

jessica harper as suzy bannion in suspiria (1977) dir. dario argento

vivien leigh as myra lester in waterloo bridge (1940) dir. mervyn leroy

galina belyaeva as anna pavlova in pavlova: a woman for all time (1983) dir. emil loteanu

claire bloom as terry embrose in limelight (1952) dir. charlie chaplin

moira shearer as victoria page in the red shoes (1948) dir. michael powell and emeric pressburger

loretta young as simonetta in laugh, clown, laugh (1928) dir. herbert brenon

vanessa redgrave as isadora duncan in isadora (1968) dir. karel reisz

gene tierney as marya lamarkina in never let me go (1953) dir. delmer daves

jennifer connelly as claire hamilton in etoile (1989) dir. peter del monte

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𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 (𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟓) 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 (𝐜.𝟏𝟒𝟖𝟕/𝟗𝟎-𝟏𝟓𝟕𝟔) / 𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏) 𝐝𝐢𝐫. 𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐨

[imyourlittlechaos]

Reveal your soul in 4 books

Thank you @katyispunk for the tag! I'm not sure who to tag so anyone can play if they want.

Just posting the covers because it's been a week.

[edgyparrot]

This is so cool! And I had to think way too hard to find the right books

@conquerthenight @just1alien @maliania @lesbianbroadwaynerd

[conquerthenight]

I couldn’t not do this challenge. Thanks for the tag 😘

@bravebike @just1alien @aliesafenlock

[just1alien]

Thanks for the tag @conquerthenight 🌺

Reveal your soul in four books 📖

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Let's share a few more babies, then.

- Fausto, by Goethe

- Mindhunter, by Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman

- Otelo, by Shakespeare

- The Scapegoat, by Daphne du Maurier

@josephinetaylorbooks @igelmanz

[josephinetaylorbooks]

Thank you for the tag @just1alien !!

Reveal your soul in four books📖

I tag @edelweiss-maiden @roselinbooks @raph-fangirl (and whoever else would wanna join!!)

[edelweiss-maiden]

thank you for tagging me, @josephinetaylorbooks <3

i tag @gellavonhamster and @travenskaya

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rare aesthetic: art deco-inspired campy headdresses in 60s/70s costume design. bring them back! :(

francine york as niolani in lost in space episode the colonists dir. ezra stone (1967)

silvana mangano as gloria in the witches dir. pier paolo pasolini (1967)

elizabeth taylor as flora hoforth in boom dir. joseph losey (1968)

ava gardner as michaela cazaret in the ballad of tam lin dir. roddy mcdowall (1970)

virginia north as vulnavia in the abominable dr. phibes dir. robert fuest (1971)

twiggy as polly in the boy friend dir. ken russell (1971)

how art deco headdresses actually looked like: betty blythe as zahrat in silent film chu chin chow dir. herbert wilcox (1923)

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leslie caron as gilberte alvarez in gigi (1958) dir. vincente minnelli | portrait of madame edgard stern (1889, detail) by carolus-duran (1838-1917)

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kristen stewart as princess diana in spencer (2021) dir. pablo larraín / margaret qualley as sue in the substance (2024) dir. coralie fargeat

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𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉. 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉𝖘, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖘. 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒 𝖔𝖋?

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“𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 - 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋. 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐.” 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓫𝔂 𝓳𝓪𝓬𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓷

[edelweiss-maiden]

‘‘how romantic it must be to be imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs’’ (1x04)

til death do us part by edmund blair leighton (1878, detail) / zella day - jerome / susanna and the elders by bernardino luini (c. 1521-1525, detail) / halsey - the tradition (inspo) / the french lieutenant’s woman by john fowles (1969) / lear and cordelia by ford madox brown (c.1849-1854, detail) / the penitent magdalen by unknown follower of giacinto brandi (c.1623-1691, detail) / death and the maiden by hans schwarz (c.1520) / fire and blood by george r.r. martin / ganymede by jericho brown

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emily perkins as brigitte fitzgerald in ginger snaps (2000) dir. john fawcett / praying the rosary (detail, 1914) by aurelia navarro moreno (1882-1968)

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𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧 (𝟏𝟎𝟗 𝐚𝐜 -𝟏𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐜)

study of insects by jan van kessel the elder (1660) / free - florence + the machine / young mother and child by james john hill (1868) / lotus-eater definition and transcription via wordsnquotes / autumn sonata (1978) dir. ingmar bergman / the veiled woman by lucien-victor guirand de scévola (1901, inspo) / letter from an unknown woman by stefan zweig (1922) / care by talbot hughes (1898) / king stakh's wild hunt by uladzimir karatkievich (1964) / golden yarn by edward okuń

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‛𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 — 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗.’

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗)

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‘𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑’ — daphne du maurier, rebecca (1938)

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𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴 (2023) / ‘𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴’ 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯 (1919)

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sᴀᴅɪᴇ ꜰʀᴏsᴛ ᴀs ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇɴʀᴀ ɪɴ ʙʀᴀᴍ sᴛᴏᴋᴇʀ’s ᴅʀᴀᴄᴜʟᴀ (1992) ᴅɪʀ. ꜰʀᴀɴᴄɪs ꜰᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴘᴘᴏʟᴀ | ᴍɪʀᴀɴᴅᴀ (1868) ʙʏ ꜰʀᴇᴅᴇʀɪᴄᴋ sᴀɴᴅʏs (1829-1904)

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🏰⚔️im kinda tired of medieval-inspired fantasy and historical fiction with the muddy brownish muted / grey filters visual, where ruler’s, knight’s and lady’s costumes looking like they’re dyed with vegetables. let's make it colorful and fancy⚔️ 🏰