mari.

twenty eight | him and the moon

[gatabella]

Marilyn Monroe and Canadian-born American photographer Douglas Kirkland (1934 - 2022) drink from martini glasses during a break in a photo shoot, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Nov. 1961

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[kingsephi]

For ERD

[scribeherself]

Hey guys, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with liking an antagonistic character. in fact, some of the greatest antagonists in fiction are compelling precisely because they’re cruel, obsessive, vindictive, selfish, or otherwise morally bankrupt. that’s the point. they create friction. they move the story. they challenge the protagonists. they’re fascinating because they aren’t trying to be admirable. what i think fandom sometimes struggles with is the idea that enjoying a character and justifying a character are two completely different things. not every villain or antagonist needs a hidden heart of gold, an elaborate moral defence, or a tragic reinterpretation that softens every sharp edge. sometimes the text intends for them to be exactly what they are. If you constantly have to excavate excuses, rewrite motivations, create interpretations by grasping at straws, or sand away the parts that make them wholly antagonistic in order to feel comfortable liking them, you may be engaging with a version of the character that exists more in fandom than in the work itself.

it’s okay to enjoy awful people in fiction. they’re fictional. they’re often brilliantly written. but part of appreciating good storytelling is allowing characters to fulfil the role they were written to fulfil, rather than insisting every one of them be secretly misunderstood. sometimes the bad guy is simply the bad guy—and that’s what makes them memorable.

[lipfilllers]

[meiosys]

really happy with how this sweet babe turned out :-)

[witchinghour]

I Married a Witch (1942) dir. René Clair

[myheartis4him-deactivated202207]

any other girls feel a permanent sense of unbelonging no matter where they are or who they are with

[perriaeyjeve]

[honeyluvsw]

misc pngs ! credit not necessary for pngs! like or reblog to use, don't repost as your own please.

[hellshee]

the best thing about tumblr is that you can watch a show and then you come here and someone has made a gifset of it and you can put it on your blog like a sticker in a journal

[bengurli]

u know what my goal is to eat pastries in different countries

[julykings]

dreaming of you

[pussymargiela]

[wetheurban]

It's okay if joy and grief keep visiting on the same day.

[matchagirl]

[iihrrtme]