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[one-sleepy-dragon]

look man i'm as ace as they come but pretty girls still make me nervous

[futzfuck]

HEAVY SPOILERS FOR MONKEY MAN!!!! GO WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU HAVENT ITS REALLY GOOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Anyway

I think an overlooked bit in Monkey Man is how bleach is used as imagery and association. Bleach is often use is to remove stains from clothes/surfaces, disinfect things, and just generally clean stuff. I think this plays a lot into the revenge narrative central to the film, as well as offering a comparison/contrast to the villians’ methods of “removing India’s scars”

When the Kid first shows his hands he says they look that way from bleach and chemicals and calls them his CV. Now, without the mention of bleach this scene is still impactful within context, bc the Kid is indirectly saying that his life is defined by his trauma and the death of his mother (and maybe even his inability to save her). Hands are also a reoccurring symbol throughout the film in an of themselves. But back to bleach. I think mentioning bleach is important bc it depicts bleach as corrosive and something higher ups don’t want to engage in. “Give me the job no one wants to do, and ill do it.” No one at Kings wants what the Kid wants, and no one there is willing to cleanse the city and the establishment of its own corruption.

There’s also the fact that Kid’s pseudonym comes from the brand of bleach he uses at his job. By naming himself after the bleach he uses, Kid associates himself with an aggressive way of cleansing, which is kinda the whole message of Monkey Man as a narrative. It’s telling that the closest thing to a conventional name we have for the Kid just reinforces his purpose within the story.

Finally, the Kid bleaches his monkey mask before he goes to Kings for the final act. I think this is symbolic of him stripping away his persona of “Kong” that he used as a fighter from the mask, replacing it with the identity of Hanuman he has come to inhabit. The lighter fur looks more like the fur Hanuman is shown to have throughout the movie, both in the children’s book and the puppet in the stage play. It could also symbolize the Kid “cleansing his mind” of what remains from before he was saved by the hijras, and fully embracing his purpose.

Am i thinking about this way to much? Obviously but i don’t care bc its fun lol. Love this movie.

[iwtvsource]

ASSAD ZAMAN as THE VAMPIRE ARMAND Interview with the Vampire

[artseamoni]

Holy Communion 🩸

[nightcolorz-deactivated20260424]

A big underrated aspect of why Armand fell so hard for Daniel I think is that for Armand it was the first time he got to experince love childishly. He’d done sex and romance and marriage and hundreds of years of commitment before but with Daniel he got wrestling on the couch and holding hands at the movies and driving with all the windows down and making out drunk and teasing pet names and leaving marks on each others necks and fighting and fucking and playing in the pool and laughing and crying over the stupidest things and I think for a guy practically made of stone who was made a child bride before he’d had his first crush that was a big thing for him. It’s also why Armand refused to steal the humanity from the one person who’d made him feel like a person in 500 years.

[pissbataille]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE | SEASON 1 & 2

[pissbataille]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

ANNE RICE, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

[saintstars]

Are we the sum of our worst moments?

[danielsarmand]

Interview with the Vampire 1.05 | 2.05

[mycannibalchest]

bratty lestat and pissed off louis are so important to me!!!!!

just the intimacy and love you have to have for one another to pull of one these.. and the jealousy.. of course the jealousy..

[martinze-nn]

[wisesnail]

They deserved so much better 😭

(I hope you like the finished version <: )

Prints and other stuff on my RedBubble, TeePublic and Threadless

[volkarlot]

“Did he break you?”

“No…But I carry him. What is time to a vampire.”

(AMC Armand & Book Armand)

[achillesinhighheels]

All you really need in life is a walkable city and tumblr

[primarining]

fucking stop using eunuch it's not a joke word it a fucking slur you disgusting troglodyte

you gotta let go of the past. im not letting you back into my court. you tried to poison me and you ended up killing my favorite fool. im not giving you your balls back either.

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[dreadfuldevotee]

Louis putting his hand on Armand's tits chest