we're back with the treasures of agra! this episode is a combination of 2 canonical stories, the sign of four and a scandal in bohemia, so we have two gorgeous and very different women ...
irene adler's look is undoubtedly 1900s, the narrow, loose and flowy silhouette of her dress, her large hat, and of course the hairstyle.
she's also wearing a choker - in 1900s this accessory reached peak popularity in britain thanks to queen alexandra.
(in xix century however... chokers were associated with ballerinas but also with prostituted women ... which kinda aligns with how irene was viewed as an adventuress being an opera singer... )
(and from my experience in russia, here chokers were considered indecent for a long time - so maybe the soviet audience did get the 'scandalous' association as well?)
blue accents on her hat and dress make her red hair stand out even more (yay complementary colours!)
mary morstan's first outfit follows the description from the book. it's practical but neat, with a bare minimum of decorations (she's poor after all). it kinda looks a decade or two outdated - i see jackets like this much more often in 1880-90s - with only the hairstyle hinting at 1900s. is mary wearing hand-me-down clothes?
while irene's look is built on contrasts and dark colours, creating the image of elegance and maturity - mary's look emphasises cuteness and youth, especially her pastel pink frilly dress (the collar lowkey looks like angel's wings <3) the colors don't contrast but rather match her features (blue to match her eyes or pastels to go with her light skin and hair)
in the soviet series both mary and irene(!) are meant to be love interests. i'd say they are two types of ideal women, two kinds of love... irene as the independent, experienced, regal-like figure - she's surrounded by mystery, she's exciting but she'll never be yours, she'll be forever out of reach (i can't really call irene a femme fatale) and mary as the down to earth, domestic, innocent kind... girl next door but also an angel sent to earth
the last episodes of the series, titled 'the xx century begins', were made during the era of big political changes in the ussr. and big changes were happening in the series itself too!
experiments with style, tying completely unrelated stories into an overarching plot, much more violence on screen, overt political and anti-war themes (a brave choice which was impossible during the time when the early episodes were filmed, AND went against the message of acd's original story - i'd love to talk about it one day)
even the interior designs indicate a beginning of a new era - abstract paintings on the wall clashing with the classical interiors..
hello again mary. honestly they massacred my girl so much i couldn't even recognize her at first glance. the dress is fine though, classic 1910s sillhouette we have here, with the loose puffy blouse and a very narrow skirt. simple and practical, fitting for a working woman like her.
lady hilda trelawney hope's costumes indicate luxury, without looking over-the-top obscenely luxurious.
definitely influenced by paul poiret and the "scheherazade" orientalist look popular at the time. see the turban-shaped hat with a feather in the middle and the balooning mantle. and don't ask her how many birds died for that hat...
the vibrant emerald colour <3
this one... looks more like an evening dress... the position of the waist indicates early 1910s.
now that she's taken her mantle off we see she's wearing a lot of jewellery... all the glittering diamonds really make it impossible for the viewer to take their eyes off her., and chokers are in fashion again!
this ended up a lot more emotional than i intended, but hope you still enjoyed it! and once again feel free to correct my inaccuracies or add your own opinions or observations!!
Annette Penderwick. The Beginning and End of the Imagination Era. Annette is the main character of the upcoming novella "Project: Simulacrum."
As a little girl, Annette was bullied by her older sister. She deprived her of the opportunity to interact with her peers, which led Annette to create imaginary friends. One day, Annette was walking near her kindergarten when a strange woman approached her. She promised to make all of Annette's dreams come true if she participated in a scientific experiment creating androids using children's imaginations. Annette happily agreed, and the woman was right – she was indeed able to meet her friends using a program created from Annette's nervous system as a child. All was well until Lapis, one of her friends, wreaked havoc in one of the Imagination laboratories.
The company's employees decided to shut down the androids to avoid casualties and catastrophic consequences. Years passed, Annette grew up, and one day she encountered a strange, purple-haired girl she once knew but whose name she couldn't remember. Soon, Annette discovers the terrible truth hidden behind the walls of the experimental company, as well as her own existence.
"No matter how hard I try… nothing will work. There's no point in living if no one needs me… Friends? What nonsense are you talking about? No one will come to my aid if I need it. That's what life is."
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Shid, aka INTERFERENCE. An android AI who at some point discarded his programming, but gained nothing from it except suffering and an existential crisis.
Shid was an ordinary AI, created under the supervision of a human experiment, the "Link System." His existence had no particular purpose other than to help his negligent twin brother, Lapis. His brother treated him with contempt and hatred, which made Shid feel inferior and unnecessary, because helping his brother was his duty. And suddenly, at some point, he felt that he didn't need it, that he was disgusted by it.
The whole point was that Shid was a "Simulacrum."
Simulacra are androids that have abandoned their programming due to a coding error called the "Simulacrum Gene." Simulacra are extremely dangerous in their Mania phase, a state in which AIs become haunted by thoughts of destroying humanity, leading them to a state of euphoria.
Realizing his plight, Shid decides to avenge his brother's suffering and embarks on a path of genocide.
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