#anna chevalier

[filmforfancy]

Anna Chevalier, F.W. Murnau and Matahi take a break from shooting Tabu, 1931.

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badass ladies: Anna - Dangerous Girls  

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Dangerous Girls: A Fanmix (LISTEN HERE)

1.) happy together-SPiN// 2.) girl with one eye - florence + the machine// 3.) dark doo wop - MS MR// 4.) where is my mind - you & emily browning// 5.) special death - mirah// 6.) wicked game - RAIGN// 7.) elastic heart - sia// 8.) one way or another - until the ribbon breaks// 9.) kill and run - sia// 10.) beautiful lie - yoav// 11.) take control - kodaline// 12.) biting down - lorde// 13.) don't you forget about me - leelou// 14.) raise the dead - RAIGN// 15.) landfill - daughter// 16.) you should know where i'm coming from - BANKS// 17.) it's not over - zola jesus// 18.) love never dies - ben barnes 

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I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT A DANGEROUS GIRLS HEADCANON I HAVE, BECAUSE I NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST.

THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK, SO ONLY READ IT IF YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK OR WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITHOUT READING THE BOOK.

CONTAINS MENTIONS OF STABBING AND DEATH

MAJOR SPOILERS COMING UP

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU

TURN BACK IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW!

I MEAN IT!

YOU'RE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN!

Okay. I think Anna killed Elise because they were both in love with each other. And here's why I think they were in love:

They constantly asked each other "How much do you love me?" and the flashback where Anna discovers Elise and Tate's affair ends with "How much do you love me?" which I find significant because it's a personal question for Anna and Elise. Not Anna and Tate. The fact that something close to Anna and Elise is mentioned, and not something close to Anna and Tate shows that Anna was more upset about Elise's betrayal, and not Tate's.

On the day of Anna's mother's funeral, Anna and Elise kiss each other.

Anna said that she'd rather lose Tate than lose Elise - she's more important than he is

When Anna sees Elise and Tate fucking each other, she imagines herself beneath Elise's naked body. Not Tate's. I think this shows that she cares more about Elise's betrayal, because she wants to be in Tate's position in that moment. SHE wants to be the one fucking her best friend

Elise is the one Anna kills. She's more upset about Elise's betrayal, so she's the one that pays the price.

And now, let's get into why I think Anna's motive for Elise's murder was love.

Elise was stabbed 13 times (i think) in her chest, which could be seen as a crime of passion - a crime committed due to a sudden strong impulse, e.g rage. After catching Elise and Tate together, I'm pretty sure she'd be mad....at Elise that is.

Anna stabbed Elise in her chest, aka where her heart is. Elise broke Anna's heart, so Anna's going to break Elise's heart too.

I also think the song "Girl With One Eye" is significant here

Anna and Elise bond over their love for Florence and the Machine...who covered this song

There's a line in the song that says: "That's why she sleeps with one eye open, but that's the price she'll pay." - Elise is now always going to sleep with at least one eye open....because she's dead. I think Anna saw Elise's murder as a suitable punishment for her betrayal, and that's where the "but that's the price she'll pay" comes in

"I'll cut your little heart out cause you made me cry" is another line, and one that Anna writes on her school notebook, which is used to prove her violent urges. And it does. Elise made Anna cry, so she cuts her little heart out by stabbing her in the chest

There's also the line "I slipped my hand under her skirt, I said don't worry, it's not gonna hurt" and I have a headcannon of Anna entering Elise's bedroom with the knife, and before she kills her she slips her hand under Elise's clothes to show her that she belongs to her and not Tate, or to make sure that Elise is hers before she dies. And then Anna shows Elise the knife and tells her that it won't hurt....before stabbing her.

I also think the Latin phrase: "quod me nutrit, me destruit", which translates as "What nourishes me, destroys me." applies, because Anna and Elise nourish each other, as Elise is Anna's first and closest friend at her school, and Elise is closest to Anna out of all her friends, but they also destroy each other: Elise's betrayal destroys Anna, and Anna destroys Elise by killing her.

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I inhale, shaky. "You won't leave me," I say, a quiet note of desperation in my voice.

"Never." Elise wipes the tears from my cheeks and kisses me again. "I'm yours, and you're mine. Always."

"Always." I fall into her, feeling the gentle pull of oblivion. It's dark, and warm, and safe here in her arms. I kiss her back, and wait for the pain to be over.

"I win."

[erikarielle]

Dangerous Girls Playlist

This is the first time I made a playlist for a book. After reading Dangerous Girls by abbywritesbooks​, I played music to calm myself down and realized everything that I randomly listened to could be related to the novel. Maybe it's because there are so many emotions that I felt while reading it, I'm not sure, but it made me do this.

Before anything else, here is my quick review of the book on Goodreads: Dangerous Girls review

For anyone who hasn't read the book yet, I warn you that the some of the song titles and explanations in this post are major spoilers in the book. There's no going back once you've scrolled down this image here.

To listen to the playlist: Click this.

Tracks:

1. No Light, No Light - Florence + The Machine

Anna, who liked to write down song lyrics, put this on the cover of her notebook. Furthermore, this Florence + The Machine song started Anna and Elise’s friendship. It was the beginning of everything, so it seems fitting that this should be the first song in the mix.

2. Wonderland - Haley Reinhart

Spring Break in Aruba to the group means forgetting all about their worries back home and just letting themselves loose for the whole week in wonderland! Right?

3. Delilah - Tom Jones

A song about murder, and at the end of the book, it’s clear that there are more similarities than just the murder weapon.

4. Pressure - The 1975

This song fits what Anna was experiencing in the prison.

5. Follow Me (I'm Right Behind You) - Haley Reinhart

Like what was always said and implied in the book, Anna would follow Tate anywhere. The same goes for Anna and Elise’s relationship.

6. Dear Anna - Jason Mraz

I think it’s the perfect song for Anna from Elise. It’s clear that Elise was more drawn to her, and she would constantly remind Anna that they will be the ones who will stick together until the end.

7. Don't Trust Me - Phillip Phillips

You can’t trust anyone, not even the narrator. Especially not the narrator.

8. Risky Business - Nick Gill

After reading the novel and finding about Anna, did you stop to think about all that she has said and done? Like what I said about the previous song, even if we’re in her head, she couldn’t be trusted. What she did was risky and she could have easily been found really guilty, but good for her, everything fell into place.

9. Girl With One Eye - Florence + The Machine

Also mentioned in the book, Anna liked to write the lyrics of this song over and over. Along with the other violent essays, we were fooled to believe that it was nothing, but Dekker, however immoral he was, was right to believe that it was her psychopathic ways.

10. Feeling Good - Muse

I chose the version of the song which I thought was the most haunting. Anna was finally found innocent, to the expected relief of the readers. And for others who thought she was actually guilty, I was on edge, because I didn’t know if I was right, but then she said:

“I win.”

And the whole world went into shock.

This is the perfect winning song for Anna.

11. A Letter to Elise - The Cure

I can’t believe I lucked into finding songs that included their names and significance in the story. After that haunting reveal, there was one final flashback in which Anna found out about Elise and Tate’s betrayal the day she murdered her.

“Elise, believe I never wanted this… but there’s nothing else I can really do.”

Of course Anna would kill Elise and not Tate – she loved her more. We don’t know what really happened during Elise’s final moments, and even though we know that Anna is a psychopath, we can assume that this line I quoted from the song (or anything close to it) happened. I mean, Elise was still her best friend and lover.

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