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Literally just CAROL headcanons, fanfic, fanart, etc that I like ♥️ Feel free to share your own via ask or submit! @marthadobie runs this blog

[jujulsbp]

’ It would be Carol, in a thousand cities, a thousand houses, in foreign lands where they would go together, in heaven and in hell. ‘

[rivare]

thinking about them...

[wysswurst]

Straight couples are so weird, like who’s the Carol and who’s Therese

[lowcultured]

[rivare]

my angel... flung out of space

[bordeaux-]

Some Carol 2015 prints for Animal Crossing New Horizons if anyone want's them for their island home! 🌿🏝

[mario-art]

Carol (2014)

by mari.o

[shihwihihi]

CAROL

[dearcateblanchett]

[yesbothways]

Another detail in Carol that I love is in the two different moments when someone gives Therese a camera.  Near the beginning of the film, Phil returns Therese’s camera that he got fixed as a favor.  She’s probably the most excited we’ve seen her in the film.  Richard criticizes Therese to everyone there for being more excited over “some chintzy camera” than she is about sailing with him to Europe.  He then gets a sympathetic, “Women,” from Phil.  Richard obviously recognizes how much Therese loves her camera and belittles it.  He doesn’t affirm her as an artist, or even as a passionate person with an authentic interest.  He clearly also knows she’s not stoked to go to Europe.  He thinks her feelings are problematic, because they do not match what he wants them to be.  And he gets a verbal high-five from another man, because it clearly bothers him.  

When Carol finds out that Therese takes pictures, she asks her more questions, almost sniffing her out to get a more real set of answers.  Therese belittles her own work.  Carol doesn’t and ignores that.  She assumes the interest is probably tied to real ambitions that matter.  She wants to see her photos.  She takes this small exchange seriously enough that when she buys Therese a suitcase, she also buys her a camera and film to go with it.  (That also shows a pretty sharp awareness of class differences that I find impressive.  It’s not just a camera and an offer of a trip; it’s also film and a suitcase to enable her to go.)  She’s obviously nervous and self-conscious at one point, but she lets Therese take pictures of her anyways.  

I love that contrast.  Richard sees an irritating, silly quirk to be ironed out.  Carol sees a seed that needs water and light to grow.  And anyone who is an artist even at heart can see that there’s more than an affirmation of work or class ambitions in this; there’s a deep affirmation of self, authentic desire, individual value, and an investment of the attention and the kind of automatic valuing needed to act in solidarity with someone.  

[drinkthestarlight]

THIS

[carolmovieblog]

The gift of the professional grade camera and the willingness to go on the journey with Therese in finding her photographer’s voice is among the most important deeds Carol does for Therese. I am so saddened the photographic exploration is not a part of the film. We only get to see its after effects: the developping room, the developed images of Carol, and finally Therese’s attempt to move on with her life as she puts that first photograph of Carol in a box that exists as supplement to the portfolio. I am so fascinated by her taking the photos away from Danny to hide away somewhere while so many more hang in the kitchen behind them. I think it visual metaphor: she can consciously put away but a tip of the iceberg that is Carol while so much more remains unconscious.

[yesbothways]

I love what you pointed out about her hiding some of the photos and not others.  That’s a very smart read, I think.  We do get some very important photographic exploration, though it’s minimal and with her old camera.  The only time we see her actively taking pictures is when she’s taking photographs of Carol after we’ve heard her explain that she’s uncomfortable taking pictures of people.  And it seems pretty clear that she’s become capable of taking pictures of other people, as well.  In interview, Todd Haynes compared that to Therese learning to see an image of herself in the world, which I thought was intuitively true and beautiful.  

[carol-theresex]

Roses are red, violets are blue,

[gaycarolaird]

when she wont marry you but will drop everything and go on a cross-country trip with a woman she just met

[peter-tschirky]

CAROL - Pop Art by Peter Tschirky Switzerland 2019

[greatcateblanchett]

CAROL 2

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara on set of Nightmare Alley

[yesbothways]

I hate reading these reviews that don’t recognize any heroism in Carol or Therese.  When Therese said, “Take me to bed,” to Carol, I was personally astonished.  And when she stopped Carol’s arm to keep her from turning off the light beside them and said, “No.  Don’t.  I want to see you,” I was so impressed with her that I was stunned.  Then when Carol said in that meeting with the lawyers that what happened with Therese, she wanted and would not deny, and asked how she could be of any use to her daughter if she was living against her own grain, all while appealing to her ex-husband for some humanity, I was simply blown away.  They’re both so incredibly brave and exemplary.  

[thereselesbian]

For my Carol group chat gals who asked, here’s my Carol playlist! ♥️

[vendingmachinesoundeffects]

Every single repressed gay character, attempting some sort of confession to whoever they’ve been pining after: what if we… ran away together,,,, went somewhere else? away from all this?,,, just the two of us?? …. haha just kidding,,,, unless?