It’s been a week! (and it’s only Wednesday)

I adopted a cat. Listen, I’m allergic to cats. But an unexpected circumstance meant that a family member had to rehome this baby and me and my mum decided the best option would be for her to come live with us.

Her name is Naala, she’s 3 years old, and a Maine Coon. She is the sweetest, most timid baby. I went and bought all the stuff for her to thrive in my house, I’ve booked to get a permanent antihistamine jag (we’ll see how that goes🫣), and we have all of her papers, certificates, and all necessary information on how to look after her properly.

I wanted to rename her Luna (because I thought her name was Narla, for some reason, and I hated it), but when we got her birth certificate, the name at birth actually turned out to be Lunaa Naala, which was super crazy and felt meant to be. Her nickname is Moony. I’ll let yall figure out why. (Even tho she’s a lady)

Meet Naala🩶

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"I am telling you RIGHT NOW... that sim right there is NOT REAL!"

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i think hannibal could do to be slapped across the face really hard more often

@etxrnaleclipse for the darker vibes meme

"Fix me." (Isabella to anyone you feel!)

"But I did." Valentine's soft voice cut deeper than his manic yelling. Previous encounters have engraved one message in every one who was lucky enough to escape, that his every portrayal of compassion must stem from a deeper rooted ulterior need to taunt. Whenever the monster was calm, the storm was just a heartbeat away from ripping through any delusion of safety. And indeed, the vampire's eyes narrowed abruptly, the mask of gentleness yielding apparent derogatoriness.

"I cured your mortality. What more fixing could you ask for?! Oh, you want me take back my gift, now, do you? How you must mourn your lost weakness." A sharp, brief laugh cut through his monologue and he approached Isabella, hand half cupping her jaw, cold fingertips resting against the side of her neck that he had sunken his teeth into before. "You couldn't fight back to stay with your husband when he needed you the most. Degraded to a pathetic little plaything in the hands of a brute mortal. Until I broke your chains, Belita. And didn't you like it when you finally were able to take control?"

Thumb brushing idly over her bottom lip, he let go of his vampire offspring at last, taking a step back and cocking his head. "Just as a butterfly cannot revert back to being a dirt-bound caterpillar, you cannot return to the pathetic filth you once were. You're better. You're mine now. You always will be."

Poor Things (2023) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

What makes Poor Things so ultimately triumphant for me is the way that Bella Baxter is, despite it all, her own creation. She came into the world in an experiment that violated the autonomy of both Victoria before her and Bella herself, but she steps beyond the parameters of the experiment and into the world, to learn from it. The intentions of men may be to possess her or use her or take joy in despoiling her vulnerability, but their intentions do not determine her experiences. She decides. She explores. She looks at a world full of sorrow that could render her helpless and chooses instead to do what she can about it and then sleep easy at night. She listens to the call of her curiosity before all else, her happiness second, her compassion third. The family that she makes for herself in the end is unconventional, but it's ultimately hers and allows her to flourish as a doctor with an experimental nature and a heart of patinaed silver.

And I don't think it could be that particular kind of triumphant if the movie wasn't so fucked up.

POOR THINGS (2023) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

Emma Stone as Bella Baxter – Poor Things (2024)

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Bella Baxter & Duncan Wedderburn's shifting power dynamic in 'Poor Things' (2024) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

bella baxter the woman that you are

she’s no different from the chicken dog

Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in Poor Things (Film, 2023)

Emma Stone as Bella Baxter/Victoria POOR THINGS (2024) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

and i found nothing but sugar and violence.

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