#but actually this is about my oc alice Elderwood who I fully admit is heavily inspired by Alice Palmer lol | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

juniperhillpatient · 2 months ago

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I’ve always been fascinated by female characters that are defined specifically by what they mean to the (mostly male) characters around them in an objectifying way but I don’t mean misogynistic writing because I fully believe the narrative can be aware of the tragedy of never belonging to yourself or being allowed to have any agency in your own life. The mysterious dead girl who is the object of everyone’s curiosity or grief whose relationship with the men in her life is the focus of the investigation. Like…. The horror of having no agency within your own identity & no power to change that or take control of your own narrative.

#alice palmer #the way her brother fakes a haunting to cope with her grief #& her shrink & her secret lover both just find her mystery & tragedy fascinating #even her own haunting doesn’t belong to her or get to exist under her terms #but actually this is about my oc alice Elderwood who I fully admit is heavily inspired by Alice Palmer lol #Alice Elderwood #she even defines herself by what she means to first her father then Henry then her brother then Nick #which. in my mind is part of why she’s doomed. she never lets anything be just about her #she’s too focused on catering her existence to the men in her life #& that is part of her tragedy #anyway #this app is how I think out loud don’t mind me #this is also true of #Claire Calloway #who only cares about being a good daughter to her father (& mother but her father is the one she’s working with to her own undoing)#& then she dies for a man #to an extent it’s also true of #Marion Sawyer #who is so consumed by fixing her brothers problems & mental state she’s willing to go to insane lengths #hm maybe the real lesson of this story is don’t do shit for a man ever / half joking

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