#girl in front of a mirror

[peaceinthestorm]

Christian Emil Rosenstand (1859-1932, German) ~ Ung pige foran spejlet, 1901

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Budkin Philipp Osipovich (Russian, 1806-1850) Girl In Front of a Mirror, 1848 Belarusian National Arts Museum

[gattaxa]

YELENA BELOVA in THUNDERBOLTS* (2025) dir. Jake Schreier

When all you have left to hold on to is a green tactical vest, a tub of hair gel, and a stolen guinea pig.

Bonus:

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are here!!!

[10158143]

[pennyserenade]

just realized colin bridgerton wasn’t ever on his knees eating pussy which feels kinda illegal, all things considered. he was a munch for sure. those dreams he had about merely kissing that woman? the way he fell apart watching her cum on his fingers? the way he badly wanted her to know how beautiful she was to him? that boy was meant to be on his goddamn knees!

[squishiest-wizard]

the ludinus mini being hot is one of the greatest betrayals of this lifetime. that bastard should be CRUSTY.

[hacked-wtsdz]

I gotta tell you, the spn pilot could’ve been a lot more insane that what we got! “Look at your little girl now” what.

[allgremlinart]

Im still so fucking fascinated by this phenomenon of Azula woobifiers... like yes she's a complicated character, she has trauma. she also grinned at her brother being disfigured and tried to murder multiple people I promise you these two things can coexist sdhshs

[lumaxramblings]

never gonna shut up abt how it's the same dead stare.

[janederscore]

*voice of the complainer* not to be that bitch but its exceptionally hard not to feel alienated constantly by internet-centric trans culture, in particular bc the loudest voices in the room typically have the easiest access to life-changing medical care. like i dunno its just all pretty bleak and depressing when you're getting close to the two decade mark of being out and only having been able to scrape together hrt for a couple of short periods ever

[stuck-in-jelly]

Maybe I’m delusional but I cant be the only one who believes that the “Rise Again” short story is a parallel to what must’ve happened when Lisa realized what Viren “had to do” to save their son.

Pretty consistently we see that Claudia is a parallel to her father meanwhile more subtly we see Soren as a parallel to his mother.

I believe it is strongest in the scene where Soren makes the decision to runaway and he tries to ask Claudia to come with him. Claudia shakes her head overwhelmed with whats going on and begging Soren to not make her choose between him and their father, much like when their parents asked her to choose which parent she’d stay with.

And so, just like their mother, Soren chooses for Claudia. Telling her goodbye.

I feel like it is especially reinforced with these images.

With that established i want to clarify my thoughts on exactly what happened to Soren when he was a kid.

I know a lot of people believe Soren didn’t actually die and instead was just really sick and about to die but between the symbolism of being turned to stone=death and how whatever spell he did crossed a line even his Mentor wouldn’t to the point of getting into a physical altercation I believed Soren actually died.

It seems to me that to at least to some degree this was resurrection. But why it didn’t require a blood of his child?

Soren was young and small and probably not dead for very long unlike Viren who had been dead for TWO YEARS.

But now onto ‘Rise Again’.

Of course the spell Claudia used wasn’t as strong as bringing something to life. She didn’t actually bring back a dead cat she was just animating cat ashes into the form of the cat she loved but regardless other she and Soren treat it as if the ashes were truly the cat and not a puppet Claudia made. But these snippets stuck out the most to me

If we take this short story as a parallel of their parents after Soren’s death/near death I feel like the language paints a good picture of how it went:

Viren:

“- I know but I fixed it.”

“It wasn’t fair that [he] died. [He] wasn’t even that old.”

Lisa:

“We had a little ceremony remember?”

“Because [Soren] died.”

But I think the biggest one is this scene:

[hinamie]

pls know tht if i knew how i would make a whole reskin of the rolling girl mv with megumi so jot that down

[spritecranverry]

At the risk of sounding unsympathetic. Is anyone else tired of the "universal girl experience" being centered around being perpetually insecure about your looks and weight.

Like yes this is extremely common due to the patriarchy but idk as someone who didn't understand social cues (the opinions of men and boys were thus never a priority) and was not in an environment that prioritized (white) ideals of beauty AND is a lesbian on the ace spectrum, I find a good chunk of "the pain of girlhood ™️" to be almost wholly unrelatable 😭

[i-am-simply-here]

[blueskittlesart]

someday traditional art profs are gonna give up their war on photographs