#sofya semyonovna

[unicornofthemidwest]

[plutorine]

sonya and rodya depicted as the pieta sculpture

[lagomorphique]

i love that the crime and punishment fandom specific trope is to have the canon couples get married for convenience, move in together, and then swap partners behind closed doors

[sad-eyed-lady-of-the-paperbacks]

One day we have to talk about the fact that Grushenka is often compared with Nastasya Filippovna when imo there are much stronger and far more interesting parallels between her and Sonya particularly in regards to their narrative role

[incorrectlit]

Raskolnikov: God would never let me be successful. He’d kill me before that would ever happen.

Sonya: I thought you didn’t believe in God…

Raskolnikov: I do for the bad things.

[bonithica]

“The stub of the candle had long been guttering in it’s crooked candlestick within that wretched room, shedding it’s dim light on the murderer and the prostitute who had so strangely encountered each other in the reading of the eternal book.”

[metacove]

I'm not big on the Crime and Punishment fandom but are you guys talking enough about Sofya Semyonovna. Are you keeping it real about my girl Sonya? Take her into your heart

[evehaze]

RIP Sofya Semyonovna you would have loved Wrestling In Dirt Pits by Ethel Cain

[aliens-took-my-iwa-chan]

back at crime and punishment again and-

I LOVE SOFYA SEMYONOVNA WITH MY WHOLE HEART OMFG

[plutorine]

cooking something...

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

an everlasting love

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/1pHqflJ

by cookiesandfigs

On a mission gone wrong, John Constantine and Zatanna Zatara end up stranded in 400s Siberia. Luckily, they teleport out. Unluckily, they forget to close the portal behind them.

Fast-forward to the 1800s, and Raskolnikov is released from prison, married to Sonya and expecting their first child when he touches a ancient portal... and falls into Gotham City as of fifteen years ago. He wakes up having swapped identities with Jack Napier, but that's only the beginning.

Will Raskolnikov triumph over his murderous tendencies? Or will the Joker rise again?

Words: 5600, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Prestuplenie i nakazanie | Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov, Joker (DCU), Bruce Wayne, Harleen Quinzel, John Constantine, Zatanna Zatara

Relationships: Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov/Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov/Harley Quinn, Joker (DCU)/Harleen Quinzel, Joker (DCU) & Bruce Wayne, John Constantine & Zatanna Zatara

Additional Tags: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is Joker (DCU), It Makes Sense in Context, Time Travel, Not A Fix-It, Joker (DCU)'s Name is Jack Napier, Siberia, as in Russia, murderous tendencies, Original Character(s), Jason Todd is Dead, Two-Face's Father, Harleen Quinzel & Jonathon Crane Friendship, Arkham Asylum, Jason Todd is Red Hood, lots of little cameos, Father-Son Relationship, Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov Dies, Kinda, Zatanna Zatara is So Done, John Constantine is a Mess, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Bruce Wayne Needs a Hug, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov Needs a Hug, They Don't Get a Hug

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/1pHqflJ

[sad-eyed-lady-of-the-paperbacks]

And what’s extra neat about this is that first Dostoevsky wrote Sonya, who almost perfectly conforms to the 19th century audience’s ideal of virtuous womanhood. She’s quiet, meek, deeply religious. Her appearance evokes innocence, as she is very slight and thin, described as childlike and even corpselike—imagery not at all meant to invoke sensuality. She also has blonde hair and large, clear blue eyes, with all the associations that come along with that in the literary and artistic tradition. The only way she deviates from what a 19th century audience would expect in a redemptive feminine figure is in her profession; she’s a sex worker, but contrary to what we see in a lot of other 19th century novels, she doesn’t need another character to redeem her or set her on the “right” path, nor does she need to be narratively punished with disease and death. To the contrary, she is the one who helps Raskolnikov attain redemption.

And then, years later, Dostoevsky wrote Grushenka. Where Sonya fits very closely to the 19th century mould of feminine virtue, with the only unexpected element being her profession, Grushenka flies in the face of that expectation in just about every way possible. She’s a fallen woman and a kept woman, but she’s also an intelligent and successful moneylender, who has achieved success because she had a natural aptitude for business and was able to absolutely make the most out of the small amount of capital and the advice that Samsonov, recognising her ability, gave her. Contrary to Sonya, her appearance evokes sensuality, from her “soft and pampered” movements to her full and curvy figure. She’s loud, she drinks and parties, she speaks her mind.

(And strikingly, even though she has endured heartbreak and does have her moments of hidden sorrow, she’s joyful. She has really made the best of her life and situation, and she’s far from a figure of misery. It’s interesting too that though she has a bad reputation, we see multiple examples where once male characters who had a negative and derogatory opinion of her actually meet her, they respect her and acknowledge they were wrong. I’m now realising that Sonya too, despite being in a horrible situation, is also not gratuitously suffering. Raskolnikov wants to paint her that way, he wants her to acknowledge what he sees as the hopelessness of her situation. But she refuses. She’s coping. She has her faith, she has relationships with people she cares about. Again, she’s really not what I’ve grown used to seeing in 19th century novels. This is a whole digression that probably should have been a separate post.)

But even though very different from Sonya, Grushenka also has a strong religious faith, and she also gets to have the same redemptive role that Sonya does. And she does this without having to change who she is.

I don’t know, I’m rambling, but I just think it’s very Neat.

I will come back later and explain but for now I NEED you to understand that literally Grushenka is to Mitya Karamazov as Sonya is to Raskolnikov

[kikizoshi]

While on a road trip:

Razumikhin: F is for friends who do stuff together,

Sonya: U is for you and me,

Dunya: N is for-

Raskolnikov: Nihilism.

[incorrectlit]

Dostoevsky’s ever-present yet unnamed narrator: Ah yes, the four love languages…

Narrator, pointing at Sonya: “My family never told me they were proud of me”

Narrator, pointing at Dunya: “I'm so fucking tired please god just let me rest for five minutes”

Narrator, pointing at Raskolnikov: “Pay attention to me”

Narrator, pointing at Razumikhin: and touch-starved.

[obscurewapcharacterbracket]

Dunya propergander: pls pls pls pls

Sonya propergander: Main girl. Love her, so nice & sweet & very nicesies