miさんのイラストまとめ

“a fable from a true tragedy.” (spencer dir. by pablo larraín, 2021)

“i liked the way he touched me. he wanted to be tough—he couldn’t help but be gentle.”

anne carson’s grief lessons: four plays by euripides / “the rage that i’m sure was his compass, guiding him when he disappeared…” / “i went to the ends of the earth to learn to control the monster. not to purge the fear. or the pain. but to become it.” (batman: the imposter #1)

“stories in which men appropriate the god-function would revolve specifically around the female clone — a monster brought to life to serve her male mate, specifically, her maker.” from ‘this is not a love story’ by jack halberstam / ex machina, 2015 / ghost in the shell, 1995

*sighs, tenderly, with immense affection*

it’s interesting to play selina off both bruce & joker (all three came to life in the very first batman issue!) w/ her asking him, of all people, if she is good; how easily she falls into a moral crisis over his words on stolen ornaments, while knowing he’s the worst of the worst

the refusal to end at stan’s death w/ a forward-looking resolution, to dutifully show the ripples of selina’s tunnel vision on herself, all of it is a part of her “origin”. selina’s story is consistently about consequences, and here is where her most beautiful dilemmas lie:

even decades later, in awe of hitchcock’s storytelling… the transitions, the framing, all of his choices just leave me speechless (spellbound, 1945)

*me, w/ my chin cupped in my hands* so how do you do it, grant? only a few issues in & you’ve already given us 1) masterful handling of existing lore + the genre + new character dynamics, all with a loving grasp of these characters, making them human and alive…

“the only thing selina kyle doesn’t know how to plan for… are the things that happen to the who’re on the other side.” / deeply appreciative of this first (finally!) earnest attempt to examine selina, creating a fuller character via how she’s reflected onto others / catwoman #32