"We Did It!" "Well Done, Mr. Fell"

Nosferatu (2024) is unquestionably a multifaceted work, but what I personally consider to be the unifying idea behind its facets is that, for Ellen, Orlok represents validation.

Her fears are dismissed and called childish?.. He's a nightmarish manifestation of them.

She is consistently disrespected by everyone around her?.. He considers her his only equal. She never uses his title, it's permitted.

She is told to fix herself, misunderstood, and always isolated?.. He knows all the darkest parts of her and is delighted by them. He wants her just as she is, so much that he will lie, kill, and cross the ocean to find her.

The scene in their death/wedding bed is a direct parallel to the scene of her waking in that bed at the beginning of the film. She complains to Thomas that the "honeymoon is yet too short" and tries to pull him down with a kiss - however, he is worried about being late for work, and so he extricates himself and leaves. Cut forward to her sharing the same bed with Orlok, similarly early in the morning; he is startled by cock-crow and begins to rise, but she guides his head back down - and, even though he knows that he will die, he stays. He is her sexual and emotional desire, realized.

Given that there is a plethora of emotions Ellen is forced to suppress on daily basis, there is no singular correct interpretation of her relationship with Orlok. To erase any one of them is to render it shallower than it actually is; but there is no doubt as to why their attachment is mutual. To each, the other is something they’ve never had before.

an appetite, nothing more.

They look like a father and son

how to ask the demon you've been smitten over for 6000 years to dance: an angel's guide

bonus:

FLEABAG (2016—2019) cr. Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Illustration 1/3 for "Stalwart Sun, Wily Moon," by @dustandhalos

I'm so utterly thrilled to reveal the illustrations I had the honor to provide for the physical publication of "Stalwart Sun, Wily Moon." This was an incredible project to be a part of, with a lineup of even more incredible artists. Preorders are open now, and copies will be limited, go get it, kids!

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— Nothing lasts forever.

— No. No, I don't suppose it does.

"A Match of Temptation". Watercolor, 2022.

Originally painted for the Of Wings and Feathers Good Omens group zine. Plans for prints are in the works, keep an ear out for details to come!

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