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Guillermo del Toro directing Frankenstein is a gift to humanity on its own, but the possibility of Andrew Garfield finally bringing the queer yearning and fruitiness that has been missing from every adaptation of Frankenstein is the cherry on top of the cake
EDIT:
One trope that will never not made me not go feral is when it's a interspecies relationship and a (usually tiny) human goes defensive mode over their non-human partner.
Like, that scene in Beauty and the Beast right before the Mob song when Gaston calls the Beast a monster and Belle gets so mad and just goes "he is not a monster, YOU ARE!" with the most offended face expressions ever
Or a similar scene in Monster in Paris where Lucille goes "there sure is a monster in Paris but it's not him it's you" while using her whole body to shield Francour
Or that scene in Shape of Water where they are trying to break Amphibian Man out and that russian doctor walks in and Eliza just instinctively shield AM, no hesitation
And just how offended Charlie got when someone disrespected Bumblebee. "He is not a weapon" and "HE IS MORE HUMAN THAN YOU EVER BE!!!" while kicking and fighting a guy twice her size. Girl was standing on business
Just an imagine of a tiny human girl protecting her non-human, tall AF boyfriend. Love it
Monsters and their humans lovers
Bônus
A fae, a raven and their human daughter
When women want to fuck monsters:
When men want to fuck monsters:
Conclusion: men are fucking cowards.
“If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love? That they remained in love? I’m sure that’s true. But when I think of her, of Elisa, the only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love hundreds of years ago. ‘Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart. For you are everywhere.’”
Felicidades Maestro.
Another Holiday thing yipee, it’s NOT old art this time!!! Ft. BobLainie
Steb Doodle Dump <3
+ Spotify playlists based off Steb & his parents!!1!2!!1!2!1!1!1!
(I hate the sketches but trust they WILLLLLL look awesome if I ever get round to finishing them)
Queenfish, the cutest, romanticist, most healthiest ship to exist <33333
But as a Shape of Water AU!!!!
Mel is still mute in the AU and Steb doesn't speak human language—silent fishy love <333
(their ship name is Goldfish which suits them more than Queenfish and I am literally the only one to call them Queenfish but idc RAA)
More under cut:
Mermaid Steb!!!!!!
✓^w^)√
I really wanted to draw a mermaid but then I lost motivation cause I was supposed to be doing hw
(which I haven't done yet & my math midterm is THIS Saturday)
Steb as a model 🥰🥰🤭
+ Human!Steb
(Guatemalan/Zaunite doctor mother x black American/Piltovian enforcer father, but their love story is real cute and NAWWWWTTT a simple oppressor x oppressed love story)
[Ignore how awful the sketches look btw I just wanted to sketch them out before I forgot what I wanted to draw]
[Which thank gawd cause I forgot I wanted to draw Human!Steb]
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(plus pics from his insta that I'm too lazy to look for again)
The Shape of Water (2017)
dir. Guillermo del Toro
“My god, it’s not even human!” “If we do nothing, neither are we.”
As an Autistic and queer person myself, I totally understand why horror and dark fantasy overlap with our own understanding of the world. It's why movies like The Shape of Water or stories like Frankenstein resonate with those of us who feel othered by the world. We empathize with the monsters because in many ways, the monsters might just need someone who understands them.
