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Gideon The Ninth- mock dustcover

I draw book covers for freelance all the time. I feel pretty lucky to do so, and wanted to create one with all my free will and spare time, to make just for me. Well, and for you lot as well. But mainly, for me.

I will be drawing book 2 and book 3 as well. And potentalially have prints of them later this year.

Meanwhile Caitlyn gets rightfully upset about her mother being killed by a terrorist and is subsequently groomed and tricked by a master manipulator into declaring martial law, and yet she’s the one who deserves to burned at the stake?

Dear Portrait Nation:

This is an English translation of Céline Sciamma’s screenplay for Portrait de la jeune fille en feu that was recently published by Plain Archive. There are a number of typos in the screenplay.  Those that appear to be on Plain Archive’s part, such as misattribution of dialogue to the incorrect character, have been corrected.  The typos that seem to have been Sciamma’s (though really, there is no way to know for sure) have been preserved.

We have also preserved most of the punctuation as it appears in the Plain Archive screenplay.  The result is what Grey only half-jokingly refers to as Sciamma’s tone sociopathy: in many instances where you would expect a question mark, for example, she simply uses a period.

This translation attempts to reflect Sciamma’s style of writing and doesn’t alter that for the sake of clarity.  There are sentence fragments and also what appear to be camera directions that may be her personal shorthand cues to convey the visual or emotional gist of the scene.  

There are many places where the dialogue here deviates from the official English subtitles seen in the film.  For the most part, these are due to translation choices that attempt to convey what’s actually on the page: unlike the subtitles, we weren’t constrained by having to compromise about what would be readable onscreen within the time allotted by the rhythms of the scenes.

The translation may be downloaded here.  This document was a true labor of love; we ask only that you not attempt to pass off the work as your own or sell it for profit. And if an official English translation ever becomes available for sale by Céline Sciamma and Lilies Films, please support it to the best of your abilities.

A personal note: I am indebted to @tonovember for her tireless work in putting together the transcript of the Plain Archive screenplay, as well as for formatting the translation into its final form. @morningmightcomebyaccident was invaluable in proofreading my endless drafts and acted as chief critic, goad and cheerleader. @ladyonfire28 contributed greatly to the translation and saved me from making a complete ass of myself on far too many occasions. @hedawolf kindly vetted the Italian dialogue for accuracy.  These brilliant women challenged me to justify my choices, flagged anything questionable for discussion or debate, and frequently came up with the perfect word or phrase that had eluded me.  Any errors or inconsistencies that remain are entirely my fault.  Thank you, Nov, Grey, Aimée and Vittoria: you made this immeasurably better.  And thank you, Céline Sciamma, for creating this exquisite masterpiece.

Dina

Had to draw mother for Mother’s Day!

If anyone understands making mistakes out of scientific curiosity, it's me. I was working for Leekie because there were things I wanted to know, about evolution, genetics. I know what it's like to cross the line. That doesn't determine your future. That's what your aunt taught me. Love defines us.

EVELYNE BROCHU as DELPHINE CORMIER

And like, for a long time I've been ranting to friends that there's no actual goddamn adult queers on TV because it's all YA (which is fine and all but I'm old) and voila. Adult. Queers.

ADULT QUEERS.