i longed to arrest all beauty that came before me

Keira Knightley and Eleanor Tomlinson in Colette (2018)

KRISTEN STEWART & MACKENZIE DAVIS in HAPPIEST SEASON (2020)

be at peace

mel’s his dark materials countdown | it’s today!!! : a piece of season 2 hype → mlm/wlw solidarity

Don’t think I don’t understand loyalty just because I’ve got no one left to be loyal to.

DANI CLAYTON The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Twin Peaks production stills

Oh, the bitter anguish! She had thought she was saving Roger, and all the time she’d been diligently working to betray him…

mel’s his dark materials countdown | 3 days to go: a heartbreaking moment → billy costa’s funeral

It was a mighty voice, a woman’s voice, but a woman with lungs of brass and leather. Lyra looked around for her at once, because this was Ma Costa, who had clouted Lyra dizzy on two occasions but given her hot gingerbread on three, and whose family was noted for the grandeur and sumptuousness of their boat. They were princes among gyptians, and Lyra admired Ma Costa greatly, but she intended to be wary

Costume Appreciation | Ella in Cinderella (2015)

As a costume designer, you don’t often get to make clothes that are meant to draw attention, but every outfit of Mrs Coulter’s should have that ability. She has a golden monkey for a daemon, for goodness’ sake; she’s never going to walk into a room unnoticed. ~ Caroline McCall

Rope (1948) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

mel’s his dark materials countdown | 7 days to go: a moment that made me laugh → mrs coulter being mother of the year

By evening the pines around the lake were lit from below by a hundred fires, and the greatest fire of all was built in front of the gathering cave. There, once they had eaten, the witches assembled. Serafina Pekkala sat in the center, the crown of little scarlet flowers nestling among her fair hair. On her left sat Lee Scoresby, and on her right, a visitor: the queen of the Latvian witches, whose name was Ruta Skadi.