fuck

So, over Christmas I tried to do a mini post about how Murdoc is, canonically, pretty dang submissive, but the Tumblr App was having none of it. Now I’ve got a laptop again, so here’s a very late Christmas present of articles and videos which either explicitly or implicitly indicate that Murdoc is a masochist and/or submissive. Enjoy!

Articles

AV Club: “No one shackles Murdoc Niccals. No one except Madame Flesch, my dominatrix. Couldn’t escape her shackles if I tried. She’s got some pretty hardcore gear, lot of vintage Cold War stuff. I actually spent a month in an isolation tank she got from the KGB. Absolutely harrowing. Top holiday, that.”

Noisey: “At the silage plant with Kelly O'Driscoll. Gave me my first broken nose. And broken pelvis. And broken heart. God I miss her.”

G Magazine: featuring more pining after Kelly and talk of a “fling with a powerful Russian woman” (who may well be Madam Flesch) who used to “surprise” Murdoc with trip wires and IEDs. 

Dazed: 2D says that Murdoc “[has] always had a thing for women that could beat him to a pulp” and that Murdoc’s “[gotten] into S&M [and is] beating and torturing himself“.

Free Murdoc chats: while it’s far from conclusive, Murdoc describing his sexuality as “complex and terrifying” sure is a thinker. 

Videos

Motorola ad: sorry for the mental image but playing a piano while wearing a thong in an idyllic mountain scene doesn’t scream “Dom” to me.

MTV Cribs: likewise, the poses Murdoc elects for in the Cribs winnebago scene? Submissive (and superb).

Perfect Blue (1997) dir. Satoshi Kon

Millennium Actress (2001) dir. Satoshi Kon 

Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Once barren depths, the ocean floors are now full of life, from the coral reefs now growing in warm waters to the ships that have floated to surface, all brimming with cheerful dolphins, turtles, and all kinds of fish. Even the zombies seem to have found a home under the sea, where many have taken up fishing as a hobby.

So much beauty is returning to our world.

Because the words spoken so long ago are finally coming true without as they have always been within.

And the universe said I love you.

And the universe said you are love.

And the universe said you are stronger than you know.