#in-elysium

(side note: i love victor standing in the corner while elizabeth and justine are having this heartrending discussion, in which elizabeth calls justine 'my playfellow, my companion, my sister', and then turning around and saying *he* was suffering most!)

the justine-elizabeth relationship also highlights just how precarious elizabeth's own situation is; she may be formally a member of the family, but her position depends just as much on the frankenstein family's goodwill, and she presumably know's victor's possessiveness of her. a lot of her halo-effect comes from victor's perspective of her, but you can also imagine her playing the game, as it were, and softening *herself* down. this is another bit of depth lost when changing elizabeth's position in the family, in favour of making her a traditional del toro 'beautiful girl who loves the monster and has kooky interest!'. idk i find it very difficult that del toro chose to give victor and the creature a moment of forgiveness and peace, while the only two major female characters are there to die and add depth to the main male characters.

like, this isn't 'it's not exactly like the book so i hate it!'. it's 'del toro has shaped the story to suit his own needs and perspectives, and that's fine, but we still need to talk about how those changes remove a lot of the feminist themes, and somehow end up with fewer major female characters then the *book from the 19th century*'

[re: septum ring]

let's goo! #59 is "everything" by kehlani. this is a gorgeous track off a gorgeous album. could float dreamily here for ages.

next is #20 "leaving summer" by MAUIMØON & soulchyld ft. akeine god a truly effortless late summer track. the definition of ease. mellow. sweet.

and #72 is "church girl" by beyoncé, which makes sense, bc of the renaissance tracklist, this one did not have me in quiiite as much of a choke-hold as some of the others.