The Way Claudia Is Never Allowed To Tell Her Own Story And Only Ever Exists As A Subject In Someone Else's

the way claudia is never allowed to tell her own story and only ever exists as a subject in someone else's narrative. a child not allowed to speak up against her parents a performer forced to repeat the same song a writer deprived of her diaries an accused without the right of defense. and the way they let her have her last words with madeleine, out of earshot and inconsequential to the narrative, and therefore finally her own. the way we don't know what she says, but we do know that she gets to say it. that finally she gets to say it.

naerys mildly based off this post by @visenyaism . one of my favourites of all time

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

that damn magnolia tree and their 77 year old toxic yaoi relationship built on LIES

iwtv, episode 14 // young man kneeling before god the father by egon schiele

the score playing as Claudia is sentenced to death is a track from season 1 "the fantasy of happiness" which first plays at the end of episode 4 when Claudia tells her dumb dumb diary that she's doing just fine then sticks her arm in the sun....