What aunt_zelda Thinks: Stoker (no spoilers)

Just watched Stoker.
I ... I ... um ... I ...

It was ... not what I expected, exactly? But ... it was beautiful and terrifying and terrifyingly beautiful? Brilliantly cast, I can't imagine anyone else in those main three roles. All the ... the visuals ... the repeating visual cues and ... it was so skillfully constructed ... I'm trying to think, I don't remember the last movie I saw that was this meticulously constructed. (It reminded me of Moonrise Kingdom for some bizarre reason and I don't know why because the two films are completely different.)

I'm also kind of scared and horrified? But I think that was the point? And I find it oddly ... well, the fact that it was all about the female main character and her quiet but very active story ... I really liked that? She wasn't this helpless submissive girl, she had agency in her own story. That is so rare.

Also, many many MANY things made me think of the tv show Hannibal. Not the least of which was the pale girl with long dark hair whose dad taught her to hunt. Wow.

Lion Hearted Girl - a role reversal At4W fanfic (reviewer!Margaret, ghost!Linkara)

Title: Lion Hearted Girl
Rating: TV-15 for swearing and violence
Word Count: 7,800 (approx.)
Characters: Margaret, Dr. Insano, Pollo, fem!Linksano, Lord Vyce, Harvey Finevoice, Iron Liz, Ninja-Style Dancer, 90’s Kid, ghost!Linkara, the Entity, Jaeris.
Disclaimer: I own nothing and mean no disrespect. Some lines in here are transcribed from At4W episodes themselves. If you’re reading this, you’re enough of a fan that you can probably tell where Lewis’s writing shows up. I don’t own those bits at all.
Warnings: Violence. Creepy comments from Vyce. If I missed any warnings please let me know and I’ll edit this.
Summary: What if Margaret and Linkara’s roles were switched? What if Margaret was the comic reviewer, and Linkara was the ghost in her magic gun?
A/N: Written for THIS PROMPT on the Kink Meme. Super thanks to the AT4W Plot Guide Tumblr, I used that a lot while writing this. Oh my god, this might be one of the longest fics I’ve ever written. Wow. I love Reivewer!Margaret so much.



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