#the framing of these poses kills me every time #his hands are up technically in surrender or supplication but they’re in her space #and they’re covered in blood #and she’s BRANDISHING A PEN AS A WEAPON #so his hands are in her space and hers are in his and they’re pivoting around their bloody hands like dancing #(and that pen is not ~accidentally symbolic AT ALL) #(GdT explicitly says the pen represents her power through her writing) #(which she stops doing when she gets to allerdale hall) #(and is only seen writing again by writing her name just before she fights back) #(yah so i’ve been listening to the commentary and getting emo about gothic archetypes how’s your night going)