I took off the anonymous option for asking questions on this tumblr..
If you want to ask a question anonymously, please do so on the formspring I made for anonymous questions =).
Feel free to ask questions as your beautiful selves as well!
Anonymous asked: what is a good link to watch the movie?
I finally have one that works!
goldse asked: how would you describe the style of the lisbon girls?
vintage, floral, airy, & youthful.
Oh, and can I have Cecilia’s white dress?
I think we’ve all wished that at some point.
Anonymous asked: Which sun sign do you think Lux was? What about Cecilia? :)
I really like this question!
=)
This was kind of hard!
Lux is a mix of a Gemini (The Twins could equal to her light/life & dark/death side) & Aries.
Cecilia reminds me of a Mermaid & Ophelia and she’s a virgin, so a mix of a Aquarius & Virgo.
oldshipsbattleskies asked: Finding your blog has made my life complete. This is my favorite movie
Oh I’m so glad! Thank you very much <3!
Anonymous asked: why did cecilia have the picture of the virgin mary? xx
That bitch had a baby. She ain’t no virgin.
frvda asked: didn;t lux sleep with lots of different men on her roof? so she wasn't a virgin, she was very experienced, but the other girls were virgins...i think :)
Yeah she slept with a lot of horn dogs.
Yep, the other girls still had their V-cards.
Yep.
awkwardhomosexual asked: part 2: our society's ideals, but she and all the other Lisbon girls all kill themselves. Clearly what was "perfection" according to society wasn't perfect to them. In fact it was quite the opposite. The idea of their virginity being important comes from the title. The titles purpose is contrast. the Virgin (connotes light) Suicides (dark). I'm not sending you this to prove you wrong I just really love discussing this novel. So if any of this comes off as rude it was not my intention at all.
” The titles purpose is contrast. the Virgin (connotes light) Suicides (dark).”
Ugh, yes. Perfection.
This is what I was trying to explain.
Light vs. Dark
Life vs. Death
awkwardhomosexual asked: I really don't think Eugenides' reasoning for Lux not being a virgin was to show her ethereal nature leaving her. Lux is the central Lisbon sister by far only followed by Cecelia. The other girls are lumped together in both book and movie. Lux is the one that allured the boys more than any of them pre and post virginity. The point of this story is the idea that what appears to be ideal is not always. Lux is a beautiful young blonde girl living in a lush suburb. She should be fine according to...
Oh, I didn’t mean for it to come across as Lux’s ethereal nature leaving her, when she lost her virginity. I was meaning that the obsessive & ethereal lure Trip felt for her went away, after he slept with her.
He couldn’t figure out why he left her & that he didn’t care. I always figured he left her because he lost that ethereal lure to her. The attraction he felt for her disappeared. Lux’s ethereal nature was definitely still there. And it still is. =)
wildeox asked: but didn't lux have sex? i thought she wasnt a virgin when she died...?
Yes, she did have sex with Trip. I think Eugenides was trying to show the deterioration of Lux after she slept with Trip & he left Lux there for no reason, other than maybe not feeling that obsessive attraction, like the first time he saw her.
I think there’s something about the Lisbon girls being virgins, that draws everyone to them like a magnet. It’s hard to put it into words, but there’s something about purity & ‘innocence’ that the boys in TVS are drawn to in the Lisbon sisters.
I think when Trip slept with Lux, he lost that ethereal attraction that Lux had surrounding her, & that was moment when we knew these girls were definitely something else.
Not really sure where I was going with this, but it’s 3:30 in the morning. The best deep thoughts come to me at this time.
