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widowshill · 4 months

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hello thinking about 147 and roger, vicki, and david's coordinating check patterns, the similarity of their silhouettes with their shirt collars and lapels, vs laura as very distinct — a different silhouette entirely with her scarf, floral probably? but definitely non-geometric.

#[holds out my hand] get coded as a family unit through our similar costumes with me.#very idle midnight thoughts.#➤ ooc. ┊ she’s nauseous，she’s hysterical，and she’s exhausted.#i had the r/v outfit match written down but i hadn't remembered that david is *also* wearing check in this scene.. wow.#that they not only find likeness in each other but that david finds likeness with them – that it is upon their image he's modeled. that #his mother is not only a stranger to him now but something different entirely. not part of this world –#not part of the interpersonal structure as communicated through symbols worn directly on the body; framing our face.#it's david / roger / and vicki who form the mock family unit #(which can only ever be an imitation or inversion of the nuclear family. david is not his son by blood though he is by name #vicki is not his mother though she's the one raising him. roger and vicki who aren't married and can't be.#vicki who is not literally a collins but is more truly apart of them than laura – who is a collins)#man i just think it's neat. they knew what they were DOING fr.#thank u ohrbach's.

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