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goncharov

An illustration inspired by one of the (beautiful) images in the Ballet series by Katie Ponder, which I saw in vignette size and thought "oh, the tutu is a clock! Brilliant!" and then I saw in a bigger size and realized that the tutu was not, in fact, a clock, which felt like a missed opportunity. https://www.katieponderillustration.com/ 

 Also inspired by the scene in Martin Scorcese's movie Goncharov (1973) where Katya remembers training to be a ballerina, back in Moscow. The quote is by Tolstov, and is the one quoted to Katya by Sofia in Goncharov during the church scene (although I've always thought that her dialogue in that one scene was a little hard to hear so I had to go back and enable subtitles to be able to really figure out what quote it was!)

asked my brother if he'd seen goncharov (1973) and he looked at me and grabbed this beanie that hes had for 2 years that ive seen but never read the tag on it and

turns out he and his friends got matching beanies and made lore a full TWO YEARS ago

Love to be on a website where I can join such hit 2022 fandoms as "century old public domain novel being read very slowly" and "half-century old mafia film that does not actually exist."

the "tumblr community invents a whole mafia movie apparently directed by martin scorsese with an official soundtrack, movie posters, screen caps, and all enough to make one question if that movie really did exist at all like a mandela effect" was not part of my 2022 bingo card

Goncharov Lore Thus Far, based on the top tumblr post results

  • Main cast are Goncharov himself, his wife Katya (née Michailov), and Andrey 
  • One side character is named Mario Ambrosini. He is described as a “sad boi” and is involved in gambling. 
  • Set in Naples and involving a drug ring/mafia. The plot seems to involve Russian organized crime attempting to get a foothold in Italy. 
  • There is a Boat Scene. Katya survives via resourcefulness. 
  • Andrey and Goncharov have a substantial amount of homoeroticism. Andrey also has an internet in Katya. This forms a true love triangle. 
  • At some point, Katya threatens to shoot Goncharov. This is framed as a Girlboss Moment. 
  • There is also a Beer Bottle Scene. 
  • Katya fakes her death.