Rose the Hat and Snakebite Andi
"Am I still human?"
"Do you care?"
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This is my tribute to Rose the Hat and Snakebite Andi from the horror film "Doctor Sleep", which is a sequel to "The Shining", and I think it's even better, but I never read the books. I watched the film in 2021, and recently I've thought about that nice hair and hat Lego released many years ago for Angelica, and I suddenly realized it's absolutely perfect for Rose the Hat, so I knew I should take a picture. :)
Rose the Hat (aka Rosie) is a leader of a thousands years old nomad cult called the True Knot. The members of the cult are basically energetic vampires, who feed on humans (usually the children) with psychic powers called "the shining", so they eat "steam" instead of blood. Some people with the shining have specific abilities like Andi, who is a "pusher", which means she can control people, not just put them to sleep like "sleepers" do. She used her gift to become a vigilante, so she was recruited to the True Knot and became one of them.
Watching this film was a really interesting experience, because despite the fact that I obviously rooted for Abra and "Uncle Dan" (Danny from "The Shining" has grown up), and I didn't wanted those, uhm, creatures to harm Abra, at the same time I couldn't help but root for the villains too, cause Rose the Hat is equally charming and terrifying (my dear followers know I'm always fangirling over every villainess I heard of xD, but really, Rebecca Ferguson is a great actress), and Andi has a truly horrible backstory and an unusual and sympathetic reason to join the cult.
SPOILERS ALERT!!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
Yeah, I know, some people say Andi became the thing she fought against, but those people completely missed the point! She's fifteen, she was manipulated, Rose clearly used her weakness (Andi knew she won't be able to do her vigilante staff when she'll get older), while not telling the whole truth (she didn't say Andi will have to hunt children in order to survive), and even lying (she said that the turning process doesn't hurt - but in fact, it does so much, it literally includes dying). It wasn't her fault! She didn't know the consequences of the deal, and after turning she had no other choice - eat, or painfully die of starvation. Eat well, live long, as Rose says. Also I respect vigilante-type characters, so no need to argue, you can't change my mind. :)
Rose the Hat had many cool outfits in the film, I based this one on the scene, in which she caught Andi after she left the cinema, where Rose wore something orange or coral or red (on the street... cause in the cinema she clearly wore blue, it's an error in the film), and I based Andi on the same scene. But I didn't want to recreate the scene itself, because I wanted to show that cool effect where their pupils change color when the True Knot members eat steam. So instead of a scene, I based the hand-made background on the poster with the famous inscription from the first film.
You can watch their dialog before and after Andi's turning - all three scenes are from Doctor Sleep extended version (director's cut), so they're just a little bit longer than in cinema edition:
Rose meets Andy - before part 1
The True Knot - before part 2
"Well, hi there" - after
Rose the Hat and Snakebite Andi
"Am I still human?"
"Do you care?"
This week I've finally reached 150+ followers, I want to say a very big THANK YOU to all of you! :D Please follow me, I post quality content with tributes to my favorite films, books, music and also original content, memes and even short comics sometimes. I have a lot of fun here! :)
This is my tribute to Rose the Hat and Snakebite Andi from the horror film "Doctor Sleep", which is a sequel to "The Shining", and I think it's even better, but I never read the books. I watched the film in 2021, and recently I've thought about that nice hair and hat Lego released many years ago for Angelica, and I suddenly realized it's absolutely perfect for Rose the Hat, so I knew I should take a picture. :)
Rose the Hat (aka Rosie) is a leader of a thousands years old nomad cult called the True Knot. The members of the cult are basically energetic vampires, who feed on humans (usually the children) with psychic powers called "the shining", so they eat "steam" instead of blood. Some people with the shining have specific abilities like Andi, who is a "pusher", which means she can control people, not just put them to sleep like "sleepers" do. She used her gift to become a vigilante, so she was recruited to the True Knot and became one of them.
Watching this film was a really interesting experience, because despite the fact that I obviously rooted for Abra and "Uncle Dan" (Danny from "The Shining" has grown up), and I didn't wanted those, uhm, creatures to harm Abra, at the same time I couldn't help but root for the villains too, cause Rose the Hat is equally charming and terrifying (my dear followers know I'm always fangirling over every villainess I heard of xD, but really, Rebecca Ferguson is a great actress), and Andi has a truly horrible backstory and an unusual and sympathetic reason to join the cult.
SPOILERS ALERT!!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
Yeah, I know, some people say Andi became the thing she fought against, but those people completely missed the point! She's fifteen, she was manipulated, Rose clearly used her weakness (Andi knew she won't be able to do her vigilante staff when she'll get older), while not telling the whole truth (she didn't say Andi will have to hunt children in order to survive), and even lying (she said that the turning process doesn't hurt - but in fact, it does so much, it literally includes dying). It wasn't her fault! She didn't know the consequences of the deal, and after turning she had no other choice - eat, or painfully die of starvation. Eat well, live long, as Rose says. Also I respect vigilante-type characters, so no need to argue, you can't change my mind. :)
Rose the Hat had many cool outfits in the film, I based this one on the scene, in which she caught Andi after she left the cinema, where Rose wore something orange or coral or red (on the street... cause in the cinema she clearly wore blue, it's an error in the film), and I based Andi on the same scene. But I didn't want to recreate the scene itself, because I wanted to show that cool effect where their pupils change color when the True Knot members eat steam. So instead of a scene, I based the hand-made background on the poster with the famous inscription from the first film.
You can watch their dialog before and after Andi's turning - all three scenes are from Doctor Sleep extended version (director's cut), so they're just a little bit longer than in cinema edition:
Rose meets Andy - before part 1
The True Knot - before part 2
"Well, hi there" - after