Yes I am French, so let me drop some ennui on you, unless you aren't interested!
I saw this picture, and it gave me a certain mood, and since she wasn't looking at the camera, I thought that it could be sort of a universal caption for anyone that wanted to place themselves into it, and still feel realistic. OH, and please read the caption first before moving on to the rest of the post.
I started writing, and putting down into words what I felt belonged with it, and originally had a bit happier ending, but where I ended it was where I felt it needed to be. I am not sure I can explain why, but it just felt finished there .. that you the readers could extend it in your minds however you wanted, or needed, it to go. I think it subtlety dances with nihilism, without going overboard. Perhaps you can tell me in the comments whether I succeeded or went too much beyond where I should have stopped.
What was my original plan? Well, the story would have mostly went along the same, but he would have opened up the purse and figured out what his new life was going to be by looking at the ID that was contained inside, and done a bit of inventory to see if he could piece the new reality together from what she was carrying inside.
But honestly, I think the Dark Web connection worked better, and made "you" smarter by being a bit of a detective, obsessed enough with becoming a lady that this dogged pursuit paid off in the end. That is where I feel it falls into a noir realm. It has that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow feel, but there is much suffering that needs to be dealt with, and even if there's only one coin there when it's discovered, it's still better than the alternatives.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. I only wrote the damn thing. Who am I to try to evaluate what I wrote, when perhaps I am too close to it right now, and maybe should ruminate on it for a few days.
Nah! It's something new and I needed to post it. I think the followers of my blog will be able to give me some context and tell me what the caption means to them.