brandyalexanders:

“She’s not the Terminator. And you know, it’s not Dirty Harry, either. It’s way more feminine. Revenge is too easy. Lisbeth lives by her own set of rules. She does the violent things she does for a reason, because it goes with her moral code.”Rooney Mara.

Salander can’t move. Waits for the pain to subside - which it eventually does - but only to be replaced with a sense of helplessness. Then that subsides, replaced with a facade of insouciance.

The richest girl in Sweden emerges from the alcove and walks back the way she came - tossing the garment bag and card into a construction dumpster - climbs onto her Honda - starts it - and drives off -

Probably forever.