Chatte fatale

[following a discussion of what an inadequte and often downright bad biped Truepenny is]

matociquala: She is a princess.
      and someday her real parents will come for her
      and you will be sorry!

truepenny: Oh I will.
      She's also the perfect Gothic heroine.
      Or even bodice-ripper heroine, now that I think about it.
      Because her purr is VOLUPTUOUS.

matociquala: Awwwwww

truepenny: Silent-movie heroine!
      Femme fatale.
      She'd use a cigarette holder if she could.

matociquala: She doesn't?

truepenny: I will not have kittens smoking in this house.

[from there, the conversation moved to Mina Loy and Louise Brooks (Mina's fine, but Louise is NWS)]