#pippa tgf

[undescribed1mage]

I had a vision

[costcohotdogluvr]

tgf/secret history tumblr help i wanna use a donna tartt quote as my senior quote but i dont have my own copy of either book

[droptheguillotineplease]

PIPPA!!! <3

[yourrockdog]

i think they’d be great friends

[spongewormedpants]

literally shaking and overflowing with emotions over the goldfinch by donna tartt

[chernychnyi]

pippaa

[sassy-sofia]

I noticed something about the three love interests for Theo in the book.

Pippa represents the past: clinging on to what he will never get back. Often likened to the last connection to his mother. Something that is fond to remember but in reality it just pains us that we will never have it again.

Kitsey represents the present: doing what is expected. Actively choosing to ignore the warning signs. Pretending to be fine, not allowing anyone to see your past. Doing what is expected of you. This can be seen by Theo’s suffering through long painful socializing nights with Kitsey’s friends for the benefit of the future.

Boris represents the future: chaotic, unpredictable, and exciting. “And yet to be with Boris was to know that life was full of great ridiculous possibilities- far bigger than anything they taught in school” (465)

[roadkilledthegirl]

he listened to Radiohead and smoked pot while complaining to his journals about his boyfriends new girlfriend. he had a crush on his step mom and hated her at the same time. he has maaaaajor daddy issues and looks for his mother in every woman he “fancies”. he hates smoking but he just can’t quit! Ladies and gentlemen, he is the tumblr teenage boy of 2004. He is… Theodore Decker.

[alltimefail]

Finding out there are people who read the Goldfinch who do not think Theo is some variation of queer will knock the wind out of you. Mind boggling, truly!!! Like there is no way we read the same book!!!!

Anyway heteronormativity must be one hell of a drug for some people, but it is rotting brains fr 🥴

[darkacademianew]

Let's talk about the differences between Andy and Boris.

Theo's friendship with Andy was warm, comfortable, safe. There were disagreements between them, but just as quickly as their friendship was broken, it was renewed again. They immediately followed up on the old note. Andy represents Apollonian, light, rationality, safety.

Boris, on the other hand, is chaotic, unpredictable, forbidden from a certain point of view. He initiated Theo into a world of desire, a world without rules. Theo was able to be himself because of him. On the other hand, thanks to Boris, he didn't exactly do the best, which proves his addiction and the fate of Fabritius' painting. Boris represents Dionysian, chaos, darkness, unsuppressed will.

Even their appearance suggests this! Andy has porcelain skin, light blonde hair, clear blue eyes, glasses, he looks like a nerd and was super inteligent. Boris has dark curls, almost black crazy eyes, veiny hands, a heroin look, and you can never tell what he's thinking about right now.

Again Donna's little detail.

[carduelism]

Drew them :3 honestly Pippa is such a joy to draw so I need to do it more often!!! This is the start of my new sketch book so the tgf fandom will for sure see more of her from me :) Honestly it was such a joy to pick up a pencil again and actually have an idea of what I’m drawing lol so if any of you guys have any ideas for what I should draw please send an askkkk

[undescribed1mage]

'Because, did you know? I never got one inch taller after it happened, not one.'

[h8t3-d]

I just realised something about The Goldfinch movie and book version. In the book there is a part where Theo decides to commit suicide in Amsterdam, but he doesn’t succeed and when he wakes up he almost gives himself away to the police. Then Boris runs through security just to see what is with Theo because he wasn’t answering his calls or text messages. But in the movie they made this scene differently by making Boris come to Theos room while he was unconscious and quickly hoisting him up and basically saving his life.

I think that the movie version wanted to make it more clear that it was actually Boris that saved Theos life because it was very subtle in the book.

Let me elaborate, even though the book version of Theo didn’t die he would have given himself to the police which is Theo still wanting the worst for himself and punishing himself for something that he didn’t have to be punished for. But after Boris came, told him that his painting was safely stored and they had that talk about how sometimes even though you do something good it can do more harm to other people around you than doing what you’d think is bad. And how Boris says that everything he did and does is out of love and he believes that that is the best he can do for himself and people around him. This all meant a lot to Theo and even though I remember him saying that he didn’t want to get philosophical or he wasn’t getting anything of what Boris was saying it really got to him and he might’ve been just pretending not to understand to hide his reaction, but he surely understood everything in his last monologue.

And I just have to say that it is very sweet of Boris that every time when Theo gets in his depressed haze he tries to distract him by telling him stories. For example right after he found Theo in his room and noticed that he looked unwell he started telling him the story about how he got high on weed and that it hit him too hard. Which was very random but it loosened up Theo a little bit. Another thing that I noticed was that Boris was the only one mentioning how badly Theo looked and always trying to go get food with him whenever they were together. Maybe it doesn’t sound so special but considering that not Hobie, Pippa, Kitsey or Mrs. Barbour seemed to care about how badly Theo looked because they didn’t really try to help him or even mention it. Only time Kitsey mentioned Theo’s drug abuse was to say that she knew about it and that she just didn’t mind. So Boris was really the person that cared about Theo the most.

That is why I think Theo didn’t even write a suicide note to Boris, because of all those people he would understand why he did that. He didn’t need an explanation or some sad story of his past. Boris was there with him at his worst moments so there was really nothing left to write. That is why Boris was so caring of Theo he saw how hurt he was and wanted to overcome the worst which was his suicide.

[droptheguillotineplease]

Pippa sketch x

[yourrockdog]

only my favorite girl in the world

[sparklygraves]

I wish Hobie & Welty were my sweet fun antiquarian gay uncles & I could hide away in their shop & crash in the extra room sometimes & listen to Pippa play music & in the evening we’d have warm cozy dinners & Welty would tell us stories about his clients & Hobie would gaze at him with fond wonder & Theo & his boyfriend Boris would barrel in late but so happy & full of ridiculous funny excuses that none of us mind & then we’re all watching a movie & I feel so honored that Popchyk is sitting in my lap & Boris is pouting that his beloved fluffball loves me more than him & Theo rolls his eyes & me & Pippa laugh & Welty is asleep on Hobie’s shoulder & Hobie is shaking his head & smiling at the cozy chaos of us all ❤️