#richard is a liar

[asoftepiloguemylove]

on love, even in death

Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles // Rainer Maria Rilke The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge // Romeo + Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann // Richard Siken "The Torn-Up Roads," Crush // Keaton St James (@boykeats) Matthew 19:12 // Lana Del Rey Born to Die // @/alessia.trunfio (instagram) // Florence + the Machine I'm Not Calling You a Liar // Michael Cunningham The Hours // System of a Down Lovely Day // Richard Siken "Planet of Love," Crush

[ev-arrested]

My favorite HC ever is Dick Grayson just. Acting dumb. In all aspects.

Richard John Grayson is perfectly fucking capable of cooking. Is stereotyped to be capable of burning water and is banned from the manor’s kitchen. His brothers have no idea he knows how to make a three Michelin star steak.

Dick Grayson is bisexual. He knows this, has known it for forever, and is 100% comfortable with it. Based on what others would tell you, though, he’s completely straight and is actually a little uncomfortable with being considered gay. 100% a fierce ally to his queer family and friends tho.

What’s navigation like for Dickie Gray? A master. Can track anything, navigate anywhere, knows a dozen methods for any given survival scenario. To everyone else? Dick cannot do it. Incapable. Directionally challenged. You’d think a trapeze artist would know which way is up, but no. He gets it from his parents.

Dickiebird? Excellent manipulator. We know this. His family knows it. Some of his friends know it. They pray for any poor soul who has no idea how manipulative Dick can be. They watch in the distance disappointedly, knowing that Dick’s victim just thinks he’s an ordinary, honest, standup guy, all the while not even knowing that despite being aware of Dick’s true nature, they are being manipulated in equal measure.

Related side note: Good ol Richy? Incredible conversationalist. Everyone knows this. It’s his whole persona. Wears that fact on his sleeve. He always finds a way to make everyone feel like he’s interested in the conversation, even if he would rather die than talk about the current topic for a second longer. And this goes beyond just giving occasional sounds of acknowledgment and peppering words like “cool” or “yeah”. Someone could be talking about the most boring topic imaginable, and he’d have a dazzling smile on his face, his body language signifying that he’s completely engaged, will even ask proper clarifying questions in an attempt to learn more. When he exits the conversation, someone asks, “wow, are you really that fascinated by (insert inane topic)?” and while Dick’s smile doesn’t even falter, he immediately drops the pretense and says, “Oh, absolutely not. That was the most boring conversation I’ve ever had in my life.”

Dick Grayson has gotten this far in life because people consistently underestimate him. He’s made himself come across as juuust incompetent enough (in very particular ways that don’t compromise his image as a capable leader), leaving everyone absolutely fucking blindsided whenever he pulls the rug out from under them about what they thought he was capable of.

And we love him for it.

[francisfuckingabernathy]

I feel for Richard, I really do. 'Cause, I mean... imagine liking someone for a whole year only to find out you can't date them because of their incestuous twin brother and their sociopathic secret boyfriend. My God, talk about trauma.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[asexualandalwaysshipping]

Oliver Quick is the love child of Tom Ripley and Richard Papen prove me wrong.

[mediumguyenergy]

obsessed with the idea that Richard Papen isn't from Plano, California but instead Plano, TEXAS because the only fictitious places in the book are Hampden College and the town Hampden, so why does Donna Tartt choose to make it so Richard says he is from California?

Because it is more interesting for this new and mysterious person in a new town to lie and say they are from somewhere interesting, from the beginning of the story, it is one of the first indications to the reader that Richard himself is a liar and because he is the one narrating the story after all that has happened he can do whatever he wants and tell the story that he wants, (for example; Richard claims that Camilla kisses him multiple times throughout the book but every time this happens no one is around and after it happens it doesn't go anywhere, it doesn't further the plot, it is just there)

[bodybebangin]

[itsmyfriendisaac]

♑ January 17th: Comedic Genius, Jim Carrey.

[squash1]

ronan in trc:

ronan in tdt:

[sasukehoe]

WAIT SALTBURN IS JUST "WE HAVE THE SECRET HISTORY AT HOME"

[fancyschmancyopinions]

LUCY HALE at The Hollywood Reporter x Jimmy Choo Power Stylist Dinner on March 28th 2023 wearing RICHARD QUINN

I thought Lucy looked adorable at this event. Her dress was very pretty, and I loved the ruffle shoulders. She didn’t wow me but this was a solid look overall.

[astrovian]

honestly though kudos to RA for choosing to do such an explicit show especially in light of him publicly saying that he wanted to stop being shirtless/naked on camera

[feverdreamsandlucidnightmares]

Reread the secret history and I truly had forgotten how fucked up they all are

Also, in many ways Henry is what Richard would be if Richard were more solution-oriented imo, which tells you a great deal about his morals but anyways

None of them are good people

@uncomfrtably-numb and I were just discussing how wretched Julian is because he is a type of awful that receives little to no social condemnation and the Greek class idolizes him to a near-unfathomable extent

They are all ultimately self-serving, self-destructive, and malcontent

[waugh-bao]

Keith: I hate physical contact. I never let anyone touch me other than when strictly necessary.

Mick: You’re literally holding mine and Charlie’s hands?

Keith: That’s considered necessary.

[mediumguyenergy]

When you thought that reading The Secret History would fill that empty hole inside of yourself that no book has ever and instead it burns a larger void called: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.

[amandabe11man]

bobby was based on tania head and cecilia was based on richard olsson/ringheim, calling it now. hope this helps