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miroana · 2 years

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the secret history was really a story of fatal flaws, hedonistic haze (charles woke up inside a plastic snail), bacchanal in the woods, glorification of the picturesque (hold up, humans landed on the moon?), an elaborate murder plot, hubris and vanity (“say, what’s wrong with this type?” “triple spaced it”), pretentious aphrodisiacs, attempts at losing oneself completely (loudly kills a bee with a bible at the funeral of a recently murdered friend), utter obsession with the aesthetic—

#god I love Donna Tartt #I was rolling on the floor reading the section about bunny’s essay on metahemeralism #richard’s favorite book being the great gatsby bc he sees himself as gatsby #sir you are nick carraway #“you wore chitons?’’ ‘‘yes’’ said Henry irritated #(pretend there’s commas lol)#like thank you donna that’s hilarious #as a pretentious college student I’m the target audience for this humor #the secret history #tsh #dark academia #richard papen #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #henry winter #bunny corcoran

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