#secret history

[elysianmuses]

The love language of annotating a book

[quaintrelledragicorn]

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[fillo-sofia]

I'm written by Donna Tartt. Not in the way that I'm ethereal and smart and well-read. But in the way that I will do anything to be perceived well by a bunch of pretentious people. In the way I never feel smart enough, worldly enough, or that I'll ever fit in, but I'll pretend that I do to a fault. In the way that despite it all, I still have a god complex regarding my intellect

[p1uviophile]

more than five hours into the secret history audiobook and wow. never fully grasped just how talkative and fucking obnoxious bunny was until i realized donna had been speaking in bunny's voice for more than 5 mins in just this one part

[xiaoflu]

hampden college greek class of 1986

[thefangirlphenomenon]

Books are a special kind of poison. They soothe every ache inside of you while making you long for things that don't exist. They make you feel alive while simultaneously making life seem more and more dull with every page you read. Reading makes you feel less alone and yet it creates an ache for companionship - the likes of which you will never know outside of those pages.

Books are a poison I wish I had never drunk, but now that I have - it's the one thing keeping me alive.

[secret-history-hyperfixation]

Something I love about Richard is how sensible, or responsible, he is when his friends are doing drugs or thinking of doing drugs.

Here’s a list:

• When Richard thinks Henry has LSD and he warns him not to mess around with that. (Bc he had a bad experience with it once.)

• Then when Henry tells him that what he has is actually poisonous mushrooms, the amount of times Richard goes “Henry” in that concerned motherly tone.😩

• Richard finds pain meds for Henry, and Henry demands him to hand over the rest, but Richard refuses, worried he’s going to take more.

• He also warns Henry about how dangerous it is to take those with alcohol, so Richard gets him a *very* watered down drink.

• Richard has strong uppers and downers in his pockets and Francis asks for some, but all he gives him is an Excedrin.

• He sees Charles smoking weed for the first time with Cloke, and he can’t help but feel sympathetic for Charles, knowing his own experience with it. (He gets paranoid.)

Meanwhile Richard’s out here getting fucked up every once in a while, literally doing cocaine and taking opioid sleeping pills, but when it comes to his friends he becomes a concerned mother.

I love him, he’s adorable.🤦

[starflame]

if you ever feel stupid just remember that henry winter didn’t know about the moon landing

[fanfictionlord]

Richard probably:

[ravkaan]

There’s nothing quite like re-reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt and slowly but surely Bunny Corcoran and his antics, his “old man’s” and “dickie boys” become less annoying and more likable, more real and more honest in contrast to the pretentious and arrogant behavior of the rest of the creek class.

Whilst I felt almost relieved when they got rid of him on my first read through, I felt sorry for him on the second one.

[most-generic-username]

rip Francis Abernathy, you would've loved strawberry kiwi 20mg 5000puff vapes 😔😔

[darkacademianew]

The Secret History out of context:

Richard repairing mandolins

Richard cutting his hair with nail scissors

Bunny vomiting in a broom closet

Francis and Charles banging at their friend's funeral

Charles sleeping in a giant pink snail

Richard and Francis choosing the perfect flower for Charles

Charles in tears totally touched by their choose

[fillo-sofia]

One of my favourite things about The Secret History is how one of the most famous quotes is “beauty is terror” and the whole aesthetic of the fandom embodies that exact sentiment, most times unknowingly. The piles of teacups with old dregs around the living room, the whisky stains, the cigarette butts, the description Henry’s apartment when Richard goes to get his book or the twins’ apartment when they have their first dinner. It’s terrible, the whole thing is a mess, and we all found such beauty in it, it’s amazing.

[staratstarrynight]

I'm so disappointed that university is nothing like The Secret History. Where's my Henry? WHY the f are there more than 5 students in my class? Why is no one inviting me to have ancient rituals?

[persephonelikespomegranates]

Richard Papen, while freezing in a fucking mandolin boutique during the rigid winter of Vermont: California dreamin'... (California... dreamin'...) on such a winter's day...

[bumblegrumbl]

the most devious part of the secret history by donna tartt is the obsession of the aesthetics that we get drawn into, we want to be like these people, we want to feel like we're special, that we're onto something holier than thou, but the book continuously reminds us that no there's something so sick and twisted happening here, and yet continuously we're tricked into playing along with it, to put these characters on pedestals, and this really summaries the obsession with dark academia as a whole if you think about it