#tsh rp

[darkacademianew]

The Secret History out of context, part 2:

Richard seeing Francis eating maraschino cherries

Francis throwing the cherries from the window a second after

Camilla drunk on some red popsicle drinks

Richard doing cocaine in a Burger King parking lot

Francis saying that smoking isn't bad for his health

Henry thinking the moon walk never happened

Francis realizing Richard's shirt is inside-out while kissing

[iccarusfell]

if u guys are into roleplaying communities, the secret history fandom DESPERATELY needs writers on insta and/or twt. ple ase.

[beautyinterror]

I think I’m going to drown myself in the lake. It would be preferable to pulling plows.. rip Henry Winter. You will be missed.

[henrywintersbathrobeghost]

SECRET HISTORY BLOGS, PLEASE INTERACT WITH THIS POST. I NEED SOMEONE TO RAMBLE AUTISTICALLY WITH ABOUT THIS BOOK

[ljterariness]

tw - themes of murder , thoughts of su!cide

this is just a little deviation from amber-canon , her involvement in the secret history doesn't even lead her into the main plot but i thought it'd be fun to think of how she'd behave if in that situation . to all you canon sticklers don't be mad , she's just a girl and this is just ideas . to help with following along i wrote a little list of the traits i believe amber would have pre-hampden just for some consistency !

- jealous

- complacent

- optimistic

- nieve

- logical

i think she'd be very quiet in classes at first , something about each of their classmates makes her uncomfortable . she does the work at rather an average , doesn't contribute in class for fear of being wrong . she does eventually though , i like to think she'd have to spark a friendship with one of the others first - perhaps bunny or camila . amber would be much more comfortable after that ; perhaps feeling like this is her opportunity to prove herself , that she is worthy of being there .

being involved in exclusivity would subdue the jealousy she'd felt for most of her life , she'd be much less angry at the world and much more subdued . it'd be the first time in her life amber had felt a sense of inclusivity , like she had people to just , exist with . instead of being jealous of each member of the class , she'd admire them , wordless respect .

i believe she'd struggle after the bacchanal ( yes i'm convinced she'd be a part , see point complacent (( if someone she associates with / sees as a friend tells her an idea she's almost bound to agree )) but yes she'd struggle . she resists the urge to leave , go home . amber wouldn't , fear of the word home among a refusal to demonstrate cowardice . she's on edge constantly , doesn't go outside unless she has good reason , it makes her physically sick more often than not . she found her usual optimism drained , everything that she loved about life was enough to make her hate it . she's not proud of herself but she makes it through . that she tells herself it'll pass .

when the death of bunny is approached as a topic , she doesn't actively contest it . she justifies it as logical - a him or us situation . she thinks about su!cide , the idea that she could just get out of it but that too , feels cowardly . tells herself that bunny is the obstacle stopping her from a good year . but of course she feels guilty even to consider it: it felt like there was a distinct line between the manslaughter of an unknown farmer and the murder of someone she considered a friend . she lets it happen , lets the event pass and the guilt come later .

it's like everyone's fine after - from amber's skewed perception anyways . she cries about it a lot , not just sadness for a death , but guilt too . it makes her feel unclean . she sleeps for a day at a time , late assignments and poor eating habits and she's constantly ill . she knows she's cracking , that complacence and "it'll pass" has lead her to something she cannot pass . days pass without her leaving her dorm , and it's like she's 19 again - stuck in her bedroom . but there's no mother to stop her from leaving . but there's guilt in the weight of the door-handle in her palm .

julian leaves and why would she stay in classes after that ? she's ready to leave even moreso now , to cut her losses pack her bags and go to sleep in the silence of her childhood bedroom . and then henry shoots himself and richard's been shot and god why even try ? she doesn't say her goodbyes , not to any of the mismatches friends that she'd bonded with over something so terrible .

she returns to reclucivity , the books in her room and the knowledge of the world she experienced . she sleeps in her childhood bed for days at a time , she drinks when she feels like it and eat when she remembers . it's not a life really , but she lead herself there .

[ccuniculusmolestus]

i have no idea how tumblr roleplay works but hi

this is an intro post of sorts, haha.

[new-neanias]

kind of poetic, isn’t it

[dear-slayer]

Now that classes are back in session, I’m quite sure that I’m going to need a trip to the lake house soon with the amount of work Julian’s assigned.

[cub1tum-eamus]

why richard is gay

i have to say, i do question my classmate's ability of understanding things quite a lot, but it I am still flabbergasted about richard not getting that he is the most homosexual homosexual out there. someone who is not homosexual wouldn't have to start their posts with "i am not a homosexual" and end them with "maybe i am homosexual???". why are you talking about men like that, mh? about how you can't stop thinking about one that you saw? mh?

i hate to be the one who's telling you this, richard, but i do believe that you might be a "queer". "homosexual" "gay" "fruity" "fruit salad" "girly pop" "one of them queers" "one of those people" there's also another very special word bunny has said before.

of course, this post is obviously a joke. don't take it too serious, richard.

[bunny-corcoran-boy-detective]

A pencil sketch of @the-real-julian-morrow because I’m hoping this will bribe him to re-grade some of my old assignments. I’m dreading that he knows @dear-slayer has just been doing my homework for me, but I just got out of my meeting with Julian and there’s a cat that he’s befriended in his office so I guess that makes everything a little better. That fucking old man has it out for me.

[camillamacaulay23]

Hello everyone, it’s been a couple of but I’m back. Feel free to send me a message or ask any questions you have.

-Camilla

[therealrichardpapen]

I would tell you so much, but you already know it. You already know how much I love you and to what extent I would go for you. For us. I would travel miles without a stop. I would take planes and train if they will lead to you, and not even my anxious nature can stop me from seeing you. My darling I love you. I love you. I love you. And I wish for nothing than my entire life spent with you my beloved @therealfrancisabernathy

[roleplayfinder]

Tsh roleplay

Hey, so lately I’ve been obsessed with the secret history from Donna Tartt and I would love to roleplay in that universe.

I’m 18, so please be 18+ as well. It would be a cc x cc and mxm because I feel like there were a few connections which had great potential but unfortunately weren’t explored more.

I would like to play Richard and I’m searching for a Francis or Henry.

I’m semi literate to literate so I would appreciate my roleplay partner being the same. (minimum of 10 lines)

As for the plot, I didn’t have a very specific one in mind but I thought that maybe we could pick up somewhere in the plot and change it here and there a bit due to our characters' connection.

If you’re interested, please like this post and I’ll make sure to get back to you!

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[beautyinterror]

Donna Tartt? Who is that? It’s Nineteen-Eighty-Three, Come on, let’s go get Soda that likely has cocaine in it but Vermont police can’t prove a thing.

[wretched-things]

If you read The Song of Achilles without reading The Iliad first, don’t even breathe in my general direction.

[ljterariness]

amber and jealousy , because apparently one rambling wasn't enough today

it starts young , with her sisters . olive and violet , close in age looks and personality . they'd talk to and from school , over the dinner table , freely with shanon (mother) . they have everything she doesn't and it eats away at her , she feels it burn beneath her skin as she cuts into her dinner . silent as always .

olive and violet grow up before she does , they graduate and begin families , they don't live at home anymore . amber is jealous of that too . she spends her days with math she doesn't understand , writing on books she's already read . her sisters have grown past that , they're unaware of the silence they've left behind in exchange for their own lives .

olive dies . hardly lived and leaving behind a son . amber doesn't consider it significant , it is . the jealousy subsides for a while - it'd be disrespectful really . she plays role of dutiful grieving sister but is really only grieving for monotony . because nothing is really quite the same after .

she's jealous of her classmates too , as they walk for graduation . they have family out there cheering for them , colleges to go to and people to celebrate with . amber has bags full of books stolen from her school's library , in exchange for walking . and her sister , violet (alive) waiting to drive her home . so she has every right to be jealous really , it's another cliché she's robbed of .

it spreads as she begins college , being cooped up for a year , next to silent can do that to a person surprisingly . she's jealous of the greek class: of bunny , henry , camila , charles and francis . what they must have that she's lacking in . she knows languages - latin and spanish , so it's not even like she'd be incompetent . amber's aware when she sees them about , their better than - almost uneasy demeanour . so yes - she is jealous . not that she'd ever admit it .

parties aren't a rarity , warm beer clutched in hand as amber clings to the wall - or cigarette ( she only picked it up for something to do ) clutched in hand as she sat in the cool night air . she envied the people who had the courage to get up and dance , talk to a stranger or take someone's hand . she seethed with jealousy , bottled it up for each year of existence . anyone who seemed to be able to socialise was an inconvenience .

richard papen , who managed to study greek . who joined the class late after she'd been turned down . it was an endless loop of discontent really , and soon enough he seemed to absorb the sense they carried around . it was like the world was laughing at her . each thing she longed for was just out of her grasp , just enough for someone else and god - wasn't it her turn ?

to be jealous of a tragedy was sickening really , amber knows this . but wasn't it all like the crime novels she'd read ? it just made amber feel odd , she knows what she knows , is aware its an accident . but it's all so unnerving that she feels the desperation to be there , watch him fall with her own eyes . and it's disgusting and she feels it because amber doesn't control her emotions these days , she just follows them blindly .