dark academia

[oatmealsir-deactivated20240120]

[thefullestco]

[risottoeater]

[spiritcc]

that time when holmes said the sun revolves around the earth and watson went through five stages of grief

denial

anger

bargaining 

depression 

acceptance 

[dragons-in-spaceee]

Literally my favourite gender

[quasi-normalcy]

No offence, but Alan Turing didn't kick the Nazis' collective ass for you to run around saying that you're too gay to learn mathematics.

[chemsexholmes]

gay asf to be a detective. what are you inspecting, other men?

[tisnotmydivison]

- John Watson, probably 

[books-and-cookies]

The measure of a good book is in the eyes of its reader. You can like a book that is detested by millions or hate a book that is praised by millions. A good book is a book that you enjoy. Period. Regardless of reviews or praise or hate. YOU decide what makes a book good. For you.

[humandisastersquad]

no more sherlock holmes adaptions. we as a society have progressed past the need for sherlock holmes adaptions. it's time for a break.

[humandisastersquad]

You either die a sherlock holmes fan or live long long enough to see yourself become arthur conan doyle

[lebleurenard-deactivated2021062]

"L'homme ne peut pas se passer de la beauté, et c'est ce que notre époque prétend vouloir ignorer."

Albert Camus

"Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard."

[windflowerfairy]

[silverystardustt]

dark academia words to add into your vocabulary & their definitions

fathom - understand

oft - short for often

betrothed - engaged, fiancé(e) (can be used both ways)

fortnight - two weeks

propriety - modesty, politeness, civility (oft used by Jane Austen´s heroines)

homely - unattractive/plain

capital - amazing (considered 1800s slang, used in phrases by Jo March “that’s just capital!” )

ire - anger

ebon - dark black or brown, ebony

puerile - trivial, childish

[enamouredpoet-deactivated202205]

quiescent

(noun)

a quiet, soft spoken soul.

[moved-to-theundergroundwoman]

when Shakespeare said Hell is empty and all the devils are here and when Lord Byron said venture to unmask man’s heart, and view the Hell that’s there

[thragedy]

you don’t have to believe to appreciate fall in love with the beauty

[thedarkestacademia]

[cosmic-storm]