Not Quite an Academic

the nonsensical rambling of an ex-gifted kid (all photos are taken by me unless stated otherwise)

[attemptedacademia]

about me :]

name: francis

age: 20

pronouns: any :)

grade: college junior

favorite course: n/a

[spanspon]

Ah yes, my favourite game: erotic fanfiction or classic literature.

"Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body - he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor."

This is Nick Carraway describing his cousin's husband btw. This book was made in 1924 and the closet is still glass.

[forkalamari]

IM SORRY /silly

[catsbypawty]

Nick talking about women: Yeah she had uh hair and eyes and stuff, that was pretty cool

Nick talking about Jay Gatsby: His hair was the color of rays of sunshine beaming against my body as I sunbathe on a brilliant summer’s day. His eyes sparkled like diamonds, blue and crystalline, with as much depth as the ocean itself. His smile could light up the darkest depths of Hell itself, I would trust him to lead me back up to the surface with one joyous grin

[mrabraxas]

chloe michelle howarth // my first summer (2020) // chloe michelle howarth // lurelyno // ron hicks // chloe michelle howarth // ratsandlilies.art // sappho // lena oleanderson

sunburn by chloe michelle howarth

playlist

hey so you should all read this book i think about it all the time i love lucy so much she is me i am her if you like lesbians and also stories that are kind of sad you might like this

[willowfairy]

I need to find a book to fill the void that finishing Sunburn has created in my life. Chloe Michelle Howarth you are a genius, I love you and I hate you for what you have done to me.

[attemptedacademia]

“I’m sorry for all the things I do and all the things I didn’t do” - Sunburn

“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones I did not” - The Secret History

[casakhelone]

Achilles & Patroclus (2021)

Of all the art I've made, this is one of my most beloved pieces. I also created a plate version for a double-sided acrylic standee that had one side in the red-figure and the other in black-figure style painting.

Also I've never really spoke about it before, but I always wanted to make a Hector and Andromache piece to pair with this. Never got around to it, but maybe one day I will.

[shaystingray58]

crying myself to sleep because of them

[chemerges]

[funplexflip]

Richard at the end of TSH saying "after Henry died we all kind of drifted apart" like yeah I imagine 2 out of 6 members of the friend group being dead kinda fucks up the vibe a little bit

[charish-cherish]

[havusen]

i tend to forget that richard is canonically good looking. he acts so miserable and desperate that i just imagine him as a completely average looking guy

[fictionalaffection]

winter!

[shakespearesdaughters]

[attemptedacademia]

“almost everything that feels like a dichotomy is in fact a spectrum” -john green

[lovvvender]

me when the book has a vile, morally reprehensible protagonist and/or an insanely unreliable narrator who's prolly making shit up