“under the stairs”

"Of my background I can give only one detail: my dad is a captain of an ocean-going vessel." send me a message ♟

[bettelsvein]

this trend but with my long-suffering situationship

[alyssa702]

so today is the day they all die

[bettelsvein]

I might have lost some of my swag due to lack of practice, but here’s my best take on Francis and his wife Priscilla. I believe they were terrible as spouses, but they might have been very good friends duh

[betryl]

Charles is actually one of the best and most interesting characters to me. His development is just so so so heartbreaking and upsetting to see... The way you watch him get progressively worse both psychologically and morally and barely anyone tries to do anything about it, and when they do try HE's the one actively refusing help and then hitting rock bottom. I just really love how sharp of a contrast there is between book I and II Charles, how his decline seems to come almost out of nowhere at first but at the same time you can see all the signs that it's going to happen. His possessiveness and jealousy and violent tendencies were always there and only get more apparent and inexcusable with time, and it's still so jarring in comparison with how nice he appeared to be like two chapters ago

[pustoii]

"That sonnet of Shakespeare's — all about cocks and hats. My favourite"

From "Guy Fawkes Day" on AO3 by arsenica. It's an AU where Sherlock and William are both students at Eton college. I just adored the writing style, although I never checked the English translation. But I'm sure it's as good!!

День Гая Фокса на архиве. Есть ещё на фикбуке, если поискать!

i totally forgot that by this point they didn't have their jackets on, oh well... perhaps the time of day is wrong too... BUT THE VIBES

also don't be fooled by the concept of AU itself, there's still politics and murders lmao

[bettelsvein]

Camilla was essential to the Bacchanal, being the only woman in the Greek class.

Perhaps this is the very reason Julian allowed her to join them in the first place—he might have guessed they would need her one day. He was unlikely to have a female student without a reason.

If Julian was truly as devoted to his subject as he claimed, he should have known how the ancient Greeks regarded women: deprived of liberty, bound by domestic confinement, and excluded from most forms of civic life. The Maenads, the followers of Bacchus, were predominantly women. Many Greek rulers opposed the Bacchic cult precisely because it meant women were left unsupervised by men.

I also believe Henry’s urgency to hold the Bacchanal had little to do with the changing weather. They could easily have travelled to another state and performed it there, somewhere warmer. His haste, I think, was connected to Camilla’s menstrual cycle—she likely needed to be as “clean” as possible to participate. As the only woman, she was the proper medium for Bacchus, or Dionysus. Without her, they would have failed.

I suspect Henry also knew that the farmer they killed was not a proper sacrifice, since it had not been done consciously. They needed another one—the kind the Maenads are often depicted tearing apart,

a rabbit.

Neck Amphora: Dionysos and Two Maenads, ca. 540 BC. Black-figure pottery and outline drawing on terracotta, h. 33 cm. Amasis Painter. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

[delphianactuallydoodling]

Cars in The Secret History (2025)

[bettelsvein]

I AM IN LOVE CARS ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN HUMANS

[bettelsvein]

they could never make me hate you charles

[bettelsvein]

so if I like get super high and write threesome with charles francis and richard with dubious consent and a lot of drinking involved will I be sent to hell? because I do not want to see any of my relatives there

like you remember when charles was talking to richard after they visited the court? about how charles used to sneak into francis’ country house through the basement multiple times? see my vision?

richard decided to try this too (😭😭) and let me tell you the two were already busy especially francis’ mouth was busy af

[bettelsvein]

will you look at me? // was never real, will never be

[bettelsvein]

no francis he is not gonna remember and he is not gonna stay until morning

[bettelsvein]

this is francis abernathy

[bettelsvein]

tw! sensitive topics

yeah francis babe it’s getting lonely here when you’ve killed one of your friends, harassed two others, and ended up being alone; but you’re lucky to have a solution to all of that

[bettelsvein]

I tried to figure out how much taller Francis is than Camilla, and the result is drastic— Camilla is wearing Charles's school clothes since she knows whatever she wears she cannot serve as much cunt as Francis does

[bettelsvein]

I will never get over the fact that Francis dated a lawyer bro was playing with fire. Kim would absolutely sue his sorry ass for breaking up with him over A FAKE MARRIAGE

“it was amazing, I guess bass players and lawyers are the best.” “haha” “would you love me if I were a worm?” “of course…” “…and if I told you I helped kill two people?” “what?” “just kidding.”

[bettelsvein]

I have a bunny and francis bromance brainworm. do not help me I'm enjoying it dialogue since even I can't read my handwriting:

“Y’know how to say ‘gay’ in Spanish?” “Enlighten me.” “‘Gay.’”

“So—hic!—you hit on some boyz, didn’ja?” “No.” “Hell nah. Even I did.” “What.” “What.”

[bettelsvein]

“How’s the chicken?” “Would’ve preferred rabbit.” “I thought you liked cock.”

I wrote a fic where these two went to the movies but the DINNER part of that evening......... yeah......... love them in a no homo way. yes please. can they interact. can they absolutely drive each other crazy please