too many fandoms

[typingwithmyhandstied]

In my mind, "Kell wore a peculiar coat" will always be the best opening line to a book ever. I can remember when I read it for the first time.

[thegaycondor]

ok finishing the shades of magic trilogy and the one thing i have to say about all the fan art i have seen so far is that holland doesn't look nearly tired enough. the man needs to look like he is a moment away from flinging himself into the sea. he needs to look like he's 5 minutes away from his next smoke break.

this is holland to me.

[dracure]

welcome back kell maresh

[typingwithmyhandstied]

When Kell Maresh said, "Why am I the only one in this fucking world to be held accountable for my actions?" I felt that.

[thelightfluxtastic]

No one gets nemesis and hate-based relationships like V. E. Schwab. Nobody.

It's about the intimacy. It's about the knowing one another even if you don't like one another. It's about how respect doesn't necessarily soften into affection or friendliness. Or conversely, how the deeper the friendship, the more twisted the hate once it's corrupted. It's about your reflection being the most like you but also your polar opposite. It's about having someone who fits the negative space in your life like you fit theirs.

[shrews-art]

I really love how separately Lila, Kell and Holland are literally the most powerful people between all worlds and also smart and resourceful and skilled but. You leave them together in a room for TEN MINUTES and disaster follows

[typingwithmyhandstied]

Me when a V.E. Schwab character exists: Now that's a character. That's a CHARACTER. THAT'S A CHARACTER.

[readingrosalyn]

was it casual when i saw you walking across a meadow in our university and was so flustered i hid in a doorframe. was it casual when you asked me to sleep with you in latin knowing i didn’t understand latin. was it casual when our arms brushed in a corridor once and i still remember it years later-

[ccuniculusmolestus]

I am so tired of the Richard pushed bunny allegations. First of all, Richard wouldn't have had the balls to do it ALSO he had no fucking reason to. When Henry is physically the closest to him, OBVIOUSLY it goes without saying he'd shove bunny. Or no no let's pretend Richard ran dramatically towards Bunny to fill the distance between them (which would have likely alerted Bunny and made him move away) and let's pretend he had enough strength to shove a thick oaf like Bunny (delulu)

Hey, you wanna know why Henry pushing Bunny works the best? Because it was unexpected even when Bunny SHOULD have been expecting it. He should have been wary of Henry, but he let Henry walk him backwards towards the edge of the cliff, stupid rabbit behaviour.

THATS why its supposed to be shocking and real.

Thematically it ,makes zero sense for Richard to shove Bunny and it isn't even satisfying because the loop should end with Henry if it starts with Henry. A major point of the book is Richard gave himself WAY too much importance without being important. Donna projected on him because she couldn't get into the group she wanted to or smthn and thats why Richard REMAINS an outsider even when he's joined the group. Why else do you think he's not involved in any of the major things leading to bunnys death??? You really think, by the way, that his short ass would be enough to shove a tall big oaf like bunny? Be fr. HENRY killed his best friend, thats why he was the worst off at the funeral.

Henry is the symbol of death in this book. Richard is just some guy who tried to make himself seem important in his shitty fanfic.

[lamarquisedesade]

yeah sex is cool but have you ever read the secret history

[lamarquisedesade]

been having so many migraines lately (in my henry winter in italy era)

[worm-generator]

man. the secret history has become so synonymous with dark academia that when u look through the tag its just knit sweaters and latte art. like please show me a text post about how fucking unhinged richard was for staying in a room with a Literal hole in the wall during the dead of winter and almost dying of hypothermia.

[professorr-lupin]

I feel like tsh fandom doesn't talk about the fact that Richard's first name isn't actually richard nearly enough

at the very beginning when he's filling out the hampden forms he writes his full name as john richard papen -- this is such a small detail and it's only mentioned once but it perfectly sets up his character. it's essentially a throwaway line but tells you everything you need to know

he lies about himself from the beginning. the Greek class never knows who he truly is and idk idk I just feel like it's so interesting because once he leaves California he ceases to be that person

alas, I digress

[acewithobsessions]

Finished the starless sea kicking my feet

[judypooveyappreciator-deactivat]

How did these fools go to class with the amount of alcohol they drank

[milenaryllis]

thinking about how richard papen was so desperate to find somewhere to belong because of the broken family he came from and he was obsessed with the exclusive class and after joining them he started resembling them, picking up their habits and their attitude, all because he wanted a family, to be included, and yet even after he joined them he still remained an outsider up until the very end. “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing” is so richard papen

[super-nova5045]

francis abernathy is genuinely god’s strongest warrior because how did this motherfucker survive THREE homoerotic failed situationships in a ROW, bunny, bunny’s murder, henry, richard, charles, incest twins, being a redhead, a SUICIDE ATTEMPT, being catholic, being gay in the 80s, being catholic AND gay BOTH in the 80s, multiple nervous breakdowns, vermont, an alcoholic absent mother, a homophobic grandpa, being fatherless AND to top it all off being the only diva in the classics group 😢