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i always wonder if richard made henry overly stoic and unemotional, because there’s moments where you hear of bunny being the only one to make him laugh/smile, and camilla being the ‘recipient of his infrequent smiles’. i like to think about happy henry, henry maybe not being all that stoic, just richard telling us he is.

#the secret history #henry winter #that boy cared about richard as much as he cared about the SATS #richard projecting this version of henry to us

Why do you think Henry was the one to kill himself? Was it because it was the only thing left in his control? Was it because Julian abandoned him? Was it because he didn’t want to go to jail? Henry is someone who is obsessive and found joy in the classics, he was so far in the past he didn’t know we landed on the moon. I don’t think it was out of character but i wonder…

#the secret history #donna tartt #hmmmm #the epilogue #dark academia #henry winter #someone talk with me about this

Oh don’t mind me, just staring at the wall trying to process the epilogue or whatever that was

#the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #tsh donna tartt #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #what the hell

rip Henry Winter you would’ve loved Carmen Louise journals

#the secret history #henry winter #after throwing his diary in the fireplace #he WOULD say take my money #tsh donna tartt #dark academia #on brand

You wanna know my theory? Julian played a bigger part than Richard understood. The classics club was Julian’s own personal Greek story. He’s built these young adults up until they thought of themselves as better, he was selective and chose only students whose parents/situations were vulnerable. They treated him as if he was their god, and for Henry I think he was his favorite as all stories have one. He slowly pulled their strings, made them think they were smart and clever making the decisions and choices they did. The incest, the murder, the damn bacchanal of course the creations can’t hide from their creator. Julian knew they killed Bunny, I think he even gave himself a way out (the letter), abandoning them after they thought they were safe as his own twisted retribution or punishment.

#the secret history #tsh donna tartt #tsh #richard papen #henry winter #idk tho #what do you think?

Now that I know Richard is an unreliable liar face, i’m curious to know how much was truly real and how much we as readers don’t know. I firmly believe he was never a part of their group, they didn’t care for him one bit. When he talks about them confiding in him or do things that make him feel included it was imo some twisted manipulation of the group as a COLLECTIVE.

The twins being nice to him and therefore his “favorites”.

Francis knew Camilla was leading Richard on.

Charles saying “I’ll call you later” to make him feel included even though Richard was the only one leaving.

Henry telling him “You could have stopped us anytime you wanted”.

So much more as well, that Richard either never uncovered like Julian and Henry’s relationship or didn’t truly get to know like Bunny and his life outside of greek.

#the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #unreliable narrator #he’s remixing the story and you know it #dark academia #tsh donna tartt #donna tartt

I am nothing in my soul, if not obsessive

#the secret history #henry winter #richard papen #donna tartt

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