kyoism

‘I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.’ - The Secret History.

[donnatarttluvr]

[kyoism-23]

Thinking about The Secret History again…

In Chapter 2, Charles and Richard discuss what they are going to do after Hampden College, and Charles suggests that Francis and Henry by Francis’ Aunt’s property.

Richard is ‘surprised by this pragmatic answer.’

And it just made me think about how Richard is a Romantic at heart, his self described hamartia being a ‘morbid longing for the picturesque’ at all costs, which is why he’s so shocked to hear a ‘pragmatic answer’ because his thinking is just not wired that way.

This made me think about the conversation Julian and Richard have in Chapter 1, where they disagree on whether or not the Romantics are good classicists … Julian explicitly says ‘the greatest Romantics are often failed classicists.’

Is this ultimately the reason why Richard fails to keep the Greek class together? Blinded by his morbid longing for the picturesque, he blatantly misses the tensions in the dynamics of the Greek Class. Blinded for his aesthetic obsession over Camilla (not as a yearner, but in the way that he wants to possess her) - he fails to see what her brother does to her, the hints Francis drops and how to prevent Julian from getting Bunny’s letter - which directly leads to Henry’s suicide, Charles’ running away and Julian’s disappearance.

It is because Richard is a Romantic, that he fails to keep the Greek class together - because ‘the greatest romantics are often failed classicists.’

[quasi-normalcy]

[spicymarinara3]

Just finished chapter 23 of Babel

[thenightwifeoftheladybird]

My headcanon is that Richard would stay up until the early hours of the morning listening to Hopelessly Devoted to You on loop while thinking about Henry. There may or may not have been tears involved.

[hunterinabrowncoat]

not even two years after the 2024 racist riots and attempted pogroms, we are back to more racist riots and attempted pogroms.

a mosque in scotland had to be put into lockdown. they are going door-to-door with hit lists and addresses in northern ireland, setting houses alight. they firebombed an imam's house in manchester. people of colour are being targeted and attacked by racist mobs in the street in broad daylight.

and instead of widespread condemnation or wall-to-wall coverage, the UK media and political establishment is filling air time talking about the "legitimate concerns" people have about "illegal migrants"

[ps2boogaloo]

twitter didn't deserve this one

[miffy-piastri]

how i feel about ramy and robin from babel

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[spookedstarzz]

so do we think charles ever internalised being told how angelic he looks

[insoothilikethepunicwars]

happy pride month to hannibal barca and scipio africanus 🎉 they're still out there btw, they faked their deaths and ran away together and eloped. 2200 years ago.

[musiicpix3l]

Yes yes i know love is love. But they are still killing CHILDREN. over this.

[kyoism-23]

Richard Papen is wayyy too fucking lucky.

I want to do coke in the parking lot of a Burger King too. ESPECIALLY with Judy Poovey.

[caffeinatedrottersblog]

The biggest mistake ever is asking a tsh fan about a drug, these mfs will start naming quantities, duration, alternatives and even show you a fake licensed doctor id to prescribe you.

[leighlew3]

ALL. OF. THIS.

[samlovesjake]

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

[nahmann]

Richard: They’re just so sophisticated and ethereal, I’m utterly bewitched by their apotheotic synergy blah blah blah

Meanwhile what Judy sees: