slasherwithu

arina/misa/slasher | 18y.o | she/her | 🇺🇦 | the secret history will be main here | twitter: @slasherwithu

[bunchathitnuong]

Wont you stay with me?

Im having a lot of feeling about near having abandonment issues and being scared and making mistake cause hes afraid light will leave him for his 'real' family

[macau1ay]

anything richard x francis please 💓💜💙

francis gifted himself a fitbit for christmas and it was the worst mistake of his life.

[usbotthrills]

I’ve been going through the Secret History again to annotate it and one of the things that I’ve noticed is Richard’s unreliable view of Bunny.

❗️The secret history spoilers ❗️

Now, even from the first time he sees Bunny, he accounts him to be annoying, going so far as to describe his voice as ‘loud and honking’ (pg17).

Then, in his first lesson with Julian (pg35), he describes him to be pushy, while talking about a pen Henry bought. He asks a lot of questions, despite no one answering, which then leads to a lot of silence. He demands to see the pen again and, in general, is subtly annoying. (Stay with me I have a point here)

Now, his interest in others’ lives is obviously a quality that Bunny has HOWEVER, it’s not his only quality. Judy Poovey claims ‘he’s hilarious’ and we are told that Henry and him have always been good friends. Bunny is more than his worse qualities and so why is Richard only describing him as these?

Guilt.

We know that is narration is after they killed Bunny and so it would make sense that Richard only remembers his bad parts, as it’s a way for him to subconsciously justify what he did.

And this is the absolute genius of Donna Tartt. She has made Richard an unreliable narrator but in such a subtle way that it feels so human.

Ahhhhh I love this book

[foundmywei]

richard 'het' papen talking about the girl he's in love with: ehhmm she has lovely kneecaps, she kind of looks like a man if you squint and look at her from a certain angle, she also reminds me of her brother who btw is hot,

[lovekatxox]

Donna Tartt saying her favorite pop singer is lana is my joker

[slasherwithu]

woman who doesn't like lana del rey couldn't write francis and camilla

[usbotthrills]

There’s only two types of The Secret History fans. We have the lovers of dark academia and the vibe of it all. And people who love how gay it is.

[slasherwithu]

i'm definitely the second one because i don't really like the dark academia aesthetic... i'm too judy poovey for it y'know

[slasherwithu]

sooo i'm writing a tsh fic now....... it's in my native language, which is ukrainian, but i'll post it here anyway😌

(i LOVE using tags they're so cool don't be mad at me)

[wingedcupidx]

the greek class x dreaming

richard: highly vivid dreams he always confuses for reality and no one calls him out for it

francis: always has the same recurring traumatic dream or completely blacks out to avoid said dream.

charles: blacks out from intoxication or has violently erotic dreams he tends to forget by the time he wakes up

camilla: has vague dreams about the past or present, but mostly has self-insert dreams about the ancient world.

henry: rarely dreams but when he does, he views it as an omen or prophecy

bunny: has the wildest dreams and doesn't spare a second to drone on and on about them to the rest of the class and what they might mean.

(p.s. back from hiatus :D )

[bleeding-cyparissus]

what color do you associate with the different characters? i have a new copy of tsh and want to annotate according to characters

[slasherwithu]

richard — navy

henry — red

bunny — yellow

charles — grey

camilla — green

francis — floral white

[papenathys]

richard papen and francis abernathy (married)

[neil-pxrry]

draco malfoy and francis abernathy give similar energy. no i will not elaborate

[slasherwithu]

yeah it makes sense but what about bunny corcoran????? if draco malfoy and dadley dursley had a child it'd be him

[oshikasa]

papenathy doodles bc i’m obsessed with them

i do not recognize francis in the brain without his silly pince-nez he just looks like a guy right

i think i should quickly establish tumblr as a place where i post whatever art i want whether it’s unfinished or sketches

[disenchanted2006]

CRIMES CHARLES MACAULAY HAS COMMITED FROM LEAST PUNISHABLE TO MOST PUNISHABLE

- accomplice to 1st degree murder

- incest

- interrupting what could have been richard finally accepting the fact he’s a queer

[slasherwithu]

i hate(/hj) charles because he not only interrupted them but also stole francis' heart. BRO IS LITERALLY A DEVIL(/hj again tbh i'd fuck charles too)

[brokestrapmountain]

i think francis and charles have one of the most interesting dynamics in tsh bc we know virtually knowing about it and their relationship. that’s one of the things i wanna know more about because like…. francis obviously loved charles a lot. did charles actually love him back or was he just using him for his weird thing with camilla?? was the sex meaningful and seriously poetic or is francis just dramatic??? CHARLES went to FRANCIS for money after everything that happened and he GAVE IT TO HIM…. wtf happened!!

[slasherwithu]

i HATE it but I think francis really loved him... but i want to talk about richard. was richard a bit disappointed and upset when francis said that he likes charles?? or is it just me??

[brokestrapmountain]

oh 1000%%% richard was jealous like… when their kiss got interrupted ik my man was fuming and then to have it confirmed 🤨🤨?? when he acted like that?? he was upset

[slasherwithu]

he's so dumb. i love-hate richard so much. bro literally said that he wasn't interested in francis and when francis said THE SAME THING richard was like ☹️😤😦🤨

[slasherwithu]

the Nile is a river in Egypt RICHARD PAPEN IS GAY

[slasherwithu]

i want to play hide and seek with macaulay twins i will hide and they will seek help

[jungen-problemm]

"what?" "Nothing"