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Hello Tumblr user I have literally neer seen before. I see you have been reading The Confusions of Young Törless. This brings me joy, as it often seems like there's literally no other person on this earth that actually likes this book besides me. May you be as wise as Beineberg as strong as Reiting and as morally sound as Törless. Amen.

help i read about 50 pages cant wait to be traumatized.

have some beineberg hands

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Young Törless (1966): A Picspam

I've wanted to do this since maybe forever, and it took me a long time, and I am so proud.

Robert Musil's "The Confusions Of Törless" is one of my favorite books, and Volker Schlöndorff's "Young Törless" is the movie of that book.

It's set in a 1800's boy's military school, and in short, it's the story of two sadistic young cadets who abuse a classmate physically, mentally, and sexually after he has become completely dependent on them. And it's really the story of a fourth student, who could put a stop to it all, but chooses not to. It's stark, twisted, decadent, amoral, sexually charged, and contains some stunning insights into teenage clique dynamics.

And I love it to pieces.

It's played a huge part in my awakening as a slash fangirl when I read it at 13. Which is all kinds of wrongbad, but no regrets. You could read "Törless" or watch it simply because you want an uncompromising look at a society that encourages cruelty and punishes weakness. But in fandom terms, you could also like it if you like hurt/comfort, non-con, power plays, and boys in uniform being terrible to each other. And I wanted my picspam to reflect this, so I made sure it contains equal parts serious analysis, and inappropriate squee.

The story starts out a little slow, but it truly becomes a roller coaster. (And I mean not only from a slash perspective, but as a genuinely riveting story, as well.) I still love it, and the four main characters remain some of my favorite characters of all time. I would be glad if I could convince some more people to check it out through my humble picspam. But above all, this is a gift to myself.

Needless to say, this picspam contains TRIGGERS for abuse, sexual abuse, bullying, and animal deaths.

"But Papa, What Could Possibly Happen To Me?"