#elective affinities

[philosophybits]

No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities

[dark-longings]

There are occasions, yes, there are! when all consolation is base and it is a duty to despair.

[philosophybitmaps]

[loretta-dont-you-oppress-me]

I don't know why, but cosmos is forcing me to tumblr this.

[danipantsu]

Original date: 01-02/2021

Some miscellaneous Snapey doodles and designs based of Elective Affinities by Caecelia

[quotessentially]

From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Elective Affinities

[skyeventide]

look I don’t often say this because poly isn’t the end all be all solution to relationships, it doesn’t work for everyone, it needs negotiating etc, but honest to the lord, if Goethe had been aware of the concept of poly the number of characters in his stories who die would have decreased by 90%. Werther, and his psychosexual relationship with a woman who is married but actually kind of wants him and also keeps him around to play with her siblings like he’s part of the family? and her husband who is his good friend and doesn’t even seem to care about any of it except for the part where the whole thing is very awkward for his wife? Elective Affinities, where a married couple calls in a dear friend of his to live with them because the husband insists, and then the wife likes the friend a little too much? plus they call the wife’s niece... whom the husband likes a little too much? but also they don’t want to/can’t separate themselves? I’m saying.

[zordonmlw7]

I have never before unuronically called something cringe, but there's a first time for everything and here it is.

These 18th century aristocrats are cringe.