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watching adam (2009) is such a weird experience because i, as a chronic letterboxed user, looked at the review before watching and i see a LOT of ppl hating on beth and i think "ok for the most part this is probably just a 'katara' case where they just hate her because she's a girl" but then i watch the movie and no. no, they hate her because she's horrible.

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you guys pls...how do you come up with plots and not just plot points

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"He regarded me with chill distaste."

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I decided to make playlists for each of the Greek students in The Secret History.

A few things to note about each playlist:

I purposefully made it so that each playlist has exactly 100 songs in it so that I can force myself to discover new music in order to fill out the playlists as well as properly capture an exact vibe while still having diversity in each playlist.

I wanted each playlist to be completely unique, therefore there are no exact overlapping songs in any of them, with the exception of different covers of the same song being in multiple playlists.

This is how I personally interpret each student to an extent, and it may be a bit different compared to others.

The playlists are mostly based off of vibes. There are songs whose lyrics as well as vibe fit the character (in my mind), but there are also songs that are based solely off of the vibe even if the lyrics don't fit.

The songs in each playlist may change over time as I find new music that I feel better fits over another.

I hope that these playlists can be thoroughly enjoyed!

[Characters associated with each playlist in order]

Richard Papen

Henry Winter

Bunny Corcoran

Francis Abernathy

Charles Macaulay

Camilla Macaulay

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Bunny is way too cute a name for fucking edmund corcoran bc you start reading and you think "oh what a bunch of bullies killing bunny whos probably just some poor little guy with a bad stutter and the health of a victorian child and who probably couldnt even defend himself from a fly. Poor bunny" and then you meet 6'3 bunny and hes like "haiii im bunny i fucking hate homosexuals and women and jews and btw im going to steal all your money"

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Julian Morrow can eat shit, gotta choose a better mentor ie. Mr Keating>>>>>

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i could narrate a book sooooo unreliably. i have that capacity. for instance i am gay and have nothing going on in my life and have a horrible tendency to romanticize the past

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I've seen many posts that were like "💕what it would be like to date [insert a tsh character]💕" with cute romantic stuff and i was like GIRL NO, so that's what it would actually be like to date the secret history characters:

Charles: is drunk 24/7, throws stuff at you, hits you, disappears without explanation to be found in a hospital three days later, secretly fucks his twin sister

Richard: stalks and idealizes you even before your first conversation, then lies to you constantly about literally everything to make himself seem cool, never tells you anything about himself, gatekeeps, gazlights, fantasizes about hitting and raping you, doesn't care to know you, obsesses over you after a breakup for years

Francis: is gay and only dates you as a cover-up for being gay (for gays: doesn't know what consent is at all, kisses you and then tells you he doesn't feel anything for you, probably only wants a one-night stand, wakes you up at 2 a.m., because he just had an anxiety attack)

Henry: forces you to join a cult, never talks about feelings, never tells you anything about himself, suspiciously often talks about murder, then kills himself in front of you, mentally scarring you for the rest of your life

Bunny: is sexist, racist, homophobe, mentally unstable, doesn't have a job, insults you on purpose, spends all your money, reads your diary without permission, throws tantrums, steals from you, then dies under mysterious circumstances

Camilla: cheats on you with her twin brother, and we know nothing about her personality besides that thanks to richard who was so in love with her that he never saw her as a human being instead of a highly idealized pretty picture

Everyone: are high and/or drunk most of the time, are in a cult, do kill people

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TSH spoilers:

I feel like we as a fandom do not talk about Henry’s symbolism in TSH enough. Like, that dude is the literal embodiment of death, and I just think it’s so damn cool. I mean, his whole obsession with language and literature stemmed from the fact that he almost died in a car accident. And then every death we see in the book (the farmer’s, Bunny’s, and his very own) is directly at his hands. The others were accomplices, sure, but Henry’s the one who takes action every time. And in Francis’s failed suicide and Richard’s near death in the epilogue, they both see Henry, not Bunny or Charles or what have you.

Henry is not only obsessed with death, he IS death. He’s the reaper who’s friends toy with their mortality all the time through drugs and booze. The reason they all admire him is not only because of his size and stature and brilliance; it’s because he’s dangerous. If beauty is indeed terror, than he’s the most beautiful of them all. They all have the life preservation skills of a fly, so of course they love Henry. And of course his actions constantly bring them closer to danger and death.

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luckily for me i did not get my overbearing urge to move to vermont, obsessing over literature, and homo erotic friendships from the secret history, but instead dead poets society

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Bunny Corcoran, an empath, sensing that they are not looking for new ferns.

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crazy how donna tartt (author of the secret history) and bret easton ellis (author of american psycho) went to the same college (bennington) AND were good friends and then went on to write two of the most misinterpreted satire novels by the media

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it’s that time of year again where i reread tsh for the bajillionth time so here is the greek class!!!

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man. the secret history has become so synonymous with dark academia that when u look through the tag its just knit sweaters and latte art. like please show me a text post about how fucking unhinged richard was for staying in a room with a Literal hole in the wall during the dead of winter and almost dying of hypothermia.

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god i love it when gay people are in evil toxic codependent love with each other

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Tim Drake watching Nightwing beat the shit out of people, his very favorite thing in the world: :D :D :D

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Inside Out 2 in my head