#Charles Macaulay

[littlegreenteacup]

I don’t disagree, at all, but I think Richard is also fairly grounded as well. He just had the cautionary tale of Bunny to keep his own behaviour in check around the others. At least enough so that he doesn’t end up as the next Bunny.

One thing i can yap and yap on about for ages is the fact that the greek class cant for the life of them grasp the fact that bunny is upset by the murder of the farmer

When henry is telling the story of the bacchanal to richard, he says bunny couldnt understand how serious the situation was because he was freaking out which is funny, because he was the only one who understood

Henry also said that bunny wasnt upset about the murder but rather about the fact that theyd gone without him, and that he couldn't possibly care that theyd killed a man because he wasnt "exactly the most moral man" as if u needed to be fucking gandhi to realize that killing someone is wrong

When bunny started acting out they were all convinced he was doing it out of spite or to get under their skin, completely ignoring the signs that showed he was having a complete nervous breakdown and was slowly losing his mind because of what they had done

This is because they themselves did not see the act as something that was morally wrong, but rather an inconvenience for them. Like francis said, it wasnt voltaire they killed. They were so out of touch with reality that they lived not in this world but in one where morality doesnt exist, one they are the center of where the gods personally descend to be by their side. They lived in their ancient tales and greek poems. Bunny was the only one who was grounded and they cant understand that. It doesnt even begin to cross their minds. And its the same with bunnys death, they dont care about the morality of it because in their mind they are closer to gods than to humans and gods do whatever they please. They can kill a farmer and who cares? Its not like he was voltaire. They can kill their friend and who cares? Heroes kill and heroes die all the time.

this distance between them and the real world is the most important part of their characters because it explains everything else, from the incest to henrys suicide. Bunny was the only one who was rooted to reality which is what always set him apart from the rest and most importantly why things started to spiral out of control as soon as they killed him. He was their anchor to the real world and to sanity.

[bunnyzcor]

Felt a little silly this morning….so I gave Charles name to Alcoholics Anonymous ;)

I can’t wait to see how he reacts! He won’t know it’s me, right?

[super-nova5045]

and just when you think you’re at your absolute lowest a blonde motherfucker comes along and makes everything so much worse

[makingyoufeels1ck]

at least twice

Nobody hate me but I think Henry and bunny fucked at least once

[urfavoritedcwhore]

“it’s starting to smell like pumpkin spice!”

“it’s starting to smell like scary movies!”

no.

it’s starting to smell like, the snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to realize the gravity of our situation.

[potatosaresweet]

in my richard papen era(failing academics, in need of friends, romantising things i don't even understand)

[lanabanana79]

[secret-histories]

oh my fucking god

"Secret History love triangle" this "Secret History complicated relationships" that.... your honor, they're polyamorous. You're looking at a 6 person polycule, not a love triangle.

[qiornono]

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

[lenainwonderland]

"We didn't care whether we lived or died, and that is the exact reason we lived." - Henry Winter

[tinseltastic]

(Last) Sunday supper 🐇

[droptheguillotineplease]

Doodles of the characters from Donna Tartt's The Secret History

[betryl]

Today I discovered that a couple of TSH characters were based on actual people Donna Tartt knew at Bennington College- amongst them were students Todd O'Neal and Matt Jacobsen, who were the inspiration for Henry and Bunny respectively.

AND JUST—

There's even their own comments about it and it's so funny wait:

Here's the source

[super-nova5045]

francis abernathy is genuinely god’s strongest warrior because how did this motherfucker survive THREE homoerotic failed situationships in a ROW, bunny, bunny’s murder, henry, richard, charles, incest twins, being a redhead, a SUICIDE ATTEMPT, being catholic, being gay in the 80s, being catholic AND gay BOTH in the 80s, multiple nervous breakdowns, vermont, an alcoholic absent mother, a homophobic grandpa, being fatherless AND to top it all off being the only diva in the classics group 😢

[eyez-withoutaface]

shoutout to my two favorite people from missouri: chappell roan and henry winter