#Henry Gaunt

[qiornono]

PLEASE PLS PLS read in memoriam by alice winn this book changed my freaking life!!!!!

[chaoticmiserablelover]

They call each other by their surnames trope + They use each other's first names in vulnerable moments trope.

Me: crying in the corner

[droptheguillotineplease]

I recently read In Memoriam by Alice Winn, I highly recommend.

[soulsray]

In memoriam book fanart cause I love them

“My dearest, darling Sidney,”

There was nothing else. Only dead white paper, blank and meaningless. A comma, followed by nothing. Death summed up by grammar.

Elwood mouthed the words. “My,” just the word “my” would have been enough to live on, if Gaunt had ever called him that to his face.

“He never called me Sidney. Not once, in five years.”

[viimsical]

h. gaunt and s. ellwood, 1912, preparations for a ball

(save their poor hearts)

[marsalta]

You are the poetry.

[temporary-gentleman]

c. 1913

[ghostprincessworld]

Sorry for making in memoriam meme it will happen again :(

Art creds: @qiornono @soup-charades @viimsical @loafwins @seiroz @disappointedart

[fairer-tales]

public school boys be like ‘i know a spot’ and then take you to the trenches.

[taipa13]

Read „In Memoriam“ by Alice Winn recently….it made me very sad but I loved it

[toosweetf0rme]

I find it interesting how both Ellwood and Gaunt's injuries reflect what's most important to them. Ellwood's face wound and loss of an eye costs him his beauty and good looks, while Gaunt's chest wound loses him his strength and physical fitness.

but also that these traits are not important to the other person. Gaunt's love for Ellwood doesn't come from his handsome face - he loves his poetry, his passionate spirit.

likewise the moments Ellwood feels closest to Gaunt are those of emotional intimacy, where Gaunt shares his feelings in a way he wouldn't with anyone else - not his feats of strength or impenetrable toughness. he loves his vulnerability.

I like to think that the other's wholehearted acceptance is what helps piece themselves back together after the war

[qiornono]

somewhere in belgium, 1915

[soup-charades]

something something henry laying on his back with sidney’s head carefully on top of his chest so that both their injuries are touching because in some ways it’s what let them be together at the end something something

[alchemyenjoyer]

people talk a lot about “If Gaunt had been a girl, I should have married him in an instant,” but not nearly enough of “If Ellwood were a girl, he might have held his hand, kissed his temple. He might have bought a ring and tied their lives together.”

they mean a lot to me ok

[motions1ckn3ss]

the in memoriam girlies are about to go crazy for this one

[viimsical]

guys i present to u at last!! GAUNTWOOD KISS!! WOAAAHHHHH

i need to find time to sit down and do a proper illustration sometime