#where poe premtively trashing it as being very conventional and insular. while checkers is more focused on the exterior circumstances of th | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

daincrediblegg · 11 months ago

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I fuckin love my poe students. Dude came in for Murders in the Rue Morgue with full evidence of the foundations of homoerotic tension in the detective tale (THAT POE INVENTED) and even brought in parisian cruising grounds to this. I love being in the room where that happens

#god edgar what a fucking MIND YOU HAVE.#I love my best friend edgar allan poe hours #we owe him for so much and for what??#also I love that he trashes chess. considering all subsequent detective stories uphold it as a standard for intellectual prowess #where poe premtively trashing it as being very conventional and insular. while checkers is more focused on the exterior circumstances of th #game and that's where ingenuity comes from #AGAIN I LOVE MY BEST FRIEND EDGAR ALLAN POE GOD DAMNIT

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