he probs did anyway by sending gossip anonymously to the local newspaper. "rumor has it that miss katerina verkhovtseva wore that expensive lace dress just for the eyes of a certain gentleman - and not the one you'd expect! what happened between the second and the third waltz at madame khokhlakova's ball? do we have a new emma bovary in town?"
katya purposely making ivan jealous to see how much he can take and what he will (or won't) do is one of my fav flavours of katerivan teehee
I need to know if 19th century girls fawned over alyosha like we do today
"Sonechka omg i stole papa's newspaper and there was a new part of the brothers karamazov AND ALYOSHA IS NO LONGER A MONK??" "NATASHA ARE YOU FOR REAL??"
ppl trying to make some of these ships all cute n domestic dont seem to understand these characters are insane. they would have sex by standing on opposite sides of the room fully clothed playing mind games
I was reading some interviews with Orsini (Ivan 1969) and this bit took me out
Back then you were handsome and quite skilled! No, I was just blonde.
Also he was involved in a real love triangle with Mitya's actor (Corrado Pani)!! Orsini "fell madly in love" (his words not mine) with Mina (the singer) on a movie set but he wasn't reciprocated and she got with Pani + had a child with him
Apparently while he was in law school and had to read out loud in court for the notary he was an apprentice of, people were so fascinated by his voice that they suggested he tried theatre
After saying he wanted to leave the monastery alyosha was probably dragged by rakitin through a whole mall in an early 2000s 2min video montage of him trying clothes and rakitin shaking his head then giving him a full makeover
me: my ivankatya playlist is basically my bible. they compliment each other so perfectly which fans the mutual resentment. but in away the resentment is a twisted act of love. they love each other so much and they can’t even say it or admit it. god. one of the most perfect ivankatya songs is i want you by pulp because it