pandorasgirlfriend

[pandorasgirlfriend]

i love every character in the secret history. they're all freaks. they're all alcoholics. they're snobs. they deserve nothing but the worst. i adore them. i want to study them as if i were a mad ornithologist and they were rare, cantankerous, bastard birds.

[pandorasgirlfriend]

i have feelings that only franz kafka would understand

[pandorasgirlfriend]

Begging other British people to actually do their own research on the Israel/Palestine conflict because you’re not going to get anything accurate from the British news. They are actively hiding any kind of support for Palestine, insisting that Israel simply “has a right to defend itself” and refuse to give the full picture that dares to put Israel in a bad light. If anyone influential mentions support for Palestine, the British news barely— if at all— reports on it. If unmistakeable evidence comes to light that Israel are committing a literal genocide, they turn the other way and barely— if at all— acknowledge it. They want the country to support Israel and not question that support at all. They don’t want us to know what’s actually happening because the government has financial and political interest in supporting Israel, but it is all propaganda. You are being lied to, and the news is actively making you think this war started on October 7th. It didn’t. Start doing research outside of what the country is telling you. I already have to watch family members around me get completely taken in by this propaganda and while some think that Israel is “maybe going too far” they refuse to acknowledge that Israel is the aggressor, because every news outlet in the country is making them think the opposite.

You can’t trust what the news is telling you. You have to actively go out and do your own research and listen to Palestinian voices or people who actually know what the history and context and everything else is, because your country is not going to be the one to teach you. They are trying to hide things from you and lie to you. It’s all propaganda. Please don’t let them win.

And if you do spot any misinformation or propaganda on the news, you can complain. News outlets are supposed to remain completely unbiased but they never do, and they certainly aren’t now. Here’s a reminder that you can always complain to the BBC or you can email [email protected] to complain to Sky News (the email is on their Contact Us website). Believe me, neither take complaints seriously, but the more they receive, the more they may not have any choice but to listen.

[pandorasgirlfriend]

thats some reflex

richard papen, who swore up and down for an entire book that he was straight but also talked about henry as if he wanted him carnally and liked camilla for her boyish ankles and kissed francis back “out of reflex”

[pandorasgirlfriend]

MY "THE SECRET HISTORY" FANCAST if it was a movie made in 2024 (so cast under 35yo)

Richard — Paul Mescal (27)

Henry — Taron Egerton (34)

Francis — Evgeniy Okorokov (27)

Charles — Lucas Hedges (27)

Camilla — Anya Taylor Joy (27)

Bunny — Barry Kheogan (31)

Bonus: Julian Morrow — Stellan Skarsgård (72)

[pandorasgirlfriend]

this is so dark academia

Donna Tartt will murder me if she sees this

[pandorasgirlfriend]

say it with me—

“someday i’m going to have the life i’ve always dreamed of and i won’t let self doubt stop me”

[pandorasgirlfriend]

im gonna be so creative now

[pandorasgirlfriend]

Richard Papen for half of The Secret History: omg all of these people are gay! Ewwwwww!

Richard Papen when he sees Henry, Francis or Charles: haha what if we kissed rn like as a joke haha or seriously haha

[pandorasgirlfriend]

Embrace the cringe.

Write weird fanfic.

Read weird fanfic.

[pandorasgirlfriend]

sluttiest thing a man can do is keep a diary in Latin

[pandorasgirlfriend]

Richard Papen, while freezing in a fucking mandolin boutique during the rigid winter of Vermont: California dreamin'... (California... dreamin'...) on such a winter's day...

[pandorasgirlfriend]

LADIEEES AND GENTLEMEN

I have just finished The Secret History, reading the last circa 120 pages now.

HOLY FUCK.

HEAVY SPOILERS ON THE SECRET HISTORY GO FUCKING READ IT. GO. GOOOOOOOOOOOO.

First of all my heart aches for Francis, yet his story makes so much sence? I hate that. I hate that I knew, subconsciously, that his end will not be the happiest one.

SPEAKING OF NOT HAPPIEST ENDS THE TWINS? First of all, ew, second of all, Camilla my dear I want to hug you but also do I think her decisions and her love to Henry caused Charles's demise? Yes. Do I have a lot of feelings about Charles? Also yes. It was inevitable that she had to leave Charles, he is fucked up and he needs to stop drinking, but if this was going on for so damn long she choose the worst time to do so and Henry, goddamn Henry, is also at fault.

BUT also I like Charles in the same way I like Callum from the Atlas series. Conflicted, but I think they could be so much better.

(Can you tell how fucking conflicted I am about the twins?)

HENRY

FUCKING

WINTER

I think the book is brilliant simply because in the end, you feel the same towards Henry as Richard does. You love him (Richard you are not straight), his looks, his inteligence, his devotion to his ideas, but you also blame him for everything that happened. He was the mastermind, he told everyone what to do, and the question of Why did we listen to him is so perfect!

Also the only way Henry would die is suicide. There is no other way. He, maybe not even realising it, had the incredible need to be in control of everything and everyone, mainly himself.

Richard, oh Richard, in some ways I feel towards him. A man who decided he wants more from this stupid life but let's call him Icarus, he flew to close the sun called Henry.

I DO THINK HIS NARATION CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!!

Simply, and I already talked about this, he definitely drank and took more pills than he let on. He talks how Charles is constantly drunk (even though they all are to a degree), with a certain sadness and worry. Yet, he could very well be the exact same. We just don't know it, because we are following him. Humans are critical of themselves until they want to share something bad they actually did do.

ALSO the way Richard detaches himself away from the murder of Bunny is incredible. He was there, he helped plan it, and even though they all call Henry the one behind it all, they all went along. Richard is in a sence manipulated by Henry, they all are (just like they are all manipulated and isolated by Julian), but jesus christ you could step away in any minute. You could call the police the first time Henry proposed it. Or tell Bunny.

Bunny is an annoying prick. He is a dick. But I also think Richard focuses on his negative factors (even though he does talk positively about him) because throughout the book he is trying to justify the murder.

And that's what I think this book is at it's core, Richard Papen subconsciously justifying the murder of Bunny. That's it and I love you Donna Tart so much I want to scream and read 200 pages more of your stupid book.

[pandorasgirlfriend]

-the secret history -analyisis -

guys i just found this two hours video talking in depth about the secret history and i felt the need to share this with you

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Unpopular opinion, but Francis is my favorite character. Everyone seems to say he was “just the gay character” but I feel like there is so much more to him. If he wasn’t around Richard wouldn’t know anything, because Francis was the only one who really told him stuff. They wouldn’t have a house in the country to go to. And sometimes I felt like he was a comic relief. Sometimes it felt like he was always there. Not to mention he was one of the only ones who really made a difference in the end, ultimately allowing Richard to see Camilla again. Also, without him how would we have gotten the classic line, “Cubitum Eamus?” and “Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.” And there’s so much more to him. So yeah, Francis for the win.

[pandorasgirlfriend]

Let's raise a toast for the perfectly heterosexual John Richard Papen who really "loves Camilla's boyish ankles" and thinks that Francis is majestic in his long coat

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I really like how the Secret History lets you question your own morality, like you’re more upset of a person being a jerk rather than being an actual murderer.