#henry francis bunny charles camilla and richard are main characters who certainly flaunt their privilege

[miroana]

I love when online reviews are like the secret history sucked bc it glorified privilege and pretentiousness. like yeah babe that’s the point

all the main characters are terrible people who are consumed by illusions of aestheticism, and their lives fall apart bc of it <3

#this goes for all the criticism of dark academia as well #hi love the whole theme of dark academia is to cherish learning and the aesthetic #while telling stories of what happens when either or both are taken too far #henry francis bunny charles camilla and richard are main characters who certainly flaunt their privilege #I’m sure it will work out well for them in the end :) #they’re awful people (affectionate) #henry winter #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #bunny corcoran #richard papen #donna tartt #the secret history #tsh