Incoming, New Unhinged Fyodor Theory!!!

“Study like Henry winter” are you telling me to opt out of the SAT’s?

The inherent homoeroticism of killing your enemy and immediately regretting it

A lot of pop psychology gets thrown around and since I already have a headache, here's preventing you lot from making it worse.

Love-bombing: A manipulation tactic of increasing affection and grand gestures before or after doing something abusive, specifically to weasel one's way out of consequences.

What it is not: A streak of affection and generosity towards friends/loved ones.

Trauma-bonding: Knowingly traumatizing someone to take advantage of their vulnerable state, to then act like the "hero" or the one who cheers them up.

What it is not: Bonding over similar traumas.

Gaslighting: *Knowingly* convincing someone they cannot trust their own perception of a situation in pursuit of one's own narrative.

What it is not: Misaligned perception of events.

Narcissist: Someone afflicted with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a traumagenic cluster B disorder, that struggles with self-obsession, paranoia, craving validity from the public, delusions of grandeur, and social disconnection.

It is not: Your rubbish ex that cheated on you.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

-Xanthe

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

I have the words 'cubitum eamus' in my phone case and everytime I see a cute guy I hold it so he technically could read it and then I think if it was the one he would get the reference and talk to you.

🧑‍🦯

the fact that richard sees/wants us to see judy poovey as sort of dumb, while also seeing/wanting us to see julian morrow as some revolutionary mind when they're having the same damn thoughts is crazy to me

like near the end of the first chapter when we hear some about the class discussion, one of the points julian discusses (in simple terms lol) is how people who tend to bottle things up and stay composed all the time end up causing greater amounts of destruction when they "lose control" than people who allow themselves to lose control on occasion, but he does it with many words and references

and richard is like "wow this is awesome how sick is this guy"

then at the beginning of chapter two, judy poovey is telling richard about the time henry beat the fuck out of spike romney and she says something about how when uptight people lose it they REALLY lose it, but in terms just as simple as those

and richard just goes "yeah, i guess"

which there for sure is something to be said about the way people use words and the difference that use of language has on the way people feel about certain concepts, but you know

also: misogyny, clearly

they all look like assholes lmfao

NOW SWAP EURYMACHUS WITH ANTINOUS ‼️‼️

Pretty please 🩷😋

Just another day in the ithacan palace.

(And here's Antinous switching with amphinomus )

Would you actually want a relationship like Soukoku's?

here's some conversations between me and my ex gf to answer your question