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Henry Winter
francis abernathy is genuinely god’s strongest warrior because how did this motherfucker survive THREE homoerotic failed situationships in a ROW, bunny, bunny’s murder, henry, richard, charles, incest twins, being a redhead, a SUICIDE ATTEMPT, being catholic, being gay in the 80s, being catholic AND gay BOTH in the 80s, multiple nervous breakdowns, vermont, an alcoholic absent mother, a homophobic grandpa, being fatherless AND to top it all off being the only diva in the classics group 😢
I really, REALLY, don't know what I would do without books.
new henrymilla just dropped i was inspired by this photo
okay but like the reason that the classics group fell apart was because from the beginning they were supposed to be paired off and Richards inclusion was supposed to be Francis's partner but he upsets the balance by latching onto henry isolating bunny who becomes horrid to attempt to detach himself from them all but goes too far and henry murders him setting up henrys death in the second act because richard latches onto francis, setting up what would have been the natural order, but now because henry's logical partner is dead HE latches onto camilla, isolating charles who follows in bunny's footsteps but worse and henry was doomed to die from bunny's death because that was the only way to balance it out in this essay I will-
i just want my books to consume me devour me unstring my bones and spit me out reborn.
The Secret History set in the modern day and everything is the same except Francis has no less than four strawberry ice vapes on his person at all times
thinking about how richard papen was so desperate to find somewhere to belong because of the broken family he came from and he was obsessed with the exclusive class and after joining them he started resembling them, picking up their habits and their attitude, all because he wanted a family, to be included, and yet even after he joined them he still remained an outsider up until the very end. “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing” is so richard papen
shoutout to my two favorite people from missouri: chappell roan and henry winter
was it casual when you shoved him off the cliff and then stood over his corpse watching the warmth and light slowly fade from his familiar blue eyes was it casual when his father said you made his son the happiest he'd ever seen his baby boy was it casual when his parents gave you the honor of being the pallbearer when you stood amongst his brothers and carried the corpse you'd made to the hollowed ground was it casual when you were so lost in your own mind standing above his grave that you smeared the dirt of his grave across your chest (you killed him. it doesn't mean you didn't love him.)
Francis Abernathy
somebody had probably done this before but
rip bunny corcoran you would’ve loved overusing the word demure just to piss henry off
the funniest thing about donna tart saying she didn't want to write a female mc for the secret history because people would wonder if she's doing all this because she's in love with henry is that it made no difference whatsoever. the secret history mc is a man and still we're all wondering if he was in love with henry
“But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
The way I'm obsessed with this group, ugh!!!
Digital Illustration, 2025
Gorchart
donna tartt COOKED with the 3rd chapter of the secret history i am obsessed. the depiction of winter. the depiction of waking up, going to work and then just wandering. the depiction of not asking for help because of embarrassment. the depiction of calling your parents and immediately hanging up. the depiction of your body hurting because of coldness. richard. richard papen. papen richard. hes me
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bro. bro you are romantisizing the secret history. bro you are enamored with the greek class just like richard. bro you are ignoring the bad things and creating aesthetics based on a book telling a murder of a young man. brother.
oh to be immortal and be able to consume every piece of knowledge and literature ever
me, nearing tears: richard...richard please...please just tell me the fucking story
richard, dreamy eyed: today henry winter's shoulders looked especially sloping as his startling blue eyes scanned his homework with the concentration of a monk, though to me he is more like the god they serve. francis' coat billowed behind him, making him look like a student prince, and i admired the way the sun hit his hair, turning the red strands the colour of honey. i love camilla's boyishness and the way her features mirror her brother's so perfectly, framed by her short hair and masculine clothes borrowed from charles. i'm so heterosexual.
drying my eyes: nevermind gayboy, who cares about the murder
“Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”
– The Secret History
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the Greeks or our own, than to lose control completely?”
— The Secret History, Donna Tartt
so unfortunately college isn’t just about performing ancient greek rituals with your friends
scones, french literature, and chess.
Richard Papen:
"Your hand is cold, mine burns like fire. How blind you are, Nastenka!"
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
@luciferslilith7
rip Bunny Corcoran, you would have loved chatgpt
I have the most urgent need to be insufferably over-educated. Like i need to read literally every book ever written.