This is such a revealing passage in regards to how Neil views other people and the world in general. He's so compartmentalized he just straight-up won't process information he deems irrelevant to the things he cares about if it takes any extra time or effort.
I think he's probably so hypervigilant that he notices almost everything going on around him at all times but that's way too much information to deal with, especially when reacting and making decisions quickly is a matter of life and death like it often is for him, so he does this. Filters out everything unnecessary so he can focus only on what's most important.
Does anyone have any book recs similar to trc????
I love this trend so much oh my god
Yes Macbeth murdered a bunch of ppl, took over a kingdom, and inspired anarchy BUT his wife double dared him and questioned his masculinity so really who's to blame
why you should read Realm of the elderlings
- canonical gender fluid/ nonbinary character who is a main part of the plot
- the gays most heartbreaking love story ever told
- depressed main character
-pirates, magic and dragons all in one book
-insane world building,
- sarcastic animal side kicks
- absolutely devastating plot lines if your into that
- complex and extremely imperfect characters
i have reached the bit in the spear cuts through water where keema and jun start hearing each other's internal narration and the best i can do to express how i'm feeling right now is i need to eat this book which is.
well.
why is Richard sickly for like 95% of the book he's always complaining about being exhausted and faint and nauseous and riddled with headaches and his solution is LETS HAVE MORE PILLS AND ALCOHOL??
LIKE SIR PLEASE JUST EAT A VEGETABLE IM BEGGING U
becoming the eyes and hands of a sentient forest your boyfriend created is peak boyfriendism, soulmate behavior, couple goals. maybe that's just me tho
My canon: Neil is super weird, but in a way people don't expect and it catches them unaware. He will have a perfectly normal conversation with you and then you realise he doesn't ignore the first slice of bread of the loaf, uses it right after opening it to make a sandwich. He doesn't have a set way of replacing the toilet paper roll. He does sock-shoe-sock-shoe. He takes the peel of the banana off completely before eating it on the go. He unplugs the laptop yanking on the cable not the plug. He eats kiwis with the skin on like they're apples. He eats dry cereal then drinks a glass of milk.
Neil Josten is like an alien that has managed to blend in quite well with the humans but sometimes he does something that reminds you he's a martian
I love reading The Secret History because you’ll get moments like
Richard: Maybe your smoking habit is why you feel like you can’t breathe
Francis: No that can’t possibly be it. I will also not go to the psychiatrist through
These r so incredible I'm losing it
I asked chatgpt to make some lame jokes about tsh characters, here are some of em':
1) Why does Henry hate elevators?
Because they remind him of morals—too many ups and downs.
2) What’s Bunny’s favorite exercise?
Running his mouth.
3) Why did Bunny fail history class?
He thought “Ancient Greece” was a fancy restaurant.
4) What’s Charles’s favorite drinking game?
Life. And he’s losing.
5) What’s Francis’s favorite song?
"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", but only because he finds irony funny.
6) How does Julian flirt?
By reciting long passages of Latin poetry—because nothing says romance like a 300-page dead language textbook.
7) How did Donna Tartt know her book was going to be a hit?
She didn’t. She just knew it would make everyone at her college reunion really uncomfortable.
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