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this singlehandedly broke me love simply wasn't enough they loved each other so much but it wasn't enough

I’d like to forget I ever saw this

when hyperfixation on a book slaps so hard you gotta lock in and start making fanart

they’re enemies. they’re best friends. they’re lovers. they’ve tried to kill each other on multiple occasions. they’re partners in crime. they are at war with each other. they’re each other’s greatest fear and biggest comfort. i didn’t say their name but they popped into your head, didn’t they?

💌 sinegard four doodles from the dragon republic (i miss them)

Rinezha

love is stored in the fictional couple i’ve gotten overly invested in

thinking about pip and ravi. thinking about how every single day that ravi wasn't with her, pip made up conversations with him. about how there was a ravi in her head that kept her going, every day. thinking about how ravi must've done something similar, how ravi must've missed her so, so much and probably imagined what she was doing every day and hoped that she was okay. thinking about pip and ravi on the day the verdict for max's trial was released. the shock they must've gone through and then the overwhelming relief that came crashing over them, because it was finally over. because they could see each other again. thinking about how ravi's text came only 3 minutes after the verdict. about how ravi was probably wondering what to say to her. how ravi's hands were probably shaking as he wrote the text and hit send. how he must've wondered if pip would want him back after so long. how pip must've felt when she saw the text.

Timothée as Zeffirelli in The French Dispatch (2021)

~ Nikita Gill

needed this to be my first post for like so many reasons

-Sylvia Plath

the babygirl

The Secret History by Donna Tartt: a cautionary tale about the consequences of prioritizing aesthetics, appearances, and charisma over the deeper and more personal aspects of individuals and the world around us

Me, an AP English student: Lmao that would never happen to me. Now excuse me, I'm gonna go and exclusively purchase things that fit within my Dark Academia Aesthetic and talk about my English teacher like she's God among men because of the charisma she shows when teaching

Average dark academia reader be like yes I'm gonna ignore the obvious point of the book (warning against elitism and living in a fantasy) and romanticise my way out of everything until i find my own group of pretentious friends. What are you gonna do, stop me??

what? no haha I totally understood the point of the secret history. no yeah I totally get that doing things just for the aesthetic is bad and that being willing to do anything for acceptance is dangerous. I for sure didn’t just want to be part of the greek class and kiss henry winter [sweating]

For those who read both

dark academic richards <<