Latest Posts by d1jonmustard - Page 9

who gave oscar wilde permission to write stuff like “death must be so beautiful. to lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. to have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. to forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. you can help me. you can open for me the portals of death’s house, for love is always with you, and love is stronger than death is” with such ease? to touch my soul so casually? like who gave him all that talent and can i have some

Uhhhhh we talk a lot about how the goldfinch painting represented Theo’s heart and self and which motherfucker stole it and not NEARLY enough about how Popchyk is a symbol for Boris’ heart and self and how SOMEONE took Popchyk to New York and tenderly cared for him for years, in this essay I w

Theo Decker: the thing I'd never said, even though it was something we both knew well enough without me saying out loud to him in the street - which was, of course, I love you.

Theo Decker for the rest of tgf:

rumour has it Aneurin Barnard read the line “tenderly gazing” in the book and was like alright fellas I’m going to show you how it’s done W ATCH ME

Boris: *putting on his gayest shoes* Time to crash Potter’s engagement party!

Donna Tartt Character: I love this beautiful, ethereal girl. She is so glamorous, and intriguing and I love her so much. She’s the most aesthetically pleasing person I know and I feel like I can trust her. I maybe kissed her once? I think maybe I was drunk?

Also Donna Tartt character: my best friend is so handsome, and I can’t stop looking at him, and everything he does makes my stomach flutter with butterflies. One time he kissed me and I can’t stop thinking about it and I’m going to describe it in great detail and it was the best moment of my life. But I’m definitely a straight, heterosexual dude what are you talking about?

I will never be over Pippa telling Theo that they could never be together because if one of them fell the other would fall with them instead of being able to help them and then Boris just fucking picking Theo up and getting his feet sturdy on the ground, Boris just fucking does exactly what Pippa says she couldn’t. Boris doesn’t let himself fall with Theo, he saves Theo and the painting, he saves Theo by saving the painting. Boris saves Theo in the exact way Pippa tells him she couldn’t and wouldn’t be a suitable partner because of her incapability to do so.