For The Holidays, How Do You Think The Secret History Characters Would Road Rage? I Think Henry Would

the thing I love the most about The Secret History is that like... so many readers fell for Richard's bullshit. Like anyone who legitimately thinks Henry is cool - no! That man didn't know about the moon landing and thought they could get away with a murder by fleeing to Argentina! He's stupid! But Richard loved him, so he wanted us all to love him too. And it worked!

Tsh fandom has many many faults but by far the most irritating is when they decide to nitpick which actions are justifiable or even non-existant and which are disproportionately vile and irredeemable just so they can place some characters (francis, camilla) on a higher moral plane than others (bunny, charles) like they weren't all equally awful people and the point wasnt that they were all batshit crazy

each paragraph in the epilogue of the secret history is like another gunshot and by the time i finish the book i’m in literal shambles

unpopular opinion but i love bunny (he would make fun of me for being a woman and call me the f slur)

John Richard 'Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing' Papen

yeah sex is cool but have you ever read the secret history

‘the slow burn will make you insane’ god forbid a woman has hobbies

Richard being a flirty drunk. <3

To Camilla at a party:

“‘Hello,’ I said, trying to be nonchalant but delighted and beaming down at her all the same. ‘How are you? What are you doing here? Can I get you a drink?’”

To Henry, when he saw him gardening:

“I let myself in through the side gate. I was quite drunk. ‘Hello,’ I said, ‘hello, hello, hello.’”

Bonus, when he was high off Demerol, and Francis walked in:

“I was so glad to see him I felt like laughing, and I was so doped up I probably did. ‘François,’ I said idiotically.”

Also, that time he was at that party and he realizes just how much fun everyone outside the Greek class is. And he’s like a little bit in love with everybody there:

“I noted a strange beauty in the faces of people previously repulsive to me. I smiled at everyone and everyone smiled back.”

what i currently can’t get over at the moment is what happened to camilla during the bacchanal.

not only did she remember becoming a deer, and the boys remember chasing a deer for hours, she also was found away from the group, her chiton clean, all except for her hair bloody red. and then she goes non verbal for three days.

not to mention early on in the book it’s shown how angry and violent henry and charles can get.

i just KNOW their bitchass did something 😭