@boudicca’s Archive

matcha latte & a lovely letter from a friend

dark academia days off

practicing the flute; working on difficult classical pieces

studying chess plays

finishing your Regency Era book

lighting too many candles

waltzing around in your room to thrifted records

daydreaming of another life

procrastinating homework because you´d rather study anything else

long, drawn out baths 

reciting poetry in the darkness 

studying characters soliloquy´s and planning out your own

listening to chopin and tchaikovsky and deciding which one you prefer

rewatching dead poets and mona lisa smile for the billionth time

getting drunk off of wine by yourself and waking up to your drunken scribbled notes in the margins of your favorite book

comparing different film versions of emma and of pride and prejudice

compiling a new playlist for you to study and read to

worshipping the moon and stars

watching films in foreign languages and calling it studying

ancient greek notes and current reads

dark academia is basically what happens when you combine the chaotic energy of slytherins and ravenclaws

not me romanticizing my classes and pretending I’m a novelist in the 18th century about to publish my first draft when in fact I am just sitting in my dorm with a blank Google Doc

i think as a society we should bring back fancy dinner parties where you listen to classical music and discuss the shakespearean sonnets and the romantics & philosophical debates held by literary societies full of dedicated students who are passionate about critical theory and aestheticism & poetry readings in jazz cafés that last well into the night and leave you with a sense of having shared an intimate experience with strangers because all of you have felt the same words echo in your soul

francis abernathy//the secret history

oh to be on a curb drinking coffee and smoking with Anya Taylor Joy