the dying bride

It makes one wonder, has Bunny actually been taught how to do much of anything? His family saw getting a job as disgraceful, so he wouldn't have been taught invaluable life skills on how to get a job, only how he should/needed to mooch of others. Maybe that's why in so many scenes he's snatching things from others, and why he let's everyone else do the work (Does he know how to cook, even?) Richard had described how Bunny had a major habit of stealing, and when taken out of context from the rest of the above information it sounds as if he'd done it for the sake of doing so.

These ideas are shown to be even more so plausible when we take into account Bunny's Mother's eagerness for an autopsy—Something a family member should hardly want due to it's invasive nature: But she had requested one, because she feared her son would disowner the family; Not even because she feared foul play.

The family only cared for their image, not for the work it would've taken for that image to be true.

To add another layer, because Bunny never gained a job he never would've understood the value of money in the real world. No wonder he felt so free to request large sums of cash, he doesn't have an actual concept of money nor it's worth only that having an expensive taste is the right taste; and of course Richard whose had to work for a lot of his early life would look down on Bunny for such an action, he actually understands moneys worth and has to trifle with it for so long—Bunny was never taught moderation, so whenever given the chance to consume with no end, well what would you think likely to happen?

Now I must address the elephant in the room, Bunny's blatant homophobia and sexism. As distasteful as it was, it cannot be used as a reason to justify his murder—The entire group believed what he had, mayhaps not in the exact same way but in their own mortifying ways: Julian was classist, Francis sexist—All of these characters are just as bad as one another, one was just more vocal than the rest.

Take for example the ''Death is the mother of beauty'' Scene, where they'd all been describing how they'd be revered as Gods—But as soon as the comment of ''Common crackers'' Was made, that had crossed the line; Because it failed to fit into the idea of the picturesque.

Bunny was the bird that sung truth, and don't we all hate truth? For truth as Julian assures, is not a virtue./sarc

Abuse gets romanticised, let's admit it; if it cannot be wrapped up in a pretty box no one wants it—Whenever someone actually faces the effects abuse can have on a person, they squeal like piglets and run away from it because they cannot face how ugly abuse can make a person. No one magically becomes a dead beat, nor somehow is simply lazy by nature. We all want control over our livelihoods, but some of us believe we lack the capabilities to do so.

It's easier to be a Richard Papen, to demonise people like Bunny and say: At least I am not them, I am something better—When really, we should all be aiming to put ourselves on the same level as one another; because in reality, we are all equals.

That is not to say tolerating another's behaviour is the right thing to do, you are meant to speak up and set boundaries; to communicate and come to an equal understanding. But what is the one thing discouraged by Henry? Discussion; Richard isn't allowed to talk to Bunny ''Because he'll make it worse.'' Richard was an entirely autonomous person who'd been forcibly dragged into this situation, but chose to lay back and simplify Bunny to such a degree he could excuse murder; Richard picked a side, when there is no side.

[ If you haven't read it already, here's Bunny's first analysis post ] Richard forgets Henry and Bunny are Best-Friends—It goes to show we’d forget too. He’s told once by the twins that the two were as thick as thieves, and once you couldn’t hope to catch the two apart. But the two are best friends, and it matters.

So, why did Bunny treat his ‘’Friends’’ the way he had? Simple, they weren’t his friends. It was never about the group, it was about Henry. Buns relationship with the group consisted of him keeping the peace for the benefit of Henry, the only person who he considered an actual friend.

With Francis’ it’s established early how they do not interact with each other outside of the group—It’s heavily implied in fact that Francis tried to or did assault Bunny. When it came to Charles and Camilla, he knew about their goings about and obviously hadn’t been comfortable with the idea.

When it came to Richard, no jealousy had been involved; He’d been miserable and treated him so cruelly because there Richard was, happy and clueless and it was just so unfair—Spite had spurred on from that, Bunny was suffering the consequences of Henrys actions alone.

Bunny saw the group's antics as a tad silly, he knew Henry took himself far to seriously and that this was important to him, so he'd entertained the idea of a bacchanal.

We associate youth with innocence more often than not, meaning Henry in Bunny's perspective was an untainted figure. He never saw him in his full light, he didn’t know about his childhood abuse, he for sure hadn’t known of his infatuation for Camilla; And when you do not know, you fill in the gapes yourself; it’s how we end up with Bunny believing Henry to have ended up in a car accident when Henry never stated such a thing in the first place.

We listen to Henry's recounting of Rome, and see Bun threw his eyes alone. Henry doesn't outright lie, he never generally does—Instead he prefers to reframe a situation; He outlines how ungrateful Bunny was and is, how he's an attention seeker and only ever wants more, more, more. Henry neglects to highlight how he knows why Bunny acts in that manner, (I mean, if Charles knew why Henry certainly does.) and how this was never Bunny's fault, it was his own for bringing the journal knowing full well Bunny wouldn't be able to help but snoop.

So really, what happened? When had Bun realized Henry would conspire to kill him? Well, one must wonder what Henry really did say about Bunny in that journal that hadn’t been too kind, what had driven Bunny so monstrously mad—Mean if you read your best-friends journal for giggles only to find out they hated you how'd you feel? So I’d say it was the combination of that, and Henry slapping him.

That’s when Bunny’s mind split into two beliefs—Henry is going to kill me and; Henry cannot kill me, he’s my best-friend, he loves me. Let’s start from the beginning: When he’d screamed bloody murder after the group arrived at 6 am covered in blood, his first thought would’ve been ‘’Who else other than a person has that much blood?!’’ Because of that, when he then read the newspaper, he'd begged for ignorance.

What really spurred on his incessant jabbing at the group about the newspaper wasn’t because it came out of some urgency for cruelty, but because he was desperately trying to prove himself wrong. It's in truth why he became so distressed, and why his false nicety for the rest of the group washed away—His mind couldn't compute Henry being a cold blooded killer, and him being that quiet lonely boy who always read alone at his desk.

What would you do if your closets friend had committed a murder? What if, someone you thought you knew and were so sure of turned out to be entirely empty; How is one supposed to react in such a situation?

Well Bunny hadn't known what to do—All he could think to do was bottle up his feelings, and let them fester until the rot burst and splattered. In retrospect, it explains his meltdown at Francis' country house—Bun feared Henry now, but this man was still his best friend, he felt safe around him and comforted; For gods sake he slept in Henry's bed afterwards, his mind couldn't settle.

It makes one wonder, has Bunny actually been taught how to do much of anything? His family saw getting a job as disgraceful, so he wouldn't have been taught invaluable life skills on how to get a job, only how he should/needed to mooch of others. Maybe that's why in so many scenes he's snatching things from others, and why he let's everyone else do the work (Does he know how to cook, even?) Richard had described how Bunny had a major habit of stealing, and when taken out of context from the rest of the above information it sounds as if he'd done it for the sake of doing so.

These ideas are shown to be even more so plausible when we take into account Bunny's Mother's eagerness for an autopsy—Something a family member should hardly want due to it's invasive nature: But she had requested one, because she feared her son would disowner the family; Not even because she feared foul play.

The family only cared for their image, not for the work it would've taken for that image to be true.

To add another layer, because Bunny never gained a job he never would've understood the value of money in the real world. No wonder he felt so free to request large sums of cash, he doesn't have an actual concept of money nor it's worth only that having an expensive taste is the right taste; and of course Richard whose had to work for a lot of his early life would look down on Bunny for such an action, he actually understands moneys worth and has to trifle with it for so long—Bunny was never taught moderation, so whenever given the chance to consume with no end, well what would you think likely to happen?

Now I must address the elephant in the room, Bunny's blatant homophobia and sexism. As distasteful as it was, it cannot be used as a reason to justify his murder—The entire group believed what he had, mayhaps not in the exact same way but in their own mortifying ways: Julian was classist, Francis sexist—All of these characters are just as bad as one another, one was just more vocal than the rest.

Take for example the ''Death is the mother of beauty'' Scene, where they'd all been describing how they'd be revered as Gods—But as soon as the comment of ''Common crackers'' Was made, that had crossed the line; Because it failed to fit into the idea of the picturesque.

Bunny was the bird that sung truth, and don't we all hate truth? For truth as Julian assures, is not a virtue./sarc

Abuse gets romanticised, let's admit it; if it cannot be wrapped up in a pretty box no one wants it—Whenever someone actually faces the effects abuse can have on a person, they squeal like piglets and run away from it because they cannot face how ugly abuse can make a person. No one magically becomes a dead beat, nor somehow is simply lazy by nature. We all want control over our livelihoods, but some of us believe we lack the capabilities to do so.

It's easier to be a Richard Papen, to demonise people like Bunny and say: At least I am not them, I am something better—When really, we should all be aiming to put ourselves on the same level as one another; because in reality, we are all equals.

That is not to say tolerating another's behaviour is the right thing to do, you are meant to speak up and set boundaries; to communicate and come to an equal understanding. But what is the one thing discouraged by Henry? Discussion; Richard isn't allowed to talk to Bunny ''Because he'll make it worse.'' Richard was an entirely autonomous person who'd been forcibly dragged into this situation, but chose to lay back and simplify Bunny to such a degree he could excuse murder; Richard picked a side, when there so no side.