Tv shows: Wow! Omg! A stoic man is being destructive and misogynistic! He's so complicated and troubled! That's so profound! This is how you can tell that you're watching prestige television!

Dearest. … If I had only had courage enuf to kill myself when you reached the climax then—then I would have known happiness, for at that moment I had complete possession of you. Now you see the yearning I am possessed with—the yearning to possess you at all times and it is impossible. What greater suffering can there be—what greater heaven—what greater hell? And how the will to live sticks in me when I wish to live after possessing you. Satisfied? Ah God, no! At this moment I am listening to the rhythm of the pulse coming thru your throat. I am surg[ing] along with your life blood, coursing thru the secret places of your body.

Me: am I gonna recover from tuberculosis 😢😢