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"Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, but sometimes it's incomparable in other ways. Sometimes it's heaven that the false fire of imagination could never capture."

1. hannibal season 2 ep 13 “mizumono”

2. possession (1981 dir. Andrzej Żuławski)

3. interview with the vampire episode 7 “the thing lay still”

4. art museum and then a cafe

❗️The secret history spoilers ❗️

Now, even from the first time he sees Bunny, he accounts him to be annoying, going so far as to describe his voice as ‘loud and honking’ (pg17).

Then, in his first lesson with Julian (pg35), he describes him to be pushy, while talking about a pen Henry bought. He asks a lot of questions, despite no one answering, which then leads to a lot of silence. He demands to see the pen again and, in general, is subtly annoying. (Stay with me I have a point here)

Now, his interest in others’ lives is obviously a quality that Bunny has HOWEVER, it’s not his only quality. Judy Poovey claims ‘he’s hilarious’ and we are told that Henry and him have always been good friends. Bunny is more than his worse qualities and so why is Richard only describing him as these?

Guilt.

We know that is narration is after they killed Bunny and so it would make sense that Richard only remembers his bad parts, as it’s a way for him to subconsciously justify what he did.

And this is the absolute genius of Donna Tartt. She has made Richard an unreliable narrator but in such a subtle way that it feels so human.