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I also think it is extremely interesting how Camilla is over victimized. I will forever find more and more ways to become fascinated by Donna Tartt and her writing skills. Think about it, a lot of the fandom basically *is* Richard in this way. They see Camilla the way Richard does, an idolized version. Some recognize Richard as an unreliable narrator yet still pick and choose which pieces of information to be wary of. Camilla is just as guilty as the others. Of course the way she was treated by her brother was disgusting but then again… do we know the whole truth? How much can we rely on Richard and his knowledge? Especially since I think he will forever remain an outsider. Thank you for attending my TED talk

"Henry isn't actually that smart. He's just a hard worker. His specialties are so ridiculous and won't add anything to his life and you're just showing how stupid you are by saying I'm so Henry. Go touch the grass." -The girl I fell in love with at first sight yesterday.

This is what we need to understand about Henry. If you still think he's like the epitome of intelligence you need to rethink everything.

Disagree with this take in original post honestly. Agree that he's not the pinnacle. I think learning that many languages as an autodidact, along with his natural abilities at maths are meant to point us towards the fact that he is really high IQ. The passage where Julian reveals to Richard that Henry can solve any number of large equations in maths, despite Henry playing into the very opposite with the maths for the dog/human poison. This is the trick, and Richard fell for it because he would have liked to believe that someone with the raw intelligence Henry has is limited in a similar way to him. That Henry was just a precocious learner, a hard worker. Henry doesn't always have common sense, and I understand the dangers of valorising intelligence over hard work, I think to some extent we have to acknowledge different people have different starting points. And I think Bunny is a good example of this, and the tragedy of his character is that he is a manipulator who was outsmarted, but none the less he was young man with an average life ahead of him. The whole tragedy of Henry's character is the snuffing out of his particular radiant intelligence, even though we know he would never be satisfied with a long life, he see's no glory in it. I absolutely think the reading the writing points towards is that he was a rare genius.

Im poised to strike bro lol Watch out im poised to strike seriously

Starting my speech at the Omelas city counsel with a child acknowledgement statement

your daughter lowkey on tumblr talking about rape again