Arson

People often describe Dostoevsky as unbearably bleak, especially when compared to Tolstoy. But every time I hear that, I can't help wondering whether we've been reading the same books.

Dostoevsky descends into the darkest depths of the human soul; not to leave you there, but to uncover a light that could only be seen from within the darkness. His novels remind you that love remains real, goodness survives even the most broken hearts, beauty endures suffering, and redemption is always possible.

Tolstoy, by contrast, begins with harmony. He gives you beautiful people, peaceful landscapes, and lives that seem full of promise; only to dismantle them piece by piece, revealing how fragile happiness is and how elusive meaning can become.

If one writer confronts darkness in order to find hope, while the other strips away certainty until only emptiness remains, then I honestly struggle to see Dostoevsky as the more depressing of the two.

Having now finished Crime and Punishment, I feel even more certain that Dostoevsky isn't the depressing one here.

After exactly one year they are done!! I wanted to draw one more Hirschfeld inspired thing for it since I may not do more thumbnails lol, I wanted to get every major character in...

Here's the Dailymotion playlist (Burned in subtitles)

Here's the Google Drive Link These have optional subtitles and footage with no watermark incase you'd like to use them.

After exactly one year they are done!! I wanted to draw one more Hirschfeld inspired thing for it since I may not do more thumbnails lol, I wanted to get every major character in...

Here's the Dailymotion playlist (Burned in subtitles)

Here's the Google Drive Link These have optional subtitles and footage with no watermark incase you'd like to use them.