#gothic pulp

SENSITIVE TOPICS & DISCLAIMER

blood

cannibalism (tagged as #devour)

death

violence and assault

gore (tag includes instances of violence that imply injury and gore)

kidnapping

emotional and psychological abuse

familial abuse (incest)

supernatural monsters and elements

unhealthy + toxic relationships

swearing

mild nudity

torture

animal death

this is a non-exhaustive list and may include other similar topics (judge at your discretion)

Although I engage with these topics, I DO NOT approve/condone them in real-world settings, in "reality".

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TAG DIRECTORY

#actual advice — Constructive advice to help those emotionally troubled. If gothic literature highlights human flaws and twists virtues and strengths, these ideas can be similarly twisted and turned into prompts.

#art — Artwork depicting the aesthetic.  

#analysis — Serious insights into tropes and stories. Independent reviews and academic excerpts.

#board — Collages, moodboards, web weaves and gif sets.

#characters — Inspiration for stock characters and their interactions.

#clutching pearls — Posts about moral policing and purity culture toward fiction.

#costume — Fashion that fits the aesthetic.

#gothic heroine shit — Active and Angsty female leads. Byronic She-bastards. Ideas of self-discovery and independence.

#gothic pulp — Artwork from the Paperback Novel Women-Running-Away-From-Houses era of Gothic literature and film. 1940s to the 1970s.

#holy — Religious themes and imagery. Typically Catholic but ideas touch on the concept of faith, piety, guilt, suffering as something noble and repentance.

#ingenue things — Ethereal and feeble female leads. Heroines who symbolise innocence, naivety, inherent goodness, kindness and sympathy. Damsels who get victimised by obsessive, possessive brooding brutes. Ideas of corruption.

#mine — My own posts… both serious and silly.

#people — Figures that fit the aesthetic. Stock characters and monsters.

#places — Images of various estates, castles, forests, churches and other similar scenes that fit the aesthetic.

#poetry — Various quotes, translations, blurbs and poems.

#prompt — Ideas for plots and stories.

#prose — For longer literature. If the post contains a real plot with a journey with a beginning and ending, it goes in this tag.

#recs — Recommendations for me to check out.

#wed to woe — doomed bride characters

#writing help — Advice to write a better story or characters.

#yearning — Shitposts that poke fun or idealize the aesthetic.

FOOLERY

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🌘 rosemary and thyme: fun facts about me, through asks and quizzes I've played