Garden Cosmic Academia Witch

Autumn Vibes:

Quiet cafés | old libraries | misty mornings | walks down rain soaked roads | candles burning | cozy blankets | dark academia

Castle Cochem Mosel Germany

Iliad: the iliad is composed of 24% war crimes, 10% lists, 30% Whining and 40% misogyny, which you will notice leaves only a single percent for Joaks, which don’t even fully qualify as Wholesome The bit most people remember is Achilles mutilating a corpse. I guess he gives Hector back to his dad in the end? 1/5 

Odyssey: Doesn’t take place during the traumatic war, so that’s something. Athena is fun and supportive throughout, which gets points. Odysseus’ commitment to his family is sweet but his bonding moment with Telemachus is a massacre. Wouldn’t say the Penelope scenes are Wholesome so much as touching but we do have to give some leeway here 2/5

Aeneid: At last, the consistent presence of a small child! Unfortunately, Vergil has never met a small child in his life and so the ultimate response to Ascanius is confusion, but an attempt was made. As a whole the Aeneid would still be fairly low scoring were it not for the funeral games in book five, where Hijinks are had as the lads play games and squabble like toddlers while Aeneas oversees as Resident Dad 3/5

BONUS ROUND DING DING

because not everyone lives near a national museum

get a penpal to write letters to and enclose personalised gifts

take advantage of local libraries

thrift old porcelain teacups, wine glasses, engraved silverware

make paper - technically not dark academia but writing cute love letters onto handmade paper and doodling hearts on it is god tier

start a book club with friends and pick a book/short story to read and discuss together

take your time going through the book section at thrift stores to find old, worn copies of classics

find a park and journal at sunset until the light fades

use postcards of your favorite paintings as bookmarks

speaking of bookmarks, use scrap paper to write out lyrics, poems, quotes from authors, words in other languages, and turn them into bookmarks or scrapbook pages

if you drink coffee, make your own cold brew or flavored coffee and drink it from the fanciest glass you own

if you’re a tea drinker, you could thrift a cheap but cute vintage looking teacup and saucer along with a little spoon to keep you company while you study

replace some phone time with a book, e.g. on public transport, waiting rooms, before bed

go to a cafe with a book and spend some alone time reading and annotating

go for a walk and pick flowers and leaves to take home and press between a book

take said pressed flowers and glue them onto a handmade birthday card or wall decoration, complete with a quote

if you have long hair, tie a ribbon around your wrist along with your hair tie and let the ends dangle down

if you’re at a campus or park that has a grassy area, take your notes and study there on a warm day

the secret history 🏛: how close are you and your group of friends? how far would you all go to protect each other? how many languages do you speak?

if we were villains 🎭: are you into theatre? who’s your favourite shakespeare character? would you or do you smoke weed or cigarettes?

dead poets society 🖋: do you prefer poetry or prose? do you get along with your parents? do you resist authority or do you deal well with it?

kill your darlings ⏳: would you consider yourself an intelligent person? have you ever fallen in love with someone who wasn’t right for you? tradition or innovation?

homer 📖: is it more important to be brave or to be kind? do you like to read?

cigarette 🚬: what is your worst habit? do you like drinking? do you party a lot?

leaf 🍁: what is your favourite season? what is your favourite comfort food?

vermont ❄️: would you ever go to school far away from your family? are you scared of losing the people close to you?

wine 🍷: how far would you go to help yourself? what about to help other people? do you think humans are inherently selfish?

piano 🎹: what’s your favourite musical genre? do you play any instruments? who’s your favourite artist?

whiskey 🥃: tell us about your first kiss. what quality would make you reject someone who asked you out?