Books, man. Good stuff.

there’s just something so awesome about a character you love getting really badly hurt

donna tartt deeply understands the car-less experience and lifestyle. underrated motif of her oeuvre

richard papen doesn't have a car and doesn't want to ask anyone for a favor so he stays in an unheated warehouse in the winter in rural vermont and almost dies of hypothermia. theo decker doesn't have a car because he is a 14 year old native new yorker so he walks for miles to catch the only bus to go to the nearest shopping plaza so he can shoplift groceries. harriet cleve dufresnes can't drive because she's 12

the best part about reading RPF is reading something that sounds so “fanfiction-y” only to realize that it actually happened IRL and the author was simply incorporating historical precedence in their writing

thank you Emily Wilson for my new favourite phrase. there are no sex scenes and the food looks terrible

you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid

the rpf will continue until morale improves

you can prise the canon divergent pornographic character study out of my cold dead hands

broken 4th wall drama cannot harm me because i live in a fetid little hut constructed beyond the 6th wall