#the macaulay twins | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

thebeesareback · 1 month

Text

I just finished the audio book for Donna Tartt's novel The Secret History, so naturally I had to have a lil scroll to see what everyone thought on Tumblr. To add to the discourse: (spoilers, obviously)

Also trigger warning: incest, abuse, murder, alcoholism

Why is Tumblr so in love with Henry Winter?! He murders the farmer, Bunny, and possibly tries to kill Charles. He's manipulative and may well try to make Richard take the fall (har har) for Bunny's death. In the garden scene, he admits to being a psychopath/sociopath. Oh, and he's unbelievably pretentious

Also, why are there so many cute pictures of the twins hanging out? Their relationship was strained, incestuous, co-dependent, abusive. The whole uwu thing baffles me

Richard has a very obvious foot fetish and nobody is talking about it

The novel is quite funny, and I wish more people picked up on that. Most of the humour comes from Francis - the pinz nez stays ON during sex; no, Bunny's parents weren't very upset when one of their grandchildren ruined Francis' scarf, they were preoccupied by their missing son; and there's a throwaway line where the art students eat sushi with paintbrushes instead of chopsticks. I also liked when the twins panicked after Bunny's murder and decided to start repotting tulips

The farmer is referred to by name twice. Once in a newspaper, once by Bunny. Strange to think that he's the person in the squad who might actually have a conscience. Incidentally, Milo, the golden retriever who finds Bunny's body, has his name mentioned more frequently.

Richard is a smelly, badly dressed misanthrope. As is Henry, and Charles towards the end. Francis, Camilla and Hampden itself provide the (admittedly gorgeous) dark academia aesthetic, but if you want to end that dream, remember how terrible everything would have smelled. I guess the difference between appearance and reality is a pretty big theme

Julian is very creepy, obviously, but I was surprised that he wasn't more involved in the plot. He seems like exactly the sort of person to start a cult. I'd also like to know if he and Henry were in a sexual relationship, because we see them kiss once and then it's never mentioned again

Foreshadowing is done EXCELLENTLY through the book. There were a few characters who were described as ghostly at the start, and I THINK they're the ones who survive. Also, Tartt loves her pathetic fallacy (not phallusy).

Time is very strange. If you bothered to plot out all of the events, I don't think it quite makes sense. Term starts in September, say Richard joins Julian's classes in early October? That means all the picnics, the Sunday walks with Bunny, the trips to Francis' house, all happen over about five weeks, leading to the 12th November when Charles, Henry and Francis kill the farmer. Unreliable narrator, I guess

A lot of things about Richard's character make more sense when you realise the abuse he grew up experiencing and witnessing. Poor Ms Papen. Odd that Richard's parents don't visit him when he's in hospital

Funny that everyone is surprised when the twins' incest comes out. Like, they had an orgy at the start of the baccanal. Call me a prude, but I wouldn't attend an orgy with a family member

I would go for girls' night with Judy Poovey

Also, the book was published in 1992. Does anyone know when Prince Charles and Camila Parker Bowles went public with their relationship? Seems like an unbelievable coincidence otherwise

If anyone has an actual criteria for identifying alcohol abuse/alcoholism, please lmk if any of the main six characters AREN'T alcoholics. I'm pretty sure I got liver cirrhosis and lung cancer just from reading this book

#donna tartt #the secret history #richard papen #henry winter #charles macaulay #camila macaulay #francis abernathy #julian morrow #dark literature #dark academia #the macaulay twins

152 notes · View notes

macau1ay · 1 year

Note

the macaulay twins and their dog

they're on their evening walk w frosty

#tsh #the secret history #the macaulay twins #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #my art

62 notes · View notes

dulce-chisme · 9 months

Text

the biggest shame is that the macaulay twins are described as only wearing light colors mostly white. they would be so much better if they wore black/darks. just saying.

#aka nini is a sucker for blonde characters in dark clothes #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #the macaulay twins #the secret history #tsh

13 notes · View notes

twinkpeaked · 1 year

Text

when i say i’m just like richard papen i mean it because i too would tell a story where i’m an innocent saint and leave the part where i was a manipulative murderer

#richard papen #the secret history #tsh #donna tartt #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #julian morrow #henry winter #francis abernathy #the twins #bunny corcoran #book quotes #lgbt books

2K notes · View notes

buck-yyyy · 1 year

Text

an introductory description of the greek club except it’s narrated like the meet the plastics scene in mean girls

#that one there? that’s bunny corcoran. he is one of the dumbest men you will ever meet.#i sat next to him in english last year. he asked me how to spell orange.#that little one? that’s francis abernathy. he’s totally rich because his dad invented toaster streusel.#francis abernathy knows everyone’s business he knows everything about everyone. that’s why his hair is so big it’s full of secrets.#and evil takes a human form in henry winter. don’t be fooled—cause he may seem like your typical selfish backstabbing slut-faced hoebag.#but in reality? he is so much more than that. he’s the queen bee—the star. the other four are just his little workers.#sorry to the twins. didn’t have room for them in the trio 💀#the secret history #tsh #bunny corcoran #henry winter #francis abernathy #charles macaulay #camilla macaulay #richard papen

473 notes · View notes

tinseltastic · 6 days

Text

A couple of little Flemish angels

#the secret history #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #donna tartt #creepy blonde twins my beloved!!#cate draws

80 notes · View notes

whatever-isthe90s · 8 months

Text

Macaulay Culkin poses in front of the twin towers during filming of 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' 1992 🗽

Never forget 🕊️

#macaulay culkin #1990s #90s #new york #twin towers #9/11 #never forget 9/11 #retro #vintage #home alone

356 notes · View notes

blondephenobarbitol · 1 year

Text

“we live in a society” no YOU live in a society I live in the Macaulay apartment with halls that go nowhere, a door to the roof in the kitchen and a fucking bird skeleton just hanging around

#the macaulay twins actually live in the fucking shining hotel #the secret history #tsh #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #donna tartt #richard papen #bunny corcoran #francis abernathy #henry winter

564 notes · View notes

okuberlik · 10 months

Text

Is it me or do they actually look alike?

#the secret history #donna tartt #francis abernathy #henry winter #richard papen #camilla macaulay #bunny corcoran #charles macaulay #the secret history memes #the goldfinch #twin peaks #sherylin fenn #audrey horne #dale cooper #david lynch #mark frost #twin peaks the return

219 notes · View notes

riddle-me-grits · 1 year

Photo

Movies I Wish Existed | The Secret History (1993)

“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.”