Literature Memes - Blog Posts
Sometimes I wonder how much fanfic of classical/iconic literature exists because of school projects. Just floating out there. In a drive somewhere. Not to mention that nothing is more unhinged than bored middle/highschoolers being forced to liven up books they might not care about. For every deranged ao3 crossover fic there is an infinitely more deranged crackfic written for the great gatsby or antigone or to kill a mockingbird or whatever by a bored highschooler and his friends for 10th grade English. I wanna read it
literally so funny in tbk the amount of times alyosha scurries and vaults himself over walls and hedges and gates while in his longass monk robes. the image of it described every time is the funniest thing ever i love him so dearly
Me back in the day, reading Moby-Dick for the first time: Sh*t, another Ahab monologue incoming, better pause to go fetch a bunch of handkerchieves.
Me now a day, rereading Moby-Dick for the [redacted] time: That Ahab monologue incoming today, better load up with a bunch of handkerchieves.
Another email from our good friend Jonathan and I'm beginning to think it's not the paprika making him feel odd.
At least he’s staying positive!
Americans don’t wear cowboy hats all the time? What’s the point then?
Goddamnit Victor, just because your a genius in science doesn’t mean your a genius in other aspects of life!
Horace’s Carmen Saeculare is wild
I knew all of these names individually but I never realised how insane they sound put together. Someone who doesn’t know Horace please make a story using these as the chapter names.
Frankenstein looking at his monster before and after seeing the eyes
Me @ sth I just finished writing: This is peak poetry. This is epitome of beauty. * chef's kiss *
Me @ same writing 1 hour later: Is this my hideous progeny?
Hercule Poirot but it's a film noir and he speaks like an american detective (still with the accent)
"Yes...I see zat ze doll waz gutted by her fate az much az by her attacker...and maybee it iz bettere zis waye, when you see ouat this town iz becoming. Sometimes chazing city lightss leadz a dove's life off tracke"
*wistfully gazes at train tracks disfiguring Brussel's city center while bitterly chuckling, hands in a trench coat's pocket paired with a bowtie*
If the schematic design for the creature was made with Microsoft - which does not allow parentheses as of the late - after a LOT of swearing and cursing, the name would be changed to Creature_Final_FINAL-this one-_3_
since Microsoft doesn't allow parentheses as of the late, after a lot of swearing and cursing the name would be changed to Creature_Final_FINAL -this one!-_3_
George Orwell tried to warn us but we wouldn't listen.
Gone are the good old family values on which we used to rely.
Luckily, there's a family gu
These r so incredible I'm losing it
I asked chatgpt to make some lame jokes about tsh characters, here are some of em':
1) Why does Henry hate elevators?
Because they remind him of morals—too many ups and downs.
2) What’s Bunny’s favorite exercise?
Running his mouth.
3) Why did Bunny fail history class?
He thought “Ancient Greece” was a fancy restaurant.
4) What’s Charles’s favorite drinking game?
Life. And he’s losing.
5) What’s Francis’s favorite song?
"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", but only because he finds irony funny.
6) How does Julian flirt?
By reciting long passages of Latin poetry—because nothing says romance like a 300-page dead language textbook.
7) How did Donna Tartt know her book was going to be a hit?
She didn’t. She just knew it would make everyone at her college reunion really uncomfortable.
when u pull up to the 'unreliable narrator' competition but nobody's there
turns out Richard Papen subtly implied it was now and u unquestioningly believed him but really he won hours ago
rip Dorian Gray u would've loved staring at urself in the little square on facetime
Yes Macbeth murdered a bunch of ppl, took over a kingdom, and inspired anarchy BUT his wife double dared him and questioned his masculinity so really who's to blame
rip basil hallward u would've loved casual by chappel roan
the Picture of Dorian Gray modern au where Basil makes tiktok edits of Dorian