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I am trash and have an unsettling problem of not leaving my house unless I am absolutely forced to. Yay.

The Ultimate Dark Academia Book Recommendation Guide Ever

The title of this post is clickbait. I, unfortunately, have not read every book ever. Not all of these books are particularly “dark” either. However, these are my recommendations for your dark academia fix. The quality of each of these books varies. I have limited this list to books that are directly linked to the world of academia and/or which have a vaguely academic setting.

Dark Academia staples:

  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
  • Dead Poets Society by Nancy H. Kleinbaum
  • Vita Nostra by Maryna Dyachenko

Dark academia litfic or contemporary:

  • Bunny by Mona Awad
  • The Idiot by Elif Batuman
  • These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
  • White Ivy by Susie Yang
  • The Cloisters by Katy Hays
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles
  • Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
  • Attribution by Linda Moore

Dark academia thrillers or horror:

  • In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
  • The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
  • Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
  • Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
  • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
  • They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
  • The It Girl by Ruth Ware
  • Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Dark academia fantasy/sci-fi:

  • Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
  • The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
  • A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
  • The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
  • Vicious by V.E. Schwab
  • A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
  • The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Dark academia romance:

  • Gothikana by RuNyx
  • Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Dark academia YA or MG:

  • Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
  • A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
  • Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
  • The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
  • Crave by Tracy Wolff
  • Wilder Girls by Rory Power
  • The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Dark academia miscellaneous:

  • My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
  • Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
  • Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
Anonymous asked:

I dont know who the hell the B stands for but god its disgusting that you ship anyone with Dib. Thats a whole ass child, freak. Wanted to follow for the Pokemon content but you're out here shipping whatever the fuck badr is. Dont fucking ship the kids with irkens jesus christ

Anonymous answered:

HUH????? BADR IS MY NAME ITS A NAME IN ARABIC I DON’T EVEN WATCH ZIM DUGDHBCHBVHJVFH WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ON

this is what you guys get for naming ships in your show in such a stupid way

same energy

holy trinity

The fourth horseman

Here’s another for yall

Hey why can’t I reblog this

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wait this post is a no-note bungus

this place is a fucking circle of hell why am i here

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tumblr May be Free but at what cost of my fucking sanity

Makes me think of that person who had Ashkenazi Jew in their bio and some ass who was arguing with them over something, and didn’t like losing, screenshotted their bio and made a separate post accusing them of being a nazi because the word nazi is in Ashkenazi, and they got death threats over and over because people have no reading comprehension or basic understanding of world history.

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Honestly sometimes when people are being annoying I like to imagine what would happen if I 50 hit combo’d them like some street fighter shit u kno?

Why imagine it when you could always just do it

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Forgive me lord for these temptations are too strong

me getting some Irish dick: oh please don’t stop

him: aye ya loike that do ya? Wud ya loike if ah went harder? Wud ya loike that ya little sloot?

me: uh…. y…yeah….

him: whut was that?

me: uh… aye….

him:

ive seen this now u all have to as well

Whenever Americans use Cryillic like. That. I just. Instantly shrivel up an cry

Like idk how to tell you this but н isnt h and и isnt n

It’s true and you should say it.

Я isnt R
Р isnt P
В isnt B

If you want to explain, what does it mean then? 0.0

н makes n sound,и makes ee sound, я makes ya sound, р makes r sound, в makes v sound

you mean, like, ня?

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oh no. It can be made with Cyrillic now

ня

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE EXPLAINED

НЯ

НЯ
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OH. GOD.

so basically me and some friends were in an escape room and we had like an hour to leave but we spent fuckiNG THIRTY MINUTES stuck in the first room like!!!! wow!!!! we are so smart!!!! and apparently it’s all cause we doNT FUCKING KNOW HOW A COMPASS WORKS. AND RHE WE WOULDVE STAYED IN THERE FOR THE REST OF THE TIME AND EVERYONE WAS KINDA PANICKING AND THEN IT JUST GOES SILENT AS MY FRIEND SAYS:

“Hey Siri, open compass.”

AND WE FUCKING MAKE IT OUT OF THE FIRST GODDAMN ROOM.

(also my friend stole one of the ID cards but whatever that’s a different thing)

My wife and I were were talking the other day and, I don’t remember what we were even talking about, but the idea came up that we would need an oreo for. I joked about getting one from my secret stash. This is where she made her mistake. She said “oh right, like you could have an Oreo stash without me knowing about it.”

I’m sorry?

That’s a challenge.

Oreos aquired.

I’m going to hide them in a super simple place at first

But be sure to follow this post while I chronicle all the ways and places I hide them and also how I plan on taunting her with cookies while she can’t find the package

She is out of the house for a moment so it’s time to enjoy a few cookies

And find a new hiding spot

Hehehe

They up there

Normally I’m a Oreos with milk kinda guy, but I’ll take coffee if coffee is available

Now to hide them right under her nose

She never looks under the TV for anything. Tonight when we are watching Halloween Wars I’ll have a big dopey grin on my face

Time to up the stakes. It was fun having em here and hiding them around her while she didn’t know what was happening. Bit now it’s time for her to be in on the game she is playing

Four cookies packed in her lunch. Game on

I’ve been cleaning house today and feeling like I’ve done a pretty good job. Time to reward myself with some delicious Oreos

Aaaaand put them where she would never find them in a million years

:)

Got up early this morning and helped pack everyone’s lunch. Pulling a damn Oprah over here

You get some cookies! You get some cookies! Everyone gets cookies!

Then a devious idea struck me…

I put the remaining Oreos in a baggie to hide by themselves. Now to “hide” the package where it will probably be found…

And pin the actual stash to the inside of the closet wall

If you two weren’t already married I’d beg you to marry her because you two are obviously perfect for each other and I love this post with all my heart

This guy’s dopey grin at his success at hiding oreos is exactly what I’m here for

You like that eh? Well you are going to love today’s installment

Look at that. So sad. So few Oreos left

Guess I’ll just pin em right to the middle of the wall in the middle of the living room. She’ll never find em there

Oh, guess I should put this back up

Bwa ha ha ha! You guys! You guys don’t understand! I was planning on doing this and when I got home and looked at it I was like “aww, it’s too thin. They won’t fit.” I even TOLD my wife this and how I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be able to hide them back there.

But then I looked again. They dooooo

Thank you all so much for the love. I knew y'all would like this, but I had no idea you would like it THIS MUCH. People calling us “goals” and stuff… Man…. It’s kinda hard to take in ya know? Anyways: if this post gets Over 9000™ before I get off work today I will pick up Halloween Oreos on my way home and this will not stop

And, as promised, a dopey grin

Twasnt easy to get the stupid video to load. But I got it and I recommend giving it a watch here: http://keepcalmandcarrieunderwood.tumblr.com/post/179330357103

She is so happy that the Oreo Saga continues. Just look at how happy she is

Came home to find this

But she never looked inside the blue chair

Good stuff, but it’s time for some cookies

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Gotta have some while I think about where these guys are going next

Hmmmmm

Got it.

Ohmygosh oh. my. gosh. You guys. Near disaster. Check this shiz out:

Wife and I were sewing Elly’s Halloween costume up

Yea, she is going to be a spider and it’s super cute and all but. But. Loooook

Holy actual shit the Oreos fell out from the table literally next to her.

The moment she got up I threw them into the closet

Also:shout out to whoever it was that lost a follower for this post

Sry bout that eh.

This is glorious and I’m so damn happy this is still going.

My god I need to see where else they are hidden. You are a genius sir

This is cute. ^-^

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YOU THINK I’M JOKING BUT I’M DEAD SERIOUS

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one day this comic will reach a million notes and then i’m going to quit my job and become a couch

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Huh? What’s this? I don’t remember ordering something that big.

Oh, it’s a sofa? I already have one, though…

Hang on, my job sent me this? Is this some sort of bonus or something?

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Huh??? It’s empty?? Then why was it so heavy…

Oh hang on what’s this?

I’m not sure I can reach it…

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Oh crap!!!!

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Everyone who isn’t reblogging this version is a coward and a villain

The Princess Diaries is Pretty Woman for little girls

Girl is swept into higher society

Girl gets makeover from Larry Miller

Girl has Hector Elizondo as a bff

Girl also learns new manners (also Hector Elizondo)

And has awkward dinner

Quirky best friend

Mean Girls

Douche bag guy

Love

Also, Garry Marshall directed both films

WHAT

Reenactor throws a spear at a drone

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What a time to be alive.

“The medieval warrior, realizing the consequences of his impulsive act, immediately approached the owner of the drone and offered to pay for the damage.

The owner of the drone was so impressed by the brilliant attack that he suggested organizing a competition for bringing down “dragons” with short spears next year.

Drone owners have another year to develop a unique “dragon-like” design for their flying machines.” (x)

I am 100% cooler with this knowing that the spear-thrower realized “oops maybe I shouldn’t have done that” and tried to make it right, and that the guy who the drone belonged to was cool with it

just so everyone knows, this has already been memorialized in a runestone

Everything about this post blesses those involved with a +4 on their next Today is Good Day roll

I crack up every time at seeing that runestone.