@ruthruthruthruth04: Talking about Henry and Richard! #thesecrethistory #henrywinter #donnatartt #classicliterature

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Lenka|📼🔥🎭🫀🦌| :
i think if you asked henry, he would say he saw richard as useful and interesting but in fact he saw a directionless, blank slate, puppet and most importantly viewer. he could paint exactly the picture he wanted because richard was a blank canvas looking for EXACTLY that, a beautiful painting, story to identify with
2026-06-24 17:29:07
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bookish.naomi
bookish.naomi :
“To live without thinking” is what Henry says
2026-06-24 18:59:31
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b4washere
4️⃣ :
I’ve always thought Henry saw in Richard what Julian saw in Henry. Someone he could mold and shape
2026-06-25 16:13:45
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y0urs.truly.444
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I think to henry, richard was just the most tolerable “outsider” there was. He knew that richard so badly wanted to be apart of this superior group that he would do close to anything to be a part of it. Whereas the rest of the group, while still submissive in terms of following orders, where still a little quick to question. Henry took the opportunity to make richard feel like he owes Henry after he helps him in the winter segment of the book. Its so obvious that NOTHING henry does it done without a motive that benefits him or his plans.
2026-06-25 05:10:47
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tailorontt
Tay tay writes & yaps :
I think Henry was brewing a bit of a god complex and wanted to see how much he could get away with, and he sure got away with a lot. he won basically every challenge he seemed to attack. it reminds me of the gods, how immortality makes everything seem mundane. Henry's immense intellect made everything in life mundane, so the only thing that was remotely interesting was to see how he could manipulate other people's lives, and he did just that.
2026-07-09 17:23:13
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_celiiaaa_
celia :
that's exactly why the secret history is my favorite book. there's just so many things that are unseen but SO interesting and meaningful in the book. that's all those details that forms the whole story and I genuinely love when people analyze it deeply.
2026-06-25 11:52:21
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jessicaelkins.0
jess :
This is the best video discussing this book I’ve ever seen
2026-06-26 05:00:42
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vrxvre
Vere 𝜗𝜚 ⚭ :
I would love a podcast or YouTube channel of all your tsh discussions
2026-06-25 03:48:57
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silksolitaire
maia 🫐 :
thank you for putting my thoughts into words and posting it ily
2026-06-27 05:52:26
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jnk.yrd
👹K E Y S👹 :
Off topic but your hair is everything
2026-06-24 22:14:49
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anahduda
ana duda𑣿 :
your hair?? hello?? looks so good!!!
2026-06-25 13:50:39
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therhymingplanet
Joseph (Famous Booktoker) :
I got excited because I thought you were talking about shakespeare for a sec
2026-06-24 19:58:38
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meli :
God this is such a beautiful analysis thank you so much !!
2026-06-28 02:24:07
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hanagotchi
Hannah 🐦‍⬛ :
Besides the point but hair tutorial? PER FAVORE
2026-07-04 16:51:29
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fitwsparrow
fitwsparrow :
Fine I’ll reread it again
2026-06-27 10:07:22
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ayalxyl
aya :
yess henry was manipulating richard practically throughout the entire novel. The part where Henry “saves” richard and takes him to the hospital was completely calculated bc Henry had already been back in hampden for a bit and yet he kept richard in the dark. Mr Roland the professor Richard works for even mentions seeing a friend of Richard’s one who he describes to richard and his description sounds a lot like henry but ofc Richard doesn’t think so bc henry as far as he knew was in italy. During a night where Richard checked in a hotel someone tried to pick his door lock and out of his window at the warehouse he sees someone he describes with a similar look to henry but chalks up to a hallucination. in reality henry was stalking him waiting for the perfect time. a time where richard was most vulnerable and weak and also to get him before bunny could. Henry saves him to gain richard’s trust so he can then tell him abt the bacchanal
2026-06-24 18:13:04
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carebeardemon69
mia :
henry for sure was watching and stalking richard before he “found” him injured and sick from living in the cold warehouse. he wanted to be able to read and understand richard so he could manipulate him. he wanted to see how high richard’s ego was- how long he’d last in the cold until he set his pride aside and asked for help. henry used richard’s weakness of longing to be included and self- loathing, self pitying personality against him
2026-07-14 02:36:50
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