It’s the year 2030. They’re making a Harry Potter remake, not a modern adaptation but set in the original era. And it’s fucking indulgent in 90s nostalgia. Someone’s got a butterfly clip, Ron is wearing a choker, there’s muggles playing with pogs, Spice Girls is playing in the background. Voldemort is wearing a crop top.
It’s simultaneously the worst and fucking best thing you’ve ever seen.
Books that people read romantically but shouldn’t because they’re missing the point:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
That’s your opinion.
there’s nothing romantic about a pedophile rapist, the senseless murder-suicide of teenagers because families can’t get their shit together or the hypocrisy of the roaring 20s
FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT
modestinferno still missing the point
May I also add Gone With The Wind to the list? For some reason Scarlett and Rhett are still considered “great literary lovers,” but Rhett was abusive af.