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dark academia literary works: a masterlist

Hello! I replied to this post on Reddit today, trying to compile all the dark academia books I could think of, and then thought that maybe all of you here might find it useful too, so here you go. It is a very, very broad list, a mix of classic and contemporary literature, and there is no set criteria besides having a dark vibe (this includes murder and crime but could just be the way it’s written as well) and portraying an academic setting, most of the time from the student’s point of view. I haven’t read all of these myself and so I can’t judge on quality, but hopefully this will inspire people to add on to it in the comments.

Here you go!

The Lessons by Naomi Alderman Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson The Secret History, Donna Tartt If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio Maurice by E. M. Forster The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Possession by A.S. Byatt The Truants by Kate Weinberg The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Vicious by V. E. Schwab The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (tangentially related) A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Likeness by Tana French The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (coming out tomorrow!) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman Oleanna by David Mamet Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Other classics that are not Dark Academia in content, but which I would include in a list of the DA canon: The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer Shakespeare’s plays (Macbeth, Hamlet are good ones to start with) A Separate Peace, John Knowles The Bacchae, Euripides Greek tragedies (a good one to start with is Antigone, very popular and staged many a time) Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Beat generation literature Jane Austen’s books (light academia, anyone?)

Person: Do you have a valentine?

Slytherin: No, I have anxiety

“ alza la bandera ! ”  

in the heights ( 2021 ) dir. jon chu

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I've been having AU thoughts <3 I was thinking of a fic where Jakob gets de-aged (due to maybe Eteon shenanigans?) and he's a teenager when the team find him. De-aging is usually not a trope I'm into, but I feel like it could really put Dom and Jakob through some serious angst, since Dom would have to raise Jakob, and Dom would have to deal with the baby version of Jakob who he used to be so angry with. I could see Jakob calling Dom "dad" by accident when he first sees him, and Dom is just </3

I absolutely love De aged fics! I’ve written a few actually and I love adding Jakob to the mix! Especially when it gets so angst since he’s the same age when Dom kicked him out!

Walking through the halls of Eteon, Ramsey shivered as she peered into several rooms and saw several operating tables surrounded by machines she’s never even seen before. Ahead of her, Roman was leading them through the halls and hopefully towards the main server rooms Eteon had. They needed as much info on Eteon as they could get their hands on.

           When Deckard and Luke had told them about Eteon, they had both been extremely tight lipped about the organization and insisted they handle them while the crew sat on the sidelines. Of course, none of them had taken that well and had followed the two to one of the bases.

           So far, Ramsey just wanted to turn around and run. The place seemed abandoned, but there was so much evidence of what they were getting up to. She couldn’t believe that a secret army was forming without anyone knowing about it. And as they walked past several rooms that looked like cells, she shivered as images of what they were doing on those operating tables.

           She was so lost in her thoughts, she almost didn’t notice a dark figure huddled in the corner of one of the cells. But, before they could keep going, she saw the figure hunch even more on itself.

           “Roman!” Ramsey hissed and grabbed his arm. “Stop!”

           “What?!” Roman snapped back and Ramsey could see just how uneasy he felt being there. She couldn’t blame him honestly.

           “There’s someone here!”            “Then leave them alone!” Roman blurted out. “They’ll get themselves out.”

           Ramsey rolled her eyes. How was someone supposed to get themselves out of a prison cell?

           Walking away, she approached the cell and peered inside. She couldn’t see much other than the figure curled up into a ball and pushed as far into the corner as possible.

           “Hello?” She called out gently and saw the figure’s head snap up. “Are you alright? Do you need help?”

           Watching, Ramsey waited for the person to respond and after a long moment, they spoke up.

           In Spanish.

           “Shit.” Ramsey cursed and looked over at Roman, who had walked up next to her. “Do you understand him?”

           “Uh. Kinda? I only know a little bit from where I grew up.”

           Ramsey listened as Roman called out very rough Spanish even she knew was only halfway correct. But, that seemed to be enough to encourage the person to uncurl and stand up. As he walked closer to him, Ramsey’s eyes widened.

           A young teenager was standing in the middle of the cell, the lights barely casting on him as he shifted from one foot to another in nervousness. He was eyeing them with distrust and wariness.

           “You sound like an idiot.” The boy mumbled in English.

           “Hey! I haven’t spoken Spanish in years! I think I sounded good.” Roman snapped and pouted.

           “Ignore him.” Ramsey smiled at the boy. “Do you need help? The people who were here have left.”

           The boy frowned at her but after glancing around the cell, he finally nodded.

--

           Getting the teenager, Jakob, out of the base was fairly easy. Other than his snarky remarks that he constantly threw at Roman. While they were funny, Ramsey didn’t enjoy having to soothe Roman’s hurt ego afterwards. But, she was still worried about why Jakob was even there. What had Eteon been doing to the teenager.

           Sitting in the backseat with him, she kept a simple conversation going when she saw how nervous Jakob was becoming. He didn’t seem to recognize many of the things around them, mostly the cars and technology. Ramsey was becoming more and more concerned about what had happened to the boy.

           Finally, Roman parked them up next to the rest of the crew at their rendezvous point. She could see the rest of the crew waiting for them and knew they would be willing to help Jakob. She sent him a smile before getting out.

           “Come on, these are really nice people. They’re like family to me.”

           Jakob only nodded and followed her.

           “About time you guys showed up!” Tej called out to them.

           “Yeah, well, we found a stray!” Roman shouted back. And with that, all eyes were on Ramsey and Jakob. Placing a hand on Jakob’s shoulder, she led him closer to the crew. She immediately noticed the look of horror on Dom and Letty’s face.

           “Jakob?” Letty breathed out.

           Everyone else was quiet as they looked between the teenager and Letty.

           “How does she know my name?” Jakob whispered to Ramsey, who could only shake her head. She had no idea.

           “This isn’t possible.” Letty continued and took a tentative step towards them. Ramsey could feel Jakob stiffen next to her. “How did this happen?”

           “What are you talking about?” Ramsey spoke up.

           “He shouldn’t be like this.” Letty whispered, coming even closer to them. When she finally stopped in front of Jakob, she looked up and down.

           “Look, lady,” Jakob grunted. “I don’t know who you are and I’m as sure as hell not who you think I am.”

           “Are you saying you really don’t remember me?” Letty smirked slightly. “The person who watched you every school night to make sure you actually did you homework? Or the one who taught you how to make tortillas?”

           Ramsey frowned. What was Letty talking about?

           “No… that can’t be.” Glancing over, Ramsey saw that Jakob had gone pale. What was going on? “You- you can’t be her.”

           “I am.” Letty smiled sadly.

           “No, Letty was only a few years older than me.”

           What?!

           Ramsey could see equal confusion on everyone else’s faces. How did he know Letty? And a few years older than him?

           “That’s her.”

           Ramsey stared up at Dom, who finally spoke up, even if his voice was gruff and a storm was slowly forming over his face. She had only seen that look in his eyes a handful of times. What was going on?!            “What- dad?”

           Letty gasped, while Dom’s face dropped and he looked close to fainting.

           “Wait, Dom, do you have another kid we didn’t know about?” Roman spoke up.

           “No!” Dom shouted harshly. “That’s my brother!”

           Brother? Ramsey looked over at Jakob and blinked.

           The kid was a perfect match for the other Toretto. Even if he was a few decades younger.

           But how did he end up here?

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I hope you enjoyed friend!

First semi-official drawing request for @omnivorousshipper, who wanted their fav in heels.

Details:

Tony: It's over. We won.

*Stephen and Peter gesture frantically to alert him to the aliens behind him*

Tony: No. We won. I'm not turning around and looking at it. We won.

you need to get it out of your mind that psychosomatic illness is just “making up symptoms” when it’s actually much more like your body is being actively poisoned by chemicals released from your brain

Jason: Do you swear to spill the tea, the whole tea, and nothin but the tea, so help you sis?

Stephanie: Wig.

Dick: K go off.

Bruce: Why are you guys like this?

I cannot thank @katlynne-lyons enough for this stunning commission! This is absolutely beautiful and captures Deckard's character perfectly!

Make sure to go check out the artist's blog and artwork!

I always headcanon Deckard likes to wear dresses and feeling fancy. It doesn't matter if he's wearing a suit or dress, he'll kick your ass regardless!

Tony: Why do I have this feeling you’re about to mess up my entire life?

Bucky: A littlke mess never hurt anybody, Doll.