Here’s how my reading of the Brideshead Revisited book went. 
Me: So I came because of gay? There’s gay here, right? 
Book: There is no gay here. Only miserable alcoholism, miserable adultery, and miserable monologues on Catholic guilt. 
Me: Gee, seems like everyone involved would be better off if they weren’t involved with Catholicism -
Book: That’s the point. The deader inside they are, the closer they are to God. 
And I’m supposed to be happy when the main character is very dead inside and a converted Catholic at the end…? Yeah I don’t get it. 

Here’s how my reading of the Brideshead Revisited book went. 

Me: So I came because of gay? There’s gay here, right? 

Book: There is no gay here. Only miserable alcoholism, miserable adultery, and miserable monologues on Catholic guilt. 

Me: Gee, seems like everyone involved would be better off if they weren’t involved with Catholicism -

Book: That’s the point. The deader inside they are, the closer they are to God. 

And I’m supposed to be happy when the main character is very dead inside and a converted Catholic at the end…? Yeah I don’t get it. 

1 year ago

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