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Feb 21, 2023Liked by St John Starling

😫😫😫💖💖💖👀👀👀

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💕🦇😙✨

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Feb 21, 2023Liked by St John Starling

A queer little island indeed

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Feb 21, 2023Liked by St John Starling

This chapter was great! I loved Turnip being a turnip thief (something I’m very familiar with), Danny and Sylvia, the mention of archaeology (I’m not biased at all *sweats in archaeologist*), and the queer little island itself. Can’t wait for the Lord Vane reveal!

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Thank you 💕( also lol please be forgiving if I make any archaeology mistakes)

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Lord Vane is certainly keeping Father Ardelian waiting. And wow, Ardelian was clearly repressed from the start, but it's showing even more now. I like being able to see the difference between what he writes to himself and to his sister, and then there's the layer of what he didn't write down. I wonder if we're going to get any 'Dracula fed on Jonathan' type implications/theories.

Also those fishermen should have gotten a room.

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Playing with the difference in tone between the diaries and letters is so much fun!!

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Feb 21, 2023Liked by St John Starling

Father Ardelian!😳🔥 Goodness gracious

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Feb 22, 2023Liked by St John Starling

I love how Victor is becoming more and more distraught as he waits to meet Lord Vane, and the irony of his hope that Lord Vane will somehow save him from this. I also love the overlap between the language Victor uses when wishing for divine forgiveness in that final journal entry, and the language often used when talking about physical intimacy ("embracing", "consummation" (especially in terms of marital sex), "ecstatic", "I open my mouth and pant", "longing", etc.), and I love how Victor seems to have absolutely zero awareness of this. It makes his shocked reaction to seeing the fisherman that much funnier and borderline hypocritical. Can't wait for more! <3

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Feb 22, 2023Liked by St John Starling

Oh my, Father, please take a breath

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And they were roommates

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Mar 7, 2023Liked by St John Starling

"Oh no, gay feelings! I better gaze upon Jesus' sexy, sexy body. Maybe if he wrapped his bare arms around me and held me against his naked pecs, I would feel better." Oh, buddy...

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Sep 5, 2023Liked by St John Starling

How shall I describe? being crossed out is just such a good touch

Yes, Father, please confess to us how your body reacts and how you can't stop thinking of it!

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