Dark Acadamia Mlm Mood Board

Guess what movie I just saw.

Possessed (Curtis Bernhardt, 1947)

Human brain: Love takes time. You’re not going to meet the perfect person for you randomly tomorrow. And even if you did, it would take time for love to develop. You need to be patient. It’ll be worth it when you finally find your perfect someone.

Monkey brain, repeatedly slamming fist on table: I want a boyfriend, NOW! I want affection, NOW! I want cuddles and kisses and cute fluffy moments, rIgHt FuCkInG nOw!

idea for all my peeps stuck between the Dark Academia and Cottage Core aesthetic:

Dark Cottage Core

- dark earthy colours, flowy clothes

- lots of books about botany, bugs, and poisons

- making wine out of grapes and dandelions you grew yourself

- hiking boots

- having no pets but you always leave snacks outside for the birds and deer, eventually a stray cat wanders in and makes itself at home

- old manors covered in overgrown vines

- elf ears + fangs

- pressed flowers between old dictionaries

- hanging flowers from the rafters

Feel free to add more ✨

‘Giovanni’s Room’ by James Baldwin (published in 1956)

Corpse Bride (2005)

idealized version of myself has hair down to my waist, pearl earrings, and a long white lacy nightdress that trails several feet behind me. also i am barefoot and there are bloodstains on the dress (not my own) and it is nighttime

when mary shelley said “i am unstable, sometimes melancholy, and have been called on some occasions imperious; but i never did an ungenerous act in my life. i sympathise warmly with others, and have wasted my heart in their love”

‘Pomegranates, Majorca’ by John Singer Sargent (american, 1856 - 1925)

Primavera by Sandro Botticelli