#some people who are unaware of our cavalcommunity are so confused

The problem is that Guido Cavalcanti is the WEIRD option. Semi-obscure, you probably didn’t get him ruined for you by school, he’s gothic as hell, and as far as I can tell he seems to exist in the kind of liminal intertextual space that lends itself to 3 AM all-caps shrieking in delight about an odd turn of phrase or possible reference/quotation. The kind of magnificently unhinged unpeeling of layers of meaning and mystery that happens when nerds congregate on one of the last bastions of the earnestly strange old internet. Of COURSE Guido is winning a poll on here.

girldante

putting your tags on blast too because they're just as spot on as the rest of the post like YES YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS EXACTLY.

#Some people who are unaware of our cavalcommunity are so confused #it's really funny #I just hope he doesn't get put up against umberto eco or petrarca next round #I don't think we can beat umbert umbert