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hayley atwell for the guardian

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Simon: :(

Baz (externally): >:)

Baz (internally): :(((((

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Thanks for the tag! Sorry it took a while to respond I kinda forgot abt tumblr for a while hehe

“I’d had more than I could handle for a while.”

@eskimo-princess @wtf-ria @indubitablynarwhalz @annabethlightwooddiangelo @beese-is-cheese-for-bees @chelou-mecs-in-love @dumb-binch-juice @whumpster-dumpster @fanficbunny @baz-wears-gucci

Fic tag

rules: post the last line you wrote, and then tag as many people as there are words in the line.

tagged by @deviousomens thank you!! :D

(from a fic with a new good omens extended universe pairing @hurtslikeyourmouth came up with)

He grabbed Bill’s wrists and brought his hands to his torso.

11 words T-T

(sorry if any of you have already been tagged)

@curlycutiepetunia @quakerlasss @madsmeetsmisha @some-thrilling-heroics @marril96 @monochromehobo @arthur-of-the-pendragons @magicalmischel @hear-them-scream-underground @teziartsy @turniptitaness

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South of the Border - Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Ed Sheeran

Jesus in LA - Aec Benjamin

If the World was Ending - Julia Michaels and... JP something (I forgot his name I’m so sorry)

Be Alright - Dean Lewis

Is It Just Me - Emily Burns

@wtf-ria

@indubitablynarwhalz

5 songs on repeat

@generouscalzonebearmonger and @moon-xxx-child thank you ily :3

Recently it’s been very generic 

Nothing’s Going to Hurt You Baby - Cigarettes After Sex

Good years - Zayn

Delicate - Taylor Swift

Bite - Troye Sivan

Affection - Cigarettes After Sex 

@noone-is-gonna-save-us @tronleraddiction1407 @karolart @juliansstarrynight

and anyone who wants to really 💙

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Me when texting: adjekfnkdkwkrken lmao they do be dem potatoe doe hehehehhehehehhee

Me when writing: they are the beautiful, breathtakingly aromatic ingredients of amazingly delicious French fries, potato chips, and other modern day delicacies.

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I don’t know why I’m doing this instead of my math homework. Same confusion.

Every single odd number has an “e” in it.

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Reblog if you want Simon Snow to get his magic back.

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Okay so I just really need to say this. I was rereading Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston and I just really wanted to talk about it.

It’s honestly amazing. It should be at the top of your TBR, or at least in the middle. And I know people might not buy into it- which is why I’m going to explain why it’s so great, other than it’s a really cute BL (what else could you possibly want? Well whatever it is, I can assure you this book has it) There are spoilers ahead so... er... yeah. I’ll tell you when they’re about to come up though.

Firstly, the representation. Let’s ignore the obvious sexuality bit for a second, and look at everything else. We have a female Democratic president who won the election right after Barack Obama. Her son, the main character, is bi-racial. Everyone talks about those two things but how about the more subtle matters? Their family isn’t the stereotypical nuclear family- Mom, Dad, and kids. We have a Dad and a stepdad in the picture. And although tensions are pretty high with the Mom and the Dad, that’s realistic. The dad and the stepdad get along pretty well and both Alex (the MC and their son) and June (another MC and their daughter and an absolute QUEEN) love them both which is honestly so amazing. And, about the dad for a second, like he’s on the scene even though the “love of his life” (his words) is with another guy and somehow manages to be relatively okay. And he’s honestly such a good dad- he invites the kids- even Nora who isn’t really his kid but- to his house just to have a good time even though it might hurt that their mom isn’t coming with them. Also, June is the one more into making her own way with her fashion writing stuff and is honestly (this might raise conflict but) as ambitious as Alex, if not more so. In my opinion, it’s harder to make your own way as the First Daughter on something so unrelated to politics versus following in your Mom’s footsteps- or close to anyway- as a guy.

Okay, now to the sexuality and stuff. First, let me just say that there is trans representation which is honestly not done enough and it’s not even a whole thing. Like what I mean is with so many of these things- like someone being trans or there being a random threesome between Nora, Pez, and June, they’re not a big deal. Like, it’s just accepted. Like, June and Pez’s sexualities aren’t explicitly said and it doesn’t matter to anyone because that’s just how accepting they are. Alex is bi and Henry is gay which I appreciate because I’ve read books where both the lovers are gay and though that may be likely, it’s more believable if one is gay and one is bi or pan or something. And the fact that Alex’s Mom and Dad and Stepdad are all so accepting is just refreshing- and yet there is that realism with Henry’s grandma not being as accepting. Oh, and let’s get onto Henry’s family.

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His sister is a drug addict gone clean, and I love how they included that element because it further shows that everyone is honestly trying to get by, and the fact that she’s clean because Henry was lost and didn’t know what to do and cried to her is just... like, woah. Both the sibling bonds in this are just amazing. And Henry’s mom... she’s just amazing. And again, his family isn’t really nuclear either- his dad is dead, which is another huge plot point because it shows the vulnerability of Henry and actually addresses how hard it is on everyone when a family member dies and how they cope with it (Bea-cocaine. Phillip- being a general annoyance to everyone except his grandma. Henry- curling on in himself. His mom- becoming withdrawn).

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So yeah. The representation is just *chef kiss*

Okay. Now for the second bit; the characters. Like, can we take a moment? Every single character is so well-developed, even the secondary characters. And there aren’t really any unnecessary characters which I appreciated because some other books just have characters that don’t even do anything and it’s just annoying. But this book wasn’t like that. Every character, no matter how small, had a purpose. There’s no waste of a character, and I like how no character is explicitly evil. Like, Richards is kind of bad, but we can see why he did the things he did. This is closer to real life because there isn’t any clear cut good or evil.

Okay. *rubs hands in glee* now for the character development. We start of with a boy who is ambitious and yet hates himself sometimes for it, and hates the Prince of goddamn Wales. We have his sister who is obviously in the White House and not at uni or whatever because she has to keep an eye on him- which is a little narcissistic if you ask me, but in the least egotistical way possible. You have his Mom who he wants to be like, Rafael Luna (who I’ll talk more about later) who he wants to be exactly like. You have his dad and stepdad, both of whom he appreciates very much. You have Zahra (who I’ll talk about later again and who is an absolute QUEEN) who he’s a little scared of but loves anyway.

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Now, cut to the end of the book. He hates himself and the Prince of Wales a little less and everything else more or less stays the same. So why do we feel like everyone evolved? Probably because we get to know everyone so much more. I mean, we get to know Rafael Luna is an absolute genius, as his Oscar, Alex’s dad. We know Zahra will kick down a door, make half-dressed Henry fall out of the goddamn closet (‘“Quite,” Henry observes.’ Yes I’ve memorized it move on) and finish pulling Alex’s boxers up because he hasn’t yet. And then she doesn’t tell the president because Alex hasn’t come out yet with only the promise that he’ll tell her soon. Like... come on.

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So... yeah. It’s the fact that the development is so subtle that it’s literally just us getting to know the characters. It doesn’t feel like development, really, because it seems too natural for that. Like, it’s almost not the characters developing. It’s their situations changing and so they do as well. And the fact that I’m saying that really makes me feel like Casey McQuiston put a lot of time and effort into the seamlessness of this book and it shows.

Taking the seamlessness point a little further, I’m going to be talking about the last thing on my mind. All the goddamn tropes. The way I say that sounds like it’s a bad thing but it really, really isn’t. It’s honestly every cute trope rolled into one.

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We have the:

* Hated each other for ages but actually it was love all along (Drarry or Snowbaz anyone?)

* Had to pretend they were friends and actually became more

* Cheesy emails that are actually so cute that I might die

* Absolute denial of all and any feelings until the shy one kisses the other one and the other one doesn’t kiss back because THEY’RE STUPID AND OBLIVIOUS *cries* and then the shy one thinks they read it all wrong so stops all and any contact with the other one and then the other one is like WAIT... *insert that ‘I hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me.’ thing* and then corners the shy one and kisses them

* Someone finds them out and the shy one doesn’t talk to the other one because ajdijdowhfoejrjiwjc and then the other one confesses their love and the shy one’s resolve dies because they love them too

* Whatever medium they used (emails, texting, whatever) got leaked and they were kind of screwed but it didn’t matter because they had each other (this trope is only for famous people and generally used in fanfic- I would know)

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So there are all those tropes and one would think it would be cheesy and like a poorly written fanfic, but it isn’t and that what makes it so amazing. Every single plot point has a reason and maybe it adheres to these tropes but it’s is by no means unoriginal, which is a miraculous feat.

The entire book is honestly so good, and it is an easy book to get through- it’s a feel good book so there isn’t a lot of angst and sadness, even though there is some. Just... honestly I love the book so much and I thank Casey McQuiston for creating such a thing. I think everyone should read it, so please add it to your TBR.

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I JUST REALIZED THAT THE MAGE IS UMBRIDGE AND THE HUMDRUM IS VOLDY HELP

Explanation (you don’t have to read it):

So in HP, the “big villain” that the MC is meant to hate and that is obviously evil and is the main problem in that world is Voldemort. I’m Carry On, however, this is the Humdrum because from the very start of the book we can see that Simon is fighting the Humdrum and was always destined to- just like Harry was destined to fight Voldemort. And in different ways, the villains are both similar to the hero in some way or another- the Hundrum is literally little Simon and Voldemort is who Harry could have been if he’d been possessed with the need and ambition for power. The main difference between the Humdrum and Voldemort is that Voldemort has a nose.

Now. The Mage is kind of who we trusted at first- or at least didn’t hold anything against. There was nothing to suggest he had ill intent- except for Aunt Fiona trying to kill him (which honestly should have tipped us off because Fiona is great and she can say nothing wrong BUT) we decided he was good. And with Umbridge there wasn’t any evidence to suggest she was bad for the first few seconds of her appearance. But the similarities lie in how they tore our oblivious boyos apart- from the inside. Simon trusted the Mage, treated him like a father figure (which he was. His father I mean) and believed he could do no bad. But then he betrayed him- destroying him from the inside. Harry never trusted Umbridge- nobody did- but she did take his insecurities and use them against him- another form of betrayal and tearing him up from the inside.

Another point is that we were always ready to hate Voldemort and the Humdrum, even if the latter was basically little Simon (I know that’s not entirely correct but). We knew that they were the base of the major problems in the world and we knew that the MCs hated them so we would too. However, we didn’t anticipate the Mage or Umbridge ever being more universally hated that the villain themselves. And they are. If you go over to either fandom you will find that people will more readily kill the Mage (again) that the Humdrum (again kinda) and same for Umbridge and Voldemort. It isn’t that the actual villains did anything to redeem themselves. It’s just because in our eyes the other “smaller” villains are worse because they hurt our character internally and that’s worse than externally.

That’s just my interpretation and I might be wrong but I honestly see so many similarities between these characters so I hope you enjoyed my little rant 😂

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Reblog if you wish cancer didn't exist.

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AU where people age until they reach 18 and then stop aging until they meet their soul mate so they can grow old together.

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Reblog for a miracle to happen tonight

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nO yOu

Alex: *smiles*

Henry: gay

Alex: hOW is tha-

Henry: no me

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Alex: what are you drinking?

Henry: soy milk

Alex: hola milk, soy alex

Henry:

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my esteemed rival,

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Okay, but hear me out: Disney + makes a PJO series a la series of unfortunate events, and they cast Luke Mullen as Luke Castellan

ASHER ANGEL COULD ALSO BE A REALLY GOOD LUKE CASTELLAN he has The Look

Regardless this series needs to happen lmao and it needs to start with 12 year old kids instead of twENTY