#Bram Greenfeld

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

[shujubeelamoglia]

Keiynan Lonsdale

[royalenbydisaster666]

Book boys I’d sell my little brother for:

No one, as much as we fight, i love him

•Maxon Schreave

•Percy Jackson

•Leo Valdez

•King Grey of Emberfall

•Ravi Singh

•Prince Henry

•Adam Carlsen

•Cardan Greenbriar

•Seth Gray

•Jesper Fahey

•Wylan van Eck

•Baz Grimm-Pitch

•Bram Greenfield

•Julian Diaz

[whydontyourealize-viennawaits4u]

Am I the only one who remembers this book? Like fuck this is an actual masterpiece. This was my heartstopper.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Kelly Bennett- Green Creek Series by TJ Klune

Bram Greenfeld- Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertelli

Nancy Whitman- Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Penn de Foucart- One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

[allwehearisradiosilence]

Why can I find no good Bram/Simon fics on ao3 guys please. Please there were the OG tumblr gays we gotta be good at this.

[bluetrainer]

Pride Month Art Challenge Day #8: Bram and Simon from Love Simon

Yes I’m exposing myself as a fan of this movie. Look in my defense I did read the book first and got enjoyment from both. Though I definitely am thinking about re-reading the book to see how it holds up in 2024. Also did anyone have this starting an extended universe on their bingo cards?

[cutepilleddd]

SIMON AND BRAM!! I liked their casting for the movie but this is how I envisioned them ^_^

[blackcharactertournament]

Submitted explanations

Bram Greenfeld

rom com jock KING

Zélie Adebola

She's the heroine in a book full of interesting and well fleshed black characters.

[shujubeelamoglia]

Keiynan Lonsdale

[lgbtqjockshowdown]

LGBTQ Jock Showdown Round 2

[eddiewithcat]

recently rewatched “love, simon” and just losing my mind over how simon was doing everything he can to find out who blue was, and thinking it was all these different people but it ultimately ended up not being them ... but then eventually was able to find out who blue was and it ended up being someone who was close to him all along (bram my absolute beloved) and he even had a bit of a crush on (in the book at least) 

and just thinking about how fucking insane that is because now we have buck trying to find his “right couch” and going through all this trouble trying to find them, and how he thought it was the people he’s dated in the past (but was wrong) ... and how he is going to discover by the end of this that the right couch has always been in front of him... does it help if i add in that eddie’s color is blue? 

that is just insane to me.

i like to think that eddie’s color being blue is because he is buck’s “blue”, the person hes been trying to find all along. 

[anotherplaceintheuniverse]

i don’t care how old i get love, simon will always be one of my top comfort movies

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Bram Greenfeld- Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertelli

Percy Newton- The Montague Siblings by Mackenzi Lee

[yoursweetsix66]

Simon and Bram get caught by Simon’s dad, and he blatantly doesn’t realize what’s happening. !!NSFW!!

Disclaimer: This is the scene where Simon’s dad is standing outside his window hanging up christmas lights, but it’s an AU, so Simon and Bram are already dating, along with a few minor tweaks from me. Enjoy!!

The blanket was pulled up high over the two boys, covering their naked bodies and warming them up all the same. Simon was hovering overtop of Bram, kissing his neck. Bram’s hands were wandering over Simon’s body, nails digging in here and there. They were completely tuned out from the rest of the world, enjoying each other and the feeling they provided to one an other, at least until Simon’s dad rapped on the window.

“Simon! Come help me with the lights, I need you to hold while I staple.” He called through the window, peeking in through the frosty window. Simon rolled of Bram as fast as he possibly could, and Bram shuffled quickly to hide under the blanket.

“Privacy, Dad! Jesus!” Simon yelled as he pulled the blinds down to cover the window, only to realize that they didn’t cover the whole window, and his dad was still peeking through the bottom half of it.

“Sorry, didn’t realize you were masturbating.” Simon wrapped the blanket around his waist, trying to keep himself somewhat decent, and immediately revealing Bram from under the covers. “Oh! Hey, Bram! I didn’t know you were here!” Simon’s dad knocked on the window, waving at Bram.

“Hey, Mr. Spier, nice to see you.” Bram smiled awkwardly at him, giving a small wave in return.

“Yeah, you too, kiddo! Good thing you’re here, actually! I could use an extra set of hands with decorating!” Simon slapped a hand to his forehead. “Hang on, I’ll come in to talk to you! I actually wanted to ask about your plans for the holidays this year, since I know you don’t celebrate Christm-” Simon Pulled the curtain down as far as it could go, finally blocking his dad’s vision into his room.

“What a buzzkill, right?”

“Not really.” Simon turned to look at Bram, smiling.

“Same.” Bram smiled back as Simon resumed his position on top of Bram.

Hey!! Sorry this is a bit short, if you want me to continue it (and get to the fun stuff) Lmk! Hope you enjoyed!

[7yearsofdele]

Want to talk for a second about how much I love Bram Greenfeld.