#Brenna Yovanoff

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[begaydodrughailsaten]

For the blorbo could you do Mackie? I hope you have a great day/night!!!

HEHEHEHEHEH YEA YESYEYSYEY I CAN I MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE ON THSI HELLSITE WHOS AUTISM ABOUT THIS BOOK BUT I AM A I MAN FANDOM!!!! THANK YOUTHINK UOU!!!!

Bingo!!

Btw he is from a book called The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff, its based off of the legend of "changeling" which in celtic mythology are when fea have a sickly child, they steal a human baby and replace it with there fucked up sick fea kid (different stories say different things on what they do with the human babies after, some they eat the kids or kill them some they just raise the kids)

In the book Mackie (MC) is a changeling, as a baby his fea parents left him and stole the REAL mackie as a baby (his family knows) most changelings die very soon after being left, but rarely babies like Mackie grow up. (Theres also a plot line of "the changelinges have to be loved to not die" and it was his older sister who loves him so much even though she knows hes not her bio brother that her love for her adopted brother is enough to keep him alive and holy sit as someone with 4 step siblings i would die for thay feels liek a gut punch in the best way possible) it also shows him struggling to survive in a human world as something that will just never be fully human so matter how hard he tries (soooooo autism coded man) and ofc because its a YA novel about a teen boy he gets be become a rockstar half way through the book <3

And original for anyone that made it this far!

[roseunspindle]

Books by Women

[carfuckerlynch]

i love rereading ya i liked as a teenager bc like. brenna yovanoff remains a good writer but this is the gayest shit i’ve ever read and it’s, as far as i can tell, not intentional

[desdasiwrites]

You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world.

– Brenna Yovanoff, The Replacement

[01444410]

Once, my mother told a whole host of angels that she’d rather die than go back to a man she didn’t love.

[yusukesmomjeans]

Wait no one bothered to tell me Brenna Yovanoff wrote Runaway Max??? The Replacement Brenna Yovanoff? Paper Valentine Brenna Yovanoff?????

[jewelleria]

the only person i'd run through an airport for is you.

antigone, sophocles / summer wars (2009) dir. mamoru hosoda / i’ll give you the sun, jandy nelson / elektra, sophocles / ruth madievsky / right now, gracie abrams / the archive of alternative endings, lindsey drager / the fall of the house of usher, steven berkoff / the replacement, brenna yovanoff / ? / fleabag (2016-2019) / practical magic, alice hoffman

[asoftepiloguemylove]

WE SHOULD JUST KISS LIKE REAL PEOPLE DO

Marie Howe "Walking Home," Magdalene Poems // Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Heaven Official's Blessing (via Alpha Coders) // Florence + the Machine Cosmic Love // Hozier Work Song // Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Heaven Official's Blessing (via weibo) // Coldplay Sparks // Brenna Yovanoff The Replacement // Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Heaven Official's Blessing (via Wallpapers.com) // Hans Christain Anderson // Richard Siken Crush // Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Heaven Official's Blessing (via panda_colada) // Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles // Leah Horlick For Your Own Good

[august-stars]

what am i without you? - c!clingyduo

(dream smp transcripts, waddei on tumblr, Elektra - Sophocles, your tommy, temporarytemporal on tumblr, your tubbo, dream smp transcripts, Herakles - Euripides, andhyssops on tumblr, dream smp transcripts, So Nice So Smart - Kimya Dawson lyrics, The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff, temporarytemporal on tumblr)

[roseunspindle]

The Space Between

[creekfiend]

Where did the “creekfiend” handle come from, what’s behind the choices here?

so there's three things

1. there's creatures in Brenna Yovanoff's novel Fiendish that are called creek fiends and I love that book

2. Kuzu used the phrase "like some kind of creek fiend" when describing a dream it had once, and

3. Yamtop was an Absolute Creek Fiend. FIEND FOR CREEKS and other moving bodies of water

so. I just like it. it's good. good imagery good associations

[dabiconcordia]

“Do you really want to know where we come from?" she said. "In every century, in every country, they'll call us something different. They'll say we're ghosts, angels, demons, elemental spirits, and giving us a name doesn't help anybody. When did a name change what someone is?” ― Brenna Yovanoff 

[upsidedog]

a brother named gethsemane, natalie diaz / on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong / runaway max, brenna yovanoff / kyoto, phobe bridgers / a secret, frances quinlan / free churro, bojack horseman / not able, hop along / cain and abel, genesis / a short story about a cat and a baby bird, growrotten / stranger things throughout

[stranger-rants]

Runaway Max Annotation Series

This is part of a series I am doing on Runaway Max by Brenna Yovanoff. To see previous posts including the annotation guide, check the [#rm annotations] tag on my blog. These posts will follow the general formula of summary, annotations, quotes, and any thoughts or analysis I want to provide based on my own interpretation of the text. You can use my posts as references in fandom discussions.

Runaway Max Chapter Two

Max and Billy experience their first day of school. Max talks about her life back in San Diego, and why she tried to run away to L.A. to be with her dad.

Annotations:

1) Background

Their first day of school was "a Tuesday, more than a month after school already started," which means they started school mid-October. Max had friends in San Diego named Ben, Eddie, and Nate. She didn't have female friends.

2) Family Context

Max ran away to stay with her dad in L.A. after she had been told that they were moving to Hawkins. Susan views her ex-husband as wasting his smarts on irresponsible things and inconsistent work. He did some illegal jobs here and there, and he lives in a dingy apartment.

3) Unreliable Statements / Limited P.O.V.

Max says that she thinks having Billy around is making Susan crazy, but there's little to no context explaining why she thinks this. Susan is getting them ready for school, and Billy doesn't say or do much of anything to combat this.

4) Evidence of Abuse / Neglect

Neil is the one making them move. Max thinks that Susan is just going along with it. Max's father is not a responsible parent. He is often late in picking her up and frequently falls asleep in front of the T.V. Susan doesn't trust him to take care of Max, which begs the question - why would she trust Billy to take care of Max?

6) Max & Billy Relationship

There isn't much antagonism between them in this chapter which is odd given the supposed circumstances that lead to the move not yet revealed or even hinted at early in the novel. Instead, there is an attempt at solidarity in being pissed off about the move - Billy says Hawkins sucks and says, "I bet you're already planning your next jailbreak right?"

7) Valuable Insights

Susan and Max disagree greatly on how a young girl should dress and act.

8) Billy's Characterization

Billy is enraged by the move. Max says he "lost it" when he found out, but he expresses this mostly by keeping to himself. He blasts his music in his room and refuses to eat dinner with the family. Billy is told by Susan to drive Max to the middle school and walk in with her to make sure she gets what she needs. Billy drops her off, refusing to go in.

Quote(s):

Billy rolled his head sideways to look at me. "But I don't want to, Max. They're not paying me to babysit you. If you don't like it, maybe tomorrow you can walk."

This chapter reveals just how poorly planned this book is because there's not a drop of a hint of a piece of evidence as to why the family moved to Hawkins, even though fans adamantly use this book as evidence that the move was all Billy's fault. There is no hint that Billy blames Max or that Max blames Billy for it.

I know that later information contradicts this by putting blame on Billy's violence, but information that is revealed later on isn't meant to contradict the entire tone of a chapter but rather enhance it. The feeling the reader gets from this chapter is that Max and Billy didn't want to move, and they're unhappy in Hawkins.

Not that they're ready to kill each other over it.

I am endlessly fascinated that Max's mom doesn't want Max around her father because he's "irresponsible" but then turns around and expects her step son to babysit Max for free. It's his first day, too, and she expects him to not only drive her to school but check her in when he has to do that for himself when he gets to the high school.

Billy explains himself clearly and logically to Max as to why he's not going to do what Susan wants him to do, and you know what? He's right. Not only that, but Max is perfectly capable of checking herself in. The statement that Billy is "driving Susan crazy" is also random and lacking context, making Billy out to be the "bad guy" for being an annoyed teenager.

This doesn't mean that Billy hasn't done anything to piss her off or drive her crazy, but there is absolutely no context for the statement that explains what he's saying or doing that's so wrong. I cannot emphasize enough that statements are just made about Billy with little to no detail backing them up, so the reader is just expected to believe Max.

Max was also unlikeable in this chapter for one main reason - the "I'm not like other girls" attitude she carries. It's fine that she doesn't vibe with femininity in the way that her mother expects her too, but she puts herself above other girls in many ways to make herself "different" from them. She is a child, though, so this can change over time.

Back to Susan... Again. I have to say this again.

If Susan really doesn't trust Max's father to take care of her, it makes no narrative sense to expect Billy, her step son who she supposedly can't stand, to be Max's babysitter. It's irresponsible. If she wants Max checked in at school, she can do it herself because that's certainly not Billy's job when he also has school to go to.

The main thing we learn about Billy is that Billy is basically parentified and somehow that makes him the bad guy.

[ashleybenlove]

Books I read in August

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence by Claire Saffitz – Aug 3

Prisoners of a Pirate Queen by Marshall J. Moore – Aug 4

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett – Aug 8

Runaway Max by Brenna Yovanoff – Aug 10

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel – Aug 12

Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin – Aug 14

The Periodic Table: A Field Guide to the Elements by Paul Parsons and Gail Dixon – Aug 18

Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Sustain a Thriving Garden by Tammy Wylie – Aug 19

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas – Aug 20

Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino – Aug 23

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen – Aug 24

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie – Aug 26

How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell – Aug 27

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto – Aug 28