#Elliot Myers

[kuruka1559s]

Smile, Galaxy, Blaze, Ori and Pilla.

Barbara, Ellie, Blake, Ori and Elliot.

These will be our protagonists.

Every character has it’s story.

And they will be told, in different points of view.

Smiletale

Pilot.

Barbara

Rieti, St Hyppolitus

“BARBARA! SVEGLIATI O FAREMO TARDI! FORZA!” (BARBARA! WAKE UP OR WE’LL BE LATE! COME ON!”

I wake up.

MY FIRST DAY OF UNIVERSITY, GREAAAT.

Like I can’t bear solitude.

I groan and sit up, my brother, Elliot, sighs and speaks up again:

“Andiamo Barbara! Attiva! Scatta!” (Come on Barbara! Active!)

“Eddai Elliot…. Non mi-“ (Come on Elliot… I don’t-)

“NIENTE “NON MI VA”! TI ALZI E VAI A SCUOLA, COME ME!” (THERE’S NO “I DON’T WANT TO”! GET UP AND GO TO SCHOOL, LIKE ME!)

Answered angrily my bro.

Goddamit…

I stand up, lazily, wear my slippers and make my way to the closet to grab my clothes.

My brother leaves.

I wanna sleep… not go to school…

I grab my black t-shirt, my baggy pants and my socks.

I get dressed up and I get out of my messy room, making my way to the living room.

Go down the stairs, grab the backpack, grab an apple, eat it and get out of the house, my life looks like an anime.

I’m the classic anime girl that is late to go to school.

“SORELLONA! GLI STIVALI!” (SIS! YOUR BOOTS!)

Screams my brother, swinging back and forth my black boots.

I grab them and take off my slippers, after I wear my boots and sprint immediately.

Go up the small hill, go up the stairs and go straight to the next village.

“Slow down kid!”

Exclaims an old man, sitting on the stairs of the furnace.

My friend, and uhm…

Yeah…

Secret crush Ori joins me, he might be a dickhead sometimes, but dammit.

He was cute and nice towards me.

So… yeah.

“Hey Barbs! Attiva come sempre!” (Hey Barbs! Active as always!)

Affirms Ori.

DAMMIT HE’S CUTE.

I look away from him.

“Si, vabbè.” (Yeah whatever.)

I mutter loudly.

He snickers.

“Che?” (What?)

“Sei carina quando fai così, Barbara. Dopodomani è il tuo compleanno, Vero?” (You’re cute when you act like that. After two days is your birthday, right?)

“Si.” (Yeah.)

“Vent’un anni.” (Twenty one years.)

“Problemi?” (Problems?)

“Nah.” (No.)

He denies.

We reach the school.

We walk in, and we find our classroom.

When we walk in, there was already a guy.

He looks at us.

“OH. MIO. DIO.” (OH. MY. GOD.)

“BLAKE!”

“ORI! CHE PIACERE VEDERTI!” (ORI! IT’S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!)

I watch that little scene.

This guy called Blake stands up and goes up to Ori, hugging him tightly.

Pussies.

I roll my eyes to the sky and cross my arms.

“Quindi… mi introduci al signorino?” (So… will you introduce me to your friend?)

“Ah, giusto!” (Oh, right!)

Beams Ori in answer.

He lets go the guy and brings him close to me.

I’m taller than him.

GREAT.

“Barbara, Blake! Blake, lei è Barbara!” (Barbara, Blake! Blake, this is Barbara.)

“Piacere.” (Hi.)

“Oooooh! Questa è la famosa ragazza di cui parli spesso? Interessante~” (ooooooh! So this is the famous girl who you always talk about? Interesting~)

He affirms and gets closer to me.

He grabs a strand of my hair.

“Che colore strano… ciano… my chiedo come sarebbe tua madre~” (Weird colour… cyan… I wonder how your mother looks~)

“Sono orfana.” (I’m an orphan.)

“Oh.”

He stops.

“Beh… rende le cose più interessanti almeno.” (Well.. at least it makes things more interesting.)

Affirms Blake.

“E questa cos’è hm? Perché nascondi l’occhio destro?” (What’s this hm? Why are you hiding your right eye?)

“Ah- non è null…!” (Ah- it’s nothi…!)

He interrupts me and pulls the hair in front of my eye.

“MA CHE!?- UN OCCHIO SENZA PUPILLA!?“ (WHAT THE!? AN EYE WITHOUT PUPIL!?)

“Barbs…?”

Asks me ori, dumbfounded.

“Io-“ (I-)

I get interrupted with the sound of the door opening. The other classmates get in class.

The teacher gets in and we sit down, without questions about my eye.

The day passes and we get back to our houses.

“Senti ori, tu vivi a sant’ippolito giusto?” (Hey ori, you live in Saint Hyppolitus, right?

“Si, tu?” (Yeah, you?)

“Fiumata.”

“Hmmmmm.. un giorno ti vengo a trovare!” (Hmmmmm.. one day I’ll come visit you!)

“Ok!”

They truly look like a couple.

They split up.

“Quindi… salutato il tuo fidanzatino?” (So… said goodbye to your boyfriend?)

“EHI! SIAMO SOLO AMICI!” (HEY! WE’RE JUST FRIENDS!)

Pouts Ori.

Yeah sure, like I’ll believe him.

We sit on the stairs.

“E poi.. ho gli occhi solo per te Barbs.” (and… I have eyes only for you Barbs.)

“Tu CHE?” (You WHAT?)

“Mi hai sentito.” (You heard me.)

I stay silent, and Ori scoots a little bit closer to me.

“Tu… mi piaci.” (I… like you.)

He affirms shyly.

“Mi stai prendendo in giro?” (Are you joking?)

“No.”

“Quindi sei serio.” (So you’re serious.)

“Si.” (Yes.)

Affirms Ori.

I was speechless.

Him?

Me?

He likes ME?

“Io- sono senza parole.” (I- I’m speechless.)

“Lo sai che io lo so che ricambi i miei sentimenti?” (You know that I know that you like me back?)

“Beeeeeeeh-“ (weeeeeeell-)

He interrupts me with a kiss.

“A-”

“Che?” (What?)

“N-nulla.” (N-nothing.)

He kisses me again.

“Ma per favore. Prendetevi una stanza.” (Please. Get yourself a room.)

Pouts a guy, I IMMEDIATELY break the kiss and look at the person.

“A- scusa fratello.” (A- sorry brother.)

“Tranquilla. Era ora che ti trovavi un ragazzo.” (Don’t worry. It was time you founded a boyfriend.)

He affirms skeptically.

Gosh this is embarrassing………

I hide my face with my palms, my hair contributes with hiding it, because it was very long.

Ori’s phone starts to ring loudly, he grabs it.

It was her mom.

“Acc.. devo andare.” (Ack… I have to go.)

“Ok.”

“A domani.” (See you tomorrow.)

Affirms happily ori and kisses my cheek.

I’ll never get used to it.

Ori gets up and answers the phone, while doing his way back to his house.

Ellie.

Rieti, Fiumata.

“Sono a casa.” (I’m home.)

“FRATELLONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” (BROTHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!)

I beam happily, throwing myself onto him and hugging him tightly.

“Ciao Ellie.” (Hey Ellie.)

“Bentornato!” (Welcome back!)

“Bentornato. Com’è andata scuola?” (Welcome back. How did school go?)

Asks mom.

“STUPENDAMENTE! Ho reincontrato Ori sai?” (WONDERFULLY! I remet Ori you know?)

“Buono a sapersi. Senti Ellie, potresti andare in camera tua? Dovrei parlare con tuo fratello.” (Good to know. Listen Ellie, could you go in your room? I have to talk to your brother.)

Asks mom, I nod and make my way to my room.

No, my WONDERFUL ROOM!

I love it! It’s all purple and light blue, my favourite colours!

I sit on my desk and start drawing something.

I don’t know what, maybe clothes.

Something that.. I would love to wear.

“Ellie! Psssht! Vieni! Alla finestra!” (Ellie! Psssht! Come! To the window!)

Beams a familiar voice.

I go to the window.

“ELLIOT!”

I yell happily, it was my best friend!

I LOOOOOVE SPENDING MY TIME WITH HIM!

“Hey!!!”

“Come stai?” (How are you?)

“Sto benissimo! Tu?” (I’m doing well! You?)

“Stupendamente!” (Wonderfully!)

“Vieni scendi! Ti voglio presentare qualcuno!” (Come on get down here! I want to introduce you to someone!)

Beams Elliot.

I grab my hoodie, wear it and sit on the edge of the window.

“Ellie che stai-” (Ellie what are you-)

Asks Elliot.

I jump off the window.

“ELLIE!”

Someone catches me.

“Fai attenzione signorina, potresti farti male.” (Watch out lady, you could hurt yourself.)

Says a girl.

She was SOOO TALL and very pretty! She had long cyan hair like Elliot and a red eye, the right one was without pupil.

“Oh giusto! Lei, è la mia sorellona Barbara!” (Oh right! She’s my big sis Barbara.)

“Il mio principe…?” (My prince…?)

I blunt out.

“Che?” (What?)

“EH!? AH NO NULLA-” (HUH!? AH NO NOTHING-)

I yelp out of nowhere, denying what I said.

Barbara lets me go, gently putting me on the top of a short wall.

“È un piacere conoscerti, Ellie.” (It’s nice to meet you, Ellie.)

“Il piacere è mio..” (the pleasure is mine..)

I mutter, dumbfounded by her beauty.

Elliot smiles and sits next to me.

“Prima impressione?” (First impression?)

“Carina…” (pretty…)

“Ha il ragazzo.” (She has a boyfriend.)

“Ah.”

Elliot snickers.

“Allora?” (So?)

“Uh… Vi mostro casa mia!” (Uh… I’ll show you my house!)

I beam, climbing my window and getting in my room.

I help Elliot and her pretty sis to get in.

“Ta-daa!”

I exclaim, showing my room.

“WOOOOOOW!!!!!”

Exclaims Elliot, clearly surprised.

“Hai una bella stanza Ellie.” (You have a nice room Ellie.)

Affirms Elliot’s big sis.

“Grazie!” (Thanks!)

“Senti, ma tuo fratello sa che siamo entrati?” (Listen, does your brother know we got in?)

“No, ma non importa! Lui sta parlando con mamma!” (No, but it doesn’t matter! He’s talking with mom!)

I affirm, reassuring them.

We spent the WHOLE DAY TOGETHER!

ISN’T THAT AWESOME!?

I wish I could spend every day like this without getting bored! I love spending my time with them!

And after two days is Barbara’s birthday!

Isn’t that awesome?! And I know that she’s into the same class that Blake goes in! I love this fact!

I wish that all of this would never end…

PILOT: THE END

[reluctantjoe]

A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER | Official Trailer

[caravalsreveriekey]

THE THINGS CARA SAID IN FRONT IF HER DAD IN THE TV SHOW OMG

elliot: “what are you girls talking about?”

pip: “tennis.”

cara: “nudes.”

———————————

elliot: “i’m afraid the tv’s broken so you girls will have to entertain yourselves the old fashioned way.”

cara: “masturbation?”

I love this girl so much she’s so gorgeous

[mastersoftheair]

from david shield's instagram

[confused-book-noises]

Watching agggtm is insane like

Elliot Ward being a cute lil dad

Me:😳

Jason bell existing

Me:😨

“Have you guys heard of the duct tape killer?”

Me: 😰

[vani-is-typing]

so i lowkey gave up on the agggtm adaptation after finishing episode 3 of the series. i was at the very middle of the show, and so disappointed by all the unnecessary changes they'd made from the books, and the snowball pacing was doing nothing to engage me whatsoever, in fact it was one more reason that i turned away from it. the only thing redeeming i think i found was the dynamics of pip's friend group. it was fun whenever they were all on screen together.

i heard someone online talk about pip and ravi's chemistry together being another redeeming point, and i thought about adding that as well, but looking back it was only okay, nothing out of the world. the fact that they were spending a lot of time alone together probably helped this person believe that their chemistry was excellent, when it was only fine. the actors tried their best, of course, but they are also very young and i personally think they were having a hard time conveying the kind of under the surface tension i would've loved to see.

lastly, i also heard someone online say that stanley forbes just never showed up. that was probably the most crushing thing i heard in the time after episode 3 and about to go on to episode 4, eventually stopping me from continuing because stanley is my man yo. you can't do me like this. you can't literally handpick one of the most memorable and important characters from the books and just kick them to them to the curb. even if stanley does end up hopefully inevitably in season 2, which i don't know yet if there will be one, it seems very sucky to me that he wasn't there at all this season, when the show is just taking off.

now although i have more to say from the first three episodes i saw of a good girl's guide to murder, i will refrain from doing that because incorporating all those things into this post will take a lot of time and make it so much longer. also, i'm waiting on the premiere of the umbrella academy season 4, if that wasn't already crystal clear enough from my last post, and will be pouncing on it the moment it's available, so i can't scar this beautiful waiting time by writing down and explaining the flaws of a show i didn't like, in length.

that'll be all. i do think i will complete watching a good girl's guide to murder someday, most probably if there's a season two later on, because then i'll need to know the show's altered version of what happened before. if there never comes a season 2 after all, then it's really in the hands of fate if i finish agggtm or not.

i will probably end up doing it though, like five years down the line. i can't handle unfinished shows, or anything else. see y'all.

[mzradyer]

sarge x chief inspector

pip fitz-amobi and ravi singh from a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson

[talknerdytome18]

Since AGGGTM will not be going to Netflix until August 1st, I will be specifying if any of my future posts for the show have spoilers or not. I am lucky that I will be getting it on July 1st (Australian here!), but I am aware that some of my AGGGTM mutuals/followers are going to have to wait until August 1st.

It's simple: if the title of my post says "contains spoilers for AGGGTM show", DO NOT read it unless you've watched it. If you haven't, then scroll away and don't be tempted by spoilers <333 granted we all know the basic story but there are going to be new elements that I'll most likely be talking about!

However, if I'm just talking about the book (for example, just a rant post about how much I hate that loser Ant Lowe), then that will be specified too! It'll all be specified in the title from now on <333

With that being said, here's the trailer from Netflix <333 - Em

[sillyengineerperson]

Okay right, so i finished agggtm (show) last night and ahhhhhhhhh my god i don't know what to think. Like it was really good. Max Hastings was portrayed as a fucking dick perfectly, Ravi was funny and just awsome, it was really hard to see matthew baynton as Elliot Ward but he did it amazingly, I can't tell whether i like emma meyers' british accent or not (it was really iffy for me), not all the characters were how i imagined them but i didn't want them to be because i like being able to separate the show from the books, the CLUES REFERENCING TO AGAD AHHHHHHHHH (if we don't get to season 3 i will cry), naomi was yes and looked very close to how I imagined her, Pip Cara and Lauren's friendship and how they all look after each other is so perfect and I genuinely hope they don't go with Lauren's plot in the books for season 2 because my poor heart can't take it, josh!!!!!!!! i love him (it's a shame he wasn't watching disney channel like from one scene in the book but i think i'll live), WHERE WAS JAIME?? like he was mentioned but wasn't actually there lol (thats basically a summary of how the second book starts), I wish they'd given becca more explaining time because where they left it just make her seem really awful but from the books she shows more remorse and explains more of her choices to pip (e.g what happened to barney) so then i think it will be easier to explain her character later on. NAT👏DA SILVA👏DESERVED👏MORE👏SCREEN👏TIME👏especially more than fucking daniel

I can't think of anything else but I definitely need to talk about this more

[goklerdeyasayandeli]

My screenshots of: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024) on Netflix

[kuruka1559s]

SMILETALE MASTERPOST

PILOT

PT 1

Ask my guys!

SMILE - BARBARA

Why are you hot?

Who tops?

Smile zone

GALAXY - ELLIE

ORI - ORI

His first meeting with Barbara

Who tops?

BLAZE - BLAKE

PILLA - ELLIOT

All of them

Kinks?

Bonus

Smile’s voice claim!

[reluctantjoe]

A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER | 2024 WE ARE THE PEOPLE | Empire Of The Sun

[caravalsreveriekey]

as good as dead - andie bell

“how could anyone like andie bell? she’s such a pick me and so full of herself.”

………

the unsent email in agad.

[mastersoftheair]

episode 3 promo (from the instagram stories of spike white, george smale, nitai levi, andrew whyment, and freddy carter)

[chris0xd]

omg, new arts.😨 If anything, I'm not shipping Elliot and Oliver!! Just a rofl??😔

[vani-is-typing]

I just saw the first episode of the adaptation for a good girl's guide to murder, and you know what? I think it is indeed a good girl's guide to murder — book to tv adaptations.

Because i tried my level best to give it the benefit of the doubt the moment they straight up showed us, like in the very first shot of the proper opening, it was Andie walking with the back of her head all messed up. But then the show just jumped straight into things, exposition be damned.

It was such a sudden start, followed by such a choppy and trippy directing style along with characters being thrown in your face left and right. That's literally the advantage of a series, that you can take your time with exposition and introducing characters, and the show gave us the perpetrators within the very first episode, probably within the first twenty minutes of the show.

Seriously, the casting for Elliot Ward, the vibe the show character gave off, and the camerawork done around him; I wouldn't need to have read the books to know that this man, this sus as all hell man, was somehow involved with the whole Andie-Sal case.

If only they'd told us he was a teacher right away too, and I would have immediately found him to be the guy who wrote Sal's confession, because it was so "literate".

I'm not even going to get into how ludicrous and tacky the whole Hastings silver whatever party add-on was to the script, and the way Pip showed in that star costume to Ravi's.

Honestly, I feel that in the show, most things Pip is doing are very un-Pip-like, because Pippa is supposed to be a compulsive character, not impulsive. Everything she does seems to be done recklessly without much forethought, or if there is a thought process going on, we as an audience are not privy to it, which is a bad move that does not allow us to truly know her character in the least.

I understand the show makers were trying to take a different, creative angle, which would be more suitable to their storytelling methods and perhaps, what they thought would be more compelling to the audience, and it might even have worked—had this show not been adapted from a very well-loved book series.

Many people watching the show have already read the books, with some reading them just to see the show and how it compares. This translates to, we have pretext. We know what the book's flow was like, that the show's flow should have been like. We understand the essence of every character, the vibes of every scene, and the overall themes and tension at play throughout the story, which unfortunately for me were not captured by the show at all.

It's a shame, because the actors seem to be trying their best, the show makers probably tried their best to make this engaging and interesting, to have us on the edge of our seats even with most people already knowing what will happen by the end, but it fell flat because they mangled the story so much, that it lost both the mood and momentum, and the mystery, that so many people out there, or at least I, stayed with the books and loved them for.

Now, since we can't end on such a sad note, I'll tell you about my favorite moment from the first episode, which was when Nisha Singh, Ravi's mom, opens the door for Pip and Pip goes, "I have some information for Ravi" and Nisha's like, "From a galaxy far, far away?" because Pippa's dressed like a bloody blinding star.

This was the only scene I liked so far after having seen the first episode because it made me go, "ha! Now we know where book Ravi gets all the sass and charm from."

So, anyone else watching it? Or seen it already? Warn me about how much worse it's gonna get from here. Ciao!