#Tori Rye

[dizziesims]

"but I see her in the back of my mind, all the time"

[isaacbookclub]

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

From Solitaire

[this-big-field-of-rye-and-all]

Depression is over or am I repressing myself as usually?

[loafofryebread]

oh my goodness hi so could u maybe tell me about ur oc's? (I'm twirling my hair and kicking my feet) :3

I'm literally in love with u now thank u for asking :3

I have a few so ill just tell u about one little group that are living rent free in my head rn (and this is gonna be a Rant so thats why is took me until tomorrow to answer I wanted to eep first)

OK so!! There's three (3) goobers, hazel, misty and tori. And basically hazel and misty are sisters (misty is 3 years older), both with magical ability who have been raised their whole life for this one moment when the princess (tori) will choose which of them is going to be her court wizard!! Understandably this is. A lot of pressure. And their parents are kinda assholes so that doesn't help!

Misty is very much a people pleaser and a perfectionist, she spends most of her time studying magic and practising yk. Hazel on the other hand, not so much. She has perhaps a bit more raw power but she struggles to harness it and she Hates the reading and the pressure and eventually cracks and turns to dark magic (which is basically harnessing power through um. Slightly less ethical sources. (I'm still working on the magic system but I can explain it if u want)).

This carries on for a bit, Hazel gains a bit of a sadistic streak and eventually it's time for Tori to choose which of them will work for her. (Mistys about 21, hazels 18 and tori is 20.) In the end she chooses Misty who leaves to go live in the castle while Hazel is forced to stay (which she hates!!! She doesnt rlly get along with her parents rip!)

A few months to a year passes and hazels parents try to marry her off to this man who is a right dickhead, she refuses, kinda. Murders her dad using magic. And is put on trial for use of dark magic and murder. Everyone wants to execute her but with enough pleading from Tori and Misty they agree to just banish her.

I'm the time that shes gone Misty and tori fall is love (lesbians 🔥) and hazel only becomes more and more bitter until after about half a decade of sulking she comes back and attacks the kingdom and tries to murder tori ✨

She fails ofc, a bit more stuff happens etc etc I haven't figured it all out yet but anyways ty for letting me rant about my goobers sorry it was So long <3 also I do have some drawings of them but I'm on the bus rn rip

[tearsonthepage]

i kinda get the same vibe i got from solitaire when reading the catcher in the rye 😭

maybe its cause the review on the cover called it "the catcher in the rye of the digital age" or smth but i cant shake the feeling of tori spring while reading holden caulfield

[captainwaffles]

Okay Catcher and The Rye Vs Solitaire

These books are just same thing different font, let me explain.

The book follows a teen who hates school, most people and themselves. They have (various) mental health issues

Tori’s issues are out shinned by Charlie’s, Holden’s aren’t noticed due to the time period

They both hate themselves, but express it in different ways. Tori puts that dead inside feeling on the outside, Holden puts on a show

They both contemplate killing themselves and deal with suicidal thoughts throughout.

Solitaire defiantly has a more defined plot and matches the way stories are told today. Catcher is more just Holdens thoughts and wandering

But Tori frequently does the same, she rambles about things and the plot sometimes seems to disappear

Cause it’s not about that at the end of the day, it’s about the Charecters

It’s about how everyone interacts with eveyone, how everyone by the main charecters a perceived as fake or a phony. Everyone is one deminsional till Tori or Holden find them of importance. So this part

Really makes so much more sense, cause There are a a lot of similarities

Catcher in the Rye is the Blueprint, Solitaire flushed it out for the modern reader

[a-dash-in-the-middle]

imagine we get a solitaire film, i would die

[ryegarden]

Hey gang! Some of you might have just heard about the election results in the UK - we got the Tories out! Woo! Unfortunately the situation we're left in is no more safe for trans people. The Labour party continue to use trans people as political pawns - Starmer has said he doesn't believe trans women should be allowed in women's bathrooms, their proposed reforms would require a 2 year wait for a GRC, and have called transness "contested ideology".

Quite frankly, it makes me nervous! Labour plan to implement the recommendations of the Cass review, and I cannot imagine getting through my 20s without top surgery. It becomes a risk management thing, if anything - if I'm forced off of testosterone, top surgery will be life saving. So here's my fundraiser! It's a lot of fucking money to get a doctor to take a cleaver to your tits, apparently? So anything helps!

[aliceosemansolos]

I JS REALIZED ION HAVE A INTRO POST SO IMMA MAKE ONE.

MY NAME IS FRIDAYY!! IDC ABT PRONOUNS TBH. PERO LIKE THEY/THEM IF U CARE. IM A MINOR SO IF UR 18+ DONT BE WEIRD. IM WRITING A PODCAST CALLED GHOST TOWN, COMING OUT AT SOME POINT!! ON YOUTUBE!!

FAV SHOWS: SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF, HEARTSTOPPER, OHSHC (OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB), SOUTH PARK, NANA, I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, BROOKLYN NINE NINE, SHOUJO ANIMES, DOCTOR WHO, BOJACK HORSEMAN, YOUNG ROYALS

FAV MOVIES: HEATHERS, BUT IM A CHEERLEADER, IT (BOTH OF THEM), FEAR STREET (THE 2ND MOVIE TO BE EXACT PERO I LOVE THEM ALL), BRING IT ON ( ALL OF THEM OBVI), SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE UNIVERSE, JUNO, UP THE ACADEMY, TEACHERS, SPEAK, KARATE KID, GOOD WILL HUNTING, THE OUTSIDERS, I SAW THE TV GLOW, DEAD POETS SOCIETY

FAV BOOKS: SOLITAIRE, THE OUTSIDERS, HOW IT FEELS TO FLOAT, GIRL IN PIECES, SUICIDE NOTES, THE HEARTSTOPPER BOOKS, RADIO SILENCE, IT, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, IF HE HAD BEEN WITH ME, IF ONLY I HAD TOLD HER, HATE LIST, YOUD BE HOME NOW, SPEAK, ACT COOL, A BREATH TOO LATE

RANDOM THINGS I LIKE: VINYLS, MUSIC, CDS, BAGGY CLOTHES, ALICE OSEMAN, DUMPLINGS, FASHION, ART, COLLAGES, MUSICALS, SWEET FOODS, BAKING, THE COLOR PURPLE ND RED, BLACK NAILS, POLISH MOVIES, MOVIE THEATRES, 80S AND 90S FILMS

FAV CHARATERS: TORI SPRING, ALED LAST, MICHAEL HOLDEN, KIM PINES, KNIVES CHAU, RICHIE (IT), BIZ (HOW IT FEELS TO FLOAT), HOLDEN CAULFIELD, TARA JONES, RAYNE SEPGUTA (IDK HOW TO SPELL HER LAST NAME), WENDY (SOUTH PARK), KENNY MCORNICK, EMILY (CLASS OF 09), SAL FISHER, JOHNNY (THE OUTSIDERS), LARRY JOHNSON, HACHI, NANA, SHINICHI, JACK MURPHY, FINNY SMITH(IF I HE HAD BEEN WITH ME-IF ONLY I HAD TOLD HER), CHOOCH BAMBALAZI, DANIEL LARUSSO, EDDIE PALIKINIKN(IDK HOW TO SPELL HIS LAST NAME), TODD ANDERSON, NEIL PERRY, MAX CAULFIELD

FAV GAMES: CLASS OF 09(THE RE-UP IS MY FAV), UNPACKING, OUR LIFE GAMES, BAD END THEATRE, SALLY FACE, RANDOM ITCH.IO GAMES, RHYTHM DOCTOR, STARDEW VALLEY, LAST SEEN ONLINE, OMORI, LIFE IS STRANGE

FAV MUSIC: RADIOHEAD, MITSKI, TV GIRL, ALEX G, THE SMITHS, ANY MIDWEST EMO, MSI, KIMYA DAWSON, THE MOLDY PEACHES, THE CURE, THE BEATLES, SUBLIME, FOO FIGHTERS, MOST DEATH METAL BANDS, CHELSEA GRIN(THATS METAL PERO WHATEVA), KORN, NIRVANA, THE POLICE, BAUHAUS, SIOXIES AND THE BANSHES, ALL GARAGE PUNK

FANDOMS IM IN: CLASS OF 09, SALLYFACE, STARDEW VALLEY, OSEMANVERSE OBVI, OMORI, SCOTT PILGRIM, BLUE PERIOD, FRUIT BASKET, TOKYO REVENGERS, KIMI NO TODOKE, NANA, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING WITH MICHAEL CERA INVOLVED, AND PROB MORE I JS FORGOT

FAV PODCASTS: WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE, HELLO FROM THE HALLOWOODS, AND UNIVERSE FRIDAY

GO FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: ALICEOSEMANSOLOS‼️‼️

[confessionsofareindeer]

Not to like totally rant but like let's get this out of the way, Season 3 Heartstopper Spoilers:

They kind of ruined the show a little for me with this sad ace rep., the carnival scene takes out the depth of Tori and Micheal's relationship, it makes it look like they're just dating, it cuts out their queerness and just makes them look like a messy straight couple. They barely had any screen time, which is fair, they're just Charlie's sister and the guy that's always around her, (no one even seems to know Micheal despite them having had class with him in the comics, but whatever, Solitaire erasure it is) I wasn't expecting to see all of Solitaire played out on my laptop for me, but I wanted some sort of complexity around aceness and maybe a reference to its existence. But instead, you're telling me a group of queer teenagers needed a fish analogy to understand aromanticsm? Really? In school I only had to tell the cis boys and the girls who stared at me funny what it meant, not my friend group that is majority LGBTQ. I thought this was supposed to be a dreamscape to actually show me and my friends, not-a-water-everything-down-for-the-straights-and-alloscape, that comes with every other story, this was made by a queer person who is aro/ace so why did we end up like this, why did I bother having hope?

I really respect how the storyline made room for Darcy and Elle had trans and non binary identities and that they were expanded upon in the show, I love it really and I think that it felt like things my friends would actually talk about. We have a slight reference to Darcy having an unlabeled gender but even this feels wrapped up as they come out as non binary, I wish it was just all less clean cut, less perfectly fit so that everything works out, do their's and Tara's sexualities shift to reflect changing Lesbian identity in a more inclusive world? Do they decide to be unlabled or does the idiotic queer discourse not exist for them? Can we have people who don't particularly lean one way or the other, or who reject this modern idea that we should fit into the straight designed trap of conformity for the heads to comprehend something outside their simple world of the nuclear family? I want sexualities nuances to be explained like gender's was. Micheal talks about it, so why is there not a large discussion or plot around it? WHy does it end up a somewhat hollow scene?

Maybe my friends and I are weird and philosophical, but we'd spend lunch arguing about this sort of stuff, so I really wish they'd show it, I have the backing of the kids who loved Perks of Being a Wallflower and Catcher and the Rye (don't ask me about that one I haven't actually read it, on principle) that found Solitaire, and all the depressed outsider protaganists a little too relatable for our own good, that maybe Tori and Micheal shouldn't have even kissed in the book because people are only ever going to misinterpret it. So now looking at the show, I guess of course this happened. Tori and Micheals story meant something to me and so yeah, I'm going to be a melodramatic whiner on Tumblr about it.

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[itscubetime]

Honestly, I fee like a lot of Osemanverse fans treat the books rather unequally. Let me explain.

I'm going to make a ranked list of all of Alice Oseman's books/series in order from most loved to least loved (based on my observations in social media and the availability of different books). I hold no biases in this list, since I have read/watched all of them. Only observations and some opinions.

Heartstopper. I'm pretty sure most people who have heard of the Osemanverse heard about Heartstopper first. You can find elements of this series everywhere, from all the webcomic platforms like Webtoon and Tapas, to the physical books in bookstores and libraries, to reposts of favourite moments, to the piles upon piles of fan-art and, of course, to the Netflix adaptation, which had immaculate casting and has already been green-lighted for two more seasons. I think this series deserves to be high up on the list - after all, the representation is casual and exemplified in the right places, nothing feels forced, the love story is healthy, but no so perfect that it's entirely unrealistic and the characters all have their spotlight moments. However, I feel like the series sometimes overshadows the other books, which I find interesting, considering this is the only book/series that is centred around a romantic love story.

Solitaire. This is probably the most well-known YA novel for a couple of reasons. One, it is the debut novel, the one that is praised in the front cover of every other Oseman novel, with the familiar phrase 'The Cather in the Rye for the digital age', so most Osemanverse fans have heard of it. Two, it's the novel that ties in with the Heartstopper story the most, by far, especially considering that the main character of Solitaire, Tori Spring, is the older sister of Charlie Spring, one of the main characters in Heartstopper. Three, its depiction of mental health issues, particularly Tori's implied depression, is healthy, realistic and educational. Overall, it deserves the love it gets, especially considering how dark it can get compared to Heartstopper.

Radio Silence. Honestly, I think that this could be tied with Solitaire in some cases - it was, after all, the book that first introduced me to the Osemanverse. It doesn't link with the Heartstopper universe as much as Solitaire, but it does focus more on Aled Last, one of the side characters in Heartstopper, and one of Charlie's friends, although it appears that the two drift off before the events of Radio Silence. I absolutely love this book for two reasons. One, the amazing relationship between Frances and Aled, the two main characters, never goes beyond anything platonic, showing that a boy and a girl don't have to be in a romantic relationship to thrive together. Two, it's the first book in the Osemanverse that shows explicit ace rep - better yet, demi rep - for Aled, which was so nice to read even before I began questioning if I was aspec. I love the cameos it gets in Heartstopper too, especially with Aled in the same shot lol.

Loveless. I'm so mad that this book is so far down the list, but I understand that's because it's the latest one. Firstly, PLEASE READ IT!!!! It follows the first-person perspective of Georgia Warr on her journey to discovering that she is aroace. This book has done wonders for the aspec community in giving them awesome representation and increased attention from the rest of the community, because yes! we exist and yes! us being aspec doesn't mean our lives are sad and lonely and YES! not all love has to come in romantic form!!!!! The fact that Oseman was alluding to their own uni experience in this story is just so amazing! Secondly, it deserves so much more attention in the Osemanverse fandom. Oseman put her whole heart and soul into this book and we are gonna love it like it deserves!!!

I Was Born for This. And now, we come across the book with the least amount of copies sold, available in the least amount of places and talked about the least in the fandom, despite it literally being about the fandom (eyyyy). This was the only novel I had to buy because it wasn't at my library (edit: it is now but it wasn't before) and none of my friends had it, but it is so good and criminally underrated. I understand every other story has something going for it. Heartstopper has impactful rep, Solitaire is the debut novel, Radio silence has Aled and the Universe City and Loveless has aroace rep. However, this book deserves love too!!! It focuses on the chaotic mess of fandoms and the impact it can have on the* artists behind the content, because gaining fame doesn't automatically make everything better, in fact it can make thing worse, like with Jimmy's anxiety. The story also having a muslim MC is also really awesome to see, especially since I haven't read many books with prominent muslim MCs (should probs change that soon lol). Anyway, this book is so so good and you need to read it somehow aaaaaaa!

Anyway, this has been sitting in my drafts for a year now and everything beyond the *asterix has been written today, but most ideas in this still stand. Most of the low-ranked books focus on queer people just existing without the plot being carried by a love story (no hate to the latter but i would like to see more of the former too). Anyway, it's time for the post to be brought into the world, especially considering Heartstopper season 2 coming up in August (yayyy!!!).

What did we learn today, kids?

Give all of a creator's work a chance, not just the most popular one! You will discover many gems!

[dizziesims]

Happy late Halloween from barbie and the newspaper zombie from plants vs zombies lmao

[this-big-field-of-rye-and-all]

I'm reporting from planet Earth, an obvious statement perhaps, but it never hurts to specify.

Things have been a roller coaster in the past few months. Today wasn't particularly tough, but I'll blame any melancholy on the fact that it's Sunday, even if it's about to end.

I embrace people, but I don't feel satisfied. Why? Am I perhaps being too ambitious?

[redd956]

58 Books Reading List

Originally made for myself; decided to post it (Have already read several, and some I added many for others to look into because I read them and they were fire)

CW: Primarily depressing????

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Dune by Frank Herbert

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

The Liar's Club by Mary Karr

Felidae by Akif Pirinçci

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Aeon Legion: Labyrinth by J. P. Beaubien

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Night by Elie Wiesel

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker

Beloved by Tori Morrison

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Shadow of the Conqueror by Shad Brooks

Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[solitarilykyu]

about me

solitarilykyu

hi. on this blog u will find an array of my random thoughts. i’ve been using it since i was 16 so you’ll find quite a lot of stuff. mostly silly things about fandoms i’m in, but there will be the occasional original thought.

pronouns: they/she

things i dont hate

books : the metamorphosis by franz kafka, solitaire by alice oseman, maze runner james dashner, no longer human by osamu dazai, heartstopper by alice osemam, the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger,

tv shows : heartstopper, bbc sherlock bobs burgers, criminal minds, bee and puppycat, gravity falls, scooby doo mystery inc, death note

movies : the social network, it 2017, any spiderman movie, tick tick boom, coraline, bo burnhams inside

characters : tori spring, wednesday addams, newt, L, michael holden, charlie spring, sherlock, moriarty, john watson

music : weezer, beabadoobee, elliott smith, cavetown, radiohead, dragons of eden, king gizzard and the wizard lizard, deftones, polyphia, slipknot (idk i basically listen to every genre so just music in general)

miscellaneous : f1 , tea, fencing, photography, history, cats, bats, cool tattoos, cars

if you like any of the above please interact !!

dni

if you are not cool

thats about it. i just want a place to talk about my interests without being judged and meet likeminded ppl. :)

[captainwaffles]

Micheal Holden Vs Holden Caulfield

(I will do a longer one comparing Solitaire to the Catcher in the Rye)

Okay so with the Catcher in the Rye mention in the book, in some reviews I’ve seen and the name Holden. It was either intentional or a really really weird coincidence.

I feel like the way Tori perceives Micheal is similar to the way people see Caulfield. This annoying weirdly emotional kid that’s tall and a little scary.

They both have some form of mental illness that they should talk to someone about, but put a cover on. Michaels is more silly goofy, and Caulfield’s is more I’m a bad boy wink wink

They aren’t as closely similar as Tori and Caulfield, but it was just a funny little thing that I noticed