#being in northern VA is just different energy truly everyone always says they're from NOVA to make it clear they're not from the south | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lala-blahblah · 2 days ago

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Reading the Raven Cycle as someone who grew up in Northern Virginia is soooo crazy bc whenever they mention Ganesy living near DC I'm like omg that's my home? They mentioned picking up Professor Mallory at the airport and I was over here twirling my hair like "oooh I wonder if he's at Dulles or Reagan national"

#any NOVA girlies out there can I get an ayooooo #when they were talking about fourth of July and they were like “fireworks that launch above a certain height are illegal here”#I was like YEAH!!! THEY ARE!!! <3 #when gansey and henry drove down 66 i was like ooh that's rough for u because everyone always tells me to avoid it (bad traffic)#being in northern VA is just different energy truly everyone always says they're from NOVA to make it clear they're not from the south #which is like nuanced.........the intent is to be like hey please understand my politics are not conservative but the affect is us vs them #which i think is an issue the book explored well #it also captured how nobody in virginia claims west virginia when mallory referred to it as “the other virginia”#they are not of us........ we are the real virginia......... this is what unites northern and southern virginia. We assert dominance 2gethe #west virginia is actually lovely btw i jest #there are windmills there #trc #the raven cycle

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