#he great gatsby

[ya-what--ya-erster]

I swear I’m going to kick the heck out of the next person to make fun of my interests right now (Newsies, Illinoise, Gatsby (the musicals))

I don’t care if you think it’s too repetitive

I don’t care if you think it’s for kids

I don’t care what you think about the queerness of the characters, I don’t care that you don’t like it, I don’t care if I talk about it too much, I don’t care if I analyze too much

I DONT CARE

Literally leave me and my interests alone we don’t need you

[personinthepalace]

I shouldn’t say that *adorable laughter* - Jeremy Jordan from bwaygatsby instagram

Edit: this video was deleted and replaced with this new one

[iamthejam]

in honor of my rising jeremy jordan obsession and no one asking, here's some of my favorite pictures of him :)

[incandescent-mushroom]

people watching Teen Wolf (apparently??): Scott is a neurotypical boring character with no vulnerabilities or nuance

Scott McCall: in response to an extremely traumatic series of event in which my agency and bodily autonomy were wrenched out of my control at the age of 16, i am now tying my self-worth directly to the well-being of every single person in this town (including those who have repeatedly tried to kill or actively harm me) and if i ever ‘fail’ to save someone i probably deserve to die or suffer a bunch more than i already have :))). also, the narrative has emphasized at multiple points that i will sacrifice myself not only out of compassion but because of a deeper feeling of complete worthlessness in the face of my own limitations. i am desperately sidelining my own past as much as possible yet my PTSD is still shaping how i try to act out the values of kindness and mercy (sometimes to rigid or illogical extremes) because these qualities weren’t shown to me when i was at my most vulnerable. it feels like someone trapped a monster under my skin and even though i am trying to use my abilities for good, it’s still hard to unlearn the pure terror and pain that i associate with becoming a werewolf against my will :)))

[tootiredtofunctionproperly]

Any theater nerd that denies being absolutely head over heels for Jeremy Jordan is a fucking liar

[claudefrollosreddiamondring]

Nick seems like the type of guy to put hearts right next to Gatsby’s name when writing about him

[crystaltreebee]

If I had a nickel for every time Jeremy Jordan showed up in random media I’d have-

so many nickels. Someone needs to stop this man. Please.

[going-down-to-orlando]

"He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced-or seemed to face, the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favour. It understood you so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey." Nick Carraway about Jay Gatsby, 'The Great Gatsby'

This is a PARAGRAPH about Gatsby's smile. Not even Gatsby, just his smile. Nick wrote 2 sentences about Jordan and his thoughts on her appearance. Jordan, his supposed "love interest".

This shows us two things. Firstly, Nick is definitely not a good, unbiased narrator. Secondly, Nick is a flaming homosexual.

[highlyincorrect]

It’s so funny reading about queer male classic authors bc it seems like every single one of them-across continents even- knew each other by name. Like you’ll look up Bram Stoker or some shit and Wikipedia.org will say “had several orgies with Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman, hung out with Alaina Locke in spare time to shit talk F. Scott. Fitzgerald” and you have to say well okie dokie then

[manny-jacinto]

BAZ LUHRMANN’S FILMOGRAPHY IN 30 YEARS (1992-2022)

[legiterallylunar]

studying the great gatsby for english lit is all fine and dandy until you're a nick carraway lover. WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE HIM. that's literally my GUY.

[bethanydelleman]

I think The Great Gatsby is the only tragedy that I both love and haven't attempted to fix, either in my mind or through fan fiction. The reason for this is probably because it's impossible to make Jay Gatsby and Daisy a happy couple, no matter what you do with the canon characters. Unlike say, Romeo & Juliet or Mansfield Park, there is no point where something can go right and plausibly end well.

It is fundamental to Daisy's character, and part of the reason that Gatsby fell in love with her, that she is rich and to his that he was born poor. If you fix Gatsby getting stuck at Oxford after the war, either Daisy still marries wealth (and is just a bit more sad about it) or she does marry Gatsby and ends up discontent. At best, they'd achieve middle class (because he wouldn't take the same huge risks married), which she would hate, and while she would have love, it wouldn't be enough.

If Myrtle isn't hit by the car, Gatsby isn't shot in the pool, but that was the most merciful thing that could have happened to him. Daisy was not going to endure the public humiliation of a high profile divorce. Her return to Tom was inevitable (something Nick knew but Gatsby denied). Gatsby dies still able to believe that he'll have a future with Daisy. That's the best he's ever going to get.

Daisy was always an unachievable dream to Gatsby. A girl like her was never going to wait for him to become wealthy. She would never be content with him poor. Tragedy was guaranteed the moment he fell in love. You can't fix it.

[slozhnos]

i think that the way the great gatsby musical is portrayed is somewhat through the lens of how gatsby saw the story.

[nothinggold13]

This is canon, btw.

[uranniumgirls]

Nick standing over Gatsby’s grave before he curls up and starts sobbing against the tombstone… yeah.

[smol-soop-spoon]

the amount of "i can fix him" energy henry winter (or any other tsh character tbh) produces in people should be studied