#i love geoff too

[afinestoutlove]

things i love about heartstopper 48/?

This is such an interesting point! Charlie is actually really brave. He puts himself out there a lot. He was the one who instigated their first kiss. He was the first to say “I love you”. Yeah, you could argue that there were pretty obvious signs that his feelings were reciprocated, but this is a kid who doubts himself so much and he still took that step.

It’s so great to see this verbalised, because people often assume “person who hates/devalues themselves” is the same as “person who isn’t confident” (and also that the opposite is true). People also assume that if they don’t feel a certain way, they lack confidence or courage. But it’s not that simple. I think it’s so important for people who struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, shame, etc to see this spelled out.

I also think this is an important point because people underrate Charlie’s courage. Yes, he misdirects it sometimes, and he doesn’t recognise it in himself to his own detriment, but this kid is so brave. He’s dealt with so much shit, from school, from his family, and from his own mind, and he keeps getting up and trying again. I love him so much.

[meltybottle]

sighhh... fiiiiiiine... I'll hand over my shadow milk cookie art.......

please don't chomp too hard you may hurt your teeth

( Please do not repost art without permission or credits. Thank you!! ♡ )

[sabrinasprincess]

never change, jeremy 💜🧡

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Replenishing the Nonfiction Stack; or, We're Calling the Book Buying Ban a Wash, Officially.

I am not, apparently, immune to coupons for niche nonfiction that's directly up my alley (octopus minds and RUSSIAN OWLS, hello??? Thanks, bookshop!).

I thought perhaps the BURGLAR'S GUIDE would also be covered under said coupon, since it was publisher-specific (alas: it was Not, but we might as well bundle for shipping purposes). And then while I was shopping IRL for gifties I found a copy of ROOM, which has been on my list for...ever? So! Hopefully these will hold me over on the nonfiction front for a minute!

[total-drama-brainrot]

What if Geoff wasn't the nice, chill surfer party dude who had no problems with anyone and was friends with everyone?

No, nobody can be that nice. No teenager can be that okay with every person in the camp. No, Geoff hid it. It was a common tactic he used to get people not constantly pissed at him before (it was just annoying). Pretending to be this dumb party dude fooled everyone into believing he was that because why would you ever question HIS motives? He's just a dumb party dude!

But pretending was so, so hard. You see, he had to pretend he liked these people.

Too hard.

And one day, he slipped up.

Interesting. So Geoff's friendly demeanour and sufer boy energy is all, what, a ruse he uses to portray himself as less of a threat in the competition?

It would be an effective game plan; Geoff makes it pretty far into the game in Island, and a lot of his survivability stems from his social strengths and the fact that he's not really seen as a threat in the competition - he's a lot like Owen in that regard, just less intense with his friendliness. You could have Geoff intentionally imitate a lot of Owen's mannerisms after he notices how generally liked (or at least tolerated) he is, and it'd explain their similarities quite nicely.

It does make me wonder what Geoff would be like underneath his act. Your ask implies that he's, if not entirely misanthropic, then a lot less easygoing and amicable as he's shown to be in canon. Someone easily annoyed by others, who perhaps doesn't really have the patience to deal with a lot of the shenannagins that happen on the show, even if he pretends he does... and even if his whole game plan revolves around maintaining that misconception.

That's not to say that he isn't the Geoff we all know and love from canon. He's still the same person, he's just... not as benign. At least not internally.

You could take inspiration for this Geoff from his portrayal in Action, or maybe even his vindicitiveness from World Tour (against Blaineley, just make that energy universal) to base a lot of his real character on; a Geoff who isn't exactly antagonistic, but has a mean streak and a tendancy to hold grudges. And, of course, he'd keep the same natural charisma canon Geoff has, even if his "himbo charm" is fake.

Then it's just a case of replacing his usual good-natured aloofness with cool apathy, or even a spiteful disrgard of others, and you've got yourself the perfect canvas for a wolf in sheep's clothing.

And he's also got his friendships with the Bass boys - Harold excluded, of course - which, considering Duncan's influence, would be a nice outlet for his less sociable tendencies. A way to let loose without having to expose himself as less good-natured than he lets on.

Bringing it back to Owen, and their shared similarities: Geoff could esaily attach himself to Owen post merge, similarly to how Heather attaches herself to Lindsay, as not only a social buffer (though Geoff doesn't really need one, unlike Heather) but as a sort of pawn in the competition. The "boy's alliance" would be the perfect time to have Geoff try to integrate Owen into his social circle, which is pretty much what happens in canon anyway.

Keeping Owen as close as possible is the most strategically sound move on Geoff's part. The closer he is to Owen, the easier it is to cherry pick what aspects of Owen's personality he's going to imitate. He's also got himself at least one secured vote (in theory, since Owen's known to be easily swayed).

The issue with this?

Geoff finds Owen almost unbearable to be around.

Which is ironic, given that he's conciously and intentionally trying to be as Owen-like as possible, but it's true. He can't understand how anyone can be as unconditionally and authentically cordial as Owen is, and it pisses him off. He has a hard enough time acting friendly and warm around people he doesn't like, but when it comes to doing the same with someone he actively despises?

It's enough to wear his already thin patience down until it snaps.

[ccbatman]

actually so evil how much of hal's internal world gets obliterated with the rewriting of his relationships with jessica and martin.

[moo-cowsays-ahhh]

hello regarding your tags on that post YES geoff is tall! it's just hard to notice in thursday band pics because the only one of the thursguys that isn't tall is tucker

the famous warped tour pic with gerard for scale

sorry for speaking about geoff at such great lengths . it will happen again

hello!! there is no need to apologize for talking about geoff i love that guy so much

I think the wildest part about this is ive seen so many photos of him and hes obviously his height in each one of those photos and i just did NOT register it this may sound weird idk how else to describe it but in my head geoff is like my baby and i could hold him on my hip so him being tall just went right over my head

but yeah it makes sense geoff rickly should be all limbs that he barely has a grasp on using

i fucking love that guy

[radish-girl]

Bro,, they've been together for 100 years and they still get shy and fluttery about each other???

Geoff being the flirt while Jeff gets all bashful? ;__;

They're so cute putting together this fake game show.

Host Jeff and lovely assistant Geoff~♡

They're so stupid and adorable they make me wanna explode

[misiahasahardname]

i’ve had this long list of td surname headcanons (and i guess some of them are nationality headcanons) for a while and haven’t done much about them, so…

here are each generation’s surnames! (except for rr since i’m not too confident about them)

gen 1:

harold norbert cheever doris mcgrady V

cody emmett jameson anderson

lindsay tyson

noah könig (german)

eva barta (czech)

izzy clark

owen fraser

trent evans-grant

gwen kennedy

heather ryeo

bridgette summers

leshawna simelane (south african iirc)

beth spring

devon ‘dj’ joseph

alejandro burromuerto (spanish)

sierra kauffman (german)

tyler wilson

ezekiel miller

courtney cortez (spanish, or from somewhere where they speak spanish primarily)

duncan butcher

katie wan (malaysian)

sadie peterson (originally was gonna give her a romanian surname but here is peterson)

justin kāne (hawaiian)

geoff jasper

gen 2:

josef ‘jo’ kaczmarek (Polish)

brick macarthur

anne-maria chahuán (chilean)

michele ‘mike’ russo

cameron corduroy wilkins

rudolph ‘lightning’ jackson

staci sterling

zoey gates

dawn oakwood

scott brackin (irish)

dakota milton

sam stevens

beverly ‘b’ jones

gen 3:

ella ito-courtemanche (japanese and french)

scarlett montgomery

max mayhem (yes. i’m actually giving him that as his surname. get sillyed)

jasmine reynolds

shawn tremblay

dave korrapati (indian, more commonly in telugu-speaking areas)

sky sanderson (i was a bit uhm. stuck with this one. i looked up ‘cree surnames’ but found only three. i went for this one but i’m still uncertain.)

amy martin

samantha ‘samey’ martin

topher mccann

rodney rogers

sugar silo

beardo mbomio (equatoguinean)

leonard howe

gen 4:

nichelle ladonna (italian)

bowie davis

emma fletcher

julia hartwell-hughes

priya khan (indian)

millie carter

chase boonmee (thai. it means ‘reliable, generous, loyal’. ironic)

raj ghosh (indian)

wayne watterson

mary-kate ‘mk’ yí (chinese. in honour of fai yí, my beloved)

damien reid

hezekias ‘zee’ guzman (argentinian (it means ‘good man’ which is what he is!!!))

rhinffrew ‘ripper’ bowen (welsh (WELSH RIPPER REAL))

caleb garcia (hispanic)

axel sanchez-guðmundsdóttir (hispanic(?) and icelandic. yes, apparently ‘axel’ is an icelandic name!)

[spaced-out-cosmos]

DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT

ABOUT MEN

BECAUSE

OH MY GOD

OH MY JEEZUS CHRIST

[wheredidalltheusersgo]

Have a couple of doodles of Geoff being a wet cat

These are both referenced from a piece of concept art and a sunken scroll (lord dump collectible in the story mode basically) respectively

(Trans Geoff supremacy)

Oh, how I adore that little blonde beast of a man

[theusisthebadplace]

https://www.tumblr.com/alarrylarrie/766077872697917440/i-agree-with-you-about-the-guys-possibly-not?source=share

doesnt seem in line with how liam or geoff have conducted themselves.

geoff was looking fans in the eyes and thanking them, irrespective of media. that was the important bit.

same with liam, he showed his love for his brothers irrespective of what anyone thought.

I mean it is possible that those of us begging to keep this small and intimate for the family’s sake could be wrong. It’s possible that the family could be very open, and could sort of invite the rest of us to grieve right alongside them. It’s possible.

What worries me a lot is not the scenario where Liam’s family is very open to our collective grief and embraces the sort of frenzy that comes alongside it- but the opposite of course. That they crave privacy in their moments of grief and are denied it by fandom/media/the world writ large.

[vonlipvig]

good god, we're just torturing him at this point

[doggerell]

fucking craaaazy

[epiphainie]

who are your favorite cast members in dropout

lol saying everyone would prob be cheating but honestly everyone. tho if an episode of anything has jacob wysocki or vic michaelis in it i know i will be losing my mind with how hard they make me laugh. also forever and always a zac oyama stan

[kerosene-saint]

Hiiii what’re your fav fiction and non-fiction books??

uhhhhhh (<- me when I haven't read a proper book and liked it for years due to school) look so. the last time I enjoyed books I was like. 12 possibly maybe younger but if we're talking like comic books and graphic novels I've really liked Scott Pilgrim for fiction. I ain't got a single book for you that's non-fiction I'm so sorry :[