#if we were villians

[verademialove]

“Villains never break up because they're tenacious even when they're in love.”

Vincenzo (2021)

[reggiepeters-love-bot]

me reading iwwv: wow im very invested in this story and these characters, but surely i wont become obsessive over this

me reading the epilogue: screaming crying throwing up

[myst1cb0y]

[iwwv spoilers]

do yall think everyone in the group knew/assumed of/were suspicious of james & oliver?? like obviously richard and meredith but like the others too?

can you just imagine sweet little wren watching the two cuddle "platonically" on the couch? or chaotic alexander, whos like already gay as hell, just quietly observing them??

honestly too cute for me to handle.

[ungekvsst]

“I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew those sorts of things, while I was always worried that they didn’t.”

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

[tigerlilycorinne-fanfiction]

butchered tongue still singing here

Day 3 of AUgust 2024 Challenge: Dark Academia

Rating: Teen and Up

Pairing: James Farrow/Oliver Marks

Words: 8k

Summary:

“What did she say?” he asks. Meredith sucks her bottom lip again, uncharacteristically hesitant. Though Oliver only reintegrated about a week ago, he’s already noticed Meredith’s edge, sharper than ever. She knows her worth, and Oliver guesses, without having asked, that Meredith hasn’t simply climbed the ladder; she’s clawed her way up. “She’s wondering if you’re returning for the reunion. Dellecher. Classes 1996 to 1999.” Oliver freezes up. “Go back to Dellecher?”

Or: Right out of prison, Oliver joins the rest of his Dellecher year for the alum tradition of returning for a week, and someone unexpected shows up. (You know who it is.)

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“Dark Academia” AU for the AUgust 2024 challenge (@augustwritingchallenge)! The collection is here!

This is only halfway beta-read but at least a did a edit read-through myself?

[six-of-snakes]

witchcraft in your lips

"She can't go on stage," Filippa announces calmly, and the room explodes into chaos as actors speculate over what will happen, and who will replace Wren as Juliet. "Does anyone know Juliet's lines?" Meredith asks, her voice cutting through the cacophony. The room falls silent, and glances are exchanged, but no one speaks. I look at James sidelong. I don't know all of Juliet's lines, but I know some, from practicing with him day in and day out. Perhaps I know enough to make this work. James catches my gaze, and his eyes flicker with understanding–then excitement–and he nods. I raise my hand.

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requested by @demoniccak-e: oliver in a dress!

my apologies for less of oliver in a dress and more of him getting to kiss james on stage aidjkd

to make up for it here's a little sketch of what Oliver's poster would've looked like if he'd actually been cast as Juliet:

[cocosupme]

I decided to make my own villain Sona or a prowler!sona for my personal amusement (this mostly inspired by soundwave from tfp and Pinterest <33) ignore the typos ...plis:")

[neroxo]

Hi uh i have no idea how to properly use this app but here we go :

Im Nero , im a trans guy from germany my pronouns r he/him :D I dont really know what of if im gonna post buttt my interest are : the osemanverse, music, Haikyu, fnaf,iwwv, tfbs, Queen, minecraft, cavetown, mha and a lot more :D

(pls be my friend i swear im cool )

[a-gay-a-day]

If We Were Villains

This book is popularly marketed as a dark academia book. It follows a group of college actors at a Shakespearian acting school as their lives go awry after the death of one of their fellow students.

If you are looking for a book that heavily features queer characters and themes, I would not recommend this book. I will admit, I am covering it because it is my personal favorite book. There will be spoilers in the next paragraph.

If We Were Villains is subtle with its queer representation- in fact, it could be argued that this is not a queer book at all. The reason I believe it deserves a spot on my blog is because near the end of the book, the main character kisses his friend, and realizes that he probably has always been in love with this friend. There is a conversation at the end of the book that goes,

“'Were you in love with him?' 'Yes,' I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. 'Yes, I was.' It's not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I'm in love with him still.”

[shakespearenews]

This can resonate in summary, with characters giving repeated performances—like the hundreds of portrayals of Richard III and Hamlet in Karen Joy Fowler’s Booth, building up like tragic poison in John Wilkes Booth’s familial bloodstream; like the similarly toxic academic drilling of theatrical artifice of in M. L. Rio’s If We Were Villains, in which an overcommitment to the study of Shakespeare leads to a real-life murder—or, again, in Choi’s Trust Exercise. (Choi wins a particular genre-bending medal for having both a meta-play and a meta-novel in her work.)

[justfeelings-andstuff]

I understand why people become villains in movies/shows. They just want everyone to feel their pain and honestly I would do the same

[arwen-atreides]

What a tragic vibe in five acts!

[myst1cb0y]

yesterday i reread iwwv at like 1 am and apparently "his body was never found" hit me so hard that i got up, microwaved a frozen pizza and ate it in bed while contemplating all my life choices.

[wanna-say]

But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, had have common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

-Mark Twain

I think we all should it give it a thought

[samuris]

Cerebro Galaxia, que solo me he dado cuenta ahora

I’m sure someone has done this before but just in case no one has:

[earlgreytea23]

*reading If We Were Villians Part V*

I can’t…… I just can’t……