#richard yap

[akingyouniverse]

Of course I forgive you! I still want to know what happened, though.

Bonus:

[artistaforever]

[bemybaebaebae]

Richard Yap

[my-little-random-world]

THE FEEEEEEELS 💕😭 This is the 6th time I've watched this flipping show, but it still makes me giggle and smile like an absolute idiot. It's just so wholesome and innocent and ugggh they make me feel so single LMAO 😅 I know it's been 9 years since the show ended, but I'm still hoping for a revival with their kids all grown up 😭

[angel-fruitcake]

i am not okay

[bludhavens-finest]

Haley photo dump :D

[mind-lost-in-the-stars]

a very minor thing about Richie’s death that’s bothered me for awhile now is how Pete and Ruth (I suppose Grace and Steph as well) don’t piece it together after it’s mentioned that Zeke the Fightin’ Nighthawk was murdered

clip for context

i will say that the digital ticket shows more remorse from both Ruth and Steph, but only after Richie is name dropped so yeahh…why didn’t they know Richie was the mascot when other people like Jason (and most likely Max) did? we also know him being the mascot isn’t a recent development after Max dies thanks to Jason’s “member of this team who’s gone unappreciated for far too long” line. that to me implies at least since the beginning of their senior year

a few ideas:

- he never told them because max threatened him is the theory that makes the most sense since “Jägerman doesn’t let nerds go to football games”, but this means he let Richie be the mascot for some unknown reason. was it to let Richie have a bit of happiness that Max still ultimately had control of. I don’t know, but it’s fun to think about

- it’s also very possible he never told them because he never had a reason to tell them, but Richie seems like the type of person to talk about the things that make him happy, and he clearly enjoys being zeke

-maybe max never knew, and Richie knew that if he found out that Max would beat him up for it, but this leaves the question of how Jason knows. if Jason knew and not Max, shout out to Jason for not being a snitch—love that man

- (take this one with a big ol’ grain of salt if u don’t like michie related things) there’s a chance that Richie being the mascot allowed him to see other sides of Max that weren’t just the bullying side which made Max grow on Richie even just a little bit. he of course wouldn’t want Pete and Ruth to know about this, so he kept that and him being the mascot to himself. Jon matteson mentioned once on a stream how out of the nerds Richie felt the worst about Max’s death and maybe that’s because he was (by process of elimination) the closest to Max in that group

- a sadder theory is that Pete, Richie, and Ruth actually just weren’t that close of friends. they all kind of just formed a group at a young age cause they were all labeled as nerds and sorta just stuck with each other through life cause they didn’t have anywhere else to go. I know it’s implied in “go, go nighthawks” that Richie being late to class isn’t abnormal, but for him to be missing for NEARLY THREE FUCKING DAYS and to have neither Ruth or Pete bat an eye either says something about them, something about Richie, but definitely says something about their dynamic as a group. (this is absolutely just theorizing about worst possible scenarios in no possible way do I see this one being the case)

I know it’s not a big deal like at all (and is a problem with a lot of other slasher media), but it always gets to me when characters move past the death of one of their best friends so fast just because a show needs to keep the plot moving.

*sigh*

either way, Richie deserved so so so much better and I hope he’s being held by Rei and Asuka in wherever the hell he ended up <33

[joejhang]

i've figured it all out. gansey and adam have sexual TENSION. ronan and gansey have SEXUAL tension.

[localleafeonfan]

hate comments i think bob characters would use

richard winters: hope this helps!

lewis nixon: whatever pays the bills ig..

joseph liebgott: are we deadass?

david webster: on MY cellular device?

eugene roe: i'm employed, what does this mean?

babe heffron: my ranked teammates 😭🙏

george luz: just put the fries in the bag bro 😭🙏

joe toye: post this on ig reels

ronald speirs: this pmo.

[mostlyelliott]

I love rich I love rich i love rich I love rich I love rich

[slaybestieslay946]

I firmly believe that Julian was Dionysus (even if it was only in their imaginations).

Thematically, I think it makes perfect sense.

Julian was regarded with utmost respect from all of the Greek class, more so than is usual for a teacher. Henry thought of him as a paternal figure, and Richard constantly found himself in awe of his charm and charisma.

In fact, the way they all speak about him, and the way the take classes in his office, is almost akin to that of worship.

Take for example, the photo of Julian stuck on Henry’s wardrobe. There isn’t (to my memory at least) a description of any other photos in Henry’s house of family or friends, and by having this photo of Julian, presumably found in a magazine, is similar to what you see in religious households with framed photos of Jesus or the Virgin Mary.

This only demonstrates Henry’s unwavering dedication to Julian, but it also has a distinctly cultish flavour. As does the isolation of Julians students.

Furthermore, the Greek class (to me anyway) is a parallel to the cults of Dionysus and Bacchus in ancient Greece and Rome, which were banned due to their intense secrecy.

Even the lack of involvement by Julian in the novel feels distinctly divine, as he drops by every 50 pages or so, in the same erratic and casual way that gods appear in myths. He floats above regular worries of mere mortals such as the Greek class, so he needn’t concern himself with their trivial matters.

But, of course, he isn’t really a god. He only positions himself in the place of one. He has all the hallmarks of the divine, but truthfully he’s a fraud, which is why he flees at the end once he finds out the true extent of their crimes.

This is why I propose that he is only the representation of Dionysus in the minds of the Greek Class, rather than in reality. And by the Greek Class, I primarily mean Henry.

When Richard mocks the idea that they saw Dionysus, Henry grows defensive, claiming that you cannot know something is truly real until you have seen it, and that you cannot grasp a concept as large and powerful as the sea simply by seeing a crude, children's drawing of it.

Here he isn’t only defending the idea that he saw Dionysus, but also the form that he took, which I believe to be Julian.

This vision of Julian as Dionysus (almost certainly a hallucination produced by the ritual) is something Henry would naturally be defensive of, due to his complete devotion to Julian, so it makes sense that his cool facade would break at this moment.

Further more, the idea of Julian appearing to be Dionysus only makes Henry’s death make more sense.

When Julian runs away and affectively snubs Henry, this is an equivalent to his god, that he has dedicated so much time and love to, abandoning him.

Whether this leads him to see the truth of Julians humanity or simply plunges him into despair, it aligns with his decision to kill himself.

hope i explained this alright, feel free to disagree with me, i just really want to discuss this book haha

[stars4ruby]

just realized that richard papen admitted he was a compulsive liar and then told a story of his friends murder (which could’ve been an entire lie itself)

[artistaforever]

[bemybaebaebae]

Richard Yap

[tigerlilysoda]

Rereading the secret history (again) and watching Richard talk about his crush on Henry is like watching a car crash in slow motion

[angel-fruitcake]

everyone remember this moment and this picture when Misha is announced to be joining the cast of The Boys