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[sunfortune]

thoughts on the gay prince presidents son movie

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[sunfortune]

please share your red white royal blue thoughts

i know so many people love that book and i dont have a problem with them especially gay/bi people bc we accept the gay rep we think we deserve 😔 BUT that book is SO…its like someone watched hamilton or something and immediately went home and wrote red white and royal blue

but even then, i knew that going in. i knew it was gonna be some corny white liberalism so i cant even get mad at that part bc i did that to MYSELF. the thing im MAD about is how BADLY the romance was written. 

like even putting aside the fact that you can tell that book is written by a white person immediately bc she writes alex like EVERY white person writes a latino character. AND putting aside the fact that you can not go two pages in that book without seeing a shoehorned pop culture reference thats trying so hard to be cool

AND even looking past the TERRIBLE politics. (bc they ARE bad) 

the MOST annoying part of that book is how it just did NOT bother with any character dynamics or chemistry between the two main characters. literally 99% of the appeal of their relationship lies in their respective titles.

its like someone was like “wouldnt it be so cute if the prince of england fell in love with the first son of the us?” and then came up with fucking NOTHING beyond that 

like its supposed to be enemies to friends to loves….but its straight up just not

the reason enemies to friends to loves is such a popular trope is bc it REQUIRES character development and strong character dynamics. literally the name of the trope is a step by step guide: enemies TO friends TO LOVES

this book doesnt do ANY of that despite claiming to. its just instant gratification. like for 2 people who hate each other youd expect a gradual shifting in feelings and development of their relationship…but you dont get any of that, its just completely skipped over?? the author just constantly substitutes character development for out of place sex scenes. and sometimes it feels borderline fetishizing

ALSO this is maybe the FIRST time ive read a book where the main character (alex) of the romance has been infinitely more interesting and compelling than the person theyre falling in love with

henry is SO badly written and it hurts the book more than ANY of the other things ive mentioned. she straight up did not give that dude a personality. his personality starts with “he is the prince of england” and ends right there too 

alex is more interesting on his OWN than he is with henry

like those in between moments of alex just going about his life are more compelling than the one of him with his love interest

and that should NOT be the case in a romance???

theres scenes where alex is thinking about henry that just feel So weird bc henry doesnt warrant that reaction at all. i was literally reading the book like WHAT does alex see in henry? what is THERE to SEE? 

character wise the author was really like: alright were gonna make alex driven and compassionate and funny and brave and for henry. well he is a prince….and that should be enough for him to be a likable main character LIKE???

i did like alexs character. unfortunately. he deserved better than this book

and then theres just little nonsenses like 

making alex mixed and his white mom the president who divorces her mexican husband (which is like woke of her?) INSTEAD of making his mom, mexican AND the president??? like if youre creating an alternate universe at least go all out

his white mom naming her mexican son after alexander hamilton [looks directly into the camera]

ALL of alex/henrys arguments in the beginning were literally like tumblr arguments from 2013 where american and british people argued about who was more ethical like bro STOP this is so embarrassing for both of you

when they first met henry made a joke about getting waterboarded?? and they both kept talking about their countries atrocities in a tongue in cheek sarcastic way like BRO shut the Fuck up 

theres a scene where alexs president moms talking about apologizing to netany*hu/israel out of nowhere LIKE?

[sunfortune]

didn’t the person who wrote red white and royal blue write jesse eisenberg/andrew garfield rpf .

you guys always send me asks like this about authors 😭 like HOW would i know this lfdjkldfhsjgd 

[sunfortune]

I got half way through Red White and Royal Blue and I’m like. just not feeling it...

even after all the obnoxious white liberal red flags in the beginning, i was like. ill close my third eye and stick around for the romance. im sure itll be fun at least. BUT the romance is SO bland its Not even worth it

i do Not see what alex sees in henry. ive read half of the book and im still like okay.....girl. hes STILL gonna need a personality tho

ALL of alex/henrys arguments in the beginning were literally like tumblr arguments from 2013 where american and british argued about who was more ethical like bro get some self awareness

(when they first met and henry was like “id rather be waterboarded”???HELLO. and alexs president mom talking about apologizing to netany*hu/israel or something in one scene. like SHUT UP stop reminding me of americas atrocities in a cutesy fashion. go ALL IN ABOUT IT or SHUT the hell up im trying to close my third eye here.)

(when alex was like “your country could arrange that waterboarding you want” like YEAH? yours could do ALEX. your MOM is president) TONE DEAF

i wanted to actually die every time they joked about how sexy justin tradeue or however the fuck you spell his name was

ANYWAYS to the romance. which is actually the REAL problem

i was willing to close my third eye and have fun but this book refuses

this is maybe the FIRST time the main character(alex) of a romance has been infinitely more interesting and compelling than the person theyre falling in love with

alex is more interesting on his OWN than he is with henry

in fact besides the romance the book is actually kind of cool. like alexs internal monologue and his work is interesting. 

the problem however is that the book IS a romance so if the romance is wack.....what are we here for?

its written like a fanfiction..and a BAD one at that...just fucking instant gratification constantly like DAM..can we get some BUILD UP??...some angst....some Gradual changing of feelings

off topic. i LOVED alex and junes scene where he opens up about being BI for the first time. Litchrally the BEST scene in the whole first half. i LOVE them.

low key insta love...like for 2 people who supposedly hated each other in the beginning there was not much of a shift from hate TO love...it was just like yeah im gonna stop hating him now

making alex mixed and his white mom the president and divorcing her mexican husband INSTEAD of just making his MEXICAN MOM the president??? like what kind of weird mental gymnastics???

his white mom naming her mexican son after alexander hamilton??? BRO I HATE IT IN HERE

i KNOW this was written by a white person

HOW MANY POP CULTURE REFERENCES CAN YOU FIT IN ONE BOOK?

you dont have to name drop ariana grande and joke about alex being “hoe dameron” (we GET it hes latine), mention BTS and kpop and star wars and harry potter??? like DUDE there were literally dates in the beginning that the year is 2019. you dont have to constantly remind us its 2019 after that

anyways even with the mess i just wish the romance wasnt so bland bc i was WILLING to close my third eye for it. L