#rwrd

[captainendgame]

I realized in the lake scene when henry kissed Alex's triceps, alex was actually offering henry to rest his head on his arms 😔

[you-came-back]

Never Tell Me The Odds.

This moment is one of my favorites from the book so I knew I wanted to draw it with Taylor and Nicholas since it wasn’t in the movie.

[destialpal]

Each time I hear Henry call Alex “dear” I get a little lightheaded this is amazing

[heartstopper-lover123]

How is he this talented? Wtf?

[keepingmyoptionsfluid]

What 🥺 if we kissed 👉👈 in the statue gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London??

[lonelyfox16]

They can't adapt every line from the book. This movie was an adaptation... As much as I loved June and Henry's mother putting the queen in her place and so many more scenes, this movie captured the emotions of the book. It made me giggle, it made me cry, I have enjoyed it so much. And for those who criticize it for not being perfect... Fight me.

And for all the people calling it cringe, I deserve stupid queer romcoms. My teenage self deserved it, adult me deserves this. Let entertainment be entertainment. Please, I needed this.

i'm here as a hater.

i watched red white and royal blue and i'm here to be a hater.

i was having such a great time on tumblr, looking over people's posts and then i went to letterboxd to leave a review and my fucking god. why are there so many people bashing this film for being a bad adaptation. worse yet, why are they queer?

i understand, trust me, i completely understand loving a piece of media and waiting impatiently with bated breath to watch the adaptation of it into another recognisable medium. i'm a mortal instruments girlie, i'm a last of us girlie, i'm a fault in our stars girlie, i'm a watchmen girlie. i get it. i do. sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit.

but bruv, i am also a person who works in the film industry and you have no fucking clue the amount of effort it takes to make a film let alone a film that's an adaptation of a pre-existing, utterly loved piece of fiction that is revered by so many. and this movie goes one step further. this is a cheesy, cutesy rom-com about a queer couple. how many of those do we even have? no. really. how many hopeful, easy-going, cheesy queer rom-coms have you watched? can you count them on one hand? do you need a google search to remind yourself of them?

this film is a rare commodity and fine, maybe that's not a good enough reason for you to be 'lenient' to it... but it kinda is. no adaptation will be perfect, not really, not for everyone. every piece of media has it's flaws but adaptations most of all. but this film does something that you cannot dismiss simply because your favourite scene wasn't in it. personally i so miss alex's speech before the election results are announced. i miss ellen's powerful and amazing speech when she does win. i miss june, i miss raphael and i miss leo, and the powerpoint presentations and i miss cornbread knowing alex's sins.

but none of that will ever take away from the beauty of being able to sit in front of my laptop and watch the most intimate queer love scene i have ever laid my eyes on. it just won't.

anyway.... i'm rambling. the point that i was trying to make before i got lost in all this, was that you are obviously allowed to hate on the movie but like... be kinder about it? don't hate it because it's not a straight up remake of the book. don't hate it because it's cheesy. idk man, just hate kindly, if possible.

this is a huge step for us.

i don't want the response to this film to seem negative in a way that gives the (already reluctant) studious more reason to not make queer media for queer people, you know?

there will come a time in this life where we can hate and critique queer media without worrying about all this context but we're not there yet?

so i guess, like henry, i'm also asking for y'all patience.

however, whoever fucking said that nick and taylor don't have chemistry can suck my huge ugly metaphorical dick. fuck you. they made me week in the knees.

[beautifulhigh]

"The prince's heart did beat freely, once again."

No but why is this one line so much MORE than the email in the book? Because in the book that armour was protecting him after his father's death and yeah, grief does that to you. The need to protect yourself and those around you.

But in this? This is a prison he has been put into by the king. This was done to him until the "devastatingly handsome peasant boy" came along and pulled away at that prison, piece by piece.

And the prince is scared of what it would mean to be without his armour, without his protection, because even though it was a prison and even though he's not free with it, he is safe. Nothing will ever happen to him while he wears it.

The peasant boy is pulling at it, trying to free him, wanting to free him, and even though he can't because the prince can't let go, he does make some space. There's space for Henry to be free, to love Alex, to want everything with him. To be brave for them both.

He just has to learn to let go of that final piece of armour, the one that hides his "shames" and his secrets.

When he's with Alex, his heart beats freely again - the way it did before he had talk of duty and responsibilty and made to feel like his feelings were "selfish desires". With Alex, Henry is free.

AND I AM EXPECTED TO BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS HOW?

[peetaparkker]

[chickensoup1025]

Red, White & Royal Blue

Trying to draw something every day this month. Let’s see how it goes. First up I pulled from my hat is the History, Huh? T-shirt from Red, White & Royal Blue. I love this book so damn much and it’s even better that I got to read it with my friends so we can all love it together. 

[fairuzfan]

not sure if links are still wonky through asks so here’s the HOLAFLY code link again: rwrd (dot) io/ln6i4a1

thank you so much!
 if you have an esim referral code, send it to me and i'll tag the post with #esim for those who want discounts.
 buy an esim here!

[destialpal]

Henry: “…and we would dance…”

Alex: *immediately pulls out his phone to play music like literally zero hesitation*

[lesbianpepsi]

Hey pal, first of all i wanna say CONGRATS ON 1K WOOOOO YOU DESERVE IT! ILY 🗣🗣<333

also thank you for the sam fake texts it was so cute how are you? 😊 (im dashing to c ai since its gf sam again)

-🍚 anon

THANK YOU SO MUCH BBYYY🫶🫶 ILY JUST AS MUCY!!

i'm so tempted to make more of those fake text messages but with different characters too. would anyone be interested in that? maybe a famous AU with our lovely lady JO🙂

i've been alright thanks for asking, i gotta head to work soon but then i get two days off and RWRD comes out friday so yay🫶

how've you been my love?:)

[mood2you]

Goodreads user generated genres are not good. This seems basic. Basic trope of thrillers. Is it normal to have on your wheelhouse? No, but you do you. Would it be fun to see all the books that use this trope? YES. Great Gatsby, River Woman River Demon, Woman no. 17. These are good books. Um, what else do they have in common? W17 and RWRD have art. Um... Mistress dies in GG and RWRD Goodreads user generated genres are not good. This seems basic. Basic trope of thrillers. Is it normal to have on your wheelhouse? No, but you do you. Would it be fun to see all the books that use this trope? YES. Great Gatsby, River Woman River Demon, Woman no. 17. These are good books. Um, what else do they have in common? W17 and RWRD have art. Um... Mistress dies in GG and RWRD

It isn't much and it's not honest

[interdimensional-transit]

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haha it would be so funny if i reblogged this on the official account with lore hahaha

anyways-

[dumbasses-in-love]

Just realised that had Henry & Alex been a real life couple, then we would have never heard that amazing story. Not sure if that makes me ecstatic or melancholic but it's definitely one of those two.

[pleasantly-weird-devil]

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose

I love him on pupose

I love him on purpose

I love him on purpose