#silas tsbit

[thatisayouproblem]

shoutout to silas bell for going “i miss my wife tails, i miss her a lot” at every minor inconvenience after seeing daphne exactly twice

anyways im rereading tsbit for the 8th time and i forgot how much i fucking love silas and daphne’s romance

[ezramatis]

the trans realization that benji and silas are right, there’s nothing objectively wrong with my chest, it’s just that people automatically associate chest with girl. my body is perfect as it is, it’s how people see it that’s the problem

[makinggiddyart]

Finished the spirit bares its teeth and..... haunted frankly

Here's some traditional sketches of Silas Bell aka my best friend

[lordielordez]

Silas Bell my son

So uh, Here's my son Silas with the rabbit, a few hands to represent the people in his life trying to 'fix' him plus the hand on his arm representing what Headmaster did to him and some eyes + Frances and Ellen (forgot Isabella my bad 😭) Next is my boy Miles

[b4g3lbit3s]

rip silas bell you would’ve loved i saw the tv glow

[mikiool]

Silas doodles + one Benji

school doodle dumps are my favorite

Benji under the cut

these photos look like i took them in a dungeon and i hope thats where you imagine i am :3

[imqueerandadeer]

I need someone to make a TSBIT animatic with Silas to a Will Wood song possibly "...well better than the alternative" because of the lyrics "pink lemonade on autumn bomber coats, peter pan colars but my daughter's growing up, she's gonna be a lot like me, but I don't wanna be at all like me" because he does canonically have kids (two daughters) and "stranger things than death can happen to lab rat girls and little white rabbits"

Then there's "That's enough lets get you home" which is just AHHHHHH with lyrics like "Grow up, be a man, 'cause until then you're nothing but a short-haired girl" and "So come on, William, grow up, be a man 'Cause until then they're gonna treat you Like you're just a little girl"

Also Benji to "I/Me/Myself" might fit

Sad I couldn't fit "Main character" into this somehow because it doesn't fit any characters :(

[kair0s-in-space]

tsbit sketchbook spread

reblogs appreciated!!

[metal-autistic-coven]

What is it with Andrew Joseph White's protagonists becoming more like me with every new book

Benji Woodside

I'm not specifically a trans boy/man but but I can relate to transmasculinity in my own genderfluid way

That feeling of finding a community of other queer kids like you

Silas Bell

Same as above but also:

Autistic on top of that

Special interest in surgery (as a horror movies/gore enthusiast I can get behind that)

I barely even know how to describe it but like,... that feeling that fucking feeling of seeing pieces of yourself reflected in others, that feeling of there are other people like me, I am not broken and I am not a mistake and I am not a problem to be fixed and someday may we destroy this world that thinks we are those things

+ minor detail, blonde hair

Miles Abernathy

Same as both above but also also:

AROMANTIC!! 😭😭 MY BOY IS FUCKING ARO!? I actually have representation?! 💚💚🤍🩶🖤 aaaauuughh 😭😭😭😭

Hating capitalism so so much

Specifically mentions not eating specific foods because they have the most awful textures

Loves his doggy 😊

+ minor detail Supa short hair, just totally buzzed all short (mines like half a buzzcut)

Sorry I still can't get over the aro part 🥲🥲

[slerralartz]

OKAY HEAR ME OUT-

HFWU/ TSBIT DOUBKE SIDED KEYCHAINS

EhhHH?? EHHHH?? (They could either be just Silas/benji wirh different forms (early/later in book for each respectively) OR Silas/Benji with their cover designs (although silas late book isa personal fave ngll)

(I don’t have any idea if the author is even okay with fan merch so this is purely a fun concept!)

[alaras-art]

*whispers in your ear* Hey. You should read The Spirit Bares It’s Teeth.

[ezramatis]

benji is tongues and teeth and silas is curses no i will not elaborate

edit: nick is little soldiers and daphne is ribs

[chaotically--calm]

RIP Silas Bell and Daphne Luckenbill. They would have loved trans surgery

[sweethangman]

silas bell moodboard for anon!

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art is by @soheckinfudged!

[b4g3lbit3s]

little silas doodle from today… loving the spirit bares its teeth❤️

[banana-can-do-art]

(Spoilers for The Spirit Bares its Teeth ahead) Guys I just finished reading “The Spirit Bares Its Teeth” by Andrew Joseph White and I just I rhriidjsbsjsnejdjdjdhej. I don’t think I’ve been this invested in a book that’s not connected to a series I already know since middle school.

This book was so addictive I read in less than I a week it’s sooooo good. I already got his other book “Compound Fracture” from the library and I’m waiting for “Hell Followed With Us” as well. I’m the most excited for the that one religious trauma is very intriguing to me bc of my old religious ocd obsession.

Anyway back to this book in itself it manages to tackle so so so many really dark subjects and themes but I feel like it does it tastefully. Every horrible thing that happens feels like it happens for a thematic reason. This book is shows how trans people have always existed despite those in power trying to push them down. Which by the way is a message that we very much need right now.

At the same time through characters like Mrs. Forrester and Charlotte, it shows the harm of people who go along with a system even though it hurts them because they think that it will protect them somehow even though in the end they are still the same. They will always be crazy Veil sick women in the eyes of the speakers. It’s written in a way that you almost pity them and feel bad especially with the whole scene with the glass in Mrs. Forrester’s shoes, but she’s still hurting Silas and the others, so while what she does is understandable, it’s never excused. I think that they are specifically a metaphor for movements like LGB without the T and how people will throw others in their own community under the bus. Which can I just say as a member of the L, I hope you know that if we ditch trans people, our rights will be taken next.

Also I really enjoyed the conversations about misogyny, especially from the really unique perspective of a trans man who is being lumped in with women and treated like one and therefore experiences the misogyny that women face while also not actually being one himself. He even remarks how he will always feel a bond with women because society insists on seeing him as one.

Also his narrative voice is sooooo compelling. Funneling so much of the narration through his special interest in surgery makes the descriptors so interesting. Making his special interest surgery makes it so that even when nothing bad is happening (which to be fair is rare) we’re still hearing all about organs so the sense of unease is kept.

Also the graphic gore descriptors are actually crazy and had me visibly making repulsed noises by just the beginning. I was also making repulsed noises at the disgusting age gaps and the way that the men talk to the girls eeeeewwwww, but that’s how you’re meant to feel, so good job I guess.

I also absolutely adore Daphne. She’s so sweet. Her and Silas connection by is amazing and her being there provides a dimension ray of hope throughout the narrative. She is something to keep Silas going and gives him the knowledge that there is something better in the other side. Although I’m so confused how she tattooed her back. Like girliepop I assume you did that yourself, but like how did you reach?! Girl what?!

Also I feel so bad for Mary in the epilogue when she refers to the ring of Frances as her wedding ring and says that Frances is her wife. That’s so saaaad I can’t ureiksnrjsksnhdjejshd.

Also everything that happened to Agnes was so messed up. I know that’s the point but omg she was like fourteen.

Also can I just say I called George being a speaker who was helping with all of the bad stuff from the moment Silas thought that the voices of the people in the masks sounded familiar. On that note, George is the worst! How could you turn your back on your brother like that?!

Also I love how the pages alternate to black with white text when the spirits hunger to have their brief povs.

Also I appreciate how when the SA happens they don’t put it on page for you to read. They allow you to experience the horror of knowing what’s happening and leaving any details to your imagination without forcing you to sit through it because that is another level of bad. Also with the blank space there it can be assumed that Silas is dissociating or something which makes sense. Although it could be because it’s a YA. Although I heard something about the author working on an adult novel and if that’s true I’ll probably read it as well but I’m frightened with what he’ll be able to put in there since this book is already pushing the limits of YA and has some vile stuff in it.

Also that whole scene before Isabella dies was horrifying to read through. That was so scary. But it also was a very interesting conversation about women’s rights to their own bodies and women throughout history have performed extremely risky abortions before it was legal. Omg the description of the fetus when Silas ripped it out was disgusting though. I’ll admit that I was noticing some death flags for Isabella before that scene especially with her man, but I didn’t expect her to go out like that omg.

Also the headmaster is disgustingly, he got what he deserved, I hate him! Also, despite white they did, I hope that Charlotte and Mrs, Forrester are somewhere safe now though. Although I don’t know if that would mess with the message of their characters being that throwing other people under the bus who are the same as you in essence will not keep you safe.

Also Lord Luckenbill is disgusting and also got what he deserved. I did predict that he probably knew what was happening and that he was going to backstab them, especially when I saw how many pages were left even after Silas was supposedly safe. Although I did not expect him to try to marry and assault Silas because he looks like his old wife who it seems since she was supposedly veil sick too, he most likely abused. Ew, that was so gross of him to do. Although, Silas finally overcoming his fear and everything engrained into him by his tutors to fight back was so epic, you go king!

You know what else was epic? The scene where he released all of the ghosts and they were breaking the building down while Silas was running back down to the basement, that was so cooooool!!!!

You know what wasn’t epic? That whole scene with Harriet. Omg that was absolutely horrifying. The description of her hollowed out eyes and lack of tongue was certainly some imagery. Also Mrs, Forrester slipping and showing emotion towards her for a moment so that we can see that despite everything Mrs. Forrester is just a very broken human was so sad.

Also while as far as I’m aware I’m not autistic myself (I mean I’m not trans either but it’s very important to have this kind of representation and everyone should read books with characters who are different to them) I really enjoyed getting the autistic representation from Silas and I thought that his perspective was made all the more interesting through it. I also love how he bonds with the groundskeeper because despite not having the words for it they are both autistic and they can see the similarities in themselves. Also the groundskeeper I think is really positive representation of a nonverbal autistic person that we don’t get to see often. The narrative doesn’t treat him as a baby or a burden, he is his own person who has his own life and can make his own decisions. I love his moment with Silas when Silas says he’s glad to have met him before the groundskeeper uses his shovel to help Silas break into the Headmaster’s office. Actually I feel kind of bad just calling him the groundskeeper, I’d love to know his actual name. He feels like a William for some reason and no not because of that other thread, he just does, if you know you know lol. Or maybe Garry.

Also I’m like obsessed with the art on the covers of all of the Andrew Joseph White books, especially this one because I am an absolute sucker for purple and yellow together. (If you follow me in enough places you’ve probably seen the OC that I’m obsessed with that also has this color scheme). Actually though, if anyone knows who the artist is please tell me where I can find more of their work because this is absolutely stunning and gorgeous and beautiful and amazing.

Anyway, yeah those are my very rambely garbled thoughts after finishing the book. If for whatever reason you read through all that even though it was super spoilery without reading the actual book, then I highly recommend you read it as it is very good and also has very good themes and social commentary. However, I would also highly recommend you check the trigger warnings because this book tackles a lot of very dark subjects and it does not shy away from them.

Also, remember to support the trans people in your life during this very scary time for them.