#jon braxton

[zaachknight]

zach is truly the type of struggling person to say "alright I'm going to bed" and then as soon as he shuts the door you hear the world is ugly by mcr blasting

[thepeculiarbird]

omg no way, "if this gets out" has an actual fandom ????!!! I've been waiting for so long for this book to have a fandom and there was one this entire time ?

Hey @hsdarcy345, @i-like-books-and-women, @starsforhours and any other accounts who likes itgo 😊. Let's make a deal:

I give you :

this doodle of Jon

and :

this song which I think fits really well Jon and Angel's friendship :)

And in turn, I'm accepted in the fandom ! Alright, we made a deal ? (please I'm begging you)

[rubenmontez]

Ruben's arc

I'll shut up soon, but I keep thinking about how Ruben is the quiet tragedy in If This Gets Out. There are so many comments about his life that are dropped in and left there.

Like, he was raised by an emotionally abusive narcissist and a father who never stood up for him against her. He went to music camp to please his mom, and makes friends with a guy (Jon) on her orders. Because of this, he ends up in the band formed by Jon's famous father, where he is forced to hide his sexuality when he doesn't want to, and limit his own talent in case he outshines the other band members. He dates a bunch of guys that abuse him the same way his mother did, treating him as something they can use for their own gains, and is (alluded to) SAd or close to it when he's forced to do things for them in order to keep them and their "love".

Then he finally finds something real with the guy he has feelings for (Zach) and Zach immediately freaks out and pulls away, leaving Ruben terrified he's going to lose his whole found family. He's incredibly anxious and afraid because he's spent his whole life being told he's not lovable if he isn't perfect and doing things for other people. Zach (accidentally) calls Ruben ugly in front of the world, while ignoring him (imagine kissing your crush, only to have him pull away, promise to talk then continually cancel your attempts to work through it, and then telling the world they can't see why people would find you attractive!) My heart broke at that part.

Then they finally work things out and he finally gets a moment of happiness, for probably the first time in his life, and abusive people in power (the story of his life) start interfering and separating him and Zach. To add to it, he's been begging to come out so he doesn't have to sneak around and lie and be afraid (which is another layer of trauma) every time he loves someone, and he finally discovers they're never going to let him come out, and he has to sacrifice his own happiness and wellbeing for the band. Then when the band rally around him and try to help him come out anyway, he's literally and figuratively silenced by his abusers, who then take him to court for 'defamation' when all he's doing is finally speaking out about the years of abuse he's endured.

I also found it very smart how the authors juxtapose Zach and Ruben, because most characters view Zach as the people-pleaser, but Ruben has that in common with Zach. The whole book, Ruben allows himself to be silenced and shoved into a corner for the band, allows his literal identity to be denied for the band, gives Zach plenty of grace to work through his bisexuality even when it crosses over into cruelty sometimes, allows his Mom to emotionally abuse him while still buying her property etc... Ruben's toxic trait of people pleasing is called out less than Zach's but it's as much at the heart of his arc as it is Zach's. In a way, two people-pleasers found each other and were so horrified at each other's insistence on neglecting themselves, they managed to convince each other to stand up for themselves. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[i-like-books-and-women]

Jon is a new york times games girlie. Like every day without fail he does connections, wordle, and strands. Sometimes he asks the guys for help if he gets stuck and ends up getting Ruben to participate too

[aristarxs]

tbh finding out the itgo fandom is alive and kicking has been the best surprise of my life

[starsforhours]

its so nice seeing people talk about the Saturday boys on here, like i thought the fandom didn't exist

I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I WAS WRONG

[vaampiricdecay]

fav character in itgo is the loofa

[shhh-shooting-stars]

random Itgo headcannons:

Angel quotes vines on a daily basis

I feel like zach would love the deaftones

Jon is, like, scarily good at the piano

Ruben would love the Eurovision and would force the others to watch it with him

[darlingshane]

Jon Bernthal as Brax THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)

[anna-hawk]

Okay, so everyone's talking about Jon's return as Frank, but can we please talk about the fact that he's officially coming back as Brax for the Accountant 2??? That role deserved a second part! Oh the peacoat, the swagger, the devastating smirk and not to forget, the shh, shh, shh. We 👏🏼 need 👏🏼 more 👏🏼 of 👏🏼 that 👏🏼!

[zaachknight]

nah but what if cale and sophie gossip about the fandom like what if cale sees what we say then they talk about it together?

[thepeculiarbird]

Why are your eyes red then? Allergies. 😬

[kwistowee]

JON BERNTHAL as BRAXTON WOLFF | THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)

[i-like-books-and-women]

Jon has a weekly series he does on tiktok where he ranks how good the others are as roommates in a similar style to the "good dog of the week" videos because he's just tired.

[sivavakkiyar]

Three live takes of A Night In Tunisia:

1. The Quintet: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach

2. Jon Jang & The Pan-Asian Arkestra

3. Anthony Braxton

(not really fair to the other two to put them after that first one….but they’re all great)

[starsforhours]

one of the guys at one point definitely said to Angel 'Bold of you to say Mr Reeces Puffs' and Angel faked offense