"Why should I trust you?"
Gryffindor:
Hufflepuff:
Ravenclaw:
Slytherin:
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Firefly rewatch: 1.01 Serenity
"Had a good day." - "You had the Alliance on you, criminalsand savages⌠half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded including yourself, and youâre harboring known fugitives."
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is this the real John Green or is this fake....?
Well, there are a lot of people named John Green, but assuming you mean the one who has made some YA books and educational YouTube videos: I am both.
I mean, it is the real me, in the sense that I am in my basement typing this sitting in the very same chair in which I wrote much of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns and a couple chapters of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Itâs a black leather chair with an ottoman, and the nicest piece of furniture we own. And like I am definitely the same physical creature and everything who is that other John Green who made the stuff that you liked or didnât like while sitting in this same chair.
But I am also not that person, because of course I must be restrained and thoughtful in all kinds of ways that I wouldnât be if I werenât conscious of having to be this, as you call it, âreal John Green.â Iâm very lucky to have an audience that will care about what I say, but that also means trying to wait until I actually know what I think before I say anything, because itâs very difficult to change your mind in public online, because everyone can forever access what you used to think and argue that you must still think it.Â
So like youâre right about it being fake insofar as it is certainly constructed: There are parts of my life I donât share on the Internet, but isnât that true for most peopleâs online expression? Itâs always a measured and kind of performed self, you know?
Like, you want to blog about the stuff youâre passionate about, but you want to do so in a way that will make other people who are passionate about the same stuff like and respect you. Do I want Dr. Joia Mukherjee of Partners in Health to like my videos about poverty and health? YES, and Iâm sure thereâs a bit of fakery involved in trying to win her heart.
So in the end it isnât quite the ârealâ me who I am in my private moments alone with my computer or a book or whatever, because then I am not thinking about to perform my self; Iâm thinking about what Iâm reading or listening to, and in doing so being my self.Â
I guess the answer to your question is that I am really doing my best to be myself, but that there are facets of my self that I donât want to be publicly, and I hope thatâs okay.Â
I thought all of this would go away in middle school, and maybe it shouldâve, but for me it hasnât.
Also, it occurs to me that I may have slightly overanswered your question.
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If I were Harry Potter I would have addressed Voldemort as âTim Riddle.â Heâd be like âITâS TOM RIDDLE. ALSO, ITâS NOT TOM RIDDLE, ITâS VOLDEMORT.â Ahahaha classic Tim.Â
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*does the cup song with the goblet of fire*
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SHERLOCK: John asked me to be his best man. How could I say no?
MYCROFT: Absolutely!
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Finished my Tenth Doctor piece âşď¸
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