#Half Bad Trilogy

[nothingseemsquiteright]

moodboard: annalise o'brien (the bastard son and the devil himself)

[totallyjas]

the erasure of annalise needs to STOP, i feel as if everyone totally ignored the “i love you both” scene

[triplicatesgirl]

ID: the “shoutout to women fr” meme. It’s edited to read: “Shoutout to child soldiers who become disillusioned with the status quo they were raised to uphold. Gotta be one of my favorite archetypes.” There are pictures of Rex Salazar (Generator Rex), Theresa (Class of The Titans), Rell (League of Legends), and Amara Namani (Pacific Rim). At the bottom, additional text reads: “I also fw boy kings who are made to carry so much at such a young age too if anyone was wondering.” There are pictures of Lloyd Garmadon (Ninjago), Nathan Byrne (Half Bad Trilogy), and King Ezran (The Dragon Prince). End ID.

[plantwriting]

Just discovered my favorite book series of several years has a fucking netflix adaptation and i never knew???? Oh my fucking god 13 year old me is winning right now (please be good please dont be shit please please please-)

[giasesshoumaru]

“Did you get my blood?”

“Yes.”

“See, I knew it would be okay.”

“Why did you kiss me?”

“’Cause I didn’t know it was going to be okay.” - Nathan Byrne and Gabriel Boutine (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.8)

[nathan-moth]

Wake up babe, it's time for the yearly Half Bad hyperfixation.

I'm lowkey mad they took away Nathan's scarfs for the show so I gave it back to him, yes, it's a reference to the covers' colors and the ending of the books, thanks for noticing 😭😭

[vik-the-prik]

I know some folks are mad he doesn’t look like he does in the books but (which normally would annoy me, even when I haven’t read said books)

I’m a little bit in love-

But in fairness again I haven’t read the books so I might feel differently

[pyrogearheartsociety]

I’ve seen some absolutely awful takes on The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself on this site so I’m throwing in my thoughts and a few things you should know (the last one contains spoilers!!)

• It’s a loose adaptation, it’s definitely more inspired by the books than a direct adaptation

• IT IS MEANT TO MAKE YOU A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE!!! It’s about politics and racism but in NO WAY is it meant to attack poc or encourage racism!! If you read the books you’d understand that, I also saw someone say the books don’t have a poc main character?? Nathan is described as “olive skinned” that’s considered Type III, Type IV, and Type V ranges of the Fitzpatrick scale and given he has dark eyes and hair he’s most likely in the IV-V range!

• Please at least google the summary of the books or read the first one, it’ll help you understand a bit more

• It’s dark but not as dark as the books, there’s definitely gore but even that is considerably less bad than what’s described in the books

• A bunch of things changed from book to the show (I rebloged someone’s post that had a list before this post, go check it out!!)

• GABRIEL IS 19!! I know he looks older and dated an older guy (iirc 28) but he’s 19 so it’s not actually weird for him to be with someone who’s 17, it’s a 2 year and a couple months difference

• Dear god some of you don’t know what morally grey is and it’s killing me, yes, Soul is a piece of shit but (1) he was trying to protect people at first, he wanted peace (2) he was manipulated by Jessica, she used his previous kindness and his current grief and terror against him (3) he was driven mad at the end by his new ability

[rewritethestars]

I feel duty bound to inform you that if you are thinking about watching The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself but haven’t read the Half Bad trilogy then the books do NOT end well. Hopefully the series will only be a loose adaptation but, in case it isn’t, this is your warning that I have never been so angry about what happens to queer characters (and it’s not just one, it’s three of them).

[charliewrites99]

Excuse me?!!! The bastard son& the devil himself is an adaptation of Half bad?!!! AND NO ONE FUCKING TOLD ME?!!!! I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN ADAPTATION AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT?!!! EXCUSE M?!!

[thehalfbadsource]

Needs no caption😂

[totallyjas]

there’s always those few people in different fandoms that are dumb as a box of rocks

[oogabooga002]

nobody:

absolutely nobody:

me: *ripping out the last few pages of half lost* and then gabriel lived and he and nathan lived in a valley together, and nesbitt officiated their wedding and they lived happily ever after and annalise died

[weasley-detectives]

Huh, I didn't realise The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself was an adaptation of the Half Bad trilogy. I haven't read the series myself, though I'm guessing a lot of changes have been made. But as someone who just started watching the series without having read the series/didn't even realise it was an adaptation, all I can say is a fucking loved it. Genuinely expected it to be another crap teen fantasy drama, but this show's a riot.

[acandletoguide]

I rarely do my own posts but The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself??? Impeccable. 11/10 show and book adaptation.

Is it a 1:1 adaptation of the book? No. But it retained the gist of the story, and that’s what’s important. They placed the same soul in a different body without losing what’s made it so wonderful and unique in the first place. It’s still so gritty, still so fun and lovely, sad and unfair. We often get such lackluster, half-hearted (or even lifeless) adaptations but here you could see that the show’s creators actually cared about the story and put effort into adaptating Half Bad. I’m so, so happy that this not very popular book series was given into such good hands. :’) Little fandom win!!

Also: The scenery is so pretty and the effects so good?? Every time a body gets pulled apart it looks horrific in the best way. I’m not even mad they changed Annalise’s gift; this is so much better. In general, they swapped horrible things that happened (to Nathan) in the books with other horrible things and I think that’s great. New things and surprises without watering down the tone like cowards.

Sure, Arran and Deborah aren’t in the show alongside other characters but the show still works without them (still works in itself) and does such a good job in general, they don’t even have to be there. (Though I would love for them to appear in future seasons that better happen (!!!) even if they aren’t related to Nathan anymore; he needs some friends.)

[giasesshoumaru]

“They killed her because of hatred. They killed her because of revenge and anger... and hurt and politics. They killed her because of a war that has been going on so long that anyone who was there when it started is bones in the fucking ground. Killed her because they’re sons of bitches and fucking cowards. You know this, Nathan. You know it’s not your fault.” - Ceelia Bennet to Nathan Byrne on his mother’s death (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.6)