#benji hfwu

[noctivagus-art]

-I will be good. I will be good. I will be good. I will keep Seraph hidden, locked up in my chest, whatever it takes to make sure the Angels never get the weapon they made of me.-

[goobygoobb]

would benji be a hozier listener? i feel like he would be.. maybe

[jos-has-too-many-hobbies]

There’s something in the way anger is treated in Hell Followed With Us. Because Benji is angry, and it is righteous. He is never expected to pack up his anger and calm down, he is allowed to feel and act on his rage, even when self destructive, in a way so many queer people wish they could. His anger is not a flaw, it is his power.

It goes against everything the church tells us about anger. We should “turn the other cheek” and take it, to accept the hollow satisfaction of being the “better person” when faced with people who would see us dead in the street. It is evil, it is weakness, it is sin. They want to take away our anger, our rage, our wrath, because they know what we can do with it, and that scares them.

Benji and Seraph are for all of us who want to scream in the face of bigots,

we will not lay down and die

Because Seraph is queer rage incarnate, and it is glorious

[ezramatis]

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

edit: nick is little soldiers and daphne is ribs

[zkwoodrow]

trying to reupload this PART 2 i mostly live on Instagram but thought i'd share my hfwu + tsbit fanart onto tumblr as well (I'm insane about this book)

[foxofanequinox]

homemade. fresh off the press. art credit to andrew white (author)

[mic-be-gay]

"I wrote this book for a few reasons: Because I wanted more stories about boys like me. Because I was angry. Because I still am. But mainly, I wanted to show queer kids that they can walk through hell and come out alive. Maybe not in one piece, maybe forever changed, but alive and worthy of love all the same. "That's what you'll find here. Terrible things, survival, love, and a future worth fighting for. "Sharpen your teeth, take up your fire, and let's do this."

"For the kids who sharpen their teeth and bite."

I will never be over this book, bro. Just looking back at the author note makes me want to reread it again and I've read it 5 times now. It's a book that makes me want to scream and cry and throw it across the room and vomit up my insides and finally yell at the people who hurt me in the past. It makes me want to reach out to the people I used to know because it reminds me of them. Because Theo reminds me of one of my old best friends because Benji reminds me of myself and so many other beautiful and hurt and angry people because Nick reminds me that I'm not the only one going through this shit right now, that just because I'm neurodivergent doesn't mean I'm automatically weak or broken or less than even though that's what so many people that I grew up around want me to belive. This book makes me feel so many fucking things at once, and I don't understand half of them, but I have never felt so seen. I have never felt so real and understood. I have exhausted my friends of sharing about it and gushing it, but I don't care because it's a book about boys like me and I can't get enough of it. For fucks sake, I could already recite half of the god damned bible verses in the book and it made me cringe everytime but it made me feel so fucking seen because I know that I'm not alone in thinking like that. I know other people know that pain of not being able to get away from those verses and quotes, no matter how hard I try.

Andrew Joseph White has touched me in so many fucking ways with his writing, and I don't know how to feel about it, but I know for one thing now, no matter how much shit is thrown at me. I am not alone, because I am one of the kids who needs to sharpen their teeth, and bite.

[thearsonistofarland]

THE COVER FOR THE ITALIAN VERSION OF HELL FOLLOWED WITH US THIS IS NOT A DRILL

LOOK AT BENJI!!!! THAT’S MY FAVORITE BOY RIGHT THERE!!!!!! AND HE LOOKS SO GOOD SAMUEL SPANO KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK

https://x.com/ajwhiteauthor/status/1712983721379323915?s=46&t=pG2YrnlDmYKq9j_Qxb0NwA

[ay-jee-el]

Fake Cover Homework for English Lab

[miles-draws-sometimes]

Hell followed with us fan art :)

[benji-woodside]

you guys like my benji design

[rathuks]

italian cover if hell followed with us fucks SO hard

[goobygoobb]

no i dont think i will stop thinking about benji from hfwu .. benji whos father his number 1 supporter was shot in front of him at the beginning of the book his blood splattered on his face buried under his nails forever ingrained into the ridges of his fingerprints benji who loved so fiercely it was dangerous so much so that he forgave the boy who hurt him so quickly and it cost him almost everything BEEENJIII who felt different for so long and who ended up associating that feeling with being monstrous after he was injected with seraph BENJI. who just wanted to be a boy that loved boys. who was only a teen when the world fell apart and chained him down, benji who had religion and trauma whispering in his ear bite your tongue and do as you are told for He will never forgive you if you follow your heart — benji who was never even sure who He was, if heaven and hell and everything his life revolved around for so long even existed ..

i love him

[drenchenvliyaya]

I am very new to Tumblr and I have no idea if I'm doing this right but look at what my friend made me! It's one of Benji and Nick's bead lizards! I read HFWU a week ago, I have not been able to stop thinking about it since (and I doubt I ever will.)

[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

[justpeachyrosie]

Ive recently finished reading Hell Followed With Us by Andrew White and its really moved me. I just had to draw something inspired by his works because I love seeing more trans specific horror out there!

If you like body horror, apocalypse themes or great trans and autistic rep i highly recommend check out his books !