#portwell art

[caswellmendes]

"Will you be my first kiss?"

[goldengashes]

“It’s the kind of outing that Gina yearned for before she made it to East High and the Wildcats took her in. It’s the kind of outing that people write about, the simple mundaneness creating a perfect time capsule of a moment that could work at any point in history. Gina grasps just how much love and adoration she has in her heart for her friends, but then she’s strolling through the streets of New York after a Juilliard tour with EJ Caswell, joking around as they steal licks of the other’s ice cream, and suddenly it’s a struggle to hold the weight in her chest—in the best way possible. It’s the kind of outing she never wants to forget.”

a lil sketch of the new york trip ice scream stroll from then somebody bends unexpectedly by the amazing and talented @lovelyserpentines

y’all i have NOT forgotten about our wonderstudies <3 exams are finally over for this sem so i think it’s time for a tsbu reread… 🥰

[witchymoonart]

everyday of huevember <33

[amy-arts]

Yo Gaston!

[veryberrydreamer]

My dad passed away on Saturday. He was only 64, just five days shy of his 65th birthday, and I am only 21. I know this may sound stupid to some of you, but watching the new episode of hsmtmts was the longest period of time that I've gone in the past five days without feeling overwhelming grief.

It just reminds me of why I am getting my degree in Media Arts, because this stuff can truly heal. Maybe it's not always a Disney+ show, but we can all find media to relate to and find comfort in during the hard times. I hope to be able to create that for someone some day.

My Dad was my very best friend. We spoke every day. I told him pretty much everything. He would sit on the phone with me and listen to me ramble on about the most random shit--often tv shows, movies, or music that I liked or vehemently hated. He loved me dearly, and I loved him too. I still do.

He used to cry whenever I cried because he just couldn't stand seeing me in pain. The last thing that he would want is for me to stop living my life because he stopped living his. I am going to use this as a motivator in the coming days.

This is all to say that, I am incredibly grateful for the existence of high school musical the musical the series. It may be silly and the fandom may act like petulant children at times, but with it I was able to find a moment of peace that I wouldn't have otherwise. And for that I am truly grateful :')

[princessmuk]

These two own my heart!! S3 better treat them well 👀

[aroundthewaygirlao3]

Happy December, Portwell Nation!

Because I apparently cannot help myself, here's my third annual Portwell Christmas fic!

Gina Porter was just unceremoniously let go from her soloist position with the American Repertory Ballet. But when a mysterious job offer appears out of nowhere to join her best friend Carlos in the Salt Lake Performing Arts Conservatory's production of The Nutcracker, she heads west for the holiday season.

When they arrive, they find the production in disarray. Can they help make this production a success? And will it be enough to impress their elusive and mercurial boss, EJ Caswell, who's haunted by his own connections to Salt Lake and the company?

With a ballet that needs a Christmas miracle and both Gina and EJ in need of a fresh start, maybe this holiday season will give them a gift they didn't know they needed.

A Portwell Holiday AU

[rkrispyt]

Soooooooo my birthday may or may not be coming up in 10 days (whee Nov 4th!) which means it’s time for my annual plea for birthday goodies!

I really hadn’t expected to but with the cruddy couple weeks I’m having, I’m finding myself once again yearning for some Portwell goodness this year.

If anyone is so inclined, more specifically I would love:

*I’ve started listening through Taylor Swift’s discography since I only know what’s on the radio, and ever since I first heard it, Back To December gets me in my emotions every single time. I would love love love a future Portwell one shot/fic/drabble inspired by that song (if this already exists, please point the way!)

*I also just heard Speak Now yesterday and would be tickled to see something future Portwell inspired by it (again, if something like this already exists, please share!)

*any head canons that will erase the absolute injustice and heartache S3&4 have left imprinted on my Portwell heart

*fangirling with me over my beloved Then Somebody Bends Unexpectedly by the brilliant @lovelyserpentines

*fangirling with me over anything written by my beloved friend @aroundthewaygirlao3

*any adorable fan art or favorite fics you’d recommend that I haven’t already mentioned

Inbox is open! Thanks in advance to anyone who feels like sending some love!

[shelbbswrites]

I saw your answer to my second ask about EJ learning to love and now I can see why you think that he did learn. My biggest issue is that most people didn't get that by watching the season. Idk how the general audience perceives this, but in the fandom, most people now hate EJ and say that he should never date anyone and some of them think that he doesn't deserve to be loved. In my opinion, the writers failed to show that he learned (or at least they didn't make it clear), since most people didn't get that message. Again, looking from your point of view, I can see it, but most people didn't get that by simply watching the show...

Yeah, that's one thing about TV — or any art, really. Not everyone will watch the same show and leave with the same understanding of the story and its characters.

Because, in my opinion, the writers did not fail to show how EJ learned to love again. His development from Season 1 to Season 3 is some of my favorite on a recent teen show.

I think it's so clear how ALL IN he is with Gina. It's bittersweet that the season's pacing — and how much time passes before it even begins — makes Gina's switch from Season 2, where I'd the story supports how she is SO INTO EJ by the end, harder to process.

The story could have unfolded in a way where EJ's responsibilities (that are SO INTENSE for a teenager to shoulder) pulled them apart, so Gina was able to reckon with her feelings for Ricky that, let's be honest, never truly went away. Instead, Portwell ends because Gina thinks EJ views her as a "maybe," when he did everything possible to prove to her that she wasn't.

That said, TO ME, there is no solid foundation for hating EJ for the choices he makes in Season 3. Now, if we're talking about Season 1 EJ, stealing Nini's phone EJ, that's a different story. There is more than one reason to be angry at the character during that season.

It's even more bonkers TO ME that someone could watch Season 3 and think that he should never date anyone and doesn't deserve love. That boy tried so hard for the entire season, and it leaves him (before the time jump) in such a sad and vulnerable place. That alone makes me want to see him try again and succeed — in his academic life or professional life or love life. EJ deserves good things.

I'm actually really curious to hear from HSMTMTS fans who don't like EJ. I want to see where their opinions comes from with all of this.

[caswellmendes]

i am sooo ready for s3 portwell !!

[goldengashes]

happy belated valentine’s day wonderstudies 💞💞

i was supposed to complete this fanart by the 14th but life got in the way! welp.

anyway. here are my two fav characters in the whole world, tsbu portwell. for those of you who may not get it, the quote is taken from the excerpt where gina visits ej in new york and greets him with a hug from the back at a party because… well, that’s her man! aaand if you still haven’t read tsbu… idk what to say. it’s 2023! get to it! link here 🤍

btw, @lovelyserpentines invented love when she wrote tsbu so valentine’s day is actually hers 💘

[sparklyseblos]

tag game: fandom edition

tagged by: @easthighseblos

current fixation:

ariana grande & joe serafini (yes, and? & that special on friday!!!) and also hsmtmts & sabrina carpenter

previous fixation:

zombies (i haven’t been in many fandoms before lol)

top 5 ships of all time:

portwell, seblos, rina, caswen & madlyn - all hsmtmts

top 5 ships at the moment:

all of the above answer lol + portbowell

top 5 fandoms of all time:

hsmtmts, zombies, heartstopper (again haven’t been in many fandoms but also do not want to include tsitp in this list)

favourite female character of all time:

gina porter - hsmtmts (happy birthday to sofia wylie!!)

favourite minor character of all time:

seb matthew-smith - hsmtmts

a rarepair that you love:

maddox x nini - hsmtmts

an ot3+ that you love:

portbowell - hsmtmts (LOVE THIS SHIP)

favourite movie:

legally blonde

favourite tv series:

hsmtmts (to absolutely no one’s surprise)

favourite book:

instructions for dancing - nicola yoon

first site you ever read fanfiction from:

ao3

favourite social media site for fandom:

tumblr! overall just a supportive app & it’s a great all rounder app i feel bc you can post text posts, fanfics, art, edits etc. minus the bots i love it <3

tagging:

@rosesradio @sarcasticsunshine123 @witchymoonart & anyone else who wants to do this!

[rosesradio]

portwell after camp and they’re neigborhoods

hi ! good morning :-) or evening, whatever it is for you. at first i read this and was like 'yeah that's a sentance/concept' before i realized that maybe. just maybe. it was a drabble prompt. because i do those lol. anyways, this one made me a little feral because i saw a post idea about it earlier but i forgot who posted it (feel free to lmk if you recognize the concept), and this ended up being a little over 1k words, so !! without further rambling, enjoy !

AU: EJ stays in Salt Lake; He and Gina are neighbors; Gina and Ricky are not dating/do not have feelings for each other (oh no portbowell :') )

"Shit!" Gina whispered to herself, running out to the sidewalk just as the school bus was pulling out of the neighborhood. It wasn't her fault it had to come so early; in a couple months, when she had her license and a car, she could leave the house a little later. For now, though, adjusting to the back to school schedule was brutal, and one-too-many times of running out of the house last minute had to lead to getting ditched.

She pulled out her phone, ready to call someone; Ashlyn, maybe, or Kourtney? Gina hated asking people for favors; she was self-sufficient for in getting the bus, but she couldn't just skip school.

"Hey," A familiar voice called, and Gina looked up to see EJ jogging over. His hair looked ruffled, as if he hadn't quite finished styling it, as off-brand as that was. He was also wearing sweatpants with a baggy shirt that read Gimme A Beat in faded pink letters.

Gina wasn't sure how to feel, seeing EJ. Her ex. There wasn't any animosity there that Gina knew of, but it was still awkward. Awkward and ironic, because after all the Success School drama, EJ ended up staying. (Which, one would think--if this were a Disney movie--they would get back together immediately. But things didn't work that way sometimes.)

"Hey?" Gina asked uncertainly. "What's up?"

"I noticed you missed the bus," EJ nodded in the direction of the retreating bus. He had a hand on his hips, absent-mindedly playing with a keychain on his car keys, which he'd brought with him. "Thought maybe you'd need a ride."

"Oh," Gina started. Honestly, she was just surprised to see him up. She hadn't thought about it--okay, so she thought about it here and there--that he'd still be asleep at this time. But he was up--tired, but awake. And offering her a favor she might not get from someone else. "Yeah, okay."

"Cool," EJ smiled slightly, heading in the direction of his car, Gina following. Just like that. He even opened the door for her, making a grand sweeping gesture of it, like the goofy prince he used to be.

"So," Gina started once they were both in the car. "What are you doing up right now? I thought you could do your schoolwork whenever."

EJ had mentioned that the last time they'd talked, when they both just-so-happened to be getting the mail at the same time. EJ didn't go to the Success School, so now he was living with his mom while he worked his way through online community college. Apparently, the classes didn't even have meet-up times, something Gina was incredibly envious of. If Gina could sleep in until ten, no one would ever catch her up at 6:30.

"I can, I just like to maintain a good schedule so I'm not tempted to slack off," EJ explained, wrapping an arm around the back of Gina's seat to check behind him, backing out when the coast was clear. "When I get things done earlier, I have more time to...bask in the joys of self isolation."

Gina frowned at the thought. EJ had been in half a dozen clubs in school and had a good group of friends--and now he didn't even have college classmates. She'd have to invite him to something the drama club was doing sometime.

"I'm sorry," she said softly, looking over at his profile as he watched the road. Even now, like this, he was pretty. There was no denying that.

"Don't be," EJ shrugged. "It's an interesting lifestyle. I'm discovering the joys of polymer clay art. I got all these little tools off amazon, and I made a little cow and a smiling mushroom--"

"Okay, we have got to get you out of the house," Gina couldn't help but laugh, which prompted EJ to laugh, and it filled her with warmth at the idea that she had not had fun with EJ in a really long time.

"We?" EJ asked once the laughter faded, a smile still gracing his face.

"Yeah," Gina replied. "I mean...it's a two-person job, at least. Maybe you could join a clay art club at the senior center."

EJ gave another soft laugh, and the two sat in comfortable silence for a moment.

Then: "Gi?" EJ asked, breaking the silence.

"Hm?"

"Do you wanna know the real reason I was up?" EJ continued, nerves creeping into his voice.

Gina's brows furrowed in confusion. Being up early to do schoolwork seemed like EJ, nothing more to it. But even so. "Sure."

"I..." EJ appeared to struggle for the right phrasing. "I've been getting up early every morning on school days--and, I mean, I am working on schoolwork, but I purposely work at the coffee table by the window. I make sure you make it on the bus okay--and sometimes I go back to bed after that." He said humorously. "But I just wanted to be there, in case you missed the bus. There's been a lot of close calls, you know, you should really try to get out of the house sooner."

"Oh," Gina replied, a silence spanning across them after that. She didn't know if it was just early and she was restless, but she found her eyes stinging. When she broke up with EJ, she'd told him he was no longer the guy that was gonna be there for you. But here he was, being there. Being there every day, whether she actually needed him or not. "Eej, I...I don't know what to say...thank you..."

"Don't mention it," EJ shrugged dismissively, as if Gina was not going to be rotating this notion in her mind for at least the next few hours. "Hey, you wanna go to Starbucks? We got some time, and I've got a craving for an overpriced caramel-coffee milkshake."

Gina grinned in that same old infectious was EJ always brought out of her. "If this is what happens every time I miss the bus, I'll have to wake up late more often.”

EJ glanced over at her thoughtfully then before looking back at the road with a matching smile. "I think I'd like that."

[theothertwinn]

Love that for Bid Red and Ashlyn (fave bi’s) “I’ve heard of that PhEnOmeNon”

Jett and Kourt season 4 please please

Gina and Kourtney going from sharing the role of Taylor to starring together love that for them.

Nini making a Kourtney I’m so proud of you art piece for her opening night surprise YAaYYy

Maddox and Jett = best siblings

I am a multi shipper so I have been waiting for Gina and Ricky and I love them.

Carlos will always be an icon.

Felt so bad for EJ. He deserved better and hopefully will get it season 4

MY #1 question is what did Nini write for Gina in her card. The couldn’t say (cause Gini is the superior enemies to friends to lovers ship that never got to take off) 

I miss Val already. I miss Nini already. Mazzarra would have never let Portwell implode.

This finale was great tho and I can’t wait for season 4. 

[countessofravenclaw]

Look I was not going to say anything, but then I figured out I had to in solidarity for everyone who practices the art of fanfiction.

Hating someone's fic, just because it has a different take on a situation and ship you don't like or agree with, is absolutely disgusting. You can dislike it, but you don't need to voice that opinion, and you should just keep it to yourself and move on. If you need to go and publicly hate on it, especially if it is about a fic no one forced you to read, then maybe you are the one who had nothing better to do.

FanFiction is exactly that. Fiction created by fans. Even if Portwell is "bones" or "dead" as many like to say, it has been in fans' hearts and still is. No ship ever dies in fanfiction and there should never be thought that because it doesn't exist in the respective media, it should not be written for anymore.

You can dislike ships and tropes, so you don't need to read the fics about them. I don't read fanfiction for my least favorite ship (that ship also doesn't really have fanfiction since everyone hates them)

Constructive criticism is always welcome, full on hate ain't gonna cut it. But don't go on saying someone should not be writing something just because it is against your favorite ship.

Many readers do not realize how many authors put their souls into their writing. Writing even just 500 words takes energy and time. Fanfiction is an art form. Everyone should be allowed to do what they want with it.

I don't personally really write for HSMTMTS because I have not really been inspired to, plus since I mostly write canon expansion stuff and the show is not finished, I don't want my fics to be dated.

But for the fandoms I write for, which is DCLA, you bet I am gonna be brutal to my least favorite ship and character since I have the right to do so. My story, my art, my rules

[second-string-loser]

the hsmtmts socmed manager posting both rina and portwell art on the story for valentines oh i know they want to see the world burn down