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Somebody's failing his V.F.D. training.

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Ok so I've finally finished "Aristotle & Dante Dive into the Waters of the World" (a few days ago now).

I'm gonna start with: I got so fucking scared towards the end when they "broke up" and Dante didn't talk to him for weeks and left. God I think not many stories have ever made me feel like that. I think I actually have a bit of a trauma with one in particular that went like that and, actually followed up on not giving me a happy ending.

I was tired but I wasn't sure how I was gonna sleep with that in my mind, until Ari said he was going to Paris and so I knew I could have some hope.

Tbh I had a few more issues with this one than the first. I talked about it before but I didn't really like how it sort of pushed the idea that you HAD to come out to your friends even if you don't feel ready. I also felt like sometimes there wasn't enough Dante? I like Ari's friends and all, but these books are called Aristotle AND DANTE.

I also feel like, in a way, all the characters are a bit too articulate? Maybe too mature even? In the first book I didn't mind it as much cause it was just Ari and Dante themselves, plus their moms I guess, but here Gina and Susie are more relevant and there's Cassandra and Ari's father talks a lot more and there's more stuff like his mom arguing with other people, and it was just like... Well I guess it would be nice if most people were like that in real life, but they're really not...

That aside though, it was obviously still amazing. One thing I liked was Ari actually being gay and that term being used throughout? I usually don't mind when certain characters are mlm without their specific sexuality being stated, and ofc bi/gay couples are nice too, but I feel like sometimes in fiction it ends up being a bit more rare to have couples with two gay guys even though that's what's more common in real life.

I also love how fucking horny he was at the beginning lol. Like this actually felt realistic, and even though there's no smut or anything, it's not something that's just ignored or pushed aside.

I felt like Dante felt a bit more realistic in this book. He's moody so many times and I think his flaws are more visible and so it feel less like he's just there to be Ari's perfect manic pixie dream girl (though I'll say he's still one, affectionately).

Something I thought when I finished the first book was how cool it would probably be to see their parents reacting to their relationship. And that was indeed really cute. I think Dante's mom is my favorite of them all. And on the topic of the parents, Ari's dad's death? That was a complete shock to me. I wasn't expecting it at all. It came out of nowhere but it was honestly really interesting to have Ari and his mom deal with that grief, and that whole section is probably, in a weird way, one of my favorite parts of the book.

Another interesting thing was how much the AIDS crisis in the backdrop affected the book. I remembered when they flashed to that in the movie and I was confused at how random it seemed, but now I can kinda get why. I thought it was the best they could do by making it matter to the characters even though they probably wouldn't and shouldn't be actually affected. It's kinda funny to me how I decided to read this sometime close to when I watched Fellow Travelers that also featured that into the story, cause it's honestly not something I've thought about as much before.

Something that was really important was the closure between Ari and his brother. I'm not gonna say it bothered me exactly, because it was understandable, but it was just always kind of an ick for me that Ari cared so much about him knowing he was there because he killed someone in a hate crime. So the way their reunion went down was actually perfect for me and gave me a much needed relief just like it did for Ari. I feel like the writer probably felt the need to address it too because of the stuff people were saying about the first book due to this plot point, but even if that was why I still felt like the way things were handled felt natural. Their parents had already given up on him, he was never gonna accept Ari and I didn't want for Ari to stay caring about him by just not telling him or something.

I know the ending is a bit vague and doesn't like reeally explain every little thing, but the message felt clear enough to me, in that it was meant to tell us that things will be alright and that they're not just gonna let their love slip through their fingers or run away from it. Ari coming in with the wedding and honeymoon talk? Got me.

It still feels kinda weird that it's really over because it had honestly become so much of a habit to read these almost every day in bed. These books were probably the easiest thing for me to read and just flowed so naturally. I know people have already said that, but they really do feel like a way to celebrate life despite all the hardships in it and you can feel that love through the pages.

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It recently occurred to me that the entire percy jackson series wouldn't have happened if Olympus had security cameras.

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Hi! What are your favourite hcs for asoue? :)

Hi! sorry it took me a while to answer, I was going to come back to it but i forgot.

here are some of my favourite asoue hcs :)

Isadora is trans (this is a pretty popular one)

Quigley likes to draw

Klaus and Isadora are best friends (It's been a while since I read the books but I always liked their dynamic)

Violet and Klaus know a bit of piano (I actually just came up with this)

Klaus is fluent in Latin because he got bored one day and just decided to learn it. He probably taught some words to Violet too

And two extras that aren't really story relavent

-If any of them ever has a daughter they name her after Olivia

this isn't technically a hc but if Justice Strauss and uncle Monty ever met they would've been a great couple because a) they both said they wanted kids but were too busy with work, b) they both loved the Baudelaires, and c) they both have big-ass libraries in their homes.

I'll post again if I come up with more, thanks for the ask :)

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how to grow the fuck up

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Me 20 minutes into giving a ted talk about capitalist society and how it affects the school system to the shower head instead of actually showering

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“I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” -Vincent Van Gogh

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I got the simps, no idea how but I'm not complaining :)

ok haven’t done this in a while BUT

take this quiz

and see what part of the fandom would like you if you were a fictional character then add what you got! (in text form or picture form. either or)

^ my result

uhhh get tagged @cosmozzzz @lighthouseas @hazmatazz @verashalurks @elizabethaftonfanpage and @sorry-i-panicked anyone else can interact and no pressure to do this :D! have fun

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I'm not gay or anything, but if had to pick someone to survive the zombie apocalypse with it would definitely be them <3

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imagine you as a child, rummaging around in the current version of your room. what would they be drawn to?

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I swear, nothing I hear about this man has to do with his actual job

DUDE WHAT DID I JUST SEE ON MY FYP ON INSTAGRAM 😭

ohlala trudeau

ok but actually how why when who what in the fricky frack there's no way this is real

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i don't know why im thinking about this but i feel like every year would be perfect if feburary just didnt exist.

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Listening to astronomy hits different when your best friend hasn't been talking to you 🥲

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i haven't seen you in so long

hiii

Omg hiiiiii :)

I haven't had that many post ideas lately cuz I've been ✨inbetween fandoms✨, but I am back! And even if I become less fandom focused ✨I will talk a lot✨ *finger guns*

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bithces will be like "my life is so complicated!" because they want to read the sun and the star but they havent read trials of apallo because they havent read the blood of olympus because they havent finished the house of hades.

its me, im bitches.