Just clicked the video ready for this one hour talk about some of my first favorite book characters. I remember 8 years old me around 2007/2008 searching about those barely mentioned names because I needed MORE ABOUT THEM! The fandom was different back then, and honestly I've enjoyed most iterations and new headcanons people have given them throughout the years so far
15:16 Plus anyone who actually knows anything about rats like Joanne clearly doesn’t, knows that the stereotypes about them are largely false. What, Rowling being lazy and stereotypical in her writing? 😱
I remember going to watch the tfios movie in theatres for my 14th birthday with some friends, and I had ordered a blue "ceci nes pas une pipe" shirt to wear with my skinny jeans and converse to recreate what Hazel wore in one of the scenes in the book. It helps I looked pretty similar to shailene woodley at the time with our ~quirky~ pixie cuts lol
The biggest flex in my 13-year old life was going to the official premiere of TFIOS in Amsterdam. We were all convinced John Green or Ansel Elgort would show up. They did not.
Today I found out that on my 15th birthday not only did I watch the perks of being a wallflower and have my first kiss but also TFIOS trailer came out. Cinema.
I think of Jegulus as the Marauders version of Drarry, except it's a little different because we don't see Regulus actively being blood purist (even though he presumably was) and he had a more complete redemption arc
i was a teenage girl in 2014 when the fault in our stars was massive, i loved john green's books just like you did and i think back on my time on tumblr at that age with nostalgia (and sometimes maybe some regret). i will never forget my friend emailed john green, similarly to how hazel emails van houten, and he motherfucking replied to her! we were two young girls living in rural australia, never expecting him to actually reply and it was one of the most incredible moments of my teenage-hood. i still cannot believe it. i really appreciate your positive outlook on john green, i feel like maybe because i look back on myself at that age and cringe a little that i found myself projecting that onto john green's work, but you reminded me how much those books meant to me at that time - like you said, yeah some things he wrote could be a little pretentious, but goddamnit i was little and pretentious, i needed somebody speaking that to me in a world where adults all just looked down on me as "dramatic."
this was my entire mental illness in sophomore year of hs so this is a great graduation present (the amount of time i didn't sleep and read marauders fanfic is unhealthy but it was indeed training for uni so ggs.)
I want to correct something that you criticize a lot, but it's because the movie adapted the book a little badly. But the reason why the president's son is so involved in politics is because in the book there is a whole parallel subplot about him wanting to be a senator. In addition, he is part of a campaign team with his sister and Nora. the book is much more political itself.
I remember when I first watched riverdale I loved Ms Grundy because it I forgot that Archie was supposed to be 15. I was like “yes these two 25 year olds are so cute together”
I got a DFTBA (vlogbrothers) tattoo when I was 16 and I’m 28 now and I still look at it so fondly. I discovered looking for Alaska one day in my schools library when I was in middle school (2009 ish) and it changed me whole life forever. That book and finding the vlogbrothers set me on a completely different path I. Life and I would be the person I’m proud to be if it weren’t for John green
“Thats actually the Bible. We can’t fuck up WolfStar, cause if we fuck up WolfStar we’ll open up a black hole” is QUITE literally how we think 😭 I wasn’t even consciously aware of it until I started watching this video, but WolfStar might as well be gospel. I never even considered shipping either of them with anyone else lmao
Divergent literally asked "What if I made a world where the characters were only supposed to have one personality trait, and the main character was special because she had more than one personality trait?" and then forgot to give their main character a personality.
I love the Green brothers. Personally I'm a STEM girlie and was never all that into John's books so Hank has always been my favourite (also I'm a huge dimension 20 fan and he was SO good in mentopolis), but they just both seem like really great guys, and I think John had a really positive impact on a lot of YA fiction for girls. Plus they do so much awesome charity work and just spread knowledge and good vibes
As a Mexican who’s born and has only ever lived in Mexico I’m not personally offended by whatever John did. 5 de Mayo is a USA celebration. We get a day off to commemorate the date but we don’t throw 5 de mayo parties. I don’t know if mexican americans feel differently tho.
Honestly, my biggest issues are that the inclusion of Miguel who is unnecessary--Governor Richard's storyline would've taken up the same amount of time, why would they bother to make him governor of Michigan instead of Utah as in the book, why is the Queen now a King? I enjoyed the movie, and they got the heart but are missing the soul of the book.
I know this might be a random request but since theres been an announcement of a general elecrion on the horizon in the UK, would you consider doing a video about the run up to the 1997 elections? Since someone was playing things will get better as Rishi Sunak made his announcement earlier today looool. Would love to get a video from you on how Tony Blair girlbossed his way into being PM icl.
I recently thought about Will Greyson& Will Greyson because I started reading it at 14 years old in our school's library because it was in the queer section AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED and now you just bring up the name? I can finally continue reading that? Weird ass coincidence but I'll take it.
I’ve been a nerdfighter since 2015 so I genuinely forget the number of former Tumblr girlies who only know of him as that author we read in middle school😂 Stream the Turtles movie!🐢
I once tried to describe the marauders fandom to my partner and they interrupted after a while and said “you’re just describing all the different ways wizard men are fucking each other”
