Noah Czerny holds a permanent place in my list of characters of all time because like, there was a Noah Czerny, but our Noah is a boy who never existed. The Noah who loves Blue’s spiky hair and watches over Gansey to remind him not to waste his chance and hangs onto existence even as he’s constantly dying and likes snowglobes was never real, he was a shadow of a very different boy who once lived, and at the end of the story it is that Noah—the flesh-and-blood Noah—who is remembered, memorialized through the continuation of Raven Day, while our Noah slips from existence, and is forgotten.
I love how much Helly’s clothes have to say not just about her outie’s identity, but the origin of her rebellion as a whole.
Like… she breaks the dress code. Constantly. We know from The Lexington Letter that Lumon only allows white, black, navy, gray, and pastels. And what does Helly wear? Bright blues, green, orange, and at one point, even a dress that is unapologetically crayon-yellow.
For most of season one, the audience thinks this symbolizes Helly’s rebellious nature. Of course her outfits break the rules and stand out like a sore thumb in the muted halls of MDR — so does she! Helly is a new wild card spicing up the lives of her coworkers and shaking up the system. She doesn’t care a whit for Lumon and their stupid regulations, and her clothing reflects that.
But remember… Helly R. doesn’t dress herself.
Helena does.
If Helly could choose to break the dress code, she would — but she has no say in what she puts on every morning. It isn’t her who’s doing this. It’s Helena Eagan who wakes up and, every time she gets ready for work, purposefully dresses herself in ways contrary to her own father’s company.
Whatever her reasons, the point is this: the only reason Helly can unashamedly break the dress code is that no one has the guts to tell the CEO’s daughter to follow the rules. That rebellion, that defiant warmth? Only there because of privilege.
And isn’t that the point? Isn’t that so much of what Helly R.’s “moxie” is? Yes, she fights against MDR’s mistreatment and galvanizes the innies to revolution! Which is awesome! But a lot of it’s because when she first woke up on that table, something inside her went, “This isn’t right.
“This isn’t how people are supposed to treat me.”
It is SO deliciously ironic that almost every sliver, every atom of resistance Helly has against Lumon is an inversion from a sense of entitlement that they gave her in the first place. Helly R. goes to work with someone else’s power over her skin. It’s both the flaming crest of her defiance and a constant, quiet reminder that it is only there because she is not like the others. That she is only rebellious because on the outside… she is used to getting her way.
Adam Parrish communicating with Cabeswater
my dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😈 this strain is called "his fallible king" 🤴 you'll be zonked out of your gourd 💯
me: yeah whatever. i don’t feel shit
5 minutes later: what if i sacrificed my spiritual autonomy in order to help preserve your feebly-constructed sense of righteousness and integrity
my stupid and kind and marvellous best friend: hey, tiger
im seeing a lot of holden haters on the catcher in the rye tag again so id like to tap the sign
the adam fandom is dying. reblog if u still perish
One thing I truly love about the raven cycle is that Ronan begins as this cool, mysterious alt guy and then the farther you get into the books the more of a loser he becomes and it simultaneously becomes increasingly evident that he grew up on a farm in the middle of the country
a15 bail and legal defense fund (supporting community members criminalized in the us for solidarity with palestine)
university of texas at austin students bail fund venmo @ psc_atx (livestream)
columbia students bail fund venmo @ bcabolitioncollective
as of april 15 ct dissenters (new york and connecticut) need bail funs for arrested activists: zelle: ctpalestinesolidaritycoalition@gmail.com cashapp: $BristolAntiRacism (use "april gift" in your memo so contributions can be tracked)
the palestine legal defense fund supports acitvists across the united states
palestine legal defence also supplies free legal support for activists
the national bail fund network may update with local bail fund efforts as events continue to unfold
this list is updated as of 24 april 10pm EST. i'll try to update as i find further bail funds and legal supports: if you know of other funds or if information shared here is incorrect, please reblog with updated info (+ a timestamp) so people can give and access support.
palestine will be free, solidarity forever 🍉 🇵🇸
USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.
Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.
If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.
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Spread the word.
one thing about me is that I do not play about catcher in the rye! like I'm sorry the traumatized mentally ill 16 year old is not acting in a mature enough manner for you! Surely the purpose of his thoughts and behavior is not meant to be a commentary on teenage mental illness and the way adults fail children and is instead bad writing that only manipulative and bad people enjoy and relate to.
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