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okay so like what do we think of Adam from shatter me

i wanna talk about that for a second cause I've seen SO MANY mixed opinions and I myself have kept changing my mind about this

like the first time i read shatter me, I kinda hopped on the bandwagon and started hating on Adam just cause everyone did, but once I re-read shatter me and saw other opinions I kind of decided to think about it myself instead of just hating on him

like I KNOW he said a lot of bitchy things to Juliette but I feel like many of the things he said were said because of the mental state he was in. like tbh if I were in his situation and the world sucked and my ex came back with the guy who tried to kill me I would be PISSED the fuck off. and especially because I would've recently happened to discover that the guy I hated basically my whole life happens to be my BROTHER, and in HIS MIND at that time, he doesn't think of Aaron as a good person, cause why would he? he has no reason to? and we can say that "oh, yeah, but everyone else accepted warner much faster" but Adams situation is completely different? like that's his BROTHER and he was almost killed for no reason other than because what? warner was jealous? that Adam was with Juliette? because I KNOW him escaping wasn't leading to all that.

and genuinely if I hear another person undermine his trauma with Anderson because "it wasn't as bad as aaron's" I'm actually gonna crash out because like excuse me?? one persons trauma doesn't determine how bad another's was? and as far as we've heard, Adam doesn't go too deep into what exactly happened to him? and as much as we've heard, Adam got literal glass bottles thrown at him, which sounds PRETTY BAD TO ME IDK ABT YALL

and tbh I see so many people calling him weak and that he sucks for the trying to keep James safe by trading in his powers with Anderson and stuff, but think about it from his perspective- like that's his BROTHER. the one person he's treated like his child, the whole reason he basically even has a will to live. he cares about James SO MUCH and everything he does it to protect him. in his mind, he was so blinded by trying to protect James, he was doing whatever it takes to do it and honestly? I respect that.

it might've been stupid and not the best decision for "the greater good" but when the world is so bad I have no reason to live but to protect my loved ones, I honestly wouldn't give a shit about the greater good

and what sucks is how no one seemed to even THINK about Adam and James except for Kenji

and adam was MIA in most of the second trilogy because he apparently no longer had a use cause he was no longer juliette's love interest.. I haven't read Watch Me yet but Im really hoping we see more of Adam too

like I get why Adam could piss people off sometimes, but if I see any Aaron glazers hating on Adam, all I gotta ask is how does that make any sense? they're like the same person in different fonts. you either hate on them both or accept that both of them went through a lot and the way they spoke and behaved was deeply affected by that. It literally pisses me off when people throw adam under the bus and act like Warner is perfect

also ik this might come off as Aaron hate but I swear it's not I love him guys this is just a justice for Adam post cause the double standards are actually crazy 😭😭😭😭

allmyglitter

I agree - I think an interesting phenomena in media literacy (and general competency) is the rise in the idea that in order to love one thing you have to reject another?

Like maybe its because our world is getting so polarised and stuff, but you can like wearing dresses and play football, or you can listen to country music while spending your free time entering classical verse competitions, you can like Aaron without having to hate on Adam to 'prove' you like Aaron

#shatter me #aaron warner anderson #aaron warner #Adam kent #media literacy #wouldnt be me if I couldnt get classics and country and books in one #and politics #obvs lol #book characters