earth to anyone still in this fandom

[hummussexual]

Ben Platt - Andrew (Official Music Video)

His hair falls in cool careless waves without tryin’ Goes days without cryin’ But still treats me kind And it’s not his fault, all the sleep I’ve been losin’ The way that I’m ruined One look in his eyes and I’m gone Helplessly dumb My senses go numb My brain is on fire They say wanting someone is supposed to be fun That’s because they never loved an Andrew Honey, I know there’s no one to blame But honestly, damn you It’s just a cruel joke that chemicals play You don’t wanna kiss me, ‘cause I’m not at all Likе the girls in the posters that hang on your wall What a timе wasting heartbreak to fall For an Andrew

He floats through the air unaware of the damage A hard right of passage for soft-hearted boys He smiles like a friend, puts his hand on my shoulder If I can’t get closer, then I am destroyed And I’m gone Helplessly dumb My senses go numb My brain is on fire They just can’t understand why it hurts me so bad That’s because they’ve never had an Andrew Honey, I know there’s no one to blame But honestly, damn you It’s just a cruel joke that chemicals play You don’t wanna kiss me, 'cause I’m not at all Like the girls in the posters that hang on your wall What a time wasting heartbreak to fall For an Andrew What a time wasting, sweet happiness-taking Self-esteem, mess-making Heart-breaking shame Wanna hold your hand, and be more of a man Like your world falls apart for me or stays the same 'Cause you’re Andrew Honey, I know there’s no one to blame But honestly, damn you It’s just a cruel joke that chemicals play You don’t wanna kiss me, 'cause I’m not at all Like the girls in the posters that hang on your wall Wish that I’d never met you at all Sorry, Andrew Ooh-ooh-ooh

[turniptitaness]

Delicious.

[mylittleshipgoestoot]

❤️ River touching Payton like he’s everything. 💙

[hobarkleys]

The Politician be like River and Payton were in love. No they weren’t bc they were. No they weren’t ❤️

[castielspice]

how is the politician gonna sit there and say that river and payton were both straight and not actually in love and then have ben platt sing another song with the word river in it??

[dear-evan-fansen]

People complain CONSTANTLY that Evan "doesn't face enough consequences for his actions". I've always thought this was a bad take for multiple reasons, the most obvious being that Evan didn't have much to lose to begin with, and still ended up losing the only things he DID have, since he ultimately drove his only two friends away. But mainly I think this argument is bad because it's criticizing one of the elements that makes this show special. Is there some grand fallout where the secret comes out and Evan's life publicly crumbles as a result of his actions? No. But why does there have to be?

The audience is capable of discerning right from wrong. They don't need to be TOLD what Evan did is wrong because that's blatantly obvious. The show shouldn't have to aggressively and explicitly condemn his actions in order for us to understand that.

There are plenty of other stories you can go to if you're looking for a morality tale. There are countless different pieces of media out there that will spoonfeed you the message "'do bad things and bad things will happen to you in return", if that's what you're interested in. But there aren't nearly enough stories that tell you that you can screw up or do something bad and still keep going. Keep living. And keep learning to be better. Like it or not, life doesn't stop when you make a bad decision. It doesn't stop when you hurt someone or lose someone or do something you regret. It keeps going, and you have to keep going too.

For people who see themselves in Evan, who don't feel they'll ever come to a place where they can forgive themselves for the mistakes they've made, that message is infinitely more helpful than another story about a character who brings about his own downfall for the sake of teaching the audience a lesson.

And if you came to watch this story about a kid whose intense suffering and loneliness lead him to make a terrible mistake, and your problem with it is that you wanted to see him suffer more, I think that says a lot more about you than it does about the show.

[dearevanhansenlatetotheparty]

don't get me wrong who the hell would want to live in america but to be closer to Broadway would be nice

[dearevanhansenlatetotheparty]

Isn't this the cutest thing ever?