This Goose can Honk

I exist. And now you know.

[n33penthe]

god how i love omelets

[gandergaal]

I'm still finding it hard to finish the book but there is one plot point that if it is not going to written well, I might be just one of the biggest JLB haters...

Potential trigger warning (SA) and Spoilers.

One major reason I was able to relate with Grayson was the crash out he had when he learnt about the way (reason more like) he was concieved. Not (just) the adultery part but the fact that he was brought out into this world for the purpose of revenge. Skye tells them 'four beautiful conversation with four handsome men' except one of it wasn't, not really. His story began from someone's death, a man's grief and his thirst for vengeance and just somewhere in between, just lust.

Now here's the hard part I'm gonna admit to, it was around the time I was reading this book that got to I learnt that my story also began from someone's pain, suffering, fear and a man's lust.

It broke me. I began questioning everything about me, my existence, my purpose. I hated myself for just existing because who wouldn't being born at thr cost of someone else's joy and happiness. With Grayson, I coped and JLB helped with that rather beautifully.

And Lyra being a product of SA too, the idea of it feels almost too convenient for Lyrason because Ik that JLB (prolly) had in mind what I said above when she wrote Grayson so she also very conveniently paired him up with a girl with that kind of backstory.

Still I kid you not, this better not be trivialised or brushed over easily. Ik people hv different coping styles and that Lyra was raised happy in a healthy family environment but learning shit like this about yourself is not fucking easy and I swear to God it better not be played down for the sake of the rest of the plot. JLB wrote it and she has to give that kind of trauma justice.

[Note: I don't always proofread, a bad habit I'm tryna change]

[the-tig-essay-writer]

which character do you think is best written

I think Eve and Grayson are the best written characters. Grayson because he get's good development, a male character going to therapy is quite progressive for our time. Also a male lead getting a romance after working on himself and not using his trauma as an excuse to justify himself is also quite progressive.

I like Eve because she's a bitch and she knows it, she doesn't try to change at all because she doesn't want to. If she were a male character everyone would love him. She suffers the consequences of her actions, whilst being presented to be human enough for us to understand why she is the way she is. She doesn't need a redemption arc, she needs a peaceful life away from the Hawthornes, preferably with Mattias and hi mother.

[gandergaal]

TGB Spoilers Containing Shitpost

It's so absurd it's straight up funny at this point.

The

ex-girlfriend,

Ex-crush

Ex-hook up

Ex-situashionship

Current girlfriend but she wouldn't really say it that way

Line up is insane.

Imagine all of them in one scene, it'd be like that elevator scene from Grey's Anatomy, if I remember well.

Wait, Grey's? Lmaooooooo.

His therapist gonna be working extra hours, that's for sure.

[beautifulmusicengineer]

why do you enjoy eve (I'm starting to love her but I don't know why)

Why do I enjoy Eve? Ummm... The funny thing is she's actually not even my favorite character.

But from my perspective, she's probably the most interesting character because she's the only one the narrative actually allows to fail.

There's a difference between a character making a mistake and a story pretending it wasn't a mistake. Some of the characters gets protected by the narrative. Their bad decisions are explained away, softened, ignored, or turned into something noble. The story wants you to sympathize with them before it wants you to judge them, Eve doesn't get that privilege, when she messes up, she's wrong. The narrative doesn't spend pages trying to convince you she's secretly right. Her flaws are embraced as flaws instead of being disguised as virtues.

Ironically, that makes her feel more human than almost everyone else.

A well-written character isn't someone who's always right. A well-written character is someone who's allowed to be wrong without the author rewriting reality to protect them.

I honestly don't know if JLB intended this or if Eve simply became the character the story uses to absorb all the blame so everyone else can remain morally cleaner. But either way, the result is the same, Eve ends up carrying much of the emotional and thematic weight of the series. She has agency, she makes choices, those choices have consequences, she isn't perfect and the story doesn't erase that imperfection.

To me, that's far more compelling than characters who are constantly validated by the narrative.

That's why I enjoy Eve. Not because she's the nicest or my favorite but because she's the only character I feel like I'm actually reading instead of being told how to feel about.

[vexheart]

There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

[tooprecious2gamble]

Karla @iheartkars made another bingo card for all of you and asked me to post it 😼

If you know spoilers stfu and shout out to everyone who gave us predictions cos we already knew everything 🥹🥹

[gandergaal]

The Gilded Blades

Spoiler ridden Copium Rant

So.... Emily Laughlin alive?? Nobody correct me if it's otherwise. All I saw were buzzwords like revival/alive with Tobias and Emily beside it. Like wtf? I hope it ain't like that, I hope Jamie was hallucinating or smn otherwise... huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!? and wtf?! (imagine every syllable stretched out unnecessarily long) is all my otherwise mediocrely substantial vocabulary has to offer.

These spoilers feel like a fever dream.

[gandergaal]

Nobody will get you the way I do, Rosabelle Wolff.

Not even James. Not ever James. 🤨

[beautifulmusicengineer]

Grayson Hawthorne is a Halsey song

[gandergaal]

Heyyy guys.

Can anybody DM me the first 10 chapters of TGB??? 🥹

[cryptidstealingyourcreditcard]

matthias helvar’s character arc is actually so fucking beautiful because he actively chooses to change his viewpoint of the world. he instinctually thinks something bad, and then stops and reminds himself to give it a second thought. he sees in hindsight how his old life was poisoning him. he wants to help others who had been in his position, even if they can’t see the poison on their own yet.

[masasinsanity]

Lyrason indian show main couple qualifications

The boy is upper class and so wealthy✅

The girl is middle class✅

She’s kind and compassionate and understanding ✅

He’s the family’s golden boy✅

They’re both really sentimental✅

Love at first sight (more like at first phone call but same thing)✅

She comes from a loving family ✅

His family kinda questionable and twisted ✅

His family hates her✅

A family member is ready to give her money to stay away✅

Lowkey forbidden love but the reason why it’s forbidden is dumb✅

Man is lowkey just a bitch✅

[masasinsanity]

Jameson locking tf in with hitting the gym after being kidnapped by Alice so he’s ready to fight her and her man hating cult for his girl like the alpha male wolf he is

[gandergaal]

I just heard that people think that Rosabelle is annoying.

And I only have the worst, most disgusting words within my vocabulary to say to those people.

🙄

Jk... or am I?

[pissing-people-off-is-fun]

I need y'all to understand the symbolism behind all the characters originally made by the re-establishment being drop dead gorgeous. Especially Rosabelle.

Cause it's WAYYY deeper than just beauty standards in popular books, these characters being so beautiful to the point that it's almost uncanny is very essential to the world building of this franchise.

[gandergaal]

I love how we all just collectively erased Brady from our memories.