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Overheard in the Gallagher Academy halls (and beyond). Ask and submission boxes are open! I’m on ao3 and Instagram @BlackthorneBabe if you’re looking for more content!

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Well. It’s that time of year again:

My wrapped is definitely… interesting this year. Go ahead and drop a number 1-100 in my ask box or on this post and you’ll get a fic inspired by the song! (And if you really want you can send a number and a character or ship. Just know I listen to a lot of sad music so you might not like it)

While those are coming in I promise I will get back to work on the other requests I’ve had to put on hold while I’m in school. I’m excited to get back into it! Have fun and let’s finish the year strong!

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Idc if it's 100% canon or totally against it but I'm a priest in a church called "the only reason Cammie didn't take Zach with her, when she ran away, was because if he had come with her, then she would have never come back. Yes, leaving everyone else behind would've been extremely hard but it was better for everyone's safety and the two of them could've started a new life together somewhere far away."

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This is gospel

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Catherine showing up in book 6 like

Catherine: You're cutting off my circulation! Cammie: Get used to it. I have more important things to worry about. Catherine: I came to you in friendship! Cammie: ... Zach: ... Bex, Liz, Macey: ... Abby and Townsend: ... Catherine: Well, alright, seething hatred, but I've got useful information and I feel I'm being mistreated.

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Hi friends.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Reusing this to say chapter 21 is now up as well!

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Hi friends.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Assigning each Gallagher Girls character a Taylor Swift era:

(assuming I haven’t done this already)

Taylor Swift— Matthew Morgan

Fearless— Josh Abrams

Speak Now— Macey McHenry

RED— Rachel Morgan

1989— Abigail Cameron

reputation— Cammie Morgan

Lover— Liz Sutton

Folklore— Edward Townsend

Evermore— Zachary Goode

Midnights— Bex Baxter

TTPD— Joe Solomon

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Do you think Bex, Cam or Macey or Zach will ever teach at the Gallagher academy in the future?

Honestly I could see all of them teaching there at some point. Coming in to teach coveops or another class for a semester or a year could be fun for Bex or Macey. I do think Cammie eventually takes her mom’s position as headmistress. And it is my personal headcanon that, rather than have Zach just be the Gallagher coveops teacher, I think he becomes headmaster of Blackthorne.

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Got really inspired by this headcanon and wrote this silly little one-shot scene into my post-canon universe below the cut.

"Gallagher Girl?" He whispered. "Are you awake?"

He knew she was. He counted her breaths subconsciously as her head lay tucked against his collar bone. After twenty years, he knew this woman better than he knew himself. He knew every inch of her body and mind, every curve, every scar. He knew this moment was safe.

"Hmm?" She mumbled against his chest, without moving.

"I think I'm ready," he said. The words had been bouncing around Zach's head for weeks. Every time he held his six-month-old son in his arms. Every time he watched his three-year-old daughter solving a New York Times crossword puzzle without knowing any of the words. But when they finally passed through his lips they came out no louder than a whisper.

"Is it the kids?" Cammie asked, her breath warm against his chest.

Zach nodded. "I don't want. . ." His voice trailed off. He hated the way thoughts of his mother still affected him. As if she had any right to still be alive in his head after all these years. He ran his hand along Cammie's back, pulling her closer to him. He summoned the courage to speak. 

"I want to be here," he said softly. "I want to watch them grow up. I don't want them to ever wonder if I'm coming home." 

Cammie nodded. "I understand," she said softly. "I love that for you. I'm not there yet," she admitted. "But I love that for you."

Zach nodded. He wasn't asking her to give up her job. Not now. Not ever. Cammie's work was an innate part of who she was. When she was ready to leave the field, that decision would have to be hers, and hers alone.

"What do you want to do next?" She asked. Her voice was gentle, without judgment. Her tone said she'd be fine if Zach wanted to be a stay-at-home Dad. But Zach had something else in mind.

"You grew up at Gallagher, right?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

Cammie nodded. "My mom took over at the same time I started seventh grade." She knew that he knew this, but she was patient with him nonetheless. 

"Did you like living there?" He asked.

Cammie nodded. "It was my home for a long time. Sometimes it was lonely over the breaks," she admitted. "But I never once wished we lived somewhere else."

Zach nodded. "This would be a little different," he said carefully. "But how would you feel about moving to Maine?"

Cammie was silent for a long moment, considering. Zach didn't know what to make of it. Was she surprised that he wanted to go back to Blackthorne? Teenage Zach had sworn he would never set foot in that place again. But he wasn't teenage Zach anymore. What had once seemed like a prison now stretched before him like an open road. Blackthorne had been slowly changing over the last twenty-five years. Perhaps he could be the one to finish the job.

"Is that really what you want?" Cammie asked.

Zach nodded. "I think so," he said. "I know it sounds crazy, after everything," he admitted. "But I think this is what I'm supposed to do. I think we could bring Blackthorne into a new era."

"You're not afraid it's going to be an enormous trigger for both of us?" Cammie asked. And Zach could hear the fear in her voice. Cammie's nightmares had dramatically improved since they'd moved to Chicago nearly a decade ago. And now he was asking her to live within the walls of one of the most traumatic moments of her life. 

"The tombs are gone," Zach said softly, running his hand over her shoulder. Cammie involuntarily shivered at his words. He kissed the top of her head. "And the rest is different now," he assured her. "Not Gallagher different," he said, "But less of a prison and more of a military school. It's not luxurious," he admitted. "But it's different."

"It's going to be odd for Chloe," Cammie said softly. "Growing up with 150 big brothers." 

"She'll be the safest little girl in the world," Zach smiled. "They'll be wrapped around her little fingers in no time."

"And you're sure there's a place for you?" Cammie asked.

Zach nodded. "The headmaster reached out after. . ." his voice broke off. Joe Solomon had been dead for almost four months, but it was still hard for him to speak of his adoptive father without breaking down. It was still impossible to think that the most vigilant and invincible man he'd ever known had been blindsided with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. He cleared his throat. "He said it was an open invitation."

Cammie nodded. This would be Joe's legacy. The unspoken truth of it floated between them. Zach was Joe's legacy. 

"Okay," Cammie said, snuggling closer to Zach and kissing his cheek. "We'll start packing in the morning."

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do u have any recaps for books similar to gg

like it’s genuinely my roman empire but it feels like no one knows about it but me 😭

If you like the writing style and the female led ensemble of the Gallagher Girls I’d first recommend Ally Carter’s Heist Society books. (If you like the writing style and you want more adult go for Ally's The Blonde Identity.)

I read the series at the same time as the Percy Jackson books, so nostalgia dictates I recommend those as well. And they have similar themes of watching the main ensemble characters grow up, fight, there are meaningful friendships, and a romance as well.

If you like rivals to lovers stories (like Zammie with lower stakes) there's The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.

I haven't read this series personally, but I know there's a lot of overlap between the Gallagher Girls fandom and the Raven Boys fans.

It all depends on what it is you like about the series. That's what you want to look for in other books! I haven't ready many books that I find similar to GG, but here's what goodreads recommends if that helps!

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Do you think Catherine told the truth when she said she didn’t want to hurt Cammie in UWS? How could she have done that to her boy’s girlfriend even though she knew she needed the answers from Cammie?

Catherine is interesting because she’s not a President Snow villain. She and Cammie do not agree not to lie to each other. They aren't in a delicate, political dance with one another. Catherine wants Cammie alive while she's useful and once she isn't anymore Catherine does not care about her. So, no in that moment I think she meant she didn't want to hurt Cammie because it wouldn't benefit her in any way. It probably would have been more work than it was worth considering everything that was going on.

Catherine doesn't see Cammie as her sons girlfriend. She sees Cammie as someone with information she needs and then as a loose end. Cammie being a way to get under her sons skin is an added bonus. It isn't enough for Catherine to want to keep her alive after she's served Catherine/The Circle's purpose.

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rachel morgan after forcing teachers to kidnap her daughter and classmates as a test

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Hey everyone! If you’re in either of the Ally Carter discords there’s a link to sign up for an advanced reader copy (ARC) of her upcoming book! Make sure you check it out if interested and fill it out. You’ll get to read the book early and then you can review it if you’re so inclined for new and returning Ally Carter readers!

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Do you think Bex, Cam or Macey or Zach will ever teach at the Gallagher academy in the future?

Honestly I could see all of them teaching there at some point. Coming in to teach coveops or another class for a semester or a year could be fun for Bex or Macey. I do think Cammie eventually takes her mom’s position as headmistress. And it is my personal headcanon that, rather than have Zach just be the Gallagher coveops teacher, I think he becomes headmaster of Blackthorne.

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What do you think it would have been like if Zach had been Cammie’s enemy?

There’s two different ways I interpreted this question, both of which are interesting options. Now, Cammie and Zach as we know them are a rivals to lovers story. So the first way I could interpret this change to them being enemies would be making them a rivals to enemies story instead. The Cammie and Zach we see in the series are never truly enemies, they’re academic rivals when we meet them and they slowly grow out of that.

If they grew into enemies though? There would be a lot of foreshadowing built in, parallel to the foreshadowing we get that Zach is going to be a good guy. There would still be enough back and forth to make Cammie and the reader question where Zach falls. Book 2 would end the same and then I imagine that the reveal of Zach as the enemy would come at the end of book 3 or during book 4. It would be interesting to see how Cammie deals with another heartbreak after Josh, depending on how her and Zach’s relationship evolved in this scenario. Then it would be interesting to see the two of them fight on opposite sides, especially considering how similar they are. (Since I have a reference for everything I’m thinking Buffy and Angel when he became Angelus.) The series would then likely end without a love interest for Cammie or with a new one introduced in book 4 or 5.

Now the other way I interpret Cammie and Zach as enemies is if they go from enemies to lovers. If they start out much the same, as rivals, just, well, worse. And angrier. We’d see a Zach who doesn’t hide his anger and resentment towards Cammie. He wouldn’t shield her from that or the truth about Blackthorne or his parents, he’d reveal them strategically to get a reaction out of her. But then we’d also see Cammie getting through to him. We’d see signs of his humanity and Cammie giving him chances to choose that humanity and every so often he would. Zach would be worse in books 2 and 3 with book 4 being a turning point where Zach saves Cammie at the end just like he does in the actual book. Then I can see him disappearing and Cammie running away and when she forgets the summer, she forgets Zach saved her in the tombs. We know because she wrote her report before that, but she doesn’t. Just for added drama. Maybe in this scenario he finds her over the summer. Again, drama. It’s not a great look for him as her enemy and then there’s a reveal where Cammie remembers that their relationship evolved over that summer into something romantic. Which sets us up for a great finale in book 6 where they end up together.

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Do you think Cammie’s memories of the summer she ran away eventually came back post series? Would they have haunted her for a long time or would she have been able to leave it in the past and not think on it?

I don’t think it’s Cammie’s choice whether she thinks about it or remembers it or not. I imagine memories of that summer come to her in fragments and in flashes, probably in nightmares or when triggered. I think these occurrences would happen at random and spaced out throughout her life. I don’t imagine she ever gets the memory of everything that happened that summer back. And everyone is right, she’s probably better off that way.

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Do you think anyone else at the Gallagher Academy knew all the secret passageways or was it just Cammie?

I think Cammie is the only one who knew all of them! I feel like she says once or twice that it seems like a passageway hasn't been used since Gilly herself. I think most of them her mom and the staff know exist but obviously don't use. There are some the other girls are aware of but also probably don't use. Then there are some Cammie has shown her friends and the other girls but there's a good handful she keeps just for herself. And it's not like other people really ask, Cammie offers them when necessary but she seems to be the only one really interested in them.

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Do you think Rachel had foreseen her daughter and zach falling in love?

I think she had a feeling that first time she saw them together. Mothers intuition combined with woman's intuition. I think she knew something was going to happen, maybe she didn't think they'd fall in love and stay together forever, but I think she saw something happening between them.

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If there is/are taylor swift song that best describes the relationship of Zach/Cam, what is it and can you please make a short blurb out of it 😭 (obviously a swiftie) 🤭

No Taylor songs Zammie quite as hard as I Know Places and End Game. Those ones are pretty self explanatory, but songs like Mine, Sparks Fly, and Call it What You Want are also very Zammie coded. But for a quick blurb? I'm gonna go with You Are In Love:

It's in the way he catches her eye from across the room. In the way his expression shifts into something just for her to see. It's in the way he buttons the top button on her coat when they leave. It's in the innocuous joke she makes about chivalry. It's in the small talk she makes while he drives. It's in the way they have each others coffee orders memorized. It's in the way he stops on the sidewalk to point out the stars (because he knows she likes them). It's in the way she feels when their shoulders brush. It's in the way she burns toast trying to make breakfast. It's in the way he only notices that she's wearing his shirt. It's in the kisses they share in public and the fights they have in private. It's in their refusal to go to bed without reconciling. It's in the way he pulls her in closer in their bed. It's in the way he whispers,

"You're my best friend."

And it's in the way that he's hers. And they both know it.