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[aces-drew]

BRONWYN ROJAS & NATE MACAULEY | eyes, hands & touch

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Going feral at the ending of episode 3, Bronwyn calling Nate, her smile when he picks up WHEN HE SAYS "SO YOU WANT MORE TROUBLE, ROJAS" goodbye i have passed away

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Oouil Show Review: (first 3 episodes)

Okay. This show. Is amazing. Better than I expected. I love it. Obviously they changed up some stuff and i think it adds an element of surprise for people who have read the books... Like the Simon's laptop thing and all. So there's that.

And I like the portrayal of the characters a lot too. Addy being super dependent on Jake, being anxious and insecure.. It really captures early book Addy. I'm super excited for her character arc. And Annalise Cochrane is a very talented actress. Bronwyn's great! The know it all - ness, her just in general Bronwyn-ness... Love it. (Side note: Marilyn Tejada is SO pretty) and then Nate. Nate. So sassy omg yall his snarky comments 👌👌 he's a little more out there than he was in the books but I'm here for it. Oh and that scene with Cooper and the painkillers when he said he helped him because he knows what's it like to have people depend on you and him not dealing painkillers cuz of his dad I WANTED TO HUG HIM my poor baby. Adding Stan here: Best character obviously. We all agree on that I hope hehe. Next up Cooper: he's a little more uptight and confrontational than in the books and tbh i miss the sweet chill sunshine book cooper but yeah. I like him well enough. Janae and Simon.... Jessie and Mark really portrayed them amazingly. And Jake pretending to be all over Addy but you can literally see his underlying disgust? At Addy. His villianness? Anyhow u can tell he's not as sincere as he seems right from the start. Oh and Maeve. Maeve my sarcastic girl. Love her. Her scenes were iconic. Especially at Simon's wake lololol.

But.

I don't like how they changed up some stuff like show Kris was weird and even Evan and the plot twist with Maeve and Simon was ???? I was shook tbh. So yes. That whole thing I don't vibe with. Other than that. Love it. Recommend it.

[natewynsbff-deactivated20211204]

the entire taylor swift discography can be about natewyn if you listen hard enough

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Cam confirm, i was trying to make a playlist for them while listening to Taylor Swift but every song was abt them??? In the end i was like no need to make a playlist just listen to the whole discography when u wanna think abt them lmao

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Okay long rant but I've read some fan criticism on this point that Addy's secret was that she cheated on Jake but Cooper cheated on Keely for months and faced no consequences for it so that doesn't make sense and/or this makes it a misogynistic book. I think i choose to look at it this way: Karen was highlighting the patriarchy. That's how it is in the world. A girl makes a mistake once and it is a black spot on her literal personality forever. Boys on the other hand, get to do what they like, date as many women as they want, have flings, cheat on their girlfriends and its all fun and games and part of "boys will be boys" and society protecting them using this lame excuse. So Karen was just showing through her characters how awful the double standards are. It may seem exaggerated in the book but really, it's not. It's actually how it is in real life. And i think Addy's character development was absolutely wonderful: How she chose to make this past mistake remain just that, a mistake in the past. She realized her worth was wayyy more than some boy, she became so independent and free and the best version of herself and she is the sort of inspiration that all girls need.

[glitterandgoldrush]

They may give Kris a bigger part in the tv show since Cooper lost his best friend tho so plus side?

i hope so !!!

there’s only 13 characters so surely SURELY kris will get a bigger role?

or cooper’s storyline is gonna get paid dust and the whole show will revolve around natewyn…

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Please, i need to see cooper and addys character development on screen it was the best part of the books 😭😭 i love Natewyn with all my heart but i would absolutely hate it if the show is all over them im worried too bestie

[uhthor]

cooper calling marianly “mari” and her calling him “coops” and telling each other they appreciate each other and when the live ended they said “bye mari” and “bye coops” ITS ALL JUST TOO MUCH

[sharmanswife]

one of us is lying + one of us is next

[1ofusislying]

Can we talk about Bronwyn undoing Nate’s bow tie before I lose my mind

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Bf who majors in chemistry, gf who (almost) failed highschool chemistry

[stanthebeardeddragon]

I love Adam and Zaneb from Love From A to Z (by S. K. Ali) so much and i want to write about them. If anyone has any asks or head canon prompts I'd love to answer!! :)

[izzielizzie]

just found out peacock tv is not available outside of the us which SUCKS, such a bummer, i was looking forward to oouil tv series:((

yeah it's not but I thought Karen said something about another platform that would make it available outside of the us? i'm not sure though

[pleasetellmetherestea]

Here’s an update on where Peacock will be released this year! It doesn’t mention the UK but it had been confirmed to be coming to any Sky users TVs for free with no additional charge unless you subscribe to Peacock Premium.

If you have Instagram follow @oneofusislyingupdates. They’re on top of things from the show, and are really kind!

[izzielizzie]

thank you for the addition!! 

[pleasetellmetherestea]

No problem! Happy to help any and all fans out there!

[stanthebeardeddragon]

You can also pirate it!! Lol illegal but there's lots of free websites that will stream it... U can msg me and ill send u links. There's ads tho but i use ad blocker and they run mostly fine

[pleasetellmetherestea]

Okay Nate, what’re you doing in Megamind?

[stanthebeardeddragon]

I just saw this tweet, and i wanted to say that Karen knows her characters as well as the actors better than us. And she's part of the film crew so we should just trust her to bring the characters on screen in the best way possible. Even if some aspects of the plot will be different, the essence will be the same and that's what matters. I'm a little sad too, of my favorite book scenes not being in the show or like Luis not being present in S1 but I'm sure I'll love whatever they create.

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Nate is my fav character so here's some long head canons about him...

- He's actually very good with kids and once they warm up to him they love him. And when Ashton and Eli have kids (not sure if nate will still live in/near Bayview when they do or if Natewyn will move away somewhere but) and Nate's in town he babysits them and they like adore him. [Also he sometimes watches scary movies with them and they love that. Ssshh don't tell mom and dad]

- Also can you imagine Nate playing soccer with Ashli's kids and his and the rest of the gang's kids later on when they're old enough 😩🥺🥺

- Bringing Cooper and Luis in for this hc, they totally play baseball with the kids. Also Nate, Cooper and Luis probably argue over what game they want the kids to play that day. Luis sometimes wins when he bribes the kids with snacks from his restaurant if they play baseball and Nate pretends to be salty about it lmao. Its all good natured though obviously.

- Nate is someone you go to if you want practical advice because he's street smart and is also a very straight-forward all-cards-on-the-table guy so he gives you his honest opinion and doesn't beat around the bush. He pretends he doesn't give a shit but he's really the older brother in the gang.

- Once he accidentally called Maeve his sister when introducing her to someone and she's like '🥺 really?' and he blushes and tries to change the subject but later Maeve refers to him as her brother and he is very happy inside.

- He's good at cooking too and sometimes he makes food for the gang and also his roommate besties (that live in the house with him) as well once they try his leftover butter chicken left in the fridge bc there's nothing else and love it so they request dishes like a few times a month.

- The years that Bronwyn is away at yale and they're doing long distance, Nate and Bronwyn spend the summers basically attached to the hip and hang out everyday even if it's just them doing their own thing but in the same room and most days sleep over at either one's house. The media room in Bronwyn's basement is essentially their second home. They also make a bucket list for the summer the first week of holidays so.

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Honestly, A Curse So Dark and Lonely instantly became one of my favourite books. It was an absolute delight to read (and I was going through a book slump at the time but was so captivated by this story) but then. Came A Heart So Fierce and Broken. I started really disliking Grey, the reasons to which I will write in another post someday. But then. I read A Vow So Bold and Deadly. Absolute let down. The end was SO unsatisfactory I can’t even begin to describe. The book itself was unsatisfactory. Rhen and Harper’s apparently had a glow down instead of a glow up. Like???? Bridget Kimmerer please write a new 3rd book and cancel AVSBAD.

Anyone relate? hmu I really need someone to talk to about this... 

[stanthebeardeddragon]

Okay okay okay go listen to Grey by Why Don't We it's literally Nate and Bronwyn at the end of oouil.. like their break up. And possibly also the 'breaks' they took in the first year of college.