Bad Writer Who Likes to Try Anyway

This is a place to put what I write, let me know what you think!

[storiesofthedead]

Hey guys I just started writing some fanfiction, if you're here from said fanfiction then hello! Leave a message and say hi =).

[nogistallen]

of course wally made a dance for him charley and rhonda in all the years they were dead and bored and needing things to do. of course they have a whole number choreographed and memorised and ready to bust out for any given dramatic montage. of course they do

[ladykvetchingradish]

I fear we’re not acknowledging enough how Maddie has the self-preservation skills of a walnut

she consistently doesn’t use her phone or earbuds to hide that she’s talking to ghosts even though people call her out for talking to herself every MINUTE

she blamed that video on herself to the principal when there was 100% a way to get out of that without incriminating herself even more

both of these happened in season 3 which fuels my theory that she is suffering from a serious head injury that is severely stifling her COMMON SENSE

[skektrek]

[star-h0pper]

maddie gripping onto simon like her life depends on it is so important.

[nblizzieforbes]

[writerxwren]

I love the implication here that nostalgia can sometimes be just as much of a trap as trauma can. Anything that keeps you stuck in the past will prevent you from moving forward, even if it's good, and that's a bold thing to say in this day and age when we've created an entire culture around worshipping nostalgia to the point that it's actually kind of destroying our ability to form meaningful cross-generational connections with people. Everyone is competing over which generation's nostalgia matters the most and it's driving more wedges between us than it is building bridges. We're meant to learn from each other and our experiences, not fight each other because of them.

What's interesting about the characters all being from different time periods is that even though most of them are trapped in limbo, they're also all "living" in the present moment, which in a way forces them to have to connect with each other despite their generational differences. Those differences end up taking a back seat to their shared humanity, and the connections they forge are not only the heart of the show but also what enable them to be able to make progress past being stuck in an endless loop where nothing about their lives (or afterlives) ever changes or improves. I've never seen a story tackle this idea before the way this show has and yet again I'm so impressed at it for exploring concepts other stories either aren't brave enough to delve into or haven't even thought to touch upon. Themes like this are why this series is so compelling to me even as an adult viewer

[sageee0416]

my favorite part of school spirits is how shippable the characters are, like ok Split River polycule

[tyracollettes]

School Spirits 3.08 "Dawn of the Deb"

for @frontlawn

[morgansdeb]

SCHOOL SPIRITS S03E02 "MEAN GHOULS"

[lxvepup]

there's so much i can say about school spirits season 3 finale but I'm just thinking about simon and maddie. ohh my god

when simon was lost in the woods he kept walking away from janet. his stubborness came through even when his sense of self was gone. and then he sees his mother (a person he has felt a lot of guilt over) on the other side of a river. crossing said river means moving on to the next plane. the next mystery and the next beyond.

there could have been a struggle to get him out of the water. they could have built the panic that he was being pulled to the other side. but then maddie shows up and he is so easily pulled by her. he doesn't become stubborn, he doesn't try to walk away. maddie is so deeply rooted into him that all she has to do is take his hand and go "come with me", and he does. no questions asked.

their relationship is fucking beautiful

[star-h0pper]

finale giving us maddie getting five billion hugs and simon hitting van heidt over the head with a fire extinguisher. what more could you ask for.

[sucha-killjoy]

i really love that they treated maddie’s reunions with wally and simon the same. both scenes have build up and slowmos and gravity too them. because both relationships are just as important to maddie as each other. her relationship with simon may be plutonic but that doesnt mean its not as important as her romantic relationship with wally and on the same vein, her relationship with wally may be shorter and newer but it doesnt mean its not as significant as her childhood bond with simon.

the different bonds are reflections of each other and the actions of wally and simon through out the show demonstrate the value the writers place in all kinds of relationships not just the romantic ones most shows focus on.

idk it just refreshing to have a writing/directing/acting team care about the friendships and plutonic relationships in a show just as much as the romantic ones.

[ladykvetchingradish]

tbh I would not believe Maddie if she was like “I see little gay hallucinations and they’re all coupled up with each other” I’d be like sure girl I think we all use ao3 you’re not special

[solarismoons]

tiktok comments i think school spirits characters would use

[hearjessroar]

he fascinates me

[lcvegowon]

school spirits is so refreshing in a world full of queer baiting everyone was like aw we love charley he deserves to be happy with a bf and they were like s2 wish granted heres yuri his new bf then everyones like aw quinn’s so cool i’m headcanoning them as non binary s3 boom wish granted then everyone is like wow rhonda is so cool i wish she was gay and i wish her and quinn got together they’d be so cute s3 boom wish granted