#cmq5

[lily-s-world]

Oh... OH!!

[haystarlight]

To think every CMQ book is dedicated to a different group within the queer community

RWRB is for queer celebrities. People in the public eye, who were famous before coming out and whose coming out experiences were affected by their fame. Maybe the internet or some toxic reporter or something forced them to come out before they were ready, maybe they had a deadline on coming out. Maybe they had to consider how their true identity would affect their career and reputation. And yet, when they do come out, they see all the fans and other queers that feel inspired by them. All the lives they've touched. Is that worth it?

OLS is for two different groups. The old queers, who were alive in the 60s/70s/80s, who fought cops and protested and risked their lives for what they believed in; who may or may not have survived the AIDS epidemic, who got us everything we have today. And also for the younger queers, born in the late 90s or after, that grew up in a more accepting world thanks to their efforts. August and the gang being out and happy and themselves is exactly what Jane fought for, and it's an extra happy ending that she gets to join in.

IKSW is for queer kids that grew up in conservative places, with religious families. How confusing and difficult it is to still love your hometown and your family and your religion even though you know you can't be your full self there. Do you stay and fight for it to become better? Do you escape, leaving loved ones behind? It's a difficult decision.

And finally, TP is for the sex positivity, being comfortable with your sexuality and unconventional relationships. That's pretty self explanatory, there's so much sex going on unabashedly in this book. It's a love letter to horny and kinky queers.

Also, specifically to non monogamous people too, because there's a lot of non monogamy in that book. Open relationships, couples bringing another person in, a 4some with 2 guys of the same name (that one's funny), etc.

You could also add it's specifically for the trans/non binary community, because Theo's coming out is a big part of the book.

Idk, I think it's neat that CMQ does that with their books. I'm excited to learn the plot of CMQ5.

[dearest-loveliest-elizabeth]

What even is cmq5 about

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

❤️🤍💙 #RWRB #RWRBMovie #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue

Casey being iconic-i just love Them so much!!

#CaseyMcQuiston

. https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1791335511728013403?s=19 .

"I just really wanted to explore both of those characters and I wanted to do it in a way that I hadn't really seen before, and also just like as a queer person I want to make queer art and that's what I'm drawn and that's what I'm interested in. So I kind of had these two different ideas, it was like one idea was that I would write a book about this rebellious first kid who's like figuring out that they're queer and what does that mean for their like political aspirations; and the other was about you know sort of a member of the royal family under all of this pressure to carry on this legacy and like what does that mean if they're gay. Um-And I'm just like kind of weighing these two different stories and deciding where I wanted to go and then I just kind of had this moment of like What If I didn't have to choose and it was the same story because they fall in love with each other? And-Um-You know in a classic bisexual fashion I was like I'm gonna have both, so I did!"

"It was really important to me that Alex was explicitly bisexual because like, you know, I really wanted the representation of like this bisexual character and then it was important to me that he was also Mexican like he is in the book and that he was played by a Mexican actor. (..) It was really important to me that, um, I didn't want any, I didn't want Alex or Henry, no matter how their stories were translated to the screen, I didn't want either of them to have any type of, um, like shame or resentment towards themselves for being queer, it was really important to me that the stakes of their lives and their like inner conflict was much more based on like the circumstances that they're in. It's like they don't hate themselves for being gay-or for being bi-they just wish that it was easier to be who they were in the world that they live in."

"..Taylor embodies that so beautifully. (..) I think he's just killer in that role. And Nick, I mean, if you like turned me upside down and shook me like he would fall out my brain as Henry (..) doesn't have blue eyes but they sure are sad eyes and that is exactly what they need to be."

"I see myself in Alex, tremendously, I'm very much in Alex, I relate to him so much, uh, truly, I think he's the most like me of all my characters."

"I very much would love screenwriting to become part of what I do, I'll say it that way."

BTW for everyone interested: Red, White & Royal Blue: Collector's Edition Henry PoV bonus chapter by Casey Mcquiston : https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/752528941905018880?source=share

CMQ spotify (characters' playlists!!) https://open.spotify.com/user/p873j0jdmqn5hye7cakdnub7e/playlists

+ also queer history/facts from RWRB(Alex engaging with queer history)(thank you SO. MUCH. CASEY MCQUISTON!!)-GREAT POST here on tumblr!!-many links here, lots of information! (Waterloo Vase, Stonewall, SCOTUS decision 2015, Walt Whitman, Laws of Illinois 1961, The White Nights Riots, Paris Is Burning, THAT David Wojnarowicz photo 'If I Die Of AIDS-Forget Burial-Just Drop My Body On The Steps Of The F.D.A' https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/757305651356729344?source=share (I encourage you to research more about David!!) , Thisbe & Pyramus, The V & A, James I & George Villiers and MORE!!) https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/757308307835895808?source=share (Learning about things referenced in Red, White & Royal Blue, thank you @ elipheleh)

+https://www.vulture.com/article/casey-mcquiston-red-white-and-royal-blue-the-pairing-interview.html

+https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/taylor-zakhar-perez-casey-mcquiston-interview-red-white-royal-blue-1235975977/

.https://ew.com/taylor-zakhar-perez-honors-nicholas-galitzine-entertainers-of-the-year-2024-8759399 +CAST OF RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE |FYC Panel - Consider Amazon:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/769737016086839297?source=share

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMv0RpHPURp/

The Summer's Best Romance Novel Is About Slutty Bisexuals in Love

Dive into Casey McQuiston’s ‘The Pairing’ — a vibrant exploration of queer love and self-discovery in their highly anticipated third novel.

.https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/758778031058862080?source=share

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^ Casey McQuiston author of Red White and Royal Blue via Threads I've always seen comments about how a "woman" wrote a mlm novel, and since

ah all that RWRB joy / RWRB important links in this LONG post♥

edit above of the fans recording THE moment from: https://twitter.com/galitzinerry/status/1789088497879638130 & https://twitter.com/thearti

Red, White & Royal Blue director explains why he doesn't want it called a 'gay' film

and then i saw this and i actually fucking sobbed.😭💜 #RWRBMovie #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue #ACD #AlexClaremontDiaz #bi #bisexual bi ig highlight

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that's my ACD, my Alex Claremont-Diaz, everyone♥ all of this, yes♥ BTS of #RWRBMovie: 'z' in your last name From NYT: For both Zakhar Pere

No, There’s No 3-Hour “Red, White & Royal Blue” Movie Cut

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH♥ #RWRBMovie ♥ But there is a reason for those deleted scenes, director Matthew López says. Taylor and Nicholas pictures

sage on X

National Coming Out Day-October 11th! *this* part of Alex's speech is so important-the whole speech is-both versions-in the movie, and in th

when Alex texted Henry, "yo there's a Bond marathon on and did you know your dad was a total babe?"

someone said that Amy Adams and Jude Law would make a good Catherine and Arthur Fox and now I can’t unsee it 😧 AU: Henry tells Alex the stor

♥. and now some RWRB links here:

new favorite video, yes!!❤️🤍💙 #RWRB #RWRBMovie #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue thank you Aneesh!! !! more VERY IMPORTANT RWRB content in this

RWRB this❤/

'this is exactly the kind of thing i've spent 15 years going 'i wish this scene existed' and being so frustrated that it didn't(..)watching

x

[spicybabyhoney]

My safe space is the universe where Ellen Claremont is president

[victorian-cat-lady]

Oh, CMQ5 is going to EAT. I’m foaming at the mouth already.

Taken from Casey’s Instagram story 12/17/25

[cuntyjugheadfromriverdale]

before the pairing comes out, please read cmq’s other books and not just rw&rb bc seriously they r SO GOOD

[avadaniels]

have we figured out the main characters of CMQ5 yet