Hello! My name is Oscar. I'm 19, transmasculine bigender (he/it), and I am bisexual. I am physically disabled, and I have a few disorders that affect my mental health and how I interact with people.
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Malevolent; The Magnus Archives; Stardew Valley; Minecraft; The Walking Dead (TellTale games & tv show); Breaking Bad; Resident Evil; RDR2; Will Wood (And the Tapeworms); Car Seat Headrest; Fallout (NV, 3, 4, 76, & TV show); Mesopotamian, Mesomerican, and US History (focusing on the "Wild West" era, WWI, and the Cold War. Also the Civil Rights movement, especially the Queer Civil Rights Movement); Geology
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I dabble in paganism, specifically nordic and greek. And I am an Australian Shepherd therian.
Ok, so here we are. I'm gonna get it out of the way right away: When the World Tips Over is absolutely worth the wait. I must admit it's kind of overwhelming at the beginning, or maybe the right word is 'daunting'; there's just so many characters, plot threads, styles and formats. But still, once everything is in place, the book grips your soul and basically never lets go. Seeing all the pieces fall into place is a truly powerful experience. And really, Jandy Nelson's prose is masterful. You can tell how much work has gone into making this novel the best version of itself. There's a word in English which I really love, and it's the most appropriate way to describe Nelson: she's a wordsmith, period. What she does with her writing in this book is just masterful. Even the little things I wasn't feeling at first, like the instalove beginnings for some of the romantic plots, ended up winning me over. So yeah, I can tell these characters and their family saga will stay with me for a long, long time. Look, I hope we don't have to wait another decade for her next work, but if it's gonna be as brilliant as this and I'll Give You the Sun, I'm more than willing to wait.
What.. the.. hell. I was expecting a bully romance set during the college years, but Spine Ridge University is not your average university.
At first, I wasn’t sure how I felt about this book because the violence felt like it was too extreme for some college kids. But after wrapping my mind around what Spine Ridge actually is, I was able to enjoy it all and root for the girl avenging her sister.
Not only is the smut intense, but the secrets and betrayal will keep you turning page after page.
Now here are my rambling thoughts..
* Goddamn. The prologue just jumped right into it, huh.
* Oh wow. She witnessed her sister commit suicide 😬 and in her last text, she warned her away from our three main boys. wtf is going on?
* She’s never even met these boys and they know her name? Suspicious…
* These guys are kind of intense, no? She ended up stabbing one with a pen and kicking him in the balls 😂
* Damn. They ransacked her room for a diary they think is hers. But really, it belongs to the dead sister. What fucking secrets are they so desperate to keep?
* Damn. Brutal face fucking… I’m not sure how I feel about that lol.
* Lmao. She sliced Felix and kicked Dylan in the nuts. Again. And then threw a chair at Alistair before pulling the fire alarm and escaping 😂
* Wow. They really chased her in the woods, wearing masks, and coated her in cum 👀
* Felix is a major dick. Please tell me he eases up some 😒
* Ohhh. We finally got the “touch her and die” vibe. But only after they pulled a dick move with the dead sister’s diary.
* Damn. Felix really tortured Nathan. And then let him walk.
* I need to know their connection to the dead sister! If they fucked her too, then this situation with Penelope is kinda fucked.
* Is Alistair my bb now? I think so. Even if he confuses the fuck out of me lol.
* She had a suicide pact with her sister and Felix thought she was responsible for her sister’s death? wtf.
* Oh fuck. Dylan and Alistair and Penelope in the hot spring 🥵
* Who the fuck do these Phantom asshole think they are? They really attacked Dylan, Alistair, and Penelope and thought they’d get away with it?
* Also, I love the violence but it’s a little far fetched for these young college kids to be this crazy.
* All three of them filled her. Wow.
* Why the fuck is Felix so jealous?! I thought this was a “why choose”?
* Oh fuck. They found a body. And Nathan’s little bitch ass is gloating that the police are involved now.
* Jesus Christ. Penelope really took a gamble telling half truths and half lies about the body. They’re so lucky.
* And now Felix’s jealousy kicked in. Again.
* Awkward family dinner from hell.
* “Ride my face like you own it.” — Alistair 🤭
* Felix is such a grumpy shit when around Penelope’s friends 😂 but why the invite to Club Rivera? What is he planning?
* Wooowww. They were in a relationship with her sister. Fuck that. I’d stop everything then and there.
* They fucked around in a cemetery 🤦🏻♀️
* Damn. She got kicked out of the sorority because someone set a fire and left her name taped to a firework. Who’s fucking with her?
* So the sister jumped because of a breakup?
* Ouch. Penelope is gonna end things with them, huh. At least for now she will.
* Oh fuck. Felix, what did you do 🤦🏻♀️
* The fucking dean?! Dylan’s father is who pushed the sister to jump?!
* Ricci family..? wtf. Is her family some crime family too?! I always wondered why her dad was cool with her going to the school where his eldest committed suicide. They sent her to find answers.
* SHE WAS PREGNANT!!! Now her suicide is really fucked up.
* She set the school on fire 😂
* Goddamn. She played them all.
* “Tell me what you need. Be specific.” // “Hurt him. Scar him where it hurts the most.” // His face darkens in a way that only happens when he’s on a murder spree, and he grabs her hand and slowly brings it to his lips, pressing a kiss on top as though he’s dealing a deal. “I’ll bring him fucking hell for you.”
* Goddamn. It’s a mafia war in a fraternity house.
* Ding dong, the dean is dead.
* Holy shit. She’s in charge now. She’s making the boys watch as she fucks herself and the boys can’t touch.
* “You. Crawl to me.” —- 🥵
* Goddamn. That was some major dicking down lol.
* Awww. They tattooed each other’s names on each other.
Still, obviously the writers (who are both Ateneans) show their true color with the jokes putting Lasallians at the losing end, even if director Jaime del Mundo graduated from La Salle. But that said, the play could actually use more jokes and putdowns to spice up the proceedings and rile the audience.
To be fair, the musical also has winning moments. The opening number is spirited, and the rumble that closes Act One is powerful.
[Note: The writer of the script is Jaime del Mundo (from La Salle and UP) while the writer of the lyrics is Joel Trinidad (from Xavier).]
Asked if there are things that really distinguish an “Atenista” from a “La Sallista,” Gatchalian flippantly recounted his college days: “La Sallites in my time really feel that they were more debonair. A lot of them were mestizos; most Ateneans were brown-skinned. When we crossed paths at a party, talo kami. So dinadaan namin sa Shakespeare … prose and poetry … bottom line, the girl gets attracted to the La Sallite on first sight, but the Atenean gets to talk to the girl the whole night.”
