things that are slept on in simon vs the homosapiens agenda // leah on the offbeat by becky albertalli
1. bram and garrett’s friendship.
“greenfeld made me see it three times.” (when garrett supported bram’s crush on simon)
the scene in svtha when leah leaves the lunch table and simon thinks bram has a crush on leah but it’s garrett (the FORESHADOWING)
when bram starts inviting leah places to get garrett closer to her
the way that theyre always together
the way they are best friends whipped for another set of best friends
⬆️ “EYES ON THE BALL, GREENFELD” when bram was hardcore GRINNING at simon when he’s in the middle of a soccer game and garrett was doing the same thing to leah
the way they both definitely gush to eachother about their crushes
when bram wants to get to school early to see the show and garrett says “greenfeld just wants to get a good view of his boyfriend’s ass” and bram did NOT disagree with him
the way bram probably realized he’s gonna have to deal with a heartbroken garrett when he saw abby and leah but supported them nonetheless
2. cal and nora’s relationship
the way we were served with their cute lil hug idk it warms my heart🥺
when leah said cal has a type because he liked both simon and nora KDJDLSH
like the boy is so hopelessly in love with simon and we are not talking about it
the promposal ¿? like the lengths he went to ask his ALREADY boyfriend to the prom
the way he didn’t mind simon going to the college he loved
the way he is always asking about simon
the way he immediately recognized simon’s fanfiction when leah and abby couldn’t find it
no one ever talks about the pining. like he liked simon for so much longer than simon liked him and it was probably so painful for him
the way he was only shy around simon (that’s why it’s so weird to have so much dialogue from him in leah, i was kinda thrown off that he wasn’t overall shy)
the way he was turned all the way around to watch the door at the talent show to see when simon was coming
the way that he’s an actual jock. like sometimes i forget that he dresses like a girl during halloween with the other varsity players and is very very athletic and does silly dances with his team
the way that he went to see simon three times in the play before he even confessed
the way he bought a shirt of simons favorite band and gave it to him with a note and his number in it, the hopeless romantic
the way he’s entranced by a single text message from simon, let alone anything else
the way he was so quick to support abby and leah and leaving his (asshole) teammate in the dirt
the way he’s so quick to pick up how simon writes and how he talks
the way he leaves a seat for simon whenever they’re together in a group
the way he flinched when abby said something about black people getting treated worse, like he knows
4. all of the hidden clues that were written in the books
in svtha, leah’s hatred for abby (which was projected towards simon in the end) was not actual hatred. according to the leah timeline, she still had a crush on her.
in leah on the offbeat, abby’s cousins were briefly mentioned. in the next book, they are the main characters.
in svtha, albertalli made it known that whenever the group was together, the only person simon would ever describe was bram, even if bram was already introduced to the reader. in literally every situation (everytime he called bram cute and then said he was cheating on bram i would literally scream at the book like “he is blue, dumb bitch!”) bram was the only person described in detail of more than a sentence
the way leah stood up to abby, before even realizing she had a crush on her, to her lifelong best friend and not talking to her anymore
the way abby didn’t even break up with nick because of the long-distance, she just broke up with him because she liked leah
⬆️the way that leah knew that too. she knew that they weren’t the perfect couple
5. this isn’t really slept on, but the side plot of simon and bram in leah on the offbeat
the way bram is always planning to do something for simon
simon being too afraid to talk to him about college after what happened to nick and abby
the way bram assured him that they’ll be okay and made plans so that they didn’t feel too far apart
the way that they’ve been dating for over a year at the end of leah and they kept making each other smile over sweet little nothings and how they’re so in love
the way they are holding each other at the end of the prom scene
the dumbass gays™️ finding the dumbass bisexuals and simon being shell shocked when bram was shocked but not surprised
the way they are both described when they receive texts from each other (like they become completely detached from the world around them)
dumbass gays™️ smiling at each other when they’re doing something
the way simon becomes so focused on bram when they’re doing something in a crowd and vise versa
6. abby’s feelings. this is a big one
yes, a lot of the plot was how she was feeling after her and nick’s breakup but it was always about leah when they were fighting and never abby
she was always the support and it was never taken into consideration that leah fucked up too. it annoyed me honestly
like during every fight they had it was just leah yelling at her and abby just apologizing and still never getting it right
like leah was always the one to storm off, abby always stayed
abby literally came out to leah and leah was too selfish to even consider her
(they were so cute by the end though, they became so unproblematic)
the way abby’s feelings were never taken into consideration when leah would storm off on her (i know it was literally narrated by leah but you know)
⬆️the way she felt like she had to be perfect played into that because she never wanted to show herself being upset about something
bram and simon are my favorites, can you tell?
