#iwbftreread

[thecigarettesenate]

fereshteh after she goes to therapy post-canon:

[michaelhholden]

Someone's probably already posted this but:

And today Fereshteh says:

Religious themes in iwbft my beloved

[solitairians]

the ark meet & greet is today, so exciting!

🎸 rowanomondi Follow

hey everyone it's rowan omondi from the ark. i sure hope nothing bad happens

🧱 brick Follow

haha yeah

[cursedwerewolf]

made another batch of memes people would post during the week iwbft takes place in in celebration of the last day of the reread!

[tearsonthepage]

Times in I Was Born For This where Rowan+Jimmy (and the occasional Bliss) really don’t know Lister at all. (an incomplete list)

“Wait, don’t tell me,” says Bliss, holding up a hand. “He’s already throwing up in the bathroom. Or he’s already found someone to have sex with.” (page 87)

*****

“You’re the one who does this stuff all the time.” [they were talking about Jimmy kissing Magnet during Lister’s party] (page 93)

*****

“Fuck off, thinking you can help us, thinking you have any fucking understanding of what it means to care about someone, you fucking sex addict!"(page 103)

*****

“How d’you get away with it?” I ask him.

“With what?”

“Getting with so many people.” (page 125)

*****

“We thought he was having sex with someone, or several someones, at every party we went to. And we’ve been to a lot of parties.” (page 127)

*****

"Neither of you get it. It's different for me." He turns to me with one last pleading look. "You and Rowan have each other, but you have to see that its different for me. Being Lister Bird."

I just shake my head. "What does that mean?"

The final bit of hope in his expression drops, and he walks away from the bed and towards the door.

"Why else would anyone want to be around me?" he says. "I'm Lister Bird. Why else would anyone want to be around me other than to get with me?" (page 130)

*****

“You know what he’s like. He’s reckless. He does what he wants.” (page 322)

*****

“Why are you always like this? You just don’t give a shit about literally anything, do you?” (short story at the end)

*****

special mention: “If I [Lister] tried to talk to Rowan about serious stuff, he’d probably just roll his eyes or laugh at me.” (short story at the end)

*****

[starchilddante]

I just finished I Was Born for This for the first time

And holy shit every time I read one of Alice's works I am fucking destroyed emotionally

My eyes are swollen from crying so much and I couldn't put the book down

Alice Oseman really is incredible

[julesblackthorns]

rowan: i don't have your and jimmy's issues i'm organised and clean and tidy and neat and plan and look after everyone

lister: don't you think that your need to always be organised and clean and tidy and neat and plan and look after everyone could be because you literally cannot handle anything else without having a mental breakdown and that might be an issue

rowan: .......no what the fuck?

[raspberry-arev]

waitwaitwait I realized I made something like this before!!! 3-4 years difference I think? I'm actually kind of emo