Jun 6, 2021
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The show Outer Banks is literally The Virals by Kathy and Brendan Reichs but more violent. For example:
1) 4 kids living on a historical barrier island (was actually set on the North Carolina or Virginia coast but was filmed in South Carolina where The Virals takes place).
2) Each kid’s personality comes pretty close to each of The Virals with a few extremes (ex: J.J. - has the humor and playfulness of Hiram, but tales violence to a whole other level; J.B. - is similar to Ben who emotionally struggles and is put in tough situations, also very quiet and can be broody; Kiara - somewhat similar to Tory. She’s adventurous and cares about the environment and her friends. Pope - is basically Shelton. He’s smart, logical, and anxious/worried about what could go wrong and thinks almost every plan is a bad one. Topper - somewhat similar to Chance and uses his wealth to make questionable decisions/finds out the Pougs like Chance found out the Virals. Sarah - similar to Madison and her gang.
3) Rich vs. Poor mindset and character dynamics (Poug’s vs. Kooks).
4) 2 of the kids fall in love but are too shy to admit it at first (J.B. and Kiara are similar to Ben and Tory’s relationship).
5) They ride around on a boat, find clues, and solve mysteries all while evading the cops or trying not to get killed by people who want what they have (the sunken boat, J.J.’s dad disappearing, the compass, etc).
6) The search for treasure gives me serious Seizure/Code vibes.
7) The lighthouse and scenery shots are exactly how I imagined them in The Virals books.
8) The whole show honestly is the closest thing I’ve ever come Virals like content, and I absolutely love it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves The Virals. I want to make some trailers for Exposure and Terminal with scenes from it now.
* Will update as I watch more of the show and find similarities
Virals Month Day 3: Madison and Jason are Still Clueless
Random Virals Headcanons
One time Ben called Hi “Bye” for a week when he was annoyed at him. The only reason he stopped was because Hi found N’SYNC’s song Bye Bye Bye and played it nonstop for the next hour
Hi says “Jesus Christ” a lot
Actually he’s just constantly forgetting he’s supposed to be Jewish in general
Shelton is the tech L O R D but Tory owns his ass in video games
She just owns them in general honestly
One time when teasing Tory and Ben about their future kids Hi said, “Yeah, and me and Shelton will be their gay uncles!” and nobody mentioned it at the time but Shelton couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks
I really feel as though Shelton is on the aro/ace spectrum omg does anyone else get demiromantic vibes?
Whitney cornered Ben about Tory once and she called Tory her daughter by accident
When Ben mentioned it in passing to Tory she was super embarrassed
(He was actually really scared)
But during that conversation Whitney learned Ben’s favorite food
Which Tory didn’t know at the time
So she was really insistent that Tory learn the recipe
And they cooked together and then she’s like “oh there’s too much why don’t you take some over to that boyfriend of yours?”
Whitney is not dumb don’t even think for a minute she is
Ben jokingly asks Tory to marry him
Hi has proposed to Tory more than once and one time she said yes and Ben just threw something at the two of them
(her apology to Ben was a really hot make out session after until she mentioned Hi which was n o t a good move)
Madison has a secret Tumblr that nobody knows about and she and Tory are mutuals
One time she posts a super artsy picture of Tory from the back and Tory recognizes it
Madison 200% is a good photographer I mean she was part of the Tri-Pod (get it that was a really bad pun)
There’s no mention of it after but for Madison’s birthday Tory and Ella pitch in to get her a digital camera
(because Ella and Madison eventually become friends honestly Tory needs all the girlfriends she can get)
Jason is bisexual
Morris Island is pretty much only accessible by boat which is super inconvenient but also leads to a hell of a lot of texting
But also if Tory hangs out with Ella or Madison after school it morphs into a sleepover
One time she forgets to remind Kit though and he calls her but she left her phone like downstairs or something and doesn’t pick up
He goes to Ben like ??? is she here???
Ben’s like “what no it’s a sleepover”
Super awkward exchange honestly
Like Kit is like oh right I forgot
(wait why did I think she’d be sleeping over at Ben’s house what was I thinking OH MY GOD WHAT IF SOMEDAY SHE SAYS SHE’S GOING TO ELLA’S BUT SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH BEN)
Awkward father 11/10
After that he resolves that it’s a better idea to check with Hi or Shelton
Remember how in Code they mention that there’s like 6 Tumblrs devoted to the trial with the Gamemaster?
Well Tory follows all of them and one of them starts shipping her and Ben and she just sends in an anonymous ask like why? and gets like an MLA formatted 10 source 15 paragraph research paper
(not actually but it’s a super long list of reasons)
She sees one of them that she hadn’t considered and the next time she meets Ben she becomes hyper aware it’s super awkward and then she finally tells him
(another hot make out session until she mentions that the Tumblr account would love to see it and b a m bad move Tory is the queen of killing the moment)
One time the Trinity and the pack are talking and Will says something and Shelton just is like, “Will Speckman, what the heck, man?” and that becomes a meme
M E M E S
Hi is the king of memes
He is the meme lord
He threatens to wear a dat boi costume to some event
Just honestly man what a dude
Ben is secretly a Buzzfeed addict
Like you know that thing where it’s like “What are you looking at?” “[taking a Buzzfeed quiz to find out what candle I am] Porn.”
That’s him
Conspiracy t h e o r i e s
Nobody knows about their new flaring abilities which is really annoying
But at the same time it leaves a lotta room for headcanon
Like I’ve headcanoned them before but I will again it’s most certainly not Terminal but it makes things weird
Because they’re trying to make sure they don’t get bloodwork or anything
ANYWAY super fast forward to years in the future
And they can’t go see doctors for normal problems
They get used to it but like
P r e g n a n c y
But because of this I feel like Shelton would totes go through med school
‘Cause you know our man is way smart and can do it
Like can you imagine going to the doctor
“Shelton I think she’s in labor” “It’s Braxton-Hicks go away I’m busy Ben”
Anyway Kit texts his daughter, y’know, a reasonable amount
Hi decides to teach him some abbreviations
Except he teaches him them wrong
Like he tells Kit that “smh” stands for “so much hate” and not “shaking my head”
Kit uses one for the first time and Tory replies with something like “no dad that’s wrong smh”
“Smh? You hate me?”
“Who taught you text speak???”
He never trusts Hi again
The guys have a group chat without Tory and it’s all well and good but they name it weird things
One day Tory is sending herself a message from Ben’s phone and she accidentally exits and she’s like ??? why is there a chat labelled “Ben can’t satisfy in bed” and why did the name just change to “Ben can’t even get a girl to bed” and why is the most recent message “lol true”?
She tentatively opens it up and when she does the next message pops up “Maybe that’s why Tory’s so grumpy all the time”
She never tells Ben she read it but she makes an off-hand remark and Shelton just turns to her, aghast, and is like “Please say you didn’t read all of the messages.”
She’s like what the hell have they talked about on there?
The entire group chat is just guys being dudes
But the part Shelton doesn’t want her to read is where he said he kind of wanted to be a gynecologist and 2 hours later he still hadn’t heard the end of it
HI/BEN/SHELTON GROUP CHAT SOMEONE WRITE A FIC ON THAT
I would kill for that honestly
This list is so long I hate you Kathy and Brendan Reichs for leaving so much out of the books
But hOnEsTlY give me a sequel or give me death
Virals aesthetic- Madison Dunkle
Virals Characters: Madison Dunkle
“Things were different now -Madison and I had become friendly over the last few weeks- but old habits die hard.”
Fantasy AU Trio- Siren Tory, Witch Ella, Fairy Madison
They send me away to find them a fortune A chest filled with diamonds and gold The house was awake, the shadows and monsters The hallways, they echoed and groaned
You know what I loved about Spike?
I loved the fact that we had Ella and Tory standing up for Madison. I love that Madison got to be more than just the Popular Bitchy Queen Bee. I love that she was shown to be smart and insecure and shy and even kind underneath the facade. I love that Madison got to be a character, a complex character, instead of just a stereotype even if a lot of that character “development” meant she was being torn down at the expense of others. She was mean and a bully and I won’t condone that but you are not defined by the person you were for the rest of your life.
I’m so tired of having female characters tear each other down. I’m tired of having even the worst of male characters get a redemption arc so we can sympathize them while female characters remain static and forever cast in a negative light because they aren’t allowed the luxury of development. Fuck that.
I love Madison Dunkle so much and I’m so glad that she’s found friends in Ella Francis and Tory Brennan. I’m so glad she was allowed the ability to grow and develop and be more than another Regina George. I’m so glad that this series exists and it kicked this misogynist trash trope into the garbage where it belongs.
GIVE ME POSITIVE FEMALE RELATIONSHIPS OR GIVE ME DEATH.