Okay, I don't want to sound dumb, but I wasn't on tumblr for a few days and then I come back and there's all this discourse about Bobby's last name? And a book? I'm so confused, is it okay if I ask you what's going on? I've just seen you reblog a lot of stuff so I kind of assumed you know what's going on haha. Thanks!
wouldn't it be funny if I was just reblogging without knowing anything? lol (I do know tho)
first of all, you are never dumb for asking questions, having questions is always cool in my blog
anyway, the Bobby thing and the book are related actually. idk if you were around the fandom in december, back then we got a book called "Edge of great" which was basically the show but in a novel form and narrated by some main characters (i'm not sure who exactly got a POV, i never read it), the book was official but there were details that were slightly different from the show i.e. the willex hug was a very quick thing, this was because the book was based out of the script, and those details were decisions made during filming.
basically, we are getting other two books, and there are previews available
one book is "Whatever happens" which is another novel that starts after the hug, but according to a reviewer is mostly flashbacks to when Julie's mom was alive, when the guys were alive, etc.
then, the other book "We got the music" is a look inside Julie's notebook and it's more like a scrapbook, here is where the Bobby discourse starts, because inside Julie's notebook there's an article about the guy's deaths, which contained the line "The surviving band member, rhythm guitarist Bobby Shaw, declined to comment". So we have a last name for Bobby, which a lot of people don't like and we go many routes from here
people saying the last name is bad because is monosyllabic, which is lowkey racist (many asian last names are monosyllabic)
people who wanted an asian last name since Taylor Kare (Bobby's actor) is philipino, which... it's a whole thing because Steve Bacic (Trevor, aka the same person lol) isn't philipino so with any last name we're going into a territory where this is either a case of a poc playing a white dude, or a white dude playing a poc (which tbh i prefer the first one but i don't feel i have the authority to say too much since i'm not asian)
people not liking that Bobby's initials are BS, but for what I have seen this one is mainly a meme
people debating if this is his official name or not since the first book had some differences with the actual show
people who think it's just a name
there's some debates about "whatever happens" as well, but it's not as big as the Bobby discourse, they are mainly about the fact that it looks like it's going to be too juke centric since the first chapter is literally Alex and Reggie going to look for Willie, while Luke stays with Julie and sappy talk ensues
hopefully they do give attention to the rest of the characters too, but we can't know yet, we can only imagine the chaos of Luke working at a diner (which is mentioned in that book, he used to work at a diner, no i won't let it go)
anyway, I hope this made thing clear! I'll leave yu the links to the previews: whatever happens | we got the music