#ryan oconnell

[asoftepiloguemylove]

IF YOU GO, I'M GOING TOO 'CAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS YOU // LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life // Stranger Things (2016-) dir. Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer // Anne Carson Euripides // Lorde A World Alone // Ryan O'Connell // The Hunger Games (2012) dir. Gary Ross // Ross Gay Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude // The Neighbourhood You Get Me So High // 劇場版 呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 dir. Sunghoo Park // Lorde Ribs // ATEEZ Friend (Thank U) // Billie Eilish BIRDS OF A FEATHER // 今際の国のアリス Alice in Borderland (2020-) dir. Shinsuke Sato // Conan Gray Best Friend // spira me You Changed Me For The Better // ZEROBASEONE for DICON // unknown

[emotional-algebra]

We need to move away from this constant need of coming across as calm, cool and collected. We weren’t built to be calm, cool, and collected. If we were, it wouldn’t feel so fucking exhausting all the time. It would, you know, come naturally to us. You know what comes naturally to human beings though? Being open, being messy, being raw, being unfiltered, having lots of feelings. Why should we have to stifle our true nature? Let’s go after the things we want, let’s love each other brutally and honestly, and not worry about the consequences. Let’s release the feelings inside of us and let them land somewhere special. Otherwise, we might have a lifetime of longing in front of us.

Ryan O’Connell, You Need To Go After The Things You Want

[mango-season]

Edith Sitwell / Ryan O'Connell / André Gide / Virginia Woolf / H.G. Wells

[netflix]

Ryan O’Connell wrote, executive produced, and stars in Special — a semi-autobiographical series about a gay man with mild cerebral palsy. Join Ryan for an Answer Time, Thursday March 28th 9AM PT/12PM ET. Ask away: http://netflix.tumblr.com/ask

[poetrywhore4ever]

It's mortifying to be the one who remembers.

Ryan O’Connell

[m00kieblaylock]

Let me tell you why I love Walt Jr. from Breaking Bad. Given that Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common chronic physical disabilities, we are very rarely represented in any form of media. If and when we are, it’s often as some tragic back story or to make the protagonist sympathetic. So why is Walt Jr so great?

1. RJ Mitte who plays him actually has CP. First big plus!

2. His disability is never at the forefront of his character. I don’t even think it’s mentioned once. There’s one scene very early on in the show where Walt tells off some bullies. But he could just as easily be a skinny kid being bullied. It’s not essential to his story.

3. The audience is never made to feel sorry for him because of his disability. Most of the time it goes unnoticed. Like he’s kind of a whiny bitch. That’s what is the major characteristic of his.

It just means a lot to have these kinds of characters on TV. Another one is Ryan O’Connell and Special. I cried and laughed several times within the first episode alone. To see story lines that reflect your own life is something I’ve rarely experienced. It made me so emotional to witness. Representation for all matters.

[showtimechamaco]

Probably my favorite cold open from Special on Netflix.

[lagarta-isabo]

Special