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onepintobean · 8 months

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happy 10th birthday, Fangirl! here's to 10 years of emergency dance parties🎉

Where would any of us be without Fangirl?? I remember reading it for the first time and feeling like I found a book that knew me in a way most books didn’t. And through the years, it’s only become more important to me.

If I might be allowed to be so so sappy for a moment, this post is a little tribute to the emergency dance party, the Fangirl reference that’s changed my life the most. I love this little corner of the Simon Snow fandom. I love that this reference has become a place for us. A discord channel, a party central, a conversation hub, an events planning committee. A space for people to show up and be together.

Thank you, Fangirl, for introducing me to Simon and Baz, and thank you, Fangirl, for introducing me to so many of my best friends. I love you guys ♥️

So here’s to Fangirl, and to my fellow fangirls and fanboys and fans. I hope I’m still dancing with y’all 10 years into the future, too.

#happy 10th anniversary fangirl!#rainbow rowell #cather avery #levi stewart #speaking of levi did y'all know he doesn't actually have a last name in fangirl?#his name was secret bonus content for so many years!#the more you know

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kidovna · 2 years

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“Her chest was so tight, it hurt both ways. Levi shouldn’t be making her feel this way - he shouldn’t even have access to her chest”

-Fangirl by @rainbowrowell

+ a peek into Cath’s brain:

#drew this for a friends birthday!!#@hagno.art on insta. go check her art out!#fangirl #Cather avery #levi stewart #cathlevi #levicath #ya #snowbaz #rainbow rowell #artovna

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imberlae · 7 months

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#fangirl #gabi nam #rainbow rowell #sam maggs #mangacap #graphic novel #vol 3 #cather avery #levi stewart #imberlae

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chemicalarospec · 2 months

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finally picking up my Fangirl re-read again (it is DATED and I kinda love it for that) and aspec Cath tbh... "wouldn't want to kiss a stranger" and stuff. It's giving demi-ness, romantic or sexual or both. Knowing Rowell I think she'd also find just vaguely-aspec!Cath cool too.

#i thought of this post last night b4 the last one that's why they seem to hold contridictory projections of RR on aspecness #cath fangirl #rainbow rowell #fangirl rainbow rowell #cather avery #cath #fangirl book #and I can kinda personally relate to/project the 'wait why are guys attractive to me now - i wasn' t interested earlier' thing #(oh yeah i haven't made a post about that yet but I'm straighter/gayer in an aroacer way than you'll ever be xoxo)#i said this #aspec #headcanons #fangirl

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harperthebookkeeper · 7 months

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"'Just...isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say 'This really hurts, so I'm going to stop trying'?' 'It sets a dangerous precident' 'For avoiding pain?' 'For avoiding life'" Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell

#fangirl #cather avery #levi stewart #rainbow rowell

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weird-0 · 2 years

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Were you in love?

Desperately.

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

#fangirl #rainbow rowell #Levi x Cath #ya lit #cather avery

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thelunarbar · 1 year

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So a few days ago I ordered the book Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. It showed up today and I started reading it and just finished it and I’m having so many thoughts.

It honestly feels like it was written about me. So much of it resonates with me and almost mirrors my life.

I loved it and I’m little annoyed with myself for reading the whole thing in day, but it was so fucking good! Definitely be rereading, most likely very soon!

#Cather avery #Fangirl #rainbow Rowell #Levi #random #rie rambles

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lexalovesbooks · 3 months

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I remember reading fangirl when I was like thirteen and there being that mini plot thread throughout the novel where for the longest time Cath was too scared to go to her college’s dining hall because she didn’t know how it worked and was terrified she’d accidentally embarrass herself so instead she just spent half a semester eating peanut butter and granola bars until her roommate noticed and forced her to go with her. And that just really stuck with me because even at the time it felt like something I would do and I thought about it for years and years and then when I was finally at college on my own and I knew. that I needed to go to the dining hall and get food and eat but I was scared to do it on my own because I didn’t know the rules and what if I did something wrong or embarrassed myself and I couldn’t even ask my roommate to go with me and make it less scary because I didn’t have a roommate (covid protocol). Anyways Cather Avery most relatable character ever.

#fangirl rainbow rowell #thinking about it and yeah. i had mixed feelings about that book at the time but it was really the first main character that i could #see myself in. every description of cath’s social anxiety felt so familiar to me and it was also the book series that sort of. helped me #understand fanfiction? (before that i disliked it (had never read it) because i had a really incorrect understanding of what it was and why #people wrote it. i didn’t love it after finishing the book but i didn’t despise it anymore either)#anyways. books that probably did change my life a little bit #also i did eventually make it to my dining hall. there was a girl there who i knew from high school and when i mustered up the courage to #text her she was super nice and immediately invited me to have dinner with her. so i didn’t have to live off peanut butter for an entire #semester thankfully lol

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larkral · 2 years

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Thanks for the tag @cutestkilla!

I continue to ceaselessly work on my @carryonprompts piece, including polishing the next two chapters which I'm going to post this week. And clarifying some themes and plot points as well. My confidence that this fic will be satisfyingly finished has skyrocketed. Yay!

But, here's the thing: the third Scholomance book is being released in just over a week. Which makes my timing on this both exceptionally good and colossally terrible. Exceptionally good because I haven't been freaking out in anticipation of The Golden Enclaves for the last six weeks. And because if any of the CO fans who read this are inspired to read the Scholomance books they won't have to wait TWO YEARS for the resolution. (You're welcome)

Also it's exceptionally bad because I am definitely pulling a Cather Avery and writing far more than my schedule actually allows because I don't want Naomi Novik to destroy the parallel lore I've been building. But also Novik is demonstrably less of a one dimensional asshat than Jemma K Leslie, so I think I'm okay.

Anyway, this isn't from what I'm posting this week. This comes later.

The story Cadwallader told (and the story Simon tells) is that Simon is an orphan, and Cadwallader saw him on the rolls for the scholomance by chance a month before induction.

Except everyone knows that there’s no way a magician like Simon came from mundanes. And if a family of magicians is attacked by a mal, the kids are going to be eaten first, no question. So it doesn’t make sense that Simon had magical parents who died unless they were killed by a malificer. Like the one who found Simon. It all seems pretty damn convenient if you ask me.

This week in "Lark attempts to learn Tumblr" I have downloaded the app and cannot figure out how to do a cut, so tags just here:

@aristocratic-otter @petedavidsonscock @takenabackbytuesdays @carryonvisinata @katmiscellanious @bucketfishy @captain-aralias @raenestee @artsyunderstudy

Also like, if you are the person who prompted this, I'm very curious to know who you are. ;-)

#six sentence sunday #lark attempts to figure out Tumblr #scholomance #carry on #prompts fest #snowbaz

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poppletonink · 2 years

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Fangirl Review

★★★★★ - 5 stars

“Emergency Dance Party!”

Cather Avery loves Simon Snow. The World of Mages is her home. Writing ‘Carry On, Simon’ is her life. College most certainly is not the place for her. Her identical twin sister, Wren Avery, loves to go out and drink; College is definitely her home; partying, with her new best friend, is her life and the World of Mages most certainly is not her place anymore. The two twins used to do everything together but now, Wren is living a new life without Cath (and without Simon Snow) at college, but for Cath letting go of the world she holds so dear is not so easy. In this heart-warming tale of romance, friendship, and self-discovery, readers witness Cath Avery develop from so much more than just a fangirl.

Fangirl is Rainbow Rowell’s welcoming handshake into The World of Mages, Simon Snow, and Baz Pitch. With excerpts from Cath’s fanfiction ‘Carry On, Simon’, other fanfictions from the fictional ‘FanFixx.Net’, and the book series written by ‘Gemma L. Telsie’ (The Fangirl Universe version of Rowell), we take our first steps into the world of wonder, magic, and goats…

Alongside the Harry-Potter-inspired Simon Snow Universe, we experience college life through Cather’s eyes as she meets new people, including her confident but blunt roommate, Reagan, and the charming, overly attentive, Levi. As a result, throughout the course of the book, both Introverts and Extroverts are well represented. It is most common, that readers relate to Cath: her quiet, bookish nature; her nerves at the concept of going to college, or even the extreme amount of time she spends hidden away from the world in her bedroom. In contrast with Cather’s introversion, Reagan and Levi are both extroverts, attempting to drag her out of the confines of her own brain, with a varying success rate.

Though Fangirl is often comical and light-hearted, it does take on a range of serious issues. The characters have flaws, just like real people, including smoking and drinking too often. Familial issues are also a core part of the novel, along with the mental health issues that can come as a part of such circumstances. This adds to the realism of a large proportion of the book, balancing it out with the fantasy, magic-filled sections, allowing readers to feel as though the events of Fangirl could be happening to anyone: the random person they walked past on the street, an acquaintance at work or school, a friend, even the reader themself.

A fantastic contemporary YA novel, Fangirl is rated an average of 4 stars on Goodreads. Rowell has created a novel for geeks and nerds alike; for the lovers of books, music, and film; for the romantic dreamers; for the fantasy-word escapists; for the students; for the writers, and for everyone who is a part of a fandom.

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avee155 · 1 year

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I feel like I'll never find another book I love as much as Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, and I am devastated that I've finished it. It usually never takes me longer than a day or two to finish a book; however, I purposely took over a week to finish Levi and Cath's story. I used my entire stack of orange sticky notes for this, and I don't regret any one of them.

I'm not sure if I've ever related to a character as much as I related to Cather. I recently wrote about my freshman year experience, and I did so because I received my college diploma in the mail. I also was reminded of how painfully hard it was for me to be a freshman while reading Fangirl.

Cather Avery is a writer, but she doesn't believe she can create her own world from her own words. I was in Cather's position a year ago. I remember the first day I spent in Tom Franklin's Fiction-Writing class; I was petrified after he let us know only publishable stories would earn you an A in his class. I thought about dropping Fiction-Writing, because I was afraid I wouldn't be as good as the other writers around me. My class was filled with real writers; publishable writers.

Tom wasn't fond of the first story I turned in, and I didn't deserve for him to be proud considering I turned in an excerpt of a story I had written for my Beginner's Fiction class. I was so afraid of starting something new; I was Cather. My day came for my classmates to critique my story, and my palms were sweating. I had been writing for days; I had been trying to come up with a story for weeks until I finally stumbled onto something. I had never written anything like Virago before; it wasn't full of Faulkner sentences. It was straightforward and dangling on the edge of too much dialogue. And the only thing I remember Tom saying was, "only a sophisticated writer would write this."

Rainbow Rowell is sophisticated; she is simple. She doesn't need sequins or diamonds for her words to stand out, and that's why I love her writing. I'm not sure I've ever read an ending so simply written; I've never smiled so much at an ending. I smiled at all her words.

"It's just... everything. There are too many people. And I don't fit in. I don't know how to be. Nothing that I'm good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn't matter-and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it's only because people want something from me. Not because they want me."

There are people who learn that my major in college was English Literature who look at me differently. Some always have a snarky comment to make; some people always somehow find a way to tell me I worked so hard for pointless degree. It doesn't matter how much I love words, and it doesn't matter that books changed my life. They tell me 'good luck with that' and smirk. I would be lying if I said it didn't bother me, because I've cried plenty of times over it. But, the thing is, I'm a writer. I'm going to make it as a writer, because I have these stories in my head that don't go away until I write them down. Because people have told me I am talented. It's so hard to do what you love when it's categorized as belonging in Liberal Arts, but I know that if you really believe it can happen then it will. And it doesn't matter if you're published or not; what matters is that you just keep doing what you love because it feels so good.

"Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy," Wren said. "It's the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for."

Rainbow Rowell writes love stories, and what I love about them is they aren't overzealous. She shows readers that love doesn't have to be dramatic, and she shows readers that the greatest love stories don't have to end badly. They can end so purely; they can end so simply. I used to be petrified that I would only ever write love stories. So many people seem to look down on them, but that's what I write. You write what you love, and there's nothing I love more than reading about two people finding each other. I write love stories, and it makes my heart so happy. Because happily ever after really is the "most courageous thing two people can shoot for."

"Just... isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say, 'This really hurts, so I'm going to stop trying'?"

"It sets a dangerous precedent."

"For avoiding pain?"

"For avoiding life."

I'm just in love with Rainbow Rowell, and I'm so thankful that she helped me without even realizing it. We can't avoid things in our path because they will be hard or because we will get looked down on. I'm so, so happy my friend, Alison, forced me to read Eleanor & Park, because I would have never picked up Fangirl otherwise, and I would have missed out on so much. I want to sit on the floor and read this book every day for the rest of my life, and that's so magical.

And like I said, I almost gave up Tom Franklin's class because it was going to be hard, and because I was afraid he would make fun of me for writing love stories. And I'm so glad I didn't, because, had I quit, I would have read this:

"Alex - Well, this is an excellent opening to a story. I'm eager for the mother-in-law to visit. You write excellent dialogue and use drama well. Excellent prose. Let me know if my notes need explaining. - TF"

Scert gift for you 👇🏿

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invisibleraven · 2 years

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🎬📺share ten different favorite characters from ten different pieces of media in particular order🎮🃏 Then send this to 10 (anon or not, your choice)

1. Reggie Peters-Julie and the Phantoms

2. Huntress/Helena Bertinelli-Justice League Unlimited/Birds of Prey

3. Elphaba Thropp-Wicked

4. Jacuzzi Splott-Baccano!

5. Cather Avery-Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

6. Blaine Anderson-Glee

7. Violet Parr-The Incredibles

8. Belle-Beauty and the Beast

9. Marceline-Adventure Time

10. Snow White & Bigby Wolf (I cannot choose between them)-Fables by Bill Willingham

#ask games #about me #behold some of my blorbos

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pctentialbreakupsong · 3 months

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update

all of my muses have blogs and themes! here are my muses, please follow if you'd like! my mobile navigation is here.

canon muses

cather avery - fangirl by rainbow rowell - novel - @sadlittlehcrmit

rachel berry - glee - television - @musciallyprcmiscuous

raphael berry - glee - television - cis!swapped rachel berry - @metaphoricalgcldstar

s.i.r.i.u.s black - h.a.r.r.y potter - novels - @monsieurpadfoot

troy bolton - high school musical 1,2,3 - film - @tasintroybolton

sharpay evans - high school musical 1,2,3 & sharpay’s fabulous adventure - film - @gcldenthroat

fred jones - scooby doo - television - @lookslikeanothermystery

norville “shaggy” rogers - scooby doo - television - @likezoinksdudes

original characters

genevieve ammond - @murderchickcn

beau azarolla - @beauazarolla

delilah de la fleur - @ambitiousdelilah

florian de la fleur - @florianoftheflowers

rosalie de la fleur - @delicaterosieposie

gael fitzpatrick - @gaelwfitz

milo fokine - @bothbrainandbrawn

tobias langston - @tobiasqlangston

riley lawrence - @rileyshevvolf

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imberlae · 2 years

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#fangirl #gabi nam #rainbow rowell #graphic novel #manga #mangacap #vol 2 #levi stewart #cather avery #imberlae

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its-ya-boi-kaz · 2 years

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Still waiting for the day someone asks me to read fanfiction to them

#yes this is about #cath and levi #cather avery #cath avery #levi stewart #fangirl book #rainbow rowell #books #fangirl #snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #carry on

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multi-bookworm · 2 years

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“This is why I can’t be with Levi. Because I’m the kind of person to fantasize about being trapped in a library overnight.” - Cath Avery (Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell)

I’ve never related more to a book character-

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