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Forgot there was a Charlie and Julius scene in this chapter. And I just love them so much. They deserve the world and more.
tbh I just want to share this scene just because it’s...
Just imagining Julius singing “Fall For You” to Charlie and they’re both crying by the end because they spent the summer kind of arguing and dealing with the fact summers now weren’t the same as when they were kids, Everything Has Changed
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Charlie and Julius
For the anon who asked about Charlie and Julius:
This definitely got a lot longer than I intended, but I had a lot to say about them. So most of it will be under the read more. I do want to just put a few trigger warnings though. Nothing too in-depth, but there are mentions of: suicidal thoughts, character death (but not Charlie and Julius), a car crash, transphobia, and some less than great parenting (I think that’s everything, but if you need me to tag for anything else lmk).
And if you would like to know more about them, you can check out the tags for them, I’ve mentioned them a few times here and posts that remind me of them. Or feel free to send me questions because I love to talk about these two.They are best boys.
So Charlie Austin and Julius Dauer
- The two of them have been best friends since childhood. I kind of go back and forth on what age/how they met (As I've used them in several stories), but officially the pair met when they were 4, in pre-k. And they became best friends almost instantly. A friendship that was only solidified by the fact they lived down the street from each other, which meant frequent playdates, and as they got older, the two of them constantly visiting each other’s houses (Although they did tend to spend more time at Charlie's house as Julius's parents were always... busy)
- Ever since they were young the two always had a knack for getting into trouble, with Charlie usually spearheading the way and Julius all too happily following behind him.
- I honestly think of them almost akin to Phineas and Ferb in some regard. They definitely didn't get up to quite the scale of things those two did, mostly because they were scientists first and builders second. But like they were regularly creating explosions by age 8 and almost always challenging the laws of physics
- (When they're 15 they may or may not have created a slightly unstable device that uh, destroyed a large part of a (thankfully deserted) island. But at other times couldn't create an explosion that even like, knocked over a fence. It was... unpredictable. But they worked out the kinks eventually)
- In high school, their experiments earn them the title of "Mad Scientists", with many people citing that Charlie is often the "mad" part of the duo because of his general recklessness. But it's just Julius is far quieter about his ideas really.
But uh, we'll get to high school in a moment. Let's back up slightly, back to childhood.
- They got up to a lot of antics beyond their science experiments.
- I mentioned that Julius's parents weren't around much? It's a bit more complicated than that. I don't want to get into too many details because that will make this a very long post, but basically, Julius's parents did not get along hardly at all. They had vastly different parenting styles, but honestly they also just really did not like each other. His mom mentioned once they had only got married because she had gotten pregnant with Julius.
- Julius's mom traveled a lot. For work (and other things). She was hardly ever at the house, hardly spent time with Julius, but she did spoil him constantly in lavish gifts and would take his side in arguments only to piss off his dad. She always put on this show about loving him but also didn't know shit about him.
- Julius's dad on the other hand... Well, let's just say he never made any time to spoil his son. He hardly made time to pay attention at all, it seemed to Julius, except to tell him that he could "do better" and not so subtly encourage him to hang out with someone better than Charlie. His dad had a lot of high expectations for Julius, from a young age Julius was placed in piano, ballet, as well as classes for several other instruments (violin, cello, guitar. As he gets older Julius also learns how to play other instruments to varying degrees, but the only one he sticks with is the ukulele).
- Charlie had a habit of trying to cause trouble during Julius's lessons to scare off his various teachers, because he always thought it was too much pressure to place on a kid to do so much, and succeeds with most of them besides Julius's piano teacher. This is a big part of why Mr. Dauer does not like Charlie. He thinks he's a bad influence on Julius.
- It's not to say that Mr. Dauer doesn't care about Julius, it's just... he really wants Julius to be successful and get into an Ivy League school and have a good future. And he doesn't ever really understand he's pushing too much. He thinks because Julius is very smart and all of that, he can handle the pressure.
- But he does care. When Julius comes out as trans (at 16/17), and his mom reacts extremely badly, Mr. Dauer does take Julius's side. Even though he doesn't really believe Julius is trans and straight-up says he thinks it's a side effect of having so many guy friends, you know he is willing to let Julius continue going to the same school and ride out this "phase" because he had been doing a lot better since starting high school (At an all-boys school, although he was originally meant to go to the sister school) and as long as he kept his grades up, Mr. Dauer didn't really care.
- (And he does come around eventually to accepting Julius, but that takes quite a few years and it happens slowly over a long time).
- And you know, Mr. Dauer was the one who raised Julius after his parents split up. When Juls was 11, they got a divorce and his mom left without even caring to fight for him. Sent occasional gifts afterward but Julius hardly saw her except for a week over the summer and sometimes around the holidays, if his dad pushed for his mom to take him.
- On the other hand, Charlie had a very very close relationship with his parents. And in many regards his parents kind of adopted Julius a bit as a second kid. They were the polar opposite of Julius's family. Not perfect, but pretty fucking close
- Charlie and Julius were nearly inseparable growing up, as I mentioned. They were together all of the time, never saw one without the other close behind.
- Well, never saw them apart until they were 11. That's when Julius's parents got announced to him they were getting a divorce, and with very little warning Julius's dad informed him that they were moving.
- And Charlie was on vacation at the time. They never got a chance to say goodbye.
- Well, not fully. See, Julius wasn't stupid. He had heard his parents talking about getting a divorce, the pair fighting late into the night for over a week.
- Before Charlie left on vacation, Julius did a bit of goodbye. See, Charlie and Julius's favorite movie as kids was Winnie-The-Pooh, they were very attached to the characters. They even called each other Robin (Julius) and Bear (Charlie). So before Charlie left, Julius as sappy as he was, he just asked Charlie not to forget him. ("And Bear? Promise you won't forget me? Ever?" "Oh I won't Robin, I promise." "Not even when I'm 100?" "How old shall I be then?" "99. Silly old bear.")
- The next few years were hard for the two of them. You know, they were best friends, and without each other, both of them felt lost. Julius really struggled in school to keep up with the pressure put on him by his dad, without Charlie there to balance him out, it got really hard. And he never really made any new friends, he was too busy just trying to cling the fuck on, and not let other people notice just how much he was struggling. Because he didn't want to disappoint his dad.
- Things were... harder for Charlie in the end. He had other friends, kids on his soccer team, he was always outgoing and stuff, but never any as close as Julius. He probably would have been okay though but
- When Charlie was 12, his parents were killed in a car accident on the way to his soccer game. And Charlie walked away with a few cuts and bruises and a broken arm.
- Charlie wouldn't admit it, but for years he blamed himself for the death of his parents. It... took a few months for the guilt to hit him. For a while, he tries to push away the pain, the grief, the guilt. To the outside world, he seems to cope with it all remarkably well.
- He moves in with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. He throws himself into school and into sports (Baseball, he couldn't do soccer anymore, not after...) and into student government, keeps himself busy all the time
- It's not enough. Of course, it's not enough. I mean, it's enough certainly to convince everyone else that he's doing okay. Charlie has always been really good about hiding his emotions from everyone who wasn't Julius (who was the only person Charlie ever let himself be vulnerable around). So no one seems to notice that Charlie has become suicidal. Living starts to be really hard for Charlie, and there's a point where the only thing that keeps him alive is that he doesn't want his aunt and uncle to have to find his body. He knows it's a problem, that he should tell someone, but he's too scared of how they'll react. And he doesn't really feel like he's worth being saved anyways. ("And the ghost of survivors guilt can be so kind")
- Besides, Charlie knows he just has to make it until he gets to high school. Knows that he'll be attending the private boarding school his dad and uncle both did come 9th grade. It's states away. If he could just make it there... well at least his family wouldn't have to find him.
- Of course, that plan all goes straight out the window when Charlie arrives and finds that his roommate is none other than Julius. And god knows Charlie definitely couldn't hurt Julius like that either.
- And Julius needed him. All it takes is one look for Charlie to see all the cracks in his best friend, the pressure from his dad combined with a newer fear of being outed to his parents, of being trans in general (because that was still new for Julius. He had only found the word less than a year ago. And the school was safe but... he was so scared. And he hadn't had anyone to talk to about it).
- So maybe it takes a little bit for Julius to really notice the cracks in Charlie as well. Charlie was, after all, the better of the pair of putting on a brave face. In fact, even as kids Julius had called Charlie his courage, and this hadn't changed. Julius breaks down the first time that they meet again, and Charlie becomes pretty much determined to... stay strong for Julius. ("This is not what I intended. I always swore to you I'd never fall apart. You always thought that I was stronger.")
- Charlie really is Julius's courage though. He makes it easier for Julius to breathe again. For the first time in years, with Charlie by his side, Julius feels like he can do anything.
- And eventually, when his world no longer feels now like it's falling apart, and Julius feels like there isn't the weight of the world on his shoulders, he starts to notice that Charlie isn't as okay as he says he is. And Julius is hesitant to bring it up at first, because he didn't want to push Charlie away, wanted to give him space to open up on his own terms.
- But when it becomes clear he isn't going to, and Julius is so so worried, eventually... he confronts Charlie. And it takes hours and hours of wearing Charlie down before he breaks and finally admits everything he had been keeping in. Admits all of the guilt and self-hatred he had been holding.
- For the first time in their friendship, it becomes Julius's turn to be Charlie's courage. He's scared, he's so fucking scared hearing the things that come out of his best friend’s mouth, but he is determined not to let Charlie know that. Because Charlie needed him now to be strong.
- After getting Charlie to open up, the next hurdle for Julius becomes convincing Charlie that he needs to get help. Charlie is terrified to tell his Aunt and Uncle because he doesn’t want to upset them. He doesn’t know how they’ll react.
- But with Julius as his courage, Charlie tells them. Right before Christmas break, Charlie admits that he needs help to his Aunt and Uncle. They’re shocked and upset and blame themselves for not seeing that Charlie was struggling, but they promise to get him help.
- They discuss, over break, they discuss Charlie not going back to school. They think that he needs time off and he needs to be at home to recover. Charlie argues with them constantly to let him go back. That he could see a therapist near the school and he had Julius to watch out for him
- They don’t relent until almost two weeks after the second half of the year had started. There were conditions and a lot of concerns, but everyone could see that Julius was important for Charlie to be able to heal.
- And it’s not like things get better overnight. Both Charlie and Julius continue to struggle, to have their bad days. But unlike before, now they have each other. And together they could do just about anything.
- As I said before, they become known as the Mad Scientists. They reign terror in the science labs, cause explosions and set off the fire alarm so regularly that the whole school just kind of stops noticing it. Most students avoid the science wing outside of class, and for those who wind up in a science class with them well... it’s certainly never a boring time.
- Much like as kids the two of them are hardly ever apart, so much so that their friends frequently call them Chalius just because it was quicker. And everyone pretty much knew that if you told Charlie something, Julius was bound to know it as well and vice versa.
- A lot of people assume that the two of them are dating. Or if not dating then they assume that they are just oblivious idiots, who are both in love with each other and just won’t admit it.
- It’s because of the way they act. The fact that they’re always attached at the hip, hold each other hands nearly all the time. Always sit one pressed against the other, arms and legs touching, and oftentimes you would find the two of them just curled together. Charlie would easily plop into Julius’s lap to stay close, and Julius loves to lay with his head in Charlie’s lap so that Charlie could play with his hair. They hugged each other tightly, Julius always resting his chin on Charlie’s head protectively. They called each other by their nicknames and acted so soft and sweet sometimes their friends teased they were going to get cavities just watching them.
- And of course, Charlie and Julius love each other, but what they had wasn’t a romantic relationship. The closest they can come to finding something to call it is Queerplatonic Relationship, but for the most part, they insist that they are just Charlie and Julius. Nothing more and nothing less. They can’t explain it. But it’s theirs. And they’re so so happy with it.
- (They only ever tell their friends about them being something akin to QPPs. They don’t really mind other people making assumptions, as long as those they care about understand and accept them. The rest of the world didn’t matter).
- They have a handful of ways in which they calm each other down, provide comfort, or even just provide a distraction from each other’s thoughts. Charlie very frequently plays with Julius's hair (which he keeps about shoulder length, he likes to have it long and he loves Charlie playing with it) which helps them both relax. Julius will "play the piano" on Charlie's arm as a way to help keep Charlie grounded, depending on what Charlie needs sometimes Julius attempts to have Charlie guess which piece he is playing, other times he simply just "plays" whatever piece comes to mind and occasionally will sing along. Julius will also play the real piano for Charlie if it is available, although he plays the ukulele when he's trying to keep himself distracted. And Charlie will sing to Julius if they're alone. "Their song" is Somewhere Only We Know, but sometimes Charlie will sing other things, including Return To Pooh Corner as another favorite.
- Once they're reunited, the two of them even start spending the summers together. Charlie's family on his aunt's side runs a successful hotel chain and the two of them often spend the summer at one of those hotels in a tourist town beach.
- They're actually kind of local legends at the hotel. Julius in particular is known for his karaoke skills. Despite years of training Julius does tend to be very anxious about performing in general. Except when it comes to karaoke. He's performed a wide array of songs, some with Charlie and some on his own. My personal favorite of the ones I've thought of is That Don't Impress Me Much, which also happens to be the first karaoke performance his other friends get to see.
- Charlie can’t drive. In fact, he doesn’t even really like to be in cars ever since his parents died, it makes him anxious because he’s worried about another car crash happening. But it helps to have someone there to hold his hand, provide a distraction. He gets nervous when his friends and family are in cars too, always makes them text him when they arrive so he knows that they’re safe. But he refuses to drive. Period. He never wants to be in the position where he’s in charge of someone else’s life like that.
- Technically speaking, there is a no pet/animal policy in the dorms. But Charlie and Julius tend to ignore that. Not for their own pets, but... They rescue lab animals. From the nearby college, other high schools. They find about animals being used for experiments and they take them in. Usually only temporarily, until a permanent home can be found for them. They work with a local group of college students who have been trying to protest this type of research for years and a local rescue. Sometimes they get non-lab animals, usually snakes or rats, animals other people wouldn’t take.
- (Their friends only learn about this operation in Charlie and Julius’s Junior year, when they have to recruit them to find a missing snake).
- The entire school kind of loves Charlie and Julius, because they will cause chaos if asked. Like slip them a note and $5 and they’ll set off the fire alarm right when you’re supposed to be having a test. A little more, a please, a good story, maybe they’ll even shut the school down for the day. And they get away with it because nobody thinks they’re doing it on purpose. They set the alarms off so often on accident, that no one would even consider that they were doing it on purpose.
- Charlie starts to play soccer again, in his sophomore year. It’s really hard at first, he almost quits after the first practice because it reminds him of his parents and it hurts. But Julius convinces him to stick it out, because Charlie loved soccer and Juls knew he missed playing. It gets easier with every practice, and in the end, Charlie is happy to be back on a team again but isn’t ever quite the same as before.
- Julius is the resident worrywart of their larger friend group. Their friends tease it’s because Charlie is the exact opposite, reckless, the type of person who acts first and thinks later.
- Julius is trans, aro? he thinks? And ace
- Charlie is pan
- They have matching tattoos, Winnie-The-Pooh themed, although I’m still figuring out what exactly they look like.
- Charlie has tattoos for his parents, although again I don’t fully know what those look like yet
- Julius’s birthday is September 2nd, and his name in their friend group chat is PianoMan
- Charlie’s birthday is July 25th and his name in their friend group chat is Exploding Charlie
#Charlie and Julius#Chalius#tw suidice#tw transphobia#tw character death#(not major)#tw car crash#beauty and the mermaid#ravenpuff writes
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Trying to compress all the Charlie and Julius thoughts I have down to only the important stuff is hard.
I may need to take a break for food soon because it’s just occurred to me I haven’t ate today but
I do apologize anon for the post that’s coming soon. It will be a fucking thing
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Norovember Day Three:
Aro Vibes Soundtrack/Playlist
This one was actually tough for me, because I don’t have a lot of songs that I personally relate to being aromantic. I do have a few aro characters though, one of whom is in a qpr or well winds up in one after they kind of find the term, so these are the songs that remind me of them and of their relationship:
- Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade
- Retun To Pooh Corner by Kenny Loggins
- Somewhere Only We Know by Keane (although I’m a fan of the Glee version personally)
- Ours by Taylor Swift
- 18 by One Direction
- Our Kind Of Love by Lady Antebellum (Lady A? They changed that didn’t they?)
Most people probably wouldn’t see these songs as a aro, but they remind me of them so...
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I just,, had a vision of Kid!Julius finding the sheet music to “Cheer Up Charlie” when Kid!Charlie is having a bad day and playing/singing it for him.
And like obviously he makes some mistakes and whatever but
It makes Charlie smile.
I haven’t written them as kids yet but now I really want to
#charlie and julius#ravenpuff writes#Chalius#I’m thinking if I do write them as kids#Charlie will only call Juls ‘Robin’ just to avoid deadnaming him
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Last night I was writing a scene for Charlie and Julius that has me on the verge of tears.
Mostly because both of them are crying
And because I know what follows this moment is a conversation they’ve been avoiding. An acknowledgment of things they would rather leave unsaid.
And it’s going to hurt them. But it’s hurting them more to not say anything at all. This back and forth tension and fighting they’ve been doing... “you’re wearing thin down to the core.”
Not that anyone cares for a Charlie and Julius update but
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@ Anon please know I have seen your ask about Charlie and Julius and I am definitely going to answer it, I just have to take a shower first.
But it is definitely something I want to talk about
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Anyways I’ve been thinking a lot about my ocs today, particularly Charlie and Julius.
And I just,,, fucking love them. The feral science bros. Chalius. Robin and Bear.
They’re so,,, wholesome? Like everything about them is so good and they’re easily my favorite characters I have ever made.
And I just think about them all the time. The way they grew up together, how Charlie became Julius’s friend way back in preschool and they became bonded from the moment they met.
The way Charlie was like Julius’s only family because his parents fought so much. His dad only ever talked to him to tell him he was working hard enough, needed to practice more. His mom was hardly ever around, and when she gave him little attention unless it was specifically to rule up his father.
How Charlie made a game out of chasing off Julius’s teachers for piano, vilion, singing. How Charlie would stay until he was forced home so Julius could use him as an excuse for not doing work, say “Sorry, Charlie was bugging me again.” As if he didn’t love having him there.
How the two were practically inseparable, even in school. Best friends and everyone knew it.
Until Julius’s parents got a divorce and overnight he was swept away by his dad without ever getting to say goodbye.
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I’ve been considering Charlie and Julius’s relationship a lot more lately
Considering them both separately, who they are and where they stand in the world
And who they are together. Where do they stand, what does their relationship mean to them, and what do they think it looks like
And honestly? I’ve come to a conclusion that I don’t exactly have words to explain it. To explain them.
The closest I can come to is a queer platonic relationship, and I think when it comes down to it this is a word they use to try and put into words what they have.
Mostly though, they’re just Charlie and Julius. Robin and Bear. They don’t have the exact words to define where their relationship falls or what their feelings are, and they don’t need them.
I guess that’s why when I heard “Ours” the other day, out of the blue, it reminded me of them.
“And it’s not theirs to speculate if it’s wrong”
“They can’t take what’s ours. The stakes are high, the waters rough. But this love is ours.”
#ravenpuff writes#Chalius#Charlie and Julius#beauty and the mermaid#I just really love the two of them and whatever they have#and maybe it’s a bit of projection on my part as someone who doesn’t really understand feelings and putting them into exact boxes#and when it comes to relationships I have a hard time defining them with labels#anyways the count of qprs in this story is up to two#and the aro and aro spec characters are up to... four? five#I think it’s 5#and... 4 Ace and Ace spec characters#two of them are aro/aro-spec and Ace
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One of those nights where I wrote something and I don’t know if it’s good/how to feel about it but mostly I just really crave validation about my writing and I wish I had somebody to read it. And tell me what they think.
#ravenpuff writes#beauty and the mermaid#anyways I’m writing chapter three#debating if I should take out the first part of the chapter with the initiations because#while I think the whole ritual is important to the Showgirls as a whole#B isn’t one yet and it isn’t part of his story#and I think it doesn’t necessarily fit in the flow#and maybe I can save that instead for bonus extra material#since it mostly reveals like Eli’s crush and Leo’s background#and hints at a fight Chalius had the previous summer#things that come up later anyways#and I can bring up initiations more at Blaine’s time#Alex’s will almost certainly also be included in Book 2 which is his story#and possibly Ben’s but only because it would be the first one B saw
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From the first full chapter of Fearlessly And Forever.
Coming to you... eventually.
It’s a long chapter though so give me a break.
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Charlie and Julius may have been inspired by Dan and Phil’s relationship/friendship
But Theo and Logan were inspired by Jedediah and Octavius
#ravenpuff writes#beauty and the mermaid#something that just occurred to me as I’m watching amvs of them#neither were intentional but it’s definitely true#ironic though considering Chalius has a scene in book 4 I wrote just because I loved the scene in the first movie where Larry goes#‘we lost two good men out there’ and then Jed and Tavi show up like ‘you ain’t getting rid of us that easy’#anyways
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My Chalius playlist, aka what I’m listening tonight because I’m too wound up to sleep:
- Return To Pooh Corner, by Kenny Loggins (or the song that started it all, and the one that inspired their nicknames. Also known as Charlie and Julius’s song.)
- Somewhere Only We Know, Glee Cast Version (because it’s the only one I’ve heard)
- Fall For You, by Secondhand Serenade
- Ours, by Taylor Swift
- 18, by One Direction
- Our Kind Of Love, by Lady Antebellum
- Hesitate, by the Jonas Brothers
- Next To Me, by Imagine Dragons
- You Save Me, by Kenny Chesney
- Through The Dark, by One Direction
- Conversations in the Dark, by John Legend
- Grow As We Go, by Ben Platt
- Defenceless, by Louis Tomlinson
- Cheer Up Charlie, by Leslie Odam Jr.
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Snippets from BATM (Book 2):
Theo frowned at the little girl in Blaine’s arms. “Either someone loss a child or Blaine just found the world’s smallest spy from Haverly.”
Blaine sighed exasperated, looking over at Charlie and Julius who were sat together on the piano bench as usual. “Chalius, have y’all figured out a shrink ray yet?”
Charlie’s mouth opened slightly, his eyes sparkling as he turned to Julius. “Julius, write-“
“Already got it.” Julius confirmed, holding up his phone to show Charlie the new note he had made. Charlie grinned, looking back towards Blaine.
“Ask us again in a few months and we’ll see.”
A few of the Marauders smirked, and Blaine sighed. “She’s not a spy, Theo. She’s someones lost sister.”
“ ‘ily!” The girl put in, and Blaine nodded.
“That’s right, this is Lily. And she’s looking for her brother-“
“ ‘lex”
“-Alex, that’s right.”
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Final Chalius Word Count?
Just roughly 3,300 words.
And I still feel like there’s things about them I’m missing.
I genuinely wasn’t joking when I said I could talk about them for hours.
Definitely going to need to post this under a read more.
And I am so sorry in advance, this has to be the last thing that was expected
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My favorite thing to write regarding the twins is just, the fact they can just... read Blaine. Like B is at a point where he isn’t speaking to anyone that isn’t Cooper verbally, but like he’s been learning ASL over the summer and most of the Marauders already know it, and so that’s like his main form of communication with them
But with the twins, Blaine just like, slightly raises his eyebrow or tilts his head, and they know instantly what he’s trying to say. Almost from the moment they meet him they can do this
As Evan says in the second chapter “the twins seem to have stretched their ability to read each other’s minds to Blaine because there is a conversation happening I am not part of”
And it is just such a fun dynamic to write. Their conversations are so interesting to me because there’s so much going on but all of it is communicated though body language and facial expressions, the way Blaine holds himself, the energy he is putting out (is he anxious, relaxed, stressed, happy, etc.)
Anyways I need to do a bit of editing (again) in the first two chapters but it’s fairly quick for the most part, and then maybe I will write chapter 3. I want to.
It’s going to take me until the end of the year probably to finish it but
Hey there’s some exciting things happening next chapter. A brief bit of initiation, Blaine meeting Connor and a slow build up of their friendship, as well as your regularly scheduled Marauders shenanigans, maybe a bit of a pop in with Chalius who we haven’t gotten to see too much of yet. Certainly more time with Blaine and the twins, and just B coming to find comfort with the Marauders as a whole. A few moments too of Niff trying to make friends with B in shared classes, how the pair come to earn his trust without him ever realizing it.
Probably will be another 10,000 words with all I have planned but
It’ll be worth it.
I want to flesh out these friendships more than I did before. I want things to move more slowly
I don’t think, for example, Blaine is going to be talking to the Marauders until at least after Christmas. Because over the summer he hardly even talked to Cooper verbally. I think it takes a lot more trust needing to be built.
I want Blaine to have his arc of healing. For you to see the ways in which he slowly begins to change, to open up
I want it to be so the the Blaine in “Before You Mete, I Was Alright (But Things Were Kind Of Heavy)” has that striking difference to the Blaine in “Fearlessly and Forever.” I want the reader to see exactly what I know, what the Marauders know
The reason I didn’t go straight to when Blaine meets Kurt is because there’s so much you need to know about him to understand their relationship, the significance of every interaction, the weight Blaine is carrying and the way he’s not exactly telling Kurt the truth.
Because here’s my hot take on Blaine and why him and Kurt did not work out until season six.
Because Blaine, when he first met Kurt and those next few seasons, was constantly putting up a facade. There’s a few times that it slips and you can see the real Blaine, but for the most part, he’s trying very hard to be the exact person that everyone else wants him to be. And that weighs on a person so much. It helped to drive him and Kurt apart.
Season Six Blaine is some the longest we get to see a happy and healthy and okay Blaine. He started to see a therapist. He bonded with Karofsky (maybe over the shared feeling of letting go of what everyone else wanted from them). Blaine became... if not completely happy at least finally for once he was fully himself and it shows.
And he finally works things out with Kurt. No more pretending. They loved each other for who they truly not, not just the faces they put on for others.
Anyways that’s why it’s so important to me that you see Blaine that first year. To get a sense of what he’s been through, what he carries with him, who he is
Because there is a switch when he meets Kurt, in some ways good and in others bad. And I want the reader to be able to see that. To understand what has changed.
Who Blaine tries to be for Kurt, and all he tries to pretend he’s not.
So that when the facade starts to crumble, the reader understands what is at stake. Maybe can see the pieces slipping before Kurt does. Understand the panic Blaine feels when he realizes it is all going to come spilling out, and there is nothing he can do to stop it.
And maybe so the reader can understand why Blaine puts up this facade in the first place. All that he was trying to protect Kurt from, all he wanted to forget.
A lot of Fearlessly and Forever is Blaine despretely trying to be a normal teenager, one who doesn’t have a sea witch he still hasn’t fully beaten, who doesn’t need someone to sleep in his room every night because of night terrors, doesn’t need friends constantly watching out for him, worried at all times about him.
In meeting Kurt Blaine realizes he has found someone who knows nothing about all he has been through, and in an attempt to have just one person treat him like everyone else, Blaine decides to not tell him anything. Decides to pretend he doesn’t have an anxiety disorder or suffer from ptsd, doesn’t need glasses.
But trying so hard to hide so much wears down on Blaine quickly, and the cracks start to show.
That is the story I want “Fearlessly and Forever” to tell.
That’s why “Before You Met Me” is so important. Why I want to take it slow and build these things out.
Blaine’s character is the center of this series and you have to see it grow and develop in order to see the stories at their best and understand what they are trying to say
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