#Zachary Carter

[mastersoftheair]

even More behind the scenes pics (from elliott ross' instagram)

#masters of the air #hbo war #behind the scenes #elliott ross #freddy carter #austin butler #callum turner #jonah rzeskiewicz #zachary hart #nick preston #nathan hubble #adam young #louis greatorex #anthony boyle #jonas moore

[gildengirl]

“Oh, and Cammie.” At the sound of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me Gallagher Girl. The last thing I expected was to feel his arms sliding around me, to sense the whole world turning upside down as Zach dipped me in the middle of the foyer and pressed his lips to mine. Then he smiled that smile I'd come to know. “I always finish what I start.”

- Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

#Gallagher Girls #Gallagher Girls Series #Gallagher Girls Books #Ally Carter #Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy #CMH #Cameron Morgan #Cammie Morgan #Zachary Goode #Zach Goode #Zammie #Blackthorne #Zachary “Spy” Goode #Nonexistent cat named Suzie got your tongue?

[jltonnere]

No matter how many times I read these books the dialogue in books 4 through 6 still sends me absolutely feral.

#like goddamn #who allowed ally to write this stuff #how are we going to survive the blonde identity #gallagher girls #ally carter #ally verse #cameron morgan #cammie x zach #zachary goode

[rawsmackdownnxtdivas]

Gigi Dolin & Zachary Wentz 💞

#gigi dolin #nxt #nash carter #wwe #zachary wentz #the rascalz #impact wrestling

[cammie-morgan-goode]

In OSOT, when cam comes back, zach says it's different, and he seem a bit distance quite a while, with him & bex always together. Do you think he's also mad at cam that's why? Or something else?

Oh my poor Zachy boy…

Zach’s mad. He’s furious with Cam. He’s pissed at her.

But not for the reasons we think.

Zach is the one who gave Cammie the idea of running away. He said so in OGSY. He told Cam that they should run. That they would keep each other safe. And Cam told him no. Cammie told him that that was not an option.

And what does she do? She leaves without him and she runs.

Zach doesn’t know where she is. She didn’t leave a note for anyone, she didn’t say goodbye, she’s just gone.

Zach has nobody. He can’t go home. He can’t go to his mom. He can’t go back to school. He doesn’t know if Cammie is even alive until they find her in Switzerland. And during that time he has Bex. And Bex is the only constant in his life that summer. She is the only one keeping his feet on the ground and keeping him from doing something stupid. Because if he can’t find Cammie, what does he have left? Joe’s in a coma for goodness sake.

And then to make matters worse, Cam comes back and she’s different. She can’t remember anything from that summer. He doesn’t even want to think about what she could’ve endured. He doesn’t want to process that. Between the sessions with Dr. Steve, the weapons incident, the memory loss, the fact that the Circle is still out there…

He tried to find Cam and he failed.

Things are different between them and while Cam is trying to process that and her missing summer, Zach is trying to process the fact that anything could have happened to Cammie and there was nothing he could do to stop that.

#gallagher girls #gallagher girls series #ally carter #cammie morgan goode writes #asked and answered #answered asks #answered #zach goode #zachary goode #cammie morgan #the circle #lyky chhs djgc ogsy osot uws #cameron morgan #cameron goode #zach and cammie #cammie and zach #Cameron and Zachary #zammie #the circle of Cavan #catherine goode #joe solomon #joseph solomon #zach and joe #joe and zach #bex baxter #rebecca baxter #Zach and Bex #Bex and Zach #Zachary and Rebecca #Rebecca and Zachary

[reading-inconsistently]

New Ally Carter book is an adult novel! So exciting, can't wait until next August!!

#ally carter #gallagher girls #cammie morgan #zachary goode #heist society #not if i save you first #embassy row #gallagher girl series #zach goode #macey mchenry #bex baxter #liz sutton #gallagher academy #reading #blonde identity #books #read #booktok #booktube #book worm #fandom #gg fanfic #the blonde identity

[scribe-of-maat]

Iron Widow & Zachary Ying

I read both back to back.

Xiran Jay Zhao is my new favorite author.

They’re, so so real.

On Iron Widow:

It’s not hard for me to put into words how much I knew I was going to like Iron Widow early on into it. I’m not exaggerating when I said I’ve never read something like it, and I doubt I ever will again. The moment I knew this was going to be good was when the protagonist was revealed to be disabled.

I didn’t know anything about Wu Zetian or that era of Chinese history before going into this (I didn’t realize they hadn’t made those names up until I read Zachary Ying, for instance) but the world they build is so interesting and it’s obvious they’re pulling from real injustices.

But they don’t gloss over the EMOTION that comes with being a minority trapped in an unjust system. My favorite thing about Wu Zetian is the implacable rage she feels at the patriarchal monsters lording their power over her. She hates the system that took away Ruyi, her older sister, and she hates the men profiting in that system at the expense of any girl unlucky enough to be born into it.

To not belabor the point, I wish I could read that climactic scene where the Sages try to use her family against her for the first time again. Her parents capacity familial love being what ultimately dooms them, since it proves they could always have chosen to be better, and never did. It’s an odd feeling to cheer as the protagonist murders their family, but good god you love to see it.

She kills seven named characters over the course of the book - Yang Guang, An Lushan, Ma Xiuying and her husband, and her parents and brother - and I’ve never felt so satisfied. I’ve never read a woman exacting sweet, sweet vengeance and on her oppressors and coming out both alive and more heroic for having done so (in the eyes of the reader).

I knew going in that the love triangle ends in a poly relationship. This was also extremely avant-garde, especially for a YA novel. I realized I didn’t know if they were all in a relationship with each other at the same time or if they had separate but just as intense 1-on-1 relationships with each other, but either way, more power to ‘em.

The power system was also very interesting, especially with how they tie into the explorations of gender. It wasn’t lost on me that Zetian’s most dominant qi was Metal, the one seated at the dead center of the yin-yang spectrum, after she’d talked about not really feeling female or male. Fun fact, when it was revealed Li Shimin had feminine products in his bunker and wasn’t the rapist Zetian thought he was, I thought it was going to be revealed he was actually a woman, to further tie into the gender themes. 

But Xiran excellently captures the feeling of being a space and being so angry about the fact that everyone around you has an undeserved power over you, systematically stolen and enforced on pain of death. I’m the opposite of a tiny East Asian woman but I absolutely understood wanting to tear that down and end anyone profiting off it.

On Zachary Ying:

I though I would like Iron Widow much more, but this ended being about as enjoyable, and is what solidified the fact that Xiran is a YA writer who will absolutely wear her progressive politics on her sleeve much more openly than your white fave (R*** R******).

Her tale of female empowerment isn’t written for the Male Gaze and her tale of the hero’s journey isn’t written for the White Gaze. Zachary Ying is a gay Hui-Chinese Muslim and absolutely the ONLY YA hero of his kind. I’d go on to say he’s the only protagonist of his kind in literally any kind of media without researching that one bit.

The early parts of the books go to great pains to establish that the Chinese government and its people are separate entities, that yeah, there’s injustice there but it’s not like it’s any different anywhere else. When Qin Shi Huang specifically calls out how American heroes like George Washington were enslavers, this had my total buy-in.

Okay, well, that’s not really true. But it just became more total. I’ve never experienced it, but I know from online reading that a lot of immigrant children to the US who are subjected to the perpetual foreigner stereotype get made fun of for their food, and when the book opens with him experiencing this (and Xiran making it obvious he has a crush on his male bully) THAT’S where I was bought-in.

I think what I enjoyed most about this was the explanations of all the Chinese culture, like Di Renjie being Chinese Sherlock Holmes or the lengthy conversation about how Chinese dynasties like the Tang were incredibly diverse. The first hint of Qin Shi Huang not being above his ultimate sacrifice is that he saw himself in Zachary, chose someone like him who a lot people, definitely not just Chinese, wouldn’t.

It feels like a YA novel that takes place in the 2020s as well, written by someone who actually knows what it’s like to be a young person. Zack references a ton of contemporary media and multiple times talks about his powers as waterbending. The game he plays is pretty much Pokemon GO, to boot.

But like I said earlier, it ain’t written for the White Gaze. Just like in Iron Widow, there are extended scenes of characters espousing super duper left leaning ideologies and it dawned on me that I’d never seen politics I agreed with being stated so plainly in a fantasy series.

Oh sure, Rick’ll do things like have TJ and Mallory get into it over he killing thralls, but Magnus walks away before anything concrete has to be stated. Six of The Seven round on Jason for Roman demigods fighting for the Confederacy in the American Civil War, but Percy and Annabeth are never given any guff whatsoever about Greek demigods who did the same. Carter has like one instance of kind of alluding to the fact that police are racist but he sweeps past it.

Because those books are ultimately beholden to the White Gaze. They can’t be anything else, by virtue of being written by a white guy who’ll always, on some level, prioritize his comfort and the comfort of the audience he knows he has to court.  

But not here. They call out a bunch of Yellow Peril nonsense in the book and contrast it with how horrible Western rulers like Nero are remarked upon in detached reverence while Qin Shi Huang is demonized. Zack gets to see that Muslims, at least in the East of China, aren’t being slaughtered wholesale or anything. 

If you haven’t already, you seriously need to read these masterpieces. I love these books.

#iron widow #wu zetian #li shimin #gao yizhi #zachary ying #zachary ying and the dragon emperor #pjo #pjato #the kane chronicles #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #mcatgoa #magnus chase #percy jackson #carter kane

[texasthrillbilly]

I'd like to see these two doctors "work" together.

#lost in space #dark shadows #dr. julia hoffman #dr. zachary smith #gary oldman #helena bonham carter #villains

[sophia325]

Zach calling Cammie Gallagher Girl gives the same energy as Jameson calling Avery Mystery Girl

#the inheritance games #Gallagher Girls #gallagher girls series #Ally Carter #jennifer lynn barnes #Jameson Hawthorne #Zachary Goode #Cammie Morgan #Grayson Hawthorne #Booktok #Books #bookstagram #Booklr

[ask-nick-and-cass]

Zachary: fine judge me all you want! But here’s me now! You *points at david* abuse your son, You *points at henry* can’t stay married to save your life, and YOU *points at william* KILL PEOPLE FOR “SCIENCE”!

#fnaf #into the fazverse #five nights at freddy's #fnaf rp #Zachary Munroe #David carter #henry emily #william afton

[kiraxcute]

One by one they thrust the knife into the man's body, they were in this together now

WWE Stars/Alumni + Dead By Daylight

Nash Carter/Gigi Dolin/Jordan Devlin/Millie McKenzie + The Legion for @imswitchbabemox

#dead by daylight #wwe #nxt #nash carter #zachary wentz #priscilla kelly #gigi dolin #millie mckenzie #jordan devlin #jd mcdonagh #the leigon

[mastersoftheair]

behind the scenes pics (from jonah rzeskiewicz's instagram)

#masters of the air #hbo war #behind the scenes #jonah rzeskiewicz #charlie beck #freddy carter #elliott ross #zachary hart #francis lovehall

[gildengirl]

I just want to thank Ally Carter for naming Zachary Goode, Zachary Goode. She gave us an endless supply of puns to use and I am forever grateful.

#rereading CMH #Goode thinking Ally #I love a Goode pun #also basically from CMH to OGSY Cammie and the gang are like “Can we trust Zach?” #“Is he a good guy?” #GIRL JUST LOOK AT HIS NAME #Gallagher Girls #Gallagher Girls Series #Ally Carter #Zachary Goode #Zach Goode

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#the secret of convict lake #glenn ford #gene tierney #ethel barrymore #zachary scott #ann dvorak #barbara bates #cyril cusack #richard hylton #helen westcott #jeanette nolan #ruth donnelly #harry carter #michael gordon #1951

[rawsmackdownnxtdivas]

Gigi Dolin & Zachary Wentz 💞

#gigi dolin #nxt #nash carter #wwe #zachary wentz #the Rascalz #tna wrestling

[cammie-morgan-goode]

On the deleted scenes, Ally said that instead of Cam seeing Mr. mosckowitz working out, Zach is also an option. But she still wrote Mosckowitz on the deleted scene. Can you fulfill my (& I know most of us, ahem) fantasy of it being Zach??? Thanks!!!

There's something weird about having boys go to your all-girls school. For one, it's an all-girls school which means no boys. For two, it's a whole different thing when said boys are trained better than you are.

Cammie hadn't realized that with the arrival of these boys, a ton of drama would ensue. She felt like she was drowning. And for the first time in her life, she was starting to feel like she just wasn't good enough.

There was a time when she was one of the best in her class. There was a time when people would see her train and think "I aspire to be that".

But now she was being overshadowed.

And for being the Chameleon? She didn't like it at all.

"One of a girl's greatest assets are her feet. If you cannot balance on the balls of your feet and anticipate where your opponent's feet are moving, you will not make it away from a fight." Ms. Hancock tells them, making her way along the mats on the ground. "Pay attention to your partner's feet. Pay attention to their movements. Do they lean on their left foot before they move? Do they suck in a breath before they punch? Do they pay more attention to your feet or your hands? Anything can give away your next move, ladies,"

Cammie stared at Bex across from her, watching her best friend smirk. She'd been sparring with Bex since the sixth grade. She knew that Bex favored her left leg. She knew that Bex's weakness were her knees and her hair. (Which could be anyone's weakness, but Bex made it personal!)

And without hesitation, Cammie's arm shot out, aiming for Bex's head. Bex dodged it easily, leaning onto her right hip. She ducked and swung her leg out, aiming for Cammie's left knee. But, Cammie sidestepped, making Bex fall to the mat.

Ms. Hancock called time and Cammie helped Bex up off the mats. The two girls grabbed their water bottles, drinking from them eagerly. They started following each other out, chattering on and on about nonsense. Cammie didn't even turn as the group of boys entered the P&E barn, faces already red from doing runs outside.

Bex was the one who stopped her though, hand flying out in front of Cammie's chest before she even made it off the mats. Cammie almost yelled at her in protest until she followed Bex's gaze.

The group of boys, some with their shirts off, were already shoving and pushing each other. They were loud and energetic, hyped up with excitement for their workout. Cammie had never seen anything like it.

Her gaze snags on a certain boy with dark hair, separated from the rest. His shirt is slowly getting drenched in sweat as he lags behind. Most would think he's slow and a weak link but, Cammie knew better. And she hated that the boy in question was making his way over to her.

Or so she thought.

Zach stopped a few feet behind the girls, lifting his shirt to wipe the sweat off his face. He lifted his arms up above his head, his shirt lifting again. The Blackthorne boy shifted on the balls of his feet. Cammie couldn’t stop the image of Zach’s toned calves from entering her mind.

Cammie could feel her cheeks turning red which had nothing to do with the sweat already on her body. She wasn't staring of course but, she could see Zach out of the corner of her eye.

The boys were split away from each other. Some were down on the ground, doing pushups, their legs out straight and their chests a mere inch from the floor. Others had taken it upon themselves to throw punches at each other. But not Zach.

Zach was working out alone, no partner. No spotter. He preferred it that way.

Cammie tried not to notice Zach in the corner of the barn. She tried to focus on her own training or even moving her feet forward. But that was nearly impossible when the Blackthorne Boy in question was doing pull ups.

Zach's face was scrunched up with concentration as he pulled himself up over the bar. He alternated his legs, bringing them to his stomach and then letting them fall, never breaking stride.

Cammie could see the muscles straining beneath his shirt, see the tightening of the skin on his biceps. She could only imagine the smooth skin of his abs glistening with sweat. She knew he had lost count but, Cammie hadn't. 12... 13... 14...

Cammie hit the mat with a thunderous smack.

Her head hit the floor hard, her body crumbling beneath her. The fall left her gasping for air, chest heaving. And all she could see was Bex's snickering expression above her.

"Distracting, huh, Cammie dear," Bex said in her perfect accent.

Cammie coughed, trying to get air back into her lungs. She glared at Bex. Her eyes wide with anger. Until a tall figure entered her cloudy vision.

"Need a hand, Morgan?" Zach said, his eyes glistening with pride. He held out his hand again, this time in her line of sight.

Cammie cleared her throat and grabbed his hand, letting him pull her to her feet. Cammie couldn't look him in the face. She knew her face was redder than Liz when she fell asleep by the pool in Alabama.

"Do you find me distracting, Gallagher Girl?" Zach asked, smirking so wide. He was practically grinning from ear to ear. And Cammie hated it.

"In your dreams, Zachary." Cammie said quickly, before turning on her heel and nearly running out of the barn.

She didn't think she ever felt heat like that when she was training before.

And she wouldn't mind if she felt it again.

(Written by: @cammie-morgan-goode)

#gallagher girls #gallagher girls series #cammie morgan goode writes #ally carter #asked and answered #answered asks #answered #zach goode #zachary goode #cammie morgan #cameron goode #cameron morgan #cammie morgan goode #cameron morgan goode #cammie and zach #zach and cammie #zach #zammie #gg #gallagher girl series #random headcanon #thank you for this #ask #fanfic #i just love them #cammie #the much awaited workout scene #there's just something about pull ups #yall aint ready #yall aint ready for this one