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Carry On Countdown 2022 Day 3: Expectations
"I think my father hoped I might give it to a girl someday..."
Baz is defying his father's expectations by giving away the ring, and Fiona is defying everyone's expectations by marrying Nico.
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artsyunderstudy · 1 year
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"Look at me."
Illustration from Chapter 3 of Someone Wicked
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my main takeaway from the Simon Snow series
You Are Not Broken.
Simon grew up in care with no one that really cared about him. No one coddled him, no one fussed over him when he didn't feel well, and he felt like the most insignificant nobody in all of England.
And then this cool guy that has a sword and can do magic (whoa!) sweeps in and tells him that he's the most important and powerful somebody to ever exist and sweeps his entire world out from under him.
When we get his POVs, the mage spends the entire book telling us he has to fix Simon. That Simon is broken because he can't harness his power (which I did a tiny essay on here if you're interested). That Simon is so broken and shattered that he is unfixable.
From a boy with nothing to "Let the greatest power of powers reign, and may it save us all" and then back to a boy with nothing. His magic was what connected him to that beautiful world of worthiness and just as quickly as he was whisked into it, he was cast out. After being told by his mentor that he was unfixably broken.
That's... devastating.
and even more devastatingly, he believed it.
He believed it so much that started self-sabotaging every other good thing in his life because one horrible manipulative person told him he was broken.
and he believed it for over a year.
Which is why Simon and Baz meeting Lady Salisbury was so important.
She had a son who barely had any magic. And even though he didn't have magic, he didn't have that crucial connection to his mother's world that was coveted above everything else, she loved him anyway. She loves him so so much. and then, her son with some magic became her son with no magic at all. And she still cried with joy over his return when he came back to her.
Because love doesn't care about a silly thing like magic. Love is the greater magic, and it always is, and always will be.
He didn't have any magic to give, because he gave it all away. But he had love. He has more love in him than any other character in that series, except for maybe Ruth. He loves his school. He loves his friends. He loves his world of mages, even if it hurts too much to be a big part of it. He loves his mentor, and the silly goats that everyone overlooked, and even his evil, scorned roommate. Maybe the scorned roommate most of all. Simon never had a shortage of love to give.
And meeting Ruth and his real family was finally able to prove to him that the love he held close and carried around his whole life was finally enough. Better yet, it had always been enough, even though he was the last to see it.
Your love is enough. The love and goodness you put out into this world is enough. And you are worthy of love in return. Always. No exceptions. You are not broken. You are human, and humans are immovable and unshatterable. Your love is your magic, and you are worthy.
This post is for you. Never let them tell you you're not magic.
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justanotherhamiltrash · 10 months
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Baz: I wish people would stop asking me if I'm a vampire. Obviously not. I have blood.
Simon: But is it your blood?
Baz: It is blood, yes.
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letraspal · 1 year
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“This is what people do. They get close and try to stay there. They stay.”
COC 2022 | DAY 15: FLUFF | @carryon-countdown |
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I just feel that people don’t talk about this enough
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clockworkbee · 1 year
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Poetic enough for you?
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How it started vs how it’s going
Page 16 carry on vs pages 549/550 awtwb
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nope-nora · 4 months
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can we stay like this forever?
Taylor Swift, “Lover” | Troye Sivan, “How to Stay With You” | Rainbow Rowell, Any Way the Wind Blows | Hozier, “First Light” | Leonard Cohen, “It’s Just a City, Darling” | Taylor Swift, “King of My Heart” | Mikko Harvey, “For M”
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yoursecho · 2 years
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THIS LINE-
"All I really know is that nothing I've experienced so far compares to you. Maybe that makes me gay . . . or maybe that just makes me yours."
-Simon Snow, Any way the wind blows
Guys this line is so underrated but it's my favorite one from the whole book. I literally had to stop and breathe a minute after I read it.
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erzbethluna · 2 years
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Lil sketch of cute Baz with dreamy eyes ✨
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Carry On Countdown 2022 Day 4: Cake
"All you've eaten today is cake," Baz says. "I had toast for breakfast. Toast isn't cake."
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artsyunderstudy · 11 hours
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If I relax my eyes, our pinkies touch.
Only Creatures by @emeryhall
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platform9-75 · 2 years
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Baz once said, to simon, "we're not made of pieces that come apart"
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justanotherhamiltrash · 10 months
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Simon, about Baz: He's plotting!
Penny, who knows about Simon's feelings: You keep using that word.
Penny: I do not think it means what you think it means.
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letraspal · 2 years
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I like to be the one who brings the goats in when the sun sets.
Epilogue. Any Way the Wind Blows by @rainbowrowell
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