#half-bad trilogy

[cosmo-lexies]

I just ended the half-bad trilogy of @sallygreenhalfbad this morning and I feel so sad. The trilogy is good and maybe without this final wouldn't be so good but I really wanted a happy ending, not a bittersweet one. I wish a sequel, but I guess it's impossible.

I think I will write my opinions in an essay in the coming days, but not now. Now I want to imagine a happy ending to be less sad.

#half bad #half-bad trilogy #half lost #books #nathan byrn #the bastard son & the devil himself #lgbtq #sally green #Nabriel #oh my heart

[totallyjas]

the erasure of annalise needs to STOP, i feel as if everyone totally ignored the “i love you both” scene

#half bad #tbsatdh #the bastard son and the devil himself #the bastard son & the devil himself #nathan byrne #nathan #annalise obrien #annalise #gabriel boutin #gabriel #half bad trilogy #nathalise #nabriel #nabrielise

[pointandklick]

ID: the “shoutout to women fr” meme. It’s edited to read: “Shoutout to child soldiers who become disillusioned with the status quo they were raised to uphold. Gotta be one of my favorite archetypes.” There are pictures of Rex Salazar (Generator Rex), Theresa (Class of The Titans), Rell (League of Legends), and Amara Namani (Pacific Rim). At the bottom, additional text reads: “I also fw boy kings who are made to carry so much at such a young age too if anyone was wondering.” There are pictures of Lloyd Garmadon (Ninjago), Nathan Byrne (Half Bad Trilogy), and King Ezran (The Dragon Prince). End ID.

#when young characters finally realize they’ve been treated all their lives as a weapon instead of a child and that encourages them to #break free of the sense of duty that was drilled into them >>> #archetypes #tropes #generator rex #rex salazar #class of the titans #cott theresa #league of legends #league of legends rell #pacific rim #amara namani #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #half bad trilogy #nathan byrne #the dragon prince #king ezran

[giasesshoumaru]

“Did you get my blood?”

“Yes.”

“See, I knew it would be okay.”

“Why did you kiss me?”

“’Cause I didn’t know it was going to be okay.” - Nathan Byrne and Gabriel Boutine (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.8)

#the bastard son and the devil himself #half bad trilogy #sally green #Nathan byrne #gabriel boutin #nabriel #tbsatdh

[nothingseemsquiteright]

moodboard: annalise o'brien (the bastard son and the devil himself)

#annalise o'brien #tbsatdh #tbsatdhedit #the bastard son and the devil himself #the bastard son & the devil himself #nadia parkes #half bad trilogy #moodboard #mbedit #i feel i could have been better #but i'm still satisfied so... #hope92100 #i hope you'll like it :) #myedits* #tw blood

[milkpieces]

Chronic shipper brain disease aside, my greatest hope for the HD re-releases of AJ, DD, and SoJ is that it reels in some more naruodo enjoyers / tolerators.

Not shippers, per say (although that would be nice), but at least people who see their fun broken-but-then-mended hero worship dynamic across all three games,

look at the fan art and fan fics made about it, and go, “It may not be my thing, but I get the appeal,” instead of picking up their metaphorical pitchforks because of an 11-year age difference between two unrelated adults who met as adults.

#ace attorney #spoilers #<- just in case #naruodo #hobopollo #neopollo #justwright #my ramblings #my second hope is that the ‘new’ trilogy finally gets some love instead of more backhanded compliments #like yes it’s messy and all over the place #but considering that Shu Takumi — the series’ main writer — was busy with other projects…. what came out without his lead wasn’t half bad #aa ​5 & 6 are still a lotta fun to play despite all the plot threads it had to drop from 4 #besides it’s just sweet seeing Wright pass the torch (sort of lol) and act like the mentor Mia was to him to Apollo and Athena now #plus you can’t sit there and tell me Athena’s mood matrix shtick isn’t the coolest addition to the series #anyway #all this to say I’m having a great time replaying the 3DS era of ace attorney on my switch ^^

[nathan-moth]

Wake up babe, it's time for the yearly Half Bad hyperfixation.

I'm lowkey mad they took away Nathan's scarfs for the show so I gave it back to him, yes, it's a reference to the covers' colors and the ending of the books, thanks for noticing 😭😭

#nathan byrn #nathan byrn fanart #half bad nathan byrn #half bad #half bad trilogy #half bad sally green #the bastard son and the devil himself #the bastard son & the devil himself #tbsatdh #digital art #art #artists on tumblr

[vik-the-prik]

I know some folks are mad he doesn’t look like he does in the books but (which normally would annoy me, even when I haven’t read said books)

I’m a little bit in love-

But in fairness again I haven’t read the books so I might feel differently

#the bastard son & the devil himself #half bad #half bad trilogy #gabriel boutin

[pyrogearheartsociety]

I’ve seen some absolutely awful takes on The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself on this site so I’m throwing in my thoughts and a few things you should know (the last one contains spoilers!!)

• It’s a loose adaptation, it’s definitely more inspired by the books than a direct adaptation

• IT IS MEANT TO MAKE YOU A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE!!! It’s about politics and racism but in NO WAY is it meant to attack poc or encourage racism!! If you read the books you’d understand that, I also saw someone say the books don’t have a poc main character?? Nathan is described as “olive skinned” that’s considered Type III, Type IV, and Type V ranges of the Fitzpatrick scale and given he has dark eyes and hair he’s most likely in the IV-V range!

• Please at least google the summary of the books or read the first one, it’ll help you understand a bit more

• It’s dark but not as dark as the books, there’s definitely gore but even that is considerably less bad than what’s described in the books

• A bunch of things changed from book to the show (I rebloged someone’s post that had a list before this post, go check it out!!)

• GABRIEL IS 19!! I know he looks older and dated an older guy (iirc 28) but he’s 19 so it’s not actually weird for him to be with someone who’s 17, it’s a 2 year and a couple months difference

• Dear god some of you don’t know what morally grey is and it’s killing me, yes, Soul is a piece of shit but (1) he was trying to protect people at first, he wanted peace (2) he was manipulated by Jessica, she used his previous kindness and his current grief and terror against him (3) he was driven mad at the end by his new ability

#french talks #as someone who’s been in the half bad fandom for over 4 years I’m taken aback by some of you #did you not actually read the books? (to the one person who said there’s no poc mc in them) #it’s meant to be uncomfortable because it’s meant to make you think about our human bullshit #the bastard son and the devil himself #the bastard son & the devil himself #half bad trilogy #nathan byrne #nathan byrn #gabriel boutin #half bad #half lost #half wild

[rewritethestars]

I feel duty bound to inform you that if you are thinking about watching The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself but haven’t read the Half Bad trilogy then the books do NOT end well. Hopefully the series will only be a loose adaptation but, in case it isn’t, this is your warning that I have never been so angry about what happens to queer characters (and it’s not just one, it’s three of them).

#if you want to know more search my Half Bad tag on here #cos I popped off way back in 2016 about it #half bad #half bad trilogy #the bastard son & the devil himself #lgbtqia #lgbt+ #bury your gays

[accursedthing]

Tbh I kind of hate those "NOT the same person. ARE the same person" Kingdom Hearts memes, not cause there's no humor to them but because most of the explanations for these things aren't actually that difficult, it's just possession or clones or spiritual connections most of the time, which are pretty common in fantasy stories (some of them like the Nobodies are kind of a can of worms but also not hard to understand in context and ANY fantasy story with multiple installments is going to have stuff like that), and yet people who aren't familiar with the series use these images all the time to support the running idea that Kingdom Hearts is like. Impossible to follow and makes no sense. Which I, of course, don't like because at its core it's just people calling a thing I like stupid. And I WILL take it too seriously because I have the kind of autism that makes you deranged about Kingdom Hearts

#i stand by that KH overall is not really particularly confusing to begin with. you just need to actually play at least most of the games #which isn't an unreasonable ask for a continual story. you wouldn't skip the middle book of a trilogy #and then act like the book is bad cause you're confused #but there also ARE some parts of KH that are not well explained or that were retconned #but people still insist on doing the 'KH is so confusing' bit about the things that half the story is ABOUT that are explained thoroughly #the stuff that's actually confusing sometimes are the things that DON'T get focus #and yeah I am taking it too seriously. i know. i also don't care if fans joke about all the lookalikes and shared hearts cause I do too #it's just come to bother me online how it plays into people making fun of my special interest #especially when the mocking is based on a misleading pretense #all done now goodbye

[charliewrites99]

Excuse me?!!! The bastard son& the devil himself is an adaptation of Half bad?!!! AND NO ONE FUCKING TOLD ME?!!!! I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN ADAPTATION AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT?!!! EXCUSE M?!!

#nabriel #the bastard son & the devil himself #half bad #half bad trilogy

[giasesshoumaru]

“They killed her because of hatred. They killed her because of revenge and anger... and hurt and politics. They killed her because of a war that has been going on so long that anyone who was there when it started is bones in the fucking ground. Killed her because they’re sons of bitches and fucking cowards. You know this, Nathan. You know it’s not your fault.” - Ceelia Bennet to Nathan Byrne on his mother’s death (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.6)

#the bastard son and the devil himself #ceelia bennet #Nathan byrne #half bad trilogy #sally green #tbsatdh

[neoncl0ckwork]

I think that the show trio should hug the book duo

#i love what they did with annalise in the show and how they threw the whole love triangle out of the window and made them all besties #with poly vibes #i gotta warn yall tho dont read the book unless youre ready for a lot of really dark and depressing stuff #it has also one of the worst ending ive ever read #but the show in general is better than i expected it to be #my art #fanart #half bad #half bad trilogy #nathan byrn #gabriel boutin #annalise obrien #the bastard son & the devil himself

[light-yaers]

i think to this day, the most romantic thing i’ve read in any literature is character A turning himself into a tree and planting himself over where character B was laid to rest, so his roots would be able to still touch him.

#half life #half life trilogy #sally green #half bad #half wild #half lost

[totallyjas]

there’s always those few people in different fandoms that are dumb as a box of rocks

#tbsatdh #the bastard son & the devil himself #the hunger games #catching fire #mockingjay #young royals #interview with the vampire #iwtv #amc iwtv #thg #half bad #half bad trilogy #yellowjackets #warrior nun #the wilds