#ruby daly

[sees-writes]

Ok so I’m rereading The Darkest Minds and have decided to share my personal headcannons about the characters and story and yeah

It is mentioned multiple times in book 1 that the kids in the camps were in a “camp diet” meaning that they got very little food because there were so many kids and so little people producing it. (Chubs was actually chubby before he came to camp and after just a year or so he’s whip thin) Ruby was at the Thurmond for 6 years from the age 10-16… she is extremely undernourished and most likely had her growth stunted

All colors have a certain twitch or tic they have and as the color goes up from green to red, it gets more intense or prevalent. Greens canonically have a certain slightly dragging walk, blues might have a habit of drumming their fingers or tapping, yellows bounce their legs a lot and have occasional muscle twitches, oranges have a certain type of echolalia or repetitive motion when doing a task, and reds canonically tap and twitch violently.

After 6 year in a camp Ruby can not get enough of the radio or listening to music. Multiple times she just stays back in Betty and leans her head against the radio to better hear and feel the beat from songs.

All camp kids have dealt with their food being stolen or taken so they’ve developed the habit of hunching around their food and eating as fast as they can. By the time Ruby joins the Betty group they’ve began to break that habit themselves but it takes a long time for Ruby to break this, especially with her time spent in the League.

Cole Stewart can and will use his abilities to cook food when he's lazy. Because of this he has grown used to eating burnt food

Ruby opened up to Zu after a while about the year that she too went nonverbal while at Thurmond. It helps Zu feel a lot better about her own response to trauma and her coping

#the darkest minds #the darkest minds book #ruby daly #cole stewart #the darkest minds headcanons #see's writes #book headcanons

[eviloolive]

I’m really sorry to say this…

I know that Clancy is supposed to be like this super attractive guy, but I legitimately cannot help but imagine him as Nevel from iCarly💀

#darkest minds #the darkest minds #in the afterlight #never fade #alexandra bracken #clancy gray #ruby daly #liam stewart #chubs #zu #suzume #charles meriwether iv #vida #vida bautista #Jude #Jude never fade #I will never do this many tags again #cole stewart #cate connor

[k0juki]

The picture and gif is not mine! Credits goes to owners.

Sleepy headcanons

Liam Stewart x reader

More posts here.

Warnings: mentions of nightmares but mostly fluff, reader has hair, no mention of y/n, clingy!Liam, soft!Liam, fem!reader or gn!reader

!English is not my first language!

-When Liam is sleepy you can't get his hands off of you no matter what when he's like that.

- He's mostly a light sleeper, like you wake up in the middle of the night to just drink some water and he's already asking you're alright, If you need anything.

-He would be the big spoon, saying he can protect you if someone breaks in but secretly loves being the small spoon when you hold him from behind 🥺 he would always deny that...even when we know it's true.🤭

-A lot and I mean a LOT of cuddles. Always down for them.

Overwhelmed - cuddles

Feeling sad - cuddles

Sleepy  - cuddles

Imagine you are feeling down and just wants to be alone, laying in bed or in Blue Betty and he would gently (as always) ask if you wana talk about it and then he comes to lay behind you, he would put his head in the crook of your neck and shoulder and then starts putting light kisses here, whispering soft words of how mutch he loves you "I got you" "I'm right here, yeah?."

-When Liam is sleepy he whines and is pouting like baby. "Love, come lie down with me...".

King of:

-"How long has it been since you've slept, hm?"

-If/when you're having nightmares, he would wake you up with kisses and is gonna hold you tighter to his chest. Hands in your hair, gently massaging your scalp and kissing the top of your head, pulling you to sleep once again.

-He would DEFINITELY use his powers to pull you to the bed and not letting go. "Liam just give me a moment, I will-  Liam!" "No, you were taking to long."

-Can fall asleep basically anywhere where you are. Will pull you to his lap and fall asleep the second you are comfortable against him.

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I couldn't find any Liam Stewart fic or anything about him, so I had to do it myself 😤 Again English is not my first language so feel free to point out any mistakes or errors.

Gonna post more from now on :))

DO NOT COPY OR TRANSLATE MY WORK!

#Liam Stewart #liam stewart x reader #Liam Stewart x fem!reader #Liam Stewart x gn!reader #the darkest minds #ruby daly #the darkest minds movie #the darkest minds book #reader #fem!reader #gn!reader #book #x reader #Harris Dickinson #Harris Dickinson x reader #k0juki's stuff 🩷

[thedarkestcrew]

Cole Stewart really spent majority of ita overwhelming some 17 year old who desperately needed a nap like it was his full time job

#Home girl needed a cup of hot chocolate and a bed #ruby daly #tdm cole #cole stewart #the darkest minds #tdm #darkest minds

[theydontburnlikeus]

im rereading ita and honestly there’s no point to Cole’s death. The entire thing just gets overshadowed by everyone hoping it’s not Liam, being mad at Clancy, and worrying about Ruby.

#like wtf #tdm #the darkest minds #tdm cole #cole stewart #liam stewart #ruby daly #hesaliveanywaysoitdoesntmatter #i mean like #tdm clancy

[callum-hunt-is-bisexual]

always thinking abt how we were robbed of a neverfade movie

#guys that one scene #the 'ur face is carved into my heart scene' #imagine how good it wouldve been #amandla couldve done it so well #the guy who plays liam wouldve done so well #it would be insanely good #tdm #in my tdm era #the darkest minds #ruby daly #liam stewart

[gywn]

fannon

- chubs is lactose/gluten intolerant

- roman knows how to make flower crowns because he used to make them for lana

- jude always had voice cracks

- at haven liam would see things that reminded him of something and automatically turn to look for/call cole

- ruby is an evermore girly

- ruby and liam never got married

- ^ but if they did it would’ve been an unofficial one at haven with all the kids

- jude can rap superbass like his life depends on it

- chubs was a lonely child and took up medical practice because he thought if he impresses his parents by doing what they did, they would give him more attention

- liam AND cole have the most batshit illegible handwriting

-and chubs has doctors handwriting

- liam can’t cook to save his life (he tries tho)

- in a normal au clancy and lilian would def be an overprotective mommy and sticky ipad kid duo

#ruby daly #the darkest minds #cole stewart #liam stewart #clancy gray #tdm

[in-an-hour-sunflower3285]

Ruby: Have you guys see Lee?

Vida: Yeah, he was staring through the window when it started raining.

Cole: If it starts getting worse we should probably let him in

Ruby:

#the darkest minds #tdm #ruby daly #liam stewart #cole stewart #tdm incorrect quotes #vida bautista

[the-darkestminds]

I’m all for the broody, dark, misunderstood mmc’s but I have such a soft spot for the sweet, unwaveringly good and innocent characters who just need to be protected at all costs. A man who wants to believe the best in everyone, who has a big heart and remains sweet despite immense suffering. I—MY HEART 😭

#liam stewart #julian blackthorn #peeta mellark #peeta #jem carstairs #dorian havilliard #harry potter #tharion ketos #ithan holstrom #sam cortland #the darkest minds #Liam x ruby #ruby daly #never fade #in the afterlight #the hunger games

[nostalgicfortomorrow]

Why I love TDM so much

I love The Darkest Minds so fucking much. It's about found family. It's about trust and friendship. AND IT CREATES SOME OF THE BEST CHARACTERS I'VE EVER READ.

So obviously the setting. I like how much effort Alexandra Bracken puts into designing a world that I could definately foresee myself in a couple of years, especially with the rise of GMO food (agent ambrosia) and how it dives deeper into corruption and how a government works being that it never truly will care about it's people unlike many other dystopians I've read. I hated Shatter me (sue me, sure.) despite how similar it is to TDM because I didn't get a strong grasp of character and setting and it was mostly romance rather than an exploration of setting and our world.

Moving forward I LOVE THE CHARACTERS! They're realistic and lovable and flaw...ful? Whatever. The characters have a realistic representation of trauma in all its forms, and many of the characters have real feelings and you can really understand and love them. In many YA books I feel like the main hero doesn't really have much personality, but seeing the world from Ruby's eyes is a breath of fresh air. She's not bratty, but she's not perfect either which are the two swings in YA. She constantly feels guilt, and feels real just like if you and I were in the book together, we'd understand what Ruby is going through. And Liam who on the surface is the perfect dude but really, he's trying to deal with his trauma and guilt while simultaneously trying to keep an unhealthy, perfect facade to keep the rest of the group motivated. He has to live with the guilt of Caledonia and Cole as well as the childrens league and he learns to stop putting out a facade and just truly process his emotions. And Chubsie? My stubborn arrogant loveable grumpy bean. He's stuck with Zu and Liam for ages and now theres a total newcomer who may or may not be a threat. How would he feel? He learns to adapt and becomes bestiessss with Ruby which is extremely wholesome. And Zu. She's so sassy, and amazing, and a queen and yet she's also dealing with trauma by voluntarily going into silence because she doesn't have words to deal with her pain. She learns to speak up and become a force for good. I'd go into Vida, but I don't think I have enough time.

I love the found family. The different groups which become like family to each other. The Original Black Betty gang consisting of liam, ruby, chubs and zu. The never fade childrens league gang which consists of nico vida ruby and jude and maybe cole. And the final new black betty gang which basically pulls Vida into the family. the beyond the night gang with sam, mia and lucas. The darkest legacy gang with priya roman zu max and mayyyyyyybe even lana if she recovers. They are all family and as ruby states family is not the place but the people you are with and these characters make each other comfortable and happy and together and just adopt random children along the way in the case of the darkest legacy gang. Lets call them the psion ring gang. I just love the found family thing that this book series creates for us.

#tdm #the darkest minds #never fade #in the afterlight #darkest legacy #beyond the night #ruby tuesday #ruby daly #liam stewart #chubs meriwether #vida conner #chida #rubium #roman volkov #zu kimura #suzume kimura #lana volkov #volkimura #priyanka archara #priya #found family #my rant

[daisychains111]

even though I'm a very avid reader, I have the horrible habit of skimming and it came back to bite me today bc I'm rereading darkest minds and I got to the part where ruby is telling liam about her parents/Sam and am sobbing bc I had never read the part where ruby says that she was "Sam's 'Chubs' until she wasn't" and for some reason I had never realized how close they had been(even though im also pretty sure they have a cute reunion scene in ITA but i need to reread the whole book too bc its been forever and tbh i dont remember how it ends) and it just broke my heart idk...anyway don't skim your books kids

#liam and ruby the darkest minds #sam darkest minds #liam and ruby #ruby daly #the darkest minds #liam stewart #suzume #chubs #in the afterlight #vida darkest minds #ruby and sam #samantha Dahl #sammie dahl

[takecareofthingsboss]

cole stewart deserved so much better. he deserved a whole life full of laughter, joy and love. he deserved to rebuild his relationship with his family, find love and be at peace with himself. he deserved a happy ending.

#the darkest minds #cole stewart #tdm #ruby daly #he was always at war with himself #he deserved so much more

[eviloolive]

A question that’s been bouncing around in my head for a while is: did Clancy Gray love Nico?

I’ve been debating this internally because literally no one in my life wants to read or have in depth discussions about TDM, so I have to have them with myself.

Post-East River we’re of the understanding that Clancy Gray is an evil little weasel(he is) that cares for no one but himself. Of course throughout In The Afterlight we’re given a different perspective, he might be a piece of shit and he might be selfish but he does think about other people and what would be right for them(even if his methods are corrupt). Until the end of ITAL I didn’t think there was anything that Clancy truly loved other than power. I never thought that he felt any genuine romantic feelings towards Ruby. I think he liked her, but more importantly I think he liked her power. And he never held anyone else close enough to care about them.

But then there’s Nico… We know that Nico was in love with Clancy, that’s not a debate. He literally tells Ruby in ITAL. But does Clancy love Nico? Nico has been there for Clancy since they had been roommates and were experimented on together at Thurmond. In ITAL through Clancy’s memories we see Nico caring for him in a way that Ruby describes as loving/yearningly. Nico is willing to do practically anything Clancy. And during their time together at Thurmond, Clancy is extremely protective over Nico. It’s interesting that Clancy would choose to care for someone when he expressly believes that colors other than orange are less than. And Nico is green, the bottom of the food chain, I’m sure in Clancy’s opinion. And if we know one thing about Clancy Gray, it’s that he craves power and control. But Nico doesn’t have power and Clancy doesn’t want to control him, so why would Clancy keep him around?

Obligation? Kindness? Love? Towards the end of ITAL when it’s revealed that Clancy has been controlling Ruby in her sleep and having her send messages to PSFs to inform them of their location, we see a conversation play out between Clancy and Nico. Nico had been deeply hurt by Clancy’s second betrayal and is expressing his anger towards Clancy. Nico is begging him to call off whoever is coming and Clancy seems to almost give in. This of course is surprising to both readers and Ruby as Clancy seems to always be putting on a facade. Of course we know how it ends but it’s the fact that Clancy almost gave in to Nico’s pleads that is interesting to me.

To answer my own question: did Clancy Gray love Nico? Yes. Did he love Nico romantically? That could be debated. I think that Clancy loved Nico, but I also think that Clancy never knew how to love the way that Nico might have wanted. In another universe they might have been happy.

Thank you for coming to me TED Talk

#the darkest minds #darkest minds #clancy gray #nicolas ramirez #nico #ruby daly #never fade #in the afterlight #through the dark #alexandra bracken #tdm #liam stewart #charles meriwether iv #chubs #cole stewart #vida bautista #zu #suzume #cate connor #jude never fade

[eatyourdamnpears]

Ruby Daly birthday Ruby Daly birthday Ruby Daly birthday

#happy birthday to the bestest YA girly #love you queen ❤️❤️ #the darkest minds #tdm #ruby daly

[thedarkestcrew]

Ruby : I'd actually rather go back to Thurmond on a suicide mission than talk about my "feelings"

Cate, Liam, Chubs, Zu, Vida, Jude, Nico, and literally everyone else: Ya that's part of the problem

#maybe not cole tho #the darkest minds #liam stewart #tdm #ruby daly #darkest minds #chubs #jude #Vida #Zu

[thesauceofawesome]

If Cole hadn’t died, he would’ve absolutely dominated the room, when Chubs made his speech. Could have made everything easier, and he definitely would have found Ruby quick as lightning, what with all his connections.

#cole stewart #the darkest minds #darkest minds #alexandra bracken #ruby daly #chubs #fiction #dystopia #liam and cole