#simon vs thsa

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

#love simon #simon vs thsa #simon spier #spierfeld #bram greenfeld #my experiences #meta #the importance of queer joy #heartstopper #becky albertalli #my mom also watched rwrb with me last year when it premiered #and let me tell you that was interesting sitting in the room with her for an r-rated romance movie like that

[movisual]

like what if i sobbed

#tsats spoilers #love simon #simon vs thsa #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #the sun and the star #nico di angelo #simon spier #tsats

[queer-ship-tournament]

Winner will be revived.

#the-queer-ship-tournament #queer #lgbt #books & libraries #currently reading #polls #ols #one last stop #casey mcquiston #august landry #jane su #boyfriend material #alexis hall #solangelo #will solace #nico di angelo #riordanverse #simon vs thsa #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #becky albertalli #simon snow trilogy #simon snow #baz pitch #rainbow rowell #patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #tsoa #the song of achilles #madeline miller

[jltoyphotography]

Next up on my collection of old Instagram posts, are customs from the Simonverse for Pride 🏳️‍🌈

Firstly are Simon & Bram on the Ferris wheel from Love, Simon for Pride Month 2021

From Love, Victor, are Victor, Benji & Rahim - for Pride 2021 & 2022

From Leah on the Offbeat, Leah & Abby at the prom and Simon & Bram in their suits. From Pride Month 2022.

And finally for Valentines 2022, Simon & Bram on a date night - inspired by Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda

#Lego #pride #pride month #simon vs thsa #love simon #love victor #simon spier #bram greenfeld #spierfeld #leah on the offbeat #becky albertalli #simonverse #lego photography #brickcentral #lego custom #lego minifigures #legophotography #toy photography #Lego Love Simon #Lego Love Victor

[heyitsbramgreenfeld]

So, I rewatched Love, Simon after not seeing it for a while last night. And I have some thoughts. They changed a ton of stuff from the book, which, okay, some changes are fine. You can’t fit hundreds of pages into 2 hours. But a lot of the stuff they changed didn’t make much sense, and didn’t impact the running time. Here are just a few:

1. Blue’s personality. In Simon vs., Blue is shy, and takes a while to open up. He’s quiet and nervous, and isn’t super outgoing. But in the movie, Blue is super popular, super outgoing, and not nervous at all. There’s nothing wrong with this at all, but I did miss the quiet, nerdy Bram that we were blessed with in the books. Although movie Bram was cool, and absolutely slayed with his halloween costume.

2. Martin’s Tumblr post. In the book, Martin did have screenshots of Simon’s emails, just like in the movie. However, he didn’t post them. He just posted the blurb that was like “Simon’s gay, contact him for gay sex” or whatever. He made a slight mention of Blue (he said something about blue balls), but he didn’t post the screenshots, so no one found out about Blue. And Blue didn’t even find out who Simon was until a while later, because he didn’t look at the Tumblr. But in the movie, Martin posted the screenshots, which made everyone aware of Blue. This led to Blue deleting his email. In the book, Blue didn’t, but they just sort of stopped emailing for a while.

3. Simon and Blue’s meet up. In the movie, like I mentioned, Blue deleted his email. So to reach him, Simon made a public Tumblr post, asking Blue to meet him in a public place. Honestly, I hated that. Simon put Blue in a position where, in order to talk to Simon, he had to out himself. I mean, Simon didn’t have much of a choice in reaching out to him publicly, but he didn’t have to ask Blue to meet him in a place where everyone would watch them. In the book, Simon emails Blue privately, and they meet and figure things out on their own.

4. Simon’s friends reactions. Simon’s friends, in the book, are super supportive of Simon. Abby does find out about Simon trying to set Martin and her up, but she’s much more forgiving. She takes a couple days to process, but ultimately decides Simon was in a tough spot and he didn’t really have a choice. In the movie, his friends give him no chance to explain, never try to understand him, and ditch him even after he got outed.

5. Simon guessing who Blue is. In the movie, Simon guesses it’s Bram, then Lyle, then Cal. In the book, for the entire time, Simon thinks it’s Cal. He makes mentions of Bram, so we know who he is, and we know Simon thinks he’s cute, but he doesn’t guess it’s him. I kind of loved this, because Simon is canonically very clueless, and the love of his life was right in front of him. I didn’t love how, in the movie, Bram was caught making out with a girl. It just doesn’t seem like him.

6. Judaism. Bram and Nick are canonically Jewish, and it’s mentioned a lot. It’s not exactly problematic that they didn’t talk about it in the movie (except for the one mention that Blue spends Hanukkah with his dad), because that may take too much time, but I love how Simon becomes sort of interested in Judaism because of Blue. Idk, maybe it’s just because I’m Jewish and crave Jewish characters, but I really missed that aspect.

7. Leah’s crush. All throughout Simon vs, we think Leah likes Nick. It’s never resolved, but she definitely doesn’t like Simon. As we find out in the sequel, Leah on the Offbeat, Leah actually likes Abby, and she doesn’t know what to do with those feelings, so she’s sort of surly towards Abby through the whole book. In Love, Simon, we find out she actually loves Simon, and she and Abby are besties with no drama.

8. Leah and her situation. So, I know that Leah on the Offbeat was written while Love, Simon was being filmed, so they couldn’t really have a super accurate Leah in the movie, but in the book, she’s seen to be a bit moody sometimes, and in the movie, she’s very calm. It’s not too much of a difference, though. The bigger difference is Leah’s financial status. In Leah on the Offbeat, it’s made known that she has a single mom and lives in a smallish house, and feels off with everyone because she’s not as rich as most people in Shady Creek. In the movie, it’s shown that she has a giant house right next to Simon and Nick, who we know have rich parents. Again, I know that this was only mentioned in Leah on the Offbeat, and so they couldn’t have really done that, but I would’ve loved to see the characters not living in almost-mansions (seriously. the house that was used to film simon’s house recently sold for over 2 million dollars).

9. Privilege. Yes, in the book, Simon is still privileged. But he acknowledges it. He knows. I feel like in the movie, Simon has a sort of “I’m not privileged because I’m gay, and anyone who acts more gay than me (like Ethan) is asking for whatever harassment happens to them”. I just didn’t love that non-self-awareness.

Comment if I missed anything!

#love simon #simon spier #bram greenfeld #blue #simon and blue #simon and bram #simon vs thsa #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #simon vs #gay #gay pride #queer movies #gay movies

[pipedreams13]

Gonna read the gayest shit this year

#yes i know that months have already passed #since the year started #do i look like i care tho? #no i dont #aftg #the foxhole court #the song of achilles #the raven cycle #reading the captive prince rn #red white and royal blue #they both die at the end #simon vs thsa

[salemsvlog]

It’s so funny how secured about my straightness I was while doing an entire fucking ensay about how much Simon vs the Homo sapiens agenda book affect me on a far more rare personal level that I would have if I was really straight.

#love simon #bisaster #salemshit #idk man #that was kinda gay #of me #closet was glass #but like #why do i do this to myself #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #simon vs thsa

[strange-new-being]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE USER THAT POSTED THIS PIC ORIGINALLY ON HERE I NEED TO CITE IT FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT

#simon vs thsa #love simon #send help #help lol #please this is actually urgent its not even funny #sos #gay men #gay #gayart #urgent #lgbtq #lgbtq positivity #lgbt representation

[slaughter-books]

Day 27: JOMPBPC: Squad Goals

I love this group of friends! 💗

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #squad goals #simon vs thsa #leah on the offbeat #love creekwood #becky albertalli #beautiful books #beautiful cover #amazing author #lgbt+ #pretty flowers #i love books

[booksaesthesic]

-simon spier aesthetic-

#spotify #booklr #bookblr #aesthetic #playlist #playlistforbooks #characters #character aesthetic #book characters #simon spier #simon spier aesthetic #love simon aesthetic #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #simon vs thsa #becky albertalli

[lockscreens-n-stuff]

book iphone wallpapers.

left - Ritta1310

right - kidnova (made to fit new iphones)

#books #hunger games #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #peeta and katniss #team peeta #love simon #simon vs thsa #leah on the offbeat #becky albertalli #suzanne collins #everlark #wallpapers #iphone lockscreens #iphone wallpaper

[the-chaotic-snek]

made a small poster for one of the first films that had lgbtq+ rep!

Note: I do not condone ANY form of reposting or claiming that this is yours.

#just reblog it please #snek arts #love simon #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #simon vs thsa #simon #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #gay #art #artblr #artists on tumblr #made in ibis paint

[vampiremansionpoolboy-moved]

steddie simon vs the homo sapiens agenda au

#no like think abt it eddie is simon and he’s got his three friends (jeff gareth and kas as leah abby and the dude idr his name) eddie knows #he’s gay comes out to a few people ur cares abt before he’s outed (or maybe it’s just one but the sentiment matters over the actions for #this) and then steve is the closeted mutual friend and they email (or it would prob be letters or smthn then idk the finer details don’t #need to be figured out i just need to talk) and then so they hang out bc mutual said friend (who is robin obviously) ((also ik it’s one of #simons main three friends that is friends with bram but like idk fuck it eddie has four main friends now ok?)) and idk letters and failing #in love and talking and shit jason outs him chrissy’s there and she’s that one theater girl whose in the emoji band whose name idr remember #and she dumps jasons ass when she sees what he does bc she knows eddie etc etc u get the point but yeah simon steddie au me thinks #toad talks #st #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #simon vs thsa

[queer-ship-tournament]

#the-queer-ship-tournament #queer #lgbt #solangelo #will solace #nico di angelo #riordanverse #simon vs thsa #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #becky albertalli #books & libraries #currently reading #polls

[arrow-of-ravenclaw]

Dream prompt (sorta)

So, I once had a dream where I was playing Nora in love, Simon the musical(I intentionally thought I was Eliza in Hamilton but when I walked onstage we were suddenly doing love Simon the musical). Should I make this a real thing? Imagine the emails as duets and we end act one on Christmas Eve.

#spierfeld #simon vs the homosapiens agenda #simon vs thsa #theatre

[aehr-canter]

it is a gay people thing to hide love confession notes in ur significant other's clothes

#simon vs thsa #simon vs the homo sapiens agenda #simon spier #love simon #bram greenfeld #love victor #simon x bram #spierfeld #spierfield #gay #mlm #love simon meme #simonvs #svthsa #simon/bram #abraham greenfeld #love simon book #rwrb #firstprince #red white and royal blue #henry fox mountchristen windsor #alex claremont diaz #henry x alex