#vida tdm

[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

[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

[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

[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

[seeker-of-stories19]

#tdm #the darkest minds #cole stewart #ruby daly #liam stewart #chubs meriwether #suzume kimura #jude tdm #cate conner #vida bautista #samantha dahl #lucas orfeo #fan edit #edit

[randomlycoolwallpapers]

Vida Bautista Connor TDM Moodboard

So I kind of got obsessed. This one was really hard bc DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND BLUE GRUNGE PHOTOS ISTG. Anyways. This is our salty sassy snarky loveable rebellious blue girl for those of us in the TDM fandom.

#the darkest minds #the darkest minds moodboards #vida bautista #vida connor #blue #tdm #moodboard #wallpaper #grunge #the childrens league #randomlycoolwallpapers #female character moodboards

[sunflowerjude]

Chubs: Why are you two here?

Ruby: I’m here to help

Vida: And I’m here to make things worse

#by the end it’ll be vida actually helping and ruby making things worse but they both think the opposite for some reason #incorrect darkest minds #incorrect tdm #incorrect the darkest minds #tdm #the darkest minds #incorrect: chubs #incorrect: ruby #incorrect: liam

[apherod]

Discussion time!

We know that Ruby’s call sign/code name in the League is Tangerine, and Jude’s is Sunshine, both based on their Psi color, and Cate’s is Sunflower. What about the others? What do you think Nico’s, Vida’s, and Cole’s call sign would be?

#the darkest minds #tdm #ruby daly #tdm nico #tdm vida #cole stewart #tdm jude #The Children’s League #cate conner #tdm headcanon

[flowercrownroman]

I'm procrastinating so these are the beds I would give each tdm character

ruby- something cozy and comforting

liam- sleep on the floor or something idc

chubs- modern and clean

zu- princess vibes obviously

vida- she needs to see all of her things or else she forgets about them

cole- need I say more

clancy- gray

sam- queen of mismatched things

lucas- my sweet kind boy deserves soft lighting

#this took me too long #the darkest minds #tdm #ruby daly #cole stewart #liam stewart #vida bautista #chubs meriwether #clancy gray #suzume kimura

[gywn]

vigilante shit is vida thank you and goodnight

#the darkest minds #tdm #vida conner

[thedarkestcrew]

Headcanon that Ruby can talk to animals

It's a bit after ITA when Ruby is in some boring meeting

when she sees a squirrel outside the window

and she's so sick of only being in peoples minds

so she's like ' I wonder what it's like to be a squirrel with no thoughts'

then she's like ' wait I COULD know'

chubs is in the meeting with her and he looks over to Ruby staring intently out the window at some random tree and texts Liam that she's going through it again

' Ruby is most definitely having a psychotic breakdown fix it'

Liam walks into a room later that day to see Ruby opening the Window and letting birds fly in because they honestly just want to chat with her

she gives such good advice to birds tbh

he calls her different Disney princesses all the time

' hey Snow White, I love you so very much'

' good morning sleeping beauty'

' Darin there's a mouse downstairs could you tell it to... not be down there anymore'

she went into a spiders mind once and she honestly has a soft spot for them now

like they're just little guys walking around

Nico goes to squash a spider and Ruby gives him ( and the surrounding kiddos) a long lecture about how just because a spider is small doesn't mean it needs to be killed and it deserves kindness as much as anyone

no one will dare kill a bug in fear Ruby will look at them disappointedly or yell at them

Zu has once said ' oh you want to be mean to me? My friend controls SPIDERS, suck on that, bi-'

her parents consistently walk into their house and find raccoons and deer everywhere

" okay I understand the raccoon BUT WHERE DO YOU EVEN FIND DEER IN A CITY"

" that's Tom"

#The darkest minds #rubiam #ruby Daly #vida connor #tdm chubs #chubs meriwether #tdm #Thedarkestminds

[in-an-hour-sunflower3285]

I put Tdm character descriptions through an ai art filter

@eatyourdamnpears consider this your Christmas gift

Chubs:

Starting out strong with chubs, rate this a 9/10

Vida:

Idk why she has blues eyes in most of them 6/10 they couldn’t capture her full beauty

Zu:

8/10 idk why they put her in a kimono

Liam:

I'm only posting this one picture becuase it matches perfectly with one of Cole's pic 10/10

Cole:

His and Liams match perfectly i have zero idea how it happened becuase I used completely different descriptions 10/10

Jude:

Everything i wanted him to be, the bottom left is perfect 10/10

Fancy Gray

bottom right is totaly how I imagined him, i still hate him so -4/10

#tdm #cole stewart #vida bautista #jude conner #Zu tdm #liam stewart #the darkest minds #chubs meriwether #clancy gray #Is stupid

[mpinkflush]

Did you guys know The Darkest Minds were a trilogy??? Was i the only one to not know??

Istg, i was on the middle of In The Afterlight and it suddenly strocked me. Like:

"CHESSUSSY, IM ABOUT TO FINISH THE MAIN TRILOGY!!!"

#the shame was real #amd the sadness to be ending a grear series #the darkest minds #never fade #the darkest legacy #in the afterlight #tdm #ita #tdl #cole stewart #liam stewart #ruby daly #chubs #idk the real name #vida #zu

[catherine-112]

My ass spending 30$ on the full books just so I can read the 20 page novella about Liam/vida/Clancy in the back🙏🏾

#tdm #the darkest minds #tdm ruby #tdm liam #tdm chubs #tdm clancy #tdm vida

[theaterkidbookie]

Chapter 2 of the only active TDM fic

the title says it all lol

#rubiam #ruby elizabeth daly #ruby daly #luby #liam michael stewart #liam stewart #the darkest legacy #in the afterlight #through the dark #the darkest minds #tdm #chubs meriwether #chubs #chubby chubby choo choo #vida bautista #zu

[wishiwereaesthetic]

take out headcanons

what i headcanon tdm characters favorite takeout food is

ruby - some sort of salad from a local healthy resturauns, queen probably hates grease

sam - thai food idk it makes sense also she gets the spiciest option even though she knows she cant handle it

zu - sushi because she misses home and wants to feel more connected to her roots

vida - some random fast food chain, she has one of those spinny wheels with different options she uses to decide

liam - pizza bc he wants the easiest option

cole - also pizza but he makes his order very specific and complicated and gets mad at the delivery man when it's one olive off

chubs - he'd rather eat oven grease than have to call a resturaunt and socialize over the phone (but when he makes vida order for him, he gets a happy meal from mcdonalds)

@flowercrownroman helped me with some of these :)

#ruby is a granola girl confirmed #liam also eats pinapple on his pizza #also sam cannot use chopsticks for the life of her but shes determined to learn it #tdm #headcanons