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jae2434 · 11 months
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When they say they love you but Ari got hit by a car so Dante didn’t
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mayorjesterz · 4 months
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"Wife mad at me , hope i die"
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c-leadraw · 11 months
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Aristolte and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz
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void-star · 6 months
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Idk how to say this well but reading Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World is like changing my brain chemistry.
It's the sequel to Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, and I need you to know that both books are not fantasy, they're just about two gay mexican-american teenage boys in the 80s. The titles are poetic descriptions of the main character's journey through discovering, accepting, and walking in his sexuality.
And I'm begging you to read them for a couple of really beautiful points:
1. The cultural aspects of it all; the poetic descriptions of love and intimacy that you don't commonly see from monolingual english writers, the involvement and importance of family and community in these journeys (less individualistic), and the dialogue these characters have about ethnic identity.
2. The historical aspects of it; the backdrop of the AIDS pandemic and how it affects the characters, their families, and the other connections they end up making from the loving families of other people who have died... and how it plays into them supporting the main characters, even in short term interactions.
Like I'm gonna be real with you, it's a lovely piece of queer literature and a really sweet YA story. It also has the main character trying to figure out how to connect to other people in general, as he learns how to connect to himself.
And maybe it's because that's particularly relevant to me now, but I think if I'd read these books earlier in life they would have saved me a lot of pain.
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I'm just like Aristotle Mendoza because I, too, think that everybody hates me but in reality, it's me who doesn't wanna be with anyone at all.
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thaliasthunder · 2 years
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book: aristotle & dante dive into the waters of the world, by benjamin alire saenz
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fortunatefires · 7 months
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The woman whose son died of aids giving Aristotle and Dante a painting saying they can share it for their whole lives really has me melting in a little puddle of sad. She sees these two boys so in love and I imagine she sees her son in them and I know shes silently hoping they will live longer than her son. The painting is like a blessing not just from a stranger but from a mother who so clearly loves her son and to the life he could have lived. I'm not okay right now
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juliettedelune · 9 months
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I have to thank this year
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poetic-gays · 9 months
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS LOOKS SO GOOD
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yoursecho · 4 months
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all i want is to talk to someone in the way they talk in the Aristotle and Dante books. is that too much to ask?
all i want is not to hear 'you are seventeen stop talking like you are seventy' is that too much to ask?
all i want is not to hear "stop thinking so much its not that hard" very time i share my doubts. is that too much to ask?
all i want is to hear 'i love your brain and the way it thinks'. is that too much to ask?
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ecto-moth-art · 6 months
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Inktober day 1 is Ari and Dante 🖤
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mllychen · 5 months
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dante quintana would love airports bc it is one of the only places where its socially acceptable to not wear shoes
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mayorjesterz · 6 months
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so yk the “we can take my truck” tiktoks
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yeah
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kyisweird · 4 months
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just thought of an aridante headcanon on a whim
when gay marriage was legalized aristotle and dante had decided to finally get married. why not i mean, they had thought of themselves as a married couple for years now and besides they thought it was something they need to do not just for themselves but for everyone they had known growing up who didn't live to the day. when their wedding day came it happened at ari's favorite spot in the desert. it wasn't a very large wedding but it was small either, it was attended by all their closest friends and family and that's all that they needed. during the reception a small storm had rolled and it started to rain. this didn't matter to ari and dante though, they just kicked off their shoes and started to dance. dante had encouraged all of the guests to join in and do the same and they did. with the sunset pearing through the clouds, the now cool earth beneath their feet, and the feeling of love that surrounded them aristotle and dante had never felt more connected than in this moment.
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silentradi0 · 10 months
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"And i wanted to say you're the rain and you're the desert and you're the eraser that's making the word "loneliness" disappear"
- Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world
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