#lucas ryan

[far-beyond-saving]

I love how Michael becomes closer to Tori through the things she loves unlike Lucas who only pushes her away.

Lucas and Michael both bought Tori’s favourite drink for her, but only Michael got it right.

Lucas played Star Wars music during school assembly, whereas Michael went to watch the latest movie with her.

When Charlie got injured by Ben, Lucas organized that horrific event at the party, but Michael emotionally supported her.

Lucas locked Tori in a room and showed her a video of a violinist playing, whereas Michael actually did a duet with her.

Lucas did things, but Michael did them right.

#i just found this very interesting #tori spring #michael holden #lucas ryan #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #solitaire analysis #cynic.txt

[ilianazzzosemanverse]

NICK CHOKED ON HIS TEA 💀😭

#solitaire #solitaire alice oseman #meme #solitaire meme #osemanverse #alice oseman #tori spring #nick nelson #charlie spring #nick and charlie #lucas ryan #michael holden #tori and michael #osemanverse characters

[fullsaw]

Most Alice Oseman books have very low stakes and all problems are usually wrapped up my the end EXCEPT Solitaire in which a fucking school burns to the ground

#alice oseman #osemanverse #solitaire #tori spring #lucas ryan #and everyone just gets over it and works around it in radio silence its crazy that that was her first book

[vexedhearts]

Profound words by Michael Holden

#michael holden #solitaire #tori spring #alice oseman #osemanverse #oseman tag #post #lucas ryan #heartstopper #nick and charlie #charlie spring #mental health

[osemanobsessed]

Spoilers if you haven't yet read Solitaire by Alice Oseman!

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Lucas Ryan's Reddit be like: "AITA? When I (now 17 M) was 11, I had a crush on my childhood best friend (now 16 F). A couple of months ago, I got shown around her school and I saw her in a computer room, doing her lessons. I thought she looked a bit sad. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, and I'm attending this school. I have been trying to pick up our friendship again, but she seems different and more serious than she did over five years ago. So, to cheer her up, I started this blog. At first, we did harmless little pranks like illegally hacking the school's devices and locking people in rooms, but soon, it escalated to seriously injuring and assaulting people with the use of mob mentality, arson, fireworks, illegal attacks, terrorism and more. My childhood best friend got injured during one of these pranks. Then, as a big finale, we burnt down the school, and this almost killed my childhood best friend and her boyfriend (18 M). My childhood best friend also tried to kill herself, and these pranks were a major factor as to why. But, it was only because I had a crush on her, and she looked a bit sad. Oh, and afterwards, I hooked up with her best friend because I realised I didn't even have a crush on her anymore. So, please tell me... AITA?"

#heartstopper #osemanverse #alice oseman #heartstopper comics #solitaire #lucas ryan #michael holden #tori spring #becky allen #reddit #aita #solitaire blog #comedy #funny #spoilers

[michaelnotholden]

"I wanna start a solitaire for my school" did we read the same book orrrr???

#yall are cringe #tori spring #michael holden #solitaire alice oseman #lucas ryan

[poetsonice]

@chr0nic--pessimist I think this may be saved onto one of Lucas Ryan's Pinterest boards.

#pinterest #osemanverse #alice oseman #heartstopper #solitaire #michael holden #lucas ryan #tori spring #solitaire blog

[ast3ria-blue]

Tori is diet lemonade. Lucas buys her sprite, which Tori says is not lemonade or diet. Sprite is fake lemonade. Michael buys Tori her favourite brand of diet lemonade. It’s real diet lemonade.

Lucas was in love with the memory of her, Michael is in love with her. Lucas’ sprite is fake and his version of her is fake, but Michaels diet lemonade is real just as his version of her is real.

This is my mind after reading solitaire 10+ times

#solitaire #tori spring #michael holden #alice oseman #solitaire alice oseman #tori and michael #sprolden #lucas ryan #diet lemonade #metaphors

[michaelholdenenjoyer]

GOODBYEEE I JUST FOUND OUT THERES A TREND WHERE PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEIR PRIMARY BEST FRIENDS THEIR LUCAS RYANS 😭😭😭 "For my Lucas Ryan" ain't no wayy 💀 if they knew who lucas was they wouldn't post that LMAOAOA straight people using solitaire audios are fucking comical

#solitaire #lucas ryan #tori spring #like lucas ryan isnt your bestie gurl

[salt-in-my-eyes]

the people that say they wanna be tori are wearing the same rose tinted glasses lucas ryan mustve been wearing

#lucas ryan #tori spring #likegirl PLs

[listermylove]

Michael holden

Michael holding

Tori spring

Tori springtrap

Becky allen

Becky apple

Lucas ryan

Lucas Ryan's toy review

#michael holden #lucas ryan #becky allen #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #tori and michael

[thediamondarcher]

Lucas seeking for Tori's attention because he thought she was "the one" for him and he believed the whole "childhood friends make the best lovers" and Tori just bonding with Michael, someone new who actually was "the one" for her is so funny to me

#idk if the right word is funny but idc #tori spring #michael holden #lucas ryan #solitaire #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire book #osemanverse

[purpletrashcans]

i completely forgot how much i love solitaire

#solitaire #solitaire by alice oseman #tori spring #michael holden #lucas ryan #becky allen #charlie spring #nick nelson #alice oseman #osemanverse

[touloserrrr]

#osemanverse fandom #solitaire osemanverse #osemanverse #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #lucas ryan #alice oseman

[recka24]

#reylan borges #lucas ryan

[far-beyond-saving]

"'You're so different,' he says, shaking his head and squinting at me.

'I may have grown a few centimetres since I was eleven.'

'No, it's—' He stops himself.

I put down my phone. 'What? It's what?'

'You're more serious.'

I don't remember not being serious. As far as I'm concerened, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain." (Oseman 73)

This is an analysis of Tori Spring and her unreliability as a narrator. It will be incredibly long, so I hope I do not bore anyone.

Lucas, as we know, had been Tori's best friend throughout elementary school. He had a dream, to chase after his childhood best friend and start a beautiful romance—which was nicely foreshadowed by the line: "'[The Great Gatsby is] about...' He pauses to think. 'It's about someone who's in love with a dream'" (72). However, he realizes that she wasn't the person he thought she was. Or rather, she isn't the person she used to be.

Alongside Lucas, there are two other characters that hint at the fact that Tori was never this pessimistic: Mr. Kent and Becky.

Near the beginning of the novel, Tori mentions how she and Kent know each other quite well because he has been her teacher for over five years. And, throughout the novel, Kent continuously shows his concern for Tori and her attitude towards life. It would make a lot of sense for him to be this concerned if he had actually seen life in Tori to begin with. Along with that, it is very clear that Tori is liked by the teachers, as stated by Becky on page 79. Again, it would make more sense for this to be the case if she was a different person when she was younger.

Finally: Becky. Throughout the novel, Tori feels incredibly jealous towards her best friend, and she feels the gap between them comes from the fact that Becky moved on while she stayed exactly where she was. However, during their argument after the Solitaire party, Becky says, "you've changed. I might have changed too, but you definitely have. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's true" (310). This completely contradicts everything Tori has told the reader.

The scene in which Tori reads her old diary illustrates my point perfectly.

"Up at the crack of 10:30am. Becky et moi went to the cinema today and saw Pirates of the Carribean (is that how you spell it???) 2 and OMG it was SO GOOD. Becky thinks Orlando Bloom is the fittest. Then we went to get pizza in the high street she had Hawaiian but obviously mine was plain cheese. YUM! She's coming round next week for a sleepover too. She says she needs to tell me about a boy that she likes!! And we're going to eat so much food and stay up all night and watch films!!!!!" (274)

It's very clear with the exclamation marks and enthusiasm in her tone that no, she was not born serious. Unlike now, Tori used to be genuinely happy to listen to Becky's relationships with boys. And—my favourite detail—the use of French in the second sentence. The word "moi" was almost always used by tweens as a quirky replacement for "me" (source: me. I used to use that word all of the time because I thought it was cute and silly. Gross). This is my favourite detail because of an earlier scene with Oliver when Tori says, "Are you suggesting that Charlie is better at Mario Kart than moi?" (63). Now, this could just be a coincidence, but I like to think that this is Tori's inner child being revealed to her little brother, especially because she would never speak to anyone else in that way. But, I digress.

So, I have now established how Tori has been unreliable with the way she describes herself, but what else has she been lying about? I think the most obvious answer is her hatred and lack of knowledge about literature.

Unlike everything I explained above, Tori does admit to lying near the end of the book, saying that books scare her because of how personal they feel. However, there are many things that contradicted her prior to this reveal. For example, her grades in her previous English class—as mentioned by Kent—and the way she used to read with Lucas.

After Lucas speaks about the books he is currently reading, Tori tells the reader, "I nod as if I understand. I don't. I don't know a single thing about literature despite studying it for A level" (72). Yet when Michael tests her on famous literary works, she is able to answer every question correctly, once again contradicting everything she has said.

Her unreliability is not deliberate, it comes from lies she tells herself. However, it seems like she knows the truth deep down. But I guess she is justified. After all, it feels better to say you were born serious than to admit to the damage the world has done to you.

#i hope this is worth something to someone #oh god this is quite long #nobody would want to read such an essay #i hope it does not seem like i am grasping at straws this #these are just things that i noticed #i tried to follow mla quotation rules but i know i broke them in many different places #because i am not actually writing an essay #forgive me #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #becky allen #lucas ryan #michael holden #solitaire analysis #cynic.txt