storylines rwrb movie didn't include that you get if you read the book:
(ok I loved the movie the cute romcom it is is ADORABLE but if you're interested in the characters and storyline then boy do I have a treat for you!) NO BOOK SPOILERS AHEAD
- Claremont v Richards is such a well done, realistic political race oh my god it hangs over the whole book it's immaculate
- leaked emails is like a whole fuckin plot point that gets built up to
- Bea is recovering from a major health issue...
- Alex has a sister her name is June and she's a DELIGHT
- there's a whole poly-ish relationship with Nora, June, and Pez
- Liam, Alex's friend from high school
- Alex, not realizing he's bi until it's blindingly obvious to everyone else
- the fuckery that gets Alex on a plane to London after the emails were leaked
- Luna, a gay hispanic senator who is like the center of politics for 2/3 of the book
- Alex overworking himself on the campaign to try not to love Henry
- disagreements between Ellen and Oscar
- Catherine, Bea and Henry's mum
- a shit ton of nuance into Henry's feelings on the UK's queer history and Alex's finding his queer identity
- Henry goes to therapy! his dad dying is like a major part of his life and it's really beautifully handled
- Amy's life! her wife!
- Cash, another secret service agent
- really detailed morning in Paris! they're adorable what can I tell you
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Since the Red, White & Royal Blue trailer is coming out tomorrow:
it’s a great time to remind everyone that the production pulled an antisemitism by purposely and knowingly not casting a Jewish actor as Nora, which made her the only explicit ethnicity to be erased for the movie. Every other character is being portrayed authentically by their actor. Then when it was brought up online, the director, multiple producers including an executive producer, a chief creative, and the actress herself all blocked anyone who questioned the casting choice and the Jew-erasure. The production’s social media has also blocked people from DMing them and asking about it. There’s been nothing said officially, but it’s clear the production is aware of what they did and they don’t care.
Watch the movie, don’t watch the movie, but don’t forget the fact that you will be watching a highly blatant and extremely harmful and hurtful example of Jew-erasure
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things i love abt alex
the way he hated on henry
new years kiss with nora
"he has the personality of a cabbage"
"i'd rather not be the little spoon"
everything in the closet (the literal one)
telling henry that return of the jedi being his favourite is wrong
HRH prince dckhead 💩
makes june read narcissistic fanfics abt himself
"tell shaan i say hi and i miss that sweet sweet ass xoxoxo"
turkeys gobbling and alex screaming
calling henry to make him listen to turkeys gobble
THIS SCENE. "C'mon, it's, like, in the hips. You have to loosen up." He reaches down and puts both hands on Henry's hips, and Henry immediately tenses under his touch. "That's the opposite of what I said."
"Nora! Henry has never watched a bunch of teenagers dry hump to this song!"
his entire relationship with nora
like, he's pretty sure he's straight
see, this means i can't possibly be into guys
making out with liam. award goes to liam for being the best side character ever
calling liam four years after they made out to ask if they were ever a thing and if there was a chance he was into boys
makes out with henry in front of a portrait of alexander hamilton
"for fck's sake man you just had my dck in your mouth you can kiss me goodnight"
first son of your former colony
"it's recently come to my attention you're not quite as boring as i thought. sometimes. namely when youre doing the thing with your tongue."
"baby" and pretending not to notice when henry positively melts.
"wanna do something stupid?" then wrapping his wet lips around his bottle of beer
getting henry drunk
loser with no friends besides his sister, his ex, his boyfriend, his boyfriend's best friend, and his boyfriend's sister
all his emails to henry
"tf is this? aren't there poor people in your country?"
him and zahra. "something you'd like to share with the class?"
"oh f*ck me" "f*cking sh*t" and the rest of the swearing string
yrs/ affectionately yrs
history, huh? bet we could make some
him and june
flying to England and shouting for henry to come out and talk to him
"I can see why all y'all had to marry your f*cking cousins"
"I f/cking love you, okay?"
"what do you want? "i want you" "then f/cking have me"
"i'll leave as soon as you tell me to leave"
"tell me to leave"
alex, nora, and june iconic trio
"stop are you kidding me?" "prince consort road? oh my god, take a picture of me with the sign."
"sweetheart, you're proof too"
when he made a list of things he loved about henry
comforting henry so tenderly in the car
f/cking yrs
"sweetheart" in the airplane
"zahra, you're my mean friend"
stopping the car to look at a drawing of himself (and henry ofc) XD
you know the scene where he woke up and wiggled his ass against henry um okay hahah we'll leave that there
his love for texas and his final interaction with liam
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