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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WIP Wednesday
I have so many new followers since my last WIP Wednesday post, so hello!!! Today's snippet is from the fic still named (and probably never renamed at this point) Daddy Issues, an au that swaps the dad storylines in RWRB. I'm also hosting a poll, which includes this fic, for my next longfic :) you can vote here.
Thank you @kiwiana-writes @daisymae-12 @read-and-write- for the tags!!
Today is a new treat for everyone though! Check out this piece from Henry's chapter (yes, it'll be POV alternating):
It wasn’t long after their fifth makeup session, which only happened every month or so much to Pez’s chagrin, that Henry came out to Pez.
They were watching Drag Race UK with the makeup to match, and Henry whispered, “Christ, I’m gay,” when a particularly beautiful model was being interviewed. Realizing that those words actually travelled from his brain to his tongue to be spoken out loud, he whipped his head around to Pez. “Fuck. I–”
“Cheers to that,” replied Pez.
“You can’t tell anyone. Bugger. Fuck,” Henry said, smacking himself in the head with his hand.
Being brave and tagging some new people in addition to those whose wips I always love seeing, no pressure of course: @affectionatelyrs @14carrotghoul @myheartalivewrites @heybuddy-drabbles @suseagull04 @whimsymanaged @anincompletelist @tintagel-or-cockleshells @ssmtskw @celeritas2997 @rockyroadkylers @hypnostheory @futureseaempress and anyone else who wants to join :)
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rip to the real ones 🙏
june claremont-diaz
rafael luna
agent cash
stepdaddy leo
liam (shoutout to bf spencer too)
onscreen catherine
waspy hunter (eh)
queen mary
cornettos (and glasses)
silk kimonos
star wars references
wimbledon
powerpoints
official courtship photos
henry’s j-14 spread
“you are the thistle in the tender and sensitive arse crack of my life” (obvs)
“cornbread knows what i have done, and he is here to make me atone”
bigger bisexual spirals
longer grief talks
more emails (feat. queer couples in history)
“fucking eyelashes”
“your song” by elton john
“dear thisbe, i wish there weren’t a wall. love, pryamus”
“i want you—” “then fucking have me.”
“two homes side by side”
“AN INCOMPLETE LIST: THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HRH PRINCE HENRY OF WALES”
“sería una mentira, porque no sería él”
“history, huh?” t-shirts
“i love him on purpose”
“the truth is, also, simply this: love is indomitable”
and anything else i (they) missed…
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If you are a movie fan and haven't read the book yet, here are some irrelevant details from the book
Henry owns a cardigan
Arthur and Catherine meet on a Henry V play (which they named Henry after), which Catherine went to see and saw Arthur playing. She "shook off her security to disappear into London and dance all night".
Pez listens to kpop, and he got Alex into it
Nora watches drag race and got Henry into it
Henry is an Elton John fan (actually relevant in the book)
Alex is a Hall & Oates fan
Alex wears glasses (actually relevant in the book)
Henry is described by Alex as having lots of moles
Bea is the rockstar girlfriend, at the end of the book she plays on a concert and everything. She plays the guitar and is always wearing a leather jacket. She also has a fat cat called Mr Wobbles. And the queen wanted her to learn violin “since it was more proper” instead of guitar. “Bea was allowed to learn both, but she went to uni for classical violin.”
During the turkey phonecall, Henry is wearing a peely face mask
Amy is trans and has a pansexual wife
(Actually relevant) Catherine was not off in another country the whole story, just battling intense grief for her husband's death, so she wasn't present in her children's life, so they felt as if they lost both parents.
There's no king, she's actually a queen, her name is Mary and she should die (she's so so much worse on the book than the king is on the movie)
David is a service dog
(Actually relevant in the book) June bought a teen magazine at 15 and 13 year old Alex would sneak into her room to stare at the magazine (and the picture of a blonde 14 year old British prince on it).
Bea is the middle kid, Henry is the youngest
Henry is canonically on therapy and on antidepressants (since the start of the book)
I don't remember if they mentioned it on the movie but Arthur was James Bond and died of pancreatic cancer.
Alex’s favorite Olympic sport is rhythmic gymnastics
Bea had an addiction problem when Henry was about 17 (as a way to cope after their father's death) and only got herself into rehab after Henry went to her and started crying about dad was dead and he was gay and scared so she couldn't kill herself. That's how he came out to her
Alex doesn't wanna be president at the end of the book, he starts law school
Henry favourite star wars is Jedi, Alex's is Empire
June is allergic to peanuts
Alex runs and runs to cope and clear his head
He did not know he was bi until after Henry kissed him. Yes, he had a friend with benefits relationship with his high school friend Liam, but he genuinely thought it was perfectly platonic and straight
Also he doesn't keep on touch with Liam after high school (their friendship just slowly fades away, with living so far and Alex being suddenly famous) but they reconnect at the end
Alex and Henry move in together on a brownstone on Brooklyn, eventually they marry (after Henry abdicates) on the lake house, they move to a farmhouse on Austin, they spend their honeymoon unpacking
Pez is lactose intolerant
Bluebonnet is June’s code name, Barracuda is Alex’s
Henry is a big Austen fan, and makes references to her books through the story
Amy knits
Zahra has a sister who recently had a baby
June forced Alex into dresses as a kid
Henry’s favorite food is a cheap falafel stand ten minutes from the palace
Henry really likes sailing
Shaan has a motorbike
Alex is allergic to dust
Henry keeps a copy of Le Monde, the newspaper from the day they were in Paris, on his room
Alex and Nora dated when Alex was 17 and Nora 18 but realized they were definitely better off as friends. When they are bored, they like to create rumors about their relationship
Alex makes tons of lists to organize
Alex wears chinos, and claims kakhis are for white people
Nora is very good at math
Alex grew up catholic
At the end of their e-mails, Alex and Henry quoted historical lgbt love letters
Nora’s one-bedroom is “full of books and plants she tends to with complex spreadsheets of watering schedules.”
Nora is bisexual and on the aro spectrum (not canon on the book than she’s aro, but Casey did mention it somewhere)
Arthur gifted Henry a telescope for his seventh birthday
The karaoke scene happens not while on Texas but in some club full of queer people. The whole group is there, Pez got them matching kimonos. Alex’s says Hoe Dameron, Henry’s says Prince Buttercup. Aside from Henry singing Don’t Stop Me Now, Bea sings Call Me by Blondie, and Pez sings So Emotional by Whitney Houston in a “shockingly flawless falsetto”.
The lakehouse confessions happens while at night
The Kensington fight (after the lakehouse confession) is much more dramatic, they don’t go to the v&a that night, but the next night. That morning Henry got up early, and brought Alex coffee when he woke up. They made up.
Also Alex takes his coffee with cinnamon
Alex, Nora and Henry are gen z, while June is a millennial
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Henry and his ties: (part 1)
Pink
Affectionate and soft, the adjectives given to the Prince of England's hearts
Blue and white stripes
Formal, navy is the color of authority and power
Blue and light blue stripes (Henry focus pls)
Simple but formal, two colors often used for work settings. Light blue adds friendliness
Grey
Conservative and conformative, add mysteriousness
Orange Copper
Wealth, copper indicates luxury and sophistication
Blue and silver stripes
Grace and elegance, Henry needed to be pretty for his date 💕
Carmine with green stripes
Love, red is associated with passion and sensuality but also prohibition (+ green can indicate outlaw lifestyle)
Sky blue with thin white stripes
Peace, sky blue symbolizes daydreaming and conveys serenity; white is associated with purity
Side addition: solid tie is the basic pattern that doesn't add anything to the tie and lets the color speak for itself; polka dot adds playfulness and/or sophistication; stripes mean classic and elegant but can differ from one another (Henry always wears the British type with stripes that run from left shoulder down to the right side)
Here for part 2
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