oh god oh no oh please no stop it no
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“Did you get my blood?”
“Yes.”
“See, I knew it would be okay.”
“Why did you kiss me?”
“’Cause I didn’t know it was going to be okay.” - Nathan Byrne and Gabriel Boutine (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.8)
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I just ended the half-bad trilogy of @sallygreenhalfbad this morning and I feel so sad. The trilogy is good and maybe without this final wouldn't be so good but I really wanted a happy ending, not a bittersweet one. I wish a sequel, but I guess it's impossible.
I think I will write my opinions in an essay in the coming days, but not now. Now I want to imagine a happy ending to be less sad.
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Just bingwatched The Bastard Son & the devil himself. Go watch it you all. Now.
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i think to this day, the most romantic thing i’ve read in any literature is character A turning himself into a tree and planting himself over where character B was laid to rest, so his roots would be able to still touch him.
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Okay now that I know that Netflix made a series out of Half Bad [The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself], if you are queer you NEED to know about the ending.
So OBVIOUSLY spoiler warning because this talks about the ending of the trilogy.
They fucking die at the end.
Okay? Gabriel dies in a ridiculous way and Nathan turns himself into a tree on his grave to kill himself as a result, and Nathan's abusers basically get off scot free. As a 17 year old and just getting into exploring my sexuality and identity, it was genuinely traumatic to read such a brutal ending. I had read maybe 2 books that have queer characters before that. Only 1 at the time had a semi-happy ending.
Get how that ruins a gay person's life expectations yet?
I do not care if it is meant to be gritty. Throughout the entire series we are meant to believe there is a happy ending, and the author rips that rug from underneath us directly into a spike pit.
I truly hope the show changes the ending to be at least a fraction happier than what the hell the author did to these characters who were abused, traumatized, and hurt their entire lives only to have a shitty, shitty ending. I really do not recommend reading the books considering how ridiculously homophobic and transphobic Sally Green is.
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okay so fuck netflix and everything but they really just perfected the casting for half bad because honestly gabriel didnt stand a chance like I, too, would look at jay lycurgo and say "I will follow you everywhere it's painful to be away from you I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to"
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okay so. here’s the situation. netflix has just released the trailer for a show called “the bastard son & the devil himself” which is based on one of my favourite book trilogies- half bad by sally green. it looks great and all buuttt, i have some qualms (shocker, ik). the main one being, i am 75% positive that they are gonna pull some queer erasure bs. those books are incredibly queer and from the look of the trailer, i fear that that will not be how netflix decide to play this. i am going to have to re-read the books as it’s been a while and i need to remind myself of what happens when but i am still concerned as it looked very nathan and annalise centric. either way, i will leave this post at that or we’ll be here forever lol. so yeah, just some initial thoughts from a fan of the books :)
update: more trailers have been released which lead me to believe that it may thankfully not be what I was worried about lol, however I will still probs update this as I am way too nit picky about book->show/film adaptations for my own good lmao
update 2: AHGHH THIS SHOW IS BANGING EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT :D the representation is *chef’s kiss* and it’s so fucking cool. it’s very different from the books but still very enjoyable, seperate to the books tho
update 3: fuck netflix. I knew they’d pull something like this, they’ve cancelled it after one season just like they have done to every other amazing show on the platform, baffles me how they’re still held as one of the best streaming platforms
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Go give this show some love💙
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the bastard son and the devil himself is the best fantasy series i have seen in a long time!! the plot is very well done, the actors are all very good and the writing doesn't make me wanna curl in a little ball out of cringe. plus the male lead is a poc and bisexual!! and good depiction of polyamory!!!
everyone please watch even 1 episode! i really don't want this show to get cancelled :(
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It's canon now, Nathan has read Harry Potter.
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“They killed her because of hatred. They killed her because of revenge and anger... and hurt and politics. They killed her because of a war that has been going on so long that anyone who was there when it started is bones in the fucking ground. Killed her because they’re sons of bitches and fucking cowards. You know this, Nathan. You know it’s not your fault.” - Ceelia Bennet to Nathan Byrne on his mother’s death (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Episode 1.6)
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Needs no caption😂
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why dont they have the funky sparkly eyes in the netflix show goddamnit:((((((((
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