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clockworkbee · 1 year

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Carry On, snowbaz // The King's Men, Andreil

#losing my mind over this #so you gotta too #snowbaz #andreil #andriel #carry on #the kings men #simon snow #baz pitch #neil josten #andrew minyard #simon snow trilogy #all for the game #aftg #aftg parallels #snowbaz parallels #there is no this #stop—#😭

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that-disabled-princess · 7 months

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You know what, I'm making The Post.

Disability parallels in Carry On and why they matter

We know Simon's wings and tail are a metaphor for his queerness, but what about the disability parallels? The disability parallels in Simon's wings and tail, in Baz's vampirism, in Simon losing his magic.

Simon's wings and tail make life difficult for him. When he wears clothing at all, he has to either accommodate his wings and tail or deal with crushing them under clothing. Crushing them and that extra pressure can hurt like hell and really distract you, but having to constantly worry about accommodating yourself is also a huge pain. It takes a long time--learning to accommodate yourself and your disabilities in a world that just doesn't want to let you.

I'm pro-Simon keeping his wings and tail for this reason.

Baz's vampirism, while a metaphor for queerness, is also a metaphor for chronic illnesses. I don't have a chronic illness myself, so I can't really speak to this one, but it's still important to talk about the parallel. He has dietary accommodations he needs to survive, and not many people around him willing to accommodate that because of fear and prejudice.

As for Baz's leg... Oh, I'm so sick of the abled healing the disabled narrative. Let Baz be disabled. Let him have a fucked-up leg and use a posh cane. Let Simon and Baz be disabled boyfriends together.

Simon's magic is a whole other can of worms to open, but @messofthejess opened it this morning and I'm crawling through the unpleasant sliminess with them.

Simon losing his magic is an important disability parallel. He's had magic his entire life--had magic as a part of his body his entire life, even if he hated it the whole time--and now that part of himself, of his identity, is gone. Who is he without his magic? Who is he when the world he lives in revolves around and caters to people with magic? Who is he when people won't slow down to match the pace he's going at when he can no longer keep up?

Simon has to learn to live without his magic. Because as @ebbpettier said, tape exists. And sometimes wanting to go back to the way things were means you never move forward or grow. Because things will never go back to the way they were, too much has happened. You can never go back. Sometimes growing means letting go.

There are people who will accommodate Simon. He'll find his people. We all will. It'll be rough, it'll be hard, it'll take literal blood and sweat and an ocean of tears, but he'll get there.

These disability parallels are important and I think they should be talked about more.

#i'm disabled and have THOUGHTS #fuck it i am throwing them out there #the disability parallels are too important #the queer parallels are talked about a lot but the disability parallels are just... left behind #fandom is for disabled people too #carry on #baz pitch #simon snow #snowbaz #meta

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wellbelesbian · 2 years

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wayward son // interview with the vampire

#i cannot get this parallel out of my head #vampires be reciprocating #carry on #co/ws/awtwb #simon snow series #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #interview with the vampire #iwtv

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a-stone-in-flight · 1 year

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THE UNWANTED EPILOGUE

the story we know, martha collins / crush, richard siken / any way the wind blows, rainbow rowell / the story, lisel mueller / my silver lining, first aid kit / e. russell

#parallels #web weaving #poetry #martha collins #richard siken #rainbow rowell #any way the wind blows #simon snow #snowbaz #lisel mueller #first aid kit #e russell #words

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pandacorns-posts · 9 months

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Okay but why haven’t I seen anyone talking abt the snowbaz and good omens parallel? People who are heartbroken or upset after good omens S2 ending are also the people who would have been upset with wayward son. Both Neil and Rainbow hv tried to convey the same message: things don’t get magically (even when there’s magic and miracles!) fixed just cuz the Great War has been won! Communication is important! Patterns (of how the couple interacts) that seemed cute are actually unhealthy! But. All is not lost. The future is not yet decided- there are no more Prophecies (seriously the parallels are insane). There is Tremendous Hope for our beloved characters so appreciate how funny ws is and how we got good old fashioned loverboy in S2!!

#snowbaz #good omens #good omens season 2 #wayward son

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snowbaz-islife · 1 year

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My take on Any Way the Wind Blows so far (out of order):

• I love Lady Ruth. She's so sweet, and I loved the first POV of her. It kills me that Simon hasn't figured out she is his grandmother.

• I love how supportive Ruth was of Baz and Simon. She didn't bat an eyelash and I'm just glad she accepts them, especially since that's Simon's grandmother.

• Speaking of grandmother, I hope Simon gets to find Lucy alive and well and introduce his boyfriend to his mom.

• The whole Snowbaz break-up scene in the beginning bit was really good. I really felt it. I think about that scene a lot because it resonates so hard.

• Same for when they get back together. It still makes me cry to read it. Truly resonant.

• "Would it have mattered if I'd tried." Uh, yes??! Very much so?!! I love Simon, but damn he can be thick. And I know he's scarred from the Mage and stuff, but I feel like it's still common sense that trying is important.

• That being said, I 100% understand why he didn't completely, and I really love his open communication with Baz about his insecurities but promising he's going to stay and fight, even when he's scared..

• I love when Baz is comforting Simon and he says "This is where we are right now" and then when Simon is comforting Baz he says "This is where we are right now. I'm a broken-down mess, and you're a rat drinking monster." Just the parallels!!

• Them being awkward when they first get back is so important to me. They're rediscovering things, and I'm glad they didn't jump back into it full force.

• The whole rat hunting scene was so great. Lots of open, honest communication, and you can tell how much Simon is trying. Baz, my boy, is just so awkward and I feel that.

• Also, Simon offering to give Baz his blood... yes! And the part when Baz finally agrees to let Simon watch him drink and lets him see his insecurities gives me life. They care about each other so much and I love them.

• The Sphere of Influence. I think about that every single day, every time I do something. Like, and running the risk of sounding dumb or like an asshole, but I never really thought of that. Like, I don't know how to phrase what I mean, but phrasing it the way it was was kinda new to me. Like, if you see a shopping cart in the middle of the road, you can just leave it alone, but as soon as you touch the handle you can't just push it two feet so it's not behind your car and then stop, you have to bring it to the cart return, otherwise you aren't helping anyone but yourself. I don't know. I loved it.

• Shephard's last name being Love is great. It kinda speaks for itself, not much else to say.

• Dev saying that people, including Dev himself, think Simon is slowly turning into a dragon is hilarious to me.

Stay tuned for more!!

#snowbaz #simon snow #baz grimm pitch

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the-bookie-monster-ph · 2 years

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Carry On, Simon Snow 1, Rainbow Rowell

Synopsis:

Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.

Review:

I wanted to try to collect my thoughts before writing up this review but then we might be waiting weeks because I don’t think I’ll be able to calm down for another month at least. I honestly have no idea why I loved this book so much but it had so many great elements that I loved, including a swoon-worthy romance. MY HEART. BE STILL. This will probably just be a fangirly rant more than a review.

Carry On is Rainbow Rowell’s take on the Simon Snow series that was introduced in Fangirl. It’s important to note that this isn’t Cath’s Simon Snow fanfiction and it’s also not the ‘canon’ Simon Snow either, so you absolutely don’t need to read Fangirl before reading Carry On! I have to admit that the Simon Snow sections in Fangirl were actually my least favorite bits in that novel and I only skimmed quickly through those parts, because I wanted to get back to Cath and Levi’s story. But even though I didn’t love Simon and Baz (or didn’t read enough to love them) in Fangirl, I’m a total convert and they might even be my OTP of the year. And I’m probably now going to reread Cath’s SnowBaz fanfiction because I need more!

This is a fantasy story that almost reads like a contemporary. It’s set in our modern world and there are lots of pop culture references and things that I could relate to. It just felt like a very contemporary and fresh take on fantasy. There are lots of great messages about diversity right from the beginning and I really appreciated that.

I absolutely loved the world in this book. Initially, I drew lots of Harry Potter parallels but I soon started forgetting about Harry Potter because the Simon Snow world is so different and fascinating. I also didn’t mind its similarities to Harry Potter either, because it gave me something to latch on to at the beginning when the story was a little bit slow. Most of the world building happens during the first section of the book and even though nothing much happens plotwise, I had a great time learning about the world and the magic system. I thought the concept behind the magic system was wonderful – that the words they use are so important. I absolutely loved the magic spells that they used and that they can create new spells by putting conviction and magic into random phrases.

My favorite aspect of Carry On were definitely the characters. I’ve read all of Rainbow’s books, except Eleanor and Park, and I’m always astounded by how wonderful and relatable her characters are. I was obsessed with Baz from pretty much the very first mention of him. It’s no secret that Draco Malfoy is my favorite Harry Potter character and Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch is the rich, snobby, sneering Simon Snow equivalent. I loved him so, so much and he didn’t even make an appearance until Part 2 of the novel! I feel like I spent the first part of the book waiting for Baz and when he did finally appear, it was glorious.

I also loved Simon and his voice really carried through and affected me a lot. He was so sassy and snarky. I loved him! He’s been given this massive burden and he just wants to help, but most of the time he just ends up destroying everything in his vicinity. He’s a bit of a disaster but he’s the most adorable and funny disaster ever. I loved his relationship with Baz (of course) and I wish we’d gotten to see them together a lot sooner because I need so much more SnowBaz. Every single moment they were together, my heart was being squeezed in my chest and I was flailing around on my bed. I felt like I was falling in love right there with them. I also really enjoyed Simon’s relationship with his best friend, Penny. She was very supportive of him and always had his back and I loved reading about their friendship. The only character that I did not like at all was Agatha and I wished that she wasn’t in the book at all. But we can’t always have what we want, and we’ve been given so much SnowBaz that I really can’t complain. Except I want another SnowBaz novel… it doesn’t even need to have a plot. I just want to fangirl over them a little bit more.

I thought the plot of the book was amazing. Carry On kept me theorizing about what was going to happen next throughout the whole book. There are definitely some things that we’ve seen before in fantasy novels but everything worked so well together that I didn’t mind at all. Plus there were so many surprising and hilarious moments and I loved every single one of those. This book just blew my mind and exceeded all of my expectations. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

#carry on #simon snow #rainbow rowell

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therewillbnoexplanation · 3 years

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blue bucket of gold, sufjan stevens + simon and baz in wayward son

#wayward son #snowbaz #wayward son quotes #carry on #simon snow series #snowbaz parallels #my parallels #reading wayward son is an emotional journey

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macaulaytwins · 3 years

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Any Way the Wind Blows, Rainbow Rowell // Dante and Virgil in Hell, William-Adolphe Bouguereau // Tear You Apart, She Wants Revenge // Little Beast, Richard Siken // LUNARIA, Takato Yamamoto // Birds Hover the Trampled Field, Richard Siken // Little Beast, Richard Siken // untitled, Barbara Kruger // Nox, Anne Carson

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torydarixs · 2 years

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no one is doing it like kaz brekker, baz pitch and will herondale when it comes to wanting what you can't have and having poetry that would give shakespeare a run for his money inside their heads

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clockworkbee · 2 years

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They're more than friends

If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio // The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Sufjan Stevens // Carry On, Rainbow Rowell // You Are in Love, Taylor Swift.

#if we were villains #the predatory wasp of the palisades is out to get us #carry on #you are in love #m. l. rio #sufjan stevens #rainbow rowell #taylor swift #snowbaz parallels #simon snow trilogy #snowbaz #oliver marks #web weaving #implicit love

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martsonmars · 3 years

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Simon ft. Baz smelling bad

Carry On

He’s only been back a day, and I already feel like I need to know where he is at every moment. It’s fifth year all over again.

When he finally does come back to our room, smelling like dust and decay, I close my eyes.

Wayward Son

He pulls away, petting my hair down. “Baz…”

“Simon?”

“You smell like a dead merwolf.”

SIMON

Worse than that.

“Like goblin intestines,” I say.

“You can get off me, Snow. Nothing’s stopping you.”

“No, I’m fine. I’m good.”

Wild horses couldn’t drag me.

Any Way The Wind Blows

Baz’s shoulders soften in my hands. He lets me turn him back. He lets me touch his chin, his cheeks. His hand is still over his mouth—I kiss it.

I’m so relieved to still be here, I can feel it rolling off me in waves. I’m surprised it’s not visible.

“I need a shower,” Baz says. “I haven’t cleaned up since Oxford.”

“I’m kind of enjoying it.” I grin. “I didn’t know you could get rank.”

#so posting parallels is now my job #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #carry on #wayward son #any way the wind blows

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aurisartblog · 3 years

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please I just noticed the parallel from rwarb and carry on... like baz and henry were immediatly gay for simon/alex and couldn't handle it so they just told them to fuck off the second they met :)

#red white and royal blue #rwarb #alex claremont diaz #baz pitch #snowbaz #simon snow #carry on #parallels #canon

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smilesbag · 3 years

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on love and monsters

caitlyn siehl - start here // the umbrella academy 2020 // rainbow rowell - carry on // omar rayyan 2015 // crimson peak 2015 // mary shelley // kristen cashore - graceling // beauty and the beast 2017 // topaz winters - 'it was something monstrous, this want for you'