in the insufferable high school au i replace tadashi yamaguchi because all he does is leech off kei's snark. i elevate it. we are the real shit talkers
fighting my demons and it’s js beautiful boy (2018)
thank god i look like a guy you can take advantage of
Yall im going to expose myself
Idk who anyone other than my favs r im so sorry. Sorry Maurice. Sorry- other kids. I don’t even know their names dawgs. Wdym they were there the whole time.
All I got is Peter, Ralph, Jack, Simon, and SamnEric
And that one boy that died in the fire with the scar- I thought it was super weird no one in the book like thought about him just disappearing
most crack universe is having that parachute guy ac live after landing and like. Hardcore judge these 7th graders
“Is that- boar blood? Uh- no no like it looks fine ig- it’s just. A little over dramatic ngl.”
LMFAO
also Jack trying n failing to assert authority over this dude
“Well I’m chief!! And you listen to me.”
“… No thank you.”
yall I rlly want to drop a fic abt Ralph’s introspection both during and after island bc there’s sm left to say and sm I can tweak and push and force into the forefront- most all, Ralph’s isolation
He’s friendly enough and probably has a history of being well liked. he can joke when he wants, and while he’s no genius, he’s no tool either
He’s had to have considered going buck wild just as the others did countless times
He’s had to have imagined it in dreams and mornings and meals spent picking at the flesh of fruit where the others tear apart pig with their teeth. Pig And Piggy
Because he sees a gleam in Jack’s eye that spells something knowing under all that wrath, and despite standing with Piggy he doesn’t even know his fucking name because he has that knack for social hierarchy and cruelty and he’d fit right in if he just allowed himself to
He had to have stared at the groups backs and know so so so intimately that he could saddle right on up and feel warm for the first time in a long time
returning from the store rkgk. he just killed a monster. I really like his rare dark vibes. and that damn tracksuit
I've been hyperfixed on opm for five years now, but no one around me shares my fanaticism. it's really sad. thank you for being there <3
there r two wolves inside Ralph
Peter vs Jack
sucks that Ralph is a jackass4jackass domestic violence gay instead of a heartstopper, cheek kissing, family friendly gay
also sucks that I prolly wouldn’t be as interested in his character if he were
is Jack’s being a redhead foreshadowing for his evilness? idk, take it up with my 8th grade book report, which violently states it is
can you do an analysis of Simon but through an autism centered perspective . if that makes sense
I’m no expert in neurodivergent behaviors but his little knack of imparting rlly sound advice or comfort and being misunderstood/read wrong is something that I think of immediately
people disregard him throughout the entire book, and while he’s no Peter in knowledge, he has a sense of emotional intelligence and self reflection
he’s probably the only one on the island able to step back and take control of seemingly uncontrollable circumstances- discovering the beast was just a dead body, finding the glade of beauty in the forest, and sitting down and just listening to Ralph as a leader.
He knows how to take care of his needs while being aware enough to buckle down and help make huts when most evb was either telling Ralph what to do or playing around with Jack
He’s a symbol of purity and innocence through the canon eye, but read with this interpretation in mind, you could view his authenticity and simple notions as the straight forward thinking and unquestioned acceptance of his needs often associated with autism
His being called queer and loony is also supportive since autistic people are clocked by neurotypical nine times outve nine- Peter thinks he’s stupid, which makes sense bc he’s representative of education and intellectual society. Jack thinks he’s soft and preyish, which makes sense bc he’s representative of war and the status quo of ‘man’ and ‘power’. Ralph thinks he’s queer, which makes sense bc he represents democracy- ‘majority rules’- and Simon’s outlier personality clashes with it more than Jacks. (like a two party systems- Simon would be a useless non-voter or unpopular third party, EVEN THO HE HELPS RALPH)
All in all, I’d say he’s a pretty solid example of what it’s like living in a world not meant for you, and the struggles of trying to be a contributing member anyways- even if you seem to be doing it wrong no matter how hard you try.
His being killed by everybody, including Ralph, is also very significant because that’s just it. He’s an outlier and no one is willing to accommodate him, even when he’s done nothing wrong. (His being apart of but not being apart of the choir rlly punctuates it)
We could make the argument that his being mistaken as the beast in his last minutes shows the stigma autistic people get, with allistic often getting ‘the creeps’ from them, but I feel I’ve yapped past your interest enough for one tweet lmfao