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Book Rich probably set that fire because he was drunk and apparently drunk squips order you to kill people
So there's this moment in the book where it says that Rack (the Payless Shoes guy) pinches a squip out of the box and this is what I thought of
Book squip is like a confused dad who only has a vague idea of what a dad is supposed to be and doesn’t know how to be anything but brutally honest and has no idea what he’s doing but tries his best anyway
Petition to get book Jeremy to not kill his computer dad and to stop pursuing the judgemental girl who clearly doesn't deserve or like him
Book squip: Jeremy, spend $40 on Eminem merchandise; my quantum processors predict that he is going to die in a hockey accident and you can use it to win pity points. Reserve the $100 because I can see that Rich is going to demand payment in the future.
Also book squip: Maybe if you act like a rabid dog, Christine will think you’re cute!
Computer dads
The first thing book squip says is "TINK"
I think the book did a better job with that “be yourself” message
I’m not even sure if that was the message that was supposed to be sent, but it was much more prevalent within the book.
So here’s the gist of it: Jeremy had two main goals: being more popular and getting with Christine.
First, being more popular. It’s pretty clear that Jeremy needed the squip to be more popular in both the book and the musical. In both, he’s a pretty unpopular kid at the bottom of the food chain. In both, the squip helps him to get more popular and be with the cool kids. However, in the book, a lot of the actions the squip makes Jeremy do makes him end up in even more trouble, whereas in the musical, even after all of the things the squip makes him do, things turn out more or less fine. In the book, things ended up worse for Jeremy when he changed himself, whereas in the musical, things ended up better.
Second, getting Christine. I think the difference here is more drastic. In the musical, Jeremy and Christine’s relationship after he got the squip, while it did not improve that much, was certainly not worse. And at the end, Jeremy ended up getting with her, which probably would not have happened were it not for the squip. But in the book, Jeremy had all of his best interactions with Christine when he wasn’t under the squip’s influence. Even though I doubt that he would ever actually get together with Christine, they at least seemed as though they were going to be friends. But then Jeremy started following the squip’s instructions, which messed things up more. Even the squip said that Jeremy didn’t need it to be with Christine. Eventually, Jeremy’s acting out of character got Christine to hate him.
So, in essence, in the book, Jeremy’s not being himself caused him to end up in a much worse situation, whereas in the musical, it ended up overall improving his life.
Friendly reminder that the squip has Jeremy sharpie muscles on himself in the book
Friendly reminder that book squip gets Jeremy to do push ups by encouraging him and telling him jokes
The most unbelievable thing about the book is that Jeremy actually does push ups when the squip tells him to, without complaint and reasonably well
Reasons book squip is better:
Tells jokes
Is encouraging
Doesn't abuse Jeremy
Stargazing
Knows its faults
Actually wants the best for Jeremy
Hacking Mark Jackson's Gameboy
Emotional support
Reasons musical squip is better:
Actually does their job
Friendly reminder from book squip not to put what you want on a pedestal and make it too difficult for yourself
Conspiracy theory
Book squip knew that Christine wasn’t good enough for Jeremy so it purposefully messed with him so that he wouldn’t get with her
Book squip helps Jeremy improve his health and physical appearance, be more assertive, get what he wants, and rid himself of self destructive habits while simultaneously ruining his life.
Be More Chill book sequel where Jeremy gets Squip 4.0 and it’s heckin OP and fixes everything and he gets to be happy
NO BOOK SQUIP PLS NO
NONONONONONONNONONONONO YOU ARE NOT A DEFECT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY AND BOOK JEREMY CAN STEP ON A LEGO FOR ALL I CARE PLEASE DONT TELL HIM HOW TO GET RID OF U *sobs* so yeah I finished the book this morning :)) I still hate Christine, Jeremy is still a lil shint, and the Squip is a precious boy who I will guard with my life Also I’m sending my copy of BMC to Ned with a message that says “How dare you” BECAUSE HE BROKE THE FOURTH WALL IN A B O O K
Little book Squip drawing uwu