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no bc the bi panic oliver must’ve been feeling when he saw both his crushes hate making out with each other
Call your character James and I’m already a hoe for them before the plot even gets started.
James Farrow is so lovely I want to die.
Not me immediately head-casting James Farrow as a tiny adorable grey-eyed version of James Herondale because of the instant association…
bruh, my friend just referred to James and Oliver as a bromance
Oliver was gaslighting himself so hard it seeped through the pages and made me question my own sanity
okay I'm literally at page 218 of 'if we were villains' and can't take this anymore, I don't get if oliver is just dumb or what.
YOU'RE BEST FRIEND JUST KISSED A GIRL AND AND YOUR STOMACH HURTS FROM JEALOUSY???
this boy is not only dumb but BLIND, for all the fucking book so far he was always like "yea I really like meredith, but if someone ever try to get near my james I'll beat them to death, no one is allowed to touch or look at him." WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOURSELF SOME QUESTIONS DEAR OLIVER..
the closet is a window but he lives in a house without light.
"I feel so normal about him" well I dont. move
My little collection of darling boys keeps growing so I’ve decided to sort them into categories for better overview
Dazzling, charming, usually nice but also can and will kill you especially if you offend his values or his special favourite humans
1. Matthew Fairchild
2. Ramy Mirza
3. Nikolai Lantsov
Seemingly withdrawn & bookish, roiling chaos & murderous energy on the inside, tragic choice in love interest
1. James Farrow
2. James Herondale
3. Robin Swift
4. Bonus, cause I feel like it: Will Graham
Self-loathing, daddy issues, regrets, has an embarrassingly huge crush, I don‘t care if you don‘t like him I‘ll die for him anyways
1. Alastair Carstairs
2. Kieran Kingson
3. Tristan Caine
Little bastard that shouldn‘t be on this list but somehow made it anyways
1. Richard Papen
2. Callum Nova
3. Dorian Gray
Soft baby boy, if you touch him I will personally cut you into a million little pieces slowly over the course of several days
1. Gideon Drake
from my instagram lol at a goodwill
i would have included dead poets society but i haven’t watched it yet
Okay i might be overly obsessed but
You did what Rachel
Theory for ‘If we were villains’
TW: mentions of suicide and just general If we were villains angst
After Richard (who once again was being an asshole) tried to drown James in the lake and everyone else has left, an interaction between James and Oliver occurs. Now I -like many others- am a firm believer that James is still alive and I believe that this is even more proof than we already have:
“You want me to stay” I asked. I didn’t want to leave him.
“Please,” he said, in a small voice. “I just couldn’t deal with the rest of them, for a while”
This book is littered with foreshadowing throughout and I’m certain that this is a perfect example. This scene is a way of proving that James’ suicide note was in fact a clue for Oliver. Let me explain:
In both scenarios James has been drowned, once by Richard and once in a supposed suicide. Already this links the two scenes but it goes further. In the scene above after James has been submerged he lets the others in the group head back to the castle but asks Oliver to stay, and I believe that he is doing the same thing with his suicide note. The letter he sends is not only addressed for Oliver only, but it includes an extract that is important to his and Oliver’s relationship, that letter and the message hidden within it was something that James knew only Oliver would see. By using the extract of Pericles he sends out a message he knows Oliver would see as a clue.
The parallel between the two scenes is undeniable. Both times James has been submerged (literally or not) and has kept himself and his emotions hidden away from his group all whilst quietly begging Oliver -his lover- to stay and help him.
Oliver: James, this is not you. You're not a murderer.
Meredith: He just confessed to killing my boyfriend!
Oliver: I know, I mean deep down.
I've had "If we were villains" on my tbr for so long, and everytime I see a post about it I get really excited to read it but then I remember all the school work I have to do and I just want to cry
𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐦.𝐥. 𝐫𝐢𝐨
“𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮.”
I have yet to see a take on If We Were Villains that isn't either negative, related to The Secret History, or both. So here's mine. SPOILERS
First, I've seen some hate for Meredith and the other girls. Why? I understand that Meredith "betrayed" James and in that betrayed Oliver, but she was only trying to protect him and their friends. She didn't do it out of jealousy, she did it out of love.
If you must hate on Meredith for being jealous the least you can do is admit that you would be too. The guy your with, and perhaps even love, is obviously in love with another person despite choosing you. And that person is in love with him too. How would you feel?
In a perfect world Oliver and James would be together and Meredick would live happily ever after with no abuse or darkness of any kind. But the book isn't about a perfect world, it's about being doomed and making the best out of the situation. Meredith and Oliver found the best in each other, especially at the end of the book. While keeping James's death, we couldn't have asked for a better ending. Oliver loves Meredith more than he could love anyone outside of James, and she loved him for who he was and is.
Okay maybe I just wanted to rant about Meredith and he relationship with Oliver! But I never see posts about it! All I see is aesthetic boards, and while beautiful, aren't what I'm looking for!
I understand that If We Were Villains and The Secret History are practically the same, everyone points if out, but I have no interest in TSH and I never will. Somebody please get it.