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far-beyond-saving · 4 months

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I love how Michael becomes closer to Tori through the things she loves unlike Lucas who only pushes her away.

Lucas and Michael both bought Tori’s favourite drink for her, but only Michael got it right.

Lucas played Star Wars music during school assembly, whereas Michael went to watch the latest movie with her.

When Charlie got injured by Ben, Lucas organized that horrific event at the party, but Michael emotionally supported her.

Lucas locked Tori in a room and showed her a video of a violinist playing, whereas Michael actually did a duet with her.

Lucas did things, but Michael did them right.

#i just found this very interesting #tori spring #michael holden #lucas ryan #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #solitaire analysis #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 3 months

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Is the Solitaire fandom dead?

#it just doesn't seem as active as it once was #maybe that’s just me #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 6 months

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The way Becky—the normally fashionable and put together teenager—rushes to school at 6 in the morning with no makeup, her hair in a messy bun, and in Superman pyjamas just for Tori. The way she admits to be “putting on a smile” for her friends to seem “normal”. The way Tori finally realizes that perhaps Becky is as deranged as she is. That perhaps they aren’t so different after all, and that her best friend is willing to do anything for her.

#they make me want to die #i love them so much #and note: when tori got stuck at school she decided to call michael because she thought he was the only one who would believe her #but in a way #she was wrong #because becky ends up doing the same thing for her #tori spring #becky allen #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire analysis #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 2 months

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Physically I am at home, but mentally I am standing in the middle of an empty road in the fog, just sort of staring.

#hmm #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 6 months

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"Tori Spring, I have been looking for you forever."

Perhaps one of my favourite lines from Solitaire. I was listening to the new audiobook, and when that line was read, I felt this pit in my stomach. It's just so beautiful.

Maybe Michael has spent his whole life looking for a soul like his. And here she is, in his hands.

#god i love them #tori spring #michael holden #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 6 months

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Tori Spring could not have been more correct in calling her laptop her soulmate.

#i live and breathe this thing #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #soliatire #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 2 months

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"I make up a lot of stuff in my head and then get sad about it."

- Solitaire, Alice Oseman

#very real tori #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #solitaire #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 29 days

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When Gwen ends up in a sapphic relationship (notice that I said when, not if, because that bitch is a lesbian), we will need to make some fucking noise. I want fanart, fanfics, etc.. I’m so starved for f/f content, dear god.

#if she’s not a lesbian #or at least not queer #i am rioting /j #and if she ends up dying before then #i will cry #but please do not miss out on the good sapphic content guys #i believe in you #gwendolyn bouchard #the magnus protocol #tmagp #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 2 months

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I like to imagine that the way Tori's father lends her books is sort of his love language. Maybe they used to read together, back when Tori was less depressed. I wonder if he does this in hopes of pulling Tori out of her poor mental state.

#but i don't know #he isn't the best parent but he is trying #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 5 months

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"'You're so different,' he says, shaking his head and squinting at me.

'I may have grown a few centimetres since I was eleven.'

'No, it's—' He stops himself.

I put down my phone. 'What? It's what?'

'You're more serious.'

I don't remember not being serious. As far as I'm concerened, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain." (Oseman 73)

This is an analysis of Tori Spring and her unreliability as a narrator. It will be incredibly long, so I hope I do not bore anyone.

Lucas, as we know, had been Tori's best friend throughout elementary school. He had a dream, to chase after his childhood best friend and start a beautiful romance—which was nicely foreshadowed by the line: "'[The Great Gatsby is] about...' He pauses to think. 'It's about someone who's in love with a dream'" (72). However, he realizes that she wasn't the person he thought she was. Or rather, she isn't the person she used to be.

Alongside Lucas, there are two other characters that hint at the fact that Tori was never this pessimistic: Mr. Kent and Becky.

Near the beginning of the novel, Tori mentions how she and Kent know each other quite well because he has been her teacher for over five years. And, throughout the novel, Kent continuously shows his concern for Tori and her attitude towards life. It would make a lot of sense for him to be this concerned if he had actually seen life in Tori to begin with. Along with that, it is very clear that Tori is liked by the teachers, as stated by Becky on page 79. Again, it would make more sense for this to be the case if she was a different person when she was younger.

Finally: Becky. Throughout the novel, Tori feels incredibly jealous towards her best friend, and she feels the gap between them comes from the fact that Becky moved on while she stayed exactly where she was. However, during their argument after the Solitaire party, Becky says, "you've changed. I might have changed too, but you definitely have. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's true" (310). This completely contradicts everything Tori has told the reader.

The scene in which Tori reads her old diary illustrates my point perfectly.

"Up at the crack of 10:30am. Becky et moi went to the cinema today and saw Pirates of the Carribean (is that how you spell it???) 2 and OMG it was SO GOOD. Becky thinks Orlando Bloom is the fittest. Then we went to get pizza in the high street she had Hawaiian but obviously mine was plain cheese. YUM! She's coming round next week for a sleepover too. She says she needs to tell me about a boy that she likes!! And we're going to eat so much food and stay up all night and watch films!!!!!" (274)

It's very clear with the exclamation marks and enthusiasm in her tone that no, she was not born serious. Unlike now, Tori used to be genuinely happy to listen to Becky's relationships with boys. And—my favourite detail—the use of French in the second sentence. The word "moi" was almost always used by tweens as a quirky replacement for "me" (source: me. I used to use that word all of the time because I thought it was cute and silly. Gross). This is my favourite detail because of an earlier scene with Oliver when Tori says, "Are you suggesting that Charlie is better at Mario Kart than moi?" (63). Now, this could just be a coincidence, but I like to think that this is Tori's inner child being revealed to her little brother, especially because she would never speak to anyone else in that way. But, I digress.

So, I have now established how Tori has been unreliable with the way she describes herself, but what else has she been lying about? I think the most obvious answer is her hatred and lack of knowledge about literature.

Unlike everything I explained above, Tori does admit to lying near the end of the book, saying that books scare her because of how personal they feel. However, there are many things that contradicted her prior to this reveal. For example, her grades in her previous English class—as mentioned by Kent—and the way she used to read with Lucas.

After Lucas speaks about the books he is currently reading, Tori tells the reader, "I nod as if I understand. I don't. I don't know a single thing about literature despite studying it for A level" (72). Yet when Michael tests her on famous literary works, she is able to answer every question correctly, once again contradicting everything she has said.

Her unreliability is not deliberate, it comes from lies she tells herself. However, it seems like she knows the truth deep down. But I guess she is justified. After all, it feels better to say you were born serious than to admit to the damage the world has done to you.

#i hope this is worth something to someone #oh god this is quite long #nobody would want to read such an essay #i hope it does not seem like i am grasping at straws this #these are just things that i noticed #i tried to follow mla quotation rules but i know i broke them in many different places #because i am not actually writing an essay #forgive me #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #becky allen #lucas ryan #michael holden #solitaire analysis #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 3 months

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Maybe this doesn't mean anything and is a bit silly, but it matters to me. Remember when Toritsuka had to fast for three days and Saiki made him hallucinate that very buff man? Remember how much he hated that? Despite disliking men strongly, during the episode where Kusuke uses Toritsuka as a hostage, he doesn't even think twice before taking Saiki's power limiter from where it is on Kusuke.

Okay, that's all.

#do not mention how i avoided talking about all of the odd scenes in the show #i do not want to subject my mutuals who don't watch saiki k to that #i still hope everyone still gets what i mean #you could argue i am reading too much into it #after all it was a life or death situation #but still #they are so special to me #i hope no one has made this point before #apologies if you have #saiki k #the disastrous life of saiki k.#saiki kusuo #toritsuka reita #saiki k no psi nan #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 1 month

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Unsure if anyone has said this before, but the Jon and Tim dynamic is strong between Alice and Gwen in episode 8.

#“you got it boss”?#alice—the comic relief character—suddenly seeming bitter #gwen taking her anger out on alice #this feels too familiar #god save us all #tma #tmagp #the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #jonathan sims #timothy stoker #gwendolyn bouchard #alice dyer #cynic.txt

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far-beyond-saving · 6 months

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I desperately need to be on the side of Tumblr that Tori was on.

#i cannot find any more accounts to follow that are similar to chronic-pessimist #someone help #tori spring #solitaire alice oseman #cynic.txt