radio silence is such a cool book. you are able to understand both sides of the friendship that they are in and how it affects them i absolutely love that aspect of it omg 🤭
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starting the new year off by changing my lock and home screen to a radio silence theme. i swear i am normal about this book ;)
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there are no happy people.
One of the main themes of Alice’s books is that there are no happy people. In Solitaire, Tori says it and thinks it throughout the book, and Alice continues with that theme throughout all of their books. In solitaire, there are no happy people. Micheal isn’t happy, Charlie isn’t happy, Lucas isn’t happy, Becky isn’t happy, Tori isn’t happy. There are no happy people. Radio silence, there are no happy people. Aled isn't happy, Frances isn't happy, Dan isn't happy, Carys isn't happy. There are no happy people. Loveless, there are no happy people. Pip isn't happy, Rooney isn't happy, Sunil isn't happy, Jason isn’t happy, Georgia isn’t happy. There are no happy people. In I was born for this, there are no happy people. Rowan isn't happy, Juliet isn't happy, Angel isn't happy, Lister isn't happy, Jimmy isn't happy. There are no happy people. Heartstopper, there are no happy people. Nick isn't happy, Tao isn't happy, Elle isn't happy, Tara isn't happy, Darcy isn't happy, Charlie isn’t happy. There are no happy people. In every one of Alice’s novels, she starts with a character who isn't happy and knows it, who isn't happy and doesn’t know what to do about it or how to help it. And then throughout the novels, the character learns more about the people around them and realizes that, there are no happy people. Everyone they thought was happy and had perfect lives, doesn’t. And then towards the end of the novel, the character feels less alone in their sadness because they realize they are not the only one. There are no happy people, and that’s what can make the not-happy people happy again.
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my proudest moment is the fact I begged my mum to read the osemanverse… she finally gave in.
So now she’s smashed radio silence and just finished iwbft about an hour ago- she comes up to me right after she finished it and goes
‘did you say the orange book’ (she doesn’t know the names just the colours) ‘is getting a sequel? I need to know what happens to the ark’
…
I just gave her solitaire lord help us all
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okay so i NEED this as a poster on my wall right now.
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So this just occurred to me…
I think the possibility that Vox loved Alastor at some point and got rejected is the absolute most tragic thing to me in Hazbin. Because the amount of hate Vox has for him is so obsessive it definitely came from a place of broken adoration. And Alastor’s detached nature in comparison of Vox’s need to surround himself by people who adore him clashing hits that perfect tragic rejection trope that just fills a void in my heart.
Because Vox being on and off with Val now seems like nothing but a lustful rebound. nothing but transactional sex to some degree because Vox isn't in the slightest worried about Val sleeping with other people.
But that's the point! Alastor is a MASTER manipulator! He looked down on Vox all along! But he made him believe that their partnership was at least one of mutual respect. He made him think that in his eyes they were equals in his eyes and Vox believed it! He believed it SO WELL THAT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH ALASTOR. And of course, Alastor is on that side of the Asexual spectrum where he doesn't experience romantic attraction at all. So he goes "Eww no." at Vox's feelings.
Vox is in CONSTANT NEED FOR VALIDATION and receiving it from a powerful overlord like Alastor probably meant the world to him-
LIKE IMAGINE ADORING SOMEONE SO MUCH (and being as obsessive as Vox) AND THEY REJECT YOU BLATANTLY!? LIKE ID EXPECT VOX TO GO APESHIT. AND HE DID.
And like, Alastor views him as INFERIOR to him.
YALL THIS IS DESTROYING ME-
(EDIT: Idk why I didn’t just specify Alastor as AroAce or Aromantic, my brain was too distressed when I was writing this that I completely forgot the word for it LMAOOO-)
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