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I like the idea of Gabe having a scar on his abdomen representing the surgery to save him that he never got. That in her delusion he got it and it saved him and that’s why he’s alive

@sunshin3_wolfe Every little motion he makes in the show is so perfect and speaks so much

wylan for his whole life feeling like a burden so he would always make himself small to not inconvenience anyone 🥺

And OF COURSE that’s how a mom would conceptualize her son who she only ever knew as a baby, he’s still a baby to her because that’s all he ever could be

Apparently he’s usually played as like a jock and Jack basically knew he couldn’t be that so he went softer and more clingy but that makes it so much stronger imo like you don’t want to hurt him by abandoning him not when he’s crying you just wanna reach out for him and hug him

Jack is so good as Gabe bc he’s got such a comforting presence when he reaches out to Diana with that smile you’re literally happy he’s back like of course he keeps reeling her in he’s so lovable

@laufbin Okay hi I’m back so WHAT did they not like about it????????

i genuinely didn’t realize there are people out there that dont like the west end next to normal why am i in enemy territory

@yuribambis Him saying that is basically a projection of Diana where when she thinks of him it allows him to “think” and it hurts her when he’s there, but also when he leaves

Oh.

If I do end up getting ect tho maybe I’ll forget the show and be able to watch it again for the first time I mean that would be fitting right

I wish I hadn’t read the plot summary of next to normal before watching it so I could have experienced all the reveals properly

@fairskyabove THE IMAGE Greek words are pluralized with an i at the end not and s so as a Greek name it would be Orphei

@poorboywithlyre literally cannot tell if this is directed at me or the image 😭

*orphei let's get the terminology right here

@StitchedUpSwan @lovers_desire I could tell from the first clip I watched what 😭😭

@poorboywithlyre @lovers_desire i only found out about him like 5 months ago but 🧍‍♀️

cuz why is jack wolfe kinda tall in my head he's short but it's just bc kit young is 6'2

@milkyvichjc I think it’s bc Diana isnt just stuck on the age he’d be now, but also the age when he died, and all the ages he never got to be But also a lot of the end is from Dan’s perspective, so his perception of Gabe would be more like him as a baby bc he never hallucinated him as older

I don’t know if it’s just me but seeing the progression of Gabe through N2N we see him de-age practically from the 18 year old from the start to the 8 month old by the end, like from moving and talking about to not having any words and constantly being on his knees

Next to normal is basically just a depiction of me living in my delusion that Jack is still in Hadestown

My friend told me sometimes with mental illness you can age regress mentally to teen ages like it’s not just feeling like a little kid and I think I have that tbh

More evidence that I’m still 15 and not actually an adult

I’m so brainrotted I keep accidentally adding and e to the end of the word wolf when I’m talking about the animal 😭

@laufbin I see you’ve got the Jack wolfe stan section

soc duology finally home where it belongs

@sunshin3_wolfe @4NGEL_SUND4Y Improved or improvised?

One thing I love about n2n is bc it feels real especially in act 2. knowing act 2 was almost entirely improved is so brilliant. the choices the characters make make sense and feel like something they would do

Yall do I have to read the shadow and bone trilogy first to understand six of crows bc I lowkey don’t gaf about anyone but the crows

I saw one time one of the top 100 ships on ao3 was enjolras and grantaire which was CRAZY to me like yall had to read the actual book for the gay undertones 😭