gr era on here was so peak Iβm remembering so many moments and I feel like I'm not really the right person to speak on this because I know I did an Alice Hawthorneβ οΈ and deleted my existence after but here is a recap cos Iβm getting emotional last year was actually so fun I miss it and its nearly the end of it all anywayπππ
The monumental crashouts when the first 3 chapters were released on Apple Books
those chapters were technically a legal sample but I remember instagram was saying they were leaks and not to read them to respect jlb even though Apple Books themselves published them lmao
Screaming over Grayson having a therapist, I swear everyone was posting that line and celebrating
Also screaming over that preview of Rohanβs chapter in People
And screaming over Lyra telling Grayson she would make him wear her jacket ππ I remember everyone started talking about Grayson wearing lululemon
The confusion over why tf we got a Tobias card
everyone talking about Alice's bob
The flabbergastery of Slates card
Rose's obsession with Slate's mumπππ
omg this one pmo but when the jacket quote was posted and all of instagram was saying it was javery...................
Those random names in the Hawthorne vault ?????? I still dont know what that was
The crashouts when the vault opened only for there to be literally nothing good inside π
people literally finding chapter previews from foreign websites and going through the effort of translating them, the desperation was realπ
I think people translated French and German things
I remember at one point literally analysing the contents page on Apple Books and I was working out which block of chapters had the most lyrason pages ππ omg we were like rats looking for crumbs
This is so specific omg does anyone remember that one AI looking goodreads review that said something about βthis book really did a great portrayal of wlw romances!β which is when we all started theorising about Gigi x eve romance πππ yeah that turned out to be fake LOL
the chapter leaks because Amazon screwed upβ¦No cos something changed in me the day the Jameson Lyra thing got leaked why have I lowkey never been the same since
I remember posting: Jameson π€ Lyra's ponytail (they both hit Grayson in the face)
waiting to see if anyone who went to jlbs events would post anything (I think thats how we learnt the "do me a favour dont hurt him" and "chivalry its a coping mechanism" quotes)
every time anyone found SOMETHING it was a whole celebration
The tig labubu discussion. I made a whole Hc post on tig and labubus ππ and we were talking about how Rohan probably beheads Gigis labubus
just so many fics and hcs. I remember the content was so peak
Everyone being convinced there was going to be a second fire on Hawthorne island
Everyone being convinced Lyra would fall off a cliff and Grayson would save her only for it to be the other way around
sorry I lowkey dont remember what people were saying about savrohan before the book came out someone help me out
No cos we as a fandom could have written a better book than that abysmal Avery going missing ending
the sheer ANGER everyone was feelingππ
Idk if anyone remembers this but I got my copy a day early and I was posting updates every 100 pages, I remember posting about the dart scene lol
I was malfunctioning in real time reading the scene where lyrason fall out. I remember just posting βI CANT DO THIS ANYMOREβ
I also distinctly remember posting βI have a phd in the study of lyrasonβ π
everyone raging over the fact that instagram accounts were just getting free copies looool
Basically that day and the day it came out were total chaos
all the talk about Rohanβs dawg I dont even know how his dog became so relevant ?!
tiramisu x Rohanβs dawg
Also someone even predicted that Gigi was in the lighthouse!!
This is the time when all the constant Toby slander started β οΈ ngl I think that was Rose too thank you Rose
no one caring about the lead up to tsbaf
then that instagram page got an early copy and said it was the book with the best plot twists and secrets and we were all confused β οΈ
tearing up every comment section to defend Lyra
Jameson getting slandered left and right β οΈ
raging over why Grayson canβt just be allowed to put himself first once π
the start of lyra deer aesthetic
all the talk about yapper Grayson lmao
THE LIST of official povs β’οΈ (spent HOURSSSS on thatπ probably one of my faveee memories lol peak unemployed behaviour)
there was this one week in September I think it was where things just got crazy. like people were getting insane hate anons and it was getting so heated and it got INTENSEππ we were coming up with fandom rules to stop the hate ππ
omg im literally wracking my brain to think of what else went on before I lost it and left
Grayson Sloane friendship !!!
just so many hcs like we were all SO locked in
there's probably more but I cant remember it was so long ago
if anyone else remembers anything comment it pls because I love reminiscing on that timeπ₯Ήπ₯Ήπ₯Ή
take me back life was so good, we were #united #family πππ