#rapunzelfromthemoon

It's interesting to see how we imagine the persistence in time of things from our present in a fantasy dystopian future. Here are some funny stuff that I gathered from my recent reading of the series:

For some reason the existence of Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom always made me giggle, like, the UK still has a monarchy somehow ??? after 4 world wars ??? And the british royal family has reached the point of including the name Camilla in their monarch's names,,, like,,, it's funny considering the only Camilla related to them now is not the most popular yk 😭

Same thing with the existence of the island of Manhattan omg no offense but climate change ??? even nowadays we can tell that the whole world is already sinking and many islands and sea-level places are at risk, let alone in like 200 years from now ??? that is just so optimistic lol

They mention the Louvre museum being already gone, but not much far before the events of the book, wich is also kinda optimistic bc isn't a big part of it supposed to be made of glass? Too faithful in our architecture lol

They also mention the Great Wall of China is still there, and for some reason that doesn't seem extremely surprising bc well, it's been there for a hot minute

Josh Heuston as Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley

1996. Australian. South asian (Sri Lankan) and white.

Pt. 3: Thorne

Stand up

"I would walk through the desert, I would walk down the aisle, I would swim all the oceans just to see you smile, whatever it takes is fine

so put your hands up 'cause it's a stand up

I won't be leaving 'till I finish stealing every piece of your heart

and I will steal us a car, and we will drive to the stars, I will give you the moon, it's the least I can do if you give me the chance

I'm a thief, I'm a thief, you can call me a thief, but you should know your part:

I'm only here because you stole my heart"

(The desert! The moon! The stolen vehicles! This song is about Carswell Thorne).

Alive

"I don't know why I wanna be with every girl I meet, I can't control it, yeah, I know it's taking over me

I said, hey, it's alright, if it makes you feel alive, don't look back, live your life, even if it's only for tonight

we got to live before we get older, do what we like, we got nothing to lose, shake off the weight of the world from your shoulders, oh, we got nothing to prove"

(This song screams YOLO and so does Thorne's whole existence).

Last first kiss

"I wanna be last, yeah, baby, let me be your, let me be your last first kiss, I wanna be first, yeah, wanna be the first to take it all the way like this, and if you only knew, I wanna be last, yeah, baby, let me be your last, your last first kiss

baby, tell me what to change, I'm afraid you'll run away if I tell you what I've wanted to tell you, yeah, maybe I just gotta wait, maybe this is a mistake, I'm a fool, yeah, baby, I'm just a fool, yeah

girl, what would you do? would you wanna stay if I were to say?"

(During Cress, Thorne went through with his promise not to let Cress die unkissed. And by the end of Winter, while still doubting and feeling terribly undeserving of her, he still couldn't help but ask if she wanted to stay with him a little longer).

Where do broken hearts go?

"counted all my mistakes and there's only one standing out from the list of the things I've done, all the rest of my crimes don't come close to the look on your face when I let you go

yeah, it took me some time, but I figured out how to fix up a heart that I let down

yeah, the taste of your lips on the tip of my tongue is at the top of the list of the things I want, mind is running in circles of you and me

tell me now, tell me now, tell me will you ever love me again, love me again?"

(Just like with the rest of the boys, we don't get a lot of his POV, but if I had to guess what was going through his mind during all that time in Winter when Cress and him were going through that awkward-ish rough phase, I'd say it was probably something like this).

Part 1: Kai

Part 2: Wolf