#sundry

happy pride to all the lesbians stuck in time in the subway and bisexual women destined to save them!

Bonus:

One Last Stop (2021) / Red, White & Royal Blue (2019)

That's what trains are for, to take you home, to take you where you're supposed to be, but what is it supposed to do when there's nowhere for you to go?

Jane's character arc throughout the book is about deciding where, when, and who she wants her home to be. Like August says "time, place, person".

On one hand, she wants to go back to where she was before, but it's not really her home, she has connections there, attachments, but she can't really build a life there, that's why she was always on the move.

On the other hand, she wants to start a relationship with August, but she doesn't know if it's possible to really settle down with her. I mean, moving to another city is a big commitment, but another century?!? To the distant future? That's unthinkable, especially for someone you just met. And besides, she's not even sure if a relationship would last, most of her own have been short term. She also feels homesick for where she was before, she's not ready to leave it all behind.

So she's stuck between a rock and a hard place, between a place that was her home but isn't anymore, and a place that could be her home but isn't yet. When she tries to get off the train, it doesn't know where to put her. In the 70's? Now? So it just doesn't.

She talks about going back to "where she's supposed to be", but where is that exactly? Where and when is she supposed to be? She goes back and forth on this throughout the book, floating around the idea of her staying and what that would be like, but also saying she needs to go back.

She loves August, but she's also insecure about how much August loves her. She says that August will forget her by the time she's 30, and says that it's okay to move on soon after she leaves. She knows that she'll never love anyone more than August, but she doesn't know if August feels the same.

I think that in that moment on the tracks, when August risks her life in a romantic gesture to save her, that's when Jane is sure that August can be her home, and so, after a 45 year commute, the train finally sends her home, because she has one now.

some more Jubilant Armistice protagonists! just 2 left after these ones, but I've run out of time to draw

Ouffy is a descendant of... K-Knight!? one of Daugue's alternate timeline selves who joined the good guys and stayed in their universe. the Daugue native to this universe will never ever have children ^_^

casey mcquiston posted this on their IG stories so here’s a little playlist for your blog

alex & henry (red, white & royal blue):

august & jane (one last stop):

chloe & shara (i kissed shara wheeler):

theo & kit (the pairing):

Hebrews 1:1-2 (KJ21) - God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Jane takes the player and pops open the compartment. “You know … I have this theory that Run-DMC can start a party anywhere.” - ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston