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- WHY AUTHOR RABOW ROWELL THKS HER REARS ARE MORE THAN READY FOR A GAY TEEN LOVE STORYBY JOANNA ROBSONOCTOBER 8, 2015RIGHT, BY AUGTEN BURROUGHSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAUTHOR RABOW ROWELL HAS BEEN WRG FOR MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE. BUT THE FORMER JOURNALIST AND AD WRER BURST ONTO THE FICTN SCENE A BIG WAY WHEN HER 2013 NOVEL ELEANOR & PARK WAS HEAPED WH UNANIMO CRIL PRAISE AND MOUNTAS OF AWARDS, AND LAND HER AN ARMY OF LOYAL FANS THAT CLU THE KD OF DISENANCHISED TEENS SHE VERED SO SENSIVELY AND REALISTILLY HER BREAKOUT H. UNBELIEVABLY, ROWELL, 42, HAS RELEASED THREE BOOKS SCE, CLUDG LANDLE, FANGIRL, AND HER LATT, CARRY ON. ALL HER BOOKS—CLUDG THE FIRST, ATTACHMENTS—HAVE SHARED THE SAME UNNNY ABILY TO REACH OUT AND GRAB THE REAR BY THE HEART AND SQUEEZE. BUT THAT’S WHERE THE SIARI END. ROWELL’S BOOKS ARE RARELY AIMED AT THE SAME DIENCE, VER THE SAME TOPIC, OR ADHERE TO ANY FORMULAIC GENRE TROP THAT DOG SO MANY STORI THAT ARE EQUALLY POPULAR WH TEENS.HER LATT NOVEL, CARRY ON, IS THE BIGGT STRETCH YET. IT’S A LH FANTASY BASED ON A FICTNAL HARRY POTTER–QUE BOOK SERI, SIMON SNOW, THAT FEATURED PROMENTLY ROWELL’S BT-SELLG FANGIRL. THE TULAR FAN GIRL OF THAT BOOK WROTE HUGELY POPULAR FAN FICTN, CARRY ON, SIMON, BASED ON A LOVE STORY BETWEEN SIMON (OUR HARRY POTTER PROXY) AND BAZ (A VAMPIRE WH SHAS OF DRA MALFOY). ROWELL TOOK HER META-TEXTUAL TERACTN WH THE POPULAR J.K. ROWLG SERI ONE STEP FURTHER CARRY ON, WHERE BAZ, SIMON, AND THEIR IENDS AGATHA AND PENELOPE TAKE NTROL OF THE NARRATIVE. WE SPOKE WH ROWELL ABOUT CARRY ON, THAT LONG-AWAED ELEANOR & PARK MOVIE, AND THE POWER OF THE YOUNG-ADULT DIENCE THAT NTU TO DRIVE MONUMENTAL SAL THE BOOK DTRY.__VF HOLLYWOOD: IN THE AFTERWORD TO YOUR NEW BOOK, CARRY ON, YOU TALK ABOUT GETTG TO WRE YOUR FIRST “CHOSEN ONE” FANTASY STORY. I FEEL YOU KNOW YOU’VE MA WHEN YOUR BOOK HAS A MAP ON THE END PAPERS. HOW FUN WAS TO BUILD YOUR OWN FANTASTIL UNIVERSE? __RABOW ROWELL: IT WAS FUN BEE I KNEW THAT MY BOOK WAS GOG TO BE REFERENTIAL AND TAKE THAT VOBULARY AND TAKE THOSE NCEPTS AND JT TWIST AND TURN AND PLAY WH THEM. IN A WAY, A FANTASY, ANYTHG N HAPPEN, BUT ALSO FANTASI, THE SAME THGS TEND TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGA.I’VE FELY SEEN THE BAZ AND SIMON NARRATIVE CARRY ON REFERRED TO AS “GAY HARRY POTTER.” WAS HARD TO AVOID ALLUDG TO HOGWARTS AND THE WORLD J. K. ROWLG CREATED CRAFTG YOUR OWN MAGIL BOARDG SCHOOL? OR DID YOU LEAN TO ?I WANTED TO REFERENCE HARRY POTTER TENTNAL WAYS, BUT I WANTED THE CHARACTERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAD THEIR OWN LIV. IF THERE’S EVER A HARRY POTTER OR STAR WARS OR LORD OF THE RGS OR A TWILIGHT REFERENCE, I WANT TO FEEL VERY MUCH TENTNAL. “LOOK AT WHAT I’M DOG HERE.” I KNOW HARRY AS A CHARACTER REALLY WELL BEE I’VE VTED SO MUCH TIME HIM, AND DRA AS WELL, SO WAS FUN TO REFERENCE THEM. IF YOU’RE READG MY BOOKS, YOU'VE READ HARRY POTTER, YOU’VE SEEN THE STAR WARS MOVI, YOU’VE SEEN THE LORD OF THE RGS MOVI, YOU’VE WATCHED BUFFY. IT’S FUN TO HAVE AN DIENCE THAT YOU N LOOK AT AND YOU N WK AT LIKE, “OH, SEE WHAT I’M DOG HERE?”__EXACTLY. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR __WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE AN ORPHAN—AND THIS IS LIKE EVERY DISNEY PRCS STORY TOO—WE START WH A SGULAR ORPHAN. ALMOST ALWAYS THE NEXT THG THAT HAPPENS IS THEY MEET SOMEONE, UALLY AN OLD WHE GUY THE SERT WHO TELLS THEM, “YOU’RE SUPER SPECIAL AND YOU’RE GOG TO SAVE THE WORLD.” IN THE STORI, THEY ALWAYS SAY TO THE HOBO THEY MET THE SERT, “YEAH, AWOME. GIVE ME THE LIGHTSABER. I WILL FOLLOW YOU OFF MY PLA, STRANGE HOBO I’VE MET THE SERT, AND I WILL SAVE THE WORLD FOR YOU. I WILL SACRIFICE MY WHOLE LIFE. I WILL NEVER GET MARRIED. I JT MET YOU, AND I’M ONLY 18, BUT I’M AN ORPHAN, AND YOU’VE GIVEN ME A MISSN AND I’M GOG TO FIX THE WORLD.” IT WAS FUN THIS BOOK TO BE LIKE, “OR NOT.” IT’S VERY HUMANIZG TO BE CHOSEN. AGATHA REALLY SE THROUGH THAT AND JT SE ALL OF THE OBLIGATN AND THE SADNS, THE BURN OF .YOU’VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT FDG YOURSELF THE Y.A. SECTN ALMOST BY ACCINT. ELEANOR & PARK WASN’T TENTNALLY A Y.A. BOOK. WHAT DO FEEL LIKE TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE OF THE Y.A. SECTN? IS THAT A BURN?IT IS MOSTLY JT A JOY AND PLEASURE BEE TEEN REARS—YOU REMEMBER BEG A TEEN REAR—THEY’RE CREDIBLY ENGAGED AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND ENTHIASM FOR WHAT THEY DO. BUT STILL FEELS WEIRD BEE SOMETIM I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE EXPECT ME TO BE THKG OF MY TEEN DIENCE AT EVERY STEP, LIKE I ME TO TOWN AND SAID, “I’M HERE TO SERVE YOU, TEENAGERS. WHAT DO YOU WANT?” I DIDN’T DO THAT. I DIDN’T WRE ELEANOR & PARK THKG, WHAT’S THE BT BOOK I N WRE FOR A TEENAGER? I JT WROTE THKG, WHAT BOOK DO I WANT TO WRE?BUT SOME WAYS TEENS HAVE MORE TIME, SO THEY GIVE THEMSELV WHOLEHEARTEDLY. EVEN ADULTS WHO READ Y.A. READ MORE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND MORE OPENLY AND MORE PASSNATELY. THE ADULT WHO CROSS OVER AND READS Y.A. IS JT A GENERO REAR.I THK SELF-ACCEPTANCE IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT YOUR REARS—PECIALLY THE TEENAGED ON—HAVE NNECTED TO YOUR WORK. IS NORMALIZG GE GROUPS ON YOUR MD WHEN NSTCTG YOUR STORI?MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHIF YOU READ FANGIRL, THE POT OF IS NOT NORMALIZG FANDOM. IN ELEANOR & PARK, THAT’S NOT A BOOK ABOUT BEG FAT. I THK IF ’S POWERFUL, ’S JT THE POWER OF WRG ABOUT A FAT PERSON AND THAT SHE’S A NORMAL PERSON WH NORMAL NEEDS AND SIR. HER FATNS IS THERE, BUT ’S NOT HER STORY. I DO THK THAT THE YOUNG-ADULT FICTN IS MORE DIVERSE EVERY WAY. NOT JT PARED TO THE RT OF THE BOOK WORLD, BUT TO THE RT OF THE ENTERTAMENT WORLD. I’M MUCH MORE NSC ABOUT NOW, BUT WHEN I STARTED, I JT WANTED TO WRE WORLDS THAT FELT REAL TO ME AND CHARACTERS THAT FELT REAL TO ME.THE REAL WORLD IS A DIVERSE WORLD. AT THE BEGNG, WAS JT THIS, “WHAT DO THIS WORLD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO THIS B LOOK LIKE?” I THK WHEN YOU TRY TO WRE REALISTILLY, YOU END UP WH MORE DIVERSE BOOKS BEE THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO E OM DIFFERENT PLAC WHO LOOK DIFFERENT.GIVEN THAT LEVEL OF DIVERSY Y.A., WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF A STRAIGHT WHE GUY LIKE JOHN GREEN BEG NSIRED THE KG OF THE SECTN? DO HIS DOMANCE CROWD OUT OTHER MORE DIVERSE VOIC?I FEEL THAT’S MORE OF A MEDIA CROWDG THAN IS AN ACTUAL CROWDG, BEE I THK JOHN GREEN’S SUCCS BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE TO THE Y.A. SECTN AND MORE PEOPLE READG Y.A. AND MORE PEOPLE READG FEMALE THORS AND MORE PEOPLE READG PERD. JOHN GREEN’S A GREAT THOR WHO STCK A CHORD. THAT HAPPENS OUR CULTURE. IT HAPPENED WH STEPHENIE MEYER, AND HAPPENED WH J. K. ROWLG. STEPHANIE MEYER DID MORE TO BRG PEOPLE TO Y.A.; SHE GOT SO MANY ADULTS READG . ANYWAY, BACK TO JOHN. IN OUR CULTURE, SOME THGS TAKE OFF AND THEY TAKE OFF A HUGE WAY. IT’S BEE THERE’S SOMETHG ABOUT THEM THAT JT REALLY RONAT WH A LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONCE. I DON’T UNRSTAND RENTG THAT. THAT’S LIKE CURSG THE MOON TO ME.I UNRSTAND GETTG ANGRY AT PRIVILEGE AND THE WAY HOW MUCH PRIVILEGE YOU HAVE AFFECTS HOW MUCH SUCCS YOU N EVEN REACH. I TOTALLY UNRSTAND THAT. I UNRSTAND THIS FEELG OF THIS HANDSOME WHE GUY WHO SEEMS LIKE HE ME OM A GOOD FAY, LOOKG AT SOMEONE LIKE THAT AND BEG LIKE, “OF URSE HE SUCCEED.” I UNRSTAND THAT FEELG. I’VE FELT THAT WAY MY LIFE. I THK, THOUGH, JOHN’S JT A GREAT WRER. YOU N’T DIVORCE THAT; YOU N’T PULL THAT ASI. YOU N’T KICK THE FACT THAT HE’S GREAT AND PEOPLE LOVE HIS BOOKS AND JT LOOK AT HIS PRIVILEGE AND SUCCS.SO YOU THK JOHN GREEN WOULD HAVE SUCCEED NO MATTER WHAT?TO ME, ’S LIKE THE WEATHER. THIS THG HAPPENED. I DON’T THK WAS BAD FOR Y.A. WHEN PEOPLE ARE REALLY SUCCSFUL, THEY GET A LOT OF ATTENTN. I’VE ALSO WORKED FOR A NEWSPAPER—I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE WRG A NEWSPAPER STORY, YOU JT SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY. EVERY ARTICLE THAT TRIED TO EXPLA Y.A. TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T KNOW WHAT Y.A. IS—OF URSE THOSE ARTICL WERE IRRATG. SOME OF THEM WERE VERY NSCENDG.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHOF URSE WHEN A REPORTER LANDS THE Y.A. WORLD, THEY’RE GOG TO NOTICE THE BIG DIPPERS, AND THEY’RE GOG TO SUM UP A WAY THAT DON’T FEEL THENTIC TO BEE THAT’S JT WHAT HAPPENS. I REALLY LIKE JOHN GREEN. MY 10-YEAR-OLD WATCH ONE OF JOHN GREEN’S WEB SERI. YOU KNOW THE ONE. “HOW DO CONGRS WORK? WHAT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENG SYRIA?” HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WATCH THOSE SCHOOL. HE SAID, “YOU KNOW, MOM, YOU’RE AN THOR, BUT JOHN GREEN’S A TEACHER AND AN THOR.” I WAS LIKE, “OH, I KNOW.”I KNOW YOU HAD AN ISSUE, AT LEAST WH ELEANOR & PARK, WHERE AT LEAST ONE LIBRARY NSIRED TOO NTROVERSIAL, TOO EDGY. THERE’S A LOT OF SALTY LANGUAGE CARRY ON. HARRY POTTER SWEARS!I’M NOT REALLY THKG ABOUT THAT. I’M NOT. I’M NEVER THKG, IS O.K. FOR TEENAGERS TO HEAR THIS WORD? I’M THKG, WHAT STORY AM I WRG? I SWORE MORE AS A TEENAGER THAN I HAVE EVER SCE. SIMON IS 18—HE ULD GO TO WAR AND KILL PEOPLE, IF HE WAS AMERIN. OF URSE, HE’S A BRISH WIZARD, AND HE’S ALREADY KILLED PEOPLE. I’M NOT WRG BOOKS TO SHOCK. THERE’S NONE OF THAT THAT BOOK. ALSO, THE CHARACTERS ARE AN EXTREME SUATN. I FELT LIKE WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTG A DRAGON, IF YOU WANT TO SWEAR, YOU SHOULD.WHAT’S THE UPDATE ON THE ELEANOR & PARK MOVIE? WHAT’S HAPPENG?THEY’VE BEEN REALLY GREAT—DREAMWORKS HAS BEEN GREAT. I WROTE THE FIRST DRAFT FOR THEM, AND THEN I TOOK A BREAK TO WORK ON CARRY ON SOME MORE. PEOPLE GET TRATED ON TWTER WH ME A LOT: “WHERE IS ? WHY HASN’T HAPPENED?” NO, NO UPDAT YET. [ROWELL LATER CLARIFIED BY E-MAIL THAT SHE’S WORKG ON THE FILM PROJECT AGA NOW.]ARE YOU STILL DOG THE GRAPHIC-NOVEL PROJECT? IS THAT STILL HAPPENG?I AM. I JT TOOK A LONG TIME ON THIS BOOK. WHEN I FIRST SIGNED THAT AL, WAS LIKE, “IT WILL E OUT ON THIS DATE.” THAT WAS POSSIBLY LAST WEEK. I’M NOT SURE. I’M EXCED ABOUT . IT’S A FANTASY. IT’S A HIDN-WORLD STORY.COMIC BOOKS, EVEN MORE THAN FICTN, SEEM TO BE AIMED AT AGE GROUPS. IS THIS PROJECT AIMED AT A CERTA AGE GROUP ANY WAY? I KNOW YOU DON’T LIKE THAT QUTN!I DON’T LIKE ! I JT DON’T THK THAT’S MY JOB. LET SOMEBODY ELSE FIGURE OUT. I SHOULD JT BE WRG THE BT THG THAT I N WRE AND THEN THEY SHOULD BE LIKE, “HEY, THANK YOU FOR DOG YOUR BT. LET FIGURE OUT WHERE TO SHELVE THIS.” I N’T GET TOO HUNG UP ON THAT. MY FAVORE BOOKS I THK ARE DIFFICULT TO SHELVE; LIKE THE GRAVEYARD BOOK BY NEIL GAIMAN—’S ONE OF MY FAVORE BOOKS.WHEN I WAS A BOOKSELLER WE ED TO SHELVE TWO DIFFERENT SECTNS: ADULT AND MIDDLE REAR. I LOVE A BOOK YOU N DOUBLE SHELVE.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHI LOVE OUTLANR. OUTLANR IS A HARD BOOK TO SHELVE. IF YOU PUT THE ROMANCE GENRE, A LOT OF REARS WILL NEVER FD .YOU’VE MENTNED BEFORE THAT SPECIFIC MIC WAS HUGELY FLUENTIAL WHEN YOU WERE WRG ELEANOR & PARK. IS THERE MIC THAT YOU N PEG TO CARRY ON?YEAH, I JT LISTED MY CHARACTER PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY. FOR ME, BAZ HAD THIS 80S ELECTRONIC-POP MIC AND STUFF THAT SOUNDS LIKE 80S ELECTRONIC-POP MIC AND GOTH-Y SELF-LOATHG STUFF. I LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM OM DEPECHE MO AND A LOT OF DURAN DURAN. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE BAND THE WILD BEASTS, BUT I LISTENED TO SO MUCH WILD BEASTS. THEY’RE SPOOKY SOUNDG AND ALSO VERY NON-DRAMATIC. IN A WAY, SIMON IS MORE OF AN AMERIN CHARACTER. HE’S GOT A SQUARE-JAWED SUPERMAN—THERE’S A LOT OF SUPERMAN STUFF HIM—AND I’M JT REALIZG THAT. I'M TELLG YOU, ORPHANS HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD. IT’S HIS ONLY JOB, ALL DAY LONG, SAVG THE WORLD. I NNOT BELIEVE I’M JT MAKG THE SUPERMAN NNECTN NOW.FOR SIMON, YOU’LL SEE ON HIS PLAYLIST, HE GETS A LTLE B MORE OF ANTHEM ROCK. I WAS ALSO FOND OF THE SONG IF SAID “RRY ON” , SO THE KANSAS SONG AND THEN SOME STYX. I TENTNALLY ADD A UPLE LOVE SONGS YTERDAY BEE I REALIZED THAT BAZ’S PLAYLIST IS ALL LOVE SONGS, AND SIMON HAD HARDLY ANY, AND I THK ’S BEE HE’S ALL ABOUT SAVG THE WORLD. HE’S NOT ALL ABOUT WRG LOVE POETRY OR MOONG OR YEARNG.I THK ’S PROBABLY NO SECRET THAT THERE IS A ROMANCE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG MEN THIS BOOK.IT’S NOT A SECRET. I’VE BEEN LOUDLY FLAILG THAT OM DAY ONE. PEOPLE KEPT SAYG, ‘I N’T WA FOR THE SUBTEXT,’ AND I HAVE SUCH A NEGATIVE REACTN TO THAT. NO, THIS IS NOT SOME CHEY, WILL-THEY-WON’T-THEY, SUBTEXT-Y THG. THAT’S NOT A GAME I’M TERTED PLAYG. I’M FELY NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO WRE A GAY Y.A. STORY. BY A LN YEARS. I DO THK OUR CULTURE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THIS HAD TO BE SUBTEXT, BUT I DON’T THK THAT TIME IS NOW. I CID TO SPOIL THEIR ROMANCE ALWAYS, EVERY TIME I TALKED ABOUT . IT’S TEXT. DON’T WATCH FOR THE SUBTEXT, DON’T WATCH FOR THE MOMENTS [ BBC’S SHERLOCK] WHEN SHERLOCK AND JOHN MAKE EYE NTACT AND THE WORLD SETS ON FIRE BUT NONE OF ’S REAL. AS A CULTURE, WE ARE READY FOR TEXT.JOANNA ROBSON
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- EXCLIVE: RABOW ROWELL REVEALS HER SIMON SNOW TRILOGY PLANSTHE YOUNG ADULT THOR ANNOUNCED A SURPRISE THIRD STALLMENT, ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS, ON THURSDAY—AND SHE SAYS SHE’LL NEVER CLOSE THE BOOK ON SIMON AND BAZ.BY JOANNA ROBSONOCTOBER 4, 2019BY KEV WADA VIA ST. MART’S PRSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN 2013, RABOW ROWELL HAD A YEAR MOST THORS DREAM OF. SHE PUBLISHED TWO NOVELS, ELEANOR & PARK AND FANGIRL, WHICH CEMENTED HER REPUTATN AS A YOUNG ADULT FICTN WRER UNIQUELY GIFTED AT WRG SMART-YET-DREAMY NTEMPORARY STORI ABOUT SENSIVE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE VERY NICE BOYS WHO LIKE THEM. FANGIRL, ABOUT A LLEGE HMAN NAMED CATH AND HER VERY POPULAR HARRY POTTER-SPIRED FAN FICTN, NOT ONLY STCK A PARTICULARLY RONANT CHORD WH HER REARS, BUT SET THE NEBRASKA-BASED ROWELL ON A SURPRISG PATH TO PUBLISHG SOME MAGIL, J.K. ROWLG-QUE FAN FICTN OF HER OWN. CARRY ON, PUBLISHED 2015, AND NOW S LONG-AWAED SEQUEL, WAYWARD SON, CURRENTLY AT THE TOP OF THE NEW YORK TIM Y.A. BT-SELLER LIST, FOLLOW THE ADVENTUR OF SIMON SNOW (A BRISH BOY WH MAGIL POWERS, WHICH MIGHT SOUND FAIAR) AND HIS WIZARDG-SCHOOL ROOMMATE, RIVAL, AND EVENTUAL BOYIEND, BAZ.BUT LIKE THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE SELF, SIMON’S WORLD HAS ROOM FOR MANY MORE STORI—AND ON THURSDAY, ROWELL TEASED A THIRD BOOK THE SERI, TLED ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS AND G “SOON.” HOW SOON IS “SOON”? AS ROWELL TOLD VANY FAIR A RECENT PHONE LL, AT LEAST WON’T BE A FOUR-YEAR WA AGA.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.IN SIMON AND BAZ’S WORLD, MAGIC IS FOUND REPEATG MON PHRAS OR LYRICS—HENCE THE FAIAR-SOUNDG BOOK TL. IN CARRY ON, ROWELL ED HER META-TEXTUAL TERACTN WH THE POPULAR ROWLG SERI TO DISSECT AND UPEND CHOSEN ONE TROP ALL THE WHILE WHIPPG UP A YEARNG GAY TEEN ROMANCE FOR THE AG. ROWELL’S LOYAL REARS, HOWEVER, DIDN’T QUE KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF . BUT THE TERVENG YEARS TOOK ROWELL TO WRE WAYWARD SON, SIMON AND BAZ FOUND THEIR SUPERFANS AND THE ANTICIPATN FOR THEIR LATT ADVENTURE—WHICH FOLLOWS THEM OUT OF THE ZY, BRISH EMBRACE OF THE HOGWARTIAN WATFORD SCHOOL OF MAGICKS AND TO THE WILDS OF A FANTASTIL AMERI—REACHED A ENZY. THANKFULLY, ROWELL HAS ANOTHER ADVENTURE ON S WAY.VANY FAIR: CONGRATULATNS ON ALL THE WAYWARD SON SUCCS AND NOW THIS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A THIRD SIMON SNOW BOOK! WHAT IS GOG ON, RABOW? HOW SOON IS “SOON,” TERMS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?RABOW ROWELL: MY ORIGAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE BOTH OF THE BOOKS WRTEN AND BE LIKE, “BOOM, BOOM.” THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I’M THE MIDDLE OF WRG ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS. I WAS REALLY SICK FOR A LONG TIME, AND KD OF ME TO A HEAD WHEN I WAS WRG CARRY ON. I LERALLY DROPPED OVER AFTER THAT BOOK TOUR, AND I DIDN’T KNOW IF I WAS GOG TO WRE ANOTHER BOOK, EVER. I JT WAS THIS BAD PLACE. IT SEEMED KD OF RIDICULO TO E BACK AFTER FOUR YEARS WH A SEQUEL TO CARRY ON. IT DIDN’T FD S PEOPLE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE BEE REARS WERE EXPECTG MORE NTEMPORARY STUFF OM ME. I’M A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN I WAS AND I DON’T ANTICIPATE ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR HIAT. THAT WAS NOT THE PLAN FOR WAYWARD SON, AND IS FELY NOT THE PLAN FOR ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS.I GOT VERY EXCED WHEN I FIRST SAW THE “2” ON THE SPE OF WAYWARD SON AND REALIZED YOU WERE PLANNG A SIMON SNOW SERI.I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF WAYWARD SON, AND YOU N TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT, BUT I FEEL LIKE ’S OBVLY A MIDDLE BOOK.SO THEN IS THIS A TRILOGY, NOT A SERI?I DON’T THK I WILL EVER CLOSE THE BOOK ON BAZ AND SIMON BEE I JT LOVE WRG THEM MORE THAN I’VE EVER LOVED ANY OTHER CHARACTERS. SO I DON’T THK I’LL EVER SAY, “OH, I’M DONE. I’M JT NEVER GOG TO WRE BAZ AGA.” BUT THE PLAN IS TO WRE A TRILOGY, AND THEN TO WRE—I’VE ALREADY GOT ANOTHER BOOK IA THAT I WANT TO DO AFTER THAT. SO I DON’T SEE MYSELF JT WRG EIGHT OR NE BOOKS A ROW. I DON’T THK THAT YOU GET MUCH CLOSURE OM WAYWARD SON, SO I AM PLANNG FOR ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS TO GIVE PEOPLE CLOSURE ON SOME BIG QUTNS.BY KEVIN WADA VIA ST. MARTIN’S PRESSMOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPLDESANTIS BOARD NIX FREE DISNEY PASS AND DISUNTS FOR EMPLOYE, MOVE SURE TO W THE GOVERNOR MAJOR POPULARY POTSBY BS LEVWHENEVER I TRODUCE NEW REARS TO EHER FANGIRL OR CARRY ON, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO REFULLY EXPLA THE NATURE OF THIS QUASI-HARRY POTTER FAN FICTN. BUT WH WAYWARD SON YOU REALLY BROKE OUT BEYOND THAT ORIGAL NCEPT, SPECIFILLY YOUR NCEPT OF A MAGIL AMERI.WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WRE CARRY ON, I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH CHOSEN ONE STUFF I HAD SI OF ME. I ALSO WAS AT A PLACE WHERE I WAS A B OVERWHELMED. I WAS ALL OF A SUDN A FULL-TIME THOR, AND I WAS WRG THIS BOOK FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. OKAY, WE’VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL ORPHAN, THE MOST MAGIL ORPHAN THERE IS, AND HE’S ON A TRA GOG TO MAGIC SCHOOL. THAT’S NOT SUBTLE. WE ARE ALL, AS EATERS OF POP CULTURE, ON THE SAME PAGE AS WE BEG THAT BOOK. WE HAVE DIGTED SO MANY CHOSEN ONE STORI. THIS IS SUPERMAN, LE SKYWALKER, HARRY POTTER, FRODO. HOW MUCH OF THAT TROPE ULD I DISSECT AND TURN A DIFFERENT WAY?AND THEN YOU GET TO WAYWARD SON AND…THAT BOOK IS ABOUT HAPPY ENDGS FOR ME. I THK WHEN YOU REACH ADULTHOOD, YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE PLITED EVERYTHG IS, AND WHAT LTLE CLARY YOU HAVE BBLED TOGETHER YOUR TEEN YEARS. SO SIMON BE A VERY GOOD VEHICLE BEE HE’S BEEN THROUGH AN ENORMO TRMA, AS EVERY CHOSEN ONE HAS. ALL OF HIS PG SKILLS ARE ABOUT WNG THE WAR, AND NONE OF THEM ARE ABOUT LIVG AT PEACE. CARRY ON IS ABOUT WHAT IF EVERYTHG WE KNEW ABOUT THE WORLD WAS WRONG, AND THEN WHAT IF EVERYTHG WE KNEW ABOUT OURSELV WAS WRONG.I LOVE YOUR TAKE ON A MAGIL AMERI WAYWARD SON, WH S TREATI AND TERRORI AND DIVIDUALISM. IT FEELS MORE RIGHT THAN ANY OTHER “MAGIL AMERI” TAK I’VE SEEN OM BRISH THORS.FIRST WAS OVERWHELMG. AND THEN I THOUGHT, THIS BOOK IS NOT GOG TO BE LLED MAGIL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERIS. HOW DO WE FUNCTN AMERI A LTLE B DIFFERENTLY OM THE U.K.? HOW WOULD THE FACT THAT WE’RE ALL SPREAD OUT AND WE HAVE FEWER SHARED TRADNS, OM PLACE TO PLACE, AFFECT ? YOU KD OF JT THK ABOUT HOW THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT.WHICH BRGS TO YOUR NEW TLE. THE IA OF “RRY ON” FANGIRL WAS A REFERENCE TO THE PHRASE “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.” WHEREAS THE TLE OF THE FIRST SIMON SNOW BOOK IS REFERENCG THE “RRY ON” LYRIC “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”—A VERY BRISH SONG. BOOK TWO IS TLED WAYWARD SON, AN AMERIN REFERENCE TO THE “RRY ON” THE SONG BY KANSAS FOR YOUR AMERIN-SET BOOK. BUT BOOK THREE, ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS, WE’RE RETURNG TO THE U.K. AND SO WE’RE BACK TO THE BRISH “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.” PHEW. DID I GET THAT RIGHT?I ACTUALLY JT TEARED UP A LTLE, BEE YOU JT GOT , LIKE YOU JT GOT . WHAT YOU SAID IS EXACTLY RIGHT. I DID REARCH ON WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL SPELLS THE U.K. AND I LOOKED UP—DO YOU WANT TO GUS WHAT THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF ALL TIME ENGLAND ARE?MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPLDESANTIS BOARD NIX FREE DISNEY PASS AND DISUNTS FOR EMPLOYE, MOVE SURE TO W THE GOVERNOR MAJOR POPULARY POTSBY BS LEVIT’S NOT “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”?ONE OF THEM IS “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY,” THE OTHER ONE IS THE PRCS DIANA “CANDLE THE WD.” I WORRY THAT WAS A LTLE B TOO MUCH SWCHG AROUND, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU JT EXPLAED TO ME MAK ME FEEL LIKE ’S FE. AND [“ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS”] IS THE LAST LE OF THAT SONG—AND ’S A POWERFUL SONG. IT’S A LONG TLE AND I’M NORMALLY REALLY, REALLY STRICT ABOUT SHORT TL.BY KEVIN WADA VIA ST. MARTIN’S PRESSSIMON’S RRYG A SWORD THIS ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS IMAGE—BUT HE LOST HIS MAGIL WEAPON AFTER THE FIRST BOOK. WHAT ARE WE LOOKG AT HERE?I DON’T THK ’S A SPOILER TO SAY THAT SIMON’S GOG TO HAVE A SWORD A MAGIC BOOK.OKAY.I MEAN, IS A SPOILER. BUT ’S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? WE’VE SEEN SIMON H BOTTOM WAYWARD SON. BUT THE OTHER THG I HOPE PEOPLE SEE, EVEN WHEN HE DON’T SEE WHAT A BADASS HE IS, IS THAT SIMON’S REALLY A BADASS. I AM NOT A CEL PERSON. I WOULD NOT KEEP WRG THE BOOKS JT TO WATCH THE CHARACTERS MARATE PA AND SPAIR. SO FOR ME THE BOOKS ARE ABOUT HEALG. I HOPE THAT WHAT WE’RE POTG TO IS SIMON PICKG HIMSELF UP. HE’S PICKED UP HIS SWORD. HE IS FACG WHAT’S G.I’M ALWAYS WRG ABOUT PEOPLE TRYG TO FEEL WHOLE AND FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE. THE THIRD BOOK IS GOG TO BE ABOUT THAT. THEY’RE NOT CHILDREN ANYMORE. ALL OF THE CHARACTERS HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE ADULTS THEIR LIFE WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT MATTERED TO THEM. IN THE THIRD BOOK WE’LL SEE THEM CI FOR THEMSELV.WHAT, IF ANYTHG, HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOUR OWN CHARACTERS OM READG ALL THE SIMON AND BAZ FAN FICTN THAT’S OUT THERE?OH, MY GOD, I DON’T GO NEAR THAT. I N’T READ AT ALL. THERE’S SOMETHG WEIRD ABOUT READG FAN FICTN ABOUT MY OWN CHARACTERS. IT’S LIKE READG FAN FICTN ABOUT MY KIDS. I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE WRG , BUT THE IA OF READG , OH, MY GOD, MAK ME SHUDR.SO IF SIMON IS AN EXPLORATN OF THE CHOSEN ONE TROPE, AND AGATHA AND PENNY ARE A DIVE TO CLASSIC ARCHETYP LIKE “THE GIRLIEND” AND “THE SIKICK,” WHAT IS BAZ TO YOU?THAT’S TRICKIER, ISN’T ? IT STARTS OUT AND HE’S THE ANTAGONIST, BUT I DON’T THK THAT’S WHO BAZ IS ANYMORE. I THK BAZ HAS BEE, FOR ME, THIS WAY OF TALKG ABOUT VULNERABILY, INTY, AND FEAR. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS OTHER THAN HE’S THE STAR OF WAYWARD SON. HE’S THE MA CHARACTER. I JT FEEL LIKE HE’S SO CLOSE TO MY HEART AND SO CLOSE TO MY OWN FEELGS I’M SRED OF. I THK BAZ IS KD OF A WAY TO TALK ABOUT SHAME, AND BEG AAID TO WANT WHAT YOU WANT, AND FEELG LIKE YOU DON’T SERVE WHAT YOU WANT OR WHAT YOU NEED.JOANNA ROBSON
WHY AUTHOR RABOW ROWELL THKS HER REARS ARE MORE THAN READY FOR A GAY TEEN LOVE STORYBY JOANNA ROBSONOCTOBER 8, 2015RIGHT, BY AUGTEN BURROUGHSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAUTHOR RABOW ROWELL HAS BEEN WRG FOR MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE. BUT THE FORMER JOURNALIST AND AD WRER BURST ONTO THE FICTN SCENE A BIG WAY WHEN HER 2013 NOVEL ELEANOR & PARK WAS HEAPED WH UNANIMO CRIL PRAISE AND MOUNTAS OF AWARDS, AND LAND HER AN ARMY OF LOYAL FANS THAT CLU THE KD OF DISENANCHISED TEENS SHE VERED SO SENSIVELY AND REALISTILLY HER BREAKOUT H. UNBELIEVABLY, ROWELL, 42, HAS RELEASED THREE BOOKS SCE, CLUDG LANDLE, FANGIRL, AND HER LATT, CARRY ON. ALL HER BOOKS—CLUDG THE FIRST, ATTACHMENTS—HAVE SHARED THE SAME UNNNY ABILY TO REACH OUT AND GRAB THE REAR BY THE HEART AND SQUEEZE. BUT THAT’S WHERE THE SIARI END. ROWELL’S BOOKS ARE RARELY AIMED AT THE SAME DIENCE, VER THE SAME TOPIC, OR ADHERE TO ANY FORMULAIC GENRE TROP THAT DOG SO MANY STORI THAT ARE EQUALLY POPULAR WH TEENS.HER LATT NOVEL, CARRY ON, IS THE BIGGT STRETCH YET. IT’S A LH FANTASY BASED ON A FICTNAL HARRY POTTER–QUE BOOK SERI, SIMON SNOW, THAT FEATURED PROMENTLY ROWELL’S BT-SELLG FANGIRL. THE TULAR FAN GIRL OF THAT BOOK WROTE HUGELY POPULAR FAN FICTN, CARRY ON, SIMON, BASED ON A LOVE STORY BETWEEN SIMON (OUR HARRY POTTER PROXY) AND BAZ (A VAMPIRE WH SHAS OF DRA MALFOY). ROWELL TOOK HER META-TEXTUAL TERACTN WH THE POPULAR J.K. ROWLG SERI ONE STEP FURTHER CARRY ON, WHERE BAZ, SIMON, AND THEIR IENDS AGATHA AND PENELOPE TAKE NTROL OF THE NARRATIVE. WE SPOKE WH ROWELL ABOUT CARRY ON, THAT LONG-AWAED ELEANOR & PARK MOVIE, AND THE POWER OF THE YOUNG-ADULT DIENCE THAT NTU TO DRIVE MONUMENTAL SAL THE BOOK DTRY.__VF HOLLYWOOD: IN THE AFTERWORD TO YOUR NEW BOOK, CARRY ON, YOU TALK ABOUT GETTG TO WRE YOUR FIRST “CHOSEN ONE” FANTASY STORY. I FEEL YOU KNOW YOU’VE MA WHEN YOUR BOOK HAS A MAP ON THE END PAPERS. HOW FUN WAS TO BUILD YOUR OWN FANTASTIL UNIVERSE? __RABOW ROWELL: IT WAS FUN BEE I KNEW THAT MY BOOK WAS GOG TO BE REFERENTIAL AND TAKE THAT VOBULARY AND TAKE THOSE NCEPTS AND JT TWIST AND TURN AND PLAY WH THEM. IN A WAY, A FANTASY, ANYTHG N HAPPEN, BUT ALSO FANTASI, THE SAME THGS TEND TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGA.I’VE FELY SEEN THE BAZ AND SIMON NARRATIVE CARRY ON REFERRED TO AS “GAY HARRY POTTER.” WAS HARD TO AVOID ALLUDG TO HOGWARTS AND THE WORLD J. K. ROWLG CREATED CRAFTG YOUR OWN MAGIL BOARDG SCHOOL? OR DID YOU LEAN TO ?I WANTED TO REFERENCE HARRY POTTER TENTNAL WAYS, BUT I WANTED THE CHARACTERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAD THEIR OWN LIV. IF THERE’S EVER A HARRY POTTER OR STAR WARS OR LORD OF THE RGS OR A TWILIGHT REFERENCE, I WANT TO FEEL VERY MUCH TENTNAL. “LOOK AT WHAT I’M DOG HERE.” I KNOW HARRY AS A CHARACTER REALLY WELL BEE I’VE VTED SO MUCH TIME HIM, AND DRA AS WELL, SO WAS FUN TO REFERENCE THEM. IF YOU’RE READG MY BOOKS, YOU'VE READ HARRY POTTER, YOU’VE SEEN THE STAR WARS MOVI, YOU’VE SEEN THE LORD OF THE RGS MOVI, YOU’VE WATCHED BUFFY. IT’S FUN TO HAVE AN DIENCE THAT YOU N LOOK AT AND YOU N WK AT LIKE, “OH, SEE WHAT I’M DOG HERE?”__EXACTLY. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR __WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE AN ORPHAN—AND THIS IS LIKE EVERY DISNEY PRCS STORY TOO—WE START WH A SGULAR ORPHAN. ALMOST ALWAYS THE NEXT THG THAT HAPPENS IS THEY MEET SOMEONE, UALLY AN OLD WHE GUY THE SERT WHO TELLS THEM, “YOU’RE SUPER SPECIAL AND YOU’RE GOG TO SAVE THE WORLD.” IN THE STORI, THEY ALWAYS SAY TO THE HOBO THEY MET THE SERT, “YEAH, AWOME. GIVE ME THE LIGHTSABER. I WILL FOLLOW YOU OFF MY PLA, STRANGE HOBO I’VE MET THE SERT, AND I WILL SAVE THE WORLD FOR YOU. I WILL SACRIFICE MY WHOLE LIFE. I WILL NEVER GET MARRIED. I JT MET YOU, AND I’M ONLY 18, BUT I’M AN ORPHAN, AND YOU’VE GIVEN ME A MISSN AND I’M GOG TO FIX THE WORLD.” IT WAS FUN THIS BOOK TO BE LIKE, “OR NOT.” IT’S VERY HUMANIZG TO BE CHOSEN. AGATHA REALLY SE THROUGH THAT AND JT SE ALL OF THE OBLIGATN AND THE SADNS, THE BURN OF .YOU’VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT FDG YOURSELF THE Y.A. SECTN ALMOST BY ACCINT. ELEANOR & PARK WASN’T TENTNALLY A Y.A. BOOK. WHAT DO FEEL LIKE TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE OF THE Y.A. SECTN? IS THAT A BURN?IT IS MOSTLY JT A JOY AND PLEASURE BEE TEEN REARS—YOU REMEMBER BEG A TEEN REAR—THEY’RE CREDIBLY ENGAGED AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND ENTHIASM FOR WHAT THEY DO. BUT STILL FEELS WEIRD BEE SOMETIM I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE EXPECT ME TO BE THKG OF MY TEEN DIENCE AT EVERY STEP, LIKE I ME TO TOWN AND SAID, “I’M HERE TO SERVE YOU, TEENAGERS. WHAT DO YOU WANT?” I DIDN’T DO THAT. I DIDN’T WRE ELEANOR & PARK THKG, WHAT’S THE BT BOOK I N WRE FOR A TEENAGER? I JT WROTE THKG, WHAT BOOK DO I WANT TO WRE?BUT SOME WAYS TEENS HAVE MORE TIME, SO THEY GIVE THEMSELV WHOLEHEARTEDLY. EVEN ADULTS WHO READ Y.A. READ MORE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND MORE OPENLY AND MORE PASSNATELY. THE ADULT WHO CROSS OVER AND READS Y.A. IS JT A GENERO REAR.I THK SELF-ACCEPTANCE IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT YOUR REARS—PECIALLY THE TEENAGED ON—HAVE NNECTED TO YOUR WORK. IS NORMALIZG GE GROUPS ON YOUR MD WHEN NSTCTG YOUR STORI?MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHIF YOU READ FANGIRL, THE POT OF IS NOT NORMALIZG FANDOM. IN ELEANOR & PARK, THAT’S NOT A BOOK ABOUT BEG FAT. I THK IF ’S POWERFUL, ’S JT THE POWER OF WRG ABOUT A FAT PERSON AND THAT SHE’S A NORMAL PERSON WH NORMAL NEEDS AND SIR. HER FATNS IS THERE, BUT ’S NOT HER STORY. I DO THK THAT THE YOUNG-ADULT FICTN IS MORE DIVERSE EVERY WAY. NOT JT PARED TO THE RT OF THE BOOK WORLD, BUT TO THE RT OF THE ENTERTAMENT WORLD. I’M MUCH MORE NSC ABOUT NOW, BUT WHEN I STARTED, I JT WANTED TO WRE WORLDS THAT FELT REAL TO ME AND CHARACTERS THAT FELT REAL TO ME.THE REAL WORLD IS A DIVERSE WORLD. AT THE BEGNG, WAS JT THIS, “WHAT DO THIS WORLD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO THIS B LOOK LIKE?” I THK WHEN YOU TRY TO WRE REALISTILLY, YOU END UP WH MORE DIVERSE BOOKS BEE THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO E OM DIFFERENT PLAC WHO LOOK DIFFERENT.GIVEN THAT LEVEL OF DIVERSY Y.A., WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF A STRAIGHT WHE GUY LIKE JOHN GREEN BEG NSIRED THE KG OF THE SECTN? DO HIS DOMANCE CROWD OUT OTHER MORE DIVERSE VOIC?I FEEL THAT’S MORE OF A MEDIA CROWDG THAN IS AN ACTUAL CROWDG, BEE I THK JOHN GREEN’S SUCCS BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE TO THE Y.A. SECTN AND MORE PEOPLE READG Y.A. AND MORE PEOPLE READG FEMALE THORS AND MORE PEOPLE READG PERD. JOHN GREEN’S A GREAT THOR WHO STCK A CHORD. THAT HAPPENS OUR CULTURE. IT HAPPENED WH STEPHENIE MEYER, AND HAPPENED WH J. K. ROWLG. STEPHANIE MEYER DID MORE TO BRG PEOPLE TO Y.A.; SHE GOT SO MANY ADULTS READG . ANYWAY, BACK TO JOHN. IN OUR CULTURE, SOME THGS TAKE OFF AND THEY TAKE OFF A HUGE WAY. IT’S BEE THERE’S SOMETHG ABOUT THEM THAT JT REALLY RONAT WH A LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONCE. I DON’T UNRSTAND RENTG THAT. THAT’S LIKE CURSG THE MOON TO ME.I UNRSTAND GETTG ANGRY AT PRIVILEGE AND THE WAY HOW MUCH PRIVILEGE YOU HAVE AFFECTS HOW MUCH SUCCS YOU N EVEN REACH. I TOTALLY UNRSTAND THAT. I UNRSTAND THIS FEELG OF THIS HANDSOME WHE GUY WHO SEEMS LIKE HE ME OM A GOOD FAY, LOOKG AT SOMEONE LIKE THAT AND BEG LIKE, “OF URSE HE SUCCEED.” I UNRSTAND THAT FEELG. I’VE FELT THAT WAY MY LIFE. I THK, THOUGH, JOHN’S JT A GREAT WRER. YOU N’T DIVORCE THAT; YOU N’T PULL THAT ASI. YOU N’T KICK THE FACT THAT HE’S GREAT AND PEOPLE LOVE HIS BOOKS AND JT LOOK AT HIS PRIVILEGE AND SUCCS.SO YOU THK JOHN GREEN WOULD HAVE SUCCEED NO MATTER WHAT?TO ME, ’S LIKE THE WEATHER. THIS THG HAPPENED. I DON’T THK WAS BAD FOR Y.A. WHEN PEOPLE ARE REALLY SUCCSFUL, THEY GET A LOT OF ATTENTN. I’VE ALSO WORKED FOR A NEWSPAPER—I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE WRG A NEWSPAPER STORY, YOU JT SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY. EVERY ARTICLE THAT TRIED TO EXPLA Y.A. TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T KNOW WHAT Y.A. IS—OF URSE THOSE ARTICL WERE IRRATG. SOME OF THEM WERE VERY NSCENDG.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHOF URSE WHEN A REPORTER LANDS THE Y.A. WORLD, THEY’RE GOG TO NOTICE THE BIG DIPPERS, AND THEY’RE GOG TO SUM UP A WAY THAT DON’T FEEL THENTIC TO BEE THAT’S JT WHAT HAPPENS. I REALLY LIKE JOHN GREEN. MY 10-YEAR-OLD WATCH ONE OF JOHN GREEN’S WEB SERI. YOU KNOW THE ONE. “HOW DO CONGRS WORK? WHAT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENG SYRIA?” HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WATCH THOSE SCHOOL. HE SAID, “YOU KNOW, MOM, YOU’RE AN THOR, BUT JOHN GREEN’S A TEACHER AND AN THOR.” I WAS LIKE, “OH, I KNOW.”I KNOW YOU HAD AN ISSUE, AT LEAST WH ELEANOR & PARK, WHERE AT LEAST ONE LIBRARY NSIRED TOO NTROVERSIAL, TOO EDGY. THERE’S A LOT OF SALTY LANGUAGE CARRY ON. HARRY POTTER SWEARS!I’M NOT REALLY THKG ABOUT THAT. I’M NOT. I’M NEVER THKG, IS O.K. FOR TEENAGERS TO HEAR THIS WORD? I’M THKG, WHAT STORY AM I WRG? I SWORE MORE AS A TEENAGER THAN I HAVE EVER SCE. SIMON IS 18—HE ULD GO TO WAR AND KILL PEOPLE, IF HE WAS AMERIN. OF URSE, HE’S A BRISH WIZARD, AND HE’S ALREADY KILLED PEOPLE. I’M NOT WRG BOOKS TO SHOCK. THERE’S NONE OF THAT THAT BOOK. ALSO, THE CHARACTERS ARE AN EXTREME SUATN. I FELT LIKE WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTG A DRAGON, IF YOU WANT TO SWEAR, YOU SHOULD.WHAT’S THE UPDATE ON THE ELEANOR & PARK MOVIE? WHAT’S HAPPENG?THEY’VE BEEN REALLY GREAT—DREAMWORKS HAS BEEN GREAT. I WROTE THE FIRST DRAFT FOR THEM, AND THEN I TOOK A BREAK TO WORK ON CARRY ON SOME MORE. PEOPLE GET TRATED ON TWTER WH ME A LOT: “WHERE IS ? WHY HASN’T HAPPENED?” NO, NO UPDAT YET. [ROWELL LATER CLARIFIED BY E-MAIL THAT SHE’S WORKG ON THE FILM PROJECT AGA NOW.]ARE YOU STILL DOG THE GRAPHIC-NOVEL PROJECT? IS THAT STILL HAPPENG?I AM. I JT TOOK A LONG TIME ON THIS BOOK. WHEN I FIRST SIGNED THAT AL, WAS LIKE, “IT WILL E OUT ON THIS DATE.” THAT WAS POSSIBLY LAST WEEK. I’M NOT SURE. I’M EXCED ABOUT . IT’S A FANTASY. IT’S A HIDN-WORLD STORY.COMIC BOOKS, EVEN MORE THAN FICTN, SEEM TO BE AIMED AT AGE GROUPS. IS THIS PROJECT AIMED AT A CERTA AGE GROUP ANY WAY? I KNOW YOU DON’T LIKE THAT QUTN!I DON’T LIKE ! I JT DON’T THK THAT’S MY JOB. LET SOMEBODY ELSE FIGURE OUT. I SHOULD JT BE WRG THE BT THG THAT I N WRE AND THEN THEY SHOULD BE LIKE, “HEY, THANK YOU FOR DOG YOUR BT. LET FIGURE OUT WHERE TO SHELVE THIS.” I N’T GET TOO HUNG UP ON THAT. MY FAVORE BOOKS I THK ARE DIFFICULT TO SHELVE; LIKE THE GRAVEYARD BOOK BY NEIL GAIMAN—’S ONE OF MY FAVORE BOOKS.WHEN I WAS A BOOKSELLER WE ED TO SHELVE TWO DIFFERENT SECTNS: ADULT AND MIDDLE REAR. I LOVE A BOOK YOU N DOUBLE SHELVE.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHI LOVE OUTLANR. OUTLANR IS A HARD BOOK TO SHELVE. IF YOU PUT THE ROMANCE GENRE, A LOT OF REARS WILL NEVER FD .YOU’VE MENTNED BEFORE THAT SPECIFIC MIC WAS HUGELY FLUENTIAL WHEN YOU WERE WRG ELEANOR & PARK. IS THERE MIC THAT YOU N PEG TO CARRY ON?YEAH, I JT LISTED MY CHARACTER PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY. FOR ME, BAZ HAD THIS 80S ELECTRONIC-POP MIC AND STUFF THAT SOUNDS LIKE 80S ELECTRONIC-POP MIC AND GOTH-Y SELF-LOATHG STUFF. I LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM OM DEPECHE MO AND A LOT OF DURAN DURAN. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE BAND THE WILD BEASTS, BUT I LISTENED TO SO MUCH WILD BEASTS. THEY’RE SPOOKY SOUNDG AND ALSO VERY NON-DRAMATIC. IN A WAY, SIMON IS MORE OF AN AMERIN CHARACTER. HE’S GOT A SQUARE-JAWED SUPERMAN—THERE’S A LOT OF SUPERMAN STUFF HIM—AND I’M JT REALIZG THAT. I'M TELLG YOU, ORPHANS HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD. IT’S HIS ONLY JOB, ALL DAY LONG, SAVG THE WORLD. I NNOT BELIEVE I’M JT MAKG THE SUPERMAN NNECTN NOW.FOR SIMON, YOU’LL SEE ON HIS PLAYLIST, HE GETS A LTLE B MORE OF ANTHEM ROCK. I WAS ALSO FOND OF THE SONG IF SAID “RRY ON” , SO THE KANSAS SONG AND THEN SOME STYX. I TENTNALLY ADD A UPLE LOVE SONGS YTERDAY BEE I REALIZED THAT BAZ’S PLAYLIST IS ALL LOVE SONGS, AND SIMON HAD HARDLY ANY, AND I THK ’S BEE HE’S ALL ABOUT SAVG THE WORLD. HE’S NOT ALL ABOUT WRG LOVE POETRY OR MOONG OR YEARNG.I THK ’S PROBABLY NO SECRET THAT THERE IS A ROMANCE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG MEN THIS BOOK.IT’S NOT A SECRET. I’VE BEEN LOUDLY FLAILG THAT OM DAY ONE. PEOPLE KEPT SAYG, ‘I N’T WA FOR THE SUBTEXT,’ AND I HAVE SUCH A NEGATIVE REACTN TO THAT. NO, THIS IS NOT SOME CHEY, WILL-THEY-WON’T-THEY, SUBTEXT-Y THG. THAT’S NOT A GAME I’M TERTED PLAYG. I’M FELY NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO WRE A GAY Y.A. STORY. BY A LN YEARS. I DO THK OUR CULTURE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THIS HAD TO BE SUBTEXT, BUT I DON’T THK THAT TIME IS NOW. I CID TO SPOIL THEIR ROMANCE ALWAYS, EVERY TIME I TALKED ABOUT . IT’S TEXT. DON’T WATCH FOR THE SUBTEXT, DON’T WATCH FOR THE MOMENTS [ BBC’S SHERLOCK] WHEN SHERLOCK AND JOHN MAKE EYE NTACT AND THE WORLD SETS ON FIRE BUT NONE OF ’S REAL. AS A CULTURE, WE ARE READY FOR TEXT.JOANNA ROBSON
Now, as for Baz, he’s already well aware of the fact that he’s gay (and his feelgs for Simon). “Are you gay? “No”“Then how do you know you’re gay?
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We know that he probably isn't gay, as he did go out wh Agatha before his relatnship wh Baz.
I’ve fely seen the Baz and Simon narrative Carry On referred to as “gay Harry Potter. In AWTWB Simon clarified that he had no ia if he was gay, bi, straight, etc. I’m sorry, Baz, I don’t know what you thought you saw, but I don’t— I’m not gay.
This short one-shot is what I image would be an explic sex scene the Carry On universe volvg Simon Snow and Tyrann Basilton gettg very gay and a b kky. In Carry On, Rowell ed her meta-textual teractn wh the popular Rowlg seri to dissect and upend Chosen One trop all the while whippg up a yearng gay teen romance for the ag. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Leah and the Offbeat follows Simon’s clost iend, Leah, as she go on a journey of self-disvery.
EXCLIVE: RABOW ROWELL REVEALS HER SIMON SNOW TRILOGY PLANSTHE YOUNG ADULT THOR ANNOUNCED A SURPRISE THIRD STALLMENT, ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS, ON THURSDAY—AND SHE SAYS SHE’LL NEVER CLOSE THE BOOK ON SIMON AND BAZ.BY JOANNA ROBSONOCTOBER 4, 2019BY KEV WADA VIA ST. MART’S PRSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN 2013, RABOW ROWELL HAD A YEAR MOST THORS DREAM OF. SHE PUBLISHED TWO NOVELS, ELEANOR & PARK AND FANGIRL, WHICH CEMENTED HER REPUTATN AS A YOUNG ADULT FICTN WRER UNIQUELY GIFTED AT WRG SMART-YET-DREAMY NTEMPORARY STORI ABOUT SENSIVE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE VERY NICE BOYS WHO LIKE THEM. FANGIRL, ABOUT A LLEGE HMAN NAMED CATH AND HER VERY POPULAR HARRY POTTER-SPIRED FAN FICTN, NOT ONLY STCK A PARTICULARLY RONANT CHORD WH HER REARS, BUT SET THE NEBRASKA-BASED ROWELL ON A SURPRISG PATH TO PUBLISHG SOME MAGIL, J.K. ROWLG-QUE FAN FICTN OF HER OWN. CARRY ON, PUBLISHED 2015, AND NOW S LONG-AWAED SEQUEL, WAYWARD SON, CURRENTLY AT THE TOP OF THE NEW YORK TIM Y.A. BT-SELLER LIST, FOLLOW THE ADVENTUR OF SIMON SNOW (A BRISH BOY WH MAGIL POWERS, WHICH MIGHT SOUND FAIAR) AND HIS WIZARDG-SCHOOL ROOMMATE, RIVAL, AND EVENTUAL BOYIEND, BAZ.BUT LIKE THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE SELF, SIMON’S WORLD HAS ROOM FOR MANY MORE STORI—AND ON THURSDAY, ROWELL TEASED A THIRD BOOK THE SERI, TLED ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS AND G “SOON.” HOW SOON IS “SOON”? AS ROWELL TOLD VANY FAIR A RECENT PHONE LL, AT LEAST WON’T BE A FOUR-YEAR WA AGA.TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.IN SIMON AND BAZ’S WORLD, MAGIC IS FOUND REPEATG MON PHRAS OR LYRICS—HENCE THE FAIAR-SOUNDG BOOK TL. IN CARRY ON, ROWELL ED HER META-TEXTUAL TERACTN WH THE POPULAR ROWLG SERI TO DISSECT AND UPEND CHOSEN ONE TROP ALL THE WHILE WHIPPG UP A YEARNG GAY TEEN ROMANCE FOR THE AG. ROWELL’S LOYAL REARS, HOWEVER, DIDN’T QUE KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF . BUT THE TERVENG YEARS TOOK ROWELL TO WRE WAYWARD SON, SIMON AND BAZ FOUND THEIR SUPERFANS AND THE ANTICIPATN FOR THEIR LATT ADVENTURE—WHICH FOLLOWS THEM OUT OF THE ZY, BRISH EMBRACE OF THE HOGWARTIAN WATFORD SCHOOL OF MAGICKS AND TO THE WILDS OF A FANTASTIL AMERI—REACHED A ENZY. THANKFULLY, ROWELL HAS ANOTHER ADVENTURE ON S WAY.VANY FAIR: CONGRATULATNS ON ALL THE WAYWARD SON SUCCS AND NOW THIS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A THIRD SIMON SNOW BOOK! WHAT IS GOG ON, RABOW? HOW SOON IS “SOON,” TERMS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?RABOW ROWELL: MY ORIGAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE BOTH OF THE BOOKS WRTEN AND BE LIKE, “BOOM, BOOM.” THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I’M THE MIDDLE OF WRG ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS. I WAS REALLY SICK FOR A LONG TIME, AND KD OF ME TO A HEAD WHEN I WAS WRG CARRY ON. I LERALLY DROPPED OVER AFTER THAT BOOK TOUR, AND I DIDN’T KNOW IF I WAS GOG TO WRE ANOTHER BOOK, EVER. I JT WAS THIS BAD PLACE. IT SEEMED KD OF RIDICULO TO E BACK AFTER FOUR YEARS WH A SEQUEL TO CARRY ON. IT DIDN’T FD S PEOPLE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE BEE REARS WERE EXPECTG MORE NTEMPORARY STUFF OM ME. I’M A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN I WAS AND I DON’T ANTICIPATE ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR HIAT. THAT WAS NOT THE PLAN FOR WAYWARD SON, AND IS FELY NOT THE PLAN FOR ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS.I GOT VERY EXCED WHEN I FIRST SAW THE “2” ON THE SPE OF WAYWARD SON AND REALIZED YOU WERE PLANNG A SIMON SNOW SERI.I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF WAYWARD SON, AND YOU N TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT, BUT I FEEL LIKE ’S OBVLY A MIDDLE BOOK.SO THEN IS THIS A TRILOGY, NOT A SERI?I DON’T THK I WILL EVER CLOSE THE BOOK ON BAZ AND SIMON BEE I JT LOVE WRG THEM MORE THAN I’VE EVER LOVED ANY OTHER CHARACTERS. SO I DON’T THK I’LL EVER SAY, “OH, I’M DONE. I’M JT NEVER GOG TO WRE BAZ AGA.” BUT THE PLAN IS TO WRE A TRILOGY, AND THEN TO WRE—I’VE ALREADY GOT ANOTHER BOOK IA THAT I WANT TO DO AFTER THAT. SO I DON’T SEE MYSELF JT WRG EIGHT OR NE BOOKS A ROW. I DON’T THK THAT YOU GET MUCH CLOSURE OM WAYWARD SON, SO I AM PLANNG FOR ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS TO GIVE PEOPLE CLOSURE ON SOME BIG QUTNS.BY KEVIN WADA VIA ST. MARTIN’S PRESSMOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPLDESANTIS BOARD NIX FREE DISNEY PASS AND DISUNTS FOR EMPLOYE, MOVE SURE TO W THE GOVERNOR MAJOR POPULARY POTSBY BS LEVWHENEVER I TRODUCE NEW REARS TO EHER FANGIRL OR CARRY ON, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO REFULLY EXPLA THE NATURE OF THIS QUASI-HARRY POTTER FAN FICTN. BUT WH WAYWARD SON YOU REALLY BROKE OUT BEYOND THAT ORIGAL NCEPT, SPECIFILLY YOUR NCEPT OF A MAGIL AMERI.WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WRE CARRY ON, I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH CHOSEN ONE STUFF I HAD SI OF ME. I ALSO WAS AT A PLACE WHERE I WAS A B OVERWHELMED. I WAS ALL OF A SUDN A FULL-TIME THOR, AND I WAS WRG THIS BOOK FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. OKAY, WE’VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL ORPHAN, THE MOST MAGIL ORPHAN THERE IS, AND HE’S ON A TRA GOG TO MAGIC SCHOOL. THAT’S NOT SUBTLE. WE ARE ALL, AS EATERS OF POP CULTURE, ON THE SAME PAGE AS WE BEG THAT BOOK. WE HAVE DIGTED SO MANY CHOSEN ONE STORI. THIS IS SUPERMAN, LE SKYWALKER, HARRY POTTER, FRODO. HOW MUCH OF THAT TROPE ULD I DISSECT AND TURN A DIFFERENT WAY?AND THEN YOU GET TO WAYWARD SON AND…THAT BOOK IS ABOUT HAPPY ENDGS FOR ME. I THK WHEN YOU REACH ADULTHOOD, YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE PLITED EVERYTHG IS, AND WHAT LTLE CLARY YOU HAVE BBLED TOGETHER YOUR TEEN YEARS. SO SIMON BE A VERY GOOD VEHICLE BEE HE’S BEEN THROUGH AN ENORMO TRMA, AS EVERY CHOSEN ONE HAS. ALL OF HIS PG SKILLS ARE ABOUT WNG THE WAR, AND NONE OF THEM ARE ABOUT LIVG AT PEACE. CARRY ON IS ABOUT WHAT IF EVERYTHG WE KNEW ABOUT THE WORLD WAS WRONG, AND THEN WHAT IF EVERYTHG WE KNEW ABOUT OURSELV WAS WRONG.I LOVE YOUR TAKE ON A MAGIL AMERI WAYWARD SON, WH S TREATI AND TERRORI AND DIVIDUALISM. IT FEELS MORE RIGHT THAN ANY OTHER “MAGIL AMERI” TAK I’VE SEEN OM BRISH THORS.FIRST WAS OVERWHELMG. AND THEN I THOUGHT, THIS BOOK IS NOT GOG TO BE LLED MAGIL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERIS. HOW DO WE FUNCTN AMERI A LTLE B DIFFERENTLY OM THE U.K.? HOW WOULD THE FACT THAT WE’RE ALL SPREAD OUT AND WE HAVE FEWER SHARED TRADNS, OM PLACE TO PLACE, AFFECT ? YOU KD OF JT THK ABOUT HOW THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT.WHICH BRGS TO YOUR NEW TLE. THE IA OF “RRY ON” FANGIRL WAS A REFERENCE TO THE PHRASE “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.” WHEREAS THE TLE OF THE FIRST SIMON SNOW BOOK IS REFERENCG THE “RRY ON” LYRIC “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”—A VERY BRISH SONG. BOOK TWO IS TLED WAYWARD SON, AN AMERIN REFERENCE TO THE “RRY ON” THE SONG BY KANSAS FOR YOUR AMERIN-SET BOOK. BUT BOOK THREE, ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS, WE’RE RETURNG TO THE U.K. AND SO WE’RE BACK TO THE BRISH “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.” PHEW. DID I GET THAT RIGHT?I ACTUALLY JT TEARED UP A LTLE, BEE YOU JT GOT , LIKE YOU JT GOT . WHAT YOU SAID IS EXACTLY RIGHT. I DID REARCH ON WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL SPELLS THE U.K. AND I LOOKED UP—DO YOU WANT TO GUS WHAT THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF ALL TIME ENGLAND ARE?MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPLDESANTIS BOARD NIX FREE DISNEY PASS AND DISUNTS FOR EMPLOYE, MOVE SURE TO W THE GOVERNOR MAJOR POPULARY POTSBY BS LEVIT’S NOT “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”?ONE OF THEM IS “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY,” THE OTHER ONE IS THE PRCS DIANA “CANDLE THE WD.” I WORRY THAT WAS A LTLE B TOO MUCH SWCHG AROUND, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU JT EXPLAED TO ME MAK ME FEEL LIKE ’S FE. AND [“ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS”] IS THE LAST LE OF THAT SONG—AND ’S A POWERFUL SONG. IT’S A LONG TLE AND I’M NORMALLY REALLY, REALLY STRICT ABOUT SHORT TL.BY KEVIN WADA VIA ST. MARTIN’S PRESSSIMON’S RRYG A SWORD THIS ANY WAY THE WD BLOWS IMAGE—BUT HE LOST HIS MAGIL WEAPON AFTER THE FIRST BOOK. WHAT ARE WE LOOKG AT HERE?I DON’T THK ’S A SPOILER TO SAY THAT SIMON’S GOG TO HAVE A SWORD A MAGIC BOOK.OKAY.I MEAN, IS A SPOILER. BUT ’S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? WE’VE SEEN SIMON H BOTTOM WAYWARD SON. BUT THE OTHER THG I HOPE PEOPLE SEE, EVEN WHEN HE DON’T SEE WHAT A BADASS HE IS, IS THAT SIMON’S REALLY A BADASS. I AM NOT A CEL PERSON. I WOULD NOT KEEP WRG THE BOOKS JT TO WATCH THE CHARACTERS MARATE PA AND SPAIR. SO FOR ME THE BOOKS ARE ABOUT HEALG. I HOPE THAT WHAT WE’RE POTG TO IS SIMON PICKG HIMSELF UP. HE’S PICKED UP HIS SWORD. HE IS FACG WHAT’S G.I’M ALWAYS WRG ABOUT PEOPLE TRYG TO FEEL WHOLE AND FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE. THE THIRD BOOK IS GOG TO BE ABOUT THAT. THEY’RE NOT CHILDREN ANYMORE. ALL OF THE CHARACTERS HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE ADULTS THEIR LIFE WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT MATTERED TO THEM. IN THE THIRD BOOK WE’LL SEE THEM CI FOR THEMSELV.WHAT, IF ANYTHG, HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOUR OWN CHARACTERS OM READG ALL THE SIMON AND BAZ FAN FICTN THAT’S OUT THERE?OH, MY GOD, I DON’T GO NEAR THAT. I N’T READ AT ALL. THERE’S SOMETHG WEIRD ABOUT READG FAN FICTN ABOUT MY OWN CHARACTERS. IT’S LIKE READG FAN FICTN ABOUT MY KIDS. I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE WRG , BUT THE IA OF READG , OH, MY GOD, MAK ME SHUDR.SO IF SIMON IS AN EXPLORATN OF THE CHOSEN ONE TROPE, AND AGATHA AND PENNY ARE A DIVE TO CLASSIC ARCHETYP LIKE “THE GIRLIEND” AND “THE SIKICK,” WHAT IS BAZ TO YOU?THAT’S TRICKIER, ISN’T ? IT STARTS OUT AND HE’S THE ANTAGONIST, BUT I DON’T THK THAT’S WHO BAZ IS ANYMORE. I THK BAZ HAS BEE, FOR ME, THIS WAY OF TALKG ABOUT VULNERABILY, INTY, AND FEAR. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS OTHER THAN HE’S THE STAR OF WAYWARD SON. HE’S THE MA CHARACTER. I JT FEEL LIKE HE’S SO CLOSE TO MY HEART AND SO CLOSE TO MY OWN FEELGS I’M SRED OF. I THK BAZ IS KD OF A WAY TO TALK ABOUT SHAME, AND BEG AAID TO WANT WHAT YOU WANT, AND FEELG LIKE YOU DON’T SERVE WHAT YOU WANT OR WHAT YOU NEED.JOANNA ROBSON
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