“II. (Cardboard Castle) You are in the living room at dusk Haphazard towers of moving boxes rise around you The furniture has been dismantled and You divert your gaze to the underwhelming formation Of cardboard and tape As your mother screams and throws the cat across the room In retrospect, it reminds you of an album cover For some emo basement band A collage of childhood in hues of brown Or a glimpse of red flannel Cardboard castles, a little boy Holding a paper sword Taken on a disposable camera in 2004 And reappropriated for it’s nostalgia in 2016 The boy you caught is not amongst your rescue party You veil your disappointment poorly as you climb into the passenger seat And it filters through the holes in the cloth like grey light You blame the fatigue on your mother alone Though it isn’t entirely her own”— Maya Duran, 2019
“III. (Vulnerability is a funny thing) He reminds you that you may never be loved In the way that you are supposed to His heart opens as it should A halved pomegranate And the jewel flesh spills forward In effortless bounty Yours was wrapped in butcher paper With care, long ago It lives in the freezer In the way, way back Ice crystals form slowly Until they resemble a silver blanket of moss”— Maya Duran, 2019
“IV. (It would be better in latin) He is biblical An archangel of humility Kindness And homosexuality”— Maya Duran, 2019
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A definitive ranking of the gangsey based on their flirting abilities:
6. Gansey: Literally compared his fated true love to a prostitute and changed her name while wearing hideous boat shoes. I’ve never in my life seen someone crash and burn that badly. Also thinks sharing a yogurt is the height of romance and comparable to making out. Probably gets his chewed up mint leaves mixed in with every kiss. Absolutely tragic. -100/10
5. Henry: Literally locked up his crush in a crawl space and made him relive his extreme phobia of bees. Sharing of phobias should really be kept to at least the third date, not the first move. Also not a hundred percent convinced his crush even realized this was a move at all. Then again he got invited on a road trip following graduation, so what do I know? 3/10
4. Ronan: He’s really going with the pulling pigtails routine. Mimicking your love interest’s accent and calling them runt among other insults is never a good idea. The dreaming up hand lotion was a bold choice which was appreciated, but loss of points since he almost gave his crush a heart attack and broke into his car during the delivery. The mixtape was cute, but starting off with the murder squash song was questionable. The hand kisses and latin poems whispered into his crush’s ear shows there’s strong room for improvement. 5/10
3. Blue: Like her boyfriend, she also seems to think sharing yogurt and late night phone calls with political jokes is the height of romance. Though to be fair she does have a curse, so it’s probably in her best interest to keep dates as vanilla as possible. She did make out with a ghost though so massive bonus points for that. We could only ever dream of being that iconic. 6/10
2. Adam: Managed to land a date with a girl who was sworn off boys and had just been called a prostitute, with nothing but his southern charm. Held hands and sent flowers on the first date which was very smooth. Almost killed Ronan with his “with a dreamer” line and a prolonged gaze. His flirting style tends to just run along the lines of actually acting like a normal human being, which compared to the last four makes him seem like Casanova. 8/10
1. Noah: Was told that a girl was cursed to kill her one true love with a kiss, and he was like “yo, I’m already dead so wanna make out?” He saw an opportunity and he took it. This boy is literally in his grave and getting more action than any of us. Also had a girlfriend before his death so he clearly has always been this smooth. Understands the finer points of glitter. Extra bonus points for being a ghost because who would turn down a ghost?? 10/10
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beauty isn’t what ur face looks like or what colour ur hair is or what ur stomach does when you sit down it’s actually when you’re kneading dough and it’s all stuck to your fingers and you laugh because it’ll be fine in a moment but right now you just want to enjoy the pleasure of making something and being covered in it and feeling peace
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