@AO3_Status Nooooooooooooooooooooo
The fic I’m reading just had a new chapter uploaded and I indulged myself in rereading the previous chapter before the new one and when I clicked to go the new chapter it was maintenance time I’m so sad lol
@yawildestdreams The people who watched this show and somehow missed this beautiful love story and want to slander Bonrad’s name by saying dumb stuff like oh Conrad only liked her after she became pretty … I’m shocked those people exist & sad for them that they can’t see the beauty in the story.
@yawildestdreams He “loved her long before the summer his mom got sick again” and “she had always been a precious person to him” and falling in love with her was a long extended process and one day he just realized he was and wasn’t sure when that process started, it was like waking up.
@lumos_yr You’ve missed their entire backstory if you think this is true. Junior Mint, the unicorn, the bikes, the muffin, learning the shag, and on and on. He “liked her better in glasses” … because he was already in love with her then! First line of the show gives that away.
@bellyconrad33 Yeah it was clear to me here Belly could tell Conrad was super close to kissing her and she was like “I’m not ready!” And she ducked and put her head against his chest instead and kept talking. She was still scared and working through things in her head.
@isabelsfisher In the book it seemed to me like either Adam cheated on Susannah with the real estate woman or at least Conrad thought he did. Added an interesting layer here. But the show had Aunt Julia so the scene was already layered with something different so I guess I get leaving that out.
@annahniram And when Conrad helps her learn to dance the shag Jere’s all “What about the game?!?” like he doesn’t give an eff about this girl for realllll and Conrad’s like yooooo I wanna help her :)
@yearnforfilms He knows she got his letter that said “You’re pretty much all I think about. Love, Conrad” 6 weeks ago and he’s like ooooh girl you’re telling on yourself you broke up with him when you got my letter ooooooh I gotta get you alone
He knows
@MsNdabar@idkdiane Nooo that’s not what he said, she said she saw us posting fake photos of her with short haircuts online and he asked about them - she said she saw us post her with a “fade” haircut and she cracked up then he repeated “fade” and cracked up
@annahniram While Jere was doing what his dad wanted instead of helping prepare for the wedding or be present with Belly, Conrad was facing a reality he had been avoiding for 4 years and trying to accept it - “she and Jere, that’s the reality” - repairing the house for the wedding & helping.
@idkdiane I hate how her freakout had already started here and she’s not just able to lean into enjoying the moment like come on! The man you have always loved is lovingly rubbing your back and cuddling you and talking with you come onnnnn can’t you enjoy it? But nooooo still freaking out.
@isabelsfisher I think she puts on a performance for Jere sometimes, putting herself second. And her internal dialogue about Conrad “He made me feel it all. No one else had this kind of effect on me … no one” and other lines show her actual feelings rather than just outward appearances.
@bellyconrad33@raretrusts Hmmm that’s interesting to think he never stopped believing that she loved him … kind of makes when he took back that he wanted her in the hotel make sense. He was getting out of the way so she could pursue happiness with someone else because she wanted to. Self sacrificing.