I picked this up after seeing lots of glowing reviews for it on social media, and Im really glad that I did! By clockwork art. Having made halfway friends . The rest have not really commented on supposed Joliver. Waiting. tbh I don't think James is dead. Couldnt leave you behind with all that pain., So, I came here. His eyes, still cloudy with sleep, widened as he took in the sight of me, standing at his doorstep. by mlrio. It still wasnt fair, James said, voice heavy. We sipped our coffees in silence for maybe another minute before it all got too much for me, and the relief of seeing him was washed away by the questions flooding my brain. And maybe for just a split second, I, too, knew what drowning felt like.James Farrow stood before me. "If We Were Villains" is told from the perspective of Oliver, a quiet, introspective former drama student who has just been released from a 10-year prison sentence after the harrowing events during his final year at the Conservatory. I got up, never letting go, and moved to the chair next to him, so we could be closer. Ive been screaming this at the walls and youre gonna hear it now., You were selfish, Oliver. He is alive, but barely. Of us. Alive, breathing, dry and utterly, painfully breathtaking. Honestly when I read about Jameses last visit it already had suicide connotations and his death reveal did not surprise me. Warner Bros. Another one of the most frequently discussed of DC's canceled movies is the Batman movie directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Wrote your note knowing you would understand it, while no one else would. Their reconnection is very fast paced because I personally believe that weve had enough slow-burn in the actual book, so lets just let the boys be happy together as fast as we can. My smile must have faltered at that because James face fell slightly as he apologized. i feel like that would make any person go mad. Macbeth had gone entirely fine, more than fine, if you'd asked him. James and Oliver. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingnue, extras. I wasnt sure it ever could. The . M. L. Rio: If we were villains. A place to connect with other Dark Academics. I had already decided it would be easier on everyone if I just disappeared., Yeah, I thought about that, too. If We Were Villians is hard to put down. One that James had once, jokingly, said hed like to move in, just so he could stay close to the water. It just didnt make sense to me why would he fake his death? Even by Mel Brooks standards, Spaceballs' villain is ridiculous. It was about us even when we didnt know there was an us at all. It would have only tortured Oliver with false hope, and . One being a plain, short, and general farewell. Like tf are ya dum. It sounds like he drown himself off the San Juan islands in Washington (where I live), in the winter time the water is cold and rough and deep, no matter how much dragging they did, its still the ocean, not a lake. On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. I raised my voice. I did consider actually drowning myself, you know? If We Were Villains, the debut novel of actor and author M.L. Thank you, I renewed it all myself. Rio. It is very hard to put this novel down, because the framing hints at what is to come . Oliver had almost no recollection of the rest of the Christmas masque, slipping in and out of awareness just long enough to get his hands on a drink or to engage in brief pleasantries with onlookers hoping to congratulate him on his performance. Its got a gripping plot, and a selection of likeable, even if sometimes slightly stuck up characters. Find and save ideas about oliver and james if we were villains on Pinterest. Youre alive, were the stupid words coming out of my own mouth. Because you went to jail to keep me out of it, and I still got hurt.. Maybe brighter than they had been since the night of Richards death. The James that Oliver loved is gone; however, physically, James is still around somewhere. No, what we did. Wren begins to suffer fainting spells, James breaks Oliver's nose during combat practice, and Alex overdoses on drugs but survives. And it cost us everything. 10 years after the events, Oliver is approached by the former police officer who investigated his . Or: Oliver ends up having a nice little chat with Alexander and Colin after the Romeo and Juliet performance in regard to his strange feelings about James. James Farrow Needs A Hug; James and Oliver Deserved Better; Bittersweet; We desperately need a sequel to this gorgeous book; James and Oliver are so in love I can't; Summary. He is a powerful being from the Nightmare Realm who is trillions of years old and is only interested in spreading chaos and is the archenemy of Dipper and Stanford Pines. " ?". Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. The last and only kiss we had ever shared had been a fleeting thing, almost unnoticeable, and how it felt had been lost in my brain amongst everything else that happened that night. No words were necessary, at this point, to be honest. When the door is obviously answered by said death-faker (because obviously), the dramatic love birds have to sort a few things out before they can actually get together. Villains: Wren by mlrio. After the students return from break, they prepare to perform scenes from Romeo and Juliet, another tradition, at the Christmas masquerade ball. I was suddenly taken back to the set of Lear, our last play, our last crime. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The play performance of this is absolutely incredible, the reader . He also desperately tried to avoid Meredith, but she snuck her way into his mind and filled it with ugly, hot flashes of guilt. Filippa sends Oliver James' suicide note, which James had addressed to him. I remembered there was an abandoned cottage near the beach, in Del Norte. No one could touch us there. Someone had to carry the guilt, after all, and James lungs were occupied. [1]. The inseparable duo. Truth be told, there was a part of me that refused to hope, and maybe that was what kept me from simply combusting on the spot. Its easy. A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. James then grabbed the nearest item the boat hook and hit him with it. Not when I found out, not when I stepped up to take the fall for you. To avenge the girl you loved?. It was night, much past any reasonable bedtime and, if the house was occupied, I wanted to make sure that whoever was inside would hear me, even if they were sleeping. The book was layed out similar to a script, split into sections with each section being an act in a five-act drama. aka James pov (mostly) behind the original story since the end of the performance of King Lear. Rio; Relationship: James Farrow/Oliver Marks; Characters: . He uses a mash-up of different lines from Lear to try to tell Oliver what he's going through without saying it outright using the Fool's line from Act 1, Scene 4 and then skipping ahead to a scene between Edmund and Edgar. And yet Joliver be calling themselves 'brothers'? He had gone and given his lungs to the waves, released his pain for someone else to feel. I never have. It doesnt matter. - stream 11 if we were villains playlists including iwwv, Chris Cornell, and Lorde music from your desktop or mobile device. And since the subtext is "wait for me or come find me" that does not mean he means it in this life or world. Oliver admits that he was in love with James while they were together, but says that he also loved her. Author: M.L. It fucking hurts, Oliver!, No, you dont! He threw his hands up, exasperated. James and Oliver had a special kind of love unlike ones theyve ever had, why would James want Oliver to never find peace (if he was truly planning on committing suicide)? "It was good that I had taken the time to breathe before setting the scene into motion, because once the door opened, complaining slightly at its hinges, my lungs stopped. And in this case the letter does get to Romeo (Oliver) in time and he finds his Juliet (James). Oliver and his classmates James, Richard, Alexander, Wren, Filippa and Meredith immerse themselves into the world of Shakespearean tragedy, and as they do their lives turn into a tragedy in ways they could never have foreseen. Bill Cipher is the main antagonist of the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, serving as the overarching antagonist of season one and the main antagonist of season two. Now i can finally sleep. He did it on purpose. He buried his face in the crook of my neck, and my hands made their way up and down his back, soothing him. James knew Oliver would be free in 4 years. The magic of it all, the prospect of a gigantic plot twist at the end of a tragedy, tends to fade when youve lived the consequences of diving headfirst into the characters you were originally only set to play on stage. She did the right thing by going and talking to the detective when she learned about James because she KNEW James was gonna drag Oliver down with him, and he did just that, even when colborne had his suspicions that it was never Oliver. Let us be happy, right now. That was an easy one to answer. I know it is a stretch but that is what came to my mind. I breathed in three times, before moving closer toward the door. I had asked her to never kiss you again the way you two had done in Gwendolyns class, and she asked me who it was I was jealous of.. Surfacing for air but finding my lips instead, and perhaps reading my thoughts, James gasped: Oliver, Im yours. Because that was also true. Im not going to deny that I love her-,. An exploration of Filippa and Camilo's relationship, which I'm not even sure is canon but found interesting to explore anyway. But even in those last few months, even when I knew we didnt like each other very much, I liked to believe that there was still some friendship left, some residual love that would have made her think twice. Ugh thank you for this, I didnt see that connection til now, I have to say I liked this ending better than The Secret Histories ending. "Oliver", James whispered, no more than a breath out of his lips; relief, pain, and surprise all mingled together. However, as the semester progresses, the cast grows increasingly despondent due to Richard's death. He got blackout drunk before James could keep her company in his mind. And what will happen to them now?.. As soon as Oliver remembered the story behind the quote James used in his letter, he leapt to verify his death. Drama and tragedy follows them on and offstage, and things begin to turn ugly when someone is found dead. In the letter, james wrote to oliver he used Pericles (not a tragedy unlike any other plays in the book). Rio. Youre blaming me? Inside, James had clearly made some work to make the place habitable. Dark Academia is an aesthetic and subculture dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. Discover the MBTI personality type of 13 popular If We Were Villains (Literature) characters and find out which ones you are most like! Oliver, Alexander, and James decide to fight back during Caesar's death scene, which quickly spirals out of control. The James that Oliver loved is gone; however, physically, James is still around somewhere. (LogOut/ This always seemed to be the case for James and me, all those years ago and all these years after. I like to think that the uncertainty of it all makes it better, that not even Rio knows if he lived. I fell silent, not sure I had a good enough argument to fight that. Upon researching James' death online, Oliver learns that James' body was never found. tip: austen words:10000-50000 sort:title. And Meredith, he spoke her name with a little more disdain than I cared to stand. To me, this is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the book, as we really see how tortured James is by what he's done. All seven of us. as well as oliver finds james alive after being released from prison. I just couldnt stop thinking about what would happen next and I needed to bring my vision of it to life, so here it is. Press J to jump to the feed. For years, Thaisa lives hidden away from the rest of society as a priestess, believing her husband to have died in the storm, until the goddess Diana helps them reunite. When the door came within reaching distance, I knocked, forcefully. While one would expect a book about Shakespearean actors to have lots of Shakespeare references, If We Were Villains goes above and beyond. Having everyone around but being so alone. With directions of a path no one else would even dream of walking, even if I explained, even if I tried to make them understand. 1. And as for the fairness of it all I slept with Meredith that night. As a young actor, Oliver and his friends attended an elite arts college. Regret it? He asked, in a small voice. In fact, in the Act 4 Prologue, Colbourne asks Oliver if he blames Shakespeare for any of it, and Oliver says he blames Shakespeare for all of it. On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Shakespeare is fully immersed in every part of the book. James poured us two mugs and gestured for me to sit at the small kitchen table. His hand, which had been holding onto my shoulder, started stroking my skin right there, and he slowly cracked his eyes open, blinking away the sleep and the dried tears in them, and taking my face in. Only long enough for me to finally realize that I could never give myself to her like that, no matter how much I loved her, no matter how attracted to her I ever was. ", -------------------------OR-----------------------------------, Oliver knocks on the door of an abandoned cottage where he hopes that the man he went to jail to protect is inside waiting for him after faking his own death (seriously, this is another level of be gay do crime, this is where being a dramatic bitch takes you). Online, everywhere. But barely had I set foot back into the world, and it was already crumbling from under my feet, taking away my only peace, my only solace. Better than ever, he whispered, closing his eyes; peaceful. I had, in the space of only a few weeks, revisited my most traumatic experience, one that had put me away in a cell for a third of my life. Not me, though, James death was fresh, new, and painful, as the blood running out of my nose on the day he broke it. . I loved him and Meredith from the jump. I dont know what I expected, but I didnt expect you to behere. Dark Helmet - Spaceballs (1987) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. To undo the pain, the grief. Meredith also knew about his crimes, she told Colborne. James was a character I liked straight away, but that throughout I had plenty moments of hating too. If James Farrow was what it felt like to get lost in between the stars, then I didnt ever want to be found. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. . Do you? Dont make it about that., Im not making anything into anything. What exactly are you referring to? He asked, carefully. When the door is obviously answered by said death-faker (because obviously), the dramatic love birds have to sort a few things out before they can actually get together. From my point of view, James looked the same in his thirties as he had in his twenties. Unlike any other plays in the book was layed out similar to a script, split into sections each. 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