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"Maybe there is a Beast.... Maybe It's only US."

hey- pst! Just dropped on by to say Jack and Peter (piggy) are the true ‘opposites attract’ pairing

Do I hate it? Yes

But I’m a man of honor. And this is true despite how my heart screams at the concept

Jack doesn’t deserve that boy. But they got that barely concealed ugliness about them that makes them amplifiers im sorry

They’re bitter and entitled and feel like they’re smarter and better than evb else for the stupidest reasons

“I should be chief bc I sing a C sharp n am leader of this dumbass choir”

meets

“I’ve read 15 books over summer and get straight As, so evb should listen to me”

and they argue very gayly abt it before teaming up

love this song and im making Jack love it 2

has nothing to do with logic or character introspec I’m just. I’ve demanded it

yeah I almost dropped lotf too when I picked it up it was a very slow engine starter and then when I ac cared it was over

Also they spent so damn long talking abt the damn pink coral like I GET IT. ITS AN ISLAND FUCK

was talking shit abt someone ik irl n this fell outve my mouth n i had to stop n not be angry for a sec bc. Oh hello Jack. lmfao

Idk I can see him evolving his own cuss words bc he feels crap and ass is too kiddish after some years and that’s very fun for me bc I do that too

Sigh

It’s the 2% concentration of evil Irish in me

And no, not like Irish is evil, but my specific strand of dna born from my evil Irish grandmother

I actually want Jalph to hate eachother so bad, with the only reason they feel compelled by the other is bc they both have the sickest most accurate gaydar ever

It’s like single gay solidarity bc. We’re here. … .. . ..

Gay…. .. . ….. by ourselves n only u can understand me. Damn.

They can sniff out fellow fags like truffle pigs n unfortunately they found fruit

Not even like

“We have to get tg bc we don’t want to be alone”

but like

“Sigh” *beer clink* “Put ‘em there brother.”

both Ralph n Jack being suppressors is so funny bc like. There are multiple elephants in the room guys cmon feed it a peanut or two

Esp if Ralph survives the stab and doesn’t get rescued bc like the elephant is ac a giant scar taking up ur lower stomach and they’ll still turn their heads off their shoulders before they address it straight. Mf u did this.?.

“So… have you finally been swayed by my awesome reasoning?”

“‘Reasoning’?”

and that’s as close as they get

Making Simon Hawaiian bc I can. He’s like my one nephew that bites me

Ok he’s nothing like that but idc he’s my kin I’ve demanded it

Making Ralph his haole friend everyone stuffs with food and asks invasive questions abt like he’s not just a guy

“Your folks like eat like this?”

“Um.. pretty much. Maybe bread more.”

aggressive nodding with squinted eyes

Also did yall even know I was Hawaiian. I’m also Asian as hell and. Irish.

I need to reread lotf and come back ten times more obsessed

I’ve been ranting n raving over little vestiges of memory but I need to soak myself in the imagery and event by event story again bc gollee this community is very active

Yall know ur shit. Wtf. I didn’t even expect tumblr to have a lotf community

RIGHT THAT CAME FROM MY FRICKING DOME

I guess we all agree blondes r evil, with gingers being just a little more sinister

took zero time to get acclimated as soon as I found out. Like yeah the only thing more in character is having ur hair color be even eviler prick

I thought Jack was the blonde one for so long and Ralph was just brunette

Again idfk how I was reading the book to come to this conclusion

Omg thank you!! I didn’t expect anyone to ac give me his wiki but Ty community lmfao

What a neat dude, I like that a lot very fun

Also that one tweet I saw way back when abt Roger n Maurice clearly have some gay thing going on makes way more sense now lmfao

Yall im going to expose myself

Idk who anyone other than my favs r im so sorry. Sorry Maurice. Sorry- other kids. I don’t even know their names dawgs. Wdym they were there the whole time.

All I got is Peter, Ralph, Jack, Simon, and SamnEric

And that one boy that died in the fire with the scar- I thought it was super weird no one in the book like thought about him just disappearing

Yall im going to expose myself

Idk who anyone other than my favs r im so sorry. Sorry Maurice. Sorry- other kids. I don’t even know their names dawgs. Wdym they were there the whole time.

All I got is Peter, Ralph, Jack, Simon, and SamnEric

And that one boy that died in the fire with the scar- I thought it was super weird no one in the book like thought about him just disappearing

feels like a good time to admit I was dumb as rocks when I first read the book n genuinely thought there was a beast

Idk what tf I was thinking reading the Simon sees parachute guy but it’s a very possible reality that I wasn’t thinking at all

I also didn’t even ship anyone I just thought it was peak bc of the symbolism, it was of the first classic books I read n I felt sooooooo smart n soooooooo smug abt it. Gtfo. Sigh. Can’t fight the Peter kinnie allegations

and what if Simon talks to himself n faints all the time? God forbid a brown boy try n catch a vibe

Mf I do that daily, no need to kill him to death omfg

Role reversal au where everything is the same except Ralph was head of the choir n Jack was just that random kid lmfao

I honestly think they would’ve gotten off island at that first ship, and not bc all of the choir boys would’ve listened to him, but enough of them would yk

Ralph would walk up but instead of being all, “ok we had our aura moment, take off ur capes now” he’d have alr had them undressed so evb is just like oh. More kids. LMFAO

Would Jack be sm more of a brat bc no one’s listening to him? Ofc but yk. He’s just a guy atp

Edit: just realized that if everything was the same, Jack would still be chief. So um, that’s fucking changing too, bc Jack is NOT charismatic like that to have won without support, mf didn’t even win with support lmfao

also I think I’m a big ‘ole liar and will be writing a fic abt Peter first. Ty mootie ask, I’ve been reintroduced to my love for Peter’s barely controlled resentment

invading your inbox once again

do you think that piggy was bitter and resented ralph for constantly abandoning him (even later in the book when piggy was his right hand man)

YES! yes I really do, and I’d even go so far as to say he is a little pretentious in that nerdy little kid way, so he already doesn’t like most everyone

but that’s the thing, he’s so anti-emotional bc he’s focused on surviving that it’ll never be enough to ever make him turn on Ralph bc he needs him as a talking piece yk, but I’d definitely say so

If we’re being really honest, I don’t view anyone on this island as friends LMFAOOOOOOO

I just think that’s a boring approach tho so I disregard the obvious tension in every relationship and make them a big happy family

but yes Peter fucking hates that guy ac, in my mind he compliments and supports Ralph bc he can’t have him lose hope or else he’s damned too

I think this interpretation also makes sense with the whole intellect thing, bc I don’t think Golding meant to say logic will always be beat out when shit hits the fan, but more so it won’t be enough. But to have that statement, Peter had to have achieved something or have been effective for a short instance, and I think getting Ralph to fully believe in himself, Peter as a friend, and keep fighting was his achievement. It’s a fairly impressive one too, considering how weak Ralph is lmfao

I’ve been laying on the jalph stance pretty thick so I feel the need to clarify that I am so chill abt shipping guys

Ik im a fake jalph truther ik but like i can also see them as friends or in other ships or whatever else like this blog is welcome to most all relationship n just individual interpretations of the boys alr im not strict im just very passionate abt my tweets lmfao

pls if u have thoughts or requests that differ from mine do share with the class, the class loves diversity n evbs opinions

NO LIKE INAPPROPRIATE THINGS THO

should be obvious but it’s the scary big bad world of the internet so pls don’t be creepy, they’re 12

Would Jack own a cyber truck? Jesus H Christ I horrify myself with these foul ponderments

can you do an analysis of Simon but through an autism centered perspective . if that makes sense

I’m no expert in neurodivergent behaviors but his little knack of imparting rlly sound advice or comfort and being misunderstood/read wrong is something that I think of immediately

people disregard him throughout the entire book, and while he’s no Peter in knowledge, he has a sense of emotional intelligence and self reflection

he’s probably the only one on the island able to step back and take control of seemingly uncontrollable circumstances- discovering the beast was just a dead body, finding the glade of beauty in the forest, and sitting down and just listening to Ralph as a leader.

He knows how to take care of his needs while being aware enough to buckle down and help make huts when most evb was either telling Ralph what to do or playing around with Jack

He’s a symbol of purity and innocence through the canon eye, but read with this interpretation in mind, you could view his authenticity and simple notions as the straight forward thinking and unquestioned acceptance of his needs often associated with autism

His being called queer and loony is also supportive since autistic people are clocked by neurotypical nine times outve nine- Peter thinks he’s stupid, which makes sense bc he’s representative of education and intellectual society. Jack thinks he’s soft and preyish, which makes sense bc he’s representative of war and the status quo of ‘man’ and ‘power’. Ralph thinks he’s queer, which makes sense bc he represents democracy- ‘majority rules’- and Simon’s outlier personality clashes with it more than Jacks. (like a two party systems- Simon would be a useless non-voter or unpopular third party, EVEN THO HE HELPS RALPH)

All in all, I’d say he’s a pretty solid example of what it’s like living in a world not meant for you, and the struggles of trying to be a contributing member anyways- even if you seem to be doing it wrong no matter how hard you try.

His being killed by everybody, including Ralph, is also very significant because that’s just it. He’s an outlier and no one is willing to accommodate him, even when he’s done nothing wrong. (His being apart of but not being apart of the choir rlly punctuates it)

We could make the argument that his being mistaken as the beast in his last minutes shows the stigma autistic people get, with allistic often getting ‘the creeps’ from them, but I feel I’ve yapped past your interest enough for one tweet lmfao

I don’t post abt Simon enough but I rlly don’t have much to say abt this guy

I’m very fond of him

But like. That’s it. I can’t write stupid headcanons abt him bc I don’t want to slander him and I don’t write anything grounded bc there’s rlly nothing I can say that hasn’t been interpreted alr

But I feel he’s been neglected despite being so high in my favs list so. Simon Appreciation Post

Roger is a character I want to hate but I rlly don’t have it in me

His antisocial ass was just me when I was younger and I relate to his standoffish annoyance and blunt dislike of most everybody

In elementary I just followed the one allotted friend I had and hid behind her so I didn’t have to talk to anyone else

I also threw roaches at my peers

I didn’t like that was most of them

yall do we prefer my shitposting or my thoughtful posts abt lotf

I do both semi consistently but im kind’ve curious

idk y im asking ik which of my tweets r most popular lmfaoooo

sigh im in denial.

pls be interested in my

analysis pls.

they all survive au would just be the lotf boys being the most insufferable codependent queer middle school friend group you’ve ever seen and there’s beauty in that. (modern au ofc)

toxic asf, always arguing, lwk that weirdo friend group that only dates within themselves/latches onto that one friend in the entire group, and gets super bitchy abt anyone else being in their space

I’m making one of them gender non conforming with dyed hair. Not saying which tho that’s up for interpretation

giving Jack an extremely sad home life isn’t the worst thing in the world, and it has a level of interest and emotion I fw, I’m just a little bored with the whole:

Guy That Fucks Everything Is Ac Hurting Inside trope

I think it’s even more interesting to give him a moderately empty childhood, or even a mildly good one- I feel the the island is a part of self-expression and something missing in Jack personally, rather than a reprieve for trauma yk

Not shaming shitty father headcanons tho, I still eat em up lmfao, just throwing this into the sphere

Ik we have a lot to say n draw abt flies in (yk) lord of the flies, but i also like ants as a motif for rotting bc they bite yk

like u feel the pinching, you just brush it off, and I think there’s merit in that

feels more active

like death is nipping at their toes rather than waiting around in the air

lord of the flies au where they ac do accidentally summon a religious force that grants them like three wishes is so funny bc:

A) it’s a hundred n ten percent either Roger or Jack doing or at least leading some crazy shit for this to happen

and

B) genuinely think these fuckers would waste this opportunity n wish for the most inane things ever

“Omg Jack we can finally go home-“

“I want a gun maybe. Some sweets-“

“-JACK!”

“hmmmm… and a mansion.”

HELPPPPPPPP

thats so funny help me

liking lord of the flies but also being dumb is rlly funny bc i spend half my time inserting them into anime and the other half inserting them into vines

Has anyone made a vines lotf compilation on youtube? someone had to have there’s no way

Am I Old?

most crack universe is having that parachute guy ac live after landing and like. Hardcore judge these 7th graders

“Is that- boar blood? Uh- no no like it looks fine ig- it’s just. A little over dramatic ngl.”

LMFAO

also Jack trying n failing to assert authority over this dude

“Well I’m chief!! And you listen to me.”

“… No thank you.”

I’ll set the scene for you- you’re stranded on an island next to ur shredded, crashed plane, and surrounded by YOUR- runs numbers- 7th grade class

not to be pessimistic but im Rogering people within the week im sorry im no Simon