If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, A well-written and gripping ode to the stage . 10 years after the events, Oliver is approached by the former police officer who investigated his . . Somewhere. James was dead. While one would expect a book about Shakespearean actors to have lots of Shakespeare references, If We Were Villains goes above and beyond. 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). Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading If We Were Villains: The sensational TikTok Book Club pick. It went like that for maybe a few minutes, until my fingers stopped at his left temple, and I finally met his eyes. Before it all went to hell, when we were just two stupid boys laying in the sand, dreaming of living away from everything and everyone. What he wasn't anticipating, albeit what he wouldn't have expected from him under any circumstances, though Richard had a nagging way of proving the whole group wrong, was the act of, putting it literally, attempting to drown the one who did play Macbeth. I say hes alive. For you. Since I was released, my world had been flipped upside down more times than I cared to admit, and the dizziness of it all left me senseless to what might await me on the other side of that door. Come find me at @bluejaey10 on insta if y'all Wana talk. Wait, James face went white, a glimpse of panic flashing in his eyes. From my point of view, James looked the same in his thirties as he had in his twenties. ", -------------------------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). If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (debut) Publisher: Macmillan Release Date: April 11, 2017 Length: 368 pages Buy on Amazon. i feel like that would make any person go mad. I was glad just to hear his breath, to have him close. No, I said more firmly, not allowing James to go down that road. James poured us two mugs and gestured for me to sit at the small kitchen table. An exploration of Filippa and Camilo's relationship, which I'm not even sure is canon but found interesting to explore anyway. I closed my eyes and felt him shuddering against me, his whole body shaking in growing intensity. "Are we Richard tonight or are we Dick?" "Ignore him, Oliver," James said. But I think I need to hear you say it. She would not have given Oliver the letter if it ensued any sort of false hope for him. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Richard injures Oliver and James, as they practice the assassination scene from "Julius Caesar". Regret it? He asked, in a small voice. Rio draws on her training as an actor to create the world of an elite drama school ripped apart by a disaster of Shakespearean proportions. Rio. I dont think its a happy ending, but a tragic one. The glass floor of the stage was no more than an illusion, and while it was beautiful to look at, it was just that: a stage. Why?, Do what, exactly? I asked, drier than I had intended. What is it with Oliver and Jameses relationship ambiguity like there's literally a full fledge gay character there why are they all acting like it's uncharted alien territory they are exploring. Oliver, James whispered, no more than a breath out of his lips; relief, pain, and surprise all mingled together. 27 Feb 2023 03:01:03 Online, everywhere. 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. I don't think it's a happy ending, but a tragic one. James then grabbed the nearest item the boat hook and hit him with it. Ten years ago, Marks and his six classmates were . James I wasnt joking when I said that if you hadnt killed him, I would. The book was layed out similar to a script, split into sections with each section being an act in a five-act drama. Instead, it all felt rather anticlimactic, very bland and without flare. I do love Meredith and maybe a part of me always has. That was an easy one to answer. It was made pretty clear a few times in the book that James was very good at immersing himself into roles and losing himself in them back in their first class with Gwendolyn and again at the ill-fated Lear rehearsal. We lived our lives in between sonnets, with drama and comedy lost together in a sky of words at our disposal. Published: 2017. I think James loved Oliver dearly, but he also is definitely dead in my opinion. Richard began to taunt and threaten him, eventually making a homophobic remark in which he accused James and Oliver of being in love with one another and threatening to drown James in the lake. Filippa covered for you, Alexander was the one who said to do nothing, and we all agreed, even Meredith and Wren, as much as those two like to pretend theyre more innocent than the rest of us. So I still think he's canonically alive but it's not super in character, idk. I got up, never letting go, and moved to the chair next to him, so we could be closer. I brushed a strand of his hair away from his eyes, placing it behind his ear. 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. I do love her. M. L. Rio: If we were villains. If We Were Villains <br> by M.L. Because maybe we didnt understand ourselves, yet, but we sure as hell understood each other.. A bully we loved until we couldnt anymore. Gold Derby recently conducted a poll asking viewers of "Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains" to name who played the best pre-merge game, and it's a tie between two members of the so-called Spice Girls alliance Shonee Bowtell and George Mladenov both receive 36% support. Hi, I said, that being the only coherent thought I could seem to form. Villains: Wren. I-, I stopped, guilt climbing up my spine. They were wet; James blinked, and a single drop fell onto my cheek. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I really wish there was a sequelbut then again the book ended perfectly, Just finished this and had to jump right to Reddit. 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. I pulled our hands to my lips and kissed them. Forgive me if it eventually got too much for me to stay. He snapped. James was all there was; the whole fucking universe and every rhyme ever written. By Pritesh Dave 10M. As if sensing my brain fume with concerns for the uncertain future, James began to shift on top of me, his head slowly rolling sideways on my chest to look up at me. And I wouldnt have regretted it.. What was your answer? He was so tense, I almost felt my own shoulders hurt in solidarity to his. Del Norte has meaning. I took my time, kissing, sucking at his skin and breathing him in, satisfied by the sounds he produced in response. Now i can finally sleep. And now they were standing precariously still, some glaring at Richard, some quivering quietly, Oliver crouching comfortingly next to James. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The night before auditions for Julius Caesar, one of the studentsAlexandersuggests that the auditions are pointless as all seven have been consistently typecast the hero (James), the villain (Alexander), the tyrant (Richard), the temptress (Meredith), the ingnue (Wren), and the unlucky two consigned to bit parts (Oliver and Filippa). All day, all week. Let Del Norte be the only place on earth, and the two of us, the only people in it. i agree with you. He just left all his trauma behind. Afterwards, Oliver discovers a bloodstained piece of fabric in the fireplace and hides it among some discarded sets in the Fine Arts Building. And he wouldve trusted Oliver to understand it as well. Whereas the outside would send any slightly superstitious man running, scared of place so seemingly haunted, the interior was quite nice. Oliver accepts but requests that Colborne not act upon what Oliver will tell him. 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. That is until Filippa sends Oliver James suicide note which references a scene in Shakespeare where a character fakes her own death to live away from the rest of the world. When the teachers mix up the roles it puts a strain on the friendship of Olivers group, and things begin to go downhill fast. She was trying to spare me.. We would figure it all out, eventually. Oliver writes a letter to James after James' death. I felt sorry for her being always the one left behind, but I couldnt give her what she deserved. I would find a way to apologize to her, but being honest, I suspect she always knew that if James had stayed in the picture, me and her wouldnt stand a chance. (LogOut/ A brief summary of If We Were Villains: Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. Dark Academia is an aesthetic and subculture dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. By Fromtheattic. I believe that in the end, Oliver will never find peace, regardless if James survived or not. .. I literally just finished the book, and I believe that James wouldnt have left that particular note to Oliver without it having some kind of meaning. Not ever. The other address to Oliver, containing a quote from a Shakespearean play which the character James quoted faked his own death. I fell silent, not sure I had a good enough argument to fight that. If you liked this review, I post more of them on my socials. but maybe he left that note so their ending wouldnt be like romeo and juliet? . So, I dont regret protecting you, even if it meant I couldnt have you. A place to connect with other Dark Academics. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If We Were Villains is such an intricate, multi faceted read that there is no doubt I will get more from it when I . He got blackout drunk before James could keep her company in his mind. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). My whole body responded immediately to the pull, and, before I could gather my own thoughts, I was getting up from the chair again, this time moving to sit on James lap, straddling him. I dont care how it sounds, not anymore., No, listen to me, James. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Oliver and James. Us. Die TikTok-Sensation auf Deutsch als Taschenbuch Jetzt bei Penguin entdecken und bestellen. First line: "The time: September 1997, my fourth and final year at Dellecher Classical Conservatory." The events of "If We Were Villains" told from Filippa's perspective. See a recent post on Tumblr from @secrethistoryfan about if we were villains. Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jake Scheier, and Kevin Feige on stage at D23. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. The chair we were on started to feel small, and, suddenly, I felt James hands grabbing me from the back of my thighs as he stood up, and carried me into the living room, lying me on the couch, and placing himself on top of me. Biiiiiiiiii. 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. I let go of my own and bent forward, placing my own hand on top of his, squeezing it and tangling our fingers together. Some of the dialogue written out in a script-form, particularly when they are performing or rehearsing for plays. 6 Ben Affleck's The Batman. Richard is dead because of it, and it cost us everything.. oliver finds james and they get their happy gay ending<3. I went to Meredith. But then Pip told me you were dead, and I-.. Youre crazy, he said, redundant. Not too soon, I shook my head. He bent down and kissed my face where it had landed, resting his lips there for a moment. Thats not why Richard is dead. I whispered. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. As you begin reading "If We Were Villains", you start reading through our narrator, Oliver's perspective. And maybe for just a split second, I, too, knew what drowning felt like.James Farrow stood before me. If We Were Villains is . Dont make it about that., Im not making anything into anything. Work Search: You wanted to help him, but I told you to let be, do you remember that? So the aforementioned line suggests that this tragedy is no different and we don't get the happy ending we want but we are given false hope. A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. A fleeting thought of Meredith ran through my head, but only for a second. And as for the fairness of it all I slept with Meredith that night. . After wed all been in it together for so long? He raised his voice, angry. tip: austen words:10000-50000 sort:title. Dark Helmet - Spaceballs (1987) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. I moved. 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. Please consider turning it on! 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