What If It's Us and Love Simon by https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai Intertextual Study en-us 2020-10-25 19:30:43 UTC 2025-12-30 18:56:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f495.png Questions: ker72743 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863742505
  • What similarities and differences do you see between What If It's Us Part 1 and Love, Simon’s trailer in terms of character, tone, theme, etc.? 
  • How does what you’ve seen from Love, Simon enrich your perspective of What If It’s Us Part 1?

    • ]]>     2020-10-26 22:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863742505     Question 1 esaxton17 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807005 The book and the movie both seem like upbeat and funny stories. The characters are funny and obsessed with coffee. Both also involve an anonymous notes looking for someone. Both have characters that are queer. I think Arthur just recently came out (I could be remembering wrong) but I wonder if he experienced something similar in high school?]]> 2020-10-26 22:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807005 Q1 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807593 There are gay characters. MC seems to have difficulty reaching out to crush. There's more difficulties i.e. intolerance, being closeted from family and friends, in Love, Simon.
    Q2. 
    It doesn't.
    -Alianne]]>     2020-10-26 22:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807593     1. Both feature teens navigating how to "be gay" in the 20th century https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807611 Both feature supportive parents of said teens

    2. I think love, Simon has such a similar story line and similar queer, sometimes awkward characters and it could add more depth to the "coming of age as a queer kid" theme]]>     2020-10-26 22:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807611     Q1 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807803 they both have very awkward main characters. figuring out what it means to be gay. 
    Q2
    its similar

    ]]>     2020-10-26 22:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807803     1 maddisonelaine22 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807912 main characters have similarities in awkwardness ]]> 2020-10-26 22:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807912 kathryn10j https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807972 Question 1: It seems like both main characters have a main group of friends, that may not completely understand them. They also both seem to be awkward and tackling the ideas of being gay.
    Question 2: I am not sure but I liked seeing the awkwardness come to life.]]>     2020-10-26 22:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863807972     https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808154 It seems like Love, Simon seems even more awkward (somehow) and more teenage angsty than we've seen from What If It's Us?
    It's really nice to know that there's other queer stories out there for young queer youth to look up to. Also, now we know that the common author of these two things really likes writing stories in this genre of young adult queer romances.]]>     2020-10-26 22:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808154     I think that the characters are very similar and I'm not sure about the second question. cm59437 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808309 2020-10-26 22:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808309 Question 1: They both feature queer characters that are navigating the waters of being a teenager. ajc73567 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808668 Question 2: They are extremely similar.]]> 2020-10-26 22:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863808668 Simon and Arthur seem to have similar personalities a little awkward and testing the waters https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863809765 -Kaylie]]> 2020-10-26 22:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863809765 Comparison https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863810509 The main characters share several common traits such as awkwardness and feeling uncomfortable in their own skin. ]]> 2020-10-26 22:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863810509 2 maddisonelaine22 https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863811432 Maybe helping to relate another personality of an external character to What if its us. ]]> 2020-10-26 22:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ker72743/kbr9nwexjv09alai/wish/863811432