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I've recently gotten back into the TMR fandom, and let me just say I have MISSED this place. Been a few years, but we're back baby.

But I have already given away my books (though I am planning to buy another set), so I decided to find and re-watch the movies. So far, I've only watched the first one.

Let me preface this with the fact that I have been all for Nalby since like. Half way through the first book. Maybe not even. I clocked those two so early on that I literally accidentally shielded myself from anything that would introduce Newtmas (not to hate on it, I see the appeal).

((Spoilers below for those who don't want to read them))

But the part at the end of the first book that really solidified my opinion on Nalby was Newt literally trying to follow Alby after the man went crazy and ran into a whole pack of Grievers. We won and we lost that day.

Unfortunately in the movies, they change Alby's death, which did make me sad. But in my first watch of the Maze Runner, I didn't really have any specific mindset while watching it. This time, however, I was looking for Nalby crumbs, because I am anxiously awaiting my books. And in that search I found something.

When the Griever snatches Alby from the Homestead (I think it was the Homestead? Not sure) after he saved Chuck from a Griever, he has that little moment with Thomas before his character is no longer with us. Right after that, you can hear someone scream his name.

...

It was Newt.

You can't tell me it wasn't. It was his voice. I listened to it like seventeen times.

We may have lost out on a lot of our Nalby, but Nalby fans still suffering with this one 🎊🎉😭

I believe there is something wrong with me

What is it about this man

(Aris appreciation post, because Movie!Aris deserves the world)

Your girl just dropped some money at B&N

I'm back on my bullshit y'all

Books Bought:

The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order, The Fever Code, Crank Palace, The Maze Cutter

I'll be back in a week when I finish everything

Guess who just got to page 333.

There's no way you can tell me nalby wasn't canon when Newt's instant reaction was to chase after him into certain death.

I can't cope with this

Why, James Dashner, why???

Do you ever think about how Alby stopped Newt’s suicide and brought him back to the Glade to heal him and keep him alive and stay with him even though Newt hated being alive in their situation

Hey do you ever also think about how Newt couldn’t save Alby the way he did for him. He couldn’t give him the thanks and repayment he likely thought he owed. He couldn’t save him and hardly had time to mourn him. Do you ever think about Alby’s death being a sacrifice, and how even in death he saved Newt. He was always saving Newt.

I'm begging for my partner to have this mindset, please

I'm gonna marry a man with the coolest last name the world has ever seen

Am I to believe this is homie behavior?

Bro was on board like a page later, I bet you man didn't fight him once

(Context for those who need it: They're planning on going into the Maze to the Griever hole to try and escape. Alby, traumatized and kinda insane from his experience with the Changing, is pretty heavily against this. Newt says not to worry, that he'll get him to join the escaping group; The Maze Runner, Page 321)

Certain Actor as a Protagonist <<< Certain Actor as an Antagonist

(Thomas from: The Maze Runner ((top)) & Stiles Stilinski from: Teen Wolf ((bottom)) played by Dylan O'Brien)

(Aris Jones from: The Maze Runner ((above)) & Isaac from: A House on the Bayou ((bottom)) played by Jacob Lofland)

Does anyone really talk about how different "Please Tommy, please" is in the movies than in the books?

In the movies, "Please Tommy, please" is Newt's beg for Thomas to take the necklace that had his note inside of it. Basically begging Thomas to take his last words, something to remember him by.

But in the books...

"Please Tommy, please" is a cry for mercy. A plead for Thomas to not let Newt fall into insanity. To end his suffering before he became a Crank past the Gone. He even wrote the "Kill me. If you've ever been my friend, kill me" note. He's been begging Thomas to kill him since the beginning of TDC.

It just hits differently in the books, man 😭

Every time I hear the song 'lovely' by Billie Eilish & Khalid I get serious Maze Runner vibes.

Mostly Teresa, and I always thought that it worked well for Thomresa or Minresa. But it just gives Maze Runner in general.

I play this song on repeat when I'm feeling sad about TMR honestly.

Nalby

Sonyaris

Finished re-reading The Fever Code at lunch today and my friends were so confused when I started screaming and banging on the table.

I had some big feelings. Very big feelings.

I started The Maze Cutter a few days ago, and while it definitely has some massive shoes to fill and is kind of struggling to do so, Old Man Frypan is carrying that story and you cannot convince me otherwise.

If they kill Old Man Frypan in any way that isn't a peaceful passing, I will RIOT

Maze Cutter spoilers (I guess? Kinda)

I'm sorry why is literally no one talking about how it's basically fact in the book TMR universe that Newt is the Cure.

Like bro succumbed to the virus that he was the Cure to???

Hello????

I don't know how I managed to forget the moment where Thomas just threw out the most diabolical question to Aris in the books. Like, yes, I understand why he did it- he was trying to create a diversion so he could escape. But looking that boy dead in the eyes and asking "What did Rachel look like as she bled to death?" IS VILE.

Like- THOMAS 😭

I feel like instead of the Maze Cutter series, we would enjoy a Maze B TMR series. Like, yes, I know we already know what's happened in the books, but it would be great to see other POVs

I think it should go something like this:

The Maze Runner (Group B) - Rachel, since she's Thomas's opposite.

The Scorch Trials (Group B) - Aris, because I need to see what was going on with his and Teresa's planning.

The Death Cure (Group B) - Sonya, because she's a part of the group that escapes before Thomas and the others do, and she's one of the ones chucked back in the Maze.

Or Aris for all three, because my Roman Empire is Movie!Aris and I really wanna love Book!Aris.

Just a thought.

Alright, hear me out:

Movie!Aris is my all-time favorite TMR character ever. Like, his book counterpart makes him look like Mother Teresa, and I think that's beautiful. He has a great relationship with the girls, and I love it so much that I can not put it into words. Also, he's played by Jacob Lofland, so what's not to love?

But Book!Aris is a lot different.

He came first, so he was the first Aris I encountered when I was like - 12. I thought he was odd at first, and then I didn't like him because of the betrayal. I considered him manipulative and as bad as Teresa, so he was definitely ranked low on my list of favorites. But having dropped the series for a few years and watching the movies before re-reading, I gained a soft spot for Aris.

After reading the Fever Code, I started to recognize that Aris was likely not as on-board with WICKED as Teresa was. Because Teresa was Ride-or-Die with WICKED, fully ready to give her own life for its missions. Aris's commitment, on the other hand, seemed more...casual, than passionate.

He was more nonchalant about it, one of his quotes being something along the lines of "I guess I'd rather sacrifice a million to save billions." I personally think that Aris's already casual attitude about WICKED slowly turned into one of disdain, especially after they killed Rachel.

I remember, in the Scorch Trials, that when he was telling Thomas to go into the gas chamber in the betrayal scene he made a comment like "Maybe this is all a ruse and we'll all be fine after this" which is EXACTLY what happened. Teresa saying "Shut up, Aris," made me think that Aris was trying to reassure Thomas that everything was going to be okay, that he wasn't fully immersed in the lies and deceit like Teresa was. The fact that he seemed to be the one who was actually ashamed and felt like he deserved Thomas's anger. Teresa seemed more focused on making Thomas forgive her, which made me really feel for him because he's recognizing that he did something horrible and likely doesn't deserve forgiveness.

I think after Rachel, Aris started seeing the bad. They killed his best friend, which I'm betting they didn't tell him they were going to do. I see Aris gradually coming to hate WICKED, and he very well could have been the one who helped Teresa change her mind about WICKED and sell them out to the Right Arm. This is why I think we should get a TMR book from Aris's POV, or some excerpt from his POV so we can see what was actually going on inside of his head.

So, overall, while I love Movie!Aris, I'm starting to love Book!Aris more than I originally did. But Aris is definitely my favorite character.

so, we've know one another for some time now, tmr geeks. tell me, who is your favourite character and why? i need to know and understand it so bad it hurts— and be as LENGTHY as you want, confess your secrets, i love it.

It's crazy to think about how the TMR movies are literally just a published AU. Like, they have a lot of the same elements, but it is not the same. That's no shade to the movies, they're good in their own right, but I just think it's wild. (Below is a rant, feel free to ignore)

One of the biggest things that I noticed they changed in the movies is the involvement of Teresa and Aris in WICKED.

In the movies, Teresa actually lost her memories and was given them back, and THEN she decided to go back to WICKED. In the books, she never lost her memories and worked for WICKED up until she found out about the second Trials and sold them out to the Right Arm.

Aris is hilariously different, actually. Movie!Aris was completely unaware of what was going on with WICKED and wanted to help Thomas get out of that facility because of when they found the kids being drained. He is an incredibly important character, as the Gladers probably never would have realized what was going on and wouldn't have escaped. Also, when they found the Right Arm, they very well could have gotten themselves shot if Harriet and Sonya hadn't recognized Aris. But Book!Aris was the same as Book!Teresa: he worked for WICKED and had his memories. He betrayed Thomas intentionally, knew what he was doing.

I think the deaths are also important. Teresa's was kind of different, but it did have the same essential elements.

Movie!Teresa could have been saved if she'd just gotten onto the Berg. Book!Teresa was crushed by falling rubble. She was trapped, unable to be saved in the amount of time they had.

Move!Alby's death was an accident. They almost completely removed his reaction to the Changing, which is a key factor in Book!Alby's death, which was intentional on his part. Book!Alby saw the work, saw how horrible it was, and refused to go home.

Movie!Chuck took the bullet for Thomas, showed bravery and love for Thomas in his final moments. Book!Chuck was forced to take the knife for Thomas, thrown in front of him at the last moment. It was just another nail in the coffin of how WICKED had completely ripped a childhood from a twelve-yead-old boy.

Movie!Newt's death was an accident (maybe not, maybe he intentionally stabbed himsef). He could have been saved, Brenda was just thirty seconds away with the vial of Thomas's blood - the Cure. Book!Newt could not have been saved because they had no known Cure. He was descending into a blood-crazed madness, and in a worse state than Thomas had last seen him before their final moments. Also, somehow, Book!Newt was the Cure. He could have cured himself if WICKED had figured out what was in his and Sonya's blood (The Maze Cutter has shaken me to my very core, wtf is this fact).

My friend convinced me to download Tiktok and there are two specific things that I use it for and it's been less than twenty-four hours and I've already finished both of them

To my one mutual that listens to me rant about the dumbest shit ever <3 (won't tag bc idk if they'd want it)

Reblog if you have the best mutuals.