Gally: Hello All, It Is I, Your Favorite Person. Newt: Actually, Tommy's Is My Favourite. Gally: *sighing.*

In honor of jdash confirming newt is gay

it's been 3 years since the tweet(s) and i still have a lot to say. the discourse surrounding it has long since calmed down, but to this day some people's responses bother me immensely and i wanna get a few things off my chest.

"it undermines his friendships"

um.. no ? i can't believe people still have this weird mindset. straight people can have friends of the opposite gender, gay people can have friends of the same gender. bi people ?? pan people ?? they can have friends. (don't even get me started on the weird spot nb people land in with this weird friend mindset some homophobes have).

if you never saw newt's relationship with thomas/minho (or even alby) as anything other than platonic before, then newt being gay literally changes nothing.

"he did it as fanservice"

no. if it was fanserice he would've pandered more to the ships; newtmas being the most popular but thomas was not mentioned. if it was fanservice and for any personal gain he would've hinted at other characters also potentially being queer. if it was fanservice he probably would've at least confirmed newt was into thomas; but he didn't. cause it wasn't about any romance, it was about newt and a part of his character.

the crank palace would've been the perfect opportunity to pander more to shippers if that's what he was doing, but there were no explicitly hinted romantic feelings there either. (there were certainly ways to read certain parts of this book as queer, but i won't get into that in this post.)

"he was forced"

yes and no.. the final push to him confirming newt's sexuality was because someone criticized him for donating the proceeds from the crank palace to lgbtq+ (and BLM) charities. however, the way his tweets were phrased leads me to believe what he says. he voices his apprehension to confirm something so long after the work was released in fear of it coming across as insincere. (*cough* jkr *cough*). he also mentioned in this same 2-part tweet that his upcoming series (at the time) would feature lgbtq+ characters much more prominently and explicitly (no plausible deniability).

tldr for this point: it was someone criticizing him that finally made it happen, but i do believe he genuinely stands for what he said. he'd gone through a lot of personal development during the 11 years between the first book's release and the tweets, i don't doubt that for a second.

"there were no hints in the books"

this is a hard one to talk about without outing myself as a newtmas shipper, but i have a few things to say.

james did not intentionally write newt as a queer character. if you read through the books and didn't pick up any queer subtext/undertones, then that was how he, at the time of writing, intended it. however . does this mean there was nothing there ? how come a huge part of the fandom read him as queer then ? it's all up to reader interpretation whether certain subtext is or isn't present in the work they're consuming.

link to the part 1 that i never see people acknowledge when discussing the "announcement": https://x.com/jamesdashner/status/1336775453755895809?s=20

the gang at the Glade

Tmr incorrect quotes

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Thomas: my boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss on the lips. What should I do?

Minho: punch him in the stomach, when he doubles over in pain kiss him.

Brenda: tackle him

Gally: dump him

Frypan: kick him in the shin

Newt: No to all of those things just ask me to lean down.

(Technically in the books I think Newt is taller not sure lol)

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Gally: You know, Newt gets Thomas flowers everyday I wish you would do that.

Minho: okay

^later that day^

Minho: *hands Thomas a bouquet*

Thomas: uhhh thanks buddy but what exactly are these for?

Minho: I dunno ask gally.

(I couldn't decide who to ship minho with so I just put gally)

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Thomas: Did you have to stab them?

Minho: You weren't there you don't know what they said.

Thomas: What did they say?

Minho: What are you gonna do, stab me ?

Thomas: That's fair

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Thomas:*did something stupid* Can you cut me some slack, Newt? I’m sort of in love.

Newt: that’s really not my problem.

Thomas: I’m in love with you.

Newt: *blushes* Oh. That brings me in the loop a little.

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Newt: My hands are cold.

Thomas: Here, let me hold them.

Newt: My lips are cold too.

Thomas: *covers Newt's mouth with his hand*

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newt: Do you feel any better?

Thomas: I feel much better now that you here with me.

*Gally walks in*

Thomas: I feel half better.

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Newt: minho has no survival skills, his need to win has replaced them.

Thomas: That can't be true!

Newt: Watch this.

Newt: Hey minho, race you to the bottom of the stairs!

Minho: *Throws himself out a window*

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Minho: Would you rather kill gally, or—

Thomas: Yes, kill him.

Minho: I didn’t say the other thing—

Thomas: I don’t need to hear it.

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Minho: I really like Eminem.

Thomas: I prefer skittles.

Newt: They are talking about the rapper.

Thomas: Why would they eat the wrapper?

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Newt: You have to apologize to gally.

Thomas: Fine

Thomas: Unfuck you, or whatever.

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Newt: WHO ATE MY BREAD?!

Newt: I'M GOING TO FUCKING K-

Thomas: I did?

Newt: Kiss you and buy some more, you haven't eaten anything today Tommy.

*walking away*

Thomas:

Thomas: hes gone Minho.

Minho, coming out the closet with bread stuffed in their mouth: Twankh uh!

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Thomas: I don't know how to tell you this, but... I love you.

Newt: That's great, Tommy. Especially considering the fact we've been dating for a bloody year.

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Thomas: What is your biggest weakness?

Minho: I can be uncooperative.

Thomas: Okay, can you give me an example?

Minho: No

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Thomas: You're the love of my life and my best friend, I would do anything for you.

Newt: I want you to eat three meals a day and have a decent sleep schedule.

Thomas: Absolutely not

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Thomas: Whaddya call a fish with no eye?

Newt, not looking up: Myxine Circifrons

Thomas:

Thomas: fsh

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Newt: Tommy...

Thomas: Oh no, 'Tommy' in b-flat.

Thomas: You're disappointed.

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Minho: When Gally was born, the gods said, "hes too perfect for this world."

Thomas: Please. When he were born, the devil said, "Oh, competition."

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Newt: Is something burning?

Thomas, leaning seductively on the counter: Just my desire for you.

Newt: Thomas, the toaster is literally on fire.

Thomas (mumbling absentmindedly): I'm so eepy. I'm literally the eepiest. I'm an eeper.

Newt, with tears running down his face: What are you saying.

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site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

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No. No. DONT TOUCH ME IM CRYING😭😭😭😭😭

Minho: You know I’m starting to regret showing you how the blender works-

Thomas, drinking toast: Why’s that?

friendly reminder that the death cure came out exactly five years ago

Gally: Fool me once, I’m gonna kill you.

Minho: Pain is nothing. I’ve had 6 ibuprofen pills in the past hour and a half.