(Except that Baz is a vampire, and he and Simon are roommates: both popular fanfiction tropes that increase the tension of the scenario.) The romantic pairing of Harry and Draco (known as Harry/Draco or “Drarry”) has long been one of the most popular fanfiction pairings or ships (an abbreviation of relationship), with over 50,000 works currently published on panfandom fanfiction archive AO3.

We also meet Simon’s super-smart best friend Penelope “Penny” Bunce his girlfriend Agatha Wellbelove and his rich, arrogant, and possibly evil nemesis: Tyrannus Basilton “Baz” Pitch.įangirl makes no attempt to hide the fact that Simon and Baz are essentially Harry Potter and his schoolboy rival, Draco Malfoy. Leslie’s stories, Simon Snow is a teenage hero, who battles against the Insidious Humdrum: a being intent on destroying all magic. He first appeared in Rowell’s novel, Fangirl (2013)-a coming-of-age YA romance about a university student, Cath, who writes gay, enemies-to-lovers fanfiction for a series a bit like Harry Potter. You might not know Simon’s name, but his story is probably familiar. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.Having dealt with murder, depression and, demons, shouted defiance and questioned reality, Queen’s iconic anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody” ends softly and quietly with “Any way the wind blows.” So, too, Rainbow Rowell’s trilogy about Simon Snow-an orphan who learned he was the Chosen One, went to British magic school, fell in love, vanquished a great evil, and then had to learn what to do afterwards. Carry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest. Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled a cursed American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages - and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong.

Any way the wind blows simon and baz