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All done a while ago, so decided to dump some of my slightly bigger icons I did, here. I know they're all not 200x200 or equally sized, but I guess it was tiresome to keep everything to size after making so many goddamn 100x100 icons.
Almost all were colored/recolored by myself.
If you want to see the big bunch of icons I did for this P2 character, look no further than here. I've been meaning to resize some of these as 200x200 if others wanted~​

For those of you who didn't know... I, along with about 200 teenage girls/young adult females/males, got a chance to be in a research screening of the upcoming teenage heartwrenching gorgeous and heartbreakingly sad film 'The Fault in Our Stars'.

By the way... We watched it two whole months before it is due to be released in a cinema near you, internationally.

Shocker, isn't it? ;D

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t read or finished the book yet, I recommend you look away now because I cannot contain my love for this book/film.



I promise to not give much away, or spoil the experience for you all, but here are my top ten/eleven loves about the film adaptation:

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• Shailene plays an AMAZING Hazel. Everyone that said she was too ‘pretty’ or not well known to play such an important character needs to wait and see how raw and human she acts as Hazel. Oh and on that note Ansel lives up to every girls dreams. He is incredibly loveable yet insanely goofy... and then the car scene.THE CAR SCENE. OMG :'c
• Contrary to some criticisms people have made before about John Green's characters all having his own narrative voice, you can feel the raw, real thoughts and feelings from each character. I can guarantee you that you won't be disappointed with the characterisation, and that they do have their own voice c:
• Direct quotes from the book are placed in the film, which for lovers of the book as myself, it's too shabby. Favourites include the christmas tree, metaphor of the cigarette, the grenade, their best friend omg, the professing love scene in the oranjee, visiting Hazel's favourite author/Amsterdam scenes and... the pre-funeral speeches *sobs violently*.
• The hospital scenes aren’t sappy or overplayed, just almost hinted at, with the main story being about Hazel. You almost forget she has, as quoted in both book and movie “a touch of cancer”. It serves as a reminder to all that in the end of the day, these characters are ordinary teenagers, albeit fictional.
• Hazel’s mum and dad are played as accurately to a T. Scenes such as the dinner one being so real, especially if you have been affected by cancer in your life, and how this can potentially challenge the dynamics in the family.
• I personally relate with Hazel's mother a lot, and my sister (who was in the screening with me) was winking at me when Hazel's mum told her she was applying to do Social Work to help other families c:
• There’s a lot of texting going on between Augustus and Hazel, and that was something I was worried about in terms of how they were going to go about this. Let’s just say large, drawing like text bubbles on the screen, like literal texting, but not uber-ly cheesy/waterloo road kind of cringey.
• The first kiss scene in the Anne Frank museum is probably even more beautiful than what I potentially imagined in my head when reading. Especially after the excruciating, gut wrenching walk up the million blocks of stairs. Much hate. Much want to destroy staircase. Much want elevator for Hazel bby.
• Isaac and Monica together are as cringey and overly sentimental as they are in the book. But as we know that all changes, and I must admit the egg throwing scene to Monica's car is so hilarious and uplifting to watch, particularly after his whole upset episode, shedding tears and rage at Gus and Hazel (and Gus's many trophies omg I laughed so hard at Isaac hurling and smashing things about whilst Hazel and Gus casually talked)
• The only thing that frustrated me was the fact that I couldn’t find John Green himself! Though, that will all change when I watch the film again! I’m on it. I'll find him, even if it kills me.
• When Augustus and Hazel first meet in the literal heart of Jesus (which is situated in the support group ;D), their stare off is whoas. It’s as long, and even longer than I perceived it to be in the book, really playing on the connection these two have.
• The whole cinema screening was moved to tears. Now that's something you don't see everyday. Throughout the screening I could hear loud to soft sobbing from everyone around me, which speaks miles for its credibility to the book. YES. You heard right 8) Props to everyone and anyone who was involved with the making of my now most favourite movie ever for this generation. Good form mateys!

• The movie however leaves out somewhat insignificant side stories, such as Augustus’ ex girlfriend, and although that’s quite pivotal in understanding how Augustus acts with Hazel, it’s not necessarily needed.

I could go into more detail but I don’t want to but feel free to leave me a message/ask if you want to know specifics; besides, me explaining it doesn’t give the movie as much life as it would actually watching it.

It’s a must-watch, not that I have to justify it, as pretty much many people are already planning to see it anyway.

Just know that the film will definitely live up to your expectations... and you have a 99.9% chance that your eyes will be leaking from feels at some point in the movie.

I bring to you all a word of caution: Bring tissues and chocolates to mend your heart, as it will break continuously throughout the movie, okay? Good.

Peace out homies.