The eNotes Blog Ode to Adolescence and Maybe John Green #VeryRealisticYA GetsReal

Ode to Adolescence and Maybe John Green #VeryRealisticYA GetsReal If theres one thing we love here at its literature.  We also love wit, and the latest trending hashtag combined both. Last week  #VeryRealisticYA began trending and the results were nothing short of hilarious and harshly truthful. The YA (young-adult) fiction genre is alluring and entertaining for many audiences,  but can be melodramatic and oftentimes unrealistic.  The hashtag participators sought to bring light and realism to the genre.  Theres nothing quite as postmodern as the ironic, honest words of the Twitterverse. Here are a few of our favorites: Broody bad boy says something sexist to quiet, bookish girl. Girl puts him in his place. They never go out ever. #VeryRealisticYA Ava Jae (@Ava_Jae) March 29, 2015 On his 15th birthday, a young man smokes cigarettes and realizes no one really gets The Smiths the way he does. #VeryRealisticYA Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) March 29, 2015 Boy goes to wizard school. Incurs crushing debt; graduates; wizard job market is terrible. Does nothing with wizard degree. #VeryRealisticYA Jeff Zentner (@jeffzentner) March 29, 2015 Girl gets a note reading I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Shes relieved someone is finally reading her tumblr. #VeryRealisticYA (@TheBloggess) March 29, 2015 Boy steals camera. Makes film to impress girl. Creates modern German cinema. #VeryRealisticYA Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) March 29, 2015 Rebel teens get decent jobs maintaining Dystopian System, decide that its not so bad after all. #VeryRealisticYA Nick Mamatas (@NMamatas) March 29, 2015 Where are you going, young lady? To help the Outsiders overthrow the Authority. Not on a school night, youre not. #VeryRealisticYA Paul Krueger (@NotLikeFreddy) March 29, 2015 Girl of unearthly beauty shows up. Her dark secret? She spends a fortune on moisturizer. #VeryRealisticYA Christina Ladd (@OLaddieGirl) March 30, 2015 Girl doesnt base relationship expectations on Twilight. Becomes a successful, emotionally balanced human being. #VeryRealisticYA Emily M. (@EmiWHEEEEEEEEEE) March 30, 2015 guy playing human wizard rolls a 1 for his skill check while asking out girl playing elvish archer in-game #VeryRealisticYA todd dillard (@toddedillard) March 30, 2015