Turns out our team is more fond of friends to lovers (63%) than enemies to lovers, but that’s only true if Zendaya’s our lover. When asked to choose between the internet’s boyfriends, Timothée won our hearts (60%) (sorry Garfield, we still luv you!)
When it comes to love confessions, most of us are Austen stans:
- “You must allow me to tell you how ardently Ii admire and love you”––Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen–Abi, Associate Opinions Editor
- “I cannot make speeches, Emma…… If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”–Emma, Jane Austen–Janna, Arts and Culture Editor
- “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”––Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen–Sarah, Co-News Editor
- “‘Everything’s going to be alright,’ he says. ‘Trust me. I love you, I’m never going to let anything like that happen to you ever again.’”––Normal People, Sally Rooney–Emma, Associate News Editor
- “I caught you a delicious bass.”–Napoleon Dynamite–Holly, Managing Editor
Quick! Create a celebrity couple:
- “Zendaya & Timothée Chalamet (Zimothée)”–Abi
- “Zendaya and Me”–Kalliopé, Distribution Manager
- “Kate McKinnon and Me”–Seavey, Illustration Editor
- “The Strand x The Varsity (The Strasity)”–Rion, Associate Arts and Culture Editor
- “The campus celebs Vic x Trin (Vicinity or Tric)”–Janna
- “Jack Black & Adam Sandler (Jadam Blandler)”–Sarah
- “Timothée Chalamet x Tom Holland (White Twinks)”–Kieran, Editorial Assistant
What movie makes you believe in love?
- “La La Land (2016)”–Abi
- “Marie Antoinette (2006)”–Eva, Editorial Assistant
- “About Time (2013)”–Emma
- “Holding the Man (2015)”–Rion
- “Titanic (1997)”–Janna
- “Before Sunrise (1995)”–Faith, Senior Copyeditor
- “The Old Guard (2020)”–Kieran
- “Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)”–Holly
Favourite breakup song?
On Valentine’s Day, the Swifties come out to play:
- “Death By A Thousand Cuts”–Abi
- “Miss Americana & and Tthe Heartbreak Prince”–Eva
- “Wildest Dreams”–Kalliopé
- “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”–Emma
- “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”–Rion
- “I Forgot That You Existed”–Janna
- “Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”–Sarah
- “Don’t You (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”–Holly
What romance trope best describes your love life?
- “The girl who goes from nerd to hottie”–Abi
- “Strangers to fuck friends”–Kalliopé
- “None of them… I’m still waiting”–Rion
- “Girl who’s outwardly cold and heartless, but is secretly a hopeless romantic”–Janna
- “North American girl & British boy”–Sarah
- “Always a bridesmaid…”–Faith
- “There was only one bed, but I’m the only person here”–Kieran
- “Secretly in love with a cyborg”–Holly
Favourite Memory with your Bestie?
- “Moving into our first apartment together :”)”–Abi
- “Going to my first buck-wild house party”–Eva
- “Riding our bicycles to the waterfront to watch the sunset”–Kalliopé
- “A little too much wine and cheesecake & binging fleabag”–Emma
- “Reuniting & moving in together after a whole year!!”–Sarah
- “Six hour long zoom calls”–Kieran
What would the text on your Valentine’s Day candy say?
- “Bite Me”–Kalliopé; Janna; Rion
- “4 ever & ever”–Abi
- “Busy, TXT L8er ;)?”–Seavey
- “Short n’ sweet”–Sarah
- “u r cute and stinky <3”–Faith
- “DON’T CALL”–Kieran
- “Nice Ass”–Holly
