SIGN THE FUCKING PETITION

How can I not get this?

I'm in awe of how eloquently and profoundly expressed that was. I also want to thank you so much for sharing that! What they have done with such an amazing character and true love story is tragic and devastating but we take back the power to decide it doesn't end that way.

I was 13 when Jackson stood up at April’s wedding. I squealed and spent the whole day on twitter and on this blog that was already called queenkepner. Their love story inspired and excited me so much that I decided to try and write fan-fiction for the first time.

I was 16 when Japril The Movie came out, and I dreamily watched as a decade of their lives unfolded in front of me. While the end had me in tears, seeing their lives flicker in front of my eyes, I remained hopeful they would make their way back to each other.

I was 18 when they reunited in Montana, and though I had lost some faith in the show, I watched the episode anyway. I felt like a 13 year old staying up in her dimmed bedroom all over again. I started writing again after the episode, something I’d long forgone, fueled and excited by their love.

This year, I will be going to university to study writing and literature. I’ve started my own book, I’m in the midst of writing a Japril fic with well over 30,000 words, and none of this would have ever happened without Jackson and April’s love story.

They compelled me at an age where I didn’t know much about love, showed me what it’s like when two people become best friends after a tragedy, and when best friends turn into something more. Their clumsy relationship in on-call rooms, his stoic perseverance to let her get married, the storm inside of him when he saw the love of his life about to marry someone else. Then, a blissful marriage, she’s the one and i love our secret marriage bubble and a love so real and so profound I haven’t felt the same for a fictional couple since. Through weddings and child loss and divorces and child birth, they remained each other’s person, and I will never believe the terrible writing they’ve given us this season in order to fit their own twisted narrative.

Jackson and April are soul mates, and they are fictional, which means I choose to decide their story doesn’t end like this. I’ll leave you with this quote, which fits many of the things that I still wish to say, 6 years after I created this blog for them. To Sarah and Jesse, you remarkably brought together two characters that changed my life, I thank you. To Jackson and April, you showed me what an epic, world-shattering and soul-searing love is. Thank you.

For you, a thousand times over.

I hope you guys like…eventually live the life you want to live and I hope nothing haunts you for too long and I hope you’re all kind to yourselves

If We Were Vampires

“Y’all have no idea how much work we both put into telling these stories authentically for you. The late nights in parking lots and stages and texts with our amazing writers, the run throughs, rehearsals and rewrites. The patience, joy, frustration and tears. You didn’t always love us. Some things take time, effort and trust. #Japril will last forever for a reason. #ThankYouSarahDrew” - Jesse Williams

I want to put this out there we can’t stop fighting now we have to keep going. Keep signing the petition keep making known that we don’t want this. Keep sharing the petition and getting everyone you can to sign. Keep spreading the word. Keep up to boycott next week make sure the feel the pain. Keep fighting it just might work.

THE JAPRIL NETWORK

Want a network to meet other fans who will be shipping Jackson Avery and April Kepner until the end of time, love Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams, and are as huge of Grey’s Anatomy’s fans as you? Welcome to the Japril Network, a positive and welcoming environment where you can meet other people who share a strong love for Japril!

HOW TO JOIN:

must be following shelby and em

reblog this post, likes will be considered bookmarks

complete this form

WHAT YOU’LL GET OUT OF THIS:

a place to share all of your japril edits, gifsets, fanfics, textposts, and other creations, as well as a place to ask for promos, help, or whatever else your heart desires

a spot on the japril network members page

a group chat to talk with all your fellow japril fans 

a whole group of friends who will love and support you, guaranteed

ONCE YOU’RE ACCEPTED:

one of the admins will message you letting you know you’ve been accepted, as well as an invitation to join the blog (make sure to check your emails!)

follow this blog

consider checking out/following the rest of the members as well as putting a link to this page on your blog somewhere 

submit the following for the member page: your name, url, an icon, brief description

start tracking the tag #japrilnetwork to see all the posts and creations made by your fellow members!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

currently there is no set deadline for when we will be accepting new members, we will reblog this post with more information once the time comes

number of applications will determine how many members we choose to accept

feel free to ask us any questions on here or on the admin’s blogs!

any form of negativity + discourse + hate will not be tolerated on this blog

IAN GALLAGHER || SHAMELESS - 6x03

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.

Oscar Wilde

(via quotefeeling)

Sometimes love comes back around.