History Literature / SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. On June 17, 2020, the film continued as a Creator/{{Hulu}} original series titled ''Series/LoveVictor'', this time featuring a new title character (played by Michael Cimino) at its center, though Robinson returned in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. On June 17, 2020, the film continued as a Creator/{{Hulu}} original series ''Series/LoveVictor'', this time featuring a new title character (played by Michael Cimino) at its center, though Robinson returned in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. On June 17, 2020, the film continued as a Creator/Hulu original series ''Series/LoveVictor'', this time featuring a new title character (played by Michael Cimino) at its center, though Robinson returned in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. In August 2019, it was announced the film would continue as a Creator/DisneyPlus original series ''Series/LoveVictor'', this time featuring a new title character (played by Michael Cimino) at its center, though Robinson will return in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

* TriangRelations: Leah, Nick, and Abby are involved in a variation on [[TriangeRelationships/TypeThirteen Type Thirteen]] throughout the first two books, with Leah historically crushing on Nick (who is one of her oldest and best friends), while Nick begins a relationship with Abby, a more recent addition to the friend group. [[spoiler:The second book reveals that Leah and Abby are both bisexual and interested in each other as well as Nick... and in fact, Simon might have misread Leah's interest in Nick in the first book, since according to her own account she was well over Nick and pining for Abby by that point.]]

** Abby briefly appears a few times in ''The Upside of Unrequited'' via phone calls and texts with Molly, while Nick is mentioned frequently and Simon gets a nod.

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. In August 2019, it was announced the film would continue as a Creator/DisneyPlus original series ''Series/LoveVictor'', this time featuring a new character, Victor (Michal Cimino), at its center, though Robinson will return in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram. In August 2019, it was announced the film would continue as a Creator/DisneyPlus original series, this time featuring a new character, Victor (Michal Cimino), at its center, though Robinson will return in a limited capacity and also [[TheNarrator narrate]].

* NewFriendEnvy: Simon notes that Leah appears to be resentful of Abby, both for being Nick's latest crush and Simon's new confidante. [[spoiler:Becomes slightly more complicated in the sequel when it turns out that this is all quite true and Leah is especially hurt that Simon chose to come out to Abby before her — but also Leah ''has a crush on Abby'', not Nick as Simon believed.]]

* NewFriendEnvy: Simon notes that Leah appears to be resentful of Abby, both for being Nick's latest crush and Simon's new confidante. [[spoiler:Becomes slightly more complicated in the sequel when it turns out that this is all quite true and Leah is hurt that Abby is Simon's latest best friend — but also Leah ''has a crush on Abby'', not Nick as Simon believed.]]

* TriangRelations: Leah, Nick, and Abby are involved in a [[TriangeRelationships/TypeEight Type Eight]] throughout the first two books, with Leah historically crushing on Nick (who is one of her oldest and best friends), while Nick begins a relationship with Abby, a more recent addition to the friend group. [[spoiler:The second book reveals that Leah and Abby are both bisexual and interested in each other as well as Nick... and in fact, Simon might have misread Leah's interest in Nick in the first book, since according to her own account she was well over Nick and pining for Abby by that point.]]

* OutOfFocus: Nick is initially introduced as the third friend in Simon and Leah's tight-knit group, which has recently been disrupted by the addition of Abby. However, he actually has much less prominence in the series than either Leah or Abby, becoming a bit of a SatelliteLoveInterest for Abby by the end of book one and ending up especially out-of-focus after [[spoiler:they break up]] in book two.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The first book implies that Simon, Nick, and Leah had this dynamic for a long time, though it's already been disrupted by the arrival of Abby by the time the story actually starts.

* CollegeIsHighSchoolPartTwo: {{Downplayed}} in ''Love, Creekwood''. On the one hand, the characters retain their dynamics from their high school days and still seem to rely primarily on their old friendship group for company and support. However, it's {{Justified}} in that they're Freshmen students who are still adjusting to college life, and they have mostly ended up going to universities in various locations around the country, keeping in touch by email as opposed to all somehow ending up at the same college.

** In ''Love, Creekwood'', Simon manages to miss the fact that [[spoiler:his roommate Kellan]] is also openly into guys, and in a relationship with [[spoiler:Grover]], who Simon believes to be his [[StraightGay "straight dude bro"]] best friend. He doesn't clue in until he sees them holding hands on Halloween, over six weeks after he initially meets them.

** ''Love, Creekwood'' gives equal prominence to Simon/[[spoiler:Bram]] and Leah/[[spoiler:Abby]] as the alpha couples, but sets up minor returning characters Garrett/Morgan and new characters [[spoiler:Kellan/Grover]] as new beta couples.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'' (2017), takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' (2018) which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the narrator and main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college.

** ''Love, Creekwood'' gives equal prominence to Simon/[[spoiler:Bram]] and Leah/[[spoiler:Abby]] as the alpha couples, but sets up minor returning characters Garret/Morgan and new characters [[spoiler:Kellan/Grover]] as new beta couples.

** ''Leah on the Offbeat'' also adds secondary couples in the form of [[spoiler:Cal and Nora]] midway through and [[spoiler:Nick and Taylor]] in the epilogue.

* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Cal and Nora]] are broken up by the time ''Love, Creekwood'' takes place, but are adamant that they're still friends and that the rest of the group shouldn't "make it weird". In the same novella, [[spoiler:Nick and Abby]] seem to have finally reached this point after their stormy break-up in ''Leah on the Offbeat''. [[spoiler:Leah and Garrett]] count too, since the novella makes no mention of their brief stint dating each other and they're clearly OK about hanging out with the rest of the group.

* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Cal and Nora]] are broken up by the time ''Love, Creekwood'' takes place, but are adamant that they're still friends and that the rest of the group shouldn't "make it weird". In the same novella, [[spoiler:Nick and Abby]] seem to have finally reached this point after their break-up in ''Leah on the Offbeat''.

* TheCameo: Molly and Cassie (the twin protagonists of Albertalli's second novel ''The Upside of Unrequited''), are Abby's cousins and are briefly mentioned in both ''Leah on the Offbeat'' and ''Love, Creekwood''.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the narrator and main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college.

* IfItsYouItsOK: In ''Leah on the Off-Beat'', [[spoiler:Abby]] comes across this way when she describes herself as "a little bit bi" while trying to reconcile her feelings for [[spoiler:Leah]] with the fact that she's usually interested in guys. [[spoiler:Leah initially takes it amiss, feeling that Abby is both shying away from commitment and making it more difficult for women who actually describe themselves bisexual to be taken seriously. Fortunately, they work things out: Abby becomes more comfortable with her sexual identity, while Leah becomes less demanding of her to label herself.]]

** A {{Downplayed}} example in ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' reveals that Leah nurtured a crush on (a completely oblivious) Simon for a few years in their early teens, but that she'd gotten over it long before he came out as gay.

** ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' adds a couple more sides to the dodecahedron, including Leah and Abby's UnresolvedSexualTension with each other and Taylor's crush on Nick.

** Nick and Abby become an item early on in ''Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda'' and remain this way [[spoiler:until they break up early on in ''Leah on the Off-Beat'']].
** Simon and [[spoiler:Bram]] are an acknowledged couple throughout ''Leah on the Off-Beat''.

** ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' also adds secondary couples in the form of [[spoiler:Cal and Nora]] midway through and [[spoiler:Nick and Taylor]] in the epilogue.

** Leah and [[spoiler:Abby]] at the end of ''Leah on the Off-Beat''.

* SettleForSibling: [[spoiler:Cal]] reveals himself as bisexual and asks out Simon towards the end of the first book. In ''Leah on the Off-Beat'', he starts dating Simon's sister Nora. {{Downplayed}} in that, while he definitely liked Simon, he wasn't super hung up on him and genuinely grew close to Nora in her own right.