Tweeting celebrities for yearbook quote ideas should be approached with the same philosophy Forrest Gump had when opening a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gon’ get.
And when it comes to Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson, what you’re going to get is not some deep-thinking, clever, sassy sentence that will forever immortalize you as that rarest of unicorns — a cool kid in high school. A Twitter user by the name of Shannon found that out the hard way.
You see, Shannon had already anticipated how difficult crafting a witty, memorable one-liner to caption her senior photo might be. Instead of spending hours pouring over her favorite movie quotes, song lyrics and literature like so many of her peers, Shannon decided to circumvent the whole creative process by jumping on Twitter and asking Larson to do the work for her.
https://twitter.com/Shanannigens/status/731308736107708416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Oh Shannon. You sweet, naive little cinnamon roll. You thought just because she won an Oscar, Larson would take your request seriously?
— Brie Larson (@brielarson) May 14, 2016
Though it’s hard to imagine this quote ever being transformed into an over-processed graphic and being pinned on Pinterest, Shannon seemed pretty pleased with how Larson thinks the student should be remembered in her yearbook.
https://twitter.com/Shanannigens/status/731311758539902976
Since sticking it to the man is something all youths should do and senior quotes are just our educational system’s last-ditch effort to cause students even more self-analyzing anxiety before they enter their college years, Larson deserves a “Bravo” for giving the time-honored tradition a big middle finger salute.
But, for any high school seniors desiring a bit more thought from their prospective celebrity ghostwriter, may we suggest tweeting Maisie Williams? Her quote-writing game is on point.