Overview

Yeah, Grok is fun. Now I don't have to dismiss actors as possible fancasts because they have the wrong eye color or their nose is a little too big. LOL

That’s really good

I tried to Grok a Will fancast. The base is this very cute Italian actor named Lorenzo Zurzolo. I made changes like cleaner eyebrows, green eyes, very subtle red tint to brown hair, a narrower and sharper nose, and of course, no facial hair.

Probably? He is straight so he was never a major character.

Brent?

Yeah, I'm trying to remember the cousin I'm thinking of. Dark hair, fixed up the El Dorado? I think he may have been Gathan's brother. There's a scene where he's smiling as he drives up in the El Dorado he fixed up. Really adorable scene.

I can see that. Interesting.

I was looking at Beau Mirchoff in something and he kind of gave off a loveable Hayes vibe. Like who was the cousin with the dark hair that fixed the 1968 El Dorado? I think Gathan's brother?

Sebastien

Travis and Jeremy & Kris

Claire and Marie

I'm going to post some pictures of the Halloween costumes. I used these to try to get a visual so I could describe them. Here's the model for Will, the star of the show:

Does Jeremy travel overseas to redo apartments? Mine needs a makeover!

Floorplan of Travis's Palisades trailer

Photos of Travis's House Roof

Before and After pictures of Travis's Manhattan Beach House that Jeremy remodeled.

I've had AI create some pictures for me along the way. I'll share them here if they're relevant.

An alternative Kendo fancast...Costa D'Angelo? He's this Aussie actor I first noticed on Neighbours as an evil bad guy. Now he's starring in the third season of Hulu drama Tell Me Lies. Like Nicholas Alexander Chavez, he does "intense brooding" quite well. I feel like any Kendo fancast is someone that could have believably played Chuck on Gossip Girl if they had been the right age at the time Gossip Girl came out. I would say Tony's another possibility but I think Mark would tell me his features aren't masculine enough. LOL

Erin Moriarty's original, pre-plastic surgery face would have made her a pretty good Marie Hobart fancast, in my opinion. (Although I still think Blue nailed it with Taissa Farmiga.) God, it's a shame she bowed to Hollywood pressure, but then again, I don't think there's a single actor in Hollywood who has a natural face anymore. (Poor Bradley Cooper.)

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the ages of CAP characters, which is currently set on May 23, 2005.) I'm going to try to make this as extensive as I can possibly get given how characters can kind of just pop up) Jim Crampton- 80 years old (he's the oldest living CAP character, right?) J.P. Crampton- 68 years old (turning 69 next month) Isidore and Frank should be J.P.'s age, so about 68/69 I'm assuming Alexandra Carmichael is somewhere in her mid-60's. Slightly younger than JP, Isidore, and Frank but not by that much. She had to be old enough that she could have kids in the late 1950's. Mark can contradict me on this but I'm assuming that Matt's adoptive parents are in their mid-60's. We can probably assume Mr. and Mrs. Carrswold were probably hitting their early 40's when they adopted Matt in 1980 when they realized having a child wasn't going to happen. Stefan Schluter- 59 years old (turning 60 in July 2005) La Danfield- I'm going to guess she's about 55 years old. That would have made her in her early 30's when she popped out her 3 children in rapid succession in the early 1980's. Nick Schluter was described as being a teenager in 1973 so we can assume he's probably late 40's to early 50's in May 2005 Richard Crampton is probably the same age as Nick Schluter, so I'd guess late 40's to early 50's as well. Brad's older biological brother is probably mid/late 40's. Joaquin- The 13-year old Mexican boy that gets helped in The Land Whore and is later revealed to be somewhat of a Mexican Don by If It Fits in 1995. So if Joaquin was 13 in/around 1974, he should be mid-40's in 2005. Brad Schluter- 42 years old (turning 43 in October) Ace Clearrault- 42 years old Scott- Probably about 42 years old Claire Hobart (possibly going back to Crampton?)- 40 years old (turning 41 in October) Jake Pike- I believe we set his birth year to either 1968 or 1969, so he should be about 36 to 37. Marcel- 36 (I believe Lou is also supposed to be 36, but I don't think that was a firm age.) Cody- 35 (I think we set Cody's birthday as being September 9, 1969 but I'm not sure how firm that was.) Tiffany- I don't think we were ever that specific about her age, but I'm assuming she was somewhere in the ball park of having been born from about 1977 to 1980. I'd also put Sergio/Kevin and Patrick Christian somewhere in this ballpark. So let's say about 25 to maybe 28 for all three of them. John Carullo- If this is wrong, please correct me, but I believe Mark set Carullo as having graduated college in 2001, which made him a year ahead of Matt and Wade. He had moved to New York City in the summer of 2001 and fell in love with a firefight named Joey, who died in 9/11. So Carullo is likely 26? It might have been a year earlier than that, so Carullo could be 27. So I'm going with 26-27, or a 1978-1979 birth year. I can't remember if Carullo graduated from college in 2000 or 2001. Kris- We set him as having graduated high school in 1998, so he should be 25. Alejandro- He was described as 15 in If It Fits, which was set in 1995, so he should be 25 now. He is Joaquin's son and got sent to America because his father was concerned that his effeminacy would get him killed in Mexico. Matt Carrswold- 25 Wade Danfield- 25 The bulk of the Stanford Hockey teammates like Jeff Grimes- We can assume they're all about 23-27 now. Mary Ellen Danfield- I would say 24. I could be wrong (and if anyone wants to dig around to either prove or disprove it), but I believe La Danfield shot out her kids back to back to back; 3 kids in 3 years. I know the birth order is definitely Wade, Mary Ellen, and then Beau. He Who Shall Not Be Named- He was supposed to be about Darius's age so we can assume 23. Beau Danfield- I could be wrong, but I swore he was about Darius's age. So 23, maybe 22 if his birthday is later in 2005. Darius Schluter- 23 Gathan Hayes- 22 (turning 23 in July) Kristin Hendrickson- 22 Ella Hayes- 21 Zach Hayes- Turning 20 in a few days. Not like Will is going to give a shit, though. (Maybe in a few years they can really be friends again?) Jeremy Schluter- 19 Marie Hobart- 19 Travis Buck- 19 Ethan Danfield (Wade's paternal half brother)- 18 or 19. I believe he was a 1986 birth as I remember him being Jeremy/Marie/Will's age when we met him. Will Schluter- 18 (turning 19 in September) John Hobart- 17 (turning 18 in July) Courtney Clearrault (Ace's daughter)- 9 (turning 10 in September) Riley and Maddie- 4 years old (turning 5 in September) Robbie- 2 years old Freddie (Mary Ellen and Alex's son) - Turning 2 next month And the youngest CAP character should be Jessica's baby with Jackson. I can't remember if she gave birth yet, but it should be soon if she was pregnant in December and it's now May. At the very least rounding the last trimester. (Don't think it's really needed to see that character's birth in my opinion given how little regard Jessica seems to have for the Golden Child.) There's also just a ton of characters where the age has been vague. Which is a good thing, because Mark can always pluck a stray Hendrickson, Carmichael, Crampton, Hayes, etc when he needs a character of a certain age that can interact with another character.

As an aside, you seriously seemed to have bypassed the whole Heated Rivalry craze. I am sincerely shocked. Hot gay hockey players seem right up your alley. I mean, I haven't actually watched the show, either, because I don't have HBO Max, but following the memes, reactions, fan edits, and thirst traps from the cast has been great.

Geography Now just did an episode on (duh, it's his home) Los Angeles! Nice tip to know that you can't call an Uber at LAX now.

Heated Rivalry viewing party in West Hollywood! Aww. Instagram

Im not a fan of either Will or Travis, but the writing is brilliant, meaningful and gets all readers engaged( except it seems Sean28).. im not one to be snarky like Dear PrivateTim, ( his cutting remarks are with a surgeons precision) but im always pleased to see a new chapter arrive here in Australia, and the comments!!. Reminds me of the Muppet show with Waldorf and Statler throwing their 2 cents into the mix. Many thanks for a wonderful year of entertainment. May you have snow and open fires, im envious because its 41.6 degrees here in Sydney..

Sadly, I’ve started to use the “ignore” option for those who insult me, other readers or are offensive to writers. Shame there isn’t an icon for “what a wan**r”