Topher Lydon

K, that's it, Ashley's officially non-binary That's what you get for pointing out my typos

Tarquin will not be pleased.

You say that... :: eyes the unfinished next book ::

Challenge accepted.

That is explained, and it's... going to make you put a cover over your webcam. :: shudders:: It's frightening when you think about how much we lack control over the things in our homes.

Ashley's a dude But you know, he does have a short hair cut, love of power tools, and wears plaid.

The pieces need to figure out who the players are first.

I have two Alec's for poor Hugo to deal with, one Ronald Reagan and a whole bunch of machines. Bring on the 80's!

Orel is so much fun to write, his unique take on the world around him is a treat. It's an earnest, eager and joyful exploration.

The problems with playing games is that at some point it stops being a game. Good morning. Tim and Justin really are screwed.

Chapter Four: The Hilcrest Archive Tim couldn’t sleep. He wasn't wired on caffeine; he was vibrating with pure, analytical fury. The ‘C-’ was worse than a threat. A threat was personal, driven by malice. This was clinical, a numerical assessment of failure. A normal blackmailer would just demand money or compliance. This one graded their performance, judging their awkward hand-holding and clumsy kiss. Who did that? What kind of psycho used a Score Criteria for humiliation? Tim p

It is not the having the son that is the problem. It is the bribery, the cover up, and the abandonment of that son that is the problem. "i didn't know he existed" sounds thin and weak as a counter arguement to that... it's about moral character. For an MP this would be damaging, for a man who has a reputation like Will's of the truth, devastating.

Very much the idea I am positing with this story. How intrusive Social Media and Cyber Bullying can be taken too far, and the push back against it. This story is intended to feel uncomfortable, and provoke anger.

Enrico is trying so hard to be the evil mastermind, but Ezra has upended his world

Taine is a major problem for Ellis, and is rather amusingly well known in demon circles for being a pain in the ass. The whole second book (I am on chapter 12 right now of that one) revolves around this fact.

Ellis is content to watch. He is a demon who is sustained on small evils... sins... You have the moral bastion that Taine is trying to be, all about consent and not using/abusing the body he's been entrusted with. The ethis of say, sleeping with someone younger than him, in a borrowed body without permission... That's Ellis' delight. He wants the good man to fall, to give in to the temptation, and boy o boy is Tyler one big old package of temptation. Taine had no real choice but to tell Tyler, it was the right thing to do. Present the truth, even if it makes you look insane, and let Tyler choose what he wants to do. Tyler surprises me repeatedly in this first book, he's not afraid of the situation, and likes Taine for who he is, not what he is.

Timmy's Pa goes through a lot of growth, realizing what's more important to him. And all he's ever been is worried about his son.

Yeah it's more performative Indie wrestling... British amateur scene is quite wild. In a later story I am thinking of having him go pro. Tyler "The House" Cole.

I call this Beaten Dog Syndrome. Oliver has been crushed under Tarquin's will for so long, that he knows but he also knows what fighting it costs him. He gets there, he does... but it wouldn't be a compelling story if we don't have good men stumbling along the way. Ollie loves Orel, deeply, he's just jealous here, and that's a very human thing to go through.

all 6' of Trouble Ahh Tyler is great: "Some one's gotta suplex the witch, can I suplex the witch?"

yep, Taine's in trouble.

Chapter Four The café on Regent Street was called "The Sitting Room," which Taine suspected was meant to sound charmingly bohemian but instead made him think of dentist waiting areas and uncomfortable chairs. The actual chairs, however, were deep and worn and surprisingly comfortable—vintage velvet in faded jewel tones, arranged around mismatched tables that had probably cost a fortune to look this shabby. Tyler had chosen a corner table near the window, two coffees already

Tarquin likes keeping Orel on a leash. His control of Orel ensures he controls Oliver. All part of Daddy dearest's plan. And rather Shakespearean in the scope of it's evil.

Yeah I make mistakes all the time with consistency. Problem of being on my own and beta reading an hour before posting a chapter. If you catch a mistake, let me know and I will correct it if I can. The older Carter books are riddled with consistency errors (Nature of them being written out of order)