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Will and Andrew eventually develop an agreement with their lives. The "Don't ask" Rule, wherein: Will will never ask Andrew a question that would put Andrew in a position to lie to him. It works for them.... till it inevitably doesn't. There is only so long that two men can lie by omission to each other. Peter, wisely, considers such a rule Bullshit. This the West/Peter confront, while Andrew/Will avoid trope that defines the two core relationships of all these books.
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foundational in fact
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ALSO: F.U.C.K. Denton!
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My vote's on Timmy, that boy's got hidden talents. I mean if you are going to attack that farm, the railroad might want to bring a few more men. Between those four, and Jack, the railroad is hopelessly out matched.
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Three Chapters remaining. Brick MacReady is still out there, as is Merrick. And Andrew's crossed a line. Will must never know.
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I am quite enjoying this soundtrack, while I edit chapters, so I figured I'd share the one that's on right now:
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He was given no choice, but he did what he needed to. The lawyer died, the Dark Sovereign born.
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Eeek that's me misreading the clock, sorry this one's an hour early. um... so, yes. Rust, blood, and lead. Everything has an end
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Chapter 15: The Hollow The silence inside the MULE’s brushed-aluminum cabin was a thin, fragile membrane, and beneath it roared a static of dismantled certainties. Andrew drove mechanically, his hands at ten and two on the steering wheel, his knuckles pale under the dashboard’s green glow. The fine charcoal wool of Will’s suit jacket was a prison against his skin, still carrying the phantom scents of the gala—perfume, champagne, beeswax—overlaid now with the cold, metallic smell of his own
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i genuinely love this one myself. It was the first I wrote that wasn't directly Will and Andrew. I wanted to explore something new. (I'd done Return of the Sun a few years before this, and the Falcon Banner was being written at the same time as this... so I needed a break from the same characters. And West evolved. Ha I think the first chapter I wrote was the one where he goes out on his own, gets the map and gets... disasterously wrong ideas about what a bathhouse was. He kind of went from there. He was a bit asexual for a while, not really ever being the kind of character that chased it. HOPELESSLY romantic . And Peter just... needed someone that suited him, that he could earn and who would WIN him over. Kind of the Anti-high school romance.
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One thing about those two that endures through the books, they never lie to each other. Will and Andrew avoid, Peter and West confront. Unless you count forgetting to mention Jason Jensen for twenty odd years... I mean... that's not a lie if you just plumb forgot to tell him, right? RIGHT? :: grins :: West is NEVER going to let Peter live that one down.
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Hi, welcome back to the fun. Glad to share it.
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on the other note: The HARDING farm. Elias is emphatic throughout this book that the farm belongs to Theo, he's just the guest that stays there at the Master's behest. Practicalities of the era. I mean there's not a soul in Merrickville that doesn't know, accept and respect that they're all-but married. But at that time, more is not possible. Doesn't stop 'em but you know. Probably why Bobby and Timmy are so comfortable there, they can be themselves without the performances.
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Yeah the Hotchkiss was bad for them from my research. It also gives me a chance to show Bobby in his element, he's built a business for himself and he's good at it. He's grown a lot in three years and our little Deputy's got a reputation in Lanark County of being the best.
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Elias is a detective way ahead of his time, looking at the aftermath of action and pulling it together, you are right. Theo on the other had, has always been the one to act. As his sniping showed in this. Elias is a dumb bastard always hurling himself into danger, but Theo's the more intelligent of the two, always has been. Fighting on his terms, and doing rather than reacting.
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Poor Jack, now he's got a new pair of idiots occupying his hayloft. As if Theo and Elias weren't bad enough.
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Peter's SUPERPOWER aside from Tactical Nuclear Rage.
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i'd like to say I knew... but I STILL have no clue what he does.
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Peter's got his own soul, and his own expression of himself. No matter how much Will tries to paint over it, that technicolour brightness is going to explode out. and let's face it, Will prefers it that way despite his grumbling.
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Will needs change, And things in the call center are driving him towards it. Unhe4althilly so, but it will change.
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It's the one thing, I think, Will knows his father would understand. The Major is a monster, we know this, Will knows this. But there's a sense of duty and purpose to what the Major did. He was wrong, about the way he went about it. But it was never about Will being gay, it was always about what that stopped Will from being able to do. That's where his twisted logic got stuck. And we now know that those lessons of his were used for the greater good in the end. By better men. (West and Will who both learned them)
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Good morning The lastest offering, things get heated...
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**Chapter 3: The Ridge Runner** The Harding Farm. Late January, 1885. The barn loft was a cathedral of dust and dry cold, smelling of sweet clover hay and the sharp, metallic tang of gun oil. It was a space that should have been peaceful, a place for barn swallows and drowsing cats. Instead, it had become a sniper’s nest—a command post for a war they hadn't chosen but couldn't avoid. Theo Harding sat cross-legged on a spread of canvas near the hay door, the morning light f
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based on a real roommate of mine... dude would crank it non-stop, I swear the room smelled constantly of ... you know.
