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@NDrewRndll Noah is in the car, and he knows for a fact that George won't just pull over and let them arrest him, he'll speed up and try to run away and crash even sooner. My guess is Noah will survive with heavy injuries and be left all alone because Colt won't want anything to do with him after this. He set Colt up to be the fall guy for one attempted murder and potentially two actual murders, including the boy he loves, and ruined his future in the process. How do you come back from that? I know Colt did most of the actual crimes here, but he's also a victim in my opinion.

What a gentleman, that's the kind of person you want in your corner.

But what he had didn't sound like a student rental though, it sounded like he owned the house and wasn't renting it out. Maybe I read it wrong.

I think the most unbelievable part of this is how a student can afford a house in Sandy Hill, sorry but I just don't buy it. 😋

What's with the way these vampires treat their kids? I'm starting to think Greg's barony used to be a refuge for the former Baron and all the like-minded creeps and freaks he could find. Greg's going to have his hands full cleaning up this mess. His ascension to kingship can't come soon enough. I'm guessing Greg can tell the twins apart because one of them is a noble, or they're a different rank so he can tell from their eyes.

While that's true, I think that would go against Greg's sense of justice and he'd be unhappy with either outcome. He needs to learn to talk more like a politician and say vague things like "I'll be consulting my Council and taking appropriate measures to ensure this doesn't happen again" instead of whatever it is he's doing. This is even more important now that there's a very strong possibility that he's the absolute ruler of all vampire. If he keeps making these laws and having to walk them back, it's going to undermine his authority. The way I see it, his job is to set policy directions and let his more knowledgeable advisors figure out the details of those policies that fall into their purview. Greg means well, but he's going about it all wrong.

Great chapter, not surprised to hear the previous Baron was doing fraud on top of everything else. My guess is the Viscounts and Counts are also doing it and they don't want this new Baron who has the Prince's ear to blow the cover on their whole scheme. One thing that's bothering me is that Greg needs to stop making these half-baked decrees. I get where he's coming from and wanting to do the right thing, but he needs to realise that his word have the force of law now and he needs to consult with his council before making these vague declarations that have unintended consequences. I guess he won't learn until his own laws force him to hand out an unjust punishment.

It seems obvious to me that Greg is no mere Baron. He can do things that most other nobles can't, Jake's silver eyes, and a Count he just met suddenly starts addressing him with honorifics that suggest he thinks Greg outranks him (thanks Wikipedia!). I think there's a chance Greg could be the long-lost King, and George decided to make the surprise announcement.

I always get this visceral anger and need to re-litigate Growing Up Charlie every time it gets brought up, but Rick let her drive that wedge. He saw her mask slip off more than once and did nothing when he should've kicked her to the curb. My grossly oversimplified view is that everything is Rick's fault in some capacity and he deserved what he got. As far as Justin goes, I would say there were signs since chapter 1, but those signs didn't point to anything nefarious until a bit later. That's what it felt like to me, anyway.

I think Diego's been introduced already, I'm waiting to see if he's going to be just a co-worker, or maybe some mentor-type role. I barely even saw Brenda as a villain, I was too busy screaming at Rick every time she showed up. I did fall for Justin's act at first and gave him the benefit of the doubt until it became untenable, and I feel stupid for doing that, but c'est la vie. I would have been curious to see Charlie's reaction if he thought Caleb was in any kind of 'Justin Danger'.

Oh, do I have my opinions on that! I honestly only care about Ry and Charlie, the rest of them can go to hell after what happened.

Part of what really upset me with Growing Up Charlie in particular is that Team Ry could ever catch a break in that story, it was just one thing after another until I almost dropped it because it felt so hopeless.

It's really hard not to be Team Ry, they all did him dirty and I'll never forgive them for it. I'm really interested in how Diego fits into that timeline. In Caleb's situation I'm not really seeing the parallel with Charlie's situation, I mean, Calvin's a selfish prick, but Justin was on a whole other level.

I'm really looking forward to Ry and Billy's conversation about that, there's so much to unpack there (to keep things simple and spoiler free, but I will never not be Team Ry on this). Go Caleb! Definitely the better of the two Cals there. He's resourceful for sure. I can't even get upset with him because I keep thinking, what if it wasn't Calvin, but some random kidnapper who would really try to kill him? If I look at it that way it starts to sound like a smart decision rather than an extreme reaction to being in a car with a relative you don't like (and he's more of a stranger to Caleb to begin with). This should be the immediate end to any custody battle, no ifs or buts about it. The judge would have to be an idiot to give Calvin any visitation rights after this, and Calvin would have to be an absolute moron to keep trying to get either of the boys. I mean, he dropped Bryan for throwing a glass at him, which is mild compared to what Caleb did. This 11 year old (allegedly) tried to kill you with his shoelaces, why would you want him to live in your house full of knives and blunt objects he can get his hands on while you're asleep? Come on... I also love how Billy knew Calvin would do this and had everything in place to take care of it (I'd almost say he gave Calvin enough rope to hang himself, but that might be a poor choice of words 😆)

I've always had a soft spot for Scotty Lynch and his infectious energy. He's cute and earnest and I love his go-getter attitude, he'd be a lot of fun to be around. So I guess that would be my pick. But it could be any of his characters, really. One of the things I really loved about Comsie's writing is that all his characters had that 'something real' that made them relatable. It's hard to pick just one because I've had that "I wish he was real" moment about ALL of them, whether it's wanting to give Zack or Billy Chase or Drew from 'On the Outside' a hug and let him know it's going to be okay, to just wishing I had a friend like Sam or Richie, to wanting to have a hot night with Deme and Jamie Cross (or punch AJ in the face, that would be satisfying ). But the character I really wish was real, is his self-insert 'Comicality' vampire character in GFD, because that would mean Comsie would still be with us.