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Craig has a rough ride ahead and it’s going to be hard to convince him life is worth living with how bad its bound to get. Thankfully he has at least one member of his family to rely on for support and as weird as the current triangle is potentially Blake along with Seth of course. Hopefully he can be made to see his life isn’t over. I have a feeling/hope Seth’s mom will be ok when she inevitably finds out he’s gay but worse case scenario at least his aunt is accepting so her family could take him in. Still he’s not only been outed but has the scandal of “stealing” his sister’s boyfriend so that’ll be some hot gossip.

I already had my suspicions about Ty but his repeatedly saying Blair instead of Blake feels potentially intentional as that doesn’t seem like an easy mixup. I want to read it as jealousy but at the same time he seems genuinely happy for Seth if he were to have a boyfriend.

The outcome I expected wasn’t Craig coming to terms with his sexuality and dumping Stacy due to not being able to face Seth. Not remotely thrilled at Roni putting all the blame on Seth and the line “You’ve ruined Craig’s life.” sounds more like something someone homophobic would say. Then we’ve got the Blake situation to deal with… Peace of cake. 😔

Glad to see Randy is slowly learning how to deal with Sean. If he could muster up the courage the best thing to throw Sean for a loop is to show he’s fine with them spending time alone or even suggest it as no way Sean would know what to do if Randy showed that much trust in Ryan. Tyler has nothing to he ashamed of but I get it. Still, it’s obviously time that the two of them discuss things before Ariel has a complete breakdown. It’s going to be a very difficult situation to navigate and I see storm clouds on the horizon.

That or you’re blind to his faults as you value him higher than he does you. Zach canceling their plans set off warning bells, though I feel it’s based mostly on how much I dislike him. Considering he’s attending college it seems reasonable that he might need time to study… and “meet up with some people”. Ok, the latter still sets off my spidey-sense though for once I’m trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Travis has a shitty situation to deal with to put it mildly. His family situation/love triangle(square) is unhealthy all around, though I suppose it’s nice he thinks it’s hot to hookup with his sister’s “boyfriend”. 🙄

Damn Curtis Buck is a despicable person to put it mildly. Will could theoretically insure the audio tape of Buck & Sierra fell into the hands of the police, though I don’t know if they’d act on it. Dear ol’ papa also knows about Travis and Zach both being bi/gay so I don’t know how this will go. Perhaps Zach’s threats of the Schluter family will be enough yet this could be the tipping point towards what I feel is inevitable. In the end I could see his arrogance about Taylor not believing he’s anything other than straight being his downfall as she may end up outing him herself. If Zach doesn’t truly care for Taylor that much, and I don’t get the feeling he does, I don’t see the value of staying with her as it’s causing him more problems than it’s worth. I’d just end the relationship as surely he can find some other girl to pose with who’s family isn’t so… dysfunctional.

Eh, this sets off warning bells with me and for like 2 secs it seemed to be something that concerned Will as well, though I can’t recall the details of this. Of course in a matter of moments Will did as I expected and convinced himself Zach was in the right with the he can do no wrong mindset. I find it interesting Will considers Zach insisting Travis wear a condom as his being concerned about Will because they had unsafe sex yet he ignores the fact Travis was shocked implying they never use one normally. If they had sex recently before Zach & Will barebacked he might not have been clean. Playing devils advocate Will & Zach aren’t exclusive or even dating really, Will sleeps around a LOT, and Zach didn’t lie in any way about who his regular hookup was so overall he didn’t do anything wrong per se to Will. I still find this potential sex triangle weird especially with Taylor being Travis’s sister. If nothing else Zach is being an ass to her while claiming to truly care for her on some level. I would predict a threesome as it seems something Will would consider except given Zach’s jealousy I don’t know if he’d be down for that. Not sure how Zach is going to react to Will & Travis having sex considering that still seems to be part of Will’s plans. There’s bad relationships and then there’s whatever this is. 🤦🏻‍♂️

That little overheard conversation puts me in a better mood regarding Jonathan’s parents. Good that he warned Mr. Simmon’s I suppose but his confusion is kind of sad as I’m guessing his parents don’t need… um privacy very often. 😂

It’s weird that Jonathan’s parents seem a tad accepting of Maddox yet I’m not too convinced yet. I can’t wait to see their reactions to Mr. Pranker and I love Mr. Simmons. I wonder if he’s related to Niles. 😂 Glad to see Drew get put in his place.

Damn, why is Drew there? Seems like he was a gift from Krampus. Glad Jonathan finally came clean to Maddox about what was going on. Hopefully he can find out his address as backup is needed.

I doubt Connor is that good of an actor so he likely isn’t at least knowing involved with XPress but I imagine it’s someone he knows. I assumed Jonathan was lying to Rusty as I didn’t expect him to show up at Maddox’s so I am happily surprised. Hopefully he’ll come clean about what’s going on.

Well, Maddox’s conversation with his mother was sweet but as for the rest… wtf? HOW did they get that video? I mean it could be on the internet somewhere but surely they must have gotten in contact with someone from Jonathan’s former college. Yes, Maddox will be upset yet he’ll understand it’s in the past. Well, I say that yet there’s some concern that if Jonathan doesn’t tell him himself that the lack of time stamp might make him think that the video is more recent.

Connor’s comment about how some phrase he used wasn’t much evidence that he ran XPress makes sense but this latest issue sounds like it’s definitely in retaliation for what Jonathan said to him. He’s either behind it or there’s a chance someone he knows is. I’m reminded of his groupies that were interested in how Jonathan supposedly flipped Maddox as they’re potentially all writers for XPress. I’m worried about Rusty as what if his dad finds out about these rumors? If he thought singing was too pansy I doubt he’ll like the idea of Rusty being bi/bicurious. I’m glad Rusty was able to get Maddox to see reason but I’m now concerned about Jonathan’s trip. If it involves his family and/or Andrew I don’t see him getting through it unscathed given how lovely they are.

Obviously Jonathan is in the wrong for lying but Maddox has some jealousy issues. In this case it’s definitely understandable yet I’m at the same time recalling a previous chapter where seemingly out of nowhere he became intensely jealous of Andrew as well as his irritation over the wet tshirt contest. I suppose it makes some sense as this is his first serious relationship yet he needs to find some way to control it to some extent as he’s not able to look at things rationally.

Son of a… Who didn’t see this coming? I’d have to research who reminded on campus during Thanksgiving in order to discover who’s running that rag. Still, I can’t place on the blame on them for the inevitable nuclear fallout as it’s Jonathan who lied.

You know via that gossip rag or someone else staying on campus that Maddox will eventually learn Jonathan spent Thanksgiving with Rusty. I don’t think revealing they were together would be a true betrayal of Rusty’s confidence considering the main secret is his singing. This secret will blow up in his face especially given how jealous prone Maddox is.

I haven’t commented on this story until now because I guess I only comment on the intense drama 🙄 as this was a roller coaster of a chapter. Rusty is essentially being forced into the closet in a way with having to hide his so called “pansy” interests and is likely hooking up so often to reinforce his straight image. I thought Maddox was making too light of how easy it would be to come out to his family yet I never suspected him to be so far off about their reactions. His parents may have initially come off as simply dense yet it’s just the old case of seeing what want to see as anything other than their son being gay. Sadly I’m a sense this same opinion is shared by his friends as well as while they weren’t homophobic they also didn’t initially believe he was serious about Jonathan. It must be driving him crazy that he’s had his feelings downplayed so often by others. Hopefully his spying siblings will be more supportive. While he’s likely angry I hope he doesn’t learn about Jonathan & Rusty spending Thanksgiving together as I could see him becoming irrationally jealous.

I agree that is the most likely scenario but I’ve come to expect the unexpected in these stories rather than rely on Occam’s razor as you never know when a twist may occur. Given Travis’ father is spying on pretty much everyone and Taylor seems to be testing Zach I think there’s a minuscule possibility that he bolted the door because of a potentially sensitive conversation. Considering Will was just talking to Travis about friends-with-benefits it’s not impossible it could have stirred up suspicions about Zach having some sort of relationship beyond friendship with Will causing him to consider confronting Zach about his sexuality. Seems like an improbable scenario though.

Damn, this is twisted. Will was beating himself up for showing interest in Travis in front of Zach, which is stupid as Zach was at one point making out with Taylor in front if him not to mention their relationship continuously gets thrown into Will’s face. Now we find out Travis is Zach’s secret fuck buddy and obviously it seems like Zach was jealous of Travis possibly showing interest in Will rather than the other way around. I thought I hated Zach before but now it’s official. He’s sick. He doesn’t really care about Will. Will went to all that trouble to get blackmail material in order to help Zach but now I hope he has sense not to help him at all. edit: There’s a chance Zach misread the situation and that he’s trying to put the moves on Travis when they have no previous history yet that doesn’t make it much better. Zach could “maybe” in that situation try to blame it on drugs and/or alcohol yet that wouldn’t fly with me personally, though I suspect in that case Will would just go with it. He has a massive blindspot when it comes to Zach. I also considered their relationship could be some sort of blackmail thing where Travis threatens to out him otherwise, but Zach’s actions don’t really match that scenario plus I think Will would know if Travis had such a despicable character.

I may be reading too much into it but Zach’s comment feels telling. He was seemingly more jealous & angry over Taylor being kissed than the other way around. I would think that at the very least he should have been angry at both if he cared as deeply for both. It seems apparent that he still cares for Will on some level but I think his feelings may not be as strong as they once were.

There’s nothing like making out with your whatever’s girlfriend to cause drama. This kids is why you don’t do drugs and/or fall for an asshole… Well, you know what I mean.

It’s a good thing I suppose that Zach is getting this untraceable phone as while they were assuming tracking software was used you never know what strings someone rich might be able to pull. It’s possible they were using the cell towers to track him. I don’t expect this guy to let up though and he may look into Zach more now as this will make him suspicious as to what he may be trying to hide. Zach being outed is inevitable. I get Will wanting privacy but considering the kidnapping history and overall family drama I don’t think being able to track him in a worst-case-scenario is bad thing.

I’m not that surprised about Jeff’s reaction as when people are in love or think they are at least they seldom act rationale. Cam is a piece of …work. I agree with @centexhairysubas I also don’t like Zach much. I just don’t get his priorities as his life sounds miserable. Plus his jealousy is ridiculous especially considering that one hookup that still unnerves me. I know love isn’t rational as I previously said yet this is next level. “Maybe” they can get together down the road yet it would be best if they could both move on. I’m hoping, especially given that Will has indicated he prefers an emotional connection rather than random sex, that he’ll find himself coming to care for someone else sooner than later as this is beyond unhealthy.

The drama is inevitable with this family.

JJ may not be the easiest guy to like sometimes but I hope he doesn’t end up as whipped as Darius expects him to. You know I like Will but once again his thought process is a little strange sometimes. He essentially becomes annoyed because a guy gets the wrong idea… which he seemed to be trying to give him. What did he expect the guy to think. 🙄