Mattyboy
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I don't think I'd say you need to read I Hate This Town. This is working pretty well as a standalone. You should because it's a good story, of course The River-Alec backstory is nice to have, and I guess some people could get stuck on River being a brat in the first chapter. This is great for understanding the second half of I Hate This Town, though, and how Alec and the rest of this friend group hang together.
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Yay! New characters!
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Excellent development in the story. I'm kinda glad Alec isn't in front of the camera, for Finn's sake. I don't see how a warning would be called for here, unless a certain Iowa cinnamon-roll might find it shocking.
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I'm enjoying you cycling through these
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Chapter 57 Epic-Log Part Four
Mattyboy commented on Krista's story chapter in Chapter 57 Epic-Log Part Four
Well done, Jackson! I like the balance between the gang not being able to stop roughhousing and beings slobs, and actually taking time to care for their found family. The sunset moment reminds me of that winter scene in the clearing in the woods. It's a long way from there but also kind of a closed ring now. -
I know someone who chatted with "Mike" at a party for quite a while and was told the next day it was Michael Stipe from REM. They had in fact noticed his looks, but it just didn't occur to them that there might be a rockstar on the sofa. Maybe less so at a fancy summer house in the Hamptons, but still.
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Hehe, that was fun with the name dropping of the stars versus the generation gap of what Toby's familiar with (and maybe who he's expecting to meet at a party). And fun to see Dirk's thread re-enter the weave.
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That was a nice touch that the moth flew off to do moth things. 🦋 🦋
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Yeah, I thought I'd get a 😆 emoji for that
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Steve and Diego have a point about it being a provocation. But Billy should absolutely present to the judge that Calvin got tossed out for saying "Fuck you, fucking fa---" to Bryan, and that's good evidence that it could never be safe to Calvin to have unsupervised contact with either Caleb or Bryan. That feels like something even Judge Crustypants would have to act on.
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Chapter 56 Epic-log Part Three
Mattyboy commented on Krista's story chapter in Chapter 56 Epic-log Part Three
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How to Educate Your Dom
Mattyboy commented on Laura S. Fox's story chapter in How to Educate Your Dom
I agree Otis isn't necessarily a reliable narrator or a very forthcoming one. But we met him hauling a real piece of furniture into the building which seemed to be an inheritance, so there's a real object linked to Grandma. I wouldn't think juvie usually hands out credenzas on graduation. But, yes, we're on chapter 25 and still working with "probably" and "maybe" scraps on this. -
Interesting developments. Intriguing how Joe is developing. A few commenters have guessed that Joe's acceptance-of and interest-in Owain and Colin might be signs that he's gay or bi. But there's an equal dose of "turns-out-I-have-an-uncle" and just interest in what good relationships between adults treating each other well look like. He knows there's stuff he doesn't like about how Nathan behaves, and he's looking for better. And sounds like something happened over at Nathan's one night. We don't know and Joe hasn't told Mhairi exactly what, but Joe sure sees it as a dealbreaker.
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Well, ouch. Cal might have misplayed that by admitting that Dad knows. Craig doesn't actually have much except a wild rumour going around. I hope Dad manages to organize some pushback.
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Hope you're right on the judge, because this has tremendous capacity to backfire. Seems almost dishonest to Billy to tell Diego that they'd be alright with the judge and then pick an unnecessary fight. I guess you have something in mind, @John Henry , but seems dissonant and weird the way both Billy and Diego are mixing joking behavior with the custody hearing.
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Aha! The threads weave! Great juxtaposition of the grimy atmosphere of Rikk's, with Carey's and Apollo's dreams coming together at long last.
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uh-oh, I'm seeing that last line as foreshadowing. That'd be where a story of this genre would go, right?
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I was starting with "River is such a brat," but then he describes all his ink and metal and dance clothes as "the way I chose to customize my avatar. " That's both a great line and a punch in the heart. Following, of course.
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Yeah, Harper totally set him up for that. “I havta go home this weekend. Can you take me?” sorta implied it was laundry-related, when it was trust-fund business, as if Carey (who does NOT seem to be a gold-digger) isn't going to notice the business suits and file folders. And no orientation AT ALL when Mom told Bell to take Carey to the "shag shack." I guess Harper sees being a free spirit is just for her and not for Carey. Too bad, I kinda liked her, she was a cool character with a lot of potential.
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I like @Summerabbacat 's take on the Joe issue. Joe's been over-controlled and over-regulated his whole life, and in this he got to make all the calls on what being Owain's nephew meant to him. Which was great for him (and pretty great for Owain, too).
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I did not see the Harper-Bell connection coming. I love the idea of a big house but people actually living in it. (I guess everyone does) Ugh Carey, of course Bell is beautiful, but that was kinda rude at the doorway. (In my part of the world, "manse" isn't a synonym for mansion, it's a house for a church minister. Which made the huge chandelier seem weird to me, but I guess if it was sold off to a car-maker a couple of generations ago it could develop layers. )
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It'd become clear before this, that Otis' childhood was very bad, but ouch that line about never having a reliable source "for learning how to be human"
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Woo, more characters! This is shaping up to be big!
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Wonderful characters, I hope we see Apollo again. "Stallone freaks" and commune hippies seems a weird combo, but has-inadequate-parents covers it, I guess. The Creed reference was fun
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What a positive turn. Good for Kalum, and everyone, pretty much.
