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  1. Mattyboy

    Chapter 37

    Yeah, I thought I'd get a 😆 emoji for that
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    Chapter 37

    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.
  3. beautiful night yay Luke
  4. 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.
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    Family Matters

    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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    Ensnared

    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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    Chapter 35

    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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    Chapter 8 Rikk’s

    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.
  9. 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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    Chapter 1

    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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    Chapter 6 Bell

    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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    New House

    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).
  13. 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. )
  14. 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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    Chapter 4 Harper

    Woo, more characters! This is shaping up to be big!
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    Chapter 3 Apollo

    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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    Chapter 27

    What a positive turn. Good for Kalum, and everyone, pretty much.
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    Rising

    " looking like the cat who was about to order another canary. " hehe fun line! mysterious and foreboding conclusion with the needle.
  19. Mattyboy

    Exposed

    This is fun and fresh! Following,
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    Chapter 26

    Wow. Also very saddening that Jasper's evil (which was never justifiable) was based on a mistake. An amazing story, though. Thanks for sharing it with us.
  21. I like the figure of speech "Colin had pushed the boat out" That's a new one to me, it's a bit different than "got out and pushed" - pushing a car that's out of gas is putting in a lot of work in bad situation. "Pushing a boat out" seems a bit lighter - it's not necessarily all that much work, and you get to share in the fun afterwards, but you did do something, and now you're afloat and sailing. ⛵
  22. Mattyboy

    Chapter 33

    Yay Steve (as usual). It's nice and cozy to have a holiday episode in which people eat soup and take care of each other and nothing particularly bad happens.
  23. Mattyboy

    Interlude

    No no, it's great. If I didn't want to be confounded, I'd read something else. I have "follow comments" toggled on, and I was just making a joke about how it adds an element of mystery to my notifications, that there's many interludes, so you never really know what it's about until I click on it!
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    Interlude

    So many interludes! it's confounding! 😕🎊
  25. The long awaited holiday release!
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