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And ass against the wall!

I like a good villain, but I like a good punishment more! 😉

I guess it was some sort of manipulation, something like - Let's drink ONE drink together and I'll go! There is NO 'only one' drink with alcoholic!

Revenge is a dish best served cold! That is the only way because, Ian did so much evil that punishment must be slow and painful!

I'm not pissed at Victor. They all know who Victor is, we all know who Victor is, so, no point in being pissed at scum for being scum! But I'm really pissed at Kildares! All of them! As if the last drama in school, with committee inquiry was not enough! I understand they are young, immature...but, really?!?!?! How many second chances do you want?! Everything is wrong, party, alcohol, absent parents, bringing alcoholic to the drinking party and even making him in charge of it?! One way ticket to the North Carolina is not the only problem here. Not even the biggest. We have two damaged kids with serious relapse and regression! Months of therapy erased for a few hours of fun! Now, both of them have to cope with serious guilt! This is not going to be easy! At least I hope they are going to learn something out of this!

It's so intriguing, isn't it? We were all asking what Nick (or Bobby) will do. But the main question is, is Adrian going to confront his Shadow and, finally, Integrate? Only then we can speak about 'happy' end - of course, not in a 'fairytale' sense but, to quote myself quoting Jung - the point is not to be 'happy' in superficial way but to be real, integrated and alive!

I LOVE Secret Author Story Contest; it's such a fun!!!

In-laws are going to be there too! It is going to be more like Hunger Games!

"negotiation" and "negation" I dare say this is your personal message (conscious or unconscious) to the critics that read your work through a prism of "morality"! 😉

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain" -Jung This story is a masterpiece, Jungian study case, philosophy and psychology of characters wrapped in, almost, poetic background! Prof. Morrisey, man with perfect mask. The Persona of calm, polite, intellectual, loyal, 'moral' individual. Repressed by, I believe mainly social circumstances, he is unable to embrace The Shadow and achieve complete individuation. 'Betrayal can be beautiful'; it's not about morality, it's about hunger - are messages Nick find in literature, but his individuation is intellectual, not emotional. "The person who does not confront their shadow is condemned to be its slave!" (Jung) "Then...why the fuck didn't you say anything?" Nick exhaled, almost a laugh. "Because I loved you. And love, Adrian, is a quiet cannibal. It eats the warnings. It swallows the doubts. It tells you that pain is just another form of intimacy." We saw that Anima has not been integrated as Nick's vision of Adrian was idolized and love was irrational... It was almost worship. As the shocking revelation has been the catalyst, ocean becomes the grave of the 'old' prof. Morrisey and place of the rebirth of integrated Nick. "The man he had tried to become. The loyal one. The loving one. The one who waited. But something stirred inside him, small, unbroken. Not rage. Not hope. Something more primal. A reluctant, stubborn flicker. Life." What is life - it's SELF, finally the integration is complete, and Nick is whole! And now - the culmination! "I want you to fuck him" Adrian's downfall is completed, he is 'naked' as watching his husband changing. He, finally, sees Nick's true Self! Nick is in total control, ultimate domination. “There was no triumph in him. No cruelty. Only recognition.” "He's all yours." Nick has the final word. And once again, table turning with Nick’s dissection of Bobby... What did embrace of his true self bring to Nick? Certainly not happiness and good feeling, as Jung says -wholeness include light and shadow, joy and suffering the point is not to be 'happy' in superficial way but to be real, integrated and alive! Finally, it's my personal impression that, Richard, the wise neighbor, reincarnates the Jung himself (if our master author @CasualWanderer82 doesn't include him deeply in this dark Tango). THANK YOU @CasualWanderer82 for inspire me to read some Jung again! You @CasualWanderer82, my friend, are genius!

Maybe drugged...but than, Men Up game could easily become a Wicked game! Scary!

What a table turning... If Nick has started as the weakest link, outsider of the story - it is Adrian now who is in place of the clueless pawn. A dangerous chess game (battle is maybe the right word) is now between Nick and Bobby. It is scary how much Bobby enjoys this game! On the other hand, seems that he underestimated a calm, reasonable, 'peaceful' professor! Richard says to Nick: "Young man, whatever you're holding," he said, "don't let it make you forget who you are. That's the danger of betrayal. Not the act itself, but the way it rewrites your reflection." What if that is the biggest issue - that Nick has forgot who he really is? What if this betrayal brings out demons that were buried deep down under the calm and stoic face?

LOL!!! YES, it is spicy and NO, I won't translate it because these nice people around already think we Balkanians are barbarians! If I translate it, they will know it for sure!

It might be so, or, as life likes to play with irony, 'dirty faggot' saves his life!

Ewan has a MILF fetish! 😜

Well, Sherlock, who is it?

Finally! THAT was a long overdue!!! The Gael Strikes Back! 💪

I know Graham wants to go slow with Matt, but their progress is exciting as bird watching! 🤪 Norbert might show up when least expected... Just a hunch I have!

That would be reality show! Oh, it's soooo "American"!

Oh, I just have to comment a 'gay ball' with extensive gossip session! 😂 I've expected dancers to show up at some moment, as in Bollywood musical!

It was my first impression too... But then I thought, it's a childish reaction. Child in need of love, not romantic love but parental love. Kieran and Ash are more similar than they thought they are. Both are neglected by parents, the difference is how it shows. Both hide their pain in arrogance, but Ash is more like a clown while Kieran is more like a cruel bastard. They desperately need hugs from their parents too...

If people who are members or authors at GA for thousand years don't know, how can we, relative newbies, guess?! 🤷‍♂️

All the patterns are here - daddy issue, incestual relationship, cheating, jealousy, lust and passion, dramatic revelation... Any other author would make here the end of the story with end of the marriage, destruction of their lives and relationships. But @CasualWanderer82 is master of making outrageous moments as trigger for the complicated future events. Nothing is ever perfect, says Nick at the beginning of the chapter. Their marriage certainly wasn't! Seems that passion has died out...still, I'd say that love hasn't. "If you'd...let me come live with you...this... wouldn't happen," he added, his fiery personality returning to his voice. "We've had that conversation. The answer is no," Adrian replied resolutely. Why is Adrian saying this? Why is he not ending the marriage if the marriage is agony? Because he still loves Nick...but it is not enough. It has become a habit... I would say Bobby and his attitude is going to lead the main characters to the final outcome of this story. We still don't know who is Bobby? Cruel and jealous boy, in love with his father and hate for his stepfather... Who is he going to be? Shall we see Brandon from Seagull's Bay destructive monster ready to burn everything on his way? Is he Ryan, hiding his true feelings behind cruelty or he is divine Caleb (from Man up!), someone to change their lives into something more than love and passion, something metaphysical? Has Nate hidden animalistic passion to match father and son...or his calm mentality will find his soul mate with Richard, enigmatic neighbor? Dark, intriguing, forbidden, kinky...amazing! @CasualWanderer82 at his best!

I thought Rory will go to find his mother first! Suppose father is still "sleeping" somewhere... Ewan has become Kieran and Rory's right hand. It's good to have loyal and reliable man in a world of plots and intrigues. Speaking of 'small gathering'...did Croft survive the war; another ally might be helpful. Especially that the Viscount Edric might show up too!

I have to be honest - this was not my idea! I've been in England many years ago and there was a play in theatre, a parody on Shakespeare - Richard the Turd!