methodwriter85

It's pinned in the fan club discussion board. I don't think I updated the character cheat sheet that you wrote up, didn't you?

You're welcome. Pretty sure you never specified Wade's nephew being born, right? I think it was just somewhere around spring/summer 2003 if Mary Ellen was announcing her pregnancy and shotgun wedding at Thanksgiving 2002. I wonder if they already had the spare yet? I feel like Wade would have brought it up if Mary Ellen had a second kid, though. Hell, I could see Wade gleefully announcing that to Jeremy just to annoy him. Lol

Speaking of, I did edits to the timeline. I included Frederick Granger's unspecified 2003 birth, Jackson's December 2005 death, and now Jackson Fletcher's birth.

The update! CAP TIMELINE 1903: Tonto is born. April 1925: Jim Crampton is born. May 27, 1925: Steven Schluter is born. 1936: Billy Schluter is born. June 20, 1936: J.P. Crampton is born, the result of an affair between Marie Crampton and Bill Hendrickson. December 17,1944: Steven Schluter dies in World War II. July 14, 1945: Stefan Schluter, the son of Steven Schluter, is born. November 12, 1945: Jeff Hayes is born. 1962-1963 School Year: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Northwestern University. October 4, 1962: Brad Schluter is born. He is the adoptive son of Billy Schluter, and the biological son of Kevin Carmicheal. December 1962: Andre, JP's partner, is killed in action in Vietnam. March 6, 1963: Ace is born to Isidore, having been fathered by J.P.'s lover Andre. March 1963: Robbie Hayes is born, the youngest of three children. He is the son of Frank and Brenda Hayes. April 10, 1963: Billy Schulter dies at sea on USS Thresher October 27, 1964: Clare and Billy Crampton are born. Clare is JP's biological daughter, and Billy is Jeff Hayes's biological son. 1968: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Stanford. July 13, 1968: Jeff Hayes dies of an heroin overdose. March 8, 1969: Marcel is born. He is the biological son of Jeff Hayes, but is raised in France. April 24, 1980: Matt Carrswold is born. He is the biological son of Robbie Hayes, but is adopted by the Carrswolds and grows up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. May 15, 1980: Wade Danfield is born. He becomes Matt Carrswold's boyfriend after meeting him on the hockey team at Stanford during the 1998-1999 school year. October 19, 1980: Billy dies in a car accident on the night of a party at Escorial. January 19, 1982: Darius Schluter is born. He is the son of Bitty Schluter and a random Iranian man, but is raised by Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. He has one biological half-brother, JJ, and one adopted brother, Will Schluter. July 25, 1982: Gathan Hayes is born. He was raised in Claremont, Ohio by his uncle and aunt, Wally and Clara Hayes. February 1983: Kristin Hendrickson is born. August 26, 1983: Ella Hayes, daughter of Richard Crampton, is born. May 30, 1985: Zach Hayes is born. 1985: J.P.'s lover Roger, and one-time lover Sam, both die of AIDS that year. December 7, 1985: Jeremy Schluter, aka J.J., is born. He is the biological son of Jim Crampton and Bitty Schluter, and has been raised in Malibu, CA with Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. February 19, 1986: Marie Crampton, aka Maman, dies of natural causes. April 18, 1986: Marie Hobart, daughter of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. April 20, 1986: Travis Buck is born. September 14, 1986: Will Schluter, son of Brad and Jeanine, is born. July 21, 1987: John Hobart, son of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. Between 1991 to 1995: Tonto Schluter dies an old woman, warm in her bed surrounded by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A death we should all hope to have. March 28, 1995: Greg, Stefan's long-time companion, dies of a heart attack. September 4, 1995: Ace's daughter, Courtney, is born. August 7, 1998: Robbie Hayes reunites with his long-lost son, Matt Carrswold. September 13, 2000: Madison Graves is born. September 14, 2000: Riley van den Boss Danfield is born. March 24, 2003: Bobby Carrswold is born. Sometime in 2003: Frederick Granger, son of Alex and Mary Ellen Granger, is born. December 2005: Jackson Hobart dies. June 17, 2006: Jackson Hobart Fletcher is born.

Double check and he's right. The order on the page is Jackson Fletcher Hobart.

Ah, okay. Nice touch. I like that he's not carrying the name. Kind of like Matt Carrswold not being bound by Hayes baggage because he didn't get the name.

Poor Jackson Fletcher. His 8th grade graduation will be on Zoom. Lol (My niece was also born in 2006.) Anyway, looks like I need to add to the CAP timeline.

Chapter 49 -When Travis powers through the worse of his withdrawal symptoms. "Knocking on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan -When Will gets into bed with Travis- this time to just comfort him after the worst of his withdrawal. "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones

It's wild to think that used to be mockable. Meanwhile I had my first frappe when I was 11 years old in 1997.

Hmm. That explains why you don't see the Millennial characters inhaling ice coffee beverages like they normally would be.

If they are, I think Mark has done a good job of enmeshing Travis into the family so that he doesn't just slink off.

My head cannon for Kendo is that he's from New York/New Jersey from some shady Irish and/or Italian crime family who kicked him out for being gay. He started tricking to survive, and eventually landed into the entertainment field through "connections" (the casting couch) he made through MTV in New York City. He started hosting MTV game shows, maybe made some reality show appearances, and that eventually got him a gig on various teen dramas.

I remember reading about him a couple of years ago. He legitimately had a really gorgeous face before the drugs started wrecking his looks, which I think was ultimately unfortunate for him. I think the boy likely got devoured in the modeling industry. You would think being from a rich family would better help the nepos avoid the predators but I guess not. As a random more superficial note, Kaia Gerber is actually my fancast for young adult Maddy Graves. I pictured her having Jeanine's Italian beauty but Cody's tall height. Poor Kaia. I was watching the Shards recently, too. To bring it back to the story, I think Mark has generally set a pretty clear line that Brad and his line aren't genetically susceptible to drug addiction. (I don't think his biological father was, either?) It's why Will can live the hedonism he lives but manages to avoid a lot of the pitfalls that can come with it. Drug addiction/mental health issues seem more with the Hayes family line, although so far Matt Carrswold has avoided that.

In that alternate universe timeline, Private Tim and Matthew are hipsters in some gentrifying Los Angeles neighborhood who met at a Gore rally and their son Tommy looks like Michael Cimino from Love, Victor.

Eh, the timeline has actually picked up somewhat. It kind of has to, because of how long it takes for a t.v. show to get put together and then aired. I also don't think Mark wanted to dwell too much on Travis's drug use ramping up. I do think at this point we've gotten enough runway that we could skip ahead a few years and Mark would still have plenty of storyline left.