methodwriter85

There's a guy I used to talk to. He and his best friend began a sexual relationship in their teens and they've continued it today. As they are both Alpha Male types, fights as kids were pretty common and they still occasionally happen. They're fine and as "Jensen" like to put it, he and "Scott" have a fun time making up. But Will and Zach never had physical fighting as part of their relationship so Will pretty much backed away immediately. Will's a lover, not a fighter, to use a cliche term. Lol I don't even think him, JJ, and Darius fought each other as kids. It's just not the kind of world they are from.

I really, really, really loved the Zach/Will relationship and it bummed me out when I realized that it was done for good, at least for the next 5-10 years. *sigh*

I thought you as a conservative would cheer how family oriented Will is. You can't deny that family is like air to Will. He needs them.

So it's Sean Cody and Fraternity Memoirs for you too? Lol

Since we're being personal here, I'm going to admit that I've been celibate for the past 11 years. It's not because of any beliefs or anything, but because I really didn't feel good about myself after having sex with a married guy. I realized that since I didn't have the heart to keep going to mindless hookups or an actual interest in finding someone to be with, I just eventually fell into celibacy. Sean Cody videos and Fraternity Memoirs work just fine for me. 😂

Given how Mark has written the saga, I can't see Mark ever sending Will to San Diego because he'd be without a family member there. That's kind of why Hawaii also seems to be out. The only options seem to be San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Boston. The main reason to send Will to Boston is because Harvard is Harvard, and he can be near his little sister and Wade, who Will seems to be close to.

Now I kinda want Travis to end up acting on a New York City soap opera during the waning years of them. (The last one shut down in 2012.) It would be pretty damn fun to have a soap within a soap. LOL

Mark has been pretty consistent that both Brad and Will have the ability to experiment with drugs without getting dependent on them. So unfortunately for you, no true "Just Say No" moments like what they did on Knots Landing in the 80's, at least in regards to Brad and Will. I feel like Mark does get a lot of shit from readers about the drug use and how the characters need to be "punished" or whatever by becoming addicted, but the truth is that Mark grew up during the 1970's and early 80's when drug use was pretty high, and he partook, and things generally turned out fine for him. Probably because Mark is one of the luckier guys for whom drug addiction does not run in his family line. Therefore I get why he writes Will this way, and why he's not going to have Will turn into some stark raving mad drug addict either. I don't think it's unrealistic, at all. Again, Mark has been very consistent that both Will and his father are able to experiment with drug use but don't become dependent on them because they don't have a genetic predisposition towards drug addiction. I would be waaaaaaayyyy more worried about JJ if he started trying drugs because of his (bio) family history. Good thing JJ's such a goody two shoes.

I can see Mark skipping over the years 2012 until we land in 2016, which feels like the right time for Gen Z to take over.

I just remembered that it was a plot point in Millennium that Robbie becomes a producer for the first movie adaption of Harry Potter. I think we had Will suggesting it, actually. Even if that isn't true, Will probably would have read the book anyway in 2000-2001 given the popularity of it and everybody being excited about the movie adaption. Although I'd see JJ as being more likely a hardcore fan because Mark has consistently written JJ as being a bit of a dork. LOL Alisdar? Toooottttallly into Harry Potter.

For what it's worth, I don't think Private Tim meant to insult you. He's a lawyer and I think cross-examining is his general default. You stated yourself as being wealthy and Private Tim was saying, "No, you aren't- here's why."

It would have been funnier if he was reading Twilight. LOL

Another of Jacob Elordi...I can totally pretend this is Will after a night of debauchery. LOL It's for a movie he's doing called Saltburn, where he plays an aristocratic spoiled rich boy in 2006 England. Rosamund Pike plays his mother, and I was thinking, "You know, this could work for Claire." She does that haughty, nose-in-the-air beauty type well.

Okay, you have a point. I went to a performing arts high school during the early 2000's when eating disorders were pretty rampant. I think we all just kinda internalized the behavior so it seemed normal and learned to not react whenever we heard someone vomiting in the bathroom. We did put JJ into an environment where the pressure to look good is insane, so it does make sense that JJ would be freaking out about gaining 5 pounds.

I wonder if it will turn out Jim Crampton had bipolar issues. We really don't know that much about him so anything is possible.

Who looks like Jimmy Garoppolo? You're damned right.

Colton Haynes, the Official John Hobart fancast, did a pretty sexy photoshoot for XY magazine when he was 18. He later showed off his bod on MTV's Twink Wolf. I mean Teen Wolf.

Well, damn. Eh, at least JJ can finish high school in peace. LOL

I believe I suggested poached salmon to Mark because we were taking cues from the Zone Diet, which was very popular during this time period.

Damn, I love the friendship between JJ and John. They both nudge each other out of their comfort zone, which I think is a good thing.

What if Mark sneaks by a Jacob instead of a Jake? Maybe there can be a Jacob who is friends with Bobby Carrswold in the nursery.

Just one cameo, basically. Mark essentially wrote JJ off into a "happily ever after" with his New York City romantic comedy life. Well, what passes for happy with JJ. Lol I'm happy Mark let JJ go off and finally have a relatively stable, good life right now.

Meanwhile JJ gets more of the vindictive passive aggressive bitch. He wouldn't get someone whacked, but he will put out a scheme to humiliate someone if he thinks they crossed him.

I would assume it has to be Tiffany. She's his mother. It's also been hinted that while she doesn't have Danfield money, she does likely have Carrswold level money left by her grandparents, which would make Wade trust her more.