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I just really want JJ to have a fun, stormy relationship with a bad boy Dylan McKay from 90210 type.
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I had likely just watched the Michael Fassbender/Mia W. Version of Jane Eyre when I made those comments. Please don't think of me as being some big opponent against boarding school education.
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I bumped up the forum thread where Mark explained why Robbie died.
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Why did Robbie have to die?
methodwriter85 replied to Mark Arbour's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
Bumped up for @PrivateTim -
I like to think, since JJ hasn't had a relationship yet, he's kind of just sitting back and laughing at the ridiculous relationship drama of his relatives and being glad he doesn't have to deal with it. LOL
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Faces for Mark's Stories
methodwriter85 replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
I have to ask @PrivateTim though...do you feel like punching this face and calling him a manwhore? If so, Jacob's perfect. In all seriousness, I do actually really like this, Mark. Jacob is very tall and lanky yet muscular, which feels right for Brad/Will. He's also very handsome, but not in a cookie-cutter, Hallmark stud kind of way. That also feels right. And he can do intense very, very well. -
My pre-plastic surgery fancast for Scott/Lark is this actor named Lukas Gage, probably best known for getting beat up by Jacob Elordi on Euphoria and getting rimmed on the White Lotus. He had a viral moment a few years ago when he shared the audition footage of him catching a director insulting his apartment. I'm sure he's a nice guy in real life, but something about him makes my skin crawl. Like I get the seriously sleazy vibes here beneath the pleasant blond surfer bro look. Which in my opinion is absolutely perfect for Scott/Lark.
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Faces for Mark's Stories
methodwriter85 replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
More Taylor Zakhar Perez, my Ace fancast. (Mark liked him for Darius, which feels apropos.) My god, what a hottie. LOL -
I believe 28-year old me felt offended because I'm 5'5." LOL You know, I tried to get Mark to do a story where JJ had a late growth spurt that would have fucked up his skating career, but Mark was firm on JJ needing to be short because it's part of his psyche and it makes him stand out from Darius and Will. Lol I also think I was just like, "Damn, I can't live vicariously through that. Oh, well." Lol
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You just reminded me of TetRefine. He lived in Philadelphia because he wanted the big city experience, but he couldn't afford New York City. Eventually he got himself there- I believe even to Manhattan. At this point I think most of the Brooklyn creatives got pushed out. Not exactly sure where they're going. It kind of feels like every dying Rustbelt city is trying to promote themselves to the artists and tech people.
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Realistically Mark is going to have to do a time jump when he decides it's time to pass on the baton from Will's cohort to Riley's cohort. They won't be old enough to center a story until about the mid-2010's. In the meantime, at this point I've accepted that I'll be 40 when JJ turns 20. Lol
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Yes, but again, we've never seen Will or Brad express any interest in it. I'm sure JP and Stefan probably would be into skiing especially given how popular the sport was during the 1950's-1960's but they don't really drive the story anymore, so we don't see them skiing even if they do actually do it. The only ice-centered sport we've seen any narrator express interest in was hockey with Matt/Wade/Gathan, and figure skating with JJ. I mean, it's entirely possible Stefan had skiing cabins built in the land he brought in Wyoming in 1998, but we don't really know. Mainly because Mark is probably not interested in snowboarding or skiing, so he doesn't really have the characters do it, either. LOL
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Brad and Will are surfers. They have, as far as I can remember, not expressed any interest in skiing or even snowboarding. They do ride horses, as well as Wade and Matt.
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methodwriter85 replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
I kind of saw Johnny Falco as either Gavin Casalegno or Hero Fiennes Tiffin. -
True. New York City is a whole nother beast.
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I kind of like your consistency in that you refuse to say SoCal, so of course you won't say NorCal, either. If I remember correctly you're not a fan of saying "The OC", either.
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Faces for Mark's Stories
methodwriter85 replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
I can get into that. Dude does intensity well, and he's handsome, but not in a bland, cookie cutter way. Always thought that Jacob Elordi reminded me of a younger, taller Matt Dillon. -
I feel bad for anyone that actually wants to meet hookups at gay bars because it's just not like that anymore. It's really just a place for gays to hang out with their pre-established friends and dance to some gay themed music. Also for straight girls to drag their boyfriends who get "adored" by the DJ for the night.
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methodwriter85 replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
I am currently obsessed with Nicholas Galitzine. Any fancast ideas, folks? I wanted Wade Danfield, but Mark pointed out (rightfully) that Nicholas has too much of an Eastern European/Russian look to him to fully embody Wade "WASP" Danfield. I mean, I can see it, but let's think up other roles for him! Maybe he can be a Soviet agent or something when Mark gets around to re-working A Summer Love. LOL -
I wouldn't go that far. I would, however, like for Will to be wrong on something and actually realize he's wrong. He always seems to "win" and that gets a little too Mary Sue for my tastes.
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True. The "opposites attract" trope is fun, though, and I hope at some point Will has a thing with a poor scholarship student at Harvard who calls him "Preppie." Then dies of Ali MacGraw disease.
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I don't know. Wade could always get corrupted. It's not like he doesn't have role models in that regard. Then again, I thought that
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Okay, I do have to agree with you there. Although I can see why Mark isn't going there with Will moving into an apartment and learning how to cook his own meals and such. Because Will doesn't have to, and mundane stuff like that is boring unless you have a cute little bonding scene between two soap characters where a hunky dude teaches Will about cooking before they have sex. I do hope we get at least a little It Happened One Night homage where Will and some salt of the earth reporter type have to travel in somewhat unglamorous ways and Will has to mingle with the common folk for a night.
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Actually, not really. I had friends with digital cameras who would take nudie pictures of themselves. AIM was the wild wild west back in those days.
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I mean, that's true, but it's also true that JJ isn't an easily understood character. He keeps a lot of things to himself, maybe as a reaction to Will who can't help but put his business out all over the place in very public ways. Without spoiling future stories, I will say that I think Mark has done a wonderful job of slowly nudging JJ out of his comfort zone and making him grow up as a character. At the same, making sure that JJ stays true to himself. All in a mostly romantic comedy type of way. LOL I mean, right though? Will's the romantic drama lead character, while JJ is the romantic comedy character.
