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I've always kind of wanted JJ to get involved with Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion empire. They do establish a higher end fashion brand in 2006 after dropping out of NYU. It's been established that he knows them, and they gibe well together because there are a lot of similarities between child movie stars and child athlete stars. Isn't Darius in the ROTC at UCLA? I thought he was headed for the military.

Thanks. I feel like JJ is easier because he's a more internal character than Will is. It was fun. "All Too Well" is the JJ/Alex theme and "I Want To Know What Love Is" is the JJ/Carullo theme. LOL Mark once told me that "I Want To Know What Love Is" annoyed him because it was played out everywhere in 1984. LOL

No, but it's great for a drama series. LOL

So yeah...I mentioned having a JJ playlist in mind and I thought it would be fun to make one for real. Also did a Will one. Feel free to add song recs of your own here that remind you of the characters. JJ Playlist "Art is Calling for Me" (A Prima Donna song) from The Enchantress "Circus" by Britney Spears "The Fame" by Lady Gaga "Daniel" by Elton John "Drive" by the Cars "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake "I Want To Know What Love Is" by Foreigner "Alone" by Heart "Wishin & Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield "All Too Well" by Taylor Swift "Lose Yourself" by Eminem "Disarm" by The Smashing Pumpkins "Last Resort" by Papa Roach "Scar Tissue" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers "You're A God" by Vertical Horizon "New York, New York" by Liza Minelli "What I Did For Love" from a Chorus Line "Only in New York" from Thoroughly Modern Millie "I Started A Joke" by The Bee Gees "The Only Living Boy in New York" by Simon and Garfunkel "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel "Style" by Taylor Swift "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel "One" from A Chorus Line And of course... the Will Playlist "A Place for My Head" by Linkin Park "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" by the Beach Boys "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent "Milkshake" by Kelis "Two Lovers" by Mary Wells "Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys "The Wanderer" by Dion "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond "Til I Collapse" by Eminem "Time To Pretend" by MGMT "Electric Feel" by MGMT "Gimme More" by Britney Spears "Night Moves" by Bob Seger "Candy Store" from Heathers the Musical "Pass That Dutch" by Missy Elliot "Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls "Glamorous" by Fergie "Flake" by Jack Johnson "With Or Without You" by U2 "Don't Change" by INXS

Okay, so basically, this take on Nate Jacobs from Euphoria also explains quite well my thing for Zach. Basically, I'm really attracted to asshole jocks who are either somewhat crazy or absolutely batshit insane. Nice guys don't do much for me unless they're also really quirky, like Gabriel Basso from The Night Agent.

Honestly I would love it if Travis turned out to be even more fucked up than Zach is, but just better at hiding it.

It's a pretty appropriate song for JJ. I also have "Only Living Boy in New York" & "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel on the JJ playlist.

I still think Marie is going to do a popular start up app like Uber or something. She could always invest in YouTube as well.

I kind of like the idea of Will going to Harvard and being given the Legally Blonde treatment of people underestimating him behind his bubbly Californian exterior. Like since JJ is living The Devil Wear Prada, Will could live Legally Blonde. I do like the idea of USC, though. In all seriousness, never really thought that about Tom Brady. Aaron Rodgers, yes. LOL Also in all seriousness, while Mark does mostly write JJ as living in some kind of romantic comedy (usually the kind that would be distributed by Merchant Ivory and star Emma Thompson somewhere), Will mostly lives in a near constant drama so I don't see Legally Blonde actually happening. lol

Honestly I agree. Also Mark liked my Tom Holland fancast for Alisdair so that helps the fantasy a lot.

I'm not that into Travis, either, but finding out that he had Zach's car torched made him a lot more interesting IMO. Shades of Wade Danfield but without the genteel polish.

I don't think he knows that Brad had Bitty killed in order to keep her from taking Darius and JJ in 1995, though. To be fair, Will was about 8 years old during the events of If It Fits. My inner self-destructive 21-year old is very, very attracted to that. LOL I did always like that you had Zach written this way because it made him a lot different from Robbie, who kind of just bobbed around. I'm not saying Robbie was dumb, but he didn't have Zach's cooly predator instincts.

The Italian thing. I always liked your nod to the Italian-American community of St. Louis.

They're rich. Why would they need to? These characters are freed from the mundane decisions of life because they can literally do whatever they want to because of their wealth. JJ decided he's not going to get a license, get an actual job, or go to college (at this point it's obvious he's not going) because he's rich and doesn't need to. Knowing Will, he's probably going to invest in Postmates and Doordash.

It's so weird to think that Will would be 36 years old if he were a real person in present day. Maddie and Riley would be 22 years old and done with undergrad, while Robbie II would be in college. (Assuming he goes. I can't see any scenario in which Wade would allow his stepson to not attend college, unless he and Matt aren't together by that time period.) And JP would be getting ready to turn 87 in a few months. Anyway, Travis just got a helluva lot more interesting to me now. He was just a tad too perfect before. I like knowing that he can get down and dirty.

I can roll with this choice. Anyway, now that we have the dad and sister figured out...maybe Drew Starkey for Travis's brother? I'm literally just posting him because I think Drew Starkey is cute in that lanky surfer stoner boy way. LOL He just looks like someone I can see being associated with Will. If you need to see him with blonder hair:

Alright, that works.

LOL I am never going to find a Darius. LOL

Yeah, I'm leaning towards Anthony Michael Hall.

If you want less handsome (but still the type I'm thinking of) Anthony Michael Hall works. I think Curt was described as being kind of chunky so AMH might be a better pick than James Bond, in all honesty. I also had Terry Serpico in mind. He's not a really a name, but you probably recognize him from something.

Zach's insurance must be through the roof.

James Bond for Curtis Buck? He looks like he could the asshole patriarch of a rich family. I did picture Terry Serpico from Army Wives as well. There's a general look I'm thinking of- a natural blond with bright blue eyes and that ruddy complexion they get from living in California.

Chapter 71 -When Will reads Zach's letter to him. "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams Chapter 72 -When Will and Claire go horseback riding and he helps her come to some realizations. "Sister Golden Hair" by America -When Will and Zach talk on the phone. "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys

I was watching Night Agent on Netflix and liked this actor's look for Darius. I mean, whatever, it's fun coming up with ethnically ambiguous good-looking guys with a Mr. Cool vibe to play Darius. LOL

Isn't he supposed to be a surfer? It's also the 2000's- tanning was very, very in. I had a friend Brian in 2004 who obviously used a tanning salon in the winter but refused to admit it. LOL But yeah, Asher looks less tan here: One thing I've noticed about teenagers/early 20-somethings is that they don't seem as attached to tanning like my peers were when we were their age. I guess that's a good thing?