Wymack took two teenagers who were so afraid of coaches and older men they flinched at his presence and loved them so hard they think of him as a father
andrew and allison would’ve been too powerful if they had gotten along. they would go to the mall together and buy clothes for people who are not themselves that those people do not want and then get back to fox tower to give said people the clothes they do not want along with opinions that they also do not want. they know everyone’s business. they don’t care much about the emotional boundaries of others except yes they do. they’re mean in a way that’s fun if you fw them and very not fun if you don’t. they will be honest if you ask them if your club outfit is ugly. they will also be honest if you don’t ask them if your club outfit is ugly. they have very expensive cars in which they drive people around in silently. they are fueled by spite. they are blonde.
thinking once again about how the oft-presented idea that stories that are just okay prompt the most fanfiction isn't entirely inaccurate but fails to get at the real root cause, which is that stories that leave space in the narrative and/or the world prompt the most fanfiction (plot holes are a way to leave space, but not the only way to leave space)
in addition, i have a hypothesis that the biggest fandoms are usually based around stories that leave space in multiple ways. i think one of the most common (and most important to building a fandom) ways that space is left in a narrative is by releasing it serially. there's a reason that so many mega fandoms build up around stories where you can write what you think is going to happen next. you can see this with a lot of the huge tv fandoms but also with stuff like the mcu. another really common one is creating a huge world and/or huge cast of characters that'll never be fully explored (on purpose), leaving space for fanfiction writers to be like, that person who shows up in one scene. what's their deal?
some other ways i've thought of (not a comprehensive list, just me musing in the shower): limiting the story in setting (i.e. only see the characters at work) or time (i.e. only follow the characters through a few months of their lives) or framing device (i.e. tell the story entirely through letters or voicemail messages or conversations with one character's therapist), fail to wrap up loose ends due to cancellation, fail to wrap up loose ends due to the creator forgetting about them, plot holes and poorly developed ideas due to the creator not thinking them through, even arguably things ending in a way that doesn't make sense for the characters.
It’s been said by many people and probably better than i can do it but it’s literally hilarious to me how badly Kevin day has fumbled almost every single bad bitch he’s ever met and he’s met SO MANY
just had a thought about Andrew seeing Jean on his motorcycle and turning to Kevin with his blank stare. Because you can’t tell me that Andrew clocked Jean as gay but failed to notice he’s also in love with Kevin. And Andrew is judging Kevin SO HARD like Kevin you had THAT basically locked down and you didn’t even try?????? Not even like a heavy gaze once or twice???? Despicable. I hope Andrew talks to Neil about it and they give kevin little bitchy looks for a solid week without explanation
neil knowing that his distrust of wymack and his physical reactions to him are from the experiences he's had with his father but his inability to recognize the discomfort he feels around renee and betsy as something that could be connected to his mother...ive gotta put this boy in a lab for real...
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