[Report This]Date: Jul 20, 2017 12:35 am Title: Failure to Thrive
How have you made me laugh hysterically and then want to cry all within the space of a few minutes? You bloody genius, you. Brian naming all his possible ailments had me cracking up, him hoping for liver disease or cancer just so he wouldn't be pregnant was brilliant and I could totally see him doing this. But, then he went on about wanting to induce a miscarriage and I wanted to cry and also hit him. Poor Justin.
Date: Jul 17, 2017 4:02 pm Title: Failure to Thrive
A very exciting chapter! I'm so sorry for Justin. His fears for their baby and his despair are so palpable. I love the way you show their clear bond and connection (for example when Brian reacts to his voice, talks to him, chooses him to accompany him to the hospital …)
“A question darted through Justin's mind: how could he be so calm and Michael so distraught? Did Michael love Brian more than he did?” – A few words to Michael… I have to admit, I don’t like him very much. There were too many scenes in the show in which his behavior has annoyed me so much. For example this scene when he told Brian he knows about the cancer, crying; asking Brian what he should do without him – in my opinion, he’s very selfish. So, I think how you describe Michael here suits him very well.
I love the way you turn dramatic scenes also into something funny “Justin, show the Doc your dick" - :-) Great! And then it turns into something so heartbreaking and again, I feel so sad for Justin. And Brian - how to be angry with him, he still didn’t understand what happened to him at all…