Date: May 16, 2017 8:17 pm Title: Chapter 31 - Progenitorship.
As if Brian didn't question already too much his ability to be a father, the Novotny duo can't stop putting him down. And Vic can't support him.
Poor Jesse, unable to escape his father's decisions. What about the fading? And the headache?
Date: May 15, 2017 11:52 pm Title: Chapter 31 - Progenitorship.
What a great chapter! Scared me a little though, with Jesse getting headaches, I thought shit, not what happened to Justin!
What is this about another group summer fic? Can I join please?
Author's Response:
Glad you liked the chapter even though it IS getting a little scary... not going to comment on that headache thing, although you're pretty sharp to have picked up on it. LOL And, of course, you can join in on the Summer story. I'll be posting more about it on the FB page when we get closer to June. The more the merrier! TAG
Date: May 15, 2017 9:53 pm Title: Chapter 31 - Progenitorship.
Poor Jessie. I want to kick Four's ass for him! I can understand wanting a son to be a success but that's not measured by how much of an extention he can be of his father. What an ASSHOLE! I mean seriously...if Brian had gone down the same road as Jack's underachieving ass...SMH I shudder to contemplate what he would have become.
As for Michael, where is a good cannon when one is needed? He should be shot out of one to land on an uninhabited island far from civilization with only his own voice and thoughts for company. He is a danger to sanity! What's always pissed me off about his character is that for such an authority on everyone else and how they should live their lives, he's another underachiever with entirely too much time on his hands and way too many opinions. What's more infuriating is that during the scope of his character, he wanted nothing more than a promotion at the Big Q or to indulge in his favoite hobby of Comic Books. Yet he has the temerity to think he knows Brian's hopes, dreams and aspirations? Really dude?!
Unfortunately, Brian allows the unfounded, unsolicited ramblings of the jerk to penetrate his brain. It's sad really that Brian lacks so much confidence in directing his personal life. Instead of listening to naysayers who can barely tie their own shoes without be told, he absorbs their low opinions of him. Or more accurately, he takes in their low wishes for him and decides to live by them. It's as if since Michael doesn't try to achieve anything worth having, Brian shouldn't try to either. In this case, it's fatherhood. If only Brian could apply the same determination he has to get ahead in business to his life outside of the boardroom, I think Brian would be a much happier person.
Great chapter and looking forward to MORE!
Happy Writing and HUGS,
~Chelle
Author's Response:
I always love reading your insightful reviews, Chelle! In this case, I think agree with you all around. My underlying point was to show how insecure Brian is behind the mask of invicibility he wears. The scared, abused little boy that hids behind the bravado. This is the story of how he got that way. Thanks for reading, glad you're enjoying it. TAG