hakuna-matata

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You know that there has been a lot of talk for the past few years about sociopathy being a highly common and effective trait for large corporate executive level jobs, and we know Ethan's father is CEO of the modelling agency/entertainment firm/whatever it is. That could be passed on by either genetics or environment. Just pure speculation, here. Also, quite often, people like Ethan are irredeemable. Any consequences strong enough to give him an attitude adjustment would probably break him, he's been sheltered from consequences for his entire life.

For sure, there are ton of irredeemable people out in the world. Some people are bad from the start and some need an attitude adjustment from the very beginning. You could have two horrible parents who produce an angel of a child or you could have two wonderful parents who produce the spawn of satan.

My mom is a retired school teacher........ you should hear the stories. You could not pay me enough money to be a teacher.
 

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That's exactly what happened in that scene, she fought Ethan to defend the MC.


I agree with your views on both topics.
We can only assume that things kept escalating...
The first time probably along the lines of "come on Ethan don't do that" all the way to the flashback we saw where it was more "stop or we are done".
And according to her Ethan did stop at least for a time (trying a different approach to get in her pants obviously).

Yeah she probably should've cut him off way earlier, but that's life...
She should have stopped him right there and then. She should not have waited until after MC ran away.
 
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She should have stopped him right there and then. She should not have waited until after MC ran away.
The MC didn't want to listen to anything that Erynn had to say at that point. Because of the misunderstanding that she had apparently laughed with her friends at his confession. The MC literally legged it, he wasn't listening to anyone or anything, least of all Erynn.
 

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The MC didn't want to listen to anything that Erynn had to say at that point. Because of the misunderstanding that she had apparently laughed with her friends at his confession. The MC literally legged it, he wasn't listening to anyone or anything, least of all Erynn.
Honestly this is one of things I hate about the story wish Nyx found another way to do it. Or at least showed how Erynn tried a bit more to talk to him before he left , by either trying to have Alexis do it for her , get Mel involved or just skipping school to wait for him. Yeah I get she sent letters and what not but just wish she did a bit more.
 

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Honestly this is one of things I hate about the story wish Nyx found another way to do it. Or at least showed how Erynn tried a bit more to talk to him before he left , by either trying to have Alexis do it for her , get Mel involved or just skipping school to wait for him. Yeah I get she sent letters and what not but just wish she did a bit more.
Honestly I put alot of the blame on the MC himself rather than Erynn. Even at 13-14 he should have known better than to put her in the position of asking her something so important and personal infront of Lexi and Ethan.
She made the effort to write letters to him, then the little brat didn't even have the decency to read them but tore them up and threw them away. Even if she didn't want to be his girlfriend (which I think she did) they pretty much grew up together and were best friends for years, so I think that he owed her the common decency of reading what she wrote IMO.
 

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She should have stopped him right there and then. She should not have waited until after MC ran away.
That's "coulda/woulda/shoulda" territory, at that spot she did what she felt was best for her friend, she couldn't know she wouldn't talk to her friend for the next 5 years.

She pretty much did. MC just ran away fast enough before she could react.
He literally runs right off.

Honestly this is one of things I hate about the story wish Nyx found another way to do it. Or at least showed how Erynn tried a bit more to talk to him before he left , by either trying to have Alexis do it for her , get Mel involved or just skipping school to wait for him. Yeah I get she sent letters and what not but just wish she did a bit more.
It's in the story, we see her trying to talk to him the same day, probably 10 minutes later.
And then it's explictly stated by both of them that he did his best to keep away from her for the weeks/month he still lived there.

Honestly I put alot of the blame on the MC himself rather than Erynn. Even at 13-14 he should have known better than to put her in the position of asking her something so important and personal infront of Lexi and Ethan.
She made the effort to write letters to him, then the little brat didn't even have the decency to read them but tore them up and threw them away. Even if she didn't want to be his girlfriend (which I think she did) they pretty much grew up together and were best friends for years, so I think that he owed her the common decency of reading what she wrote IMO.
This.
 

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She pretty much did. MC just ran away fast enough before she could react.
The MC didn't want to listen to anything that Erynn had to say at that point. Because of the misunderstanding that she had apparently laughed with her friends at his confession. The MC literally legged it, he wasn't listening to anyone or anything, least of all Erynn.
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Erynn tells him "I'll be back"

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Ethan calls MC a dweeb.
Erynn says "don't call him that"

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Honestly I put alot of the blame on the MC himself rather than Erynn. Even at 13-14 he should have known better than to put her in the position of asking her something so important and personal infront of Lexi and Ethan.
She made the effort to write letters to him, then the little brat didn't even have the decency to read them but tore them up and threw them away. Even if she didn't want to be his girlfriend (which I think she did) they pretty much grew up together and were best friends for years, so I think that he owed her the common decency of reading what she wrote IMO.
oh don't get me wrong I do not blame Erynn at all , she tried to make it right the MC was just stubborn. I should wish it was one of those things was shown a bit more than told is all.

It's in the story, we see her trying to talk to him the same day, probably 10 minutes later.
And then it's explictly stated by both of them that he did his best to keep away from her for the weeks/month he still lived there.
Yeah it's just something I wish was a little different or at instead of telling shown a bit more on how she tried and failed more than the one time is all I was saying.
 
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Honestly this is one of things I hate about the story wish Nyx found another way to do it. Or at least showed how Erynn tried a bit more to talk to him before he left , by either trying to have Alexis do it for her , get Mel involved or just skipping school to wait for him. Yeah I get she sent letters and what not but just wish she did a bit more.
Who says she didn't try to go to Emily? We just know that his behavior towards everybody, including Mel, was bad enough that he got sent away. As for Alexis, she was just a friend of a friend. Hell, he didn't even know she was the daughter of his favorite player. Sending her would've done nothing but get Alexis either ignored or insulted.
 
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to me that more feels like she tried and then felt Embarrassed. so imo she didn't do nothing

Who says she didn't try to go to Emily? We just know that his behavior towards everybody, including Mel, was bad enough that he got sent away. As for Alexis, she was just a friend of a friend. Hell, he didn't even know she was the daughter of his favorite player. Sending her would've done nothing but get Alexis either ignored or insulted.
I mean my idea of Alexis would clearly be a last resort type of deal. She did try Emily but failed my point was I would of liked to see 1 or 2 more attempts but I understand why it was a tell and not show cause of render time etc etc.
 
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Well it's right there, Erynn does say "Wait! Don't go!" and if he had stuck around I'm sure that he would have witnessed Erynn tearing Ethan a new one and things may have been very different. But we are where we are, you can't change the past.
Sometimes these things happen for a reason though, if the MC and Erynn hadn't had their 5 years apart then things may not have progressed in the way that they are now on Erynn's path.
 

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to me that more feels like she tried and then felt Embarrassed. so imo she didn't do nothing
Exactly, she did nothing. She stood there while her friend got bullied by her other "friend".

Well it's right there, Erynn does say "Wait! Don't go!" and if he had stuck around I'm sure that he would have witnessed Erynn tearing Ethan a new one and things may have been very different. But we are where we are, you can't change the past.
Sometimes these things happen for a reason though, if the MC and Erynn hadn't had their 5 years apart then things may not have progressed in the way that they are now on Erynn's path.
The damage was already done. My issue with Erynn is she should have stopped Ethan right there and not have to wait until he runs away.

Everyone in that scenario, except for Alexis deserve a back hander. Ethan, no explanation, Erynn for letting her friend be bullied and especially MC for professing his love in front of other people instead in private.
 
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How slow do you think that all happened? MC confesses his feelings, Erryn's trying to process her feelings so goes watch whatever on ethan's phone, ethan calls him a dweeb , Erryn tells him not to call him that he says a few more things, at this point Erryn turns to Ethan about to give him a piece of her mind then MC runs off. This likely all happened in less than 5 minutes.
 
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He really had to try confessing in front of everyone. Surely he could have picked a better moment. He's one of her best friends supposedly, so they had to spend quite a lot of time together, separate from Alexis since he doesn't know her that well, even back then.

Also, if Nyx hasn't done much age fuckery, she would be 15 or 16 and the MC was supposed to be 3 years behind her? There's no way a 15-16 yr old me is remotely romantically interested in someone 3 years younger at that age.
 
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He really had to try confessing in front of everyone. Surely he could have picked a better moment. He's one of her best friends supposedly, so they had to spend quite a lot of time together, separate from Alexis since he doesn't know her that well, even back then.

Also, if Nyx hasn't done much age fuckery, she would be 15 or 16 and the MC was supposed to be 3 years behind her? There's no way a 15-16 yr old me is remotely romantically interested in someone 3 years younger at that age.
Middle school teachers fucking their male students puts that to the lie...
 

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Honestly I put alot of the blame on the MC himself rather than Erynn. Even at 13-14 he should have known better than to put her in the position of asking her something so important and personal infront of Lexi and Ethan.
She made the effort to write letters to him, then the little brat didn't even have the decency to read them but tore them up and threw them away. Even if she didn't want to be his girlfriend (which I think she did) they pretty much grew up together and were best friends for years, so I think that he owed her the common decency of reading what she wrote IMO.
Any girl that lets you feel her boobs, deserves a chance to explain herself. :)
 
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