I've been working from some years now with a youth & adult organization. Young or adult people suffering harassment of any kind, tend to make (not all, but must of them) the worst decisions. And very often there are (maybe unjustified for us, not them) feelings of fear of public scrutiny, social disgrace, and so on. That's why, in my own view, Erynn (and Layla's) handling of her problem is very credible.
I agree on that.
You hope that last and could never know that.
Like said she was 16, not 8.
Firstly i think u tagged the wrong person.You hope that last and could never know that.
First, my take on Erryn is that she is overall a great sweet girl as already shown by MC in plane where that dichotomy with what happened at confession in MC's mind was already clear from start on who she was, if not perfect and possibly hurt by all that happened due to an asshole in her life, misfortune, too many secrets and a few bad decisions.
Considering fact Erryn might not have known Mc was mad at her and should have not known about that and was completely clueless and unaware. Yes, it was not her intention to hurt MC and it has never been. Also not with her more or less ghosting or paying les attention to him before while growing apart, which some think was just new friends and I think a bit more. Idea that she might not immediately have connected his changed behavior to what happened at confession (which was also his birthday, so nothing was done for that after should have also be seen as a bit weird like she had no present for him), I can get from her pov. That she still did not have at least a suspicion or a niggle of doubt that something is amiss and might have been taken other as she intended a few weeks later though after him ghosting her and all the drama going on next door is a lot harder to swallow for a girl that can do University and is a golden girl.
Just a few facts now though. She was not a stranger living 20 miles or more away from him, but next to him. Her own mother was like a second mother to MC and the main emotional support and friend of MC's mother. Now that guy for some reason becomes such a terrible terror within a few weeks after that happened that he is suddenly being sent away (MC did not leave cause he wanted, but was sent away by Emily and that was the reason he did not accept contact with Emily though either likely Andreas fanned those flames.)
Now either I have to assume that a few weeks of MC being hard to handle would be just a send him away withouth any feelings on the part of Em and Mel and something they never talked about or tried to find out why he changed or that Erryn somehow missed all those talks, musings and pain those women likely went through. That while Erryn at 15-16yo would have been one of the most logical people to ask and talk about some of the questions those two women had and was easily available to them to talk with. She was not 9 yo that you might think you would have to fully protect her and not be asked about her opinion even if they might not have listened fully to her. Same as that we know Erryn now is aware that Ethan bullied her friends, we do not know exactly when in the timeline she found out, but well if she did not suspect MC would have been a victim of that bullying as well that would be strange.
So either I have to believe it is believable that Erryn somehow never was a part of those conversations or otherwise noticed something was going on next door, Mel never told her MC was sent away, also after weeks of ghosting her and ignoring her correspondence would not at least have an inkling something was different from his side. Remember we are talking about a sweet girl who did care about MC and both Mel and Em knew this, just sending him away without telling her would be a betrayal to her as well.
Now I have set out before a situation where that might be somewhat believable, we have all been in those first few weeks of a new relationship where we somewhat ignored and neglected the ones we cared about cause we met a girl with beautiful eyes that was for while all we could think about and then later normalized that situation and integrated her with our other loved ones and friends if the relation continued for a long while. Now this would fit with all that happened, would make Erryn noticing less way more believable and no less sweet.
The other option is that I have to believe that Mel and Em were so self absorbed and within weeks went, we have to get rid of tht terror and sent him away. he is troublesome and we do not want to handle that or put any time into finding out why. Let's get rid of the annoyance and let us also not tell your daughter Mel who is his friend and cares for him like a little brother. Well that is not the way either Em or Mel have been portrayed, but it would explain why MC did not feel like talking to his mom or anyone for 5 years if that is how he felt and actually was what happened.
Same that a lot of people about the Alexis claim and the guilt Alexis may feel are talking about things like Alexis ghosting Erryn at the concert for MC, which is less nice of Alexis indeed. The thing is though that the guilt of Alexis is already there in the plane and after MC an Alexis meet first time in bar after plane without MC knowing she works there. Where there are no other reasons for her to feel guilty as her conversations with and confidences of Erryn. Well weirdly my take is in a way that the situation between Erryn and Alexis is a weird mirror to that of Erryn and MC where they are still friends that grew apart and one fell for the wrong person hurting their friendship. Just hoping this will turn out better for all involved and that they might find healing, love and have eachothers back as friends.
I think Alexis feels guilt because she knows she's misleading this guy under false pretenses, he thinks she's "hot girl from the plane" but she's more than that, and what they are doing might affect their relationships with other people (Erynn).
Not for several months, they are neighbours and i doubt Erynn would have never grabed him after a while, talked to Emily about it, or that Emily/Mel would have never asked questions why he avoids his best friend all of sudden.
those are averages so the fastest humans can catch between 40 to 60% of the slowest of them!
Thats the way to go with this mc, just stun him with a taser and tie him to a chair, could have solved all problemsWell ... thats why peops get Guns, runing is too much Old-School already
I'm aware, we had chikens.
I do not think there is an ultra competitiveness between them, Alexis had Erryn's back too long for that all those years, even with Ethan at his worst. I do suspect though that due to college and Ethan making Erryn's life hell lately they have drifted apart a bit and spent less time together though they are still friends at the time of the plane encounter. We also should not forget that Alexis had a little crush on or sweet spot for MC since confession and possibly even before. She wanted her one time with MC, despite her misgivings and just underestimated her ability to walk away after and how unlikely it was she would not have to meet up with him after, in a way quite a stupid decision though it might turn out right for her.
)and that might get way worse. Now it could be that Zane was a virtual saint, but I suspect he did not just dumped Erryn, but likely also lashed out a bit in his hurt and anger or might even have been a complete asshole about it and called her things like slut, whore, cheating bitch or worse. Now Erryn being the sweet girl she is and knowing why she did it, would have had little emotional defence against that knowing that Zane at least from what he knew was right and she could not tell him why was different and likely a lot of friends she and Zane had together would have felt the same as Zane and given her little emotional support, let alone taken her side with maybe the exception of Em, Mel and Alexis. While she was already in a panic/fear over the blackmail itself.In the scenario i proposed the competitiveness would trigger on their senior year, when Erynn starts dating Zane, before that they would be best of friends, their current state of "distance" after HS wouldn't go against this theory.I do not think there is an ultra competitiveness between them, Alexis had Erryn's back too long for that all those years, even with Ethan at his worst. I do suspect though that due to college and Ethan making Erryn's life hell lately they have drifted apart. We also should not forget that Alexis had a little crush on or sweet spot for MC since confession and possibly even before. She wanted her one time with MC, despite her misgivings and just underestimated her ability to walk away after and how unlikely it was she would not have to meet up with him after, in a way quite a stupid decision though it might turn out right for her.
Erynn was quite oblivious to everything that happened that day, we the audience know more than she does true, she wasn't there to witness Ethan bullying the MC again for example...Another small thing that may play a role is that I have no idea if Erryn might be plagued somewhat of misremembering things as they happened then with regards to Ethan and MC to protect herself and her own emotions. Let us be honest, the kind of sweet girl Erryn is would have felt guilty when she found out that her little bro MC was likely bullied by Ethan to drive him away from her.
Part of it is that we know more than she does, she wasn't there to witness but she is quite oblivious about what
Couple this with what likely happened with Zane after the prom ( I know I was not complimentary about her handling of this
Considering the running away from MC, it is not easy to run far and fast if you are asleep in your bed as my older brothers taught me long ago if I was mad at them, stubborn and they thought it had been enough.
Also considering those weeks, I would not be surprised if we find out there is another elephant in the room everyone has avoided talking about in gae until now and MC in his anger did something incredible stupid that could have gotten him expelled from school or a get him a criminal record and tht was why he was seent to Andreas. Just nobody who knew MC wants to talk about that while reconnecting and opening wounds and Erryn/Alexis and such might evn be unaware of that exact reason.
Nah we would have known likely if that last was the case, just as if Ethan could have claimed that Alexis would have slept with Zane at prom or shortly after he would have used that. (Now Ethan being around and likely stoking the fires to make Erryn look as bad as possible to Zane and their friends, likely did not help either.) Way better way to drive a wedge between Alexis and Erryn and hurting Erryn as claiming Alexis had slept with him Ethan at one time.
what if there was a 4th person hanging around with the group, say Ethan's sister and she was the one MC meets on the plane? and what if back in those days Ethan's sister had a crush on the MC but since MC had eyes for Erryn only, Ethan was hostile to MC... once MC left, Ethan's sister attempted suicide due to a broken heart and the reason Ethan does what he does now is to get back at the people that hurt his sister. if you think about it Lexi and Erryn used to take a picture each year, and it was Ethan's sister that took those pictures?
I agreeWay better way to drive a wedge between Alexis and Erryn and hurting Erryn as claiming Alexis had slept with him Ethan at one time.
I suspect Erryn's obsession if it is an obsession at all indeed stems from that past and after her experiences with Ethan and after Zane dumping her (possibly in a very hostile way and also trying to hurt her as much as possible if a real asshole, while our impression is she really cared about Zane), losing all her friends except Alexis and mess her life turned in with the blackmail (while her opinion of the male part of the human race in general likely also did not improve due to her clients) she sometimes wishes she had swept up MC at confession, took him to nearest priest and never had let him go. Even if he was just her little brother to her
Not sure if any guilt if she is aware he was bullied and making it up to him by giving him what he most wanted as far as she knows based on that same confession might also play a role.
