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1. You remember a few chapters ago when Break grabbed Elliot and accused him of murdering his own sister, and said Elliot was the only presence he sensed in the room when it happened, so it must be him?

Someone please tell the man he was right. TK and I have been counting that specifically in the long list of shit going wrong on him during this party that contributed to his meltdown after running in on Liam, and I really want someone to tell the poor thing he made one less mistake than he currently thinks. Please. And -- he was following someone at the time, when he went to Liam. We know now that might have been Leo, right? I had wondered about that, because the feets he was following were so slender, and similarly dressed.

2. You remember how in that same chapter, Gilly chose that specific moment to get all contrary on Break and go, "Well, why can't you check for the seal then?" and so Elliot got to check for it alone and no one else could confirm? THANKS A LOT, GILLYWEED. On the other hand you had to free Break up to go pitch his tantrum, so, you know. Author omniscience Faaate?

3. I -- well. I don't really have much to say about Elliot and Leo right now. They're not my favorites. I used to really hate Elliot, in fact. I don't like what I've just seen, but I am not going to spend the next several months being overly dramatic to the point of almost tears at times over them like I was with Break and Liam (yeah, I did most of that outside of this journal where you couldn't see it, but I definitely spent a good half a year stressing horribly over it damn near every day with their_kingdom). I'm not sure if Leo is Glen or if Leo is Elliot's chain; I can't decide if I like the idea of Elliot being Glen better or the idea of Elliot being some poor kid who's gotten all wrapped up in this better. I dunno. I won't know until the next chapter, probably. I'm not really holding my breath on it. Break and Liam were always my main concern, and since Liam's alive and Break still is too at the moment, I'm still in "nothing can touch me now!" mode.

4. Jack popping up and going, "I am so tired of your skeezy, skeezy crap" and offing Creeper? Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome. I lol'd like hell when he first came out and went, "Nah, Alice, that was me." I've always been fond of Jack, but more as a ditz who thinks he's everybody's mom; and though I also loved how he apparently spent a lot of his time alive going, "I'm gonna go play at the Baaaaaaaskerviiiiiiille's" and playing with being chased by Lottie, I loved the Creeper-killing even more. It's probably not just because I hate hate haaaaate Creeper.

If we get to the next chapter and it was one of those "slash, blood spurt, scene change -- whoops, it wasn't who you thought it was!" pranks again I'm gonna be pissed.

5. I have somehow convinced myself over the past couple chapters that someone is going to at least attempt to murder Break before the night is out, and that it's probably going to be Vincent. I hate Vincent, too, even if he does make me laugh occasionally of late. Now that Creeper is gone Vincent is the character I hate the most once more, and we know he wants Break gone. I will not be surprised at all if Vincent tries to kill him, and in Break's current condition I will not be surprised at all if Vincent succeeds, and it will destroy my world piss me off so much if that happens. I require a Break-and-Liam-tiff-and-fluff-session!

6. I would actually also really like to see Break and Elliot have some sort of confrontation. All we know of their relationship is that Elliot hero-worships him and likes to use his full name, and that Break has beaten him up a couple dozen times over the years. I actually had a line in the omake of Aftershock where Break notes that the hero-worshipping has probably stopped owing to Break accusing him of killing his own sister; it's a good thing I was late getting it done and posted, because with this chapter we find out he did! I sort of see them...like...Elliot making an attempt to turn to someone he's never been close to but always looked up to for help, because he's most assuredly in "I need an adult!" stage now and Gilly is all herpy derpy, but Break being like "omg you young people I have too much going ooooon to deal with your craaaaaap get off my lawn". Or maybe not. Maybe Break's tired enough to be kind for a while. I dunno. Someone should make this happen, anyway.

7. On the subject of fic I'd like to see, someone write "Lottie likes to chase Jack around the estate" fluff for me so I don't have to. I have too many projects as it is.

8. I was really intrigued to find that Elliot has an honest-to-god psychological thing going on where, after he has one of his episodes, he then represses it. He has something happening in his brain that allows him to look at his chest and not register the seal there -- both of those are things that actually do happen to people, it's not a thing Mochizuki made up. As someone with a bit of a cracked brain who is mostly friends with other people who have brains even more cracked than mine (mine functions from day to day for the most part, you see), I find this sort of thing incredibly interesting, and I admit I am excited to see Elliot beginning to actively confront this in himself. I am curious to see how realistically Mochizuki will pull it off, and I have to admit I am sort of glad Elliot has gone this way. As I've mentioned, I really hated Elliot at the beginning, and my respect for him has only grown as he's done things like tell Oz he wants to start seeing things for his own self instead of trusting the people who tell him the Vessalius are scum and the like, and now, confront himself as the murderer of his own family.


Damn, but there's been an outpouring of new Break-and-Liam people around of late. TK was telling me pretty soon there's gonna be as many Reuniting After the Party Fics as there are Coat Fics, and we're even starting to get "Eeeew, no more Break-and-Liam" people on the kink meme. I can't decide whether I'm happy about their newfound popularity or not. This is my first time actively participating in a fandom, not to mention getting into it early enough to watch it growing around me and have a hand in that growth, and I admit was sort of enjoying being one of the only Break-and-Liam writers.

Tsu and TK and I have been preparing something in relation to that, but for now I will continue to keep it secret -- ugh. I have too much to do before it's ready, still. Why do I give myself so many projects? Why? I love Break and Liam enough to do everything I do and am doing that you don't know about yet, but theoretically I have a life I'm supposed to be living and I actually need to sleep sometimes or I get cranky.

Bah. Maybe I'll get something done tomorrow. I spent most of today...sleeping.