Thanks. *smile* I'm glad that you thought that it was worth the wait.
I'm glad to have Buck's feelings out in the open too. It felt like such a long time coming. Jill does realize that Buck is a good guy for her, at least as a friend. She always did say that she liked him more than anyone else.
Ripp doesn't know that it was his mother's gravestone (it was Lyla's), but he is thinking about the fact that both of his parents are very likely dead. He doesn't like to talk about that sort of thing with his friends. He'd rather push it aside and carry on and try to be happy.
Well, was Johnny wrong to assume the worst of Ripp? Not really. He's suspicious, and he's worried about him. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a little "bubble blowing" (though Johnny is more of a "just say no" type of character, so he's not really cool with that either), but Ripp has been dabbling in some harder things. Johnny just worries, but you're right. He can be a jerk about things. But Ripp also needs Johnny to be a sort of parent figure to him.
Thank you. I'm glad you don't think that they're Mary Sues. *snicker* (Well, I could bring my "perfect" simself in as a character... just kidding. And even idealized, I would make a poor Mary Sue.) I like characters to have flaws. I'm sure they aren't perfectly drawn characters or 100% believable, but I think they have some interesting hang ups and issues. I hope to make them complicated enough to be interesting.
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I'm glad to have Buck's feelings out in the open too. It felt like such a long time coming. Jill does realize that Buck is a good guy for her, at least as a friend. She always did say that she liked him more than anyone else.
Ripp doesn't know that it was his mother's gravestone (it was Lyla's), but he is thinking about the fact that both of his parents are very likely dead. He doesn't like to talk about that sort of thing with his friends. He'd rather push it aside and carry on and try to be happy.
Well, was Johnny wrong to assume the worst of Ripp? Not really. He's suspicious, and he's worried about him. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a little "bubble blowing" (though Johnny is more of a "just say no" type of character, so he's not really cool with that either), but Ripp has been dabbling in some harder things. Johnny just worries, but you're right. He can be a jerk about things. But Ripp also needs Johnny to be a sort of parent figure to him.
Thank you. I'm glad you don't think that they're Mary Sues. *snicker* (Well, I could bring my "perfect" simself in as a character... just kidding. And even idealized, I would make a poor Mary Sue.) I like characters to have flaws. I'm sure they aren't perfectly drawn characters or 100% believable, but I think they have some interesting hang ups and issues. I hope to make them complicated enough to be interesting.