What I did??? John's the one outta control here. : D Sorry the schmoop didn't help, but I'm pleased that the story had such a powerful effect on you. And yeah, through Sam's eyes, he gets no approval from John, none. Even though, maybe, John is giving it. He's not speaking in a language that Sammy can understand, Sammy who is young enough to NEED this approval. God, how did he ever make it to be such a cool grown man, if this was going on? That's what I wonder.
And it's interesting that you mention the care after the beating. I actually had several conversations with my beta sheaseth about what would really happen, given these characters in this situation. I also had many late night conversations with myself and ran through multiple iterations in my head. In the end, I decided on the simplest one, which, as I thought about it, made more and more sense. I'm glad to see that my choice was an effective one! Not that I really want to make you feel bad....even though, yea, I like it like that. : D
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Sorry the schmoop didn't help, but I'm pleased that the story had such a powerful effect on you. And yeah, through Sam's eyes, he gets no approval from John, none. Even though, maybe, John is giving it. He's not speaking in a language that Sammy can understand, Sammy who is young enough to NEED this approval. God, how did he ever make it to be such a cool grown man, if this was going on? That's what I wonder.
And it's interesting that you mention the care after the beating. I actually had several conversations with my beta sheaseth about what would really happen, given these characters in this situation. I also had many late night conversations with myself and ran through multiple iterations in my head. In the end, I decided on the simplest one, which, as I thought about it, made more and more sense. I'm glad to see that my choice was an effective one! Not that I really want to make you feel bad....even though, yea, I like it like that. : D