Hey, I’m not saying they have any sense (they absolutely don’t).
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How in the fuck did they even get them? It must have been scanned and then printed out, and I don’t think Seven was that close with anyone but MC. Are these photos personal? Did they take them off MC’s socials or from their phone?
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For some reason I have it in my head that the band members are 27 or 28 at the time of the story?
And Seven left the band 3 years earlier.
Pretty sure that’s what it’s meant to be.
Personally, I’d have tried to stop the vote, first. For all the good that might have done. But unfortunately, I’m a fixer… 
Leaving simultaneously with Seven was definitely an option (though not one I think the MC would have seen, considering how codependent they were) and I’m not even sure Seven would want the MC to go with them, with them. There’s so many compounding issues with that relationship, platonic or romantic, that they probably wanted to leave MC behind as much as anyone.
Pretty sure they were photos from when they were growing up/starting out as a band?
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I don’t know, but Jazzy’s teary-eyed “these are my memories!” made me want my MC to go postal on them. “Your memories? You all forced Seven out of the band and ruin my life, so all I have left is memories of the one person who ever gave a damn about me and I’m supposed to worry about your memories?? Well, payback’s a bitch, innit?”
So am I, but I like playing table flippers. I only resort to table flipping if fixing doesn’t work, lol.
They actually did. That’s why they (according to them) got so upset at the MC, because Seven would have left if it had been the MC the band was voting against. Seven considered it to be a loyalty issue, and MC failed. Amy had this on her tumblr.
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Jazzy is pregnant, also, it’s rude to burn someone else’s property regardless of if someone feels justified in it 
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The band* is a bunch of assholes for sure, and the most infuriating thing is that I don’t think it’s even intentional. None of them realise that they have to put an actual effort. They all feel like fair-weather friends, even though they position themselves differently. There is a strong dissonance between their words and their actions. They are always there to party with MC and to say “hey, MC, live a little!!”. When shit hits the fan, however, it’s immediately crickets and silence. MC has to process everything on their own. I like Jazzy because at least she is willing to talk with MC and not just stare at them when the topic gets uncomfortable. I have to re-read the scene with her but I’m pretty sure she acknowledged that it’s hard for MC and I appreciated it. Seven’s reaction about the whole abandonment thing in the car is really interesting. Amy cooked there. The band did abandon MC, the whole fight scene in fact was absolutely awful, I would have been a mess after this, and the next day none of them even mentioned the incident. Seriously? I feel really bad for MC, they are definitely very isolated.
*not talking about August
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Eh, it’s melodrama, right? The MC is constantly shit on, and the game is out to get them, so I figure morals are out the window in this game. Playing this game with a very moral person is like trying to run track with your legs bound together.
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That’s not just you. I think there are canonical ages for all of the LIs, and I think band is close in age to Seven. They’re all grown ass people, which feels… very strange, given the way they behave, so I mostly ignore them, but ages are ages.
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That’s just ghoulish. They shy away from the issue in most cases, but when it’s Iris having issues with her new boo, it’s Seven-Seven-Seven. And when it’s comfier bus, wouldn’t you like to ride in the same bus with him because I’ll act like a twat if you don’t.
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seeing everyone’s comments about the new update makes me feel better about not reading it LMAO. It seems like its going to get way worse before theres even slivers of hope (plot points wise). If this is the “lightest” chapter, I’m not optimistic for whats to come. I’ll wait until the MC finally has more control over situations (if that even becomes a thing).
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Prettt sure Jazzy didnt vote Seven out. They were almost as close as sev was with the MC, and Jazzy also lost her best friend
Also, those were HER photos, she has all the right to be angry and sad.
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Fair enough, but I prefer to see this kind of thing in the game.
If it never comes up/is implied in the final game, I’ll have forgotten all about it.
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There was a scene with no choice when the MC just stood there wallowing in self-pity and pessimism, and I hated it because it was so out of character for my MC. But overall, in my opinion, the chapter wasn’t that depressing, even the last part. My MC hooked up with a hottie, managed to grab his ex by the waist, be rude to Victor, shame ValenReigh, shamelessly flirt with Blake, August and Vic, and be the dorkies dork. J had fun 
Then again I dont find the game as angsty as people here say haha
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Of course! I tried to choose the burning option, but I felt like suuuch an asshole because Jazzy was actually so sad about it I find it so hard to choose genuinely mean options.
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Have you met supposedly grown-ass people? Lol, but seriously this is written as a melodrama, so I think Amy is trying to make this sort of over-the-top.
It can be pretty angsty but I can find plenty to laugh at in spite of it all. And I see the humanity behind the melodrama and I can relate to some of these characters and their relationships with each other.
I’m having a great time, frankly. 
Ouch. I turn 35 in two weeks 
I recall the whole decade of my 20s being a bit of a shit show in a variety of ways (a lot of this is the company you keep…) so I’m not that weirded out by the ages.
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Probably a good way to approach it. I’m coming it at with the understanding it’s supposed to be miserable, there will be no happy endings, and there’s no real “winning” (be it the contest, love, or life, in general), so just embrace the pain. Any sliver of hope will be crushed almost immediately, lol.
@holypoohbear Oh, I didn’t say she didn’t have a right be angry or sad about the pictures, I’m just saying it’s understandable why the MC would go ballistic about it after all the shit they’ve been through. And the band has never had the balls to even approach the issue. They tiptoe around it but ditch the MC as soon as the MC has to deal with any trauma, so fuck them all.
I typically do as well, but that was one of those instances where my MC’s suppressed anger and depression boiled over and she lost control. I was surprised she wasn’t apologetic, but she is holding onto a lot of anger against the band. And it’s getting worse each day.
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I am a firm consumer of musician beef, but man, even Manson argued with Reznor real badly when he was barely twenty. I just can’t compute around the suggested ages, they all read as twenties with a dream to me. Maybe middle twenties because then the washout fear becomes more plausible. But still, like… holeen, these people are in average ten years my senior and I act more mature then most of them do.
I get the melodrama side, actors on Love Island are asked to be jackasses to appeal to teenage fanbase because drama sells, but why not make them younger? Twenty-seven is pretty ancient as far as ages go, and Sev reads like he’s barely out of his teens.
Yeah, but it’s the different kind of dumb. Besides, additional ten years really throw the wrench into the timeline - if we play in dive bars for twelve years and can’t jump higher, maybe we really should just say fuck it, it ain’t working out.
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I mean…we are all still children, just taller and with much more responsibilities. And taxes.
Also, people tend to behave irrational and dumb, regardless of their age and even education.
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Oh! My MC sees the band as her uwu ~family~ 
but I think it’s actually so fun that you can choose to feel everything from nearly co-dependent to outright hostile toward the band.
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Woooooooow. I should probably go find myself a cascet since im even more ancient then these characters * cry*
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I’m just saying how these ages feel for the Love Island target audience which adores melodrama! Everyone ages, it is a part of life. I love melodrama, but it feels closer when it’s the age you can relate to and the age that seems reasonable for it.
Granted, that might be the russian in me speaking. For me if you haven’t gotten your shit together before 25 at the very least, this is a very bad sign. Preferably shit must be compressed in your early twenties. It’s a cultural thing, I guess.
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