We’d probably have to ask Amy for confirmation; otherwise, it’s questionable.The latter half of the passage depicts Seven sleeping with people the MC didn’t even know the name of, but the beginning of the passage could be implying that the people Seven went out of their way to be seen with were also a part of the group of people they slept with, or that they were just mutual friends they were hanging out with.
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As one of the few Seven apologists on this forum (
) — yeah, it’s a shitty thing to do. As my MC’s ride or die, I’m shaking my head and crossing my arms like an angry parent. As a bitch that’s never gotten over anything ever, though, I get it! It’s very like a scorned ex to want to want to flaunt how much they’ve moved on, and Seven is petty as is. That doesn’t mean they actually hooked up with everyone they were seen with. I think Amy has said that their body count isn’t actually that high despite them clearly wanting MC to assume otherwise. Fingers crossed you really get to lay into them about the semi-intentional wounding, though!
And no, I don’t think Seven cheated on MC, lol.
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Nah. This whole thing was after the break up. Still ouch.
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Total ouch! It’s terrible, especially when compounded with MC’s abandonment issues and how much history they had. Seven isn’t technically doing anything wrong, I guess, though I do think that would be fun to explore — how do you move on from cheating? Can you move on from cheating. The answer would be different for lots of people, I fear. I kind of wish authors would explore infidelity more, but I understand why it’s not a popular topic 
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Yeah, it’s ugly. One of the (many) reasons I can’t understand why anyone would choose to re-romance Seven. Also one of the reasons I chose to share the bus with UW (have trash in your life? You need a wastebasket. shrug) And yes, I know it pisses Rowan off when MC chooses UW over SV, but honestly, Rowan needs to grow the hell up in that situation. There’s no reason the leader (as they insist) of the band has to bow to the whims of some jerk that just wants to abuse all of the band and given that they insisted that MC be the leader, Rowan needs to abide by the decisions made even when he doesn’t like them, not fly off the handle and throw temper tantrums that last days because he wants an excuse to snipe at an ex-band member. If you don’t want to take the ultimate responsibility for the decision, you don’t get to be upset. Urging MC to be leader so you don’t have to make the hard choices means that any votes taken are basically matters of advisement. I heard your opinion, and everyone elses’. I’m not going to let you be abused and if that pisses you off, go and deal with being pissed off on your own time. Don’t try to hold everyone else hostage to your hurt feelings.
I think I may need to build a “raging bitch” MC at some point.
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I mean I don’t understand why people want to romance Orion as he’s boring as anything to my mc but I guess it’s difference of opinion.
I also love the idea that he’s the “one” bc my mc is very much into fate and stuff. So like no matter what they find their way bk to each other.
Seven slept around after the breakup? Cool. My mc will sleep around with half of the BOTB cast in front of him and make him beg for forgiveness by the end. Also cool. 
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Interesting plan; it’s only fair, LMAO. Although I think we can only sleep with Dakota, G, and maybe Blake immediately, without them having feelings or without being locked in their romance, so to speak, I’m not sure it’s possible to sleep with half of the cast. Unless you were just joking, you seemed like you were joking.
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There’s so much mystery surrounding the party. So much went down that we don’t know about yet, and I know everybody thinks that MC needs to have said something incredibly fucked up in order for Seven to be justified in their hostility (they’re never going to be fully justified, IMO, and I think they’ll come to realize that), but I do think there’s a certain kind of cruelty in the passivity of non-confrontational MCs; in them avoiding difficult conversations and ignoring the elephant in the room because they wanted to continue living in a world where everything was fine and dandy.
Like, imagine being deeply hurt and then having the person who knows you best in the entire world just… ignore it? Pretend it’s not happening? That would drive me insane.
If the story were from Seven’s POV, MC would be easy to vilify. Comforting words can seem condescending in the wrong light. But my MC is lovely and beautiful and doesn’t deserve to be crucified for not being perfect, so Seven is going to catch these (verbal) hands at some point <3
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So real and true of your MC.
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For me, it’s entirely dependent. If the MC veered from the topic of discussion at the party and brought up personal issues that Seven is struggling with emotionally in order to create some type of comparison or simply to hurt them emotionally, they would be partially justified, in my opinion, for their hostility towards the MC. If that boundary was crossed, the MC should’ve been the last person to cross it.
We’ll have to lick the corn on their toes. Be prepared for the true wrath of Seven Duckstein!
I’m not sure that’s going to happen. Reading through Amy’s tumblr, she had a comment about “if the MC chooses to try to win Seven back”, which makes it sound like the MC will have to eat a ton of crow before Seven even gives them a chance.
While I agree that the MC didn’t handle the situation well (even if they voted to keep Seven as a co-lead singer, they didn’t refuse to accept the “vote” and flat out stand by Seven’s side), it doesn’t justify the nastiness from Seven. Seven is, to put it bluntly, a dick. I’ve read the scenarios on Patreon, and Seven isn’t a terrible person in general, but is, without a doubt, a terrible person to the MC.
And that whole thing about avoiding conversations goes both ways. Seven lied and said they were fine when they weren’t. We don’t have the option of choosing what the MC did back then, so we can’t have it where the MC threatened to leave if the bad demoted Seven. The only option we got was the MC voting to keep Seven as co-lead or not, and that choice didn’t matter at all to Seven.
Looking at how things are “now” in the game, wtf does Seven even have to be pissed about? They’re way more popular than the MC and MC’s band, they have their replacement for the MC that is better than the MC, and they constantly shit on the MC to their face with no repercussions. Seven has made it a lot farther than the MC has, and the MC is still struggling in a bar band, and yet they still hate the MC. It’s very petty, especially given how they behaved after the “breakup” and the fact that they just ghosted the MC instead of having the balls to talk to them. That behavior is shitty. (oh yeah, and they have whoever it is they’re in love with that they keep talking to on the phone, who makes them ridiculously happy)
Ewww… we’re already experiencing their wrath, and I’m sure it’ll get worse, but no feet fetishes for my MC, please…
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I mean, yes! If MC brought up their dad in any way, shape, or form, yeah, they kind of deserved everything they got. But in general, the MC doesn’t have to be an asshole to them in order for Seven to go ballistic. Just ignoring the source of the pain — trying to get them to move on without admitting their role in it — would be enough, I think. I don’t think the continued hostility is justified, but Seven is a hater to their core, so we ball and make them eat their words.
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Well, no! And I’ve said as much. Unless there are very specific circumstances, MC doesn’t deserve to be treated badly. An initial blowup, fine, but not the consistent vitriol. Seven is also in the wrong (more in the wrong at this point in time than MC) — I just don’t think MC, even a soft, sweet-as-spun-sugar MC, is faultless in the break down on the relationship. Because, to me, it is cruel to vote your best friend/lover essentially out of the band like they’re in an episode of Survivor, or to stand by and let it happen with little argument, and then never acknowledge that it happened again until they hit their breaking point. It’s not so much the vote that did them in but the party, which we still don’t have a full picture of.
Seven didn’t communicate their feelings. That’s entirely their fault. But MC had, at that point, known Seven for more than a decade. They had to have had some inkling that everything was not completely okay. Maybe they thought they could all move past it, but that didn’t happen. C’est la vie.
Seven is pissed because they care about MC — still. They can’t totally ignore MC. If you don’t reciprocate their actions, if you choose to bus with UW, you can mostly avoid them. But a little piece of their world still revolves around MC, which is why they were hurt when MC chose UW despite outwardly saying that’s what they wanted. They can’t react logically when it comes to MC, as hard as they might try, and being angry is the easiest way to process everything. Anger fires you up, it fuels you. The only other option is to be depressed, because they certainly haven’t fully moved on.
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That’s fair; it makes me question whether anybody in Seven’s circle has advised therapy. They dislike it when Seven is in one of their moods and “turtle shelling,” but nothing seems to offer them true happiness other than whoever is on the phone. They’re clearly depressed, and adding booze to the mix isn’t a smart idea, nor should it have been proposed. Most of them still act like they’re in high school for 27-year-olds, but I suppose that potentially comes with the lifestyle if you’re easily susceptible.
There’s so many perspectives to see every situation from; it’s all very interesting.
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Therapy would do Seven a world of good, but that takes a lot of vulnerability and shopping around for a good doctor. Does Seven even have insurance? Can nichely popular, up-and-coming bands afford quality healthcare? These are the real questions.
See, that’s funny, I think Seven is definitely immature, but they’re not adolescent, if you get what I mean. None of the characters strike me as particularly teenagery. Rowan, maybe, but he’s more of a class clown type, which sometimes reads as childish. Maturity doesn’t come with age, but also, none of these characters are old enough to be wizened crones, lmao.
There are! It’s a lot of fun. You can attack from any angle.
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When are we all going to talk about how absolutely unhinged it is that Orion quit his high-powered, high-paying day job to become full-time management/PR/eye candy for MC and their band after hearing MC sing once? That’s crazy — that’s absolutely insane. MC is a siren confirmed, I think.
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what scene has stuck with you the most?
For me def when Rowan was trying to get nuts from that vending machine, nothing like best friends revolving their problems! 
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The conversation on the bus with August 
it was so, so sweet and the perfect amount of lightness. August is such a good character, I love them.
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I get that’s supposed to be the case, but I’m not seeing it in the text. I know my MC is not supposed to see that, but I’m guessing we are?
Funny. My last run, my MC chose to take UW because Seven asked her to stay away from him, so she’s respecting that. Not sure if that’ll be her canon run, because as emotionally controlled as she is, it was all she could do not to throw Blake off the bus while it was going full speed. He had a moment of not being a dick, but watching the vids on the bus made her want to strangle him.
I think therapy would do all these characters a world of good, including my depressed MC.
I don’t think the MC is a siren, but Orion’s faith in them is really about the only sign we have that the MC and band have enough talent to even halfway compete with the other bands in this thing.
For my MC, it was Maya being such a fangirl. It made her feel good, given the shit situation she’s in now and that her band is basically the bottom of the barrel underdog. I also loved the scene with Orion on the bus, when the MC gets up in the middle of the night to write. That scene was sweet, especially with a non-flirting MC.
Also, found this little gem while waiting on something to load. Looks like the party mess was on Seven’s part moreso than the MC’s:
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this is so real. i am not seeing enough august love in this thread, it is truly criminal 
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