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BYBR Discussion - Prologue

Apr 28, 2019 16:52

Hi, everyone! It's time for this week's discussion of BYBR and we start with the Prologue. Spoiler alerts won't really apply to the prologue, but please be aware that as we get into later chapters, It'll be almost impossible for me to be spoiler free in this type of discussion. I will label those posts as such. Remember that you can read and ( Read more... )

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mb0902 May 5 2019, 09:25:09 UTC

Sorry I haven’t had a chance to write a comment this week. Life has been really crazy busy and stressful. Just want you to know that I’m truly enjoying this reread of your fic. As for the last line, I always took it to mean that Justin WAS meant to be in a relationship with Brian. That Brian’s dream self was admitting that Justin NEEDED to have Brian in his life in some capacity in order to stay afloat. Anyway that’s how I saw it. Xx

plumsuede May 6 2019, 00:38:36 UTC

Hi! My life has been been crazy this week, too. I like your interpretation; I think it's better than mine, lol. When I wrote it at the time, it was meant to symbolize that there is something wrong with Justin that hasn't been fixed, something that had he not suffered from the bashing, might have developed normally. Not being able to swim - something that most people like Justin would've learned long ago - is a signal, a stand in for the healing that hasn't taken place.

So, as the prologue begins, we feel Brian's conflict within himself and as it ends, we realize it applies to Justin, too. That neither of them have actually dealt with the trauma they went through.

Ethan is the bridge between them at that point. As the story progresses, he falls away and new supports emerge. Thanks for always reading and commenting. I truly appreciate it!

vlredreign February 16 2020, 20:17:52 UTC

Hey, Plum! I wandered over because Im re-reading BYBR. Again. Lol. It remains one of of my favorites, and one of the best written stories in fandom.

I've pondered the Ibiza segues over the years, at times thinking I was too thick to interpret them. But I've found that with re-reads, a sentence will pop up that explains something I missed.

That last sentence, I think, is Ethan telling Brian that Justin's inability to assimilate the bashing, to recall on a conscious level what happened, is holding him down, pulling him down. Hence the 'can't swim' comment. You can't swim if you've got that kind of baggage tied around your neck.

I hope you find time to return to these discussions. I'd love to pick your brain. Especially concerning a certain female character.

plumsuede February 16 2020, 22:34:53 UTC

Hi, Red! I'm so glad you're here. It's sort of freaky to me because I bought myself a talisman this week, a cigarette case on Amazon that has the Jack Daniel's whiskey label engraved on it. I don't know how I found it, but when I saw it, it looked like something that would've belonged to Brian, so I ordered it. I keep it beside me as a I write. Maybe it summoned you ( ... )