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amatyultare) wrote2018-12-25 03:04 pm
amatyultare) wrote2018-12-25 03:04 pm
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Questionable Media Month Part 5
Chapter 5 - Losing All Sense
So, we have a reminder that apparently everyone in Sadie’s town loves soccer and is obsessed with the high school soccer teams. She and Alex had a secret pact to hate soccer, or at least they did until Alex BETRAYED HER by getting all SPORTY and HOT and BUFF and seriously, Sadie, give it a rest.
Adrienne drags her to the first home game of the season, and they have fun. Cool. They hear about a get-together being held by a guy who is known for his crazy, hard-drinking parties; Sadie sniffs that “I[‘m not] into the drinking scene. I’d prefer to hang with Alex or small groups of friends.” Which, fair enough, but who are her other friends? She’s only mentioned Adrienne as being a moral support now that Alex has deserted her, and she didn’t reconnect with Adrienne until this past summer.
Anyway, Sadie doesn’t want to go until Hot if Improbable English Exchange Student Nigel asks her if she’s going, at which point Adrienne is like, “I guess I’ll need to ask my sister to give us a ride…?” Five chapters in and I’m already starting to feel kinda bad for Adrienne.
So they go to the party, and Sadie drinks a beer to calm her nerves because she’s still freaked out over Alex. But then unexpected Nigel is unexpected! He asks her if she’s “mooning over [her] next-door neighbor like all the other girls.” Way to be a jerk, dude.
Blah blah, soccer or as people in the U.K. call it, football, blah blah. Oh dear… “You forget. The U.K. has other loves besides football, such as music. And it just so happens that I’m quite endowed in that area.” Ugh. If I were remotely invested in either of these characters, this sexy flirting might be cute; however, I’m not and so it mostly just comes across as gross.
They talk about music, and Sadie muses that she’s even more of an ~outcast~ because she likes not just show tunes, but “punk rock”. First of all, the bands mentioned so far are The Clash and The Buzzcocks, which, okay, but also New Order (post-punk) and Echo and the Bunnymen (post-punk). Moreover, she’s stated more than once that she had to raid her parents’ record collections and do research after the first time Nigel brought up music, and that research is the only reason she’s able to hold up her end of the conversation. So does she really like this music or is she faking her interest because of this hot English guy? It’s unclear.
Evil Lucey and henchgirl try to distract Nigel, he continues to pay attention to Sadie, she wonders why he seems to like her so much, etc. Then he goes to talk to some other people and Alex confronts Sadie when she tries to get a second beer, telling her she shouldn’t drink any more. But then Nigel gets her another one anyway. Yay?
“And why is that, Nigel? You like your women stupid?” <- not something any sixteen year old would say, ever. Also, this is literally the second time you’ve exchanged words with this boy, Sadie. “His woman” is perhaps going a tad far.
They make out, but it starts raining (they are on the deck) so Nigel says they should – leave the house and take a walk in the woods to find shelter? Yeah, that makes sense. Adrienne tries to get Sadie’s attention but Sadie can’t stop and talk to her friend for a second because, duh, BOY.
They sit in the backyard, he keeps getting her more beer while flirting with her, and she eventually throws up which gets him all cranky. You have no one to blame but yourself, Nigel. And Adrienne comes running out and takes care of her. (Oh Adrienne honey. You don’t have to do this! Boundaries are good, even with friends!)
So, we have a reminder that apparently everyone in Sadie’s town loves soccer and is obsessed with the high school soccer teams. She and Alex had a secret pact to hate soccer, or at least they did until Alex BETRAYED HER by getting all SPORTY and HOT and BUFF and seriously, Sadie, give it a rest.
Adrienne drags her to the first home game of the season, and they have fun. Cool. They hear about a get-together being held by a guy who is known for his crazy, hard-drinking parties; Sadie sniffs that “I[‘m not] into the drinking scene. I’d prefer to hang with Alex or small groups of friends.” Which, fair enough, but who are her other friends? She’s only mentioned Adrienne as being a moral support now that Alex has deserted her, and she didn’t reconnect with Adrienne until this past summer.
Anyway, Sadie doesn’t want to go until Hot if Improbable English Exchange Student Nigel asks her if she’s going, at which point Adrienne is like, “I guess I’ll need to ask my sister to give us a ride…?” Five chapters in and I’m already starting to feel kinda bad for Adrienne.
So they go to the party, and Sadie drinks a beer to calm her nerves because she’s still freaked out over Alex. But then unexpected Nigel is unexpected! He asks her if she’s “mooning over [her] next-door neighbor like all the other girls.” Way to be a jerk, dude.
Blah blah, soccer or as people in the U.K. call it, football, blah blah. Oh dear… “You forget. The U.K. has other loves besides football, such as music. And it just so happens that I’m quite endowed in that area.” Ugh. If I were remotely invested in either of these characters, this sexy flirting might be cute; however, I’m not and so it mostly just comes across as gross.
They talk about music, and Sadie muses that she’s even more of an ~outcast~ because she likes not just show tunes, but “punk rock”. First of all, the bands mentioned so far are The Clash and The Buzzcocks, which, okay, but also New Order (post-punk) and Echo and the Bunnymen (post-punk). Moreover, she’s stated more than once that she had to raid her parents’ record collections and do research after the first time Nigel brought up music, and that research is the only reason she’s able to hold up her end of the conversation. So does she really like this music or is she faking her interest because of this hot English guy? It’s unclear.
Evil Lucey and henchgirl try to distract Nigel, he continues to pay attention to Sadie, she wonders why he seems to like her so much, etc. Then he goes to talk to some other people and Alex confronts Sadie when she tries to get a second beer, telling her she shouldn’t drink any more. But then Nigel gets her another one anyway. Yay?
“And why is that, Nigel? You like your women stupid?” <- not something any sixteen year old would say, ever. Also, this is literally the second time you’ve exchanged words with this boy, Sadie. “His woman” is perhaps going a tad far.
They make out, but it starts raining (they are on the deck) so Nigel says they should – leave the house and take a walk in the woods to find shelter? Yeah, that makes sense. Adrienne tries to get Sadie’s attention but Sadie can’t stop and talk to her friend for a second because, duh, BOY.
They sit in the backyard, he keeps getting her more beer while flirting with her, and she eventually throws up which gets him all cranky. You have no one to blame but yourself, Nigel. And Adrienne comes running out and takes care of her. (Oh Adrienne honey. You don’t have to do this! Boundaries are good, even with friends!)