Comments on: Chapter 23 – Scott & Hudson: Page 7

By: I AM R U

I AM R U — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:28:00 +0000

I find the lack of communication between Rafa and Elan… Annoyingly familiar XD

And actually, Scott, its considered bad luck to toast with water. So :P

By: D. Garrett

D. Garrett — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:33:00 +0000

i hope that scott chooses to just be a good friend by helping elan reunite with rafa instead of becoming his new lover. i think he understands that elan meant more to rafa than elan is aware of.

By: Red

Red — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:16:00 +0000

I think he is evasive for other reasons….

By: Red

Red — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:14:00 +0000

Hi doki, I don’t have internet that’s why I am soooo absent lately. I’m totally with you, or at least he has to get the revealing journal back…. *sights* I’m so not liking the direction this is taking….

By: JesBelle

JesBelle — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 04:49:00 +0000

I have read your comments. Elan has been evasive and close-mouthed, obviously too much so, but I don’t think he is doing it out of spite or a sense of being better than others. He acts like someone who has been abused, actually. His first instinct is to hide anything that may cause others to disapprove of him. By the same token, I’d agree that he has lied once or twice. But only if you count sins of omission and half-truths, could he be considered a habitual liar. You seem to attribute Elan’s actions to snobbery and arrogance, whereas I see a young, sheltered, still-a-little-naive man who overcomes a great deal of fear every day to try and become a better and more well-adjusted, and more alive person.

Elan and Rafa are both struggling with the negativity that they grew up with. They can both see the strength and goodness in each other so much more easily than they see it in themselves.

Also, I think that you underestimate the difficulty of changing one’s speech patterns. It is far more condescending, not to mention awkward, to attempt to pick a different word or phrase for every audience. Besides, what’s wrong with having to Google something? I have to Google all of Rafa’s Spanish when there’s nobody around to translate it for me.

I don’t see Elan being judgmental any more than I see him being pretentious. He is the very opposite of both of those things.