#otherguide

Then, she stops a student. Lydia had been an interesting addition to the class, always quiet and perking up at the mention of death. It reminded Jade of herself a little over a decade ago. "Could you stay for a moment?" Her voice was soft, so as not to alert the other students that she was talking to Lydia. Children loved to gossip.

  betelguese  looked at the  one - thousand  piece  puzzle   with  his  hands  on his  knees,    leg  jostling  comically  fast  in  order to  release  the  energy  that was  getting  pent up  more  and  more!    “  --   bah!  “   he  suddenly  exclaimed,  and  made a   table - flipping  motion  with his  hands  (  but didn’t  actually do it  -- congrats on  domesticating your own  beetle juice,  lydia! ),    saying:   “  this shit’s  boring,   lyds!   and  that’s  sayin’  something,  i’ve  lived  through  some’a the  most  boring  centuries ever.    what’s  the  appeal?    yer makin’  me wanna  gouge my own eyes out!  “

“I’ll summon you on one condition--” Oh this was going to be sad-- But Stanford had pretty limited options. He let out a sigh, glancing at the spectral being before finally speaking again.

“Be my friend.” He blurted. It was really a simple request. He didn’t want to know much about life after death-- nor did he care what happened when one died. That was so far off. No-- he wanted a friend. He hadn’t managed to make any thus far here at Backupsmore and was desperate for someone to talk to.

send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on. /  if i ever stop accepting this meme just assume i died.

oh, boy !!

i haven’t read the novel in a long, long time. but i do remember it consistently refers to her as jean, my secretary who is in love with me, and that’s… true. while you can argue that she only loves an idea of him ( which is true, she doesn’t have a single clue about the ‘real’ patrick ), she thinks she knows him and thinks his air of mystery isn’t hiding something malicious but rather something sweet. you can hear this in ‘a nice thought’. jean thinks patrick has something that sets him aside from the other egotistical narcissists in this community but she doesn’t know what it is. and having feelings for him, she wants to believe it’s something very good-hearted and wants to bring that out in him.

jean’s such a sad case because making less money and being so humble and family-oriented, she does get kicked around a lot. not just by other people at p&p but also by him. i think she can tell when he’s making a low blow but tries to make the best of it or make light of it. “you’re prettier than that” / “thanks for the compliment, patrick”. and she’s very obedient of it too considering when she comes in with long pants and shoes, he specifically states she should wear a skirt and heels because he likes that. and she does it! and she gets complimented on it, and that’s her validation. her progress. that’s her little glimmer of hope for something good to come and her feelings to maybe not be so hopeless, even though he’s being blatantly superficial.