None of my other WIPs are in any shape to be posted yet D:
The doctor is as likely to be misinformed as anything else. Doctors have a way of assuming "studies haven't shown X to be a side effect, therefore X must be unique to my patient" even when X really is a side effect, and the studies just haven't caught up to reality yet.
Is this a reference to that woman at the Earth book signing?
Not specifically, though it's probably coming from the same place.
Why would they need a gay bar if they have already hooked up?
To hang out, dance, have some food, joke around with their friends, and generally have fun in an environment where they know nobody's going to be judging them =)
I'm trying to make Olivia's perspective on her mother's parenting style realistic for her character. Shrugging off this kind of treatment, as not too harmful and even kind of funny, is what she does in serious interviews too. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, it's just how she is.
In general, kids who are treated badly by their parents tend to normalize it -- whether it's by thinking "I must be an abnormally bad person who deserves this" or "eh, that's just how Mom/Dad is, no big deal." (Stephen in this story has something similar going on, where he's upset by the way his father won't support him, but hasn't made the mental leap to "Papa is wrong and I shouldn't have to put up with this.") Laying the blame or responsibility for these rationalizations at the kids' feet, instead of the parents', tends to be missing the point.
Sarah Beth is her sister's IRL name, yes. In-story, Olivia and her friends get alcoholic drinks from her mom's wine cabinet, and then her sister refills the bottles. That way nobody notices the alcohol going missing, they don't have to hide an illicit supply somewhere it might be discovered.
Did something in your comment about the Stephen-Steve confrontation disappear?
Mac could take the bottles she knew about. That doesn't mean Olivia doesn't have any others cleverly hidden around the place.
Olivia's in a pretty sour mood. And withdrawal isn't going to make that any easier =(
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The doctor is as likely to be misinformed as anything else. Doctors have a way of assuming "studies haven't shown X to be a side effect, therefore X must be unique to my patient" even when X really is a side effect, and the studies just haven't caught up to reality yet.
Is this a reference to that woman at the Earth book signing?
Not specifically, though it's probably coming from the same place.
Why would they need a gay bar if they have already hooked up?
To hang out, dance, have some food, joke around with their friends, and generally have fun in an environment where they know nobody's going to be judging them =)
I'm trying to make Olivia's perspective on her mother's parenting style realistic for her character. Shrugging off this kind of treatment, as not too harmful and even kind of funny, is what she does in serious interviews too. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, it's just how she is.
In general, kids who are treated badly by their parents tend to normalize it -- whether it's by thinking "I must be an abnormally bad person who deserves this" or "eh, that's just how Mom/Dad is, no big deal." (Stephen in this story has something similar going on, where he's upset by the way his father won't support him, but hasn't made the mental leap to "Papa is wrong and I shouldn't have to put up with this.") Laying the blame or responsibility for these rationalizations at the kids' feet, instead of the parents', tends to be missing the point.
Sarah Beth is her sister's IRL name, yes. In-story, Olivia and her friends get alcoholic drinks from her mom's wine cabinet, and then her sister refills the bottles. That way nobody notices the alcohol going missing, they don't have to hide an illicit supply somewhere it might be discovered.
Did something in your comment about the Stephen-Steve confrontation disappear?
Mac could take the bottles she knew about. That doesn't mean Olivia doesn't have any others cleverly hidden around the place.
Olivia's in a pretty sour mood. And withdrawal isn't going to make that any easier =(