And that's when Margo truly became Liz for that AU. But also damn, poor Jessica in this scenario. She thinks she's cursed now? Oof.
Having just read the sequel, oof indeed! Especially when we see how quickly Margo decides that Liz is too boring and Jessica's life would be much more interesting.
It's one thing to dump Enid for Maria/Olivia and another thing entirely to dump her for Lila. ...*shoos away plotbunny that involves Enid teaming up with Toddles and Jeffrey to prove that nu!Liz isn't Liz at all*
Not even Lila would be that oblivious, either. And if Jeffrey was involved, I'm sure Lila would be interested in helping suss the situation!
he calls to lure her out to the pier (wtf, James. The DB is far less likely to get you straight up killed by a psychopath wearing your girlfriend's face)
Pretty sure he chose the marina because he was planning to immediately jump on a boat and get out of town. It would've been harder in a public place, but you're right, it would've been way safer. He'd have a chance to escape when he realized it was Margo instead of Jess.
the ghosty doing a damn fine job
Agreed! I'm guessing this ghostie is the same one from ANTR. I like that it can be read as a standalone, but it also kinda sucks because what's the point of the preceding 5 books?!
To say nothing of thinking that at about the same time she's thinking 'can't think naughty thoughts about Steven, my soon to be brother'! Oh, Margo.
Seriously. That was a totally ugh moment.
Given how adamant Alice was about getting there before midnight, it's just always gonna be weird.
True. Maybe the police wouldn't let them near the twins until five hours later because of the death scene?
hammered home the idea that Liz was so traumatized by Sam's death, the accident itself, and the aftermath that she couldn't write at all... including her diary. Yet Margo's got a whole treasure trove of diary material just waiting to walk her through Liz's thoughts during the same time. I get why they'd need it for Margo, but... just don't have Liz despair over being unable to write and specifically mention the diary as something she can't face either?
I just read the entire miniseries and somehow this completely escaped me. I guess I was on board with Margo reading Liz's diary as the best way for her to finally get the inside scoop on Liz's life, since all she got from James was endless Jessica (and she still decided she'd rather be the boring twin).
But I get it, too. When I get down in the dumps I can't do anything creative at all, much less write for fun.
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Having just read the sequel, oof indeed! Especially when we see how quickly Margo decides that Liz is too boring and Jessica's life would be much more interesting.
It's one thing to dump Enid for Maria/Olivia and another thing entirely to dump her for Lila. ...*shoos away plotbunny that involves Enid teaming up with Toddles and Jeffrey to prove that nu!Liz isn't Liz at all*
Not even Lila would be that oblivious, either. And if Jeffrey was involved, I'm sure Lila would be interested in helping suss the situation!
he calls to lure her out to the pier (wtf, James. The DB is far less likely to get you straight up killed by a psychopath wearing your girlfriend's face)
Pretty sure he chose the marina because he was planning to immediately jump on a boat and get out of town. It would've been harder in a public place, but you're right, it would've been way safer. He'd have a chance to escape when he realized it was Margo instead of Jess.
the ghosty doing a damn fine job
Agreed! I'm guessing this ghostie is the same one from ANTR. I like that it can be read as a standalone, but it also kinda sucks because what's the point of the preceding 5 books?!
To say nothing of thinking that at about the same time she's thinking 'can't think naughty thoughts about Steven, my soon to be brother'! Oh, Margo.
Seriously. That was a totally ugh moment.
Given how adamant Alice was about getting there before midnight, it's just always gonna be weird.
True. Maybe the police wouldn't let them near the twins until five hours later because of the death scene?
hammered home the idea that Liz was so traumatized by Sam's death, the accident itself, and the aftermath that she couldn't write at all... including her diary. Yet Margo's got a whole treasure trove of diary material just waiting to walk her through Liz's thoughts during the same time. I get why they'd need it for Margo, but... just don't have Liz despair over being unable to write and specifically mention the diary as something she can't face either?
I just read the entire miniseries and somehow this completely escaped me. I guess I was on board with Margo reading Liz's diary as the best way for her to finally get the inside scoop on Liz's life, since all she got from James was endless Jessica (and she still decided she'd rather be the boring twin).
But I get it, too. When I get down in the dumps I can't do anything creative at all, much less write for fun.