while Jessica lies there in the most un-Jessica like outfit I've ever seen
Yes, while I am impressed that the scene on the stepback actually happens in the book as it is depicted, that is certainly...A Choice for a Jessica outfit. Even mid-90s Jess.
Ken/Jessica! Seriously, Ken crushing on Jessica is the sweetest thing and I will die on the hill that Ken is a good egg and any ghosty who writes him otherwise should be dealt with harshly.
It is a crime of late canon that Ken/Jess lasts for such a short period of time. These two are so cute together! They deserved more normalcy and Jessica not being Jessica and dumping him for an unworthy guy.
And this is the book that has the whole arc earmarked in my memory as the one where my friends were scandalized that they discussed Jessica and someone having sex. Y'know, without actually saying it.
I was giggling through this whole section because it is *SO* 1990s YA. OMG - so cringey and unrealistic, and yet, so scandalous! And I don't know about you, but plenty of girls at my school were having sex and the kids to prove it, so it's even weirder than written, if that makes any sense.
I actually like the idea that Jeremy had the whole Jessica romance setup from the start
It gives him way more credit than he deserves, IMO. I can totally buy them going to Sweet Valley with the whole fake-kidnapping--for-ransom scheme already planned, but him also planning the whole Jessica bit? Nah. He's a pedo-grooming asshole, but he's not a sociopathic genius...
Part of me thinks it's insane that Jeremy would carry around that article and part of me thinks dude has a shrine to his fuckery somewhere so why the hell not.
...because the real geniuses know that the only way to not be caught is to not keep any records of their crimes. I mean, I know this lil article is there purely for plot purposes, and I agree, Jeremy probably does keep a shrine to his fuckery around somewhere, but I don't think he can do this and be smart enough to have engineered *everything* right from the start.
Jessica immediately pretending to be a cop to get info from his previous wife was perfection.
THAT'S the Jessica we all know and love!! It makes me want to go back and read early canon again, LOL.
RetconRobby is at it again as I swear that previous books mentioned that Lila had SEEN his other paintings for the show, so having her panic that he's got nothing is just weird. Did I make that up in my cold induced haze?
She knew about his portrait of her, but I'm not clear that she'd seen any of this other work, at least as the books went by. Their story was changed so much it's stupid.
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Yes, while I am impressed that the scene on the stepback actually happens in the book as it is depicted, that is certainly...A Choice for a Jessica outfit. Even mid-90s Jess.
Ken/Jessica! Seriously, Ken crushing on Jessica is the sweetest thing and I will die on the hill that Ken is a good egg and any ghosty who writes him otherwise should be dealt with harshly.
It is a crime of late canon that Ken/Jess lasts for such a short period of time. These two are so cute together! They deserved more normalcy and Jessica not being Jessica and dumping him for an unworthy guy.
And this is the book that has the whole arc earmarked in my memory as the one where my friends were scandalized that they discussed Jessica and someone having sex. Y'know, without actually saying it.
I was giggling through this whole section because it is *SO* 1990s YA. OMG - so cringey and unrealistic, and yet, so scandalous! And I don't know about you, but plenty of girls at my school were having sex and the kids to prove it, so it's even weirder than written, if that makes any sense.
I actually like the idea that Jeremy had the whole Jessica romance setup from the start
It gives him way more credit than he deserves, IMO. I can totally buy them going to Sweet Valley with the whole fake-kidnapping--for-ransom scheme already planned, but him also planning the whole Jessica bit? Nah. He's a pedo-grooming asshole, but he's not a sociopathic genius...
Part of me thinks it's insane that Jeremy would carry around that article and part of me thinks dude has a shrine to his fuckery somewhere so why the hell not.
...because the real geniuses know that the only way to not be caught is to not keep any records of their crimes. I mean, I know this lil article is there purely for plot purposes, and I agree, Jeremy probably does keep a shrine to his fuckery around somewhere, but I don't think he can do this and be smart enough to have engineered *everything* right from the start.
Jessica immediately pretending to be a cop to get info from his previous wife was perfection.
THAT'S the Jessica we all know and love!! It makes me want to go back and read early canon again, LOL.
RetconRobby is at it again as I swear that previous books mentioned that Lila had SEEN his other paintings for the show, so having her panic that he's got nothing is just weird. Did I make that up in my cold induced haze?
She knew about his portrait of her, but I'm not clear that she'd seen any of this other work, at least as the books went by. Their story was changed so much it's stupid.