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Tara being pregnant with Jack's child. Man that would suck. I would hate that plot twist. It's not really plausible anyway. Tara must be on the pill, and Jack was nowhere near finishing. Doubt he even had much precum.

Ok, is this something I missed? I've seen it talked about but never really understood. Where's the allusion? Can someone point it out to me? Or at least which chapter.

Laughed WAYYY to hard at this. Real funny. Any way, I agree, as soon as I read "familiar face." I thought "BRAD BRAD BRAD!!" We'll see I guess. In regards to Jashley's reality check, I don't think anyone here expects, or wants, emotion free filler chapters. It's really interesting to hear about the writing process, and, here I go with the bar setting, a phenomenal insight to your writing process and ability. And fuck, that's some heavy shit. In a way, it's cool to that you share these emotions with us.

Back to regularly scheduled programming. I agree with what people are saying about heavy emotions. Its been a slugfest. While I don't like weathering it that much anymore, I still understand why it happens. As delta4 said, Joe writes this story for himself as much as he does for us. He can't please everyone all the time. Again, as delta4 said, I have called this story a masterpiece, and I still do. However, people (including me) do seen to set the bar high. We've gotten drawn in and expect it to go our way, all day. On that note, bigman7307 made a post about life not being a box of chocolates. I, as I have just come out of my teen years, am well aware of the stigma and negative connotation that teens can view life and the world. When I was younger, I did have a point in my life where I thought it'd be better if I didn't exist. I got help, and I worked it out. Does that have to cloud my view of everything? Does it require me to view those years as a shitty emotional roller coaster? No, it doesn't. I've had a lot of good parts in my life. I, and everyone else, can rant and rave all we like. The point is, people at putting pressure on Joe to be perfect in his writing(I am guilty of that), and for the story to go their way. It's a valid complaint to point out the many negative and heavy chapters. But no one is, as far as I'm aware, or should, discredited the real emotion that Joe puts into this. Train of thought... Crashed. Edit: I remembered. I don't really agree with jar jar on some of his points. I don't think Jack has become a mentally unstable character and deals with stuff that every moment. I saw Joe long's post and I hadn't thought about that. Really jack just happens to be involved, but the problems aren't centered around him, or for that matter, Kayla, up until now.

Well, this forum is getting heavy. We need to air it out. Here's a joke: A young boy enters a barbershop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you." The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?" The boy takes the quarters and leaves. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!" Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. "Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?" The boy licked his cone and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!"

Happy, right? I think we've got a little ways to go before that. (Assuming that Joe continues this story that far)

I 100% agree with this. In fact, while I was mowing, I was thinking along the same lines. Aside from minor nitpicky details, (because I'm that type of person) this would also be my main critique. It's bad after bad after bad. It keeps coming, almost nonstop. Now I don't expect anything to be changed just for this, and I've really loved the story, but it would be interesting for something less than earth quakingly bad to happen every once in a while. Writing light hearted and upbeat doesn't mean the story will become less intense, less interesting. I'm aware that the story is written with personal experience in mind, and I hope this doesn't seem like I'm saying "ah! Fuck you and your emotions, write this how I want it". Because I'm not. The story has a plan, and its been phenomenal so far, but it's mega heavy emotional wise. I love the bad, the fights, the problems. It's great to see how they deal with them, but many chapters are punches in the stomach of emotion. Also, 50th post!

Holy Shit That was... Well, that turned out just as well as I thought it would. Great, really fantastic, chapter. Incredible. Emotional roller coaster. Well written, insightful, and it was good to get insight on Kayla's side. SPOILERS BELOW On that point. Kayla reacted almost exactly how I thought she would. I mean, if anyone here thought she would be peachy, they need to rethink their outlook on this all. All three of them are still emotional ticking time bombs. One is bound to explode again, like Jack did, in this upcoming chapter. If any thing, the threesome probably made Tara feel worse than before it. Hindsight is a real bitch. On yet another note, I think Joe wrote the chapter exactly who it needed to be. This will probably have long lasting repercussion. And by probably I mean it will. It'll be interesting to see how they all work it out, if they ever can. I'm looking forward to the next chapter and year in story time, as it was foreshadowed earlier, "If only I had known."Chinese water torture? Pipe bomb? Holy hell this is gonna be intense. In fact, this chapter actually hit me pretty hard. I'm going to have to go mow to think about it.

Hark! The threesome approaches!

So, as Joe has been writing chapter by chapter, and lot going back after to re-edit(as far as I'm aware), I've noticed a few discrepancies. Not that they're a big deal, but I thought it was interesting. The first one I noticed was Tara's age. Or, at least, I thought I did. Reading early on, for some reason I have the distinct impression that Tara was something like two years older than Jack. I went back to look for evidence on this, but couldn't find any. So my question is, does anyone else have any memory of this? Second is the cabin. From the first mention of it, when Kayla talks about ownership, she says it's leased from her dad,a boss. Later in the story. (Chapter 32, I've almost finished my rereading of it) Kayla mentions that her parents own it, and that they inherited it from their grandparents. I think there are a few others, but I can't remember any. Also, Jack, mentions, when talking about dick size, that he had never measured because, "his ego wasn't that big." Now, at least in my personal experience, this is no where near true. I will say, and put money on, the notion that nearly every guy, at least once in their life, will probably measure their dick. They may not freely admit it, but probably have. I don't know why this sticks out in my mind, but it does. If you measure your dick, that doesn't mean you have a big ego. Now, correct me if im wrong, but It probably means that you have normal curiosities.

Honestly, as much as I want to see this next chapter, and I really want to, as everyone has said, I don't care how long it takes. No one's perfect or can be expected to stick to a schedule all the time. There's no need to apologize to us. Really. You didn't do anything to us, except make us like the story so much we get antsy when it takes a while to get put out. Super excited to see it. I can't wait. I'm sure it'll be great.

Probably this next one. (I don't know I don't keep track sorry)

Holy shit. This has to be, along with the whole rest of the confrontation, one of the most intense exchanges in SITO. "Have you ever seen someone die, dad?" This line here. Jack is in the unique position to use it. I mean, in these context, he can use it as a weapon. On another note, I really like how Craig, throughout the story, develops as a character and a friend. Joe's decision to make Jack reach out was a good one.

Who am I shitting it says on my profile. Lol. I guess I don't care as much as I thought.

West coast or mountain time? I've always been slightly confused as well.

Ok. I've said this before and I'll say it again. As I've been rereading (I'm on chapter 27), during the twin saga, Jack tries waayyyyy too hard. Kayla predicts that he will and asks him not to, but noooo, he goes hard, for what? Six chapters? He keeps trying, like its his relationship, to fix it. He never fucking stops. And I think that's what Joe was going for when he wrote those chapters, so props to him. /rant

Haha this is so true. Super hyped. I've lost count of how many times I've checked and refereshed the forums to look for Jashley's update.

No need to apologize lol. I think Jashley is calling this current saga "the summer saga"

Ok. So it goes both ways. One way, people say what they want, and they should be able to. The other way, we accommodate for all by not discussing everything about everything. While I might have thought some of the discourse that took place was a little weird/creepy/uncomfortable, I never really got all hot and bothered about it. I mentioned it after someone else brought it up. I suppose I really don't care what is said. All previous discussions haven't excluded others or pushed them out intentionally. And I sure as hell don't want to dial things back because, "oh, someone might be uncomfortable"(while I said I wanted more SITO discussion, I didn't say that other topics had to stop. As well, while I mentioned accommodation, I think that that "make everything soft and remove any uncomfortable item" stuff is bullshit) while the forums should be involving everyone, and I might be made uncomfortable by somethings, I guess what I'm saying is that people shouldn't have to bend for me and a few others. Fuck that. I'm also setting a double standard by apologizing for things that made people uncomfortable and saying that we should try to change. Huh. Oh well. I believe that a medium can be easily reached. So I suppose I agree with statement.

I tried the blink the first time I read it, and I tried it again just now. I laughed really hard at both parts, especially the finger on where he just says "imposible" the way it's phrased. I lost it.

Yeah SITO is about so much more, so that would help. Truly, I've almost told a few good friends. It's been on my mind and I've backed out. The perv part, yeah I feel the same way. Like, there're people who I could tell, and they'd react negatively. You can still be proud. I know it can be hard, but every once in a while I look back and feel good about what I've written. But seriously, I know a few who I'm certain watch porn ect., but they wouldn't tell, so I won't. Thus I turn to the Internet to discuss this sort of stuff, even if it is more than just sex/porn.

Careful, people take that underaged stuff seriously, not accusing, just saying. Joe long is right about that. I mean, it's not like the day I turned 18 I said "oh, i can watch porn now!" But seriously.

Ok, so no, to answer your first question, I'm not under 18. I just don't like revealing my exact age. I'm between 19-22. It's not like saying "I'm 29" is giving away personal info, but I just don't like to. Second, honestly, I don't know about other guys. I mean I'm not like "hey I watched this porn video, you should totally see it." So I'm not sure. People don't talk about there um..."personal lives". I would love to tell people I know personally about SITO. I really do, but they might think it was odd with the certain sex themes. And its just considered something you don't talk about. I do collect pics. Not of people I know though. I might "think" about them, but then I feel weird. Don't know how to explain it. I watch a little porn. If you've heard of Reddit, I use it to find some pics. But I also write for my own pleasure. So I guess that's the best I can give. As far as I can guess, most people look at some sort of "visual stimulate." Be it porn or pics or whatever. If you're looking for how this all relates to SITO, I guess I can say I might have a different view point, because that was recently me. (Though all to quickly that time is slipping away). I look at some of the stuff they do and think "I never did that." Jack talks about getting caught watching porn. In my opinion that's kind of dumb. I always took precautions.

Exactly, and that's one of my biggest hang ups on the threesome happening. I don't think Tara will come away from it with what she thought she would take away, and it'll be a big deal. Like I said, problems exist. Jack said it wasn't fair to ask the questions, but I'm not so sure.