0157-"Alex Is..."[3-17-07]

[Renegade]

Do you feel dirty for being attracted to a 19 year old character?

Just as dirty as Carla, probably...


btw, anyone else find it funny how every few pages a girl/woman complains about Alex's makeup (or lack thereof)?

[Nieriel.Manwathiel]

20 bucks says Daniel's parents are enjoying pizza, ice cream and spin art with Jonas' parents and Bree's mom.

sweetness! you won;t believe what i found doing the image search for those terms!!

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=1 ... tnG=Search

[longlostposter]

I agree, Joy. I'm 46, so I guess that makes me really, really wise.

Now if I could just have that 22 year-old body back (Ha ha).

Do you feel dirty for being attracted to a 19 year old character?

Hell, no. I think I'd be a little weird not to appreciate a fine young man's physique.

Nieriel is right. Legal is legal.

[Lurker]

I think when she said "sit down and shut up" He looked like he went into a trance or something.

She didn't tell him to shut up. She just said "be quiet," which is a lot less forceful (except when she says it; her tone made it hit like an eighteen-wheeler).

Anyway, I think he looked really shocked and didn't know what to do when her demeanor shifted like that. That's probably why he looked a little unexpressive.

20 bucks says Daniel's parents are enjoying pizza, ice cream and spin art with Jonas' parents and Bree's mom.

I hope not. If everybody's in the Order that'll just be too much. It's like having a superhero with cool, unique powers. It really doesn't improve the original when two or three more with the same power show up.

[HisGirl]

Did Jonas say that his aunt was close to age his age, or that she was close to the age he is right now at the time of his parent's funeral? big diff.

also, of course Daniel said she was not much older than him, he had the warmandfuzzies for her. the heart wants what it wants, you know?

[chevyfudd]

I knew she said be quiet, I put shut up because the person before me did and it was fresh in my head, sorry.

[Missa ChoCho]

I'm not sure if anyone noticed this (got to lazy to read through the 20 something pages)

but right before Gemma was revealed as a traitor she had a red rose

well right next to Alex when she was talking to Daniel in the beginning and Jonas interrupts, is a bouquet of red roses.....hmm....weird

maybe its a coincidence

[chevyfudd]

I'm not sure if anyone noticed this (got to lazy to read through the 20 something pages)

but right before Gemma was revealed as a traitor she had a red rose

well right next to Alex when she was talking to Daniel in the beginning and Jonas interrupts, is a bouquet of red roses.....hmm....weird

maybe its a coincidence

Good catch, didn't notice it.

[Lurker]

btw, anyone else find it funny how every few pages a girl/woman complains about Alex's makeup (or lack thereof)?

I know she's evil, but it seems to be a major sticking point:

Poster A -- "You broke Daniel's heart, you evil bitch!"
Poster B -- "You betrayed Jonas and his parents, you evil bitch!"
Posters C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J -- "Ever hear of powder, you evil bitch?!"

Maybe it's a female thing? I thought she looked fine.

Did Jonas say that his aunt was close to age his age, or that she was close to the age he is right now at the time of his parent's funeral? big diff.

His exact phrasing was "she wasn't much older than me at that time." I'd say he meant she wasn't much older than his age when they disappeared (he was 13, I think), especially since it was so similar to Daniel's earlier statement that she isn't much older than them - but we can also infer that she couldn't have been much older than he is right now.

She's in her late 20's or early 30's, for sure, but to some people, that may not seem like a huge difference. It's all relative (maybe people in Jonas' family normally lived a long time? I don't know, just throwing it out there).

I knew she said be quiet, I put shut up because the person before me did and it was fresh in my head, sorry.

Ah, sorry.

[Nieriel.Manwathiel]

I'm not sure if anyone noticed this (got to lazy to read through the 20 something pages)

but right before Gemma was revealed as a traitor she had a red rose

well right next to Alex when she was talking to Daniel in the beginning and Jonas interrupts, is a bouquet of red roses.....hmm....weird

maybe its a coincidence

1 rose = dumb traitor

bouquet = high-level Op operative

And Oppy owns the floral shop

[AM]

Much beyond age 22 you can't use youth as an excuse for not doing the right thing any more.

Out of curiousity... how old are you? I am nearly 25, and I have learned a lot in the last three years. Wisdom is gain through experience... at the age of 22 most people still make decisions that may not be as logical as someone who is 30 or 40 would have made. I think between the ages of 18-25 you are just getting an introduction to the real world. These are the years that really form who you are and the decisions you make during this time are still very youthful.

I agree, Joy. I'm 46, so I guess that makes me really, really wise.

Now if I could just have that 22 year-old body back (Ha ha).

When I was 21 I was a junior in college and still largely dependent on mom and dad. So I could see Jonas saying "She wasn't much older than me".

By22 I was just graduated and looking for my first job so I could see her being that age and Jonas still making that excuse for her.

But by 23 I was already teaching public school full time, had my own apartment and was engaged to be married.

So, I just don't personally believe, when Jonas said that Alex wasn't much older than he is now when his parents disappeared, that he could have meant Alex was over 23 at the time. I am guessing she was 22 tops, which would make her 28 now.

She went to college and did a Junior year semester at sea so I am guessing that she followed a fairly traditional time table of going to college at age 18 and graduating at 22. I would think her parents were footing the bills because semester at sea can be pricey. So I could see her not being in much of positon at all to protest against the order at that time, what with mom and dad signing her checks.

By 23, I assume she was already eating Kraft singles and Wonder bread and trying to make it as a photographer and I assume that by then she was living on her own. If Jonas's parents had disappeared when Alex was already living on her own and paying her own bills I doubt Jonas would have made that excuse for her.

All conjecture on my part really.

Oh, and I am 40 (since you asked).

By 18, I was living on my own going to college, working full time and paying bills... that still doesn't mean that every decision I made was logical.

Yeah, but at 18 someone could say "Oh, she was still just a kid." when you made an illogical decision. Generally, at least IME, people expect 23 year olds to behave as responsible adults.

[AM]

Did Jonas say that his aunt was close to age his age, or that she was close to the age he is right now at the time of his parent's funeral? big diff.

also, of course Daniel said she was not much older than him, he had the warmandfuzzies for her. the heart wants what it wants, you know?

I distinctly remember him saying she wasn't much older than 19 at the time of his parents disappearance 6 years ago. But she must have been older than 20 because she is older than 26 now. That's why I guessed her age as 28.

[joygasm]

I agree, Joy. I'm 46, so I guess that makes me really, really wise.

Now if I could just have that 22 year-old body back (Ha ha).

Do you feel dirty for being attracted to a 19 year old character?

Hell, no. I think I'd be a little weird not to appreciate a fine young man's physique.

Nieriel is right. Legal is legal.

Kenny makes me feel dirty and he is only 7 years younger than me.

[chevyfudd]

Well I am off to do some more work, I will check in later.

[Breepop]

Alex's make-up is kinda scary.

This is probably been said.

...More than once.