Maybe Kendra is the only person Shawn could've cared about because he understands her to a degree, and losing her, meaning for him losing control over her, is almost losing a close confidant. And Shawn is childish. Meanwhile, Kendra, while subconsciously understanding the Shawn is bad news over all, consciously senses that understanding, and maybe there are very few, fleeting times when they connect. And maybe she justifies that to herself over how she was bullied before. "They never understood me, at least Shawn can." Kendra needs to experience more of the world outside of the length of Shawn's arms, and she needs to consciously act against him. It may not be a pretty sight (my money is that it certainly won't -- henrytemp makes that clear), but her subsumed resent needs to bust free. I just hope that Kurt or Dustin (my favorite choices) are up to the task.
I think you nailed it. When you're bullied, you feel like you're alone, like you have no one to talk to or share what you're thinking and feeling. Kendra stays with Shawn because no matter how crappy he is, he trusts her with his schemes and secrets and every little thought on his mind, and that's what a "good" boyfriend does: he trusts his girlfriend more than anyone else in the world, and she can trust him more than anyone else. He
must care about her, or he wouldn't tell her any of these things. For Shawn's part, he probably doesn't realize how hard Kendra tries to rationalize his bullshit into something palatable. He just assumes she'll accept anything he tells her.
For instance, when Shawn tells her to kiss Zack so he can start seducing Vicky, Kendra is hurt, and she recognizes it's going to hurt other people too. But at the same time, she can justify it because he's not gloating about it to her or going behind her back: he needs her help to do this. She may not be his girlfriend, but she is his partner. They're a team. And no one-off conquest ever gets to see what she sees.
Yeah, she's probably gonna lash out with a vengeance once it finally goes too far. I think Kurt is a better fit because after being with someone so serious and protective of his pride, it'll be good for her to get with someone who can at least crack a joke now and then. Dustin kind of has the brooding romantic thing going on, which is fine, but maybe not what you want in a rebound.
Reminds me a bit of the North Shore in Massachusetts, like the relatively quiet Manchester-by-the-sea out in the woods with lakes and rivers, next to the big and popular Crane Beach. I didn't picture Azure Rocks being in New England (I really didn't have a place in mind), but it makes sense.
Oh God, New England beaches. They're either cold or they're freezing. Some parts of Crystal Lake Park remind me of places I've gone hiking in New Hampshire, but it doesn't shout out uniquely New England.
Somehow, I picture Heather in a string bikini teasing some guy by posing sexily and making random noises while focusing her attention on a book she's reading. And that she manages to do both flawlessly while he becomes hopelessly flustered.
"Better untie my top, don't want to get any tanlines. Bottoms too. And I think it's time to reapply some lotion, I'll just use the book to cover up..."
First: we know Gavin had a crush on Taylor and Zack on Hannah, but we are missing one person in each trio: Chloe and Peter! It doesn't make sense that Taylor has a close male friend and Zack has a close female friend and Chloe never got a crush on Peter like Zack and Gavin did with Hannah and Taylor.
That's not implausible. Yarkoz wrote
a couple of erotophilia threads between Chloe and Peter, though it's framed as a heat of the moment hookup rather than the fulfillment of a crush. (But then, outside the Original Timeline, I imagine Chloe having some feelings for Zack.)
Second: have we ever had any body comparisons outside of breast comparisons between the girls? All of us may have different thoughts on how tall each character is. I've always figured Gavin was middle ground compared to the other guys, but according to Patzo's thread he's one of the tallest when he stands up fully.
Duskford gave
some height rankings way back when, and Zingiber has a quick list of everyone's notable features in the post above that. I don't know if that's meant to be written in stone, but I've (clearly) been keeping it in mind. Since Taylor as the tallest girl and Gavin is right before her, my thinking in my last thread was that they're roughly even, so she might be looking down on him depending on how high her heels are.
