Also.... /shrug. Godric would have kept touch with a sister if there was one. It's Archer he has a problem with. C: (Also, Larry...jfc, get a handle on your kid. he loves him but....yikes, buddy)
ahaha, right?! He honestly is likely not going to be that bad. He will probably just be kind of a punk who gets in trouble but really loves his dad and doesn't know how to get his shit together outside of the house.
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BethampHATamine
so I was on hiatus when you joined and Larry is horribly antisocial so I haven't had a chance to get him CR with Taylor -- I'm glad we have the opportunity to spark some now c: but also lolling at the fact that she can only see in the breach...
OKAY SOME ADJUSTMENTS: Rags has two dads, the accident was fairly recent (maybe a couple of years ago?), and he was definitely injured enough to need actual help for a while after the fact.
depends on how long ago estrangement happened - if BEFORE the accident, Estranged Dad would have come to visit maybe once (if he was allowed) and thereafter sent money to help
lol I slightly hate that that worked as a reference point... like the other day I was in a Star Trek thread on Reddit and someone referenced New Amsterdam and I was like, God, someone else watches my dumb shit?
hmm what would their wedding have been like -- if they had a Real Wedding Archer probably would have still received a begrudging invitation, if it was a courthouse thing he definitely did not
heh, so how does Godric feel about Shen Wei having swanned off and left his brother and their son for his academic career? (he was crushed and sad and lonely, but threw himself into his work to keep from constantly obsessing and never had any actual social life)
Godric fucked off and left his family for university, too!! But he understands the pull of academia. and as long as Shen Wei still provides..he wouldn't hate him. and the way he came back when Larry needed him would have really been a bonus.
I feel like Rawne would be at least a little protective of Larry (probably kind of ridiculously, but gdi he had to watch Larry mope around the coffee shop after Shen Wei left)
yes, he definitely always sent money once he had money to send, visited often, had Rags to visit him as often as possible, came back every time there was trouble at school or with the cops....
anstaar
: lol, Quill the friend who gives Shen Wei the stink eye for trying to insinuate himself back into Larry's life and read him the riot act about hurting Larry again? (Possibly Rawne too,
Mad Larkin
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Quill is willing to Give Him A Chance, and is sympathetic to what went down, but definitely considers Larry a better friend so there's a balance. But never lets that come into parent-teacher night
haha that's not actually Larry, that's his character from The Sinner, who is much worse (not that he hurts the baby but... DEFINITELY would not want him for a dad...)
awww!! also, I'm assuming Rags was adopted as an infant. Does that track? Lots of happy tears for Shen Wei and Larry and a lot of "WHAT THE FUCK THEY JUST LET US WALK OUT WITH HIM?!?!?!?" Which is adorable to imagine for me.
I'm thinking maybe there is a local tiny university, maybe outside the nearby city within semi commuting distance, and Shen Wei did his first PhD there to stay close, and so was there as a family for some decent chunk of Rags' childhood?
yeah, just a gradual slide into something that Just Isn't Working, and Shen Wei feels like he can't just walk away from this opportunity, he's got research grants and a fellowship lined up, and then graduate assistants and papers to publish and conferences to present at and he hasn't realized it would be this all consuming....
still a wiser relationship choice than William'sa cup of wine later: i'm gonna be amazed if they last a month
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