Plus points for Nick
Nick's inner angel
• He appears to come from a supportive and loving family in terms of his childhood upbringing so his bad experiences in the navy may have resulted in only short-term damage that can be overcome
• He has not been drummed out of the navy for bad conduct so he hasn't gotten into serious trouble there as far as we know
• He was patient with Dupree and did not try to push him into having sex before he was ready and responded immediately when Jeremy felt pain
• He is responsible about the use of condoms so his self destructive tendencies are not extreme and he has sufficient sense of duty to protect others from possible infection
• He had a guilty conscience about lying to Dupree and came clean (beginnings of trust?)
• He did not blame Dupree for him getting drunk and going off the deep end or try to manipulate his way out of trouble
• He did not start the fight with Lance
• He is willing to work and try to make amends
• He shows signs of seeing a role model in Ennis and Ellery's relationship
• He is strongly attracted to Dupree rather than someone who will brutalise him further so his self esteem is not that low. At some level must believe he can be worthy of a man like Jeremy.
Well I guess all that gives the guy a more than even chance to come through this rough patch in his young life.
Thank you for this thorough and optimistic Nick’s psychoanalyze Jo
I saw QAF, Ted and his fallen angel were my favorite couple as their relationship impressed me more than Brian/Justin’s.
They both tried to see the good in each other ( but ridiculously not in themselves) and self-denying they wanted save one from bad another, even they went through the role reversal ….- which leads me to a question
We have “good Jeremy” and “bad” Nick, but how much “good” ?
Do we expect him to start and stop getting his experiences by Nick when his step into the gay world was mildly said – a bit wild? Do we expect him not to be tempted as Nick as he picked up for his very first time absolute stranger just because he was hot looking and tempting and brought him home after couple of hours for pure sex experience without any deeper feeling, without any further relationship in his mind ( still he is not sure about having relationship at all).
Wasn’t all that a bit Nickish too? Or, I’m the one old fashioned here? Jevees would be more appropriate for image of “good Jeremy”.
I know we are so protective of Jeremy, but Jo is right
Nobody is all bad or all good. Nick could go either way.So could Jeremy
Both they got their pluses and minuses, lets see how they are getting along with them