FancyShark
Little brother
Little brother
Hahahahah your school is rivals with a TECHNICAL school! NERD!
Dave is Dave's little brother.
Oh, no, not the Devry football team!
Rollin up with their Biz Markee blasting on Medium
Someone not smart enough to con themselves a Super Nintendo out of their big sister.
Oh my god Bush is invading her house party!
Even worse, it's the band Bush!
BUILT LIKE DESERT STORM TANKS
Topical!
It's not even what they're called!
They're fucking Abrams tanks!
The smell of twang
American, Iraqi, captured Russian stuff in Iraqi service?
I'm not sure this author knows a main battle tank from an APC, fellas
"Um you literally cannot. Fuck off or we call the cops?"
And even so Kathryn is old enough that people would still be comparing shit to Sherman tanks anyway!
You know how sounds smell.
And smells sound
I'm rooting for Team Desert Storm here. Waste this mobster fool.
Listen! Do you smell something?
Nothing creates tension like loathsome characters threatening to kill...other loathsome characters
What is this, the fucking Outsiders now?
Where's Ponyboy?
YESSSSAS
FUCK YES SWITCHBLADE
Man I wonder who the killer will be.
Even more on the military nerds' side now
How many people are going to declare vengeance on this party?
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Jesus christ, this is turning into the siege of Precinct 13.
Oh god, I hope so
Precinct of 13yo
Hell yeah, nothing says "Fuck off and go home." like a good switchblade.
The boys at ITT Tech only understand violence
Except for a big scary do- MARSHALL, DROP THAT! DROP IT! NO CUPCAKE! DROP!
It was either the knife or the soldering iron. This way was better. Cleaner.
You said you didn't want a fight, so I explicitly tried to escalate the situation into a fight
Thimble heads
Nothing makes a Maureen horny like threatened knifeplay.
hahahahaha I want to see that version of the story
That feels like a slur, but I'm not sure of what
And nothing impresses a 13 year old boy like a switchblade and a leather jacket.
Kevin fronting on this vanguard assault line of football geeks and they just stub him out like a cigarette under their shoe
"nobody said put the knife AWAY, Chris." panting heavily
This is a strange story
Sewing circles
That bulging pillowcase is a little unnerving Kevin
Between Desert Storm and Arsenio Hall, this book isnt dated at all.
Mr Mayhew is the only one in the country lacing his Halloween candy with LSD before he hands it out.
He's an outlier and the news shouldn't be counting him.
You're gonna want to check the candy wasn't tampered with from Mayhew
LSD is good for children anyway. Promotes empathy.
Can you introduce me?
That's a razor blade in the candy situation if there ever was one
I AM TOO JACKED UP ON MR MAYHEW'S REESE'S CUP FOR BATMAN
If only
hahaha I was joking. Kathryn I was joking.
I don't want to read the Kevin masturbation scene please
HELL YEAH DRUNK 13 YEAR OLD LETS GOOOOOOOO KATHRYN!
Smash cut to twenty years later. Kevin is now Bubbles from The Wire.
Or from trailer park boys
Kathryn has decided the thirteen year old needs to be drunk
CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!
"And I've swallowed Drano before, so I should know"
Little dude you are going to barf so much!
Its gonna be so bad.
Kevin, you're in danger. Your sister has built up a HEROIC tolerance for the stuff the boys put in that, you... haven't.
It's probably poisoned.
Sounds like Mr Mayhew's Reese's Cup had a little extra added to it
Can we talk about the umlaut over Draino
Kathryn comes alive when it's time to torture the children
Nope, Kevin. You just drank poison!
Well a non alcohol poison.
In that it's not one
I don't care enough about this book to look up the proper word
This book is just going to be an After School Special, isn't it
What the hell did Kevin drink that induces a heart attack
Belladonna?
Oh, no, Kevin drank whatever Tony put in Chris's drink
Lil bro just got a gut full of toad venom like its a kung fu movie.
I am a literal former sailor and I've never had pain shoot down my left arm from booze, I don't see an issue of quantity there
Tone spiked the punch but Marty poisoned it. Calling it now
Tony out here trying to get crunk at a high school Halloween party
"Crummy soda" he says, like its not 199X
Yes, that's what being drunk looks like
They dont even have orange Faygo so Tony needs to shut up.
Nice of him to watch his language
Again. The boys put more than alcohol in that punch. And the girls have had time to build a tolerance.
I'm very glad Maureen didn't have a little sister
Maureen, are you so square that you dont know booze doesnt give you muscle spasms like that?
Maureen more worried about being in trouble than her brother dying
Like he is obviously done been pizened.
"drug" being the worse of the two, clearly
This is going to end with them jamming an adrenaline needle in Kevin's heart
Maureen immediately thinks "FUCKER THIS WILL RUIN MY PARTY!"
And then "My parents are going to be so pissed off!"
And not yet "Oh fuck my brother is dying!"
I fuckin told y'all that shit was roofied
And the party was going so well up until this happened!
Fun
And I didnt get along with my siblings either but cmon, Maureen, I would have thought of them dying FIRST.
I know fucking Kathryn is going to make it about the candy
This is like if Adventures in Babysitting was directed by Werner Herzog
But that boy OD'd on roofies in the punch
"MY PARTY IS RUINED BY YOUR COMATOSE STATE, KEVIN!" Maureen shrieked."
"Everyone at school is going to hate me because my party was ruined by you being poisoned, you shithead."
So, I believe that flashforward where she was talking about "a boy was stretched out on a hospital bed." I'm pretty sure that was her brother
I'm quivering, gellaho
So I wonder what wild stereotype Kathryn will draw on to establish who the culprit might be?
Which is unsurprising considering her mother calls her "the child"
Maureen is fucking 18, Maureens Mom.
SACRIFICE THE CHILD
Guess the marriage encounter didn't cover this
Would honestly have been less dehumanizing if she'd called Maureen "it"
"BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH KEVIN RUINED MY PARTYYYYYYYYYYY!" Maureen sobbed inconsolably.
Shit this is why Kevin was ready to charge the dork football line with a bat single handed
Bath salts
Also, my brother is dying
"GARY! WHY DIDN'T YOU COME TO THE PARTY, GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
Very confused about what sign that is
HANG TOUGH
holy shit
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Backstreet, or NSYNC?
Hahahahah Maureen has no idea what a Hells Angel looks like.
A Hells Angel would have ripped each finger off of Chris for fun
They look like the bad kid from Gilmore Girls apparently
Also what a boomer ass shorthand for "Kind of rough looking dood."
🤙 apparently it's this
HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHA
KATHRYN, YOU FUCKING SQUARE!
Like my mother wouldnt say something like that and shes fucking 70.
GIF
Lmao cocaine?
Omg exactly what I was thinking
COCAINUM
Like Tony and Chris have coke money.
Later
Its 199X too Kathryn, the teens do crack now.
they could barely keep Bada Bing running
Your drug sniffing dog couldn't detect cocaine in the house?
You sad bitch, you cant even keep your drug panic up to date.
If you're an adult and you use the word "zillion" in a serious moment like this, you suck
SHES TAKING A MORE THAN THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD RUNNING
This is such a fantastically bizarre conversation
I'm 99% certain cocaine isn't "dope"
He was sniffing at Tony. It's one of the few things I've skipped
This book is insanely stupid
Probably because of the pepperoni in his pockets.
Personally I've never heard anybody who actually drugses call anything but heroin "dope"
Hell, I think I'd sniff at Tony if that was the case
I'm back, and wow.
It would be way funnier if Kathryn had done research and was using outdated terms for cocaine instead.
You are now on the floor, convulsing.
Jesus Christ
All the men being awful is realistic, so don't level charges of misandry, but also the author makes this feel personal. Like they're awful for only half the right reasons.
maaaaaaaaaaaannnnn
Yeah Maureen you should feel guilty but maybe not this guilty?
Hey now. Jeff has been nothing but a saint so far.
Like you are a bad sister but cmon.
seriously though, dogs weren't made for long-distance running, don't take them with you.
I feel fine with calling Kathryn whatever
@Brendan , here's your recap:
Sweatpants Chris brought his thug cousin Tony, who thought it'd be hilarious to pretend to strangle Maureen to antagonize the dog.
Marty was thrown out for beating up Diane.
Kevin, the little brother, imbibed the spiked punch and Halloween candy. Somewhere in there, he got cocaine in his system.
Saint Simp
Okay if she let her brother OD on dope I sure as shit wouldn't let her borrow my dog.
HE IS OVER THIRTEEN YEARS OLD
I'd give her my other brother first
It's okay, alsatians are a strong breed, not known for hip dysplasia.
Dog drops dead from running induced bloat.
It couldn't possibly be the guy who choked you and freaked out when his soda went missing
My money is still on Marty
I'm sorry about your brother, Maureen. Is your family going to finish Mr. Mayhew's Reese's Peanut Butter cup, or...?
THEY FORCED HIM TO TAKE THE DRUGS SO HE'D GET HOOKED ON THE DRUGS AND HAVE TO BUY MORE DRUGS
THE PERFECT CRIME
Our vivisection was very thorough
"Sorry about Kevin, babe. Is there any coke left tho?"
Who puts coke in a cookie?
This was 1991 so fun size candy, while still bullshit, had yet to begin shrinking 5% every year.
"No wonder I couldn't have just one"
For that matter who puts coke in a drink?
Maureen Dragonard, or MODRAGON
This was 1991 so everyone should have known better about everything, especially the grown ass author
"Kathryn should have known better" is her entire career
Did mo just have an O?
Marshall ate all our coke brownies
DAMN YOU, PHONE!
She gonna feed him his own coke.
All those feeling swelling inside her
"Modragon" would be a sweet name for a fantasy character, ngl.
"No one kills my little brother but me!"
When I was a lad, phone calls were a dime.
Hello fellow old
"The only time I want my brother dead is if the culprit is a big dicked glam rocker who is also some kind of magical king."
Remember when they became a quarter? That ate into your canned corn budget, by jehosephat.
I mean, you know where Maureen lives dude
Right?
As mad as she is you'd think someone killed her dog. Not just her brother. Your parents can get you another sibling. Just takes 9 months and a trip to the olive garden
I could call out of state for a quarter and still get a nickel back in change.
That Travis Tritt song woulda sucked if it hadn't gone up from the dime
Tony time
Sure, PCP. Why not
FUCK YEAH ANGEL DUST
90s teens named Tony loved them some PCP.
Just like the bullshit stories my parole officer stepdad used to tell
The panic about PCP back then was always really funny to me.
Hey, man, don't dip your ass in the punch
You thinking a lot about pcp?
"Man why would i go around putting crack in peoples drinks? That isnt how you do drugs."
Irate, Tony pulls out his snuff box and inhales deeply and pointedly
Crack. You eat it!
Couldn't have been that careful if you kept your plates, dude
"Look, Chris, I know you are super square and all but cmon dude. I dont buy drugs to waste them, I buy them to get fucked up. If I put a hundred dollars worth of crack in someones drink that is a hundred dollars worth of crack I CANT DO MYSELF."
My understanding is Kevin stole Tony's drink for himself.
Pretty much
I don't think he knew whose it was, but the drink was left unattended
Man, if you can't disappear in the early '90s...
Have you seen what a Maine driver's license looked like as late as 2000?
I've had better library cards.
Why had Mrs Yakovetski devoted the entire period to "In Soviet Russia" jokes?
GET TO THE MURDER, KATHRYN.
Hahahah of course Kathryn implies the two teens from New York are mobbed up and on drugs.
Diane, FFFS
If Forensic Files taught me anything, it's that it was harder to stay in your own neighborhood than it was to be abducted
Alabama still issued PAPER temporary licenses, took several weeks to mail you your real license
They're from NY not jersey. They're probably not mobbed up.
Diane, leaving your abuser is hard, but you can do it.
Kathryn doesn't realize her good guys are as shitty as her bad guys.
Diane should get a gun. Jane Wick this situation
Oh, we're going back for seconds on this are we, Kathryn?
Kathryn probably doesnt know the difference between New York and New Jersey.
Don't listen to the sausage, Diane! Shoot him down!
That boy ded
Listen to this Sausage, Diane. Slit his throat with a straight razor while he naps in his car.
and I bet she couldn't tell a wristlock from a wristwatch, either
Diane. Use a nail gun to lock the doors shut and put a rag in the gas tank and light it.
Yawouldn'tb'lievewha'shesaid
SHUT UP
Diane you are making me so sad right now.
Sadder than these books usually make me.
W I d e. s h o u l d e r s tho
Okay, kids. You can get one book. Do you want Hardy Boys, Boxcar Children, or Miserable Horrible Assholes?
I mean he was slumped over the steering wheel presumably he's got at least some of the day to sit around and wait
Kathryn knows pivot-abusers all too well.
I've read the other two. Gimme MHA
Kathryn, is everything okay at home? Do you need someone to be your getaway driver?
Oh, Kathryn, you so don't have this
JEFF TIME
What baffles me is why Kathryn tries to pass these as murder mysteries.
FUCKIMUP
Jeff needs to drop kick thru the windshield.
Kathryn, did you think kids were saying broads in 1993?
No.
No she didn't.
This book is k-rad
Literally every character in her books deserves death. There is no mystery to be found.
Kathryn, I realize this is a book for probably teens, but you can use the word "bitch.", weve heard it on TV in 1991.
This stretch of the book isn't even fun tbh, it's just sad and uncomfortable
We're still waiting to find out why Jeff needs to die.
Maybe she's helping young women recognize themselves in bad situations and the murder mystery is just the cover so the abusers don't twig to self help.
You know, how like Clan of the Cave Bear was about the discovery of the female orgasm?
Gellaho, you paid 51 dollars too much for this.
too good for this sinful earth
All Jeffs go to heaven
Damn that explains why my older sister was obsessed with those books, I thought she just liked prehistoric bears.
Jeff and Chet go to the same Sidekicks Anonymous chapter
I like that Marty started out putting rubber spiders in girls hair and is now in the honeymooners
except for that one who worked for Dubya.