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[jellfishjellfish]

I've been thinking about how the band plays such an important role in the breakup of this family and the main thing was that JD was very bossy.

but what if the band was so intertwined with the family dynamic because that's what JD used as a source of self-entity.

Like, think about it the older siblings who take care of the little ones are not usually seen as authority when there are adults around in this case the grandmother of the kids who for whatever reason can't take care of them if you look at JD's phrase of four siblings are a lot of responsibility.

But as the band is something in which JD has a leading voice it is clear that he will be seen as an authority on such matters. Just JD using him to be able to take care of them

For example: to be able to set a bedtime and to be able to put them to bed use a morning rehearsal as an excuse or have them eat their vegetables and use having energy to dance later to take care of things that if you're not an adult they won't pay much attention to you.

With this approach I can only think that the brothers would have the perspective that JD is too obsessed with the band.

What do you think? it's something that's been going around in my head.

Ooh that would definitely be something that contributed! Especially at the beginning, when it was new and they were all enthusiastic! Then as it gained success the line blurred and it genuinely became about the band, the more JD started viewing the success as a reflection of himself.

It definitely started out fun, and like you said a way of instilling parental rules in a way that felt more fun, but then it became less about what was good for his brothers and more about what was good for the image of the band. Even when it was more genuine rules (like the bedtime and vegetable that were obviously for their benefit) the way it was about ‘the band’ made them dislike being in the band even more.

I like your thoughts! It really fits in with the way I view JD and the way the band eventually split!

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[jellfishjellfish]

Thank you!! 🥹 love this so much, it captures them so well!

In chapter 2 of Dereliction Branch takes picture of all his brothers sleeping and there terrible sleeping posture

@jellfishjellfish I heard you’re still having a rough go at the end of this month. I hope it turns around soon. In the meantime I’ll be making more sketches based on your story to help keep your spirits up

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[jellfishjellfish]

Chapter should hopefully be up later today at some point, I’ve somehow managed to get an infection in my arm (from the tiniest most pathetic cut) but I’m hoping it improves soon 🙃🙃

It’s giving: charger from Left4Dead ✨

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[jellfishjellfish]

I love itttt! I love how you draw! Thank you, this has definitely made today brighter 🥹

JohnDory and Clay hug it out in the newest chapter of Dereliction by @jellfishjellfish

Sometimes you might love your brother, but not like what they do or how they treat you. This chapter doesn’t see their problems solved, but I think their in the right path now

@jellfishjellfish I heard you’ve had a rough week, I hope it starts to turn around soon

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[jellfishjellfish]

What are the ages of the major characters as of chapter 33? By that, I mean BroZone and the Pop sisters.

So Branch is 7 (8 the next chapter it’s literally his Hatchday )

JD is 25

Floyd is 21 coming up to 22 soon

Poppy is 5

Viva is 19 (she was 15 during the tunnel collapse)

Clay is 23

Bruce is 24

I made the Brozone brothers (other than Branch) close in age, so the arrival of Branch all those years later was even more of a shock (they figured their parents had got all the child making out of the way, especially as they had the first four kids in a relatively short space of time)

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[jellfishjellfish]

I love your latest chapter, but there's something I don't get. Why was Clay so shocked when JD said, "I get you hate me?" I got the impression he knew he was being a jerk to John, so I don't understand why he's so surprised that John believes he doesn't care about him. If someone is being nothing but a complete a-hole to someone else, common sense says that person resents you.

I think (in my mind anyway) that Clay is very very angry. Bordering on hate sometimes, but he doesn’t truly hate JD. It’s hard to hate someone you love, even if they’ve done bad things. And he was very much of the opinion that JD let things slide more than he did, that he wasn’t affected by Clay’s words or actions because he never did before. Well he was affected, but he’s never let it show outwardly. So for JD to declare that Clay hates him as fact, it was a realisation to Clay that JD has been taking things to heart more than he realised, and he thinks he hates him which…well he never wanted that. JD has always been this larger than life untouchable figure, so for him to confess how he’s really feeling was a wake up call to say the least.

I don’t think I’m explaining it very well! 😭

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This is incredible, he looks so cute! And yes, obviously nothing else happened this chapter, nothing bad at all!! 😇

A cute little sketch of the bestest littlest bittiest B from @jellfishjellfish’s Dereliction

In the newest chapter Branch happily eats a lemon and that’s all that happens of note. Yup. Everything else is fine

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[jellfishjellfish]

Dating App | It is the duty of the youngest brothers to keep the eldests ego in check. :)

Script by @star-sparkler c:

[jellfishjellfish]

Love the most recent chapter not enough people capture the fact that Clay is objectively kinda an asshole especially to JD. Like as much as Clay has good reasons too be angry he has little awareness of the time and place to start a fight with someone. Like Clay in cannon started shit with John Dory about him being overly focused of performing the perfect family harmony when Floyd’s life was dependent on them performing the perfect family harmony. That scene alone shows that Clay is almost fundamentally incapable of putting aside his anger or issues with a person even temperamentally when it’s a life and death situation he has the inherent need to prove his point right here right now the second something bothers him and you captured that character flaw of him very well.

Thank you!! I know some people might feel like I’m playing into the whole ‘Clay is the asshole problem child’ shtick, but it’s like you said, I feel like for someone to react like how he did in the film it would only be more prominent if less time passed. I’m giving him some legitimate reasons for his anger, but he’s not had a real outlet for it or any focus (or need) for self-reflection so far. He was too busy surviving at the golf course, trying to come across as serious and mature. Unlike John who’s been having therapy and who had those years alone where he did a lot of reflecting, Clay’s thoughts just festered. He just hasn’t considered that John might be anything but his infallible asshole older brother, because JD never showed any weakness before. He’s a complicated character for sure :)

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[jellfishjellfish]

I’m on the fence ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[jellfishjellfish]

We’re nowhere near the canon movie events yet, because I keep thinking of things I want to include but I want to get a idea what you guys think would work best

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[jellfishjellfish]

He’s baaaaack ✨✨

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[jellfishjellfish]

WILL YOU JOIN HIS CLUB

[jellfishjellfish]

I’m losing my fucking shit because my mom is getting catfished by a guy that sends her pictures like this and it never once occurred to her that this….isnt a real picture that a real person would ever take, ever

[jellfishjellfish]

WRITE IT!!! WRITE THAT SELF INDULGENT SHIT!!!

[jellfishjellfish]

Lots of people write clay with anger issues because of being put into the box of being a “fun boi” as a child but what if it’s the other way around what if clay got shoved into the fun boi box because he had anger issues and the PR team decided it was best if fans thought clay was joking and sarcastic and not just a rude ass of a 10 year old. A real chicken and the egg situation.

Oooh I like this idea a lot actually! It doesn’t work so well in Dereliction, because the source of Clay’s anger in it is rooted in thinking that he had to change to fully embody the ‘fun boy’ to the point where he assumed that John Dory didn’t actually like the real him. Any time he showed any level of depth, it was shot down to save his image, and over time it built up until he felt such a degree of hatred for himself it was hard to hide.

But I like the idea of him being overly sassy and quick to anger so they work his persona around that, like if ‘he’s just joking!’ Were a full on personality :)

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[jellfishjellfish]

It’s good for the soul okay