I have a similar idea about Shaun's book. Sort of The OC/Weeds/Desperate Housewives setting where everyone knows each other and judges anything that's not perfect and the book pulls everything apart and shows what everyone is hiding.
I hesitate to say too much on what I think Shaun's life is like because I actually have a whole outline of his life for a fic I've been trying to write for months. If I say it all here, I worry I won't have any more motivation to say in story-form. Generally, I think he felt trapped and like he couldn't be himself because of the type of community he was in. Everyone knows everyone's business and I imagine he had a lot of pressure from his mother and step-dad to fit the image they were trying to project.
As far as Shaun vs. Zach on coming out, I think Shaun probably realized that he was gay when he was in high school, and I think he accepted himself much easier than Zach did. However, Shaun was in high school in the early 90s which would have made things harder. I think he really came into his own in college.
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Date: 2010-01-04 03:21 am (UTC)I have a similar idea about Shaun's book. Sort of The OC/Weeds/Desperate Housewives setting where everyone knows each other and judges anything that's not perfect and the book pulls everything apart and shows what everyone is hiding.
I hesitate to say too much on what I think Shaun's life is like because I actually have a whole outline of his life for a fic I've been trying to write for months. If I say it all here, I worry I won't have any more motivation to say in story-form. Generally, I think he felt trapped and like he couldn't be himself because of the type of community he was in. Everyone knows everyone's business and I imagine he had a lot of pressure from his mother and step-dad to fit the image they were trying to project.
As far as Shaun vs. Zach on coming out, I think Shaun probably realized that he was gay when he was in high school, and I think he accepted himself much easier than Zach did. However, Shaun was in high school in the early 90s which would have made things harder. I think he really came into his own in college.