To all the reviewers of the latest scene; I'm not trying to disillusion you or tell you what to believe, but you'd all be wise to remember that our boy [mention]Socksbound[/mention] is as biased as Steven is in his opinions
At the risk of coming off as a Shawn sympathizer, I'm going to be so bold as to say that he did NOT use Joshua gagging Steven with Nathan's boxers as an excuse to feed him Mike's jock. Might be good to re-read what he told Mike before blindly jumping onto [mention]Socksbound[/mention]'s social justice bandwagon
Chris, Kyle and Joey seemed genuinely taken aback at the fact that their giant buddy wasn't pleased with the latest turn of events.
"Dude! He made you look like a fuckin' LOSER in front of Emma and her friends, and he got you into trouble for taking your USB key and plagiarizing your essay from last year." Joey scolded, sounding almost pissed at the fact that Mike wasn't showing gratitude for the team effort it took to capture Josh and have him mummified.
"Yeah, and bro...if it makes you feel any better, I sent Steven over to his place last night, and the fuckin' twerp gagged my cousin's boy-toy with Nathan's stinkin' boxers." Shawn added, nudging the guilty mummyboy with his shoe, just for the sake of putting emphasis on who the guilty party was.
Mike's face temporarily came to life at the sound of those words.
The reason why Joshua's punishment is deemed appropriate was summed up by Joey.
Mike has been wronged, made a fool of and cheated many times by our young college prince, Josh.
Kyle was right. Much to the annoyance of his peers, the kid gets away with everything because of his flamboyant charm and swagger.
Shawn only added to the conversation by telling Mike that Josh himself wasn't above using such cruel tactics when in control of Steven.
Shawn only mentioned the incident to help make Mike feel a little less guilty about the whole thing. Nobody in the apartment really cares about the fact that Steven was forcibly gagged and silenced with Nathan's shitty boxers. They probably find it as amusing as we do.
At least, that's my take on the whole situation.
Here's my own hypothesis.
Shawn's mediocre standing with you guys makes his claims of Joshua being in need of a lesson less credible.
No one will deny that Joshua can be an ass at times, but the sympathy you guys have expressed for him -even after his crimes have been laid bare- is quite palpable.
Perhaps all the sympathy stems from the fact that one of the guys bringing him to justice has a somewhat morally ambiguous track record?
I'm willing to bet that if oh-so-righteous muscle-King Zack was the one to lay out justice on Josh, you guys would all be cheering for the twerp's well-deserved demise.
Am I far off track, guys?
Glad to hear it, [mention]Johnny[/mention]-boy!
The readers you see commenting here are at different points in their reading.
Some are halfway through the story, some are fully caught up, and some have just begun reading a few days ago.
Knowing you like I do, Steven's journey will be right up your alley.
Chapter 7-8 is generally the point at which readers get hooked and start devouring their way through the chapters.
Enjoy the journey! I hope to hear from you as you're making your way through it