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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: usako on July 14, 2013, 05:39:22 AM ---I wasn't a passionate fan in those years, especially because at that time I didn't have Internet so I couldn't access to all the information. But I think that my not linking Nick started when I found out that he, along with the boys, hadn't been there for Brian for his surgery. And it still piss me off when some fans try to justify him saying that he was too young to understand. lol They make him sound like he was an idiot or stupid since he was 18 years old. lol
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There may be some truth to that...
LOL just kidding... maybe... :-\
emilo:
Along the same lines, I was never a Nick girl. Now, I kind of left the "fandom" for a while, particularly after Kevin left, but even before. At that time in my life, I was just so busy with things like school and marriage at a very young age (I was 21, he was 28), that I just really didn't think much about it much. Oh, I still loved them, but to actually be paying much attention to what they were doing-- I didn't. The NKOTBSB tour is actually what brought me back (sorry, Mare). A couple friends and I ended up going, and I was "Holy #$%! Have you seen/heard Nick?" That man has aged to gracefully. I mean, all of them have, but he's the one who's changed the most, for the better, both physically and most importantly, emotionally. As far as my stories go, I like to contract FILA Nick with Forever Nick. Forever Nick is a goofy, irresponsible teenager. FILA Nick (which is more today's Nick) is so much more than that. Truth is that both portrayals are likely somewhat accurate.
RokofAges75:
Okay, here's the question Mare made me think of:
How do your writing preferences differ from your reading preferences? Is there anything you like to include in your own stories that you don't like to see in other people's, or vice versa?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: emilo on July 14, 2013, 05:47:19 AM ---As far as my stories go, I like to contract FILA Nick with Forever Nick. Forever Nick is a goofy, irresponsible teenager. FILA Nick (which is more today's Nick) is so much more than that. Truth is that both portrayals are likely somewhat accurate.
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I like reading about both of those versions of Nick. The older, more mature Nick is more attractive to me, but the younger, more immature version of him tends to entertain me more.
In my own stories, though, I definitely prefer writing older Nick. I guess that is one example to answer the question I just posed!
mare:
I think back then, none of them were there for each other. I'm curious to see how that all plays out in the documentary. I can tell you for me, one thing that's different and it has nothing at all to do with age, is a support system.
This is my take on things and it's going to be long! lol
Brian during that time had the undying support of his family. Nick never did. I think that makes a world of difference when forming and understanding relationships. When you come from a very firm background and I love Brian's parents, I wanted his mom to adopt me after meeting her and seeing how warm she was! LOL But when you have that love and support around you, you also are taught behaviors that otherwise might not come naturally to you.
In that way, I don't know if Nick truly understood how to be a good friend to someone because he probably never experienced it himself through his family. If Nick had heart surgery back then, I could see Brian being by his side, because his parents would tell him to be and would have taught him to always be there for the people you love. Nick's parents, probably would not have been there in the same capacity. Hell, I'm not entirely sure they would have done anything more than turn it into a photo op for Aaron or something!
I think now that Nick is grown and for the first time gets what it feels like to be loved, things would be different. It's a learned behavior. I get it because I know! But I also think sometimes people who have been brought up in a solid family background, it might be hard for them to understand. People like Brian, Kevin and Howie. You can tell they can not relate to Nick at all when it comes to the family things, but your family is what you learn from when you are young. Especially when you're not going to school and your only sense of 'friendship' is the four people you are in a band with and all the sleazy misc people who show up as a result.
In that way, yes I put more on Brian when Nick was going through his rough patch because there's no doubt in my mind that he knew how to be a good friend, but instead he distanced himself from the situation.
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