Hi Lindsey!  Welcome back!  It's nice to see someone else post on here!  I post on AO3 under the same username, RokofAges75, and am still actively writing BSB fic.  A few people from AC are, and there are more that posted their old work there, even though they aren't really writing fic anymore.

That's interesting. To be honest, I haven't put all that much thought into it. I think both Aaron and Nick were probably making more than enough money to support the family and as far as the elder care home, anything can be labeled that as long as you have the proper license from the government. My mother was in an elderly care facility, but it was just literally someone's house. I just think certain requirements need to be met in order to be called that and then those government checks go directly to the owners who are responsible for allocating the funds to their residents. I have a feeling Jane and Bob probably stole from those people too, if I was a betting woman. I had no idea Nick bought their old compound. I read his book so long ago I don't remember a thing about it.

I bet they did remaster some of the video footage. As far as Bob not being around, it might have been that way for Nick. I think he lived a little bit of a different life from them because of the age gap. I still haven't watched part two. lol

Thanks, I don't have Paramount so I'll try and find it online and watch over the weekend.

Yeah I knew about the Kieran Culkin obsession Mare (It's actually one of the ways that I found out about that movie 'A Real Pain'... which I still need to go back and finish my watch through of. lol)

Yeah... the home movie clips of the kids in the first part of The Carter's were definitely a choice. Nick and Angel are such private people about certain things that I'm honestly amazed about what made the final cut. I was surprised that for most of the clips it seemed like it was Bob behind the camera given the angles of the filming. Nick's book made him seem like such a hands off and disconnected father... outside of the abusive 'discipline'(that clip of toddler Leslie getting smacked gave me chills; and then to hear Jane laughing and making snide comments after the fact was just...ew. no other words. Totally turned my stomach) . I always assumed that filming and stuff would have been Jane's department.

I was also shocked that the camera quality of the clips were so high given the time the filmed but I guess the documentary team probably could have gone in and done some remastering.

One thing that's always bugged me about the Carter's story is the whole owning the Garden Villa Home for the Elderly (aka the nursing home) thing (I've been figuring out how to navigate Public Records...) It's just such a weird timeline when you start digging into everything I'll probably end up writing a major blog post about it or something. They really did just bet on Nick really bringing in all the money though... because, Backstreet got signed to Jive in February 1994 and Jane and Bob bought the Ruskin house (this is the house that Nick takes Bravo on a tour of in 1998; which is also the same year that he bought said house from his parents) in October 1994 as well as not renew the home for the elderly that August. I know that Nick has said that he was the one supporting his family time and time again over the years but it's another thing entirely to be digging through records and really seeing everything completely laid out, ya know.

For those, not knowing where to watch it's streaming on Paramount Plus; but I also know that its floating around online if you know where to look.

I've only watched part one. I haven't gotten to part two yet. The one thing I found interesting was all the home footage of all of them constantly naked. Running around with no clothes on in the backyard and all five of them in the tub together. That whole episode just broke my heart. It's so sad that the only reason Angel has walked away as the most mentally healthy of them all is because she was the most neglected. Really puts things in perspective. I've been putting off watching part two because I know it's going to be really disturbing with Aaron going completely bonkers.

As far as Baylee on American Idol, it was interesting he chose to go that route. I just wish he'd stop using his father to try to get somewhere. I think that's his biggest hindrance, honestly. I don't watch it like I've mentioned in here previously, but I'm kind of glad he was eliminated. I really was afraid the BSB fans were going to be voting him the whole time. I'm glad that wasn't the case.

In other news, Kieran did not get a Tony nomination. Which I kind of thought was going to happen, but even still I'm sad about it. 

Lyndsey, just in case you haven't been reading the threads, I have moved into obsessing about Kieran Culkin as if i'm a fifteen-year schoolgirl.  lol

Hi Lindsey, welcome back! I'm glad you decided to post. It's been very quiet here but there are still a handful of us that check in from time to time. I come at once a day usually in the mornings my time to see if anyone has posted anything.

I know that Julie and Tracy are still updating regularly on AO3. I also think Steph has her stories on there as well, but I don't know of anyone else that actually still posts BSB fics, but I'm not a fanfic reader, so I wouldn't know for absolute sure. Most of my stuff has transferred over there but for some reason there are weird symbols all throughout some of the chapters. I think it has to do with how old AC is and copying directly from there I think the punctuation codes are different and I'm too lazy to go back and fix it all because it's a lot!

I didn't realise there was a Carter documentary.  I'll have to try and find it online and watch it.

okay, finally at a keyboard where I can really type. I was surprised by the Baylee on American Idol thing because that seems like such an ancient show and I figured that he would implement more current methods for making himself known.

As for The Carter's documentary. It's been the only one out that I felt really deserved a watch through by me... (I know ID did that Fallen Idol's one that AJ was in the trailer for... but the presentation for it just rubbed me the wrong way. So I didn't bother watching.) 

I was really surprised by how much home footage was used in the first part of The Carter's I know that Nick has gone on record saying that they were always filming but it really seems that it was like modern day family vlogger levels, or at least the clips had that same vibe to me. I wasn't surprised by anything in the doc but it did make me just as emotional as I knew it would anyway.

Hi my name's Lindsey (I believe when I first made this account back in the day I used the name Chrissy or something... I was taught to use pseudonyms on the internet at all times girl scout training runs deep; but, you guys have been a constant in my life for so long without even knowing it that I feel like my real name is warranted in return) I'm looking forward to talking to everyone and slowly defeating my social anxieties by actually interacting instead of just being a lurker.

Since, we can't post to the parent site now... are those of you that are still writing posting to A03 (I saw that there was talk of preserving what is on AC there) I've used it for other fandoms but not BSB stuff... I know Mare's stuff is there for the most part. But I haven't really flipped through enough to see who else...

I haven’t been logged in on here in forever… (I plan on making a new introduction thread soon)

I’ve been waiting for someone to mention the carter’s documentary. I’m surprised that I haven’t heard more talk about it.