I just found a way to make everything work better in Underground Guy. The police, now that they know what Devlin is all about, ask him to help them get the man they think is connected to the killing -- Tawfi. That's why they release him. They know Dev usually goes for men who are dark-haired and good-looking, that him attacking Reg was an anomaly, and he's all but bragged on how he can get any man he wants...so they say, Help us stop this, and we will ignore your past transgressions.
Quid pro quo, to misuse a saying made famous by Silence of the Lambs.
So now I have a lot of reworking to do in my outline, but it makes for a better, tighter story. What's even more fun is, Dev now thinks that by attacking Reg he may have saved his life. He now claims ownership of the guy and that will make for some bizarre situations, since Reg is married and has 4 kids.
Of course, that doesn't mean anything, really. I've been with married men. One of my first was a Marine with 5 daughters. It's amazing the depths people will go to in hopes of hiding who they are. Especially in the Republican Party. There are men and women who will support destroying the rights of the GBLT community because they think that will keep anyone from knowing who and what they are. And they keep getting found out...and yet, they keep lying about it.
And then there's the Log Cabin Republicans, who are open about themselves but are so self-loathing, they accept the abuse heaped on them by the GOP because they support part of the party's platform...usually on taxes...but lately I think their latent racism is coming into play, too.
But none of that with Dev; he's open and honest with himself about what he does and how he uses his anger to get revenge against those who've wronged him or his family. He's an animal, at times, and cruel...but he knows it and accepts it...
Until he connects with Reg and realizes how destructive it really is.
Quid pro quo, to misuse a saying made famous by Silence of the Lambs.
So now I have a lot of reworking to do in my outline, but it makes for a better, tighter story. What's even more fun is, Dev now thinks that by attacking Reg he may have saved his life. He now claims ownership of the guy and that will make for some bizarre situations, since Reg is married and has 4 kids.
Of course, that doesn't mean anything, really. I've been with married men. One of my first was a Marine with 5 daughters. It's amazing the depths people will go to in hopes of hiding who they are. Especially in the Republican Party. There are men and women who will support destroying the rights of the GBLT community because they think that will keep anyone from knowing who and what they are. And they keep getting found out...and yet, they keep lying about it.
And then there's the Log Cabin Republicans, who are open about themselves but are so self-loathing, they accept the abuse heaped on them by the GOP because they support part of the party's platform...usually on taxes...but lately I think their latent racism is coming into play, too.
But none of that with Dev; he's open and honest with himself about what he does and how he uses his anger to get revenge against those who've wronged him or his family. He's an animal, at times, and cruel...but he knows it and accepts it...
Until he connects with Reg and realizes how destructive it really is.
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