#that’s important thematically it’s what beau decides are signs from bobby and what are not!!!

[foxmulderautism]

whilst i think ghosts in lover boy would be so fun i can’t make them an objective part of the world in Lover Boy the Novel from beaus pov because it just wouldn’t work w what the novel is trying to do about grief like 1) i think a ghost narrative would work best if it was just bobbys but bobby is not the only one who dies 2) so much of lover boy hinges on beau wanting to be haunted and wanting signs but not getting anything clear because for that to be effective i can’t let him have anything that’s objectively a sign from bobby. he has to decide for himself. and i think in this case the longing is better if there is nothing spiritually to latch onto so 3) it’s not about whether or not bobby objectively is with him. it’s about whether or not beau decides he believes that he is. which makes no ghosts better for the story as much as i would love scenes of beau talking to bobbys ghost LOL. but anyway it still interests me and then i was half jokingly like the only way for me to write that would be from bobbys pov like lover boy side story him as a ghost watching his friend grieve and not being able to reach out and i was like oh no no no no that sounds fun