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this may be where I word dump, you’ll never know. I don’t even know. This is just where i go sometimes

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I’m in France on vacation right now but I wanna talk about these comics. I mean, Bill is kind of right. STAY WITH ME.

Max has taken out her anger over her marriage on Bill. It’s not like he doesn’t deserve it, but her comment about him not having changed since he was 18 — that’s more directed at Pete than anything else. Bill is like a symbol of everything that’s ever gone wrong in her life.

When the club broke up, Max and Bill got into a big fight that Max ended up losing. At the end of it all, Bill cursed her out, shitting on her relationship with Pete and telling her that they’re “not gonna last anyways”.

Pete and Max only got married because they were too drunk to think straight and one of them said “we should prove Bill wrong, that fucking smartass.”

They elope, with only Jerry as their witness. They dont tell anyone but Lou. Bill doesn’t find out they were married until they meet up at the convention center. And he quickly finds out it’s not going well. It’s an understatement to say he rubs it in their face. Especially to Max.

Since Pete got his new job, Max has been considering divorce. And rightfully so. I plan on making an entire post just about that, so I won’t go into much detail here. All you need to know is that their marriage is failing and it’s mostly to do with Pete’s job, but not entirely.

Here’s the thing, though. Pete loves Max. He does, even if he’s a jerk about it. And he’d stay with her even if they weren’t married. In his mind, they were just … together. There wasn’t a future without her, but this whole marriage shit is weird and difficult and he doesn’t like it. Neither does she. But once again, Bill’s right: Pete would rather kill himself than experience a life without her.

Max loves Pete, obviously, but she’s not so good at it (Neither of them are).

But after yet another fight with Bill, the divorce papers on the counter at home seem more daunting than they used to be. Max doesn’t want to sign them anymore, as stupid as that sounds.

Pete never wanted to sign them to begin with.

And just like last time, they opt to stay together just to prove Bill wrong. But unlike last time, they’re a little older, a little more mature, and definitely a little more sober. They’re actually willing to try this go around.

(Also, if Yall have any questions about Max … feel free to hmu in the comments ..)

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This was based on a TikTok post that just read “staring at each others faces, unable to find flaws”

I almost tried to make them both look uglier but that felt redundant. Bill isn’t unattractive, but is bullied at school. It’s a similar story for Lou, but she doesn’t care. I do think that she has some deep-seated body image issues, ones that the club can sometimes make worse; but after a while, bill realizes how pointless it is. How pointless it is to judge a girl based on the size of her waistband. Granted, this realization only makes him double down on the name calling and the being mean, and she, too, throws harder punches; but it is all hollow. Empty words, and soon, empty threats.

He doesn’t fully get there until the epilogue, but bill would grow to LOVE her body, especially in all its pudge. It’s harder when he’s a snot-nosed 18 year old who’s had no help in understanding his own pain. He has these fleeting moments. Split second thoughts of “hey, I can see her double chin. It’s cute.” Before shoving it so far out of his mind it wouldn’t even echo. Even while they were initially dating.

There were times, however, when the two were far more intimate as young adults, that he couldn’t run from it. All he could do was surrender to himself. To her. To his love, the thing that made him most vulnerable; thing that made him most afraid.

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Um yeah so my comics have been FLOPPING SO HARD on Tik Tok the past few days and I’m pissed so here’s this comic of Pete before him and Max are dating that I’m really proud of

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Possibly making plans for an actual full length in depth Loubill ao3 fic…

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Max and Lou will become real in ten seconds

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Max lore dump!

Max was raised by just her dad, Micah Riley. It's not that her mother wasn't in the picture, it's just that she wasn't around all that much. Her parents got divorced when she was too young to really remember it.

She's the youngest of four -- with four older brothers. When Max is 18, her brothers are as follows:

Davey, the oldest, is 33.

Kev is 29. (and he's the only one Max can actually get along with, partially.)

Evan (yes.) is 27.

Scott is 24.

Clearly, Max was not a planned child. She's much younger than the rest of her siblings and it meant a lot of late night dinners spent alone in a dark kitchen. Kev still lives with their dad, but he's a deadbeat. He's unemployed, doesn't do anything, and smells bad.

Their dad works all day every day and is only off on Sundays. When he is home, though, he's tired and not very active, seeing as Sunday is his only day off.

This leaves Max to do most of the house work. She cooks, cleans, does laundry, and will sometimes even handle bills for her dad*. As the only daughter, her father does care more for her than the rest of the kids, but not exactly in the best way. He forced her to get a job at 14 (the same job she has now, at the arcade. It's where she found her love for video games!)

*Max and Pete bond over this fact. I Headcanon that Pete takes care of his house, too, or at least sort of. His brothers are all moved out, but he has a little sister (once again, headcanon) that he cares for usually since his dad doesn't.

Max met Lou at 13, and they bonded over their mutual hatred of their parents -- and then came all the nerd stuff. Since Max's dad was usually gone, Lou stayed over more often than not. Once they were both about 15, they started saving money for their own apartment, which they would get at 17 (lied about their age, the landlady did not care).

hhhhgghhh if u want more lore lmk

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how would poorly nation feel if I word dumped about some Max lore because I’m not entirely sure how to draw allat ..

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Bill is Abortion bc she should’ve been one. Pete is Slut because. Well. The rest are self explanatory

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Drew this after reading this tweet idfk🫡

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everyone say hello to my Eltingville Oc. Hold her gently like burga🤲 her name is Max and she likes to rob comic stores w Pete

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Hello mammals !! Tik Tok uninstalled itself from my phone and so I’ve moved to tumblr for the time being. If any of yall from my tt have somehow gotten here, hello✋ also hi to anyone who found my tumblr from my ig!!

also, i will be posting so much Eltingville stuff right now. Just so yall know.

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they added that in there for the girls I just KNOW they did. Why else would he be doing all that.

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hey mammals !! First post let’s go😰 fair warning I will be posting so so much content for my mk ocs