#johnathon turner

[jenjentheboscostick]

Re-watching BMW again, and I'm back at the episode where Chet comes back after like a year (surely by accident), and I always get pissed off.

Turner was a good guardian, and frankly, given Chet's running off after his wife rather than be there for Shawn in the first place, Turner is the better place for him. Turner actually cares about him, and goes through so much for someone in his mid-twenties suddenly in charge of a teenager.

Shawn should've stayed with him.

Especially when you consider that Chet then goes on to kick Shawn out to live with his brother (WHAT EVEN?) and then, skips town rather than be there for EITHER of the boys and then, dies.

Like WTF. Verna isn't any better, but like WHY put Shawn back with Chet? He's clearly not father material.

[earthlaughsin-flowers]

John, how could you be in here? How could you screw up on your bike? I have never seen you screw up on anything. I’m the screw-up, remember? C’mon, you remember…. Don’t do this to me, John. I don’t do alone real good. I know you’re in there but it’s like you’re not really here. You’re not talking but I know you’re here. So I’m just gonna talk, and you can listen. John, even when I was at the Center, it was all the things you taught me that made me wonder if it was the right place for me or not. But you didn’t teach me enough. You, and Cory, and my parents, and the Matthews, and the handful of people who really care about me, so don’t blow me off, John! Don’t blow me off, God! I never asked you for anything before and I never wanted to come to you like this, but don’t take Turner away from me. He’s not done yelling at me yet. God, you’re not talking but I know you’re here, so I’m gonna talk, and you can listen. God, I don’t wanna be empty inside anymore.

Shawn Hunter