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A shelf at my eye level reached all the way around the room, and it was stuffed solid with basketball memorabilia: dozens of trophies with gold plastic men mid-jump shot or dribbling or reaching for a layup toward an unseen basket. There were also a lot of signed balls and sneakers. “I used to play basketball,” he explained.
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Well, DUH.
I followed him down carpeted stairs to a huge basement bedroom.
Chapter 2, p.29 (TFiOS)
… Why is the bedroom of a beloved one-legged son living in a two storey Colonial in the basement? Can anyone answer this? Anyone? Bueller?
Augustus puffed out his cheeks, balanced on his leg, and twisted his hips, throwing his prosthetic forward. “Fine,” he mumbled.
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This is so fucking childish. Are Cancer Perks only okay when you can conveniently exploit them to get what you want? You can’t have it both ways, Gussy.
“But I want to show Hazel Grace the basement,” Augustus said. “Just Hazel,” I said. “So show Just Hazel the basement,” said his dad. “And then come upstairs and watch your movie in the living room.”
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This conversation concerns her. And the only contribution she gets is to remind them that she’s called ‘Hazel’, not ‘Hazel Grace’ (because Augustus is literally refusing to listen now). And the only acknowledgement Augustus’ father makes of her is in the name of ‘lol dad joke’. Seriously, if Augustus refuses to listen concerning her name, what’s he going to be like when it comes to sex?! Even worse, considering that she has actually questioned Augustus’ intentions before and has already worried for her own safety while in his company, that she gets no say here is disgusting.
(And yes, I’m expecting sex to happen because these are two straight teens of ‘appropriate’ gender configuration being thrown together, currently navigating a situation in which the boy’s father expects something sex-like to happen.)
This is getting to be really sickening.