# ghliveblog

I wish I’d spent more time on Clementine’s story! I feel like he ended up playing parts in other characters’ storylines rather than having his own character explored, which saddens me bc that’s exactly what Graham is expressing here

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I don’t know why but Sofia Vergara’s “I think they r dead” post makes me laugh every time I see it

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Along with the “slapping the froyo on the ground” joke and the “‘I want to punch him’ ‘We don’t want a murder—‘ ‘I do’” joke

This completes the trifecta of Meyer-related jokes that I always wanted to include

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2020-03-19

I wanted to give Meyer a surprising soft spot, just so we could kiiind of begin to open our hearts to him before the Christmas party

(I feel like Meyer’s actually pretty good with kids, they think his rudeness is funny)

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This somehow never came up, but the reason Joanna can spend Christmas Day /Lucy’s birthday with Lucy and Lucy doesn’t feel bad about keeping Joanna from her family is bc Joanna’s Jewish and doesn’t celebrate Christmas!

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Lucy’s hair length in the Madeleine-Sherry arc is my favorite, so when I realized I had to make it longer in the holiday arc to show the progression of time, I was VERY SAD

I like her semi-bob!!!

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I’m sorry that after the end of his arc, Heath more or less became a comic relief character lmao

But he had nothing left to do for his character arc...

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I don’t necessarily think every character needs to end up with a romantic partner, but it felt weird to me that Olive was the only one without someone??

And tbh I’d always considered having her meet Thomas, so I thought this would be a fun one-off ep between arcs!

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2020-03-19

But first, Thomas!!

I have a weird level of affection for such a minor character because he was my first draft Graham! Graham’s originally name was even Thomas, but I wanted something slightly less common and not 2 syllables to contrast better with Lucy’s name

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Holiday🍎Arc🍊Liveblog🍋! Let’s break through 100 episodes!!

Again, I’ll be using if you’d like to mute it!

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(Whispers) He knows what her seasoning preferences are now

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2020-03-18

It’s nice to return to lighter episodes after the Vending Machine arc!!

I worry a lot about mood balance, because I as a reader have dropped series that are unrelentingly heavy?? Even if there are sad moments, I don’t want readers to come out of GH feeling shitty

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2020-03-18

I needed AT LEAST ONE Vietnamese dish during the Nguyen twins arc

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2020-03-18

I should have shown more of Madeleine reciprocating Sherry’s feelings, upon rereading, I think too much of it was just implied!

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In the vein of “support each other, but save themselves”—it was important that Graham resolve his relationship with Madeleine by himself, and that Lucy not do it for him!

Lucy’s support gave him the confidence he needed, but he faces Madeleine with his own strength

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Also, touching back on Olive’s issues about her inaction during the fallout felt like a nice way to pull her arc back into the current story

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Anyway I had a good cry that day then I worked on the 3rd Vending Machine episode, which I think ultimately was needed!

I needed Graham to literally say everything I was hoping to get across, rather than hope readers picked it up

It was inelegant, but necessary

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2020-03-18

Part of Graham’s character is that he tends to hold things in until they accidentally slip out

Sometimes it’s “I love you” and sometimes it’s “Why do you hate me so much”, it’s all g

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2020-03-18

More than the social faux pas of chastising Heath over the PA system—

I wanted to show an even more serious consequence of Lucy’s fear of loss affecting her decisions

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Heath: Ok I’m at Gourmet Hound and Madeleine is across town, there’s NO WAY she can interrupt me trying to befriend Brie

Graham: Heath, telephone—your sister’s in the hospital

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