I’ve been thinking a lot about the feedback I’ve gotten on the Michael Route and the poor way I handled things. So I think I owe you all a little more than an apology.
I’m going to make some changes to the route. Nothing major, (I’m a full-time college student and I really can’t do that), but I’m going to do what I can.
To those of you defending Mik and I saying there’s nothing wrong with the route, I thank you for your words, but that’s not quite true. We aren’t perfect writers. And the existence of anons being reminded of abuse through Michael’s words is proof enough that there’s a problem with the writing.
I’m not attempting to erase my mistakes. Think of this like an update, like clearing out bugs.
If you want more information, the updates will mostly be as such
1. Toning down the cruelty of some of Michael’s comments and/or making it more obvious that he’s joking.
2. Make it more obvious that he doesn’t think he’s crossing the line until Jeremy stands up for himself
To end this post, I’d like to say that I’m a person, and you can message me anytime about concerns. I only turned anons off because of the death threat, but you shouldn’t be afraid of me. I’d rather you come directly to me with grievances rather than posting publically where I can’t respond.
Anyway, that’s about it. Please try to spread this if you can. I want you all to know I’m trying to make things right.
Gonna put them under a read more coz this list is L O N G
Jeremy lifts his shirt up in his bathroom to look for muscles
Jeremy thinks of Robert De Niro as a ‘hero’ and a cool guy
Rich literally lifting Jeremy up by his shirt collar when Gerard’s legit 5′4
I’d say Jeremy sounds genuinely interested in play rehearsal but a lot of people already know about that
Pretty much all the shenanigans that go on during the first classroom scene, like Rich doing the finger-through-hand fucking thing to Michael
Jeremy outright says he has small nuts
Michael wears his hoodie all the time until he sees Jeremy
Michael knows about Jeremy’s thing for Christine and is supportive of him!
Jeremy writes letters to Christine
Rich doesn’t actually point to Jeremy when yelling ‘gay!’, he just holds his fist up (or he points with his pinkie, I didn’t see)
Jeremy gets surprised by Michael when the two are at the door to play rehearsal, which is where the line ‘I guess evolution’s not for everyone…’ comes from
MICHAEL THREATENS TO MOCK JEREMY FOREVER IF HE DOESN’T GO TO REHEARSAL WHAT A NERD
Christine tries to make a joke
Christine knows about sex and makes jokes based on it (’You’re a virgin. First play rehearsal!’ ‘You never forget your first…play rehearsal!’)
All the shenanigans happening in the background of Mr Reyes talking about the play (Jake pumping his fist up when Mr Reyes talks about the sport team and RICH GOING ON HIS KNEES TO PULL A CHAIR UP FOR BROOKE TO SIT ON)
Mr Reyes hugging Christine after saying Shakespeare is dead
Jake trying to be smooth with Christine and Christine obviously being kind of bothered by it, but trying to be kind
THE LITTLE EXTRA PART JEREMY SINGS WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING A BREAKDOWN THIS BOY HAS HAD BREAKDOWNS FROM NERVES
Rich’s hips during ‘confidence’, you know the one
Rich slapping himself for talking with his lisp
Rich pretty much hinting that he has a small dick
Whatever those weird hand things he was doing were during the ‘it’s from Japan’ part
Slide-y slide-y ‘IT’S FROM JAPAAAAAAAN’
How when Rich sings the next part, a robotic voice plays in the background, almost like it’s his SQUIP talking…?
More hip wiggles
‘TEENAGE ROCKSTAR SPLENDOR’ AIR MICROPHONE AND MORE HIP WIGGLES
Jeremy is a clean freak by the looks of it (’Aren’t you gonna wash your hands?)
Rich’s dancing (THE SHIRT LIFT THO)
How Rich flushes the urinal at the end
All the shenanigans during Two Player Game (stealing controllers from each other, switching beanbags, Michael fucking Tickling Jeremy)
The boys like Nintendo!
Jeremy getting annoyed at Michael’s constant ‘coooool at college’es
Mr Heere entering his son’s room, knowing fully that there’s a guest in there, WITHOUT PANTS
‘Are you hanging out with a girl? Oh…hey, Michael.’
Mr Heere was gonna order pizza for them aww
Michael sounds genuinely concerned when Jeremy talks bad about his parents
Jeremy legit flips Michael off after he says ‘favouwite person’
Michael reminding Jeremy to get to the point during the SQUIP deal
Scary Stockboy is more of a drama queen than Mr Reyes, who’s a drama teacher
Michael’s ‘whatever’ look at Stockboy’s ‘I DON’T KNOW WHY!’
The fact that the ‘pumps’ line was improvised
Jeremy was willing to share the SQUIP with Michael
‘I like to think that some day, you’ll owe me one’ FORESHADOWING
Mountain Dew can apparently be sold in cups?
Jeremy likes chilly fries apparently
Jenna immediately going to record Jeremy spasming on the ground
(The rest is just gonna be from the audio now) Jeremy sounding high as fuck when he says ‘you look like…Keanu Reeves’
Eric not being able to do a British accent for the life of him
How fucking excited Jeremy sounds when he says ‘LIKE IN X-MEN??’
Jeremy’s first independent shirt choice was…a girl’s shirt. What does that imply with his fashion sense? Or maybe he’s so thin only girl’s tops can fit
Chloe making Madeline sounds like the person who murdered her entire family in front of her
How fittig Lauren’s singing style is for ‘Do You Wanna Ride’ like wow?
CHLOE SINGS WITH BROOKE LIKE WHAT, CHLOE WAIT UNTIL ACT 2
The scene where Jeremy is tiredly singing before going to sleep and the SQUIP calling him ‘slugger’
Chloe is, like…really selfish. The way she talks to Christine about Jake makes it clear she isn’t over him
Christine sounding genuinely upset that Jake didn’t go to play rehearsal, and not just sad-upset. She sounds legit betrayed
Jeremy and Christine slow dance Jeremy lifts Christine up and spins herdo you see the love in his eyes when he’s looking at her
How well Will C’s and Stephanie’s voices go together
The SQUIP literally breaking ‘cause Christine said she liked Jake
The fucking volleyball line, SQUIP you’re gross
How convincing Will C’s crying is (side note but hearing him cry makes me think back to the fact that during one show he legit started sobbing during the ‘everything about you is so terrible’ line and the show had to stop to calm him down)
BROOKE IS A GOOD GF WHOEVER SHE ENDS UP WITH IN THE FUTURE IS LUCKY
‘Super old and kinda mean to women’
The SQUIP saying he ‘didn’t exactly’ kill Eminem, when in fact, it didn’t kill Eminem, at all. It just predicted a favourable possible outcome for it happening
This isn’t an underappreciated part but I need to bring it up. They straight up killed Eminem (this happened in the book too like Ned u good?)
‘Our future is so clear’ is Brooke thinking about her and Jeremy’s future together?
Whatever her and the SQUIP are doing to Jeremy to make him question his sexuality
WILL C LEGIT SOUNDS LIKE A YOUNG BOY OR A GIRL WHEN HE REPEATS THE ‘UPGRADE’S
Jake is a good boyfriend if kinda a dick at points
Jake Boyd can fuck me up
Eric going l o w when singing with Jeremy at the ‘Christiiiiine’ part
Jeremy gets overwhelmed by voices in his head
The SQUIP is okay to just…leave Jeremy’s head
Michael gets genuinly sassy when he’s upset
Despite Jeremy ignoring him all day, he’s still super excited and happy for Jeremy when he finds that the SQUIP worked
Jeremy literally stating that being honest doesn’t get him anywhere
How we never see Michael’s reaction to Jeremy optic-nerve blocking him? Like, we don’t know if he was sad or angry or confused or all three?
Brooke is a flirt when it coms to Halloween costumes
Jake has…a condom. As if that’s the only thing he’s bringing to the party
Rich has an older brother! Who happens to have a Jason mask
Also, a loaf of bread…
Jeremy being a n e r d with his costume
Apparently the SQUIP wears a Matrix costume?? There’s no bootleg with that footage but wow
Jake not understanding how to treat his girlfriend 101
Rich getting sad during the last ‘It’s Halloween’s
Chloe thinks Jeremy is cute
Chloe is, indeed, probably worse then Madeline when it comes to the sluttiness
Jeremy trying his best to be kind and polite even when Chloe’s pretty much on top of him
Chloe’s ‘flask’ is a baby bottle
THE SQUIP MAKES JEREMY DRINK IT CHLOE DOESN’T FORCE HIM
They actually kiss
The SQUIP actually speaking correct Japanese (and Eric speaking it well)
Chaos
Michael thinks his ‘clever disguise’ isn’t clever at all, judging by his tone
Jeremy and Michael had been friends for 12 years
Joe T took the part in the book where Michael said his BROTHER took a SQUIP and changed it so that someone ELSE’S brother took it instead (side note, this probably makes more sense considering Michael has two mums)
Michael thinks that Jeremy just wants sex with Christine
Will C’s acting is oof so good
Apparently Michael makes a lot of awkward movements with his arms during Michael In The Bathroom, which I find interesting
Also apparently Chloe’s the one knocking?
The scene where Jeremy and Christine talk o the couch
How upset Christine is that Jake and Chloe are having sex, so maybe Christine saw their relationship as more then just romantic…?
‘Popular people are messed up!’ Christine isn’t popular
The monster on the couch making weird noises along with Christine and Jeremy, and all of them laughing
Christine pretty much admitting that she may have feelings for Jeremy, too
Ok I wanted to make a post about this by itself but I need to mention it here, too. When Jeremy says ‘I thought we were friends’, do you hear how angry he sounds? How…almost selfish he sounds? It’s like the SQUIP made him act like he was entitled
The fact that apparently Rich wasn’t drunk or high during the party, so his actions were done while he was sober
Jenna’s ‘WAaAaAoOoHh’
Chloe straight up lying to Brooke about the sexcapade for the sake of them to maintain their friendship
How quick Brooke is to forgive her
How scarily accurate school tragedies are treated during The Smartphone Hour? Like, people make a big deal out of it, only because it’s drama. Like, seriously, the ‘R-I-C-H, can’t you see just how much I love your tragedy?’ almost gave me chills
Jenna, Chloe and Brooke all say Rich is their best friend for no reason? They just say it just ‘cause? What’s up with that huh
Mr Heere is so broken and lazy that he doesn’t even know his own son is starring in a play
How they kept the SQUIP giving Jeremy instructions, like, they didn’t forget about that good job Joe
Jeremy can drive, apparently? Unless that was the SQUIP’s doing like in the book
Jeremy sounds so frustrated with his dad for all the times he wasn’t there for him, due to his mother leaving. In my opinion? He totally deserved to say that
Paul sounds like he’s crying when the first part of ‘The Pants Song’ is playing?
HE LEAVES THE HOUSE WITH NO PANTS MR HEERE ARE YOU GOOD
What shirt is Michael even wearing
He and Jeremy like Weird Al!
The fact Michael tries to hide the blunt from Mr Heere
The fact that Mr Heere thinks its incense
When Mr Heere says ‘do you love him?’ and Michael responds with ‘…what?’ he doesn’t sound like he’s been caught, it sounds more like he’s genuinly confused as to why he was asked that, so maybe it wasn’t intended to be romantic?
Mr Heere calls Jeremy a little shit and I love that so much
Michael is aware of how much of a ‘not-dad’ Mr Heere has been and calls him out on it
Again, how school tragedies are really treated is scarily accurate. It’s clear Christine’s saying what she’s saying because obviously you’re an asshole if you ignore the person in the hospital from a fire, even if you never talked to them
‘Break a leg!’ ‘Not cool’
Jeremy saying that Christine didn’t help him figure himself out, right after she asked. Wow Jeremy way to be an ass
Mr Reyes being the understudy for two characters like damn
(I forgot to talk about The Pitiful Children so I’ll talk about it here) how quickly Jenna is ready to take a SQUIP, thinking it’s a drug
The SQUIP thinks that showing sadness is a human error
ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER BUT THE SQUIP WEARS DIFFERENT OUTFITS
How Joe T literally couldn’t’t make it anymore obvious that the drink for the play was gonna SQUIP the whole cast
Mr Reyes wants to go to Broadway
The SQUIP’s mock sigh
Michael literally refusing to give Jeremy the MDR ‘cause he wants an apology
The SQUIP blocks Jeremy from speaking
How they’re both arguing while the SQUIP makes Jeremy physically fight Michael
Michael likes to eat eel
Jeremy and Michael are jealous of each other
Oh yeah uh Michael is high throughout all of this
How Will C’s voice breaks when he says ‘I’m SORRY!’
‘Actually, that doesn’t sound weird at all’ Jake what do you like to watch online
Jake says ‘Upgrade! Upgrade! GOD, I love me!’
Chloe thought Jeremy slept with Brooke
Michael doesn’t like girly stuff by his ‘ugh…’
Jenna seems to have been given the power to tell what happens through her mind or something?
When Christine sings about wanting to be with Jeremy. I’m like 95% sure that’s not just her SQUIP telling her to say that
Jeremy made Christine drink the MDR, not knowing that it was gonna get rid of all of the SQUIPS. He willingly offered to sacrifice his happiness and freedom for the sake of freeing Christine. If y’all think that he just has some sorta puppy crush on her, I don’t know what to think
Not super unappreciated but Michael screaming with the others ‘cause he’s freaked out
How casual Rich is when Jeremy wakes up in the hospital
Rich decribes the SQUIP as a ‘shiny, happy hivemind’
Rich refers to himself by his full name, and not just ‘Rich’
How quick he is to assume Michael is Jeremy’s boyfriend
‘I’m sure some special someone will be lucky to have you, Rich’ is Michael hinting at something, here?
How fucking excited Michael gets when talking about how the SQUIP was destroyed. Like, this boy loves tech and science so much!!
When Jeremy asks why Michael came to help him even after all the stuff he did, Michael immediately responds by saying his dad also helped.
Jeremy sounds like he’s happy crying when he sees his dad
‘It’s reassuring. He still doesn’t know anything about girls’ most people take this line as Michael saying he’s happy ‘cause maybe he has a chance with Jeremy. I think it was originally written as a sorta ‘oh, good, he still doesn’t know about girls, the SQUIP didn’t change him too much’
Mr Heere is legit good at romantic advice
Michael gives not very good advice, presumably because he, too, doesn’t know a thing about girls
‘Tell her that the exthites you thexthually’
The fact that Chloe mentions doing ecstasy is a cool nod to the book
Jeremy is, indeed, an acne boi
Jake is almost as 90s as Michael
The fact that Christine’s original SQUIP was Hilary Clinton raises a lot of questions
Since there’s no visual aid for this, I’m just going by what I’ve heard. Apparently, after Christine agrees to go on a date with Jeremy, HE KISSES HER.
Jeremy proudly confronts the SQUIP. You go boi
Holy FUCK this list was way longer than I thought but it was worth it. I wanna draw stuff for some of these moments in the future damn
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